Credit: DC Happy New Year! While many are pop a cork and the go-go news cycle downshifts, Newsarama will keep your fires burning with fascinating anecdotes never before revealed. Enjoy! Throughout the 1980s, a civil war raged in El Salvador, with citizens and peasant farmers trying to overthrow a military-led government officially supported by the
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Credit: Naughty Dog Bumblebee director Travis Knight has exited the film adaptation of Naughty Dog’s Uncharted video game series, according to Deadline. Knight has reportedly departed the production over scheduling issues with co-star Tom Holland who is expected to begin filming a new Marvel/Sony Spider-Man film in Summer 2020, with Uncharted being pushed back on Sony’s schedule
Credit: Marvel Comics Press Release Just last week, INCOMING #1 planted the seeds for the earth-shattering event of 2020, EMPYRE! In this spectacular one-shot, readers witnessed the Kree and the Skrull unite under a new Emperor and set course for Earth. With a massive war fleet approaching, the Avengers and Fantastic Four team up for
Credit: DC Our three-part retrospective on DC’s Deathstroke series with writer Christopher Priest concludes today. Before you continue on here, we advise you to read Part One and Part Two beforehand. We’ll wait. … Got it? Good. Credit: DC In our final installment, Priest talks about why he ended the series, how he really wanted
Credit: Millarworld Merry Christmas! While many are settling down for their long winter’s nap and the go-go news cycle downshifts, Newsarama will keep you fires burning with fascinating anecdotes never before revealed. Enjoy! Credit: Daniel Vallely/Nigel Kitching (Trident Comics) Writer Mark Millar was a 19-year-old in 1989 in Glasgow, Scotland trying desperately to break into
Credit: HBO Former U.S. President Barack Obama has named HBO’s Watchmen among his favorite TV shows of 2019. Obama has released a list of his favorite movies, TV shows, and books of the year, and Damon Lindelof’s serialized drama was “as powerful as movies” according to Obama. Next up are my favorite movies and TV
Credit: John Lewis U.S. Representative John Lewis has announced that he’s undergoing treatment for Stage IV pancreatic cancer. Lewis serves as the representative for Georgia’s 5th Congressional District, and entered the comic industry with the March trilogy – an autiobiographical series about the civil rights movement. “I have been in some kind of fight –
Credit: Lucasfilm There’s an unresolved moment in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker where Finn, thinking he’s about to die, tries to make a confession to Rey. The film never explains what he wanted to tell her – though it makes several light references as it goes on. Co-screenwriter Chris Terrio has now addressed the
Media franchise The iDOLM@STER is getting a new console game! While details are yet to be announced, a trailer celebrating the franchise’s upcoming 15th anniversary has been released. [embedded content] Fans will be able to hear more about the game’s release during a presentation on Jan. 20, featuring series producer Sakagami Youzou, producer Kutaragi Hayato,
Just after the end of its first season, popular anime Beastars has confirmed it will be back for Season 2! Inspired by the award-winning manga by Itagaki Paru, Beastars is set in a world in which anthropomorphised carnivores and herbivores co-exist. Gray wolf Legosi attends Cherryton Academy, where this balance is thrown into doubt in
Credit: Marvel Comics Marvel’s oversized one-shot Incoming! #1 has finally hit, and its mysteries stand at least partially revealed. While seeding most of Marvel’s early 2020 line, the one-shot also spills the beans on what the publisher’s big summer event Empyre is all about – confirming a prevailing theory about the story. Spoilers ahead for
Credit: Disney+/Lucasfilm Jon Favreau didn’t waste any time. The day the last episode of the first season of The Mandalorian began streaming on Disney+, the show’s creator announced on Twitter that season 2 of the series will debut in Fall 2020. Season 2 of #TheMandalorian coming Fall 2020 pic.twitter.com/8VQYLDMQ0V — Jon Favreau (@Jon_Favreau) December 27,
John Romita Sr. self-portrait Credit: John Romita Sr. (Marvel Comics) Merry Christmas! While many are settling down for their long winter’s nap and the go-go news cycle downshifts, Newsarama will keep you fires burning with fascinating anecdotes never before revealed. Enjoy! Bill Willingham Credit: DC In 1980, artist Bill Willingham was working at TSR, doing
Ahead of Marvel’s third volume of Star Wars #1 debuting January 1, the publisher has released a host of variant covers for the issue. In addition to the main cover by R.B. Silva, there are variants by Arthur Adams, Mahmud Asrar, Jen Bartel, Adam Hughes, Chris Sprouse, a photo variant from Empire Strikes Back, and
Credit: Action Lab Entertainment ADVENTURE FINDERS VOL 3 #1(W) Rod Espinosa (A/CA) Rod EspinosaClariette de Artegnean has one dream: to be a great warrior and a servant of the realm. Together with her cousin Jolfe and friends Anana and newcomer Asogog, they set out to find their fortune. A cataclysmic ambush destroys the army they
