20th Century Fox certainly lucked out in nabbing Jennifer Lawrence for the X-Men series right before she achieved mega-stardom with the Hunger Games franchise and an Oscar-win for Silver Linings Playbook. X-Men: Days of Future Past took advantage of this by making her Mystique a pivotal character, although if a new interview with MTV is any indication Mystique will not be so front-and-center after the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse. Continue reading
We have an interview with Gal Gadot from Israel in which she talks about learning she was cast as Wonder Woman, the reactions, her preparation and what we can expect from the character. Here are some highlights from the interview. Continue reading
It’s finally chimichanga time for 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise spinoff Deadpool, as production begins in Vancouver on the feature film starring Ryan Reynolds as the “merc with a mouth.” Hot on the heels of this morning’s reveal that T.J. Miller will be playing Weasel comes confirmation that Morena Baccarin will be playing “Vanessa,” who is almost certainly the comics’ Vanessa Geraldine Carlysle, also known as the shapeshifting mutant Copycat. Continue reading
Sophie Turner landed the plumb role of Jean Grey in the upcoming X-Men: Apocalypse movie. While she was at the season five premiere of Game Of Thrones, she discussed the similarities in fanbases between her HBO show and X-Men as well having a new take on Jean Grey. Continue reading
On Tuesday, DC Entertainment announced that it would be pulling a variant cover for this June’s Batgirl #41. The cover—which features a terrorized Batgirl in the Joker’s clutches, in an homage to the popular graphic novel The Killing Joke—is one of several commissioned by the publisher, for a month full of alternate covers featuring the Joker.
In a statement released to Comic Book Resources, DC made it clear that the cover was being recalled at the artist’s request after a significant number of fans spoke out against it.
Good for DC. Case closed. Right? After all, a big comic book company is listening to its fans! Continue reading
Star Wars Battlefront will be unveiled next month at Star Wars Celebration, the semi-annual fan convention, Electronic Arts announced today.
“We’re thrilled to share that Star Wars Battlefront will be taking part in Star Wars Celebration next month in Anaheim, CA from April 16-19,” a post on EA’s site reads. “We could not think of a better or more appropriate place to debut the game officially for the first time than the premier event that celebrates the Star Wars universe and the legions of fans who have fallen in love with it.” Continue reading
As a lot of you Marvel Comics fans know, Marvel is making some big moves in their comic lineup. Everything about our favorite characters is about to change. The Secret Wars series that Marvel is unleashing will result in the end of 33 different comics, ending the Marvel Comic universe as we know it.
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A new wave of Hot Toys’ 1/6th scale Collectible Figures based on the highly anticipated Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron is coming as the movie’s release date draws near! Today we are excited to present the deadly female member of the mighty Avengers – the 1/6th scale Black Widow Collectible Figure! Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago, we learned that Jack Huston (Boardwalk Empire) was in talks to join the new feature film adaptation of The Crow. A lot of fans are still unhappy with the fact that this movie is still being made, which I think is interesting. Especially since the creator of the comic, James O’Barr is directly involved with bringing the film to life, and that the film will be a direct adaptation of the original comic. You’d think fans might be happy about that, but apparently not. I like those aspects about the new film! Continue reading
