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Damon Lindelof Talks Plot Holes & Prometheus; Mentions Back To The Future & The Dark Knight Rises (Audio)
Recently, it was rumored that Prometheus 2 was in trouble with the reason cited being writer Damon Lindelof‘s departure. Lindelof came on board Prometheus re-writing an earlier sript, with some in part blaming the writer for the film’s neutral reception. Lindelof confronted the Prometheus 2 rumor and stated that it was news to him, and…
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Greg Capullo’s Batman #22 Cover Revealed At WonderCon
At this weekend’s WonderCon, DC Comics revealed the Greg Capullo Batman #22 cover. The issue hits in July written by Scott Snyder.
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Man of Steel (2013) Is All Zack Snyder’s Movie Says Henry Cavill While In Japan
New Superman Henry Cavill has just returned from Japan along with girlfriend Gina Carano where he stayed for a few days while promoting the new Man of Steel movie. It what first was said to be an official visit – then an unofficial visit – it now seems as if, indeed, Henry Cavill was there…
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CBN’s Own Ken Porter Wins Top Cow Talent Hunt Contest!
Cosmic Book News would like to congratulate our very own Ken Porter who has been chosen as a winner of the 2013 Top Cow Talent Hunt contest. Top Cow’s President and Chief Operating Officer Matt Hawkins and CEO Marc Silvestri sorted through hundreds of submissions picking five winners and announced the news at CBR. “The Talent…
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Bruce Timm Exits WB Animation: James Tucker To Shake Things Up W/New Character Spotlights
Bruce Timm has been the man behind a lot of excellent WB animated movies and shows, from the recent Batman: The Dark Knight Returns films to the Justice League Unlimited series and everything in-between. Now we learn that Bruce Timm is stepping down as supervising producer at Warner Bros. Animation to develop his own projects, and…
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Dear Stephen Wacker: Keep Off The Forums & Check Your Guardians of the Galaxy Grammar
For those not in the know, Marvel Editor Stephen Wacker likes to troll the internet message boards lambasting anyone who has a dissenting opinion of any book he works on. That includes Spider-Man, Nova and Guardians of the Galaxy. It makes you wonder if he has any time to actually work on the books. Turns…
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Review: Uncanny Avengers #5
With the threat of the Red Skull and his S-Men at least temporarily driven from the public eye, scribe Rick Remender turns in a very effective “Roy Thomas issue” in Uncanny Avengers #5, one that at times pulls on the heartstrings of longtime X-Men readers … and also raises a bit of unexpected controversy. The group…
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The “DOC’s” Top Of The Pile for 3/27/2013
The Top of the Pile By: Chris “DOC” Bushley This is a “quick pick” look at the Top 5 comics that EVERYONE should be reading this week! Whether it’s rife with characterization, filled with emotional strife, has a bevy of high octane battle sequences or is just a plain ol’ great read — these books belong at the “Top Of The Pile!” (In…
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Godzilla 2014 Shows Off Akira Takarada In New Set Image
Godzilla is currently being filmed in Vancouver where Gareth Edwards has previously released a short video introduction, and now we see the director is back this time with Akira Takarada. Akira Takarada is known for acting in the classic Godzilla films including the 1954 original where the Japanese actor was cast as navy diver Hideto Ogata. Akira Takarada…
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Disney To Screw Over Star Wars: Clone War Fans; Not Revealing Character Fates & Cutting Season 6
Star Wars: The Clone Wars was recently announced to be canceled with Disney soon to be replacing it with another animated series that is part of the Universe not previously seen before. Star Wars: The Clone Wars has been a popular show on the Cartoon Network for the past five years giving fans a deeply involved…
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Doctor Who Coming To Playstation Home
If we are following the below teaser correct, Doctor Who is coming to Playstation Home. Specifically, the Silent costume (probably more). The BBC released the following video with an alien Silent present along with the noise of The Tardis. We then see the Playstation Home logo. The Playstation Home is a virtual world on the…
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J.J. Abrams Superman Flyby Had A Depressed Self-Doubting Man of Steel; Compares To Zack Snyder
Back in 2002, J.J. Abrams turned in a script for a new movie starring the Man of Steel, Superman Flyby. An updated Superman FlyBy script actually leaked online not too long ago, which saw Clark Kent revealed to the world as Superman where a battle with Kryptonians causes his death and subsequent resurrection. All sorts of big names were…
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Star-Lord’s Guardians of the Galaxy Movie Helmet Is Being Created By Sculptor of Darth Vader’s?! Compared To Star Wars
Now this is an interesting bit of news pertaining to Star-Lord’s helmet in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie. As fans of the comic book know – or knew – the mask basically makes the man. And why Bendis, Alonso, Wacker and McNiven got rid of Star-Lord’s mask in the new junk, is anyone’s guess.…
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Review: Harbinger #10
Peter Stancheck and his rag tag band of psiots have been compromised, beaten and imprisoned by Project Rising Spirit, but everything will be alright as long as you have Faith! A blitzkrieg of action awaits you in this weeks Harbinger #10, the precursor to Harbinger Wars (on sale 4/3) that is going to set the…
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The Doctor Strange Easter Egg In Iron Man 3 With Stephanie Szostak As Ellen Brandt
We finally find out which character Stephanie Szostak will be playing in Iron Man 3, and it’s apparently not the rumored Janet Van Dyne aka The Wasp, but it’s listed as actually being Ellen Brandt. As Marvel Comics fans may know, Ellen Brandt really has a lot to do with Man-Thing, but she also was involved with…
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Sorry, Stephen Wacker It Won’t Work; Still Not Buying Nova
The following is from the NINO Nova #2 letters page where Marvel Editor Stephen Wacker gives a “shot out” to the #1 Nova site on the net, Doug Smith’s NovaPrimePage. Obviously it’s a blatant attempt to schmooze the Richard Rider fans into complacency. Remain strong Nova fans. Don’t want it. Don’t buy it. Vote with…
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Van Jensen & Charles Soule Take Over Green Lantern Books; Tony Daniel new Action Comics writer
The last couple of days saw creative changes abound at DC Comics with the exits of Andy Diggle from Action Comics and Joshua Hale Fialkov from both Green Lantern Corps and Red Lanterns. While that may leave a sour taste in some people’s mouth, at least it won’t be for long as already DC Comics…
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Another Super Bomb At DC: Supergirl #18 Phantom Writer
Yesterday saw news surface that Andy Diggle might be off Action Comics before he has already begun, and now another bomb hits the Superman books. Today’s issue of Supergirl #18 has Mike Johnson and Mamud Asrar listed as the writer and artist on the cover. However, when you open the issue, another name is given…
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Dwayne Johnson Eyeing Bounty Hunter Role In Star Wars? New Snake Eyes G.I. Joe Image
Dwayne Johnson posted the following image to his Facebook of his character in G.I. Joe Retaliation, Roadblock, along with Snake Eyes. As we previously heard from Johnson, he wants a role in the new Star Wars movie. Perhaps he gives us a clue as he mentions his favorite character to be the bounty hunter Boba…
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New Adrianne Palicki G.I. Joe Images Are Smokin’ Hot
Check out a new batch of Adrianne Palicki images from G.I. Joe: Retaliation. I’m actually not sure if the last couple are just promo images or if Adrianne Palicki appears as Lady Jaye like that in the movie, but who’s complaining, right? Adrianne Palicki also recently commented on playing Wonder Woman in the Justice League…
