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The Rocketeer Turns 40, Celebrates With Anniversary Comic

The Rocketeer Turns 40, Celebrates With Anniversary Comic

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No matter how old he gets, The Rocketeer will always remain frozen in time, a late 1930s rocket jock at the edge of the Second World War. In the real world, Rocketeer is now 40 years old, and it’s been a wild ride for him. From his humble beginnings in the back of a comic book by Dave Stevens, to his landmark movie deal with Disney, to the movie underperforming and the property getting buried, to the character remaining relevant due to the movie becoming a cult classic anyway… Point is, The Rocketeer is here to stay, and IDW, who currently holds the print rights, is celebrating with a special anniversary comic: The Rocketeer Artist’s Edition. This fancy reprint of Cliff’s earliest adventures has been unavailable for a long time, but the property turning 40 felt like a good time to bring it back. But it’s not all old stock… IDW is also celebrating Cliff’s birthday with a never-before-seen Rocketeer comic, The Great Race. It will contain an all-new story

The Flashback Interview: Marian Green

The Flashback Interview: Marian Green

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I’m big on staying through movies until the closing credits end. I look out for all sorts of things, from mid-and-after-credits scenes to random jokes to the names of the people involved in making the movies. That’s how I came across my newest interview subject, Marian Green, whose name I saw listed among the stunt people for 1988’s Night Of The Demons when I recently viewed that cult classic on IMDB’s streaming service. I loved that movie, and seeing Marian’s name listed in the credits, I looked her up on IMDB. I was stunned to see that Marian did stunt work on some of the most memorable movies of the past 40 years, and isn’t showing signs of stopping any time soon. She’s also an active producer as well, and when I saw that, I became even more intrigued. I reached out to her about an interview, and we talked earlier this month about her work from the 80s to now. I hope you all enjoy getting to know her.

Disney Announces The Return Of The Rocketeer

Disney Announces The Return Of The Rocketeer

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Disney’s The Rocketeer was unappreciated in its day, but has grown a cult following in the decades since its unheralded release. What’s not to like about it? It’s a pulp adventure tale in the Indiana Jones vein about a hotshot in a jetpack who punches Nazis on a blimp and has a barely altered Bettie Page knockoff for a girlfriend. But Disney hasn’t expressed any interest in a sequel for a long time, and now that they actually OWN Indiana Jones the chances for The Rocketeer’s revival are nil, right? Apparently we were wrong (and happy to be)! Deadline broke the news this afternoon that the studio is pursuing The Return Of The Rocketeer, a direct sequel that runs on the same continuity as the original….though no one from the original cast will be appearing. Instead the experimental jetpack somehow leaps from Cliff Secord into the hands of an as-yet-unnamed former Tuskegee airman. What happened to Secord hasn’t been revealed, but only one thing matters at the moment…the airman must

Disney Wants to Reboot The Rocketeer

Disney Wants to Reboot The Rocketeer

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The Hollywood Reporter has published an article stating that Walt Disney Studios is developing a reboot for its classic 1991 movie The Rocketeer. Two writers, Max Winkler and Matt Spicer, have reportedly already been hired to write the script, which is currently going under the title of The Rocketeers. The new film would be a period piece like the original, with a storyline set six years after Cliff Secord fought the Nazis. Secord has vanished and a young African-American female pilot takes the role of the Rocketeer to stop a corrupt rocket scientist from stealing the jet pack technology. Tendo Nagenda and Chaz Salembier are overlooking the project for Disney. Brigham Taylor is producing the film with Blake Griffin and Ryan Kalil. The original film hailed from a 1980s comic book created by Dave Stevens, and it was directed by Joe Johnston, starring Billy Campbell and Jennifer Connelly. The first movie only earned about $46 million and was seen as a disappointment. However, over the years, the film has become