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"Watchmen" co-creator Alan Moore lit up Twitter accounts in the comics industry this week with comments he made in a Bleeding Cool interview about the rights to the book, the creative state of the medium and other topics. Skottie Young, Rob Liefeld and a few others spoke their piece in response, and there hasn't been a whole lot of sympathy for Moore broadly.

Other men failed to grab sympathy on Twitter as well yesterday, including Tom Brady and Brett Favre. Jason Aaron and Ben McCool were keeping tabs on them, while Jimmy Palmiotti made a "Jonah Hex" pitch to the world and Gail Simone explained what it will take to get her to go see the Spider-Man musical.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter Report for September 10, 2010. Read more...

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The "Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark" musical made a debut of sorts this morning on "Good Morning America" with the cast and creators presenting a performance of one of the show's songs (we'll have video and photos up shortly), but that wasn't all the news that came out of today's event.

MTV News caught up with "Turn Off the Dark" director Julie Taymor to discuss the production's story arc and cast of characters from Spidey's universe. The celebrated director revealed the general arc of the first two acts of the show, and name-dropped some of the villains that will make up its "Sinister Six/Seven." Brace yourselves, Spidey fans...

"We do have the origin story," Taymor told MTV News, but added that the musical will indeed put its own spin on the character's history and universe. Read more...

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Back in May, Columbia announced that it was officially moving forward with "Men in Black III," with Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones set to reprise their roles as Agents J and K respectively. Shortly thereafter, Josh Brolin was confirmed to play a younger version of Jones' Agent K thanks to the film's time-travel angle.

Having already worked with Jones on the set of of the Coen brothers' "No Country for Old Men," Brolin is perhaps uniquely suited to capture the mannerisms of the elder actor while portraying the same character at a different point in his life. When asked by MTV News if he had taken the opportunity to study the rest of Jones' films for the role, Brolin was enthusiastic with his reply.

"I am! I feel like I spend too much time with Tommy anyway," said Brolin. "But now I'm looking at it from a different perspective. It's very, very interesting. As you can tell I get nervous talking about it because I'm not there yet and hopefully it'll be alright. I think it's going to be a lot of fun." Read more...

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A live-action adaptation of "The Dark Tower" is finally arriving thanks to a partnership between Ron Howard, Akiva Goldsman, Brian Grazer, Universal Pictures and NBC Universal Television Entertainment. But there's a catch — Stephen King's classic novel series is not only getting the big screen treatment with three film adaptations, but an accompanying television series drawing inspiration from the Marvel Comics prequels as well.

Clearly, whoever signs on for the lead role of Roland Deschain is committing to something huge. With three films and two seasons of television in the works, the would-be gunslinger is going to have a whole lot of "Dark Tower" in his life over the next several years.

That's certainly an important consideration in finding the right Roland, but there are many other factors to pay attention to as well, not the least of which is the fact that Roland is one of the most nuanced and complicated roles in King's library of characters. It requires an actor who can really sink his teeth into someone who isn't always a pleasant guy, to put it mildly, but still possesses some redeeming qualities. Read more...

Tags daniel craig, Daniel Day-Lewis, josh holloway, Stephen Moyer, the dark tower, viggo mortensen

Having completed film treatment on "The Flash" along with co-writers Greg Berlanti and Michael Green, comic and TV scribe Marc Guggenheim is wasting no momentum. The “Green Lantern” co-writer has already started “talking about” plans for “Green Lantern 2.”

It’s previously been reported that the sequel to the Ryan Reynolds-helmed DC super flick was being written by playwright Michael Goldenberg.

"We've turned in the treatment for ‘Flash,'" Guggenheim told Newsarama, “and we’re talking about ‘Green Lantern 2’.” Read more...

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A few weeks ago, I conducted a grand experiment involving Twitter, the pile of comics that's growing around my desk, and you — the awesome Splash Page readers. It was so successful that, instead of just giving away one pile of random comics, I picked three lucky people to receive a stack of 25 single-issue comics from various publishers. It was so successful, in fact, that I'm going to do it again.

So... do you want to get your own batch of comics fresh from Splash Page HQ? Read more...

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Likes and dislikes have been doled out over the last day in the comics Twitterverse. Paul Southworth took issue with some voice acting in "Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions," while Joe Hill gave a thumbs up to the new, official Twitter iPad app and Francis Manapul offered a belated micro-review of "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World."

In group discussions, Jeff Parker kicked off a round of insights into working from home versus sharing a studio as a freelancer, and he received some mixed responses from across the industry. Find out where Kurt Busiek, Mike Mayhew and Steve Lieber stand after the jump, along with Ben Templesmith's thoughts on mixing alcohol with sketching.

I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter Report for September 9, 2010. Read more...

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Last year, the harder-than-hardcore "Metalocalypse" crew made their comics debut in a crossover with Eric Powell's slackjaw-stomping hero, The Goon. It looks like they enjoyed their time in the comics world, because next month we'll see the black-metal musicians of Dethklok go solo in Dark Horse Comics' new "Metalocalypse/Dethklok" series — and we have your exclusive first look at the series!

Based on the popular Adult Swim animated series "Metalocalypse," the comic will feature stories by series creator/writer Brendon Small and director/designer Jon Schnepp. Eric Powell and Schnepp will create the covers for the series, with Lucas Marangon providing the interior art.

They're the most brutal band on Earth and the world's seventh-largest economy, and we're the site bringing you a three-page preview of their solo comics debut! Check out Eric Powell's cover and the first three pages below, then read on for the full solicit info. Read more...

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We knew to temper our expectations for "Jonah Hex" when star Josh Brolin began hyping its "absurdist tone," but let me be honest here for a sec: it's currently sitting somewhere alongside "Catwoman" and "Elektra" in my list of some of the worst comic book movies ever made. The horse-mounted gatling gun gives it an edge over the other two films, but only a slight edge.

And while I know I'm not alone in having some negative feelings about the film, it's vindicating to know that even the film's star struggled to find something positive to say about the project.

"Now that I don't have to promote it? . . . No," said Brolin when asked if he was proud of "Jonah Hex." Read more...

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Filming for "Captain America: The First Avenger" is underway in England, so it was only a matter of time before more photos from the set began to hit the 'net.

Previously, we got a look at some USO-style set pieces, including a tank, medical tent, and a big ol' stage. This time around, we jump straight to the real goods: Captain America in costume and in action, and a shot of some suped-up motorcycles ridden by black-suited henchmen (HYDRA?).

Posted over at The Daily Mail, the six photos don't show "Captain America" lead actor Chris Evans in the familiar red, white, and blue costume, but they do show his stunt double in the star-spangled suit (with shield), both on and off a US Army motorcycle. Read more...

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