Cully Hamner

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Cully Hamner
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Blue Beetle
Black Lightning: Year One
Detective Comics

Cully Hamner (born 1969) is an American

Jaime Reyes, the DC Comics character at the center of the 2023 feature film Blue Beetle
.

Early life

Cully Hamner was born March 7, 1969[1][3] in Huntsville, Alabama.[2][4] He graduated from Albert P. Brewer High School in Somerville, Alabama.[5]

Career

Since Hamner's 1992 debut on

Red. He is also one of the original members of Atlanta's Gaijin Studios. Hamner also helped start and acted as Creative Consultant to 12 Gauge Comics, publisher of such titles as The Ride, Gun Candy, Body Bags, and O.C.T.: The Occult Crimes Taskforce
.

His work can be seen in

Glyph Awards.[7]

In March 2009, it was announced that Hamner had signed an exclusive contract with DC Comics, and in June 2009, he began his run on the monthly

The Question.[8] After concluding his year-long tenure on that character and in light of the pending release of the film version of Red, it was announced that Hamner would return to both write and illustrate the Paul Moses character for a 40-page prequel called Red: Eyes Only.[9]

Grauman's Chinese Theater
in Hollywood California, October 12, 2010.

In 2010,

comic book of the same name that Hamner illustrated with writer Warren Ellis, starring Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich and Richard Dreyfuss.[10][11]

On June 9, 2011, it was revealed by DC Comics co-publisher

The Shade.[13]

On July 19, 2013, RED 2, the sequel to RED, was released in North America. The film stars Bruce Willis, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Lee Byung-hun, Anthony Hopkins, and Helen Mirren, with Dean Parisot directing a screenplay by Jon and Erich Hoeber. In its opening weekend, the film grossed $18.5 million and finished in fifth place, which was lower than the $21.8 million its predecessor earned in October 2010. According to exit polling, 67% of the audience was over 35 and 52% was male. Red 2 grossed $53.3 million in North America and $94.8 million overseas for a total of $148.1 million worldwide.[14]

In the spring of 2015, Hamner reteamed with writer Greg Rucka to produce a two-issue coda to their run on the Renee Montoya character in Detective Comics. Convergence: The Question was released by DC Entertainment in April and May 2015.[15]

On August 14, 2015, it was announced that

RED television series produced by screenwriters Jon Hoeber and Erich Hoeber, along with Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Mark Vahradian. Lionsgate Television and Di Bonaventura Pictures Television would be producing the series.[16]

On June 17, 2016, Lionsgate announced that it would be teaming with Indian actor/producer Anil Kapoor’s AKFC production banner on a Hindi version of RED for the Indian market.[17]

On June 21, 2017, RED producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura stated that a script for RED 3 had been commissioned, and that he was "waiting for [it] right now."[18]

In August 2017, it was announced in

Duke Thomas character (now known as The Signal). The series is written by fan-favorite writer Scott Snyder and newcomer Tony Patrick (a graduate of the DC Comics Writers Workshop).[19][20]

In August of 2023, Warner Bros. released the feature film version of

Angel Manuel Soto and starring Xolo Maridueña, Susan Sarandon, and George Lopez. The film centers around Hamner's co-creation, Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes)
.

Bibliography

Comics series

Comics anthologies and one-shots

Pin-ups and covers

Awards and recognition

  • Nominated for two 2010 Glyph Awards (Best Male Character and Fan Award for Best Comic), both for Black Lightning: Year One, alongside writer Jen Van Meter.[21]
  • June 2011 Inkwell Awards Ambassador (June 2011 – present)[22]
  • GLAAD Media Award For Outstanding Comic Book for
    JH Williams III, and Cully Hamner [23]

References

  1. ^ a b "Cully Hamner". Good Reads. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Comic creator: Cully Hamner". Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved July 25, 2013.
  3. Webster's Online Dictionary
    . Retrieved July 29, 2013.
  4. AL.com
    .
  5. ^ Welch, Chris (October 8, 2010). "'Red' movie based on comic book by Huntsville native Cully Hamner". AL.com.
  6. ISBN 1-893905-70-5
  7. ^ Pepose, David (February 17, 2010). "2010 Glyph Awards Announced" Archived February 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. Newsarama.
  8. ^ Cully Hamner Signs DC Exclusive, Newsarama. March 24, 2009
  9. ^ Pitts, Lan (January 19, 2010). "Cully Hamner is seeing 'Red' again…" Archived 2010-07-23 at the Wayback Machine. Newsarama. July 19, 2010
  10. ^ Kit, Borys (June 11, 2008). "RED Aims For Green Light". The Hollywood Reporter.
  11. ^ Marnell, Blair (October 23, 2009). 'Red' To Begin Shooting In January Archived 2009-10-26 at the Wayback Machine. MTV News.
  12. ^ "Project: Up Up and Runway"[permanent dead link]. DC Comics. June 9, 2011
  13. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Robinson's 'Shade' Debut, More October Solicits". Comic Book Resources. July 12, 2011
  14. ^ "Red 2". Box Office Mojo. 2017-07-31.
  15. ^ "HAMNER, RUCKA Revive RENEE MONTOYA' Life As THE QUESTION in CONVERGENCE". Newsarama. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  16. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (August 14, 2015). "'Red' Movies Get NBC Series Adaptation". deadline.com. Retrieved August 17, 2015.
  17. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (2016-06-17). "Action Comedy 'Red' Set For Indian Remake From Lionsgate, Anil Kapoor's AKFC". Deadline. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  18. ^ "Lorenzo di Bonaventura Talks Red and Jupiter's Legacy". Movies. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  19. ^ "'Batman and the Signal' Introduces a New Hero to Gotham City". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  20. ^ "First Look at Cully Hamner's BATMAN AND THE SIGNAL Designs (Exclusive) | Nerdist". Nerdist. 2017-08-09. Archived from the original on 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
  21. ^ Parkin, John (2010-02-15). "Glyph Comics Awards nominees announced". CBR. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  22. ^ "Inkwell Awards Ambassadors"
  23. ^ "Award Recipients for the 21st Annual GLAAD Media Awards"

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