News You Already Know

- John Woo and Garth Ennis are coming together to do a book called "Seven Brothers" for Virgin Comics. The book is set to debut in October.

- Fantastic Four 2 will not only introduce The Silver Surfer, but will also have The Fantasticar. It doesn't transform in to anything but I still think it will be entertaining.

- Ghost Rider will be rated PG-13 so there will be plenty of kids kicking my seat and wondering if this movie will lead to Face Off 2. Get it? Cause his face melts off.

-Rich Johnston is reporting that the new creative team bringing back Thor will be Joe Michael Straczynski and Stuart Immomen.

- Spider-Girl will be returning as The Amazing Spider-Girl. The new series is expected to run for 6 months and then be on the verge of being cancelled again. It should last about 24 issues before finally getting cancelled for real. At that time the book will get saved one more time that will keep it safe until issue 50 when it gets cancelled for real. After that it might hit issue 100 and then spin off in the Web of Spider-Girl. When that fails at issue 100, expect Ultimate Spider-Girl. God it never ends.

- Speaking of Spiderman, Marvel is going to start putting out a new series of hardcover trades. The first will be a favorite of mine Kraven's Last Hunt. The best part is the price, only $19.99. Make sure your comic books stores this one.

- Superman Returns has surpassed 185 million dollars worldwide. Cost of the movie, 260 million. Ouch! X-Men 3 is at 435 million worldwide with a cost of 210 million dollars. Hopefully this means the Wolverine movie will get a decent budget too.