Arrow Targets Brandon Routh to Play Major DC Comics Superhero in Season 3

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Brandon Routh is set to play another DC Comics super man — this time on Arrow.

The erstwhile Man of Steel is joining the CW hit’s third season in the recurring role of Ray Palmer, aka DC superhero The Atom, TVLine has learned exclusively.

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An unparalleled scientist and inventor, Ray will play an unexpected role in the lives of Oliver and (rumored love interest) Felicity as the new owner of Queen Consolidated. Palmer’s plans for Queen Consolidated’s Applied Sciences Division will be shrouded in mystery.

In addition to his myriad comic book appearances, Ray/The Atom — who can alter the size of his body as well as Brandon Routh Arrow The Atomother objects — has turned up in numerous animated series, including, most recently, Cartoon Network’s Young Justice. Arrow marks one of the character’s rare live-action incarnations.

Déjà vu watch: Although The Atom isn’t able to fly like Superman, he can simulate flight a la Wonder Woman.

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Also joining Arrow this fall — as previously reported by TVLine — are Sin City‘s Devon Aoki (as DC Comics superheroine “Katana”), Karl Yune (as Oliver’s Hong Kong handler/Katana’s husband Maseo Yamashiro), and Peter Stormare (as Count Vertigo).

Routh’s TV credits include NBC’s late, much-missed Chuck, CBS’ short-lived Partners and, more recently, Crackle’s Chosen and Fox’s Enlisted.

Arrow premieres its third season on Wednesday, Oct. 8.

Exhilarating Extended Trailer for GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY

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Marvel just released an incredibly awesome new extended trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy. It’s packed full with never-before-seen footage that you’re going to love. This flick looks so freakin’ badass. I’ve also included a collection of 18 photos that were also released.

17 minutes of the film was recently screened tonight, and I’ve been seeing a ton of people raving about it on Twitter. Marvel has another big winner on their hands. The movie comes out on August 1st, and I couldn’t be more stoked!

 

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J.K. Rowling Just Published a New Harry Potter Story

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In the new story, written as a gossip column dispatch from Potter character Rita Skeeter in the Daily Prophet, Harry is now a thirty-something with a mysterious cut on his cheek, as well as “a couple of threads of silver” in his hair. He is also married to Ron Weasley’s sister, Ginny Potter, who is now a journalist. Ron, of course, is married to Hermione Granger, while Skeeter writes that his “famous ginger hair appears to be thinning slightly.”

Job-wise, it appears that the three friends all worked together in the Ministry of Magic, though Ron left his job to “co-manage the highly successful wizarding joke emporium Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes.” Meanwhile, Hermione — “the femme fatale of the group,” according to Skeeter — is the deputy head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement.

The update appears in a series of Quidditch World Cup pieces that Rowling has posted to Pottermore to coincide with the World Cup in Brazil. However, this is the first time Rowling has written about her beloved characters as adults since the final Potter book, which likely explains why the website crashed intermittently Tuesday morning.

X-MEN: DAY OF FUTURE PAST Extended Director’s Cut for blu-ray

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X-Men: Days of Future Past producer Lauren Shuler Donner has confirmed via Twitter that an extended director’s cut of the film will be coming to Blu-ray later this year.

She also confirmed that some of the scenes that will be included in the cut will involve Anna Paquin‘s Rogue. Awhile back director Bryan Singer said the scenes she was in ended up on the cutting room floor.

Those scenes were said to include an entire action sequence in which Iceman, Magneto, and Professor X rescue Rogue from the sentinels. In another part of the movie she uses her powers to help keep Wolverine’s mind in his younger body after he inadvertently injures Kitty. Other scenes that will most likely be included are other scenes with Mystique interacting with Beast and Wolverine, which is something we saw in the trailers for the movie.

I know i am excited to see the extra footage  what are your thoughts on this?

Is the walking dead to disturbing for tv?

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Warning: Spoilers for The Walking Dead TV show and comic below.

Everything we’ve heard about The Walking Dead Season 5 suggests it’s going to push the boundaries of what’s acceptable to show on TV, but the latest news coming out of UnDead HQ sounds like they may have pushed it a little too far.

