Comics
*Vaneta Rogers interviews various comics creators about the challenges of writing Aquaman. I especially like Smallville writer Mark Q Miller's quote: "What makes Aquaman Aquaman for me is the environmental activist angle and the nobility angle. He's very Shakespearean, in a way. A king with a cause. An Old World sensibility in the modern age. It's very cool." [Newsarama]
*Meanwhile, Aquaman gets his own Flashpoint mini-series with Emperor Aquaman. [The Source]
Movies
*The Goonies poster above was created by Justin Erickson for a special screening of the movie. [/Film]
*I'm looking forward to fully exploring /Film's set visit to Pirates of the Caribbean 4. Takeaways from the little I've read so far: Blackbeard should be awesome, but they're worried about Penelope Cruz's character. [Part One and Part Two, with more coming]
TV
*Remember that Treasure Island TV movie for Sky TV that stars Eddie Izzard as Long John Silver and Elijah Wood as Ben Gunn? It's actually a two-part mini-series for SyFy and it also has Donald Sutherland as Captain Flint, who doesn't actually appear in the novel, but sets everything in motion via backstory. The show is filming now and scheduled to air early next year. [Spinoff Online]
Misc.
*Lego's new Pirates of the Caribbean sets look amazing and include scenes from all four movies. [MTV]
*And oh look! There's the video game trailer!
[Topless Robot]
*It's not just Lego getting on board. Jakks has got all kinds of amazing playsets, figures, and other merchandise. [Toy News International; thanks, Ken!]
*But if it's Lego you like, wait'll you get a load of the lifesize Jack Sparrow from the presentation that launched all those wonderful toys. [Nerd Approved]
*Also: Lego Unsinkable Walker Bean
. Not officially licensed, but even cooler for having been customized by a six-year-old. [First Second]
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