Joseph Gordon-Levitt to play...?; No Raven this fall; Arkham City comes to comics





An anonymous contributor to Comic Book Movie is saying that Joseph Gordon- Levitt has signed on to play Alberto Falcone in The Dark Knight Rises. He is the estranged son of Carmine Falcone (who was portrayed by Tom Wilkinson in Batman Begins. You may also remember him being the Holiday Killer in The Long Halloween maxi series written by Jeph Loeb with art by Tim Sale. While this is still considered a rumor, it makes sense consider the obvious influence this story has on the Nolan's movies.

Deadline is reporting that the pilots for the fall season have been picked and the Raven series is not among them. The CW is developing a series based on the New Teen Titan character created by Marv Wolfman and George Perez. The website Comic Book Movie is theorizing that it will be a 2012 mid-season replacement, which would be interesting. The Wonder Woman TV series is to be a mid-season replacement for 2012. Hmm...  

The Source announced today that there will be a Arkham City mini-series in May that  bridges the events of Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City video games. The story is penned by Paul Dini, the writer of both games as well as Batman: The Animated Series with art by Carlos D'anda (one of the concept artists for the games). From the Source...


BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY picks up one year after the original game, where former Arkham Warden turned newly elected Mayor of Gotham City Quincy Sharp has decided to close down the infamous institution. In its stead, he establishes “Arkham City,” the new maximum security “home” for all of Gotham City’s thugs, gangsters and insane criminal masterminds.  Set inside the heavily fortified walls of a sprawling district in the heart of Gotham City, inmates can roam free and do whatever they want as long as they don’t try to escape. To run this urban prison, Sharp has appointed Dr. Hugo Strange, a man who knows that Bruce Wayne is Batman. Each issue of the miniseries will be available day-and-date digitally worldwide for $2.99 each. These releases will alternate with 8-page digital-first interludes that will expand on the story included in the miniseries. Written by Dini and drawn by a variety of artists, these digital stories will focus on The Dark Knight’s many enemies as they vie for power in this new city within a city. Each eight-page digital-first interlude will be available for .99 cents, releasing in between issues of the miniseries, and will later be included in print in the BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY collected edition.