Archive for July 22nd, 2010

Four-Color Coverage: Joss Whedon Officially Directing the Avengers Movie

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

By way of Comics Alliance:

In a move sure to please his diehard fans, Joss Whedon, creator of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel,” “Dollhouse,” and “Firefly,” announced at today’s Visionaries panel at San Diego Comic-con International that is he definitely directing the “Avengers” for Marvel.

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Four-Color Coverage: Alan Moore rejects DC rights offer: ‘I don’t want Watchmen back’

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Comic Book Resources takes a look at Alan Moore’s refusal to reclaim his rights to the Watchmen property:

Alan Moore, whose tumultuous relationship with DC Comics is legendary, claims the publisher offered this week to return the rights to his most famous creation — in exchange for a concession.

“They offered me the rights to Watchmen back, if I would agree to some dopey prequels and sequels,” Moore told Underwire today. “So I just told them that if they said that 10 years ago, when I asked them for that, then yeah it might have worked. But these days I don’t want Watchmen back. Certainly, I don’t want it back under those kinds of terms.”

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