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5. Jon Cryer When The CW first announced their decision to cast Jon Cryer as Lex Luthor in Supergirl, the skepticism ran deep. Four years after finishing his 12-season run on CBS’s Two and a Half Men, the actor, who many still think of as Pretty in Pink‘s iconic, lovable, nerdy character Duckie, the actor

Credit: VIZ Media Tomorrow Studios’ live-action One Piece TV series has found a home with Netflix, according to Deadline. The streamer has reportedly ordered a 10-episode first season. One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda will be an executive producer. Writer Steven Maeda (Lost, X-Files) is reportedly onboard as showrunner/executive producer, with Matt Owens (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,

Credit: Ernesto Carbonetti (Image Comics) Credit: Ernesto Carbonetti (Image Comics) One of music’s most popular conspiracy theories comes to life with Paolo Baron and Ernesto Carbonetti’s new Image Comics’ graphic novel Paul is Dead. Rumor has it has it that the original Paul McCartney died in a 1966 car accident, and not to distract from

Irish gangsters run afoul of ancient burial swamp in this preview of April 22’s Bog Bodies OGN. BOG BODIES OGNWRITER & COVER: DECLAN SHALVEYARTIST: GAVIN FULLERTON & REBECCA NALTYAPRIL 22 / 96 PAGES / FC / M / $12.99An Irish gangster on the run after a job gone wrong stumbles upon a young woman lost

Credit: Greg Capullo (DC) Credit: Greg Capullo (DC) A teaser has been released for Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s next DC project together, and it begins with a chainsword-wielding Wonder Woman. Described as “the encore,” it’s presumably the encore to their event series Dark Nights: Metal. Snyder and Capullo, who recently finished up the DC

Batman Universe artist Nick Derington joins Batman/Superman #7 as the artist for the post-“Infected” arc, which pits none other than General Zod against the one and only Ra’s al Ghul. DC has offered a first look at the issue, which sends Batman and Superman to the Kryptonian bottle city of Kandor in pursuit of their

Credit: Dynamite Entertainment Green Hornet will undergo a film reboot courtesy of Amasia Pictures, a production company run by Bradley Gallo and former Marvel Studios Chief Operating Officer Michael Helfant, as announced in Variety. Few details of the planned film have been announced, but the reboot does not appear to have any connection to the 2011 Green

Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC For a generation, this was the definitive Batman and outside of the animated serie’ own toyline and the Justice League line, hasn’t really been seen. Taking a page out of the Spawn Animated line, McFarlane has brought the classic Bruce Timm style to a new dimension.

Artist Brad Walker returns to Detective Comics in next month’s #1020 written by Peter J. Tomasi and and he’s bringing Two-Face with him… along with Harvey Dent. “As Gotham City continues its rise from the ashes of ‘City of Bane,’ some familiar faces have returned to keep Gotham City exactly where they want it: Two-Face

Credit: DC Credit: Warner Bros. One of Harley Quinn’s closest allies in comic books is Poison Ivy, but the two have yet to meet up in live-action films – but the cinematic Harley Quinn, actor Margot Robbie, says she wants it to happen. “I’ve been pushing a Poison Ivy reunion for a long time,” the

Credit: Warner Bros. Press Release DC UNIVERSE MEMBERS TO RECEIVE EARLY ACCESS TO “BIRDS OF PREY” BEFORE THEATRICAL RELEASE DC UNIVERSE Subscribers Invited To Early ScreeningsIn Over 30 Cities of Highly-Anticipated New DC Film Leading to the big screen release Birds of Prey (and the Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), DC UNIVERSE members will have

Credit: The CW Spoilers ahead for the Arrow season finale. In a scene near the back-half of Tuesday’s Arrow series finale, John Diggle (played by David Ramsey) has a moment that fans have been hoping and pining for since the series began. He got the ring. Diggle is shown mourning the death of his friend

Wonder Woman may be an ancient warrior, but can she match swords with Valda, a brutally skilled knight from the past? That’s what’s at stake in this Wonder Woman #752 first look from DC. The clash arrives February 26, courtesy of Steve Orlando and Max Raynor, with a cover from Guillem March. Wonder Woman #752Written

Credit: Leinil Francis Yu (Marvel Comics) Credit: Olivier Coipel (Marvel Comics) Thor #2Written by Donny CatesArt by Nic Klein and Matt WilsonLettering by Joe SabinoPublished by Marvel ComicsReview by David Pepose‘Rama Rating: 9 out of 10 They say the measure of a man’s character is how he acts when the odds are down and his

Credit: Marvel Comics Credit: Marvel Comics Terry Dodson is a veteran to the Marvel Universe, and how he’s finally taking on some of his self-professed favorite characters – the Richards family – in X-Men/Fantastic Four alongside writer Chip Zdarsky (whom we spoke with earlier). Teaming with his wife Rachel to make X-Men/Fantastic Four a true

