Month: October 2019

Credit: Warner Bros. Online movie ticketing service Fandago reports Todd Phillips and Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker is on pace to be its biggest October preseller of all time, outpacing the previous October presales champs Venom and Halloween in Fandango’s advance ticket sales. Fandango also reports Joker is also outselling Shazam!, Aquaman and Wonder Woman at the same

Press Release Today Marvel Studios and ILMxLAB announced Avengers: Damage Control, a virtual reality fan experience coming to select locations at The VOID starting October 18 for a limited time. Tickets for the four-week event are available now: www.thevoid.com After Marvel Studios’ unprecedented storytelling accomplishments bringing the Marvel Cinematic Universe to audiences around the world,

Credit: Marvel Comics In the aftermath of Absolute Carnage, the Marvel Universe’s answer to Arkham Asylum – the RavenCroft Institute for the Criminally Insane – is getting a major renovation. But can an extreme makeover to the birthplace of Cletus Kasady exorcise its foundational demons? Announced Thursday morning at a Direct Market retailer panel at

Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel’s The End line returns in 2020 with six new one-shots that will tell the “last adventures” of Captain America, Doctor Strange, Miles Morales, Venom, Captain Marvel, and Deadpool. Announced during a retailers panel Thursday morning at New York Comic Con, these six The End one-shots are expected to be released in

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Writer Kelly Thompson is spining the character she created this year in Captain Marvel into her on limited series.  Announced Thursday morning at a Direct Market retailer panel at New York Comic Con, Star is a January-debuting five-issue series written by Thompson with an artist to be announced.  The

Superman & Space Cabbie Credit: DC DC Universe, Blue Ribbon Content and Warner Bros. Television’s digital production group are developing a new mixed media/animated anthology show to premiere in 2020 titled BizarroTV which is aimed to be a deep dive into lesser-known DC characters. According to the official announcement this new show demonstrates “the Television

Credit: Warner Bros. Animation Credit: Warner Bros. DC have announced plans for a sequel to 2017’s animated Justice League Dark film titled Justice League Dark Apocalypse. The original R-rated film featured the live-action Constantine actor Matt Ryan reprising his role in animated form, alongside Batman and various supernatural DC heroes. DC has not released a cast

Credit: DC DC is partnering with Ideas United for a fan competition called DCYou Unscripted where fans compete for the chance at developing their own TV series for the DC Universe streaming service. “Since the launch of this service just over a year ago, we’ve established a community that has far exceeded our ambitions. We’ve hosted

One of the screenwriters of the original Terminator film has filed a copyright termination notice against Warner Bros., Disney, and Skydance Media for copyright ownership of the film’s original script, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Gale Ann Hurd, who is credited as a screenwriter on Terminator alongside the film’s director James Cameron, is seeking ownership of the

Credit: Sony Pictures/Marvel Studios Spider-Man actor Tom Holland may be the one to thank for Disney and Sony reaching an agreement in sharing Spidey’s film rights for at least two more films, according to The Hollywood Reporter. THR cites an unnamed source who said that, as of August 20, negotiations between Disney and Sony on how to

Credit: Dark Horse Comics Credit: Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse has canceled the first three issues of Spell on Wheels 2: Just to Get to You. The five-issue series was solicited to debut October 9, with #2 and #3 to follow on November 6 and December 4, respectively. Series writer Kate Leth tweeted that Dark

Press Release “The best D&D campaign you’ll go on.” –Scott Snyder “The Last God is the next stage of high fantasy storytelling, with the expansive worlds of Tolkien, the grit and false heroes of Martin, and an echo of the contemporary struggle that’s one part Bulgakov and one part Ludlum.” –Steve Orlando The Last God

Credit: Lucasfilm Here’s the first official image of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker‘s Babu Frik, described by StarWars.com as a “tiny Anzellan droidsmith [who] works among the Spice Runners of Kijimi and can reprogram or modify virtually any droid — regardless of the security measures protecting its systems.” The oddly adorable Babu Frik’s feline face was

Credit: DC Credit: DC DCeased #5Written by Tom TaylorArt by Trevor Hairsine, Stefano Guadiano and Rain BeredoLettering by Saida TemofontePublished by DC‘Rama Rating: 7 out of 10 Credit: DC Taking a page from his Injustice playbook and seasoning it with even more gory violence and shocking heartbreak, DCeased continues to be a juggernaut for writer

