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Who's playing Jor-El in the new Superman movie? Why, Marlon Brando, of course. Director Bryan Singer has been saying that the new movie will tie into the first two, and who better to play Superman's dead father than the dead actor, who insisted on calling his planet "Kryp-tin."

Read about it here.

Lex Text

You know those annoying Verizon commericals during Smallville promoting Lex's text messages?

Well, you can see them here.

Some are pretty interesting.

Batman & Robin vs. CHiPs

And now a clip from Robot Chicken, the new Adult Swim show on Cartoon Network that demonstrates some people make TV shows just for me:

Batman decapitates Ponch

Living in "Sin"

Yahoo has put up a mini-site dedicated to the new Sin City movie opening April 1. One of the highlights is a gallery comparing movie stills to comic panels. See how faithfully the film creates the comic here.

Mansquito!

It's exactly what it sounds like....

Check out pics and the trailer here.

Try not to laugh.

Darker Star Wars

The new trailer for Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith premiered during The O.C. last night and can be seen in front of the new Robots movie in theatres this weekend. For now, only AOL subscribers can see it, but it will probably be more widely available by Monday.

UPDATE: Here's the trailer. Give it a minute or so to download.

In the meantime, check out this new poster, and this article, where Lucas says Episode III will probably be rated PG-13, not PG like all 5 previous installments.

Having been fortunate enough to catch the trailer on TV, all I can say is "Wow!"

Definitive Detective

In 1977, DC published what many consider one of the definitive Batman runs, the Englehart/Rogers stint on Detective (reprinted in the trade paperback Strange Apparitions). This May, just in time for the new movie, the creative duo returns for a mini-series called Dark Detective, featuring the return of Silver St. Cloud and the Joker's run for governor, under the slogan, "Vote for Me -- Or I'll Kill You!"

Check out this feature article, which includes an interview with Englehart and a preview of the first issue.

Mark Your Calendars!

There's a lot of important stuff coming up in my little world, and it's my duty to make sure you have all the dates and links you need. So, mark your calendars:

March 15: The Incredibles arrives on DVD
March 15: The Shield 4th season begins
March 30: DC Countdown, follow-up to Identity Crisis hits comic stores
April 1: Sin City opens
April 26: Blade: Trinity hits DVD
April 28: Crisis on Infinite Earths novelization hits bookstores
May 7: Free Comic Book Day!
May 19: Star Wars - Episode III: Revenge of the Sith opens
May 25: Batman: The Animated Series Vol. 3 arrives on DVD
June 3-5: Wizard World Philadelphia comic convention
June 17: Batman Begins opens
July 8: Fantasic Four opens

Got all that? Good.

Krypto Coming to Cartoon Network

Cartoon Network has just launched its site for the new Krypto cartoon, debuting, Monday, April 4 at 9 am (sneak peek on March 25, I hear). Sure, it's aimed at the pre-school set, but from what I've read on the site, it looks to be a lot of fun for comics/cartoon fans too.

The cartoon stars Superman's dog, as well as Ace the Bat-Hound, Streaky, the Super-Cat (used to belong to Supergirl), and the episode guide indicates we'll be seeing Catwoman's cat, Isis (from Batman: the Animated Series!), the Penguin's pet bird, and a character named Tusky (who was Aquaman's pet walrus in the '60s cartoons).

There's references to LexCorp, Catwoman, the Joker, Robin(!) and more in the episode descriptions. Red kryptonite (which, in old comics continuity had different, unpredictable effects on Kryptonians each time they encountered it) plays a major role in the series.

The site has character descriptions, an episode guide (2 stories per episode, 26 episodes so far!) and a video of the show's opening theme. Check it out!