MAC TABLET: THE NEW COMIC READER?

Concept art of what the tablet may look like.

While CNN just posted a story here about how the new Mac Tablet may not be the gadget of the future, we at Wizard HQ in midtown Manhattan are pretty excited. Here’s a few things we want to see on the tablet—expected to be announced around the end of January—that’ll make it a must-have device for comic book fans after the jump.

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CAPTAIN AMERICA TO FILM IN JUNE!

Director opens up about Cap’s big screen debut

While talking to Fangoria about his experiences after taking over helming “The Wolfman” which hits theaters February 12, director Joe Johnston said the Marvel Studios “The First Avenger: Captain America” film—set for release on July 22, 2011—will begin filming in June of 2010.

Johnston talks about taking over “Wolfman” with only a few weeks left to film, before revealing the schedule for “Captain America”:

Principal photography was now less than four weeks away. “By the time I got on a plane and arrived, it was three,” recalls Johnston, speaking from the art department of THE FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA, which he’s readying for a June start.”

DOCTOR WHO!

TENNANT & DAVIES ON THE DOCTOR

After this weekend debut of David Tennant’s final episodes of the BBC’s Doctor Who, what better time to unveil Wizard’s chat with series mastermind Russell T. Davies and Tennant on the men who played the Timelord and Matt Smith, the man preparing to take over.

Check it out here: Doctor Who

PR: SPARTACUS: BLOOD & SAND MOTION COMIC SERIES INTRODUCED

“SPARTACUS: UPON THE SANDS OF VENGEANCE”

Los Angeles, CA (December 29, 2009) –Double Barrel Motion Labs, in association with Starz Digital Media, has released a motion comic series based on the upcoming Starz original series, “Spartacus: Blood & Sand.” Episode 1 of the motion comic series, “Spartacus: Upon the Sands of Vengeance,” is available now for purchase on the iTunes, PlayStation®Network, and Xbox LIVE platforms. Continue reading PR: SPARTACUS: BLOOD & SAND MOTION COMIC SERIES INTRODUCED…

BRYAN SINGER TALKS ‘X-MEN: FIRST CLASS’

SINGER: “['X-Men: First Class' is] basically about the formation of the X-Men. How they began and the relationship between a young Xavier and a young Magneto.”

Read the rest over at The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision Blog.

PR: DOCTOR WHO GIVES BBC AMERICA BEST NIGHT EVER

- First of three Doctor Who specials attracts new fans -

Television’s longest running hit science fiction series, Doctor Who, has never been bigger in the U.S. On Saturday, December 19, Doctor Who: The Waters of Mars delivered BBC AMERICA its highest ever primetime rating and delivery in total viewers and A25-54.

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GREEN LANTERN GETS GIRL?

Are Warner Bros and star Ryan Reynolds zeroing in on a leading lady to play Carol Ferris—Hal Jordan’s (Reynolds) girlfriend in the upcoming DC Comics adaptation? According to Latino Review, the execs and filmmakers have narrowed their gaze to just five women.

Read about the rumored five finalists here: GREEN LANTERN GETS GIRL!?!

EPIC STAR WARS: EPISODE ONE REVIEW!

Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Review (Part 1 of 7)

Think you HATED Star Wars: The Phantom Menace? This guy hates Episode One almost as much as he hates enunciation. May this FARCE be with you…

TUESDAY MORNING LINKS!

Alex Ross' Captain America

What better way to launch Wizard’s new daily news and entertainment blog—brought to you by the same weirdos running the magazine—than a new Red Band NSFW trailer for the adaptation of Mark Millar (Old Man Logan) and John Romita Jr.’s (Spider-Man) “Kick-Ass!” Plus, our good friend Kiel Phegley speaks to DC VP-Editorial Dan DiDio about changes to DC Comics prices and its back-up features; the Pocono Record updates the Frank Frazetta art case; Robert Rodriguez says don’t hold your breath for more “Sin City”…and much, much more!

• NEW KICK-ASS! TRAILER:

• DIDIO ON DC COMICS:

• FRAZETTA:

• SIN CITY 2:

• STORMTROOPER CASE