Welcome back to News & Things! Tonight we have the recovery of lost Doctor Who episodes, Adventure Time interviews, new Sandman merchandise, and more!
Read of the Week
‘How The 1989 Batman Logo Helped Set The Course of Superhero Movies’ by Noel Murray:
“Most importantly—to fans anyway—the logo looked super-cool. After the panic over the hiring of Burton and Keaton, the introduction of Furst’s logo brought back some anticipatory excitement. The biggest worry among the maturing comics fans who loved Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns was that the people making Batman didn’t “get” the property, and that they were going to make something overtly silly or slapdash. But that first poster didn’t look slapdash. It looked like Warner Bros. was spending some money on marketing, which meant the company probably thought it had a hit on its hands. It was a good sign.”
News
Nine Lost Doctor Who Episodes Found
Whovians rejoice! Nine episodes of Doctor Who, believed to be lost for 45 years, have been found and returned to the BBC. All nine episodes star Patrick Troughton as the Second Doctor, and are from the serialized stories The Enemy of the World and The Web of Fear. The recovered episodes are available on iTunes, with DVD releases forthcoming.
Adventure Time’s Martin and Olivia Olson Talk Marceline, Music, and Fries
Martin and Olivia Olson, the father-and-daughter pair who voice Adventure Time’s Hunson Abadeer and Marceline the Vampire Queen, talk about their collaborations on the show, the Adventure Time Encyclopedia, and their upcoming CD The Father-Daughter Album of Unspeakable Beauty.
Art from Defunct Snake Plissken Anime Revealed
Production art from Production I.G’s aborted Snake Plissken anime has surfaced online. Snake Plissken was played by Kurt Russell in John Carpenter’s cult action films Escape from New York and Escape From L.A. Sadly, it looks like we’ll never see Snake escape from Las Vegas.
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD Gets Full-Season Pick-Up
ABC has ordered a full season of 22 episodes for the Joss Whedon-helmed series, so keep your fingers crossed for more Samuel L. Jackson cameos.
Harrison Ford Has Talked to Ridley Scott About Blade Runner Sequel
Ford, the star of the 1982 science fiction film, says he would be “very happy to engage again with [director Ridley Scott] in the further telling of this story.”
And Finally….
DC Collectibles revealed upcoming merchandise at NYCC, including this Sandman: Overture statue based on art by J.H. Williams III:
