Trade Paperbacks & Movies Deals
First of all, after only one year of operations, and just over six months since their first book hit shelves, Red5 Comics has its first movie deal in the works! Its just great to be working with such a company. Scott and Paul over at Red5 really know what makes a good comic book. I got a kick out of this slightly different report since is seems to imply something is in the works for our Bucket-Head. They must have sources that Brian and I don’t since no one had contacted us about doing anything other than comic books with Robo. But the internet is never wrong. . . right?
Also, our first TPB -Atomic Robo & The Fightin’ Scientists of Tesladyne -will be hitting stores on June 11th. You can pre-order your copies now, and to take the work of flipping through the big Previews catalog, here’s the code: APR084084
Okay, I’ve got to get back to work and figure out what this Nazi war-mech does to Robo in Issue 2.2 ,(or Issue #8 for those who cling like children to outmoded comic numbering systems).
March 28th, 2008 at 10:33 am
NICE!
If there was ever another book that begged for flick treatment….seeing Robo is full motion would definitely hit that sweet spot.
Very coool that Red5 is already on Hollywood’s radar
March 29th, 2008 at 1:15 am
Hrm, hypothetically…who would voice Robo?
He’d have to have a lippy, funny voice, but have an “old soul” feel to him.
Hrm…Clooney?
March 29th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Clooney is a good choice. Willis might be a bit “light”. Perlman is over used. I can’t really think of any others.
March 29th, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Perlman would be a bit heavy for Robo’s general light-hearted tone. He might make a good Jenkins though.
March 30th, 2008 at 1:05 am
DavidHydePierce (i know that’s almost similarly treaded water w/ ScrewOnHead, but he was the baddie in that) I think Robo’s playfulness would come out with him doing the voice.
March 30th, 2008 at 9:04 am
I could see Clooney.
Willis -not a chance.
Perlman -even if over-used he’s just too deep.
Pierce -which voice did he do? Is he the guy that sounds like Frasher’s brother?
March 30th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
Paul Giamatti did Screw-On Head. David does Abe in the Hellboy movies.
March 30th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
How would Robo talk in anything other than Glados-style text-to-speech speak?
I dig the drawing Scott! Chosen a hair color for the Sparrow yet?
March 30th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
Oh, well no to David then also. His voice is too “British school professor”.
March 30th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
OK, so Clooney for Robo, I say Perlman for Jenkins. What about Patrick Stewart for von Helsingard? Cliche? Maybe…but I think he’d be perfect.
March 30th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
I say, go with Will Smith for Robo’s voice.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:55 pm
I bet Jeremy Irons would be cool as a robot. Or since Robo is all American, maybe someone with a Brooklyn accent.
April 1st, 2008 at 5:04 am
Not being even vaguely interested in comic book movies (or any kind of movies, for the most part) I’m not interested in Hollyweird tainting Robo, but as I’m very much in the minority on this one: congratulations!
Got the 2 sketchbooks in the mail this week, nicely done, Scott.
(also a non-fan of comics coming in “volumes”.
‘old school’ numbering all the way!)
April 1st, 2008 at 1:00 pm
Lee Marvin for Jenkins. It has to be.
I’m mostly with you Jay . . .except I want to send my kid to college some day.
Apparently Comic Book Retailers are easily confused and claim that numbers vs volumes somehow make tracking sales easy.
Leaping into the 21st Century with the computer program that Double Midnight uses would ALSO make tracking things easy.
So Robo will be collected as Volumes but the next issue to come out will say “Atomic Robo #7, 1 of 5.”
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:08 am
I’m assuming that’s an April Fool’s joke. Right?
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:18 am
‘…but the next issue to come out will say “Atomic Robo #7, 1 of 5.”’
Merci. You rock.