October 10th, 2003
MORE ON-SET CATWOMAN PICTURES & SCRIPT EXTRACT
Posted pictures included Halle Berry as "Paitence Price" with the mysterious cat that is responsible for her ressurection as Catwoman - A few pages of the script have aslo surfaced. You can check out a transcript here.(PDF file) For the latest news on the Catwoman movie see Movie News below or the full summary of all the news to date on our Catwoman Movie Page.
Apologies for this issue of GWN being posted later than scheduled. I was on a road trip with the day-job and the hotel I was in didn't have a good enough internet connection to allow me to update the site.
As always have a good week and all the best.. - Alan J. Porter
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SALES CHARTS - SEPTEMBER
The chart for actual sales to comic book stores in Spetember 2003 was published this week by Diamond.
Batman related comics charted as follows:
Graphic Novels / Trade Paperbacks
Comics Shipping (October 8th)
BATMAN ADVENTURES #7 -
Written by Dan Slott and Ty Templeton; art by Rick Burchett and Terry Beatty; cover by Kelsey Shannon. - The Phantasm from the animated film Batman: The Mask of the Phantasm returns! While Batman's off spying on Gotham's mobsters, it's up to Batgirl to face the deadly Phantasm on her own! - 32pg. | Color | $2.25BATMAN: GOTHAM KNIGHTS #46 -
Written by Scott Beatty and Will Pfeifer; art by Roger Robinson, John Floyd and Brent Anderson; cover by Brian Bolland -BATMAN: TERROR -
Written by Doug Moench; art by Paul Gulacy and Jimmy Palmiotti; cover by Gulacy - A new trade paperback featuring the return of Hugo Strange and a new cover by artist Paul Gulacy! With the Scarecrow by his side, Strange is determined to break Batman's will once and for all. But the Scarecrow has his own plans to defeat Gotham City's vigilante, and they involve Catwoman! - 128pg. | Softcover | Color | $12.95GOTHAM CENTRAL #12 -
Written by Ed Brubaker and Greg Rucka; art and cover by Michael Lark - Kicking off a devastating story of carnage and terror that will transform the MCU and its relationship with Batman! A sniper strikes, creating a tense and deadly situation for the detectives of the MCU. And while the cops race to stop the killer, they must also help maintain calm among Gotham's citizens. But things quickly spiral out of control, culminating in a moment of violence that will leave readers speechless! - 32pg. | Color | $2.50NIGHTWING #86 -
Written by Devin Grayson; art and cover by Patrick Zircher and Andy Owens - Featuring the new regular art team of Patrick Zircher (DETECTIVE COMICS, Thunderbolts) and Andy Owens (BATMAN)! Cyber-Punks, street bikes and machine guns are just the beginning of Dick Grayson's troubles in this great jumping-on point for new readers! The coming year will be the most definitive epoch in Dick Grayson's history since he donned the mantle of Nightwing! - 32pg. | Color | $2.25ROBIN #119 -
Written by Jon Lewis; art by Pete Woods and Andrew Pepoy; cover by Jo Chen - Possessing information that will affect the very existence of Gotham, Robin races against time to learn who will set in motion a series of violent events. And while his investigation hits one dead end after another, Tim finds himself losing his grip on reality. - 32pg. | Color | $2.25SUPERMAN/BATMAN #3 -
Written by Jeph Loeb; art and cover by Ed McGuinness and Dexter Vines - The Man of Steel and the Dark Knight Detective face off against Gorilla Grodd, Solomon Grundy, Lady Shiva, and more! Superman and Batman are on the run, and the price on their heads has brought out some of the world's deadliest villains! - 32pg. | Color | $2.95TEEN TITANS #4 -
Written by Geoff Johns; art by Mike McKone and Marlo Alquiza; cover by McKone and Alquiza - The new Teen Titans disobey a direct order from their elders and go on a hunt for the hunter! Plus, Wonder Girl comes face to face with an unlikely ally. - 32pg. | Color | $2.50JUSTICE LEAGUE (Cartoon Network)
TEEN TITANS (Cartoon Network)
UK TV SCHEDULE
Toonami, Turner's new UK cartoon Network has just started broadcasting. The following Batman shows will be running.
BATMAN OF THE FUTURE (Batman Beyond) :
JUSTICE LEAGUE
MORE CATWOMAN ON-SET GOSSIP
Dark Horizons has posted a couple of new On-Set photos, another showing Halle Berry in costume as Catwoman (confirming the shot we posted last week) and one of her as Paitence Price with the mysterious cat responsible for her "resurrection." See the top of the page for the latest photos.
Superhero Hype reports that the The Cat Suit controversy still rages with many questions such as was
the catsuit pictured in Time Magazine picture was maybe a prototype or does the
"Catwoman" character change outfits as time goes by and become more provocative
and cat like? The answer may laie in the script pages that were circulating the net this
week, where it describes Catwoman getting her whip from a dancer in a nightclub who is
dressed as a "dominatrix." maybe the earlier photo was of the nightclub dancer's
costume?
Cast Notes: Sharon Stone's is now in Vancouver and set to
shoot her 1st scene this upcoming week, also her characters full name is "Laurel
Hedare". Alex Borstein is set to play "Sally ". Still no word if in fact
Frances McDormand has signed on to the picture to play one of "Laurel's"
henchmen or is that henchwoman?
CATWOMAN SCRIPT PAGES ON-LINE
At Hollywood North Report photos of five pages of shooting script were posted. A full transcription of those pages is available for GWN readers here. The scene described was reportedly filmed at Vancouver's Rogers Sugar Building last week.
The pages gives us a few more details about the movie:
CATWOMAN TEASER TRAILER WITH LOTR IN DECEMBER ?
Superhero Hype also reports that the first CATWOMAN teaser trailer may appear on December 17th attached to select copies of Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. Given that the movie is still in the early stages of shooting it's doubtful that the teaser will show much.
October Comics & Horror Show, Nashville TN - October 11th & 12th
Features appearences by cover artist BRIAN STELFREEZE and DEXTER VINES (artitist on Superman / Batman)
Motor City Comic-Con, Novi MI. - October 18th & 19th
Guests listed included GUY DAVIES (Batman: Neverwhere),
SuperCon VII, Hayward CA - October 19th.
Featured guests include DAN BRERETON, RYAN SOOK, MICK GRAY,
Los Angeles Comic Book & Sci-Fi Con - October 19th
Meet the team behind the astonishing short movie BATMAN:DEAD END. Writer / Director SANDY COLLARA and the man who donned the cape & cowl, CLARK BARTRAM. There will also be a special shoeing of the movie.
Las Vegas Comic Con - October 31st to Nov 2nd.
The first major Comic Con to be held in Las Vegas is generating a lot of buzz. Among the featured guests are BRIAN AZZARELLO, DARWYN COOKE, RICK HOBERG, JAMES PASCOE and BILL WILLINGHAM.
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