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SDCC 2013: Green Arrow LEGO mini figure and more at Comic-Con

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Those of you heading to San Diego Comic-Con International this year have another reason to make your friends jealous, or at the very least make a profit on eBay. LEGO will be handing out four exclusive minifigures at the ‘Con between July 18-21 at the San Diego Convention Center, reports USA Today. Green Arrow, Spider-man, …

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Jeff Wadlow tapped for ‘X-Force’ film for Fox

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Amidst a flurry of rumours that an X-Force film announcement is forthcoming at next week’s Comic-Con, THR is reporting that Kick Ass 2 director Jeff Wadlow is writing a screenplay for an X-Force film with an eye to also direct. The rumours began with various sites reporting the website X-ForceMovie.com being registered by 20th Century Fox …

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Watch ‘The Wolverine’ world premiere broadcast live online

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 20th Century Fox has shared with us a live feed for the upcoming world premiere of The Wolverine, next Tuesday, 16 July 2013 at 6:00 pm BST (London time). That’s 3am the following day for Australian viewers on the east coast if you’re planning on getting up. The video embed below will go live at that time. If …

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Oz Comic-Con expands to Sydney and Brisbane in 2014

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Only days after Oz Comic-Con 2013 came to a close in Melbourne, the organisers have announced that one of Australia’s best comic and pop culture experiences will be expanding to Sydney and Brisbane in 2014! The cons will be held in the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre and Sydney Exhibition Centre at Glebe Island respectively. On …

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Oz Comic-Con 2013: Melbourne cosplay photos and more – Day 2

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Oz Comic-Con completed its second year in Melbourne over the weekend (6 and 7 July 2013), and Behind the Panels was there snapping away and talking to vendors, guests and lots of cosplayers. It was an amazing crop of costumes in and around the Royal Exhibition Hall, with Harley Quinn and variations on Green Arrow being …

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Behind The Panels Issue 64 – Supanova 2013

In this issue, Richard and David go to Supanova 2013 in Sydney. Come and meet Tom Taylor, Tristan Jones, Paul Bedford, Nicola Scott, Chris Claremont, Alex Saviuk and many more of the colourful characters and vendors that make up Supanova, the pop culture expo. Recorded live on the floor of the expo. On our next …

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Oz Comic-Con 2013: Melbourne cosplay photos and more – Day 1

Oz Comic-Con Melbourne 2013 - Cosplay - Harley Quinn, Supergirl, Red Riding Hood, Female Altair

Oz Comic-Con completed its second year in Melbourne over the weekend (6 and 7 July 2013), and Behind the Panels was there snapping away and talking to vendors, guests and lots of cosplayers. It was an amazing crop of costumes in and around the Royal Exhibition Hall, with Harley Quinn and variations on Green Arrow …

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Watch a clip from ‘Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox’ online

Ahead of its world premiere at San Diego Comic-Con in a few weeks, Warner has released a clip from their forthcoming DC Universe Original Animated Movie called Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox. Based on the bestselling DC Comics mini-series Flashpoint, it sees Flash wake up to find that his powers are gone and the world has …

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Oz Comic-Con 2013: J. August Richards talks ‘Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’

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Appearing at Oz Comic-Con in Melbourne today, former Angel star J. August Richards was asked by an audience member about his role in the forthcoming television show Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. When prompted about his “unconfirmed role”, he said he could “confirm that it is unconfirmed”. Richards went on to relate a story about getting …

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Behind the Panels Video One-Shot – The Tom Taylor Interview

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Australian writer Tom Taylor has been having a massive year, with the twin successes of the Injustice: Gods Amongst Us comic, and working on the television series of his graphic novel series The Deep. Last month, he was announced as the writer on Earth 2 for DC Comics, alongside fellow Australian Nicola Scott. We caught …

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Behind the Panels Video One-Shot – The Tristan ‘T-Rex’ Jones Interview

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Tristan ‘T-Rex’ Jones is an Australian writer/artist who broke into the US industry with his work on Mirage Studios’. Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This led to work on IDW’s Ghostbusters ongoing series and the recent action-horror smash Infestation: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is currently working on Hoax Hunters for Image Comics, and crowd-sourced …

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