A quick couple of ITEMS!, as Stan might have put it in his heyday. First, Daniel Craig turned down the lead in Thor. Not terribly surprising, of itself, but interesting in that the actor I'm endorsing for the role, Kevin McKidd, is something of a chip off the Daniel Craig block. That is to say, from the UK, blonde, and rather Steve McQueenish. And unlike Craig, McKidd has something of a history with costume drama and hair extensions. But would the Marvel producers consider him as being able to hold his own in an ensemble that included scenery chewers like Robert Downey Jr, Ed Norton and Samuel Jackson?
Next: in the Marvel solicitations, THE CAPTAIN BRITAIN OMNIBUS: "Written by ALAN MOORE, ALAN DAVIS, DAVE THORPE, PAUL NEARY, MICHAEL CARLIN, STEVE CRADDOCK, MIKE COLLINS, JAMIE DELANO & CHRIS CLAREMONT. Penciled by ALAN DAVIS & PAUL NEARY. Covers by ALAN DAVIS. One of the Marvel Universe's most staggering sagas from two of Britain's most remarkable writers, reprinted in total for the first time! Captain Britain fights to save a universe...and fails! But a single reality is small change in the game Merlyn's playing against Mad Jim Jaspers, who's rewriting reality so he's the center of the universe! Worlds collide, heroes and villains die, and Captain Britain's beside himself - except when he's fighting himself...to the death! Featuring the first appearances of the metamorphic Meggan, Opal Luna Saturnyne, the Captain Britain Corps, and more! Plus: Psylocke joins the X-Men, and the X-Men join Captain Britain on a cosmic quest into the secrets of life and death! The fiendish Fury, the horrific Horde and the malevolent Mojo are only a few of the adversaries who await within! Also guest-starring the New Mutants and Captain America! Collecting MARVEL SUPER-HEROES (UK) #377-388, THE DAREDEVILS (UK) #1-11, CAPTAIN AMERICA #305-306, MIGHTY WORLD OF MARVEL (UK) #7-16, CAPTAIN BRITAIN (UK) #1-14, NEW MUTANTS ANNUAL #2 and UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL #11."
That's a helluvalot of Captain Britain, including some bits and pieces that have evaded reprinting before. I may well be tempted.