Credit: CW Brandon Routh has posted a picture of himself and Tyler Hoechlin in their respective Superman costumes from the set of CW’s “Crisis On Infinite Earths” Arrowverse TV crossover, which brings together multple versions of DC characters from across different media. In the crossover, Routh portrays a version of Superman who wears the character’s

Credit: IDW Publishing IDW Publishing has announced the hiring (and in some cases re-hiring) of five individuals for key executive roles within the company in what is framed as a rebuilding of the company’s foundation. In an announcement sent out Wednesday, the San Diego publisher announced the addition of Tara McCrillis, Jud Meyers, and Anna

Credit: Lucasfilm Disney and Lucasfilm have announced partnerships with Porsche, United Airlines, Samsung Mobile, Dannon, Bose, GE, McDonald’s and General Mills to promote the upcoming release of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, via Entertainment Weekly. “We wanted for this last chapter in the saga go and get really best-in-class companies,” Lylle Breier, Disney’s Senior Vice President

In advance of their panel Thursday, October 3 at 1:45 pm at New York Comic Con, DC has revealed a new slate of statues and action figures, including the 102nd statue in the Batman: Black & White series (by Jim Lee) and additions to the Batman: The Adventures Continue action figure line. The Batman: The Adventures Continue additions include

Credit: Adidas/Marvel Adidas is rolling out two new editions of its Adidas AM4s that will celebrate the 80th anniversary of Marvel Comics. First reported by Sneaker News, these new Joe Quesada-designed sneakers will be exclusively sold at FootLocker – with its debut planned for October 4 at the company’s NYC 34th St. Herald Square location.

Credit: David Tonelson / Shutterstock.com The Avengers, Batman, Spider-Man, Wonder Woman, and superheroes in general rank among the most popular Halloween costumes of 2019 for adults and kids, according to the National Retail Foundation. The retail research and policy group outlined the top costumes for both adult and kid demographics for this Halloween season in an annual

Credit: Valiant Comics Credit: Valiant Comics Credit: Valiant Comics Press Release Supervillains and mad scientists are on the loose and only the world’s worst superhero duo can save us in an all-new QUANTUM & WOODY series!   This January, superstar scribe CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (The Unbelievable Gwenpool) and astonishing artist RYAN BROWNE (Curse Words) present QUANTUM & WOODY #1, a side-splitting superhero adventure and the first brand-new title

Credit: VIZ Media Shonen Jump My Hero Academia, Vol. 22By Kohei HorikoshiIn the third match of the joint battle training, the students of Class 1-A have their hands full dealing with the unexpected creativity of Class B’s Quirk use. These matches give everyone a chance to reflect on exactly where they all stand in relation

Credit: Universal Studios William Hurt is reprising his role as General “Thunderbolt” Ross for Marvel Studios’ Black Widow, according to set photos obtained by JustJared. Hurt was photographed in a location reported to be the film’s Macon, Georgia set earlier today. In the purported set photos, Hurt is using a red cane – the color

Credit: Inhhyuk Lee (Marvel Comics) Credit: Inhhyuk Lee (Marvel Comics) Iron Man 2020 is coming back to comic books in – when else? – 2020, as heralded by a Marvel Comics teaser released via ComicBook. The teaser, with art from Inhyuk Lee, shows a version of Iron Man 2020 standing over Tony Stark’s grave – with a

Credit: Kirk Scroggs (DC) Secret Spiral of Swamp Kid writer/artist Kirk Scroggs is working on a thematic sequel to the just-released OGN for DC. First reported by the Los Angeles Times, We Found a Monster is another journal-style Young Adult graphic novel. “This time we’re going full monster,” said Scroggs. We Found a Monster follows

Credit: Francesco Francavilla (IDW Publishing) Credit: Francesco Francavilla (IDW Publishing) In the vastness of Star Wars space there lies numerous horrors, but nothing more intimidating than the burning silhouette of Darth Vader’s castle on the lava planet, Mustafar. This week, writer Cavan Scott returns to the sinister structure for another collection of interstellar horror in

Credit: Brian Wood (DC/Vertigo) Credit: Brian Wood (DC/Vertigo) Ava DuVernay is directing a TV adaptation of DC/Vertigo’s DMZ by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli for the upcoming HBO Max streaming service, according to Deadline. DuVernay’s ARRAY Filmworks will produce the film in conjunction with Warner Bros. Television. Roberto Patino (West World, Sons of Anarchy) is

Credit: Disney+ Press Release Have you ever met anyone, of any age, who inspired you to do better, be better, and strive for a better future? Finding young people who have made their own steps and forged their own paths towards the greater good was the first mission of Marvel’s Hero Project — the next mission was