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Thor 4 Using Star Wars VFX Tech
Marvel’s Thor: Love and Thunder will benefit from virtual production tech created for the Star Wars Disney Plus series The Mandalorian. Disney’s LucasFilm’s VFX unit Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) has announced it is expanding its virtual production and will support additional productions including Marvel’s Taika Waititi-directed Thor: Love and Thunder. Waititi is no stranger…
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DC Comics New Manager To ‘Inspire Diverse Fan Base’
DC has a new senior vice president and general manager with Daniel Cherry III who lets it be known he wants to “inspire an increasingly diverse global fan base.” WarnerMedia named Daniel Cherry III the new manger of DC last week, which sees Cherry work alongside DC’s chief creative officer and publisher Jim Lee, with…
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‘Cancel Netflix’ Trends Amid Pedophilia ‘Cuties’ Backlash
“Cancel Netflix” is currently trending on Twitter which follows Netflix releasing the pedophilia movie Cuties yesterday on its streaming network. The #CancelNetflix hashtag currently has over 41k Tweets and a petition has been started on Change.org to “CANCEL Cuties on Netflix!” which has over 126k signatures. If you are not familiar with the movie, the…
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RoboCop Prequel Series In Development
A RoboCop prequel series is in development that will focus on the young Dick Jones, who in the original flick was Senior Vice President of the megacorporation Omni Consumer Products. As it is a prequel, it won’t feature RoboCop, but at least the good news is that the RoboCop Returns movie is still happening alongside the…
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MODOK Animated Series Logo, Social Networks Launch
The MODOK animated series logo has been revealed and the show’s social networks have launched ahead of its premiere at the upcoming New York Comic-Con digital convention. The official MODOK Twitter account tweeted the logo: “See you at #NYCC!” See you at #NYCC! pic.twitter.com/Bo2weC4cHz — M.O.D.O.K. (@MarvelsMODOK) September 9, 2020 In addition to Twitter, Marvel’s…
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Black Widow, Wonder Woman, Dune Release Dates Likely Delayed
Release dates for Marvel’s Black Widow, DC’s Wonder Woman 1984, and WB’s Dune could get delayed as the coronavirus fears are still causing shutdowns across the world, with theaters also at less than full capacity. Black Widow release date change Regarding Marvel’s Black Widow, which is currently due out Nov. 6, Deadline offers “there are…
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Disney Star Wars Clueless Confirms Daisy Ridley
Daisy Ridley confirms what has been rumored and speculated for years, that Disney was clueless and made up its Star Wars trilogy as they went along. The Rey actress appeared remotely on Jimmy Kimmel Live, guest hosted by friend Josh Gad, who questioned Daisy Ridley about Star Wars, where Ridley revealed they changed Rey’s origin…
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NYCC Digital Panels Include Helstrom, MODOK, More
ReedPop, the world’s leading producer of pop culture events, announced the first wave of panels for this year’s all-digital New York Comic Con “Metaverse.” Due to fears surrounding the coronavirus, the NYCC has been canceled, and instead, a digital event will take place online. From October 8-11, the New York Comic Con YouTube channel will…
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‘The Walking Dead’ Ending; Daryl, Carol Getting Spinoff
The Walking Dead will end with Season 11, but the good news for fans is that Norman Reedus and Melissa McBride will star in a spinoff series.
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Blame ‘The Boys’ For Weekly Release Not Amazon
Fans were just a bit upset when they started to watch The Boys Season 2 on Amazon and realized it has become a weekly released show. Much like Netflix, the Amazon shows and The Boys Season 1 have been released in their entirety from the get-go, but following the three-episode release for Season 2, the…
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Star Wars ‘Powder Keg’: Pedro Pascal Problems With Mandalorian
YouTuber Grace Randolph doubles down on what she has said about Star Wars problems surrounding The Mandalorian Season 2, which sounds like there might be issues with star Pedro Pascal. Update: The problems with Pedro Pascal become known. Original article continues: A week ago saw Randolph state that Disney isn’t at all happy with The…
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‘Dune’ Teases Trailer Release
The Dune trailer will be released tomorrow as Warner Bros. has let loose a teaser offering a peek at the footage. “Fear is the mind-killer,” says Timothée Chalamet’s Paul Atreides. “Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear, but I will permit it to pass over me. When the fear…
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Chadwick Boseman Honored By Lupita Nyong’o
Lupita Nyong’o has penned a heartfelt message about the death of her friend, fellow Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman, who died recently from colon cancer at the age of 43. “For the beloved Chadwick Boseman,” Lupita Nyong’o tweeted who plays Nakia in the Marvel films. “Take Your Time But Don’t Waste Your Time.” “I write…
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‘The Venture Bros.’ Canceled; May Return In Some Form
The Venture Bros. has been canceled after 7 seasons, but there could be hope the show continues on in some form. Monday saw word the popular Adult Swim animated series had been canceled, with series creator Christopher McCulloch taking to Twitter under his pseudonymous handle Jackson Publick to confirm the news. “Unfortunately, it’s true: Venture…
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‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2 Shows Off First Look, Details
Disney and LucasFilm offer a first official look at The Mandalorian Season 2 which premiers in October on the Disney Plus streaming service. The pics include Pedro Pascal as Mando, Carl Weather as Greef Karga, and Gina Carano as Cara Dune, with Baby Yoda on the cover of the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly. “The…
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‘Eternals’ Has Goofy Bollywood Dance Scene, Manga Influence
Kevin Feige is obviously not a Marvel Cosmic fan (right up there with Joe Quesada) as following James Gunn’s goofy Guardians of the Galaxy movies and Taika Waititi’s goofy Thor: Ragnarok and soon to be goofy Love and Thunder, Eternals is going to be just as goofy or maybe even goofier (let’s also not forget…
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Jason Momoa Stands With Ray Fisher
Jason Momoa, the Justice League Aquaman actor, stands with Ray Fisher, who plays Cyborg. Following the recent controversy surrounding Fisher and Warner Bros., Momoa took to his Instagram Story to offer support of Ray Fisher by posting the following image: Ray Fisher responds to Jason Momoa: Monday saw Ray Fisher respond on Twitter: “Let’s Go!!!…
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Stephen Amell Reacts To Robert Pattinson Batman
The outgoing DC superhero Stephen Amell reacts to the incoming new Dark Knight, Batman Robert Pattinson. Sunday on Twitter saw the former Green Arrow post an image from the new trailer for The Batman of Robert Pattinson which currently has over twenty thousand “likes” and over 1.6k retweets. “If you wanna launch a DC Franchise…
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Batman, Bizarro Concept Art For Canceled Game Is Super Cool
Check out Batman and Bizarro super cool concept art for a canceled video game from artist Jerad S. Marantz. If you think the art happens to look a lot like the Zack Snyder DCEU movies, that’s probably because Marantz has worked on Snyder’s flicks including Justice League. While the video game is unknown, it could…
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Geoff Johns ‘Gloated’ About New Cyborg Says Ray Fisher
Ray Fisher says Geoff Johns, a writer and producer on the upcoming Wonder Woman 1984, gloated to him about casting and using a new Cyborg in Doom Patrol, which follows Fisher also alleging that Johns threatened his career. Following the statement from Warner Bros. that said Ray Fisher wasn’t cooperating with the Justice League investigation,…