According to ICV2, Marvel has struck a deal where co-financers give them money to make movies. Then if any of those movies make less than $100 million, those financers own 100% the movie rights to the characters in those films. This is a crazy gamble and Marvel is insane.

If just ONE of their films bomb then they lose rights to all the characters involved. The characters that are part of the deal include Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Ant Man, Nick Fury, Captain America and the Avengers.

The two things Marvel gains from this is that they don?t take any finical risk and they get creative control over the films.

Bob Barker announced that he will end his 50 year television career next June. Zap2it has a decent article on it here.

I started Halloween by watching “Army of Darkness” so its fitting that later today I learned there will be an ?Army of Darkness? crossover with Marvel Zombies. This is the greatest crossover I?ve ever heard of in my life! Come on, who doesn?t want to see Ash in all his chainsaw glory taking on a Marvel Zombie?

?It is absolutely a Marvel Zombies story, and it is absolutely an Army of Darkness story,” writer Robert Kirkman told Newsarama. “Fortunately, I think there is a lot of overlap, because they both contain a generous (even excessive) heaping of humor with horror, comedy with the grotesque. This is a story of a guy who is used to fighting the undead, who is used to being a hero, flung into a strange universe full of heroes ?heroes who are not only all crazed flesh-eating zombies, but ones with hundreds of different crazy super-powers. “

The series will debut in March and be five issues. It also takes place in continuity and runs at the same time as another ?Marvel Zombie? prequel.

Went and picked up my copy of Final Fantasy XXII! The last true FF game came out FIVE years ago! These are my all time favorite games and I’m going to be playing nonstop for 100+ hours!

A brief message from Th3rdworld & Eskimo Dave (man I wonder who helps out with their marketing and comes up with this stuff):

With the nationwide pumpkin shortage, finding the Great Pumpkin is nearly impossible, which is why you should decide to spend Halloween with Eskimo Dave in an exciting two part webcomic! (www.th3rdworld.com)

In honor of ghoulish things and sweet savory candy, Dave is publishing a day early this week, but you can catch him and his traveling companion, Steve the polar bear, every Wednesday for FREE, as they travel to save their village from the destructive forces of evil.

Also, don?t forget to friend Dave on MySpace (http://www.myspace.com/eskimodaveandsteve)

Happy Halloween from Eskimo Dave and Th3rd World Studios.

Sometimes I like holidays just so I can see Google decorated. I wonder if there is an achieve of all the old designs?

I hate when I’m watching TV and I reach over to fast forward through commercials and then when it doesn’t fast forward I remember I’m watching TV live. It also happens a lot when I’m watching live-tv and there is a music montage or a slow scene with no dialgoue. I’ll reach over to fast forward, but nothing will happen. LOL

It’s all because I have 5 VCRs and watch more shows taped than I do when they are actually on (Yes. It is necessary to have that many VCRs. It?s so that when shows are on at the same time I don?t miss them). Even so, I’m watching less TV this year than I have in about eight years. It’s becuase there are less scripted dramas on TV and more reality/game shows. Last year I was watching 44 regular shows (by “regular” I mean I’m not counting cable or seasonal shows like “24.”). This year I’m down to like 26 show!

Brian Bendis interviews Ed Brubaker over at Wizard. Like all of Bendis’ interviews its long, but there are a few interesting parts, like the pullquote below:

BENDIS: It’s always fun to beat up a virtual hooker.

BRUBAKER: Actually, I’ve been trying to treat my girls right. At Jason Lutes? I watched him play Grand Theft Auto once and he didn’t hit a single pedestrian and I was like, ?What are you doing?? He said, ?Those are innocent bystanders.? I was like, ?Yeah, right! There’s no one innocent in this game. The only reason that they’re there is for you to hit them.?

Check in after the break if you want to know…

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And so we click in for another addition of Brevoort?s Brilliant Blog?

“The one I remember the best was a story in which it would be revealed that Peter Parker’s Uncle Ben was actually moonlighting as an underworld fence–that the burglar who shot him had actually come to the house looking to unload some hot merchandise, he and ben got into an argument about the price, and a gun was fired.” 2006-10-25 10:18:04

Hahahaha an MP3 player for Jesus Freaks! It’s called the “Saint B” digital player.

Dirty-old-man Bob Saget announced last November he was making a spoof of Oscar Nominated ?March of the Penguins? called ?Farce of the Penguins? that would be raunchy and ?R? rated. The film was due to hit theaters next spring but it was just announced today that it will now be seeing DVD release on Jan. 30.

Saget wrote, directed and produced the project. He also did voices as did a billion other stars including, Christina Applegate, Lewis Black, Mo’Nique, Tracy Morgan, Jason Alexander, Jason Biggs, Dane Cook, Gilbert Gottfried, Damon Wayans, Norm MacDonald, Jamie Kennedy, Jon Lovitz, Dave Coulier, John Stamos and Abe Vigoda.

To further mock ?March,? which was narrated by Morgan Freeman, ?Farce? is being narrated by Samuel Jackson.

Some rumors as to why the film is going straight to DVD say that it is unfinished and having production problems while others blame ?Happy Feet? and Saget desire to not go against it.

According to Variety, Bryan Signer, has signed on to direct the ?Superman Returns? sequel. The film has yet to receive a script or budget and this does not signify an official greenlight. However, studio exects were sayings all summer that should the first film break $200 million in the domestic market then they would follow up with a sequel. Well wouldn?t you know? This past weekend ?Superman Returns? broke $200 mil. World wide it’s total pull is just shy of $400 million.

It’s assumed the sequel will have a lower budget than the first film which cost an estimated $250 million. Singer has also said in previous interviews that the first films structure was required to be what it was and that a sequel could jump right into action and the heart of the story.

Expect to hear an officially greenlight sometime in the near future.

I registered for classes last night at midnight. It was a pain and took until after 2am because so many people were registering, but in the end I got the classes I wanted so it’s all good!

I?m signed up for masters screenwriting, advance TV writing, introduction into game design, and history of radical image. Two classes are on Monday and two are on Friday. I?m also trying to do an independent study and if I do I?ll use it to finish ?DAD!? I already got approval by the department for the independent-study I just need to find a teacher to work with me. The two professors I have in mind are also ones I registered for classes with.

THEN another option is that one of the professors in the department is filming an independent movie. You can apply to be in his class and if you are selected you end up working on the film instead of doing a ?classroom? type class. The cool thing about it is that the film is filming during winter-break so if you take the class then it?s one less class you have to take during the spring semester.

Since we only take 3 classes a semester this gives me a lot of leeway. If I end up doing an independent study with the teacher who I have on Fridays then I?ll drop my Friday classes and do Monday classes. If I do an independent study with my teacher on Mondays I?ll drop my Monday classes and then just do Friday classes. So no matter what, I should be good and have classes on both days that I need and want. Then if I do an independent study and work on the film, I just pick my favorite out of the 4 classes I?m signed up for.

The whole point is to have an easy schedule that allows me to work while also allowing me time to work on writing or whatever other projects I have going on. But I?m really excited!

Cheap gore ruled the box office this weekend as the “Saw” franchise claimed number one for the third year in a row. For such low budget films, Lions Gate really does well off them. The second movie, which cost $4, opened at $31 million and claimed $87 million. So its safe to say LG has another money maker on their hands

In other news the 3D version of “Nightmare Before Christmas” pulled in $1.8 million. That’s good considering it’s only playing at 168 theaters. I know here in DC there are only two theaters that can play it and only one in Baltimore. I’m actually excited to see this so Sarah and I are going tomorrow. We figure its a good way to spend Halloween

Continue after the break to see the box office chart.

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