Month: August 2019

Credit: Warner Bros. Animation Poison Ivy goes head-to-head with Catwoman in this clip from the Batman: Hush animated film to promote its upcoming DVD and Blu-ray release. Check it out: [embedded content] Batman: Hush is due out on DVD and Blu-ray August 6. It is currently available on digital streaming platforms. Read Newsarama’s review of

Credit: Focus Features Credit: Oni Press Updated August 6, 2019: Atomic Blonde director David Leitch says that the previously reported sequel to the 2017 film may arrive on an unnamed streaming service rather than receiving a theatrical release. I think there is [still talk of a sequel]. A streaming service is into it. I don’t

Credit: DC Universe An apparent first trailer for Titans season 2 has arrived online – though DC Universe has yet to release the clip officially. The purported trailer – which clocks in at just under a minute – introduces Iain Glen’s Bruce Wayne and showcases new characters Donna Troy and Impulse. You can see the unofficial

Credit: The Rockwell Museum Credit: Art Spiegelman (Pantheon Books) Press Release The Rockwell Museum is pleased to host an evening with Pulitzer-Prize Winning artist Art Spiegelman. Spiegelman will discuss his groundbreaking Maus graphic novel and its place in current global conversations in this culminating program of The Rockwell’s Year of Questioning Identity. Art Spiegelman’s impressive

Credit: DC DC has hired Jonah Weiland as its new Vice President of Marketing & Creative Services. I’m incredibly excited to say I’ve joined the staff @DCComics as their VP of Marketing & Creative Services! To celebrate, I’ve baked a series of super hero, whole wheat, sourdough breads with all natural colors! First up, my

Barry Keoghan Credit: lev radin / Shutterstock.com Barry Keoghan is in talks for a role in Marvel Studios’ The Eternals, according to Collider. Keoghan’s role has not been specified. If cast, Keoghan would join a confirmed cast of Richard Madden (Ikaris), Angelina Jolie (Thena), Kumail Nanjiani (Kingo), Salma Hayek (Ajak), Brian Tyree Henry (Phastos), Lauren

Credit: Ben Caldwell (Marvel Comics) Credit: Marvel Comics ABC is in “active talks” with Marvel for a new female superhero-led TV series to replace Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. after that show’s 2020 finale, according to Deadline. “I have spoken to Marvel and we are in active talks about one project in particular,” ABC Entertainment President Karey

Nico Tortorella Credit: Arturo Holmes / Shutterstock.com Nico Tortorella has been cast in a lead role for AMC’s third The Walking Dead show, according to Deadline. Tortorella will play Felix, “an honorble man of his word who isn’t afraid to fight for others’ safety and acceptance.” Tortorella, who is genderfluid, is best known for starring

Credit: DC Marie Javins Credit: Shelly Bond Marie Javins has been promoted to become DC’s Executive Editor of New Publishing Initiatives, leading a new division internally at the publisher. The initiative will include a renewed focus on DC’s international efforts, and according to a source familiar with the initiative it is “a big deal to

Credit: Greg Capullo/Todd McFarlane (Image Comics) Credit: Lan Pitts (Newsarama/Future plc) As the saying goes, records are made to be broken and with Spawn #300 and #301, Todd McFarlane does exactly that. With the current record of Dave Sim’s Cerebus as the longest running American creator-owned comic at 300 issues, Spawn will tie that on

Credit: DC Jamie S. Rich Credit: Jamie S. Rich Batman Group Editor Jamie S. Rich has taken on editorial duties for the Justice League group of titles following the promotion of former JL Group Editor Marie Javins. The JL Group includes Justice League, Justice League Dark, Justice League Odyssey, The Flash, Hawkman, Red Hood: Outlaw,

Credit: Random House Graphic Nicole Valdez Credit: Nicole Valdez Nicole Valdez began work this week handling PR and Marketing at Random House Graphic, the publishing giant’s new graphic novel imprint based in New York City. Valdez joins RHG after working for three years in DC’s publicity department, most recently doing PR for the Black Label,

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson at the 2015 world premiere of his movie “Furious 7” at the TCL Chinese Theatre, Hollywood. Credit: Featureflash Photo Agency / Shutterstock.com Deadpool co-creator Rob Liefeld posted a casting on Instagram for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson over the weekend, saying he’d love to see Johnson join the Deadpool franchise as Garrison

Credit: Warner Bros. Press Release Dolby Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: DLB), Warner Bros., and AMC Theatres® (NYSE:AMC) today announced that The Matrix, winner of four Academy Awards including Best Sound, will return to select theaters nationwide for an exclusive one-week engagement in Dolby Cinema at AMC. In celebration of the film’s 20-year anniversary, audiences across the U.S.

