May 10 2013
According to IGN and SuperHeroHype, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been ordered from pilot to TV series in one of the most unsurprising pieces of news yet. Coming off the back of not only the world’s third most successful box office hit ever, The Avengers, and Iron Man 3 (which is already on its way …
May 10 2013
It has been running around the rumour mills for some time, but Disney have now confirmed that they are adapting their own Marvel comic Big Hero 6 via Walt Disney Animation Studios. The computer animated venture will be released on 7 November 2014. We now have two official images and a brief clip showing off the city …
May 10 2013
Not too long ago, it was announced that Marvel’s current “event” Age of Ultron #10 would have the controversial appearance of Neil Gaiman’s Angela, in an issue co-written by the prolific author and series writer Brian Michael Bendis. It was an odd move considering the recent legal wrangling between Todd MacFarlane and Gaiman over the rights to …
May 06 2013
As we are covering Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth Saga on the podcast this week, this latest bit of news couldn’t have come at a better time. There were many lamenting the lack of a Dredd 3D sequel (including the makers of the official comic sequel), and filmmakers Steven Sterlacchini and Michael Carroll would have been chief …
May 04 2013
It’s amazing how much money we wound up spending on Free Comic Book Day. That’s kind of the point though. Free Comic Book Day is an annual event, held on the first Saturday in May, designed to attract new readers to the medium and give old readers a chance to celebrate their love of all …
May 03 2013
Here we go again. It’s that time of the year in Australia when the weather is turning colder, but the convention circuit is just hotting up. Oz Comic-Con is back in Melbourne for a second year, the 2013 tour has already seen over 27,000 people turn out in Perth and over 25,000 in Adelaide. The gang …
May 03 2013
There is a lot of buzz around Brian Wood and Olivier Coipel’s reboot of X-Men for Marvel NOW! has been pretty intense, especially given that this marks an all female team as one of Marvel’s flagship X-Titles. We feel fairly confident that this team will pass the Bechdel test. Marvel has sent over the cover and …
May 01 2013
Walt Disney Home Entertainment Australia released its upcoming home entertainment schedule to the press today, and some of the items on there were a little surprising. Iron Man 3 has only just been released to Australian cinemas, and is yet to be seen on US screens, but Disney already have it pegged for a 28 …
Apr 30 2013
Australian audiences have already flocked to see Iron Man 3, achieving a 5 day cume of $17.5 million! To celebrate, Disney has sent over some of their favourite scenes, the first one introducing the vulnerability of Tony Stark. With the second showcasing the amazing special effects with Iron Man playing Barrel of Monkey’s at a high …
Apr 30 2013
The folks at DesdeHollywood managed to chat with Marvel Cinematic Universe architect Joss Whedon at the Iron Man 3 premiere, and got his opinions on potentially replacing Robert Downey Jr, the villains of The Avengers 2 and his views for the future. After speaking about not worrying about replacing RDJ for the next chapter, he goes …
Apr 29 2013
Free Comic Book Day, held the first Saturday in May every year, is designed to attract new readers to the wonderful world of comics by giving them some…for free! For the rest of us geeks, its a great chance to get some exclusive titles that usually aren’t available outside the promo day. The FCBD has …
