AP Photo/Joel Ryan. Daniel Craig and the new Bond girls.
All 6 actors who played James Bond will unite in the same place for a lavish party to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the 007 film franchise. Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig.
MGM calls this meeting the climax in a series of events celebrating the anniversary and the upcoming new film Skyfall. 007 leading ladies including Ursula Andress and Eva Green will join the party.
Daniel Craig said: “It’s an astonishing record for any character to endure for five decades in showbiz but I’ll bet this: the franchise is such a phenomenon that in another 50 years time a whole new bunch of actors and their leading ladies will be gathering for another party when James Bond becomes a centenarian.”
Daniel Craig filming Skyfall in London courtesy MI6-HQ
Daniel Craig was spotted shooting in London in Charing Cross Tube station for the next James Bond film. MI6 says the scene involves 007 chasing the main villain played by Javier Bardem.
I experienced an enjoyable sense of Deja Vu this week from X-Factor #230. It’s a reboot event and some mutants are left without a team for post-Schism dodgeball! Rogue (via writer Mike Carey) brought Havok, Polaris and Rachel Summers back from deep space. Rachel signed up to teach at the Jean Grey School. Havok and Polaris seemingly had no place (or X-title) to call home until this week when Logan brings the long-suffering lovers to X-Factor Investigations.
I could help but think back to the aftermath of the Muir Island Saga when a second X-Men title was born (and the original X-Men left X-Factor for these books) and X-Force, Excalibur regrouped back in the early 90’s. I was an ignorant youth back then when I thought ‘they just put all the leftover characters in this other title that doesn’t have anybody!’
X-Factor #71 courtesy Marvel.com
Havok, Polaris, Madox, Wolfsbane, Quicksilver and Guido (I’m the Strong Guy so call me Strong Guy) became the mutant team working for the U.S. government. I was a huge fan of Peter David from The Incredible Hulk so I gave this team of what I thought were leftovers a try – and it was perfect.
Peter David and Larry Stroman took these refugees from every corner of the mutant-verse to create a team that was compelling and often hilarious. David transformed background mutants into major characters I cheered for and cared about.
This X-Factor faced Mister Sinister’s Nasty Boys, Helle’s Belles and even went up against the Hulk and the Pantheon in the “War and Pieces” crossover with The Incredible Hulk. The government team were part of the X-cutioner’s Song crossover with their mutant cousins. Joe Quesada later became the artist and co-created Random, an X-Factor enemy turned ally.
X-Factor Visionaries Peter David Volume #1 courtesy Amazon
There’s a good reason why they call it X-Factor: visionaries because Peter David is brilliant at taking the oddest assortment of characters and evolving them into a compelling “family” you want to be part of.
Marvel triggered a fan frenzy this week with teaser images to promote Avengers Versus X-Men.
This final image pits X-Men Extinction Team Leader Cyclops against Hawkeye, soon be leader of the Secret Avengers, by Esad Ribic.
This is a matchup I’d really like to see because both men are hardened leaders who think strategically but I give the edge to Cyclops on this possible fight.
Emerald City Comicon announced the addition of two classic voice actors to this year’s event!
Kevin Conroy is best known as Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman: The Animated Series, a role he still plays in games and films from Justice League to Batman: Arkham City.
Maurice LeMarche is known for his work as The Brain in Pinky and the Brain, Destro on G.I. Joe, Kif Kroker on Futurama and many more.
For the impressive list of media guests, comic book writers and artists and other voice actors coming to Seattle visit Emerald City Comicon.
X-Factor #230 wasn’t a point one issue but I felt the urge to pick up the book after a long absence. The stunning David Yardin cover (with Wolverine) was tempting and heck I’m trying everything else with the Regenesis banner. I’m excited to encourage you to book an appointment with X-Factor Investigations. This issue is a lesson in what point one issue should be.
This is what a ‘jumping on’ or in my case ‘jumping back on’ issue is all about – a character driven story showing just enough to provide an introduction and invitation to learn more about the agency’s diverse, fun, engaging staff.
Emaneula Lupacchino’s art is gorgeous. She makes the characters expressive with their facial cues and body lanaguage giving you part of the story.
X-Factor leader Jamie Madrox is dead to the team but really travelling through other dimensions. Wolverine’s guest appearance isn’t just a sales stunt but a critical part of the team’s evolution. Logan and Butterfly share a moving exchange as she grieves for Jamie, but is there for another purpose. Wolverine is recruiting X-Factor for his plan for mutantkind and brings in their newest members – Havok and Polaris – more on that reunion later.
X-Factor #230 is “my one book you should try this week.” I just made up a new segment! I felt like I never left and I think you’ll want to get to know the enjoyable cast of X-Factor.
AMC revealed the promo poster for the return of The Walking Dead Season Two featuring Sheriff Rick Grimes (Andrew Lincoln). The pose appears to taken from the final moment of the last episode – which I won’t spoil just in case.
Marvel Editor in Chief Axel Alonso was asked about the future of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes as Brian Michael Bendis plots his departure and how AVX affects the exit strategy. How do you cap the writer’s huge era.
“All I can say is that there will be one. “AvX” did not derail Brian’s plans; he’s been down for this event since day one — which is why he, along with Jason Aaron, is one of the core plotters of the event. Brian will be wrapping up his Avengers run the way he wants to — we wouldn’t have it any other way. Who’ll follows him on “Avengers” and where he’ll land in the future is going to blow readers away.
Does this mean Aaron could assume the role? I’m betting on Matt Fraction.
