Aug 08 2013
SMASH! returns for another year this weekend, bringing colour back into Sydney’s grey winter on 10 August 2013 at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre (Darling Harbour). The full schedule for the event is below. If you are a cosplayer, be sure to look for us running around with a camera: we want to talk to you! …
Aug 08 2013
Universal has sent over a brand new red band clip for Kick-Ass 2, featuring interviews with the cast and new clips from the film. It’s based on the comic series by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr., as well as a sequel to the 2010 film. It’s directed by Jeff Wadlow, who is said to …
Aug 08 2013
With three mystery films already announced for 2016 and 2017, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has told WIRED that their plans extend well beyond that date. “I could arguably say what we’re planning for the year 2021. Will that happen? I don’t know. But what we planned for 2015 in 2006 is happening.” Some of the …
Aug 07 2013
To celebrate Geek Week on YouTube, Marvel and Disney have released a brand new trailer for Thor: The Dark World online. It expands on the first trailer, and shows just how much they’ve expanded the epic sword and sorcery elements of the first film this time around. Fun game: count the number of times Loki …
Aug 06 2013
The Oz Comic-Con announcements continue to excite as Star Trek alumni Nana Visitor and Stargate staple Nykl are added to the various events next year. Nana Visitor is best known for her role on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Kira Nerys, a Bajoran former freedom fighter that becomes the second in command of the station. She’s also …
Aug 06 2013
Something weird this way comes! Or at least to the D23 Expo this weekend, the biennial Disney fan event, held this year at the Anaheim Convention Center from 9 – 11 August. Marvel have sent out a single image teasing an announcement or promo happening at the expo this weekend, and all we know is that …
Aug 05 2013
It’s just over a month until the debut of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the latest chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, on Disney/ABC in the US. Now a poster has been released online as part of a press tour, showcasing the cast…except for J. August Richards. Created by Joss Whedon, Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen, Marvel’s Agents …
Aug 02 2013
After debuting her first wordless comic, Fashion Music Wonderland, at Comic-Con International in San Diego this year, Viz Media have previewed (via Amazon) some pages from the forthcoming Hello Kitty: Here We Go comic due out in October. The 64-page wordless volume is written by Jacob Chabot, perhaps best known for his comic The Mighty Skullboy Army, and …
Aug 02 2013
Serial Tweeter and director Bryan Singer has released our first look at a full-sized Sentinel from the forthcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past. After teasing them via viral site trask-industries.com, this surprisingly practical version of some of the most famous mutant-killing robots in comics is certainly not the work of CGI. The X-Men interquel will star Omar Sy, …
Aug 02 2013
The first poster was released all the way back in April, and now Walt Disney Studios (Australia) has sent over has unveiled the second theatrical poster for Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World. This one gives us a look at the assembled cast: Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman and some other people up the back. The film stars Chris Hemsworth, …
Aug 01 2013
The Oz Comic-Con announcements just keep on coming! This afternoon, the gang at OCC announced that 2013 guest William Shatner will be returning to our shores. Joining him with be Gigi Edgley, also for the same leg of the tour. William Shatner needs very little introduction, and delighted crowds in Melbourne last month with tales of …
