Grant Morrison Announces Arkham Asylum Sequel
Nearly 30 years ago, writer Grant Morrison and artist Dave McKean united for Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, which became one of the seminal Batman stories of the ‘80s. On the first day of Comic-Con International, Morrison dropped by to deliver a bombshell announcement: he is working on Arkham Asylum 2 with Batman Incorporated artist Chris Burnham.
Morrison revealed the project when he joined Dan DiDio and Jim Lee’s "DC Publishers" panel midway through its run time. Morrison told the audience that when he and Mark Millar used to be friends, they would joke about how Arkham Asylum 2 would be the sign that Morrison’s career had jumped the shark. Now, Morrison is embracing the shark jump, and setting the new tale far in the future. The sequel will feature an adult Damian Wayne as Batman, the same alternate future version Morrison first introduced in 2007's Batman #666. He also mentioned that the will be 120 pages in length.
Legion Creator Working on Fox Marvel Movie
After stepping into the world of Marvel with FX's Legion, showrunner Noah Hawley is working on another Marvel project for Fox — and he's teased one of the characters involved.
During the San Diego Comic-Con Legion panel, Hawley teased he is developing a movie for Fox by specifically hinting at one character.
"Because I’m at Comic-Con, I wanted to let you know about a movie I’m developing for Fox. The first word is ‘Doctor.’ And the second is ‘Doom,'" Hawley said on stage to close out the panel.
The Fargo and Legion showrunner didn't elaborate on whether the film would focus solely on Doom or be a Fantastic Four film. Fox released its first Fantastic Four in 2005, which starred Julian McMahon as Victor von Doom/Doctor Doom, while Toby Kebbell played him in the 2015 Fantastic Four reboot.
Godzilla vs. Kong Director on the Monsters’ Size Differences
In an interview with IGN at San Diego Comic-Con 2017, the director of the upcoming Godzilla vs. Kong film shined some light on the upcoming battle of the beasts.
Adam Wingard, who previously worked on the Blair Witch sequel as well as the upcoming Death Note Netflix adaptation, explained where they were in development with Godzilla vs. Kong. "It's been a pleasure already in the first stages of it, having an excuse to go back and watch 30 Godzilla movies and justifying it to yourself. For me, it's about taking the series to the next level."
When asked about the similarities in the way both the monster films as well as Death Note deal in shades of grey, Wingard continued, "I think they're very similar in a lot of ways. It's easy to demonize Godzilla on one hand, but I have a lot of emotional attachment to both monsters." In regards to the size difference between the two beasts, Wingard added, "They gave us a good out in Kong when they mentioned that Kong is still growing, but that'll be a challenge we have to deal with, and we're very aware of that issue."
The Dark Tower Director Nikolaj Arcel on His Favorite Easter Egg
The Dark Tower film is nearly upon us, and at San Diego Comic-Con 2017, we got a chance to talk with the director of the film, Nikolaj Arcel, who revealed some details about the adaptation of Stephen King's iconic series.
Arcel noted that there are a ton major easter eggs that massive Dark Tower fans will notice in the film, his favorite being present in The Dixie Pig in the form of Lobstrosities. Anyone who's read the books know that Roland the Gunslinger encounters some of these lobster beats in The Drawing of the Three, and...well, what happens next is a bit of a spoiler. But don't fret, in the film, the Lobstrosities will be kept in an aquarium in the evil cannibal haunt.
Geoff Johns Sheds Light on DC’s Doomsday Clock
DC's second major panel of SDCC was a spotlight of acclaimed writer-turned-head of DC Films, Geoff Johns. The panel was mostly devoted to Johns reminiscing about his past at DC and the genesis of the DC Rebirth relaunch last year, though he did reveal some intriguing new details about the upcoming Doomsday Clock mini-series.
If there was any remaining doubt that Watchmen's Doctor Manhattan is the unseen antagonist behind the events of DC Rebirth, Johns officially put those to rest when he confirmed that Doomsday Clock is a story about Superman finally confronting this all-powerful foe. Johsn said that Manhattan was really the only character with the means to bring about such massive changes to the fabric of the DCU, though he did admit to being very nervous about drawing the cast of Watchmen into DC continuity. He noted that he didn't want Manhattan's inclusion to be a mere gimmick.
Marvel Announces Digital-Only ‘Immortal Iron Fists’ Comic
Marvel has announced a new partnership with Comixology to publish original digital comic books exclusively on the Comixology and Amazon Kindle platforms. As revealed at Marvel's "Next Big Thing" panel at SDCC today, the first fruit of that partnership will be the mini-series Immortal Iron Fists.
Immortal Iron Fists will be written by Kaare Andrews (Spider-Man: Reign) and drawn by Afu Chan (Power Man & Iron Fist). This six-issue series is a continuation of Andrews' work on Iron Fist: The Living Weapon, though it's also being billed as a fresh jumping-on point for new readers. Immortal Iron Fists will focus both on Pei, a young monk coming to terms with being the youngest Iron Fist in history, and Danny Rand, now charged with training the newest heir to the Iron Fist mantle.
June’s Best Selling Console Was PS4
PlayStation had its best June ever, according to analysts at the NPD Group. Over all, hardware and software saw a 7% increase over the same period last year.
Tekken 7 found its way to the top of the game sales chart, pushing Injustice 2 to the second spot on the list. Once again, Grand Theft Auto V was the third best selling game by revenue for the month. Nintendo's Arms showed up in fifth place on the chart in spite of having only physical copies revenue counted for NPD's chart.
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Mario Kart 8, and Overwatch similarly only counted physical releases in NPD's numbers.
Here are the top 10 games in the US according to NPD:
Telltale’s Guardians of the Galaxy Episode 3 Release Date
Telltale announced today that the third episode in its Guardians of the Galaxy series will be released on August 22. The episode will be called "More Than a Feeling."
The news was announced today during the Marvel Games panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2017 and was confirmed by Telltale on Twitter. More Than a Feeling is the third of five episodes in the series.
Episode 3: "More than a Feeling."
Story details about the new episode are scarce at the moment, but there will be a strong focus on Gamora according to Marvel's Ryan Penagos on Twitter.
Shadowhunters Brings in Sarah Hyland as Seelie Queen
While the news that Modern Family's Sarah Hyland was guesting on Freeform's Shadowhunters isn't breaking news, we didn't know who she was playing until now.
At Comic-Con, during a Q&A panel, fans saw a sneak peek scene featuring Hyland and learned that she was the Seelie Queen. Yes, we've already seen the Seelie Queen, in the form of a young girl, but since the character previously explained that she could change forms, Hyland is playing the new version of Her Royal Highness.
Here's a cool image of Hyland as the Queen, talking to Alberto Rosende's Simon.
Marvel vs Capcom Infinite Adds Spider-Man, Nemesis, More
Four new characters have joined the roster of Marvel vs Capcom Infinite.
During today's Marvel Games panel at San Diego Comic-Con, it was announced that Spider-Man, Dead Rising's Frank West, Resident Evil 3's Nemesis and Final Fight's Haggar have all been added to the roster.
While footage of the four in action has yet to be released to the public, the official Marvel vs Capcom Infinite Twitter account confirmed a trailer will be released tomorrow morning.
News of these additions comes shortly after the announcement that Darkstalkers' Jedah will also be a playable character in Capcom's upcoming fighter. Head over to our MvC Infinite wiki guide for a look at all of the other confirmed characters.