Credit: CW Marv Wolfman Credit: DC Arrow Executive Producer Marc Guggenheim says that comic book writer Marv Wolfman will co-write season 8 episode 8 with him – Arrow‘s entry into CW’s “Crisis On Infinite Earths” TV crossover. Guggenheim broke the news at a Television Critics AssociationA panel (via Deadline). Wolfman wrote the Crisis on Infinite Earths

Credit: Matt Smith (BOOM! Studios) Credit: Duncan Fegredo (BOOM! Studios) Credit: Matt Smith (BOOM! Studios) Matt Kindt is working with artist Matt Smith on a new creator-owned series titled Folklords with BOOM! Studios. Set to launch November 13, the five-issue monthly series is set in a world of fantasy where a young man named Ansel

Credit: NBCUniversal Media DC hosted 40 girls in their Burbank, California offices on Friday for a unique writing workshop. Organized by DC and the local non-profit WriteGirl, the event included a welcome session and workshop with DC writers Mariko Tamaki and Cecil Castellucci. “I want them to walk away with the love of the medium

Credit: Marvel Studios With Natalie Portman returning as Jane Foster to take up ‘Mew-Mew’ herself in the recently announced Thor: Love and Thunder, the natural question is, will any of the other supporting cast from Thor and Thor: The Dark World return as well? If so, Kat Dennings, who played Jane Foster’s intern Darcy Lewis

Credit: The CW The CW wants a new DC-based show for the 2020-2021 TV season says network president Mark Pedowitz. During a Television Critics Association event (as reported by Deadline), Pedowitz said that he is looking for a new show to replace the soon-to-be-ending Arrow. “The fact that seven years ago, we introduced Arrow, who

Credit: The CW After years of saying Black Lightning is unconnected to the CW’s other DC shows, the network announced on Sunday that the show would be a part of this winter’s “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover event – and that the show’s third season would also be premiering early, according to Deadline. Unspecified members

Credit: Marvel Studios David Leitch Credit: Tinseltown / Shutterstock.com Deadpool 2 director David Leitch has set his sights on helming another comic book movie, the just-announced Blade reboot starring Mahershala Ali. Interestingly, Leitch’s connections to the Blade franchise run deep – he was a stuntman in 1998’s original Blade film. “I love Blade. And it’s

Credit: Artie Ruiz (Marvel Comics) Credit: Wayne Arthur Murray (Marvel Comics) Credit: Artie Ruiz (Marvel Comics) Book publishing resuorce Eidelweiss has listed a collection of super-rare X-Men stories from the 1990s – some never available in stores. Adventures of the X-Men: Tooth & Claw will collect the X-Men back-up stories from the 1994-1997 Spider-Man Magazine.

Spider-Man Family #2 Credit: Kano (Marvel Comics) Spider-Man and Venom will apparently be swapping bodies in a new project from Marvel titled Spider-Man & Venom: Double Trouble, according to a listing on the publishing database Edelweiss. The story is listed to by written by Mariko Tamaki and drawn by Gurihiru. “You’ve seen ’em duke it

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Amazon lists a Marvel Comics’ collection titled Annihilation Agenda, which is apparently a collection of a series that was teased during Comic-Con International: San Diego. “The Negative Zone is under siege! Now the Lord of the Negative Zone, Annihilus, makes a call for help to the very heroes he

Milo Ventimiglia Credit: Kathy Hutchins / Shutterstock.com 42-year-old actor Milo Ventimiglia once dreamed of playing Batman on the big screen – but when the time came to cast a new Caped Crusader, Ventimiglia said Warner Bros. told him he’s “too old” for the version of the character next headed to cinemas in director Matt Reeves’

The ‘Billy Batson Who Laughs’ debuted in this preview of August 28’s Batman/Superman #1 – now get a glimpse of him in action in newly-released interior pages from September 25’s Batman/Superman #2. BATMAN/SUPERMAN #2 written by JOSHUA WILLIAMSONart and cover by DAVID MARQUEZvariant cover by JEROME OPENAThe Batman Who Laughs’ plot is bigger than either the

Credit: Netflix Credit: Marvel TV/Netflix Actor Simone Missick played Misty Knight on Netflix’s Luke Cage, Iron Fist, and Defenders series. When those shows were canceled, her role was truncated – as were here ambitions to team up with some big screen Avengers. Specifically, Missick wanted to none other than Tony Stark to outfit her with

Credit: Mahmud Asrar (Marvel Comics) Artists Cian Tormey, Frazer Irving, and Ramon K. Perez have signed on to draw portions of September 18’s Valkyrie: Jane Foster #3 alongside series artist CAFU. All three incoming artists have drawn bits of Jason Aaron’s Thor run previously. Marvel did not give a reason for this artistic shift, however