😮 I guess it had to happened sooner or later!
Marvel Comics has signed a deal to turn one of its superheroes, the Black Panther, into a primetime animated series for BET, starting early next year.
BET made the announcement at its upfront presentation in New York as the highlight of a batch of new series being readied for the 2008-09 season, under the supervision of Reginald Hudlin, president of entertainment for BET.
In addition to “The Black Panther,” BET singled out “Brutha,” a docu-reality series featuring producer Jermaine Dupri and focusing on five brothers in a singing group “who learn just what it takes to navigate the treacherous terrain of the music industry.”
BET has also given a go to its first court show, “Judge Karen,” and a dating show called “The Boot, narrated by MC Lyte, each half-hour of which starts with six young singles and narrows the field down to the final twosome.
“Brutha,” “Karen” and “Boot” will premiere in the fourth quarter. The network’s longrunning music-countdown show “106 & Park” has engineered a spinoff called “106 & Gospel,” a 90-minute weekly show that will feature the top 20 gospel videos. The air date of “106 & Gospel’ is early next year.
The two most popular reality shows in cable TV among black households, “College Hill” and “Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is,” will each return to BET’s schedule in 2009.
Other returning shows include the biographical reality series “American Gangster,” the soap opera “Baldwin Hills,” the boardroom-reality show “Interns” and the gospel-music show “Sunday Best.”
And the “BET Awards,” perennially the highest-rated show each year on the network, will be back for another year.
At the upfront, Scott Mills, president and chief operating officer of BET Networks, talked about the beginning of the network’s “international expansion with our recent launch of BET in the United Kingdom.” Mills also singled out BET’s “intergrated marketing” across a number of platforms and its “new digital efforts” including BET.com, its mobile initiatives and its video on demand.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117984203.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
It had Zords, all the heroes destroy Latveria, then Atlantis, but for some reason Iron-Man robots are deployed against Wakada, Luke Cage is President and Black Panther/Wakanda essentially rules the world; obviously it was the awesomest comic ever.
10/07 Black Panther #31 - 33,673 (-30.5%)
11/07 Black Panther #32 - 28,426 (-15.6%)
12/07 Black Panther #33 - 25,906 ( -8.9%)
01/08 —
02/08 Black Panther #34 - 23,395 ( -9.7%)
Countdown to cancellation.
Originally posted by xmarksthespot
It had Zords, all the heroes destroy Latveria, then Atlantis, but for some reason Iron-Man robots are deployed against Wakada, Luke Cage is President and Black Panther/Wakanda essentially rules the world; obviously it was the awesomest comic ever.10/07 Black Panther #31 - 33,673 (-30.5%)
11/07 Black Panther #32 - 28,426 (-15.6%)
12/07 Black Panther #33 - 25,906 ( -8.9%)
01/08 —
02/08 Black Panther #34 - 23,395 ( -9.7%)Countdown to cancellation.
Maybe not:
BLACK PANTHER #39
Written by JASON AARON
Penciled by JEFTE PALO
Cover by JASON PEARSON
“SEE WAKANDA, AND DIE,” PART 1
3-part tie-in to “Secret Invasion,” written by guest-writer Jason Aaron (WOLVERINE)!
When the Skrulls come to town, it's all-out war in Wakanda. The alien invaders have war ships, advanced technology, super-powered soldiers and an army that outnumbers the Wakandans ten to one. Cake walk, right? Think again. There’s a reason Wakanda had never been conquered – and the Skrulls are about to find out why…the hard way.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99
It's only 3 issues but I'm going to pick them up because I like what Aaron has done to Wolverine and Mystique.
You read the Nezhno story by Yost yet? Hudlin probably choked on something after reading that.
Originally posted by ExodusCloakNah not yet.
Maybe not:BLACK PANTHER #39
Written by JASON AARON
Penciled by JEFTE PALO
Cover by JASON PEARSON
“SEE WAKANDA, AND DIE,” PART 1
3-part tie-in to “Secret Invasion,” written by guest-writer Jason Aaron (WOLVERINE)!
When the Skrulls come to town, it's all-out war in Wakanda. The alien invaders have war ships, advanced technology, super-powered soldiers and an army that outnumbers the Wakandans ten to one. Cake walk, right? Think again. There’s a reason Wakanda had never been conquered – and the Skrulls are about to find out why…the hard way.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99It's only 3 issues but I'm going to pick them up because I like what Aaron has done to Wolverine and Mystique.
