Aug 31 2013
Following speculation last week, Marvel has officially confirmed that Oscar-nominee Bradley Cooper will voice Rocket Raccoon in the upcoming James Gunn film Guardians of the Galaxy. This now gives us a complete cast listing for all of the main heroes in the film. In a separate interview with Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige in Empire indicates some of …
Aug 30 2013
Gestalt Comics have just announced a brand new book from Australian writer Andrew Constant and artist Emily Smith called Broken Line. It will be available through Comixology and other digital vendors “soon”. The recently launched Facebook page for the book is scant on details, but contains the intriguing tagline “The Land Never Ends, The Screams Never …
Aug 30 2013
SpoilerTV (via SuperHeroHype) has reported that the character of Amanda Waller is set to appear in the second season of Arrow, the Green Arrow adaptation that has been a big success for the CW. She would join a rapidly growing cast of DC Comics characters set to appear in the show. According to the source, …
Aug 30 2013
Marvel has just announced that Emmy Award-winning actor James Spader has been cast as Ultron, the main villain in the blockbuster sequel Avengers: Age of Ultron from writer/director Joss Whedon. This is the first bit of new casting news on the highly anticipated film. Perhaps putting to bed rumours that J.A.R.V.I.S. (voiced by Paul Bettany) …
Aug 29 2013
DC Comics (via their blog) have released a full list of their trade paperbacks and hardcovers being released from June 2014 through to August 2014. Some of highlights include: Batman: Arkham Asylum Living Hell Deluxe Edition HC, from Dan Slott and Ryan Sook. The 2003 miniseries introduced a number of characters, including Jane Doe (reintroduced …
Aug 28 2013
In two separate interviews on the Riddick junket, Vin Diesel has been quite chatty about playing Groot and his relationship with Marvel Studios. The actor has all but confirmed his appearance as the Monarch of Planet X in Guardians of the Galaxy, out next year from director James Gunn. Speaking with THR, he states that he …
Aug 28 2013
It’s not long now until Arrow debuts its second season in the US, and now the CW has revealed posters for the second season. They feature Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) , John Diggle (David Ramsey) and Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards) in the foreground, and the rest of the cast of regulars in the back. …
Aug 27 2013
If you are like us, then you loved Amala’s Blade by Steve Horton and Michael Dialynas, released by Dark Horse earlier this year. While Dialynas is about to start a run of Spider-man books for Marvel, Horton is plugging (via a brand new Facebook page) his next creator-owned work, Monstrous. Working this time with artist Ryan …
Aug 27 2013
We’re getting very close to the release of the next Marvel Studios film, Thor: The Dark World. As such, we’re going to start seeing some new bits and pieces from the House of Mouse. Hitting the web today are two international posters featuring the male leads. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård, …
Aug 27 2013
The end is almost here! Buzzfeed has released some preview pages to Justice League #23, the final chapter in the “Trinity War” saga. Pictured below are three pages from the book and several variant covers from this key issue in the New 52. So far, the Justice League crossover – that has included Justice League …
Aug 26 2013
AMC gave fans a first look a clip from Season 4 of The Walking Dead during Low Winter Sun and that clip is now available online. Based on the Robert Kirkman comic series from Image, it follows a group of survivors travelling across America in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. The Walking Dead stars Andrew Lincoln, …
