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Marvel Unveils Death of Ultimate Spider-Man Polybags!
Double your pleasure – and quadruple your cash! Press Release In addition, Marvel has officially announced that there will be no overprint on Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #160, and the issue will also not appear on newsstands. Bendis and Bagley’s most ambitious story yet sends fans reeling this June, in Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #160 – no…
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Jonathan Frakes Wants To Write For Marvel; Discusses Gargoyles, Star Trek and more
“Number One” would like to pen Fantastic Four, Iron Man – or another big name comic for Marvel. Jonathan Frakes, “Commander William Riker” on Star Trek: The Next Generation, answered some questions over at UGO.com that ranged from Star Trek, to Gargoyles – to Marvel Comics. “I’ve been trying to get one of those big…
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Box office weekly roundup ending 4/3/11
Top 5 this past weekend: Hop– $38.1 million Source Code– $15.1 million Insidious – $13.5 million Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules– $10.2 million Limitless– $9.4 million With Spring right around the corner and Easter not too far behind, is anyone really surprised that Hop has taken the lead? Of course, children’s films (even…
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WonderCon: Thundercats (2011) Panel Report and Trailer #2
Warner Bros. Animation held their Thundercats Panel today at the WonderCon with Larry Kenney (Lion-0 in original and Claudius in the new), Producers Michael Jelenic and Ethan Spaulding, and Art Director Dan Norton. Note: Be sure to check out out exclusive interview with Larry Kenney on the new Thundercats. A new trailer was shown and…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012): IDW partners with Nickelodeon for comic books
Press Release “Through this partnership, we’re able to introduce Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to a new generation of fans, while also providing new stories for the fans who grew up enjoying these comics,” said Paula Allen, Senior Vice President, Global Publishing, Nickelodeon Consumer Products. “These all-new comics and graphic novels based on the original series…
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Jim Starlin’s ‘Breed’ Comes to Image Comics in May
Press Release Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It…
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Zack Snyder: Batman, Superman, Man of Steel, Separate From Justice League
It was just announced that Warner Bros. is planning on doing a Justice League movie in 2013, and now we are finding out some details including that Zack Snyder’s Batman and Superman will be separate and not a part of the JL movie. We knew that Christopher Nolan’s Batman, of the Dark Knight series of…
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Review: Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 #9
Writers: Claudio Sanchez & Peter David Artist: Aaron Kuder Colorist: Zac Atkinson Letterer: Johnny Lowe Publisher: Boom! Studios Release Date: March 30th, 2011 Returned from the dead, Wilhelm Ryan makes his move to back up his claims that he is God, or at least a reasonable facsimile. Last issue, the main event was Inferno’s execution…
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Smallville: 2 New Images of Eric Martsolf as Booster Gold!
Check out a couple new pics of Eric Martsolf as Booster Gold! These two give us a better view of everyone’s favorite super hero from the future! Booster Gold appears in the upcoming April 22nd “Booster” episode of Smallville! For the first pic, which also gave us a look at the Blue Beetle, and some…
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WonderCon 2011: Marvel Contests, Costumes and more
Press Release FRIDAY, April 1st 4:00 – 5:00 PM Marvel: Your Universe Game Show Always wanted to be on a game show, but never got the call? Well, now’s your chance! Stop by the Marvel booth as we randomly select people from the audience to partner up with Marvel creators and editors as contestants…
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Green Lantern Movie (2011): Michael Clarke Duncan to voice Kilowog?
According to the Latino Review, Michael Clarke Duncan, may be voicing Kilowog in the upcoming Green Lantern movie. Michael Clarke Duncan is known for The Green Mile, Sin City, Planet of the Apes – and is no stranger to voice acting having had parts in Kung Fu Panda, God of War II (video game) and…
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Marvel Fear Itself Teaser: The American Panther – Seriously?
CBR got a hold of a new Marvel Comics “Fear Itself” teaser dubbed “The American Panther” with the only info coming from Marvel being, ‘”Fear Itself” will have a ‘”huge impact” on “Black Panther: The Man Without Fear.’ Up until this point, and after reading Fear Itself: Book of the Skull, I was excited for…
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Kick-Ass 2 Movie Not In The Works
At the 2011 Empire Awards held in the UK, Absolute Radio spoke with Jane Goldman, writer on the upcoming X-Men: First class – and writer on Kick-Ass. Goldman was asked how Kick-Ass 2 was going to happen, as its been reported to be done by 2013. Goldman responded shaking her head, “I don’t think it…
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Movie Review: Sucker Punch (2011)
Going Bananas Over B-Cups A Film Review of Sucker Punch By: Lawrence Napoli Zack Snyder wants to be the coolest dude in Hollywood! Cool dudes get cool in American cinema by doing cool things in their films like give you lots of explosions, lots of CG, lots of dynamic camera movement, lots of slow…
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Green Lantern Movie (2011): Exclusive: Temuera Morrison as Abin Sur!
Cosmic Book News was the first to bring you a look at Kilowog concept art from the Green Lantern movie. Now, take a look at Temuera Morrison as Abin Sur! We’ve seen Abin Sur’s “corpse” from last year’s SDCC and a brief glimpse from the trailer (below), but this is your first “good” look! This…
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Bryan Singer’s Regrets on Superman Returns
Comic Book Movie asked Bryan Singer, current producer on X-Men: First Class and director on the 2006 Superman Returns, a few questions on the Man of Steel movie that starred Brandon Routh. While “regrets” might be too harsh of a word, (maybe “misgivings”) Singer does state some of the things wrong with the movie. To…
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Smallville “Kent” Image Still: Clark and Jonathan
TV Line showed off an image from the episode of Smallville, “Kent,” which airs April 15th on the CW. Head on over here for an extensive gallery of images for this episode. We see Pa Kent (John Schneider) has captured Clark (Tom Welling) – but how!? They included some info on the pic, spoilers, ahoy!…
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Review: Invincible #78
INVINCIBLE #78 PREVIEW Writer: Robert Kirkman Artist: Ryan Ottley Colorist: FCO Plascencia Publisher: Image Release Date: March 23rd, 2011 The Viltrumite War officially concludes this issue as almost all the plot threads from the war are tied up in a sensitive homecoming story for all the major players. Mark, Nolan, and Tech Jacket are all…
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Review: Butcher Baker: The Righteous Maker #1
Writer: Joe Casey Artist/Colorist: Mike Huddleston Publisher: Image Release Date: March 23rd, 2011 I’ve always said that super powered beings would have super-powerful sex drives. Apparently Casey and Huddleston think so, too. Butcher Baker is a retired superhero who spends his days drinking, smoking, and having orgies with bevies of beautiful babes. He was created…
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Michael Shannon – Villain In Superman (2012): Man of Steel?
Earlier, it was reported that Edgar Ramirez may be up for a role in Zack Snyder’s Superman – as a villain. Now, word comes from Deadline, that actor Michael Shannon may be up for one, as well. Deadline notes that neither the studio or Shannon’s people have commented. Not a surprise as, earlier, Snyder wouldn’t…