That's One Ugly Mug!

The latest issue of Green Lantern has this new image of the villain Hector Hammond from the upcoming Green Lantern film as well as some words from writer Geoff Johns!

Houston Comic Book Theft Ring?

Houston Comic book Thieves?  Apparently so!  This from Fox 26 News: A couple from Katy in Texas have been arrested for shoplifting comics books from Bedrock City Comics in Houston. Not that unusual, shoplifting is a common crime in the comic book industry.
But this is something more. The local police are investigating a shoplifting ring, and rather than walking out with the latest Walking Dead under your jacket, this couple, a man and a woman in their thirties, are alleged to have stolen tens of thousands of dollars worth of comics, repeatedly from stores across the region, and sold them on eBay, or tried to resell them locally.
And, naturally, that appears to be how they were caught. Here’s the news report from Fox;

Cowboys & Aliens Teaser Trailer

The upcoming sci-fi western based on the graphic novel now has a teaser trailer!  Watch out for Cowboys & Aliens!

Green Lantern Trailer Screencaps

Here are a few more screen caps from the excellent Green Lantern trailer!

Green Lantern Trailer! UPDATED: New Promo Art & Screen Caps!

Here you go....and here is apples website with the trailer in quicktime!

SWAGAPALOOZA!! Comics Of The Week

It's time for new comic books and the new era of Batman books begins this week at DC so check them out!

Batman: The Return #1

Written By Grant Morrison

Art By David Finch & Scott Williams

The event of the year is here! Bruce Wayne made his long journey back through the timestream in The Return Of Bruce Wayne, Dick Grayson and Damian uncovered important secrets in Batman & Robin, Gotham City's bravest heroes made their mark in Bruce Wayne - The Road Home...and now it's time for Batman to return! What happens to Dick Grayson now that the "real" Batman is back? How will Bruce Wayne handle a reunion with his son, Damian? This special one-shot bridges two exciting eras of The Dark Knight and sets up a surprising new status quo that's just on the horizon. 

 Batman Inc #1

Written By Grant Morrison

Art By Yanick Paquette

Grant Morrison continues his earth-shattering run on the Batman titles with this exciting, new ongoing series! Featuring; Art by the remarkable Yanick Paquette (SEVEN SOLDIERS: BULLETEER), BATMAN, INC. marks the next stage of evolution for The Dark Knight. This can't-miss series will star not just Bruce Wayne as Batman, but also a huge number of guest-stars! Don't miss out on this all-new start to a stunning direction for Batman!

Batman #704

Written & Drawn By Tony Daniel

Bruce Wayne may have returned, but when an aging but wealthy technology developer comes to Gotham with his beautiful daughter, it turns out he's in search of a joint project with WayneTech. DNA tracking is the name of his game, and there are others interested in his proposal. But when the developer goes missing, Batman finds that his tracks stop in the city's violent Chinatown neighborhood, where a new deadly Triad gang has taken root. Guest-starring I-Ching!

Teaser Poster Reveals Alien Cowboy

Well that or it's a cowboy using alien technology.  Either way it's the teaser poster for next July's Cowboys & Aliens.  The movie is based on a graphic novel and Fred Van Lente, the books co-writer, will be attending Comicpalooza 2011!  I dig the poster a lot though, it gives the movie a lot of promise so here's hoping it's awesome!

The Wolverine To Hit Theaters Soon

     Director Darren Aronofsky has revealed the title  for the next Wolverine movie starring Hugh Jackman. The movie will be called The Wolverine, will not be a direct sequel X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

      Aronofsky told HitFix that The Wolverine will be a "one-off," or standalone project. The script, written by Christopher McQuarrie, involves Logan beginning a forbidden romance with a Japanese woman whose hand in marriage is, unfortunately, promised to another man. Since Logan won't take "no" for an answer, it puts him into battle with her father and her samurai-sword-wielding brothers.

Green Lantern Footage Screen Caps

Here are some screen caps from the Entertainment Tonight Green Lantern footage.  After watching it about twenty times, I'm excited.  The CGI is obviously a bit incomplete and you really can't judge it overall from a few seconds of footage.  Next week when we see the first trailer, a better idea of what the film is going to be like should make itself known.

Green Lantern Footage!

Entertainment Tonight is going to have a special Green Lantern look Tuesday the 16th and here is a preview of the show with the first Green Lantern footage anywhere!  It looks pretty neat, probably incomplete CGI, but overall I think it looks good! Green Lantern hits theaters next summer!

Battle This Trailer In Los Angeles

Battle: Los Angeles revolves around a Marine staff sergeant (Eckhart) and his new platoon's battle against an alien invasion on the streets of Los Angeles. The movie is presented as an intense real-time war movie from the perspective of the Marines. It has been described by some as Black Hawk Down meets Independence Day.  It lokos pretty awesome so we shall see. Check out the first trailer for yourself below!

Y: The Last Man Has A Director

Incredible Hulk director Louis Leterrier recently sat down with MTV News and confirmed he wants to make Y: The Last Man into a movie or possibly a television show.
     "I'm surprised that it hasn't gotten made yet," Leterrier said. "The first time I read it, I was in France and doing my little movies, and I didn't think I would ever have access to these kinds of movies. Midway through Clash of the Titans, I was like, 'What's going on with 'Y The Last Man'?' I called one of the producers and asked what was going on, and he said it was available. I said, 'Let's go!'"

