Feb. 26 Dominic Monaghan has been cast to play Barnell Bohusk (Beak/Blackwing) in the upcoming X-Men Origins: Wolverine film.  The spin-off from the popular X-Men film series is scheduled to be released on May 1, 2009.  The character in the film is described as being a mysterious mutant from Wolverine's past and is said to have energy manipulation and electricity powers.  Monaghan joins the cast of Hugh Jackman (Wolverine), Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool), Taylor Kitsch (Gambit), Liev Schreiber (Sabretooth), Danny Huston (William Stryker), Will i Am (John Wraith), Daniel Henney (Agent Zero), Lynn Collins (Silver Fox), and others.

Dominic Monaghan is best known for his roles as Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck in the Lord of the Rings film trilogy and as Charlie Pace on the TV series Lost. 

Blackwing will be the second New Warriors character to appear in a major motion picture film.

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Feb. 23

Steve Uy, artist for issues 12 and 13 of Avengers: Initiative was recently interviewed at The Pulse.  Along with the interview, which can be read here, were four preview pages for issue #13.

     

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Feb. 23

Lots of previews:

 

New Warriors #9 will be available on February 27th.
 

 

 
Nova #11 will be available on March 12th
 

 

Thunderbolts: International Incident #1 will be available on February 27th.

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Feb. 23 Nova and Dagger are getting the mini-mate treatment!  The two former New Warriors are going to be part of an upcoming line of the popular Mini-Mates toys.  Check out the pictures of the figures below.

 

And in more New Warriors related toy news, the Ben Reilly Spider-man will be in a future line of the Marvel Super Hero Squad line of toys.

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