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Another weekend at the box office and another milestone for Fox's action superhero movie Deadpool. The R-rated film has now climbed into the Top 10 chart for top-grossing comic book adaptations since 1978. It has now made more than $328 million domestically, which pushes it past 2008's Iron Man ($318 million) to move into the No. 10 spot on the chart. These numbers come from Box Office Mojo (via CBR). Deadpool now needs $5 million more to pass 2014's Guardians of the Galaxy, which stands at $333 million in the United States. Worldwide, Deadpool has now banked more than $708 million, according to Box Office Mojo. Unsurprisingly, a sequel is in the works. What may be more shocking, however, is that producers are reportedly not looking for the sequel--which will also star Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool--to have a larger budget than the first one. Writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick recently spoke about seeking a smaller budget for their sequel. "We don't want $150 million to go make the next movie; that's not Deadpool," Wernick said. "Deadpool doesn't lift cities up into the air or battle aliens coming down to earth, that's just not Deadpool. So we're happy in that little small budget range that they have us in; we don't wanna blow this next one out." The first Deadpool was made on a reported $58 million production budget. The sequel may not have a larger budget for the actual production, but Fox will reportedly pay Reynolds quite a bit more. Source http://www.gamespot.com/articles/deadpool-passes-iron-man-moves-into-top-10-comic-b/1100-6435635/
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My favorites (probably missing quite a few): Hover over: Damn. Not only did he not install it, he sutured a 'Vista-Ready' sticker onto my arm. Hover over: YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY? Hover over: Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can make me think I deserved it. Hover over: Somewhere out there is a company that has actually figured out how to enlarge [something], and it's helpless to reach potential customers. Hover over: I hear this is an option in the latest Ubuntu release. There are so many more that I like (i.e. little bobby tables) but let's see what other XKCD fans/readers come up with.
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When Marvel Comics was founded in 1939, the very idea of a video game was so foreign that even its futuristic thinkers couldn't imagine such a thing. Now 76 years later, the company will launch its first comic inspired by one. Marvel, owned by Walt Disney, is launching a comic series this October built around Contest of Champions, a video game co-created with San Francisco-based Kabam. The comic will follow the story line of popular superheroes, like the military superhero Captain America and the web-slinging Spider-Man, who are kidnapped and forced to fight by a mysterious figure known as the Collector. This is a first for Disney's Marvel division, whose comic books have become the driving force behind some of the most popular movies and TV shows ever made, including "The Avengers," "Spider-Man" and "X-Men." That inspiration has been a one-way street: the comics have always led to stories for other media, and never ceded control of their story lines -- until now. "On the comic book side, this book has to be as good and bar-shattering as the game," said Bill Rosemann, creative director at Marvel's games group. "We have to define what a comic is based on a game." The move not only recognizes the video game industry's story-telling prowess and growing influence, it could lead to a shift in the way comics are written. While Marvel will still rely on comic writers for its Contest of Champions, video game makers could offer up new story lines, drawn with a potentially different artistic perspective. Perhaps most important, the effort will give readers and gamers a deeper connection with the stories' characters, participating in the game's side-plots while reading their favorite characters' thoughts and motivations in the comic. "Video games have really become an important storytelling medium for us," said Peter Phillips, head of Marvel's interactive and digital media group, who added the company has rallied its television, movies, comics and games groups together for this and other initiatives. "We've gotten smarter as an organization." Source http://www.cnet.com/
