Marvel announces What If…? novel series
It looks like Marvel is expanding on their What If...? concept that worked really well as an animated Disney+ series. They are teaming with Penguin Random House’s Random House Worlds on some brand new novels.
Marvel will be developing multiple novels featuring Spider-Man, Loki, the Moon Knight, and a whole bunch of other characters that you know and love. Set in their own distinct universes in the Multiverse, each book will focus on a unique twist on an iconic Marvel origin story.
The What If...? novels will be released sometime in 2024 and will launch with What If... Loki Was Worthy?, a Loki and Valkyrie story by Madeleine Roux, publishing on March 12, 2024, followed by What If…Wanda Maximoff and Peter Parker were Siblings? a Scarlet Witch and Spider-Man story by Seanan Mcguire, publishing in July 2024. And What If… Marc Spector was a Host to Venom? is a Moon Knight and Venom story by Mike Chen, publishing in October 2024.
Audiobook editions for all novels will be published by Penguin Random House audio.
Netflix Narnia movie reboot coming
Remember The Chronicles of Narnia movies? They were pretty cool, right?
There was the god-lion Aslan, the terrifying and powerful White Witch, and talking beavers with epic fights. Adapted from C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia novels and despite performing well at the box office, the Narnia movies eventually fizzled out in 2010, but now they’re coming back, courtesy of Netflix.
What’s more, the New Yorker confirms that the most exciting director of 2023, Greta Gerwig, who has helmed the Lady Bird, Little Women and Barbie has signed a deal with Netflix for the first two Narnia reboot movies.
DC announces new Batman Beyond series
The first look of a brand new Batman Beyond series, is here. Terry McGinnis went through a lot in Batman Beyond: Neo-Year, and now without Bruce Wayne as his guide, Terry McGinnis will discover the dangers that still lurk in Old Gotham in Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic.
After multiple children go missing, Terry will head to the remains of Old Gotham with the help of a splicer named Kyle the Catboi, and who knows what they will find once they get there. Batman Beyond: Neo-Gothic will feature covers by Dunbar, Christian Ward, Ejikure, Belén Ortega, and Dike Ruan, and will hit comic stores and digital platforms on July 25th.
Published in Dawn, Young World, July 15th, 2023