Talking about the Season 5 premiere, which will probably see Rick and the gang launch an assault on the Termites of Terminus, Lauren Cohan – who plays Maggie – revealed:

This episode is so disturbing. Some of the the stuff they shot yesterday, I don’t know if it’ll make it to TV.

Say what! How is it possible for the show to be more extreme than it already is? Last season alone saw the cold-blooded execution of a child, Rick rip out somebody’s throat with his teeth and the Governor behead Hershel.

My guess is the first episode of the new season will be based on the Hunters storyline in the comics, where Rick and a couple of guys track down the human-flesh-eaters and brutally murder them, showing no mercy.

It begins when Rick and his hit-squad get the drop on them:

They show no mercy and are unforgiving in their brutality:

They don’t kill them quickly:

This is the aftermath of the horror:

If this is indeed the path the show walks down, then there will be blood. Lots and lots of blood.

Two More actors have been added to Star Wars: Episode VII!

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stars-wars-moreTwo more names have been officially added to the cast of J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars: Episode VII today! Lucasfilm just revealed that Crystal Clarke and Pip Anderson are set to join Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Kenny Baker, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Max von Sydow, Lupita Nyong’o and Gwendoline Christie in the December 18, 2015 release.

The official announcement reads as follows and offers this link where you can check out Anderson in a Spider-Man-related ad.

At the end of last year Lucasfilm and Disney invited all young aspiring actors to attend an open casting call for roles in J.J Abrams’ Star Wars Episode VII. The casting calls spanned 11 cities across the US and UK and over 37,000 hopefuls attended, with a further 30,000 submitting applications online.

Having hunted high and low for young and undiscovered talent, the filmmakers are delighted to announce that two actors from the open call call have been cast.

Crystal Clarke is an American actress studying in Glasgow, UK, who has both stage and screen acting experience and is soon to be seen in her first feature, “The Moon and the Sun” (to be released in 2015). British actor Pip Anderson is a skilled practitioner of parkour, a discipline that involves propelling oneself through any given environment with incredible grace and agility. Pip recently demonstrated this remarkable skill in a Spider-Man ad for Sony.

“The Star Wars universe has always been about discovering and nurturing young talent and in casting Episode VII we wanted to remain absolutely faithful to this tradition. We are delighted that so many travelled to see us at the open casting calls and that we have been able to make Crystal and Pip a part of the film,” said producer and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy.

Meanwhile, principal photography continues at Pinewood Studios in London after wrapping on location in Abu Dhabi in May.

alot of new people keep joining the cast!  i hope its not overkill!

In August, the team will take a brief two-week hiatus while adjustments to the current production schedule are made as actor Harrison Ford recovers from a leg injury. Harrison is doing well and is looking forward to returning to the set soon. Shooting remains on track to wrap in the fall with the film scheduled for release on December 18, 2015.n

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Ralph McQuarrie’s Luke Skywalker Concept Design Bust – Comic-Con 2014

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Gentle Giant has revealed another incredibly cool mini bust featuring the Luke Skywalker concept design created by legendary Star Wars artist Ralph McQuarrie. I’ve always loved this design, and as much as I like Luke Skywalker, he would have been so much more badass if he looked like this. The bust will be available at San Diego Comic-Con, and here’s a description from Star Wars.com:

