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CW’s “Amazon” Wonder Woman Is Diana; Iris Just A Codename
Late last night the news hit that Warner Bros. had hired a casting director for a character named Iris, the new teenage Wonder Woman, in CW’s new Amazon television show. Of course it wasn’t Diana and fans flipped. However, that’s not exactly the case as it turns out Iris was just a code name used…
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Advanced Review: The Legend of Luther Strode #1
It has been five years since Luther Strode decided to read “The Hercules Method” and his world was torn completely apart. His mother and his best friend were brutally murdered and by the final page, he is left utterly alone to dwell with what he has become. But now, Justin Jordan and Tradd Moore have…
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The Brewer Report: A look back at Warren Ellis’ NewUniversal
In the days of his reign at Marvel, E-I-C Jim Shooter often ran hot and cold. Now don’t get me wrong. It was Shooter’s fantastic work on Legion of Super-Heroes at DC back in the day that helped usher this young reader into comics reading — and collecting! But at Marvel, there were ups and…
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Thor God of Thunder 1 & 2 Combine Into Awesome Esad Ribic Wallpaper
The breakout hit of Marvel NOW! might just be Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic’s Thor, God of Thunder. Check out what Jason Aaron has posted on his blog, it’s Esad Ribic’s covers for issues #1 and #2 that when put together form a really cool Thor, God of Thunder wallpaper! What we see here is…
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Pacific Rim (2013): 3 More Jaeger Blueprints Revealed
The Pacific Rim viral marketing campaign continues as we get a look at the blueprints for three more of the massive robot Jaegers. Pacific Rim opens July 12th, 2013, directed by Guillermo Del Toro, starring Charlie Hunnam, Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, Charlie Day, and Ron Perlman. Synopsis: When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, started…
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Ian McKellan Can’t Believe He’s Returning In X-Men: Days of Future Past
Bryan Singer recently announced that Ian McKellan and Patrick Stewart would be returning to X-Men: Days of Future Past, in addition to the returning actors from X-Men: First Class. McKellan will be reprising as the Master of Magneticism, Magneto, with Stewart as Professor Xavier. While McKellan doesn’t know any of the specifics, he is excited none…
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SyFy 12 Disasters Of Christmas Preview Clips
SyFy sent over the following preview clips to their next Saturday Night Original Movie, 12 Disasters Of Christmas. 12 Disasters of Christmas – Premieres Saturday, December 8 at 9/8c. Don’t Forget the Car – Sneak Peek In this clip, witness one of the twelve disasters that are sure to make the holidays gruesome during this new…
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Jonathan Hickman Brings Back The New Universe To Avengers
Back in 1986, Jim Shooter launched the “realistic” New Universe that featured the likes of Mark Gruenwald, Archie Goodwin, Eliot R. Brown, John Morelli, and Tom DeFalco. I’m more familiar with Star Brand, as it crossed into Gruenwald’s Quasar and have DP7 (which was similar to Shooter’s Harbinger), but there was a relaunch by Warren Ellis, which I…
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Riddick Movie Poster Revealed With Vin Diesel
Chronicles of Riddick 3 – or just Riddick – gets a new movie poster featuring Vin Diesel. Riddick has an unnannounced 2013 release date, directed by David Twohy and stars Vin Diesel, Karl Urban, Katee Sackhoff, and Dave Bautista. Synopsis: The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he…
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X-Men’s James Marsden Interested In Guardians Of The Galaxy Movie Star-Lord Role & 7 Others
Finally we get some news regarding the cast of the Guardians of the Galaxy movie and up first is Star-Lord. While fan-favorite choice Nathan Fillion is nowhere to be found, Deadline has short list of five actors for the role of Peter Quill, in addition to three more they say are interested, and one of…
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Star Wars: Corey Feldman Wants To Be Han Solo’s Son In Episode VII
We know a script for Star Wars Episode VII is in the works and by all indications the movie will see the return of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Han Solo. Already Robert Pattinson, Tom Hiddleston and Chris Hemsworth said they would be interested in having a role in the new Star Wars, so how…
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Pacific Rim (2013): Kaiju Emergency System Alert Activated!
The viral campaign for Guillermo Del Toro‘s Pacific Rim has been — activated! A new website, PanPacificDefense, has been launched revealing a countdown to December 12th (first trailer?) as well as a map of the world with San Francisco as the first city to enable the Kaiju emergency alert system. Clicking reveals the following video.…
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Ridley’s Scott’s Forever War Gets A Writer In All You need Is Kill’s D.W. Harper
Fans of Guardians of the Galaxy and Vance Astro should like this one, if you are already not familiar with The Forever War. The Forever War is a science-fiction novel by Joe Haldeman that was put out in 1974 that sees a group of highly intelligent elite soldiers battling an alien enemy in deep space only to…
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New Waterworld Series Possible From SyFy
Kevin Costner’s 1995 flop, Waterworld, was billed as the most expensive movie of its time and barely made any money. While movie goers weren’t too thrilled about the movie, seems the television audience that watches SyFy is — as everytime Waterworld airs it gets a huge audience (estimated at 400,000). Back in 2009, NBC merged…
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Avengers #4 Reveals Hyperion
Marvel revealed a first look at Avengers #4 where we see Hyperion! We also see mention of a secret origin..is this the first Hyperion or the King Hyperion who got the crud beat out of him last year in Thunderbolts? Also, is Marvel trying to give a Superman character a little attention (finally?) or as…
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Man of Steel 2013: Superman Henry Cavill Talks Thor Chris Hemsworth & Fifty Shades Of Grey
Things are starting to fly with the new Man of Steel movie as earlier we learned from director Zack Snyder that Henry Cavill is all but attached to the upcoming Justice League Movie. In addition, the new Man of Steel trailer is attached to the December 14th premiere of The Hobbit, which gives the super…
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The Walking Dead Andrea Thong Scene
Seems a lot of folks are looking for Andrea’s thong scene from The Walking Dead on the internet. Who are we to judge them. This is from last night’s episode of The Walking Dead “When The Dead Come Knocking.” Check out the recap of the episode here and three previews to the next episode, the…
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Superman Man of Steel 2013: Henry Cavill Signed On For Three Films; Zack Snyder Hints Justice League Movie
With almost 6 months to the new Superman movie and a couple weeks away to the next Man of Steel trailer, we get some more news from Henry Cavill and director Zack Snyder. In an interview with the NY Post, we learn that Henry Cavill is signed on for three movies with Warner Bros., and…
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C. Thomas Howell Calls New Red Dawn Bad Guys “Ridiculous”
Leave it up to Robert to tell it like it is. The 1984 classic, Red Dawn, had the children of America pretending to be “Wolverines” before it was cool to be the adamantium-laced Marvel Comics super hero. The opening of the movie set the stage with the Cubans and Russians parachuting in to a small…
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The Dark Knight Rises Blu-Ray: Anne Hathaway Fight Sequences & Bane Football Explosion Videos
In a couple weeks will see the debut of The Dark Knight Rises Blu-Ray on December 4th. Some of the extras are beginning to trickle out, such as a look at Bane concept art with the Mexican luchadore comic book mask. Now two videos have surfaced, one with a behind-the-scenes look at Anne Hathaway’s fighting…