The numbers are in, and Iron Man is huge. $100.75 million to be precise. And that’s just in the U.S. That makes it the second largest non-sequel opening ever (Spider-Man holds #1) and the 10th biggest opening of all time.
And today Marvel has announced that Iron Man 2 will debut April 30, 2010. Also that year will see a Thor movie. But wait, there’s more! in 2011, we’ll get Captain America and an Avengers movie.
This catches up the reviews of issues branded “Secret Invasion,” with the exception of the Ms. Marvel “Infiltraion” issues (to be reviewed with the release of issue 27.)
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The review of New Avengers #40 will follow shortly.
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There are a couple of noteworthy titles cropping up again, now that April’s over and video releases need to compete with theatrical releases.
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The 150th episode of Smallville aired this week. Assuming the strike didn’t reduce the normal 22 episode order, that leaves us with four episodes to the entire season.
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Summer movie season is upon us!
Is Iron Man a good start? Queue up the Black Sabbath and click “Read More” for my review.
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Fez writes, The Futon Critic has a press release from the Smallville Producers, CW Execs, and Michael Rosenbaum on the details of his departure. They also drop a few names/ideas for next season.
Is it enough to keep people watching?
John Berkey, especially well-known for his SF-related work (including early work for Star Wars), died on April 29.
This conversation, based on the contents of DC Universe #0 (which I forgot to pick up yesterday, but will get next week) really can’t go any further without spoilers. Click through to see the rest.
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OK, I’m officially feeling better about these Hobbit movies. Ian McKellen has confirmed that he will be playing the wizard Del Toro’s vision of Middle Earth.