Credit: Vault Comics FCBD 2020 BRANDON SANDERSON DARK ONE #1(W) Brandon SandersonFrom Hugo Award-winning bestselling author, Brandon Sanderson (Mistborn) with Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing and Nathan Gooden, comes The Dark One Free Comic Book Day Special, the first chapter of a new graphic novel series from Vault Comics! Visions of a twisted and fantastic world
Credit: Warner Bros. Sssshhhh, no one tell Martin Scorsese… Fandango has revealed the results of its annual ‘Most Anticipated Movies Survey’ for 2020, and superhero films dominate the top of their list. Wonder Woman 1984, Black Widow and The Eternals along with Mulan top the survey. It’s the first time since Fandango has conducted the survey that each of
Credit: 20th Century Fox Work is now underway on the first Marvel Studios’ Deadpool film, according to the film franchise’s star/co-writer/producer Ryan Reynolds. While appearing on ABC’s Live with Kelly and Ryan earlier this week, the actor was asked about progress on the film – and he answered in the affirmative. “Yeah yeah, we’re working
Credit: Disney/Lucasfilm Spoilers ahead Last week’s episode certainly set up an exciting season finale and Disney didn’t disappoint with the concluding installment, which is also the longest so far. Rumors were floating around the outer rim territories of the internet over the festive period that perhaps the feet we saw walking around the motionless body of
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes the Avengers vs. Marvel’s ‘non-team’ the Defenders have had some classic battles in the past. The publisher will try to renew their decades-old rivalry in Tarot, which debuts next week. Check out this preview of the first issue. TAROT #1 (of 4)ALAN DAVIS (W) • PAUL RENAUD (A/C) AUG199011Variant Cover by ALAN
Mega Hobby Expo was welcomed into Akihabara UDX Akiba_Square for the second time this year on Nov. 30, with event host MegaHouse bringing tons of quality figures from its own upcoming lineups, plus other leading figure manufacturers like Kotobukiya, Aniplex, Alter, and more. Fan favorites and new faces alike were represented across the huge selection
Credit: Lucasfilm Movie-goers didn’t know what was waiting for them when Star Wars first opened in theaters on May 25, 1977. This Western in space showed dogfighting spacecraft, vehicles traveling at hyperspeed, and an array of colorful characters — even aliens — all locked in the classic battle of good and evil. In an era long
Credit: DC Credit: DC DC has informed retailers that Superman #19 has been postponed two weeks, now set to go on-sale January 22. Originally solicited to be released January 8, it will be the first issue since Superman revealed his secret identity as Clark Kent to the world. The two subsequent issues, #20 and #21,
Credit: J. Scott Campbell (DC/Black Label) Credit: DC Brian Azzarello and Emanuela Luppachino’s Birds of Prey #1 one-shot has been pushed back five weeks. Previously solicited to be released January 29, the one-shot is now set to go on sale March 4 – a month after the Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of
Credit: Mile High Comics Merry Christmas! While many are settling down for their long winter’s nap and the go-go news cycle downshifts, Newsarama will keep you fires burning with fascinating anecdotes never before revealed. Enjoy! In 1979, comic books basically had one giant distributor – Phil Seuling’s Seagate Distribution – and a handful of tiny
Credit: Titan Comics FREE COMIC BOOK DAY TITLES BLADE RUNNER 2019 FREE COMIC BOOK DAY EDITIONWriter: Michael Green, Mike JohnsonArtist: Andres GuinaldoFC, 24ppOn Sale: May 2, 2020Cover Artist: Andres GuinaldoMichael Green, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter for Blade Runner 2049, and co-writer Mike Johnson (Star Trek, Supergirl) continue the smash hit sci-fi comic set in the iconic
Like figures? Like free experiences? Well, WonHobby Gallery 2019 Autumn was definitely the place to be on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, gathering figures from iconic series like Nendoroid and figma from industry giants like Good Smile Company, Max Factory, and more. While entry itself cost absolutely nothing, a ticket to Tokyo is definitely a
A vicious new Ronin makes the scene in this preview of January 1’s Hawkeye: Freefall #1. HAWKEYE: FREEFALL #1 (OF 5)MATTHEW ROSENBERG (W) • OTTO SCHMIDT (A)Cover by KIM JACINTOVariant Cover by OTTO SCHMIDTVariant COVER by ELIZABETH TORQUEHidden Gem Variant COVER by DON HECKRONIN RETURNS…BUT WHO’S BEHIND THE MASK?ISSUE #1 – When a mysterious and
The Promised Neverland live action movie will open in Japanese cinemas on Dec. 18, 2020! Originally a manga by Shirai Kaiu and Demizu Posuka, The Promised Neverland follows orphans Emma and Norman, who live a happy life with 36 other children at Grace Field House. One day, they discover a terrible secret after venturing somewhere
The Legion of Doom hits Superman at home in this preview of January 1’s Action Comics #1018 (via DCComics.com). ACTION COMICS #1018written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDISart and cover by JOHN ROMITA JR. and KLAUS JANSONcard stock variant cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTOOne of the biggest Superman stories of all time continues in “Metropolis Doom” part two!