Warner Brothers Interactive has released a new video of Snowblind’s forthcoming Justice League game for current-gen consoles.

Still no gameplay footage, but I’d be willing to bet the scenes are using something close to in-game models. Everything about this release seems to scream that its an X-Men Legends rip-off, but they honestly had to start making good DC comics video games sooner or later. Theres only so much Catwoman and Superman 64 we can take.

Add ‘controversial’ to Guitar Hero 2. We can’t stop arguing about it!

Anyway, IGN has a hands on preview of the E3 build of Guitar Hero 2. They only got 2 songs and had to play co-op, but they didn’t have a bad thing to say about the game.

Writer Chris Roper seems to share my enthusiasm when he closes the article:

We’re psyched to see a little more of the game at E3, which’ll hopefully show us some of its revamped single-player mode, but most of our excitement lies around two words – “War Pigs”. Oh Lord yeah.

Marvel.com has a page up describing some of their future movie plans. Among the many movies on slate for Marvel, Iron Man is one of the top of their current list to get into production. They’ve taken on Jon Favreau of Swingers and Made fame to direct the Iron Man film.

Jon Favreau To Direct Iron Man

Los Angeles, CA (April 28, 2006) – Aggressively pursuing its strategy to develop and produce a new slate of feature films, Marvel Studios – a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: MVL) – has engaged director/actor/writer Jon Favreau to direct the highly anticipated big screen adaptation of Iron Man. Additionally, the studio has tapped several screenwriters to pen scripts based on some of its marquee Super Hero franchises. The projects to which screenwriters are now attached and have officially begun development include Iron Man, Incredible Hulk, Ant Man, Captain America, Nick Fury and Thor. The announcement was made today by Avi Arad, Chairman of Marvel Studios.

Check out the page for more information on the franchises mentioned. Most of it is background stuff. The real announcement was having Favreau direct Iron Man.

Find your local comic store if you don’t know where it is already, and LOAD UP!

This is one of the best days of the year to get into comics and certainly the best day for comics fans to try something new.  Don’t miss out!  They’re FREE!

Marvel, in an unprecedented push for viral campaigning online has posted a second trailer for their hot Civil War story arc going on right now.

The new trailer features the comic shop locator info, Civil War Checklist and will be available through Marvel.com as well as Youtube.com so you can share it with friends, post it on your MySpace page, or simply just watch it over and over. To view the trailer, go to http://www.marvel.com/news/-1.413.

Its unfortunate they chose to say MySpace page instead of the more correct and more general term ‘blog’, but its nice to see a major company actually using the internet in a productive way. Without further ado, the second Civil War trailer from Marvel…

Nintendo has granted First4Figures a 3 year licensing agreement for the Metroid franchise. This coincides with the release of Metroid Prime: Hunters in Europe. Plans seem to be for several individual statues standing about 9 to 12 inches tall based on ‘original game data’.

 

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In a slap to the face of all comic fans in the New England area, Wizard World Boston has been cancelled.

CANCELLATION NOTICE
Wizard World Boston 2006 cancelled

After speaking to our exhibitors and partners, all of whom shared our concerns about the outside costs of doing business at this time, Wizard World Boston has been cancelled. This is an industry decision, and we want to do what’s best for the industry.

We are thankful to the 8,800 fans that attended last year’s event and hope to return to Boston in the near future. We’re now focused on making sure that our other scheduled 2006 events in L.A., Philly, Chicago and Texas are the best Wizard World shows ever.

The East coast has once again received the shaft from the Comic Cons. As a resident of the area, I am ready to get all my friends and start a good old fashioned Red Sox riot.

Slashdot.org is currently linking to a story on Mainichi going over the past 10 years since Neon Genesis Evangelion turned the manga and anime markets on their side. Its covers Hideako Anno’s past projects to his development of Evangelion and then delves into the show itself headfirst. A good read for any fan of the series.