Jun 13 2013
Roadshow Films has sent over the first teaser trailer for 300: Rise of an Empire, the prequel to Zack Snyder’s 2006 film 300 from Warner and Legendary Films The Greek general Themistocles battles an invading army of Persians under the mortal-turned-god, Xerxes. Directed by Noam Murro, it stars Eva Green, Rodrigo Santoro (reprising his role …
Jun 13 2013
With all of the attention on Man of Steel and its potential sequels at the moment, it was very easy to forget that another Zack Snyder project is coming out in the near future. The prequel to his 2006 adaptation of 300 was coming out in August, and a new poster has just been released …
Jun 12 2013
Batman begins again in this origin story with a twist, creatively reimagined without losing anything that makes the character great. Without a doubt, Scott Snyder’s Batman has been one of the consistent highlights of the entire New 52. From the “Court of Owls” through to “Death of the Family”, Snyder and writing partner James Tynion …
Jun 12 2013
The highly anticipated series debut couldn’t possibly live up to the hype machine – or could it? Superman cuts loose in this timely new series. It’s no accident that Superman Unchained #1 debuts in the same week as the big screen adaptation Man of Steel hits cinemas. Not simply a flagship character for DC Comics, …
Jun 12 2013
Following the announcement last month that writer James Robinson would be exiting Earth 2 with issue #16, we spoke with artist Nicola Scott today who confirmed that she would be remaining with the DC Comics title. You can find the full audio interview in a few days time on the site and iTunes feed, but her …
Jun 12 2013
Roadshow Films has announced that Henry Cavill, who plays Superman/Clark Kent and Russell Crowe, who plays Jor-El, along with director Zack Snyder will visit Sydney for the Man Of Steel Australian premiere on Monday the 24 June at Event Cinemas, George Street. The group will also complete a press junket during the Aussie leg of their international …
Jun 12 2013
Marvel has announced that they will issue 20 variant covers for titles in September, ensuring that the 1990s will continue to roll on as long as they need to. Of course, these variant covers are in partnership with LEGO®, which means that they are cool and any previous remarks we’ve made about variants is now null …
Jun 11 2013
It seems so obvious now. LA Times reports that TV’s Glee and Carrie remake writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and one Behind the Panels’ favourite Italian artists Francesco Francavilla will team up for Afterlife With Archie, a tale in which zombies invade Riverdale. Francavilla will provide the cover to the first issue and interiors, the former of which can be seen …
Jun 11 2013
Hellboy himself comes to Melbourne this July as Oz Comic-Con announced that Ron Perlman will be heading to Australian shores in July for the event. Ron is famed for his starring roles as Hellboy, Clay Morrow in TV’s Sons of Anarchy, Vincent in Beauty & the Beast, and so many, many other films, live action TV …
Jun 11 2013
We’ve already seen a number of these announcements already, but here’s what you might need to check out from the DC Comics September solicitations. Forever Evil The 7-issue series kicks off this gimmick month (see below), and it will be written by Geoff Johns with art from David Finch and Richard Friend. It rather dramatically …
Jun 11 2013
This week, Richard and David had the opportunity to sit down and chat with Christian Read, the Australia writer of the new novel from Gestalt, Black City. He’s perhaps best known in the comics world for his mystical Western graphic novel The Eldritch Kid: Whiskey & Hate with artist Michael Maier. Christian chats about the Australian …
