Jul 23 2013
X marks the spot with the release of two new posters for one of the most anticipated superhero films of 2014. After the massive cast gatherings and footage reveals at Comic-Con International in San Diego over the weekend, Fox has released two new official posters for X-Men: Days of Future Past via x-menmovies.com. The two posters depict the …
Jul 23 2013
First introduced in 1974 in the pages of The Incredible Hulk, he was introduced to the X-Men in the pages of Giant X-Men #1 in 1975, and soon became a staple of Chris Claremont‘s historic run that followed. Now the character is quite literally everywhere, occupying several of his own monthly titles, along with various X-Men and Avengers …
Jul 23 2013
We are Jack’s happy amygdala. Appearing at the Comic-Con International at San Diego over the weekend to promote his new novel Doomed, author Chuck Palahniuk let slip that he was working on a graphic novel sequel to his most famous work, Fight Club. The 1996 novel, a commentary on the dissatisfaction with modern male ideals of masculinity, was …
Jul 23 2013
After the crowd-pleasing announcement that Zack “Snack” Snyder would be bringing a sequel to Man of Steel to cinemas in 2015, and that sequel would feature some character named Batman. Now that the excitement has (not) died down, the official logo has been released in hi-res online. At Comic-Con International at San Diego, Snyder took the stage to …
Jul 22 2013
So another Comic-Con International in San Diego has come and gone, and whether you could be there or not, the Monday following such an event should be declared a geek public holiday. The sheer amount of news leading up to and coming out of the ‘Con is a little hard to digest, so we’ve made it …
Jul 22 2013
More comics news (shock horror!) emerged from the Comic-Con International in San Diego, as senior editor Nick Lowe, Brian Michael Bendis, Paul Cornell, Gerry Duggan, Peter David, Sam Humphries, Chris Hastings, Terry Dodson and Brian Posehn took to the stage for the Marvel Comics X-Men panel. The two big announcements of the panel were the new series Amazing …
Jul 22 2013
After the Comic-Con International in San Diego announcement yesterday that the next Avengers film will be called Avengers: Age of Ultron, many assumed that it would be based on the recent critically panned Age of Ultron miniseries from Marvel. However, in an interview with ComicBookMovie, writer/director Joss Whedon has been quick to correct this. “Well, because there …
Jul 21 2013
In this issue, we report back on Oz Comic-Con Melbourne, and our chats with Bill Farmer and Phil Jimenez. THEN we bring you some extraordinary television news and look at the Harvey Award nominations. PLUS our Kick-Ass Picks of the Week: a Chris Claremont ’82 double of Wolverine with Frank Miller, and bonus book X-Men: God …
Jul 21 2013
On a day of far too many announcements to mention, Marvel Studios have also released a Comic-Con International in San Diego exclusive piece of concept art showing off the whole Guardians of the Galaxy team. The press release also confirms Glenn Close as Nova Prime. Unlike the original concept art, this features redesigned costumes for …
Jul 21 2013
In a surprising announcement, Joss Whedon took the stage at Comic-Con International in San Diego to announce that the next Avengers film with be Avengers: Age of Ultron. Age of Ultron was the big summer blockbuster from the comics world, and despite criticisms, Marvel seems keen to push this to the big screen. The plot revolves around …
Jul 21 2013
Marvel has confirmed key roles in Guardians of the Galaxy at the Comic-Con International in San Diego. The biggest casting news is the confirmation of Djimon Hounsu as Korath, Michael Rooker as Yondu, a bald Karren Gillan as Nebula (she took off her wig and threw it into the audience) and Beneicio Del Toro as the Collector! The Guardians of …
