* Here is an updated list of the Dark Avengers and who they might actually be:
Iron Patriot: Norman Osborne
Dark Spidey: Venom
Dark Ms. Marvel: Moonstone
Dark Wolverine: Draken
Dark Hawkeye: Bullseye
Ares: Ares
Marvel Boy: Marvel Boy
* Norman Osborne also had a secret enforcer that was seen in Dark Reign special, this would be The Sentry/Void.
* Batman R.I.P. is now over and after the Batman Final Crisis tie-ins the world will be left without a Batman. Another person missing from the Batman universe will be writer Grant Morrison. Just like Bruce Wayne though, it looks like Grant will only be away for a limited amount of time. Rumor has it that Morrison will return to Batman in April or May and he's bringing artist Frank Quietly with him. Fans of Morrison's "New X-Men" and "All-Star Superman" should be excited about this. Everyone else should expect the book to come out bi-monthly with someone like Quietly drawing the book.
* Staying with Batman, "Battle for the Cowl" kicks off in March. The solicitations tease that many different people want to pick up the mantle of the bat, but is this really the case? It's expected that people like Batwoman, Catwoman, Wildcat, and Huntress would want to help Gotham, but do you really think any of them want to be Batman? Batman has always been seen as a tragic character. Tim Drake doesn't want to be Batman and I don't think Dick Grayson wants to be Batman either. The only two people who want to be Batman are Harvey Dent and Bruce Wayne's son Damien. It's still a safe to place that Dick Grayson will inherit the curse of being Batman.
* Secret Invasion is finally over and now we move in to "Dark Reign". Marvel says that this is not another inter-company crossover, yet there's a checklist for it. There's a lot to speculate about this one. First off we have Mighty Avengers. The rumored line-up of team is all classic members of the Avengers. Heroes like, Ant-Man, Jocasta, Iron Man, Scarlet Witch, Hercules, US Agent, and Hulk. The final line-up of the team is still open to rumor. The big rumor is that Hank Pym wants Scarlet Witch around in hopes that she can somehow resurrect his ex-wife Jan Van Dyne aka The Wasp.
* The Dark Avengers will be Norman Osborne's version of the Avengers. Some of the people are a bit of a mystery right now. It has been promised that we will know who everyone is by the end of the first book, but we can still speculate until then. Iron Patriot will be Norman Osborn, the Spider-Man looking character is Venom, Wolverine's son Draken will be their Wolverine, Moonstone takes up the costume of Ms.Marvel, Ares and Marvel Boy will also be on the team. The only one I don't have a lead on is Hawkeye.
Season Greetings,
With the holidays coming up my schedule has been a little crazy, but I wanted to take a minute and give an update on what to expect in the coming weeks.
Currently we are writing and filming the holiday edition of Cee Diddy Video Blog. This will be followed by an end of the year spectacular. The end of the year video blog will be a big review of what went on in the DC and Marvel Universe and will be one of the longer video blogs that is really catered to the hardcore comic book geek.
Starting in 2009 we will start counting down the weeks til the New York Comic Con. The countdown will lead us right to our coverage and on site video blogs from the 2009 New York Comic Con.
The regular editions of the Cee Diddy Video Blog will start again in March of 2009. If we're lucky there might even be some other surprises along the way.
Happy Holidays
Cee Diddy
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* DC made the announcement that the following series, "Robin", "Nightwing", & "Birds of Prey" were all being cancelled in December. What they have not told us yet is that the books are being replaced by the new series, "Red Robin", "Batman & Robin", and "Gotham's Bad Girls". The last one is suppose to following the adventures of Harley Quinn and Catwoman.
* While we are still waiting for the official word on Thor, Marvel Studios announced today the director for "The Fist Avenger: Captain America." Joe Johnston will be the director that brings the star-spangled avenger to the silver screen in May of 2011. Johnston is known for directing "The Rocketeer". For the record fanboys are rejoicing.
* In a recent interview with the Los Angels Times, singer/actress Beyonce talked about her plans to play Wonder Woman in the upcoming Warner Brothers film. It should be noted that there is no official announcement on a Wonder Woman project from the studio at the time. I idea of Beyonce playing Wonder Woman is a big of a long shot. Warner Brothers is very protective of the franchise players and are never to keen on making drastic changes like the color of Wonder Woman's skin.
* It is official, Robert Downey Jr. and Don Cheadle are both signed for Iron Man 2 and The Avengers. Jon Favreau will be directing Iron Man 2 and will serve as the Executive Producer of The Avengers.
* The Tony award winning, David Lindsay-Abaire is in final negations to write Spider-Man 4. Many were under the idea that the movie was already written. Hopefully this will hurt the chances of the film coming out in 2011.
* J. Michael Straczynski is working on a the screenplay for a remake of Forbidden Planet. Straczynski is known for his work on Thor, Amazing Spider-man, and The Twelve.
* In typical fashion, Marvel has pushed back the release of the final part of "Secret Invasion" by two weeks.
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