You read the Nezhno story by Yost yet? Hudlin probably choked on something after reading that.
Ah it's crossover time again. The only reason why the book has survived so long anyway (X-Men crossover and Storm marriage, Civil War/Initiative, Zombies and FF)... except this time they're even giving the crossover issues to a guest writer?
Maybe guest writer will become regular writer...
Storm must be a Skrull.
Originally posted by Darth Vicious
😮 I guess it had to happened sooner or later!Marvel Comics has signed a deal to turn one of its superheroes, the Black Panther, into a primetime animated series for BET, starting early next year.
BET made the announcement at its upfront presentation in New York as the highlight of a batch of new series being readied for the 2008-09 season, under the supervision of Reginald Hudlin, president of entertainment for BET.In addition to “The Black Panther,” BET singled out “Brutha,” a docu-reality series featuring producer Jermaine Dupri and focusing on five brothers in a singing group “who learn just what it takes to navigate the treacherous terrain of the music industry.”
BET has also given a go to its first court show, “Judge Karen,” and a dating show called “The Boot, narrated by MC Lyte, each half-hour of which starts with six young singles and narrows the field down to the final twosome.
“Brutha,” “Karen” and “Boot” will premiere in the fourth quarter. The network’s longrunning music-countdown show “106 & Park” has engineered a spinoff called “106 & Gospel,” a 90-minute weekly show that will feature the top 20 gospel videos. The air date of “106 & Gospel’ is early next year.
The two most popular reality shows in cable TV among black households, “College Hill” and “Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is,” will each return to BET’s schedule in 2009.
Other returning shows include the biographical reality series “American Gangster,” the soap opera “Baldwin Hills,” the boardroom-reality show “Interns” and the gospel-music show “Sunday Best.”
And the “BET Awards,” perennially the highest-rated show each year on the network, will be back for another year.
At the upfront, Scott Mills, president and chief operating officer of BET Networks, talked about the beginning of the network’s “international expansion with our recent launch of BET in the United Kingdom.” Mills also singled out BET’s “intergrated marketing” across a number of platforms and its “new digital efforts” including BET.com, its mobile initiatives and its video on demand.
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117984203.html?categoryid=14&cs=1
In the past season of The Boondocks, BET & Hudlin have been getting a lot of mockery, in the form of a character called Weggie Wudlin, always bragging to people about his Harvard education in a high-pitched voice and throwing around Black Panther comics to anyone trapped in a meeting room. And BET is like the evil empire, out to destroy all black people as we know them. 😂
Originally posted by ExodusCloakYeah on further thought, I really don't see it being saved by yet another event.
Maybe not:BLACK PANTHER #39
Written by JASON AARON
Penciled by JEFTE PALO
Cover by JASON PEARSON
“SEE WAKANDA, AND DIE,” PART 1
3-part tie-in to “Secret Invasion,” written by guest-writer Jason Aaron (WOLVERINE)!
When the Skrulls come to town, it's all-out war in Wakanda. The alien invaders have war ships, advanced technology, super-powered soldiers and an army that outnumbers the Wakandans ten to one. Cake walk, right? Think again. There’s a reason Wakanda had never been conquered – and the Skrulls are about to find out why…the hard way.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99It's only 3 issues but I'm going to pick them up because I like what Aaron has done to Wolverine and Mystique.
You read the Nezhno story by Yost yet? Hudlin probably choked on something after reading that.
BLACK PANTHER #35 : 21,332 (-8.8%)
If we project the trend:
BLACK PANTHER #36 : 19,412
BLACK PANTHER #37 : 17,665
BLACK PANTHER #38 : 16,075
I don't see it recovering from that without a new writer and/or relaunch. And presumably BP and Storm will be Skrulls.
Originally posted by xmarksthespot
Yeah on further thought, I really don't see it being saved by yet another event.BLACK PANTHER #35 : 21,332 (-8.8%)
If we project the trend:
BLACK PANTHER #36 : 19,412
BLACK PANTHER #37 : 17,665
BLACK PANTHER #38 : 16,075I don't see it recovering from that without a new writer and/or relaunch. And presumably BP and Storm will be Skrulls.
Hopefully, although I think the Astonishing X-Men #25 spoilers have ruled out the Storm/Black Panther Skrull thing.