With DCeased: Unkillables debuting February 19, DC has begun releasing that first issue’s variant covers. In addition to the main cover by Howard Porter, there are variants by Francesco Mattina, Yasmine Putri, Jay Anacleto (Unknown Comic Books retailer variant), and Ryan Brown (Big Time Collectibles retailer variant). DCEASED: UNKILLABLES #1written by TOM TAYLORart by KARL

Credit: Terry Moore Actor Lex Friedman wants to play Katchoo in the in-development Strangers in Paradise feature film, and she came up with a novel way of audition: by producing and starring in a Strangers in Paradise short film. And she got the endorsement of creator Terry Moore along the way. Here it is –

Comic-Con Museum Credit: Comic-Con Museum Credit: Comic-Con Museum Gary Sassaman has been named as Curatorial Director of San Diego’s Comic-Con Museum. Sassaman is a 20+ year veteran of Comic-Con International: San Diego, and for the past decade has been Director of Print and Digital Media. “I’m a storyteller, pure and simple. The Comic-Con Museum will

Check out a preview of February 5’s Justice League #40, the beginning of Robert Venditti and Doug Mahnke’s new run on the title. JUSTICE LEAGUE #40written by ROBERT VENDITTIart by DOUG MAHNKE and JAIME MENDOZAcover by BRYAN HITCHcard stock variant cover by ARTHUR ADAMSThe next chapter for comics’ premier superteam begins! An unexpected arrival from

Memetic Sloth Teaser Credit: BOOM! Studios Memetic #1 cover Credit: BOOM! Studios Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg will produce a film adaptation of James Tynion IV and Eryk Donovan’s BOOM! Studios comic book Memetic, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The Batman writer Mattson Tomlin will pen the script, based on the story of a killer meme which

Priyanka Chopra Jonas Credit: Denis Makarenko / Shutterstock.com Priyanka Chopra Jonas in is ‘final talks’ for a role in Warner Bros,’s fourth Matrix film, according to Variety. If cast, she would join actors Keanu Reeves, Carrie Ann Moss, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Neil Patrick Harris and co-creator/director Lana Wachowski. The Hollywood trade reports that much

Robert Pattinson Credit: Denis Makarenko / Shutterstock.com Warner Bros. has announced the full cast list for The Batman, confirming the roles for Peter Sarsgaard and Jayme Lawson. The two are apparently playing new characters, not from comics: Sarsgaard as Gotham D.A. Gil Colson, and Lawson as Bella Reál, who is running for mayor. Here’s the

Poppy Credit: Jesse Draxler (Sumerian Records) Credit: Z2 Comics Press Release On the heels of the release of her brand-new album I Disagree on Sumerian records, and the launch of a 37 date tour to support it, Poppy announces her sophomore comic book effort, again teaming with writer Ryan Cady to pen Damnation: Poppy’s Inferno. In Genesis 1, Poppy and

Credit: Universal Pictures Credit: Universal Pictures Vin Diesel is back in the driver’s seat for F9, the (you guessed it) ninth installment in the longrunning core Fast & Furious saga. Per the cast list, The Rock sits this one out while Charlize Theron returns to fill his spot in the “family”; perhaps more details will arrive

Credit: Nicole Goux (DC) Credit: Nicole Goux (DC) Cassandra Cain gets the spotlight in DC’s newest middle-grades book, this time by an Asian-American writer who’s been a long-time fan of the character – and an artist who gave Cass a floral cape. Written by Sarah Kuhn with art by Nicole Goux, Shadow of the Batgirl

Credit: Warner Bros. Credit: Warner Bros. Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) director Cathy Yan presents a new, slightly skewed vision of Gotham City in the film – one not based in Batman’s larger than life presence, but grounded in Harley’s street level perspective. “I knew I wanted to create

Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC Credit: McFarlane Toys/DC Another modern addition to DC Comics mythos, the Batman Who Laughs is armed with his sickle and knife along with sinister grin. There is a lot going on with this design but this figure manages to capture the character pretty well. There’s enough difference in the

Press Release Swiss watchmaker RJ is well-known for its collaboration watches, often takes iconic elements of pop culture and channels them into its watch designs. RJ again joined forces with Warner Bros. Consumer Products for the RJ X BATMAN VILLAINS collection, built on the global success of the first Batman watch collaboration in 2014. RJ channeled its dark

Credit: Kyle Hotz (DC) Credit: Kyle Hotz (DC) Writer Mark Russell and artist Marco Santucci are creating the lead story in February 26’s Swamp Thing Giant #3. The issue is part of DC’s 100-Page Giants line of anthologies. “Word has gotten out about the existence of Swamp Thing – and now tourists are swamping the

Credit: Joe Bennett/Ruy Rose/Paul Mounts (Marvel Comics) Credit: Alex Ross (Marvel Comics) Very few titles in recent memory have captured readers like Marvel’s Immortal Hulk has. Opening with a terrifying arc that seemed ripped straight from Tales from the Crypt, writer Al Ewing and artist Joe Bennett presented a wholly new take on Bruce Banner