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Wednesday Trending Topics: Surprise, It's Before Watchmen Day

Wednesday Trending Topics: Surprise, It's Before Watchmen DayTo the surprise of few, it's one of the most predictable trending topic days ever: All Before Watchmen, all the time. I suppose the only surprise is that no Watchmen rumors surfaced on the movie side.  Overall, it was also an interesting day in comics history, with major birthdays for two of our most important modern comics institutions: 30th anniversary of Diamond Comics Distributors, 20th anniversary of Image Comics.  On with the show…

Most-Read Comic Stories Today:

BEFORE WATCHMEN Announced Today With Azzarello/Bermejo's Rorschach, JMS/Adam Hughes' Dr Manhattan And Len Wein/Jae Lee's Ozymandias (UPDATE) 

A  full confirmation of the Watchmen prequel project from DC Comics we have previously referred to as Watchmen 2, Before Watchmen, with writing details, courtesy of the Wausau Daily Herald which I think may have slightly broken an embargo.

The Before Watchmen Gallery And Quote File (UPDATED) | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

Alan Moore – Not answering his phone. Don't blame him. He did tell the New York Times that it was "completely shameless" and "I tend to take this latest development as a kind of eager confirmation that they are still apparently dependent on ideas that I had 25 years ago", that the series is a reminder of "draconian contracts" he signed with DC and that "I don't want money. What I want is for this not to happen… As far as I know, there weren't that many prequels or sequels to 'Moby-Dick.'"

Leah Moore On Before Watchmen | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

Leah Moore, co-writer of the medium-redefining webcomic The Thrill Electric – and also one of Alan Moore's daughters – had something to say about the announcement today of Before Watchmen.

Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today:

A Crazy Rumour About The Live Action Star Wars TV Series | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

According to a rather astonishing new rumour, a well-worn but pretty wild sci-fi staple could be on the cards for Star Wars-ification. Be warned that the following is a potential spoiler… for a potential show. We may not ever get to see Star Wars Underworld at all, let alone with this plot point in place, so you might consider it more safe than usual to read on.

New Dark Knight Toys Make Me Want To Hug Tom Hardy And Tell Him Everything Will Be Okay | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

The Wayne Enterprises factories are working over time to get The Dark Knight Rises merchandise ready to go and, as with Green Lantern, there are two very clear approaches being taken. Movie Masters will be highly articulated figures (Maybe all of Tom Hardy's shoulder muscles will move individually!) whilst Quick Tek will be a series of less detailed figures with snap on armour and equipment. Basically, if they made Pirate Batman now, he'd be a Quick Tek figure.

James Bond's Official First Offical New Image, Officially – UPDATED | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors

Last time there was a "first image" from James Bond's Skyfall, he had his back turned and was barely dressed. The time before, it turned out to be an image from Casino Royale.

 


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Co-founder and Creative director of Bleeding Cool parent company Avatar Press. Bleeding Cool Managing Editor, tech and data wrangler. Machine Learning hobbyist. Vintage paper addict.
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