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Friday Trending Topics: Marvel Cancellations
It's been a bad couple days for Marvel news, with word of the cancellation of some well-liked titles following on the heels of layoffs at the company. Meanwhile, continued rumblings of upcoming Watchmen 2 news at DC. I'm often tempted to conclude these trending posts with strange days in comics, but I think that goes without saying, pretty much every day.
Most-Read Comic Stories Today:
Iron Man 2.0 Cancelled With Issue 12
It was listed in December. But not in January. And I've just confirmed that, yes, Marvel have cancelled Iron Man 2.0 with issue 12
Talking to numerous Marvel sources, this seems to be the current list of very recent dismissals, though you'll find more from before, here, as well as a look as to why this is happening, that's received further corroboration from the same Marvel sources since publication.
Squirrelling Out Details On Watchmen 2
However a word of warning. There have been three names mentioned to me, Amanda Conner, Kevin Smith and Adam Hughes which have all proved to be false. It may indicate that the names were more of a wish list, people who would be approached rather than who actually signed on the dotted line
Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today:
They Lied To You: The Trailers For Paranormal Activity 3 Are Mostly Scenes Not From The Film
Perhaps the most significant, or at least the most obvious, omission is the Bloody Mary scene, in which a dark silhouette makes a supernatural appearance in a bathroom (see the image above for the beginning of said scene). There is a Bloody Mary scene in the film, it's just very much not this one.
New Battlestar Galactica Film From Bryan Singer And John Orloff To Co-Exist In TV Show's Universe
Bryan Singer has been wanting to make his own Battlestar Galactica for a good while now. A decade ago, he was planning for it to be a TV show, though this was stymied by 9/11 then superseded by Ronald D. Moore's popular do-over.
Who's Who In The Christmas Doctor Who – The Lion, The Witch And The TARDIS?
As piping hot from the latest Doctor Who Magazine, the cast for the Christmas Special and their characters: