http://comicbooksplus.today.com A blog about all things comics! Tue, 03 Mar 2009 04:53:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I recently came across a site where someone was speculating on the idea of Marvel ramping up the amount of comics being published that contain stories about Captain America's exploits during World War II.  One reason given for this was that with the title character recently deceased in his own ... http://comicbooksplus.today.com/2009/03/02/marvel-manipulation-and-the-captain-america-movie/ The title above says it all, the upcoming Marvel Avengers movie is the destination on the Marvel movie roadmap. this is the big one that all of the other Marvel movies have been paving the way for while also trying to be major success in their own ... http://comicbooksplus.today.com/2009/01/01/marvels-avengers-what-it-has-all-been-leading-up-to/ when you think of Iconic Marvel Comics characters, you probably first think of Spider-Man or wolverine, right? That is the effect that successful recent brand marketing can have on a company; Spider Man and Wolverine have been in successful movies and on Saturday morning cartoons, both of which only help to ... http://comicbooksplus.today.com/2008/12/31/the-first-avenger-captain-america/  Let me get this cliche out of the way right now: the amount of information currently available for Marvel entertainment's upcoming Ant Man movie is miniscule. There, I did it. Let's move on. Really,  this Marvel project is a lot like Marvel's Thor project in that there isn't a lot ... http://comicbooksplus.today.com/2008/12/30/marvels-ant-man-small-on-detail/   I guess that when I think of some of the characters that Marvel entertainment is determined to bring to the big screen I am tainted by memories of cheesy half-hearted attempts to portray some of these characters on live action TV during the late Seventies into the mid Eighties; ... http://comicbooksplus.today.com/2008/12/29/thor-marvel-an-ancient-diety-hopes-to-find-a-modern-following/ Anybody who reads comics and is even remotely aware that they now also make movies based on comics, knows that Iron Man came along and that it was a big success for Marvel Entertainment. In fact with IM being such a huge moneymaker for Marvel, you just know ... http://comicbooksplus.today.com/2008/12/28/iron-man-ii-iron-clad-guarantee-of-success/ I mentioned that there are a number of upcoming Marvel movies that have already recently been green lighted by Marvel Entertainment. I thought that it might be helpful to offer up a timeline for all of these projects before I discuss them each in more detail. as of this time, ... http://comicbooksplus.today.com/2008/12/06/marvel-movie-roadmap-introduction-part-2/ I have recently found myself thinking at length about the various movies scheduled to be released based on Marvel Comics comic book characters; they are staggered to come out over a span of roughly a year, with the plan being to release the movies betwen 2010 and 2011.  There ... http://comicbooksplus.today.com/2008/11/27/marvel-movie-roadmap-introduction/ I mentioned that there were at least a couple of comic-based movies coming out this Fall One of those was the previously discussed movie, the Spirit. The other one is Lionsgate films release, the Punisher: War zone . It is scheduled for a December 5th release. ... http://comicbooksplus.today.com/2008/11/17/punisher-war-zone-movie-studio-demonstrates-how-to-shoot-oneself-in-the-foot/ There are a couple of comic book movie adaptations coming to the big screen this Fall, and I am looking forward to at least one of them. The new Spirit movie is scheduled for a December 25th release. It is an adaptation of the long running ... http://comicbooksplus.today.com/2008/11/15/the-spirit-movie-descends-on-theaters-this-december/