September 2013 archive

‘Thor: The Dark World’ screens early in Australia and New Zealand

Thor 2 Mega Ticket

Australian and New Zealand Marvel fans have even more reasons to rejoice, not to mention bragging to their North American cousins! We won’t have to wait until the 31st October to see the next instalment of Thor: The Dark World as Marvel Studios, Event and Village Cinemas will host exclusive advance preview screenings the night prior …

Continue reading

Behind the Panels Issue 72 – R.I.P.D.

Behind the Panels - Issue 72 - R.I.P.D.

In this issue, Glee comes to Arrow, Ant-Man crawls forward and Justin Bieber gets a random mention! THEN it’s what we’ve been reading and DC’s latest PR disaster. All this, PLUS our Kick-Ass Pick of the Week, R.I.P.D. (#1 – 4) by Peter M. Lenkov and Lucas Marangon. Hosted by Richard Gray, David McVay and Dave Longo. On …

Continue reading

WIN: ‘Robot Chicken DC Comics Special’ Blu-ray from Madman (CLOSED)

Robot Chicken DC Comics Special

To celebrate the release of the Robot Chicken DC Comics Special on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia on 18 September 2013, Madman Entertainment and Behind the Panels are giving away 3 Blu-ray copies to our lucky readers. Robot Chicken and DC Comics collide! Who will survive with their super-dignities intact? Nobody! In Robot Chicken’s hands, …

Continue reading

Warner CEO confirms DC Cinematic Universe expansion

DC We Can Be Heroes

Back in April, president of Warner Bros. Pictures Group Jeff Robinov revealed that Man of Steel was the start of a new DC Cinematic Universe. This was, of course, confirmed by the announcement of the Batman/Superman film announced at SDCC this year. Now Warner Bros. CEO Kevin Tsujihara (via ComicBook.com) has confirmed that there will be cinematic “growth …

Continue reading

‘The Walking Dead’ plans spin-off, casts Christian Serratos for Season 4

Christian Serratos

AMC announced today that they are planning a spin-off series for The Walking Dead. The show, which enters its fourth season in just under a month, is based on the long-running comic book series by Robert Kirkman for Image Comics. The companion series is set to air from 2015, and plans to branch out in …

Continue reading

First look at Michael Jai White’s Bronze Tiger, new character posters from ‘Arrow’ Season 2

Arrow Season 2 - Michael Jai White as Bronze Tiger

TV Guide has released a first look at Michael Jai White as the villain Bronze Tiger in the upcoming Arrow Season 2. His character is said to be working with Cynthia Addai-Robinson as Amanda Waller and Kevin Alejandro as Sebastian Blood as an eventual Suicide Squad storyline. He’s part of an expanded cast that will also include Caity Lotz …

Continue reading

Film Review: R.I.P.D.

R.I.P.D. - Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds

The good guys dress in black, remember that. Mostly because they’ve already been to their own funerals. Ryan Reynolds hasn’t exactly got an unblemished career when it comes to comic book adaptations. From the excesses of Blade: Trinity to the misfired Green Lantern and the simply confused X-Men Origins: Wolverine, any personal love the actor …

Continue reading

Justin Bieber teases ‘Batman Vs. Superman’ role?

Justin Bieber - Batman vs Superman

If you thought the backlash against Ben Affleck’s casting as Batman was harsh, this story should just about explode the Internet. On Friday night, entertainer and pop scrotum Justin Bieber put out a picture of himself on Instagram with a probably fake Batman Vs. Superman script. The picture showed a script called Batman Vs. Superman …

Continue reading

Grant Gustin cast as The Flash in ‘Arrow’ Season 2

Grant Gustin

Following the announcement that Barry Allen/The Flash would appear in the second season of Arrow, serving as a backdoor pilot to his own series, we now have the official announcement that Grant Gustin has been cast as the speedster hero. The Arrow episodes are expected to begin filming at the end of the month. As …

Continue reading

Technicolor partners with ABC TV Australia and A Stark Production for ‘The Deep’ animated series

The Deep animated TV series

Gestalt Comics has announced that Technicolor has partnered with ABC Television Australia and Australian Producer Avrill Stark‘s A Stark Production to develop their graphic novel series The Deep as a CG animated series. Creators Tom Taylor and James Brouwer are reportedly “heavily involved” with the production of the TV series. When we spoke with Taylor at Supanova this year, he elaborated on this. “I’ve written the …

Continue reading

Highlights from Image Comics December 2013 solicitations – ‘Dead Body Road’, ‘The Saviors’, ‘Sin Boldly’, ‘Black Kiss II Christmas Special’ and more!

Black Kiss II Christmas Special

Jingle our bells and embolden our sins! Image Comics has released its solicitations for the month that traditionally ends the year, and as of September we have no reason to believe that it won’t be December again this year. There’s a stack of new releases and one-shots in December, guaranteed to fill your stockings and …

Continue reading