Well, looks like Laurence Fishburne is indeed doing a voice for Fantastic Four 2, but turns out it’s not Galactus – It’s the Silver Surfer. Exciting? I guess? Well, good for him, anyway. This must be a bit more impressive on a voice acting resume than “Narrator.”

All this talk of the Spider-Man musical has reminded me of something cool I saw recently. In the spirit of talking about music and Spider-man, I’ve decided this is the best time possible to share this video, unearthed by the guys at ComicsAlliance.com:

SuperHeroHype brought this oddity back to the forefront the other day when they posted the casting breakdown. Having finally read through it, I gotta say… It’s pretty freaking hilarious that they equated Ted Turner with the Green Goblin. Also, check the listing for the Arachne character for some delightfully bizarre plot points:

[ARACHNE] Female, 20-35 years old, any ethnicity. A beautiful, boastful young woman turned into a spider for her hubris and lack of respect for the gods. She subsequently appears to Peter Parker and the audience as in turn a powerful spider-woman who comes from another time to inspire Peter; an otherworldly lover; a bride; a terrifying (and sexy) dark goddess of vengeance; a dance partner in a charged and violent spiders dance of death; and, finally, a lonely, fragile young woman. Possesses an ethereal, unique, gorgeous singing voice. Strong Celtic, Balkan style, e.g., Sinead O’Connor. Outside the box ideas are welcomed. Could be someone from the music industry.

Know what else is crazy? Look who’s working on the music and the lyrics: “Bono and The Edge of U2”

And that’s actually how they’re credited. The “U2” part and all, like it’s part of their names. Mind-boggling.

Sega and Marvel just set up a multi-year partnership to make babies video games based on the Hulk, Thor, and Captain America. The press release says we should expect these games for “console, handheld and PC platforms,” though no timetable was mentioned, other than loosely being set to come out around when the corresponding movies do. (Cap and Thor are currently planned for ’09, with Incredible Hulk for ’08.)

The agreement got set up after Marvel decided they were pleased with Sega’s early development work on the upcoming Iron Man game – not the surest way to gauge a game’s success, but here’s hoping it works out for them. After all, no one wants to smite some bad guys with Mighty Mjolnir more than I do. And if we’re really lucky, maybe they’ll even take a few notes from Hulk’s most recent run in the video game world.

WORLD WAR III
written and drawn by DC’s army of creators

The long awaited “World War III” event lands this Wednesday at DC, and I’m here to help provide you a roadmap in how to navigate the five books that tell its story this week. After all, there are 5 different books coming out this week which tell the story, and it might be nice for you to know what’s what. Read on, after the jump, IF YOU DARE!
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Bragging to all your friends that you’re the one who bought them: Priceless

Don’t worry, they didn’t really kill Wolverine and auction pieces of him off, Ferengi style. These are just the claws they used in X2: X-Men United. So that’s still pretty cool. I mean, it’s not like they were the claws from X3, right?

ComicsAlliance.com has a lengthy article on the sale, and some further insight into other movie memorabilia auctions, including costumes for Superman ($115,000), Batman ($63,000), and the Rocketeer (only $23,000 – what a savings!).

Speed Racer

Emile Hirsch has already been cast as Speed. Susan Sarandon and John Goodman have already been cast as his parents. And the newest member to join this awesome freakshow? Christina Ricci as Trixie! You know, the girl from Casper and The Addams Family! (I haven’t seen any movies since 1995.)

Fantastic Four 2

Totally unconfirmed, but I just thought the rumor that Laurence Fishburne may be the voice of Galactus was pretty entertaining. Let the Ba-lack-tus jokes commence!

Starting with issue #13, Gail Simone will be the new ongoing writer of Wonder Woman. When it was announced she was ending her career-shaping run on Birds of Prey for a new project, all speculation pointed (with geeky, hopeful hearts) to this, and after weeks of waiting, fanboys (and girls) everywhere can breathe their collective sigh of relief. And maybe even celebrate!

After all, after a year of misfires with the book, leaving us with way less than a book per month and positioning the character WELL below flagship status, we have only 6 issues until we get to see Wonder Woman punching a monkey off a waterfall. The wait will be worth it!