Marvel Takes Iron Man Back

After many false starts and stops at New Line, Marvel is taking back the film rights to Iron Man. It isn’t part of the 10 film deal they got financing for a month or so ago, so it will need to be financed seperately. Looks like they are going to wait and get a good script and a director signed before attempting to finance.

Weekly Comics Discussion – Wednesday, November 2, 2005

This week’s shipping
list includes the OMAC Project TPB and
Jonah Hex from DC comics. I plan to pick
up Essential Marvel Two-In-One Vol. 1 and
Supreme Power: Nighthawk #3 from Marvel,
which is also offering Captain Universe: Hulk
as the first issue in a fifth week event, the new
Sentinel (of 5), House of M (of
8), Spider-Man: House of M #5 (of 5),
and Ultimate Spider-Man #85.

Michael Piller has Died

Michael Piller, a huge influence on modern Star Trek as well as the co-creator of Dead Zone has died today from cancer.

Piller joined the TNG team in its third season, and is responsible for some standout episodes (“Best of Both Worlds”, “Ensign Ro”, and “Unification”). He co-created both DS9 and Voyager and wrote a number of episodes for both including both pilots and the controversial Voyager episode “Death Wish.”

In an age of lackluster Star Trek, this is a loss that is heavily felt in our community.