"D.J. Caruso was supposed to do it with Shia LaBeouf, and that sort of went on and was over, so I went in and said, 'Please, please let me have it!'" he explained.

"It's kind of stuck somewhere now," said the filmmaker. "I still want to do it. I'm passionate about it. But it's stuck. People don't know what to do with it. I'd love to do it, but I need people to finance it, and the people financing it don't know if it's a TV show a movie, or what it should be. It could play as a movie, but it would be very interesting as a TV show," he said. "[It wouldn't work as] one large film, no. I'd love to do it as a TV show or a three-part series."

"I like the idea of a TV show," he continued. "You take time to get to know your characters. You can introduce a lot of characters. You don't need your three-action set pieces that you usually need for movies. Frankly, with HBO and Showtime and cable shows, the DVD box sets and all, you can have a product that doesn't make you feel like as soon as it's projected, it's thrown away. It's really a piece of art."

This has got to be a television show to do it proper justice I believe.  Can it be done as a film?  Ya but not one movie, it would  have to be a trilogy.  The story is complex and deeply emotional and one of the best comic book series I have ever read.  A two hour film just would not do the story justice.  It sounds like Leterrier knows this, so let's hope iof this gets made it's made well and stands true to the comic series.

Six Females Up For Roles In The Dark Knight Rises

Deadline broke the news about Tom Hardy being cast in The Dark Knight Rises, and now they have a report that six women are in the running for two separate roles in Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight Rises.  Keira Knightly, Natalie Portman, Blake Lively, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts, and Anne Hathaway are those listed in the report, and that one is for a female love interest and the other for the films villian!  Rumors continue to fly of Catwoman or Talia Al Ghul as the films protagonist so we shall see!  The Dark Knight Rises hits theaters in 2012!

SWAGAPALOOZA! Comics Of The Week

New comics hit stores tomorrow, but here's a head start on what you might want to go buy! Well at least two books!

Dungeons & Dragons #1 

Written ByJohn Rogers

Art By Andrea Di Vito

The D&D nerds will love this! Beginning a new era in Dungeons & Dragons history! The genre-defining roleplaying game gets its first ongoing series in more than 20 years! Join writer John Rogers (Blue Beetle) and artist Andrea Di Vito (Annihilation) as they bring us a tale of high adventure and deep secrets. Adric Fell leads a band of heroes in a world where civilization has been reduced to a few scattered points of light amid a rising tide of shadows. 

Batman: The Return Of Bruce Wayne #6 (of 6)

Written by Grant Morrison
Art by lee Garbett

Grant Morrison and BATGIRL artist Lee Garbett deliver the final chapter of this time-spanning epic! With Bruce Wayne just steps away from returning to present day Gotham City, the timestream might have a few more surprises in store for The Dark Knight! Do not miss this issue, as it paves the way for the shocking future era of Batman!

Tron Legacy Trailer #3

The build up to Tron Legacy continues with a brand new trailer!

Trailer Park: Superman II

Welcome to Trailer Park, a brand new feature at the Official Blog Of Comicpalooza!  What is Trailer Park?  Well many of us enjoy seeing the trailers at movies so we know what is coming soon to look forward too.  People have even gone to the movies just to see a trailer like back in 1998 when people went to see Meet Joe Black just to get a glimpse at a small film called Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace. So with Trailer Park, from time to time, I will highlight a classic film and show off it's original trailer or trailers, and some poster art from the movie.  Enjoy!

Superman II

Hobo With A Poster

Why not right?  The Grindhouse double feature from Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarentino was a lot of fun.  Machete was a lot of fun.  There are rumors that Eli Roth is considering making Thanksgiving into a full film.  So why not Hobo With A Shotgun?  Oh wait, it is a film coming next year and here's the poster!

Comicpalooza Review With Andrew - You Really Should Watch This

Andrew reviews comics live on video for the fans of Comicpalooza every week.  If you aren't watching it, then you need to make it required viewing and check it out often!  Here is the latest episode!

The Dead Will Return For Season Two

Are you watching The Walking Dead?  It seems a lot of people are and if you aren't, then you should be!  After two highly rated and awesome episodes, AMC confirms that The Walking Dead will be picked up for a second season.  The Walking Dead airs Sunday nights at 9 p.m. central on AMC.

"The 'Dead' has spread!" said Charlie Collier, President, AMC. "No other cable series has ever attracted as many Adults 18-49 as 'The Walking Dead.' This reaffirms viewers' hunger for premium television on basic cable. We are so proud to be bringing back 'The Dead' again, across the globe."

"I wish all programming decisions were no brainers like this one," said Sharon Tal Yguado, SVP Scripted Programming. "'The Walking Dead' is a TV masterpiece on so many levels. We want at least 10 seasons, if not more. Kudos to AMC!"

The V.G.F. Report

Video Game Friday is back!  This may become an every other week column with industry news a bit slow right now since it's all about the new holiday releases.  but have no fear, any big video game news will always be found here!  So a little game called Call Of Duty Black Ops comes out next week.  You may have heard of it and well before it even gets released, Activision confirmed that the next COD game is already on schedule for Fall 2011! You can view the launch trailer for Black Ops below!

XBox Kinect

The Kinect launched yesterday, with Microsoft expecting to sell 5 million units by Christmas.  Seems a bit high because I have a lot of friends that play Xbox and none of them plan on getting it.  The 150 dollar price point for a add on is a bit steep for some people.  The technology is very cool and it should do well as more games come out for it in the future!