Batman: The Long Halloween Gets a New Follow-Up Comic
On Thursday, DC Comics announced that they will be publishing a special follow-up issue to Batman: The Long Halloween by writer Jeph Loeb and artist Tim Sale. “Twenty-five years ago, Tim Sale and I set out to tell a mystery tale of how Gotham City went from crime to freaks,” Loeb said in a statement. “The result was Batman: The Long Halloween. We’re thrilled to be back at DC revisiting some of our favorite characters all the while revealing that you may not know the whole story.” Very few details have been announced about the upcoming 48-page special comic, but you can expect it on stands on October 12th, just in time for Halloween!
The Alchemist Begins Production This Fall
Westbrook Studios, Netter Films, and PalmStar Media have announced that filming for The Alchemist will begin this September in Morocco. Sebastian de Souza, Tom Hollander, and Shohreh Aghdashloo are set to star in the upcoming film, which is an adaptation of Paulo Coelho’s fable-like novel The Alchemist. The film’s production team includes Will Smith and Jon Mone for Westbrook Studios; Frakes and Raj Singh for PalmStar; and Gil Netter for Netter Films. You can expect to see The Alchemist released near the end of 2022.
Chatto & Windus Publishing NoViolet Bulawayo’s Second Novel
Chatto & Windus will be publishing author NoViolet Bulawayo’s second novel Glory. The novel, which is inspired by the fall of Robert Mugabe, is being described as “punchy, funny, and piercing.” This novel is the follow up to Bulawayo’s 2013 debut novel We Need New Names, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Guardian First Book Award. The novel won a Betty Trask Award, Hemingway Foundation/PEN Award, Hurston-Wright Legacy Award, the Etisalat Prize and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for First Fiction. Glory will be published on April 7th, 2022.
Scripp’s New Spelling Bee Winner Makes History
Fourteen-year-old Zaila Avant-garde from New Orleans, Louisiana, is the winner of the Scripp’s Spelling Bee. Here’s how she’s made history with this win.