CCI ‘08: The Rock in Race to Witch Mountain

Ain’t It Cool has coverage of the Race to Witch Mountain panel, featuring the driector and stars, including Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

Other Comic-Con International news:
- Here are some quotes from Samuel L. Jackson from the Spirit panel, via CBR: About working with director Frank Miller: “He’s great at setting up things without giving you a line reading,” Jackson said. “He kind of tricks you into doing something you might not wanna do, but he he’s so sweet, you end up trying it.” About the Octopus, his character in the film: “He always wanted to be more than he was in his life. He was waiting for this opportunity to explode and become this kingpin. He was the center of the universe in his mind. He’s the Octopus, he’s got his hands in everything. I asked, ‘How can I dress?’ and Frank said, ‘any way you want to!’ The most bizarre one we came up with was the Black Nazi. You can grow up to be anything you want to be. Yeah, I’m hot like that. My lightning bolt eyebrows are just the right touch.” About his sci-fi roles: “I remember on Jurassic Park, everybody had a figure except me and Wayne Knight, and we tried to figure out why. They’re all over, I catch Shaft staring at Mace Windu, Frozone flying around … I don’t have a Nick Fury, when I was a kid, he was a white man. It’s so amazing he finally evolved into something that makes sense to me. You too can grow up to be a Black man!”

- The Afro Samurai: Resurrection trailer is up.

- Satchel Paige: Striking Out Jim Crow won the Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work. Complete list of Eisner Award winners here.

- Check out this quote from Grant Morrison from the Final Crisis panel, via CBR: “Darkseid falls backwards through time… This is Final Crisis 4 I’m telling you. Once New Earth collapses, the entire multiverse collapses. Darkseid, when he falls backwards through time, it’s the first time he’s ever physically been here. Every time you’ve seen him, he’s been a projection. I wanted to do Mister Miracle as everyone is all Black, I wanted to do Metron as Sun Ra. They shouldn’t be white.”