Richard Gray
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Aug 23 2013
Navid Negahban Joins ‘Arrow’ Season 2 in villain role
E! News reports that Homeland‘s Navid Negahban will guest star in Arrow‘s second season as “the villainous Al-Owal”. The name, which translates as “The First”, may not mean a lot to fans, but his affiliations just might. Set to be seen in the fifth episode titled “The Demon’s Head”, comics readers will know that this is …
Aug 22 2013
‘LEGO Marvel Super Heroes’ Gamescom trailer reveals Galactus
A brand new trailer for LEGO® Marvel™ Super Heroes has been released, showcasing much more of the story, the impressive visuals and one giant hungry purple villain thingy. We predict the game will involve lots of self-referential humour, block smashing and rebuilding of said blocks in new and practical forms. Just like every LEGO game every. Fun …
Aug 22 2013
Tyler Bates to score Marvel’s ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’
One of the films that has us most excited for 2014 is Guardians of the Galaxy, and now director James Gunn has confirmed via Facebook that regular collaborator Tyler Bates will be providing the score for the film. Bates has previously worked on both Slither and Super with Gunn, and comic book fans will know …
Aug 22 2013
Joss Whedon discusses approach to Ultron in ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’
Following yesterday’s chatter from Edgar Wright about how he won’t be using Ultron in his Ant-Man film, writer/director Joss Whedon has told EW how he will be using him in his upcoming sequel, Avengers: Age of Ultron. The full interview will be in an upcoming issue of EW, but in this excerpt they have posted …
Aug 21 2013
Film Review: Marvel One-Shot – Agent Carter
Marvel gets more ambitious with their one-shot films, expanding their cinematic universe a little further around a strong female protagonist. Ever since The Consultant, the 2011 direct-to-video film that appeared on the Thor DVD and Blu-ray, the Marvel One-Shot films have served as fun linking segments between the films of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. With …
Aug 21 2013
‘Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox’ hits Australia on September 18
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has officially announced the Australian release date for Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, the most recent DC Universe Original Animated Movie. Based on the best-selling DC Comics mini-series Flashpoint, it sees Flash wake up to find that his powers are gone and the world has radically altered around him. He must figure out …
Aug 21 2013
WIN: Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind Deluxe Boxset from Madman (CLOSED)
Madman together with Behind the Panels is giving you a chance to win a deluxe edition of the manga that inspired one of the first Studio Ghibli films! The two-volume, 1104 page set is beautifully reproduced from Hayao Miyazaki’s original manga that was serialized intermittently from 1982 to 1994 in Japan. The English-language edition is a perfect …
Aug 21 2013
Edgar Wright on why his ‘Ant-Man’ won’t feature Ultron
Still promoting The World’s End, director Edgar Wright sat down with the Huffington Post, who asked him indirectly about the connections between Avengers: Age of Ultron and his 2015 film, Ant-Man. In the comics world, Hank Pym is the inventor of Ultron, yet we will be introduced to the latter before the former arrives on …
Aug 21 2013
Gestalt previews Tom Taylor’s ‘M.I.D.A.S.’, Ben Templesmith’s ‘The Undertaker Morton Stone’ plus ‘Unmasked #3’ and ‘Nocturne’
There are a lot of eyes on Australia’s Gestalt Comics right now, mostly thanks to the Comic Book Heroes documentary that finished airing on ABC1 last night (and is currently available on iView for Australian residents). The local publisher with eyes on the global market has taken the opportunity to annouce a slew of upcoming …
Aug 21 2013
Watch a new featurette from ‘Thor: The Dark World’ online, Thor and Asgard coming to Disneyland
Last night, we were lucky enough to be invited to a theatrical screening of selected Iron Man 3 DVD and Blu-ray bonus features. In addition to the Marvel One-Shot short film Agent Carter, we were presented with a brief behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming Thor: The Dark World film. That featurette is now online. It’s a very …
Aug 20 2013
New Agent Coulson featurette for ‘Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’
Is he dead? Is he a life-model decoy? All we know is that he is the Son of Coul, and he (in the form of actor Clark Gregg) is returning for Marvel Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. He’s also the subject of the latest featurette from the series, which launches next month in the US. Agent Phil Coulson (Clark …
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