May 15 2014
The moment we’ve been waiting for since Barry Allen (Grant Gustin) was first left in a coma following the events of Arrow‘s “The Scientist” in December last year. The CW has given us our first glimpse of The Flash during the season finale of Arrow. More than living up to its title, “Don’t Blink” offers …
May 14 2014
After months of speculation, X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner has confirmed to Total Film that Channing Tatum is her Gambit. While sources indicate that no paperwork has been signed as yet, Donner is talking as though it is a done deal. “Well you know he’s a rogue, Channing. He’s a rascal, just like Remy LeBeau, and he can handle …
May 14 2014
Guaranteed to explode the Internets, Zack “Snack” Snyder has revealed (via Twitter) the first photo of Batman (Ben Affleck) and his Batmobile from the upcoming Batman Vs. Superman (or is it Superman Vs. Batman?). Snyder tweeted the image with the innocuous caption “I shot this with my @Leica_Camera M Monochrom.” From this image, we can …
May 12 2014
Following a slew of announcements about pick-ups, renewals and pilot debuts, the first full trailer for NBC’s Constantine has arrived. Surprising us all, it actually looks pretty good. Indeed, much of the tone of the original comics has been kept, and about the only thing missing at this early stage is watching John Constantine (played …
May 07 2014
The countdown is on – Australia’s biggest and best pop culture event is headed to Brisbane (September 6 and 7) and Sydney (September 13 and 14), and tickets have just gone on sale. For the first time ever, Oz Comic-con is bringing Queensland and New South Wales fans the epic celebration of everything making waves …
May 06 2014
Perhaps quieting some of the confused outrage over a Batman prequel series landing on Fox, rather than Warner’s own CW network, Fox Broadcasting has dropped the first trailer for what could be this fall season’s hottest new show: Gotham. An extended trailer for Gotham introduces us to Jim Gordon, Harvey Bullock, a young Bruce Wayne and …
May 06 2014
When the Guardians of the Galaxy returned in the pages of Avengers Assemble, the question on the lips of every good Marvel cosmic fan was ‘Where the hell is Richard Rider?’ The Nova Corps legend apparently died when the Cancerverse collapsed in The Thanos Imperative, with Star-Lord and Rider heroically sacrificing themselves to end the …
May 05 2014
Australian comic book cretaors Douglas Holgate and Justin Randall have been announced as some of the recipients of grants under the Children’s Picture Book Illustrators’ Initiative. The Australian Society of Authors awarded the creators in the Developing Illustrator’s and Established Illustrator’s categories. Fifty applications were received from emerging, developing and established Australian illustrators. Applications were assessed by Sarah Foster, …
Apr 28 2014
As more characters are added to Zack Snyder‘s sequel to Man of Steel, there was some speculation that 2016’s Superman Vs. Batman would in fact be a Justice League film. Now Warner Bros. president of worldwide production Greg Silverman has confirmed (via the Wall Street Journal) has confirmed plans for Justice League following their next Superman film. “It will …
Apr 16 2014
Comic-Con International (Comic-Con) has announced the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for 2014. The awards will be presented at a ceremony on 25 July 2014 during the Comic-Con International in San Diego. Hawkeye continues to be a darling with the critics, and justifiably so, with 5 nominations for Best Single Issue, Continuing Series, Best Writer (for …
Apr 11 2014
Lots of odds and ends coming out today, and all of them insanely cool. First up, there’s this moment that all self-respecting Batman fans have been waiting years for: the first new Bruce Timm animated Batman ‘toon celebrating 75 years of Batmania around the world. Rather than the Superman montage that came out for the …