Gentle Giant has a slate of new Star Wars products coming to San Diego Comic-Con (July 24-27), and StarWars.com is excited to reveal one item with an especially historic significance: the Ralph McQuarrie-style Luke Skywalker mini bust. Depicting the hero as he appeared in McQuarrie’s original concept art forStar Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, this mini bust shows a very different-looking Luke, but with details that would inform his final design and the designs of other characters. As a collectible, it offers a special glimpse into the visual evolution of Star Wars. It is digitally sculpted, cold cast in high quality polystone and hand-painted, and is individually numbered with a matching certificate of authenticity. The mini bust measures 6.5? x 7.25? x 5?, and will be available for $85.00; check out a full preview in the gallery below!https://i1.wp.com/static.squarespace.com/static/51b3dc8ee4b051b96ceb10de/53b5ccd8e4b00cf85c8db128/53b5ccdce4b078c586e9fe40/1404423390375/Screen%20Shot%202014-07-03%20at%205.22.57%20PM.png?resize=459%2C367https://i1.wp.com/static.squarespace.com/static/51b3dc8ee4b051b96ceb10de/53b5ccd8e4b00cf85c8db128/53b5ccdce4b078c586e9fe3c/1404423396283/Screen%20Shot%202014-07-03%20at%205.22.06%20PM.png?resize=462%2C369https://i2.wp.com/static.squarespace.com/static/51b3dc8ee4b051b96ceb10de/53b5ccd8e4b00cf85c8db128/53b5ccdbe4b0213028287f75/1404423403103/Screen%20Shot%202014-07-03%20at%205.22.15%20PM.png?resize=455%2C366https://i1.wp.com/static.squarespace.com/static/51b3dc8ee4b051b96ceb10de/53b5ccd8e4b00cf85c8db128/53b5ccdbe4b0213028287f79/1404423387721/Screen%20Shot%202014-07-03%20at%205.22.25%20PM.png?resize=448%2C363https://i0.wp.com/static.squarespace.com/static/51b3dc8ee4b051b96ceb10de/53b5ccd8e4b00cf85c8db128/53b5ccdce4b0c9332e3acbb1/1404423402720/Screen%20Shot%202014-07-03%20at%205.22.46%20PM.png?resize=443%2C358https://i0.wp.com/static.squarespace.com/static/51b3dc8ee4b051b96ceb10de/53b5ccd8e4b00cf85c8db128/53b5ccdee4b00cf85c8db133/1404423418629/Screen%20Shot%202014-07-03%20at%205.23.35%20PM.png?resize=456%2C307

HOT TOYS: AVP: 1/6th scale Ancient Predator Collectible Figure

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10514591_10152162497847344_2775747908293695853_nIn a flashback scene in Alien vs. Predator, we learned that predators have discovered Earth and taught humans how to build pyramids. In return, the people worshiped them as gods, willing to sacrifice themselves as alien hosts for predators to hunt and prove their mark! Hot Toys is delighted to present this new 1/6th scale Ancient Predator Collectible Figure based on this special flashback scene as one of the 2014 Toy Fair Exclusive items. The movie-accurate Ancient Predator collectible is specially crafted based on his image in the movie featuring two detachable light-up bio-masks, highly detailed head sculpt and body markings, spear with dismembered alien head and a rocky ground diorama base.  10352904_10152162497942344_6801663771259694304_n10505278_10152162499182344_1656105810222033804_n 10489798_10152162497907344_8176095099662546681_n  10492226_10152162498657344_676108069075342627_n 10505278_10152162499167344_4233321605055385058_n10491970_10152162499177344_2618872677233733024_n

HOT TOYS: Iron Man 3: 1/6th scale Python (Mark XX) Collectible Figure

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10487569_10152162502817344_4857962791770073718_n“Everybody needs a hobby.” Tony Stark’s hobby was building a number of armors for the “House Party Protocol” in Iron Man 3 and they proved to be valuable asset when combating the dangerous Extremis soldiers!

Now Hot Toys is happy to present the 1/6th scale Python (Mark XX) Collectible Figure, the Long Distance suit from the Iron Legion, as one of the 2014 Toy Fair Exclusive items. It features specially painted black and gold colored armor, LED light-up functions, interchangeable parts, and figure stand with flexible pillar for dynamic posing.10350508_10152162503107344_3989487356326002596_n 10422966_10152162502982344_3119746159717704635_n  10489624_10152162501622344_7817086687651289526_n 10502254_10152162503427344_3432120097102635975_n

HOT TOYS: The Dark Knight: 1/6th scale The Joker (Bank Robber Version 2.0)

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10527344_10152162505322344_1496282522741885459_n“I believe whatever doesn’t kill you simply makes you…stranger.” Hot Toys’ first 1/6th scale The Joker (Bank Robber Version) Collectible Figure has been sought after by collectors even up to today as Heath Ledger’s amazing performance as The Joker in The Dark Knight left a strong impression among fans all these years. Today we are delighted to present this updated version of The Joker (Bank Robber Version 2.0) Collectible Figure as one of the 2014 Toy Fair Exclusive items.

The movie-accurate collectible figure is specially crafted based on Heath Ledge’s image as The Joker in his bank robber outfit in the movie. It features a newly painted head sculpt with upgraded technique, a newly sculpted interchangeable Bozo masked head sculpt with scuff marks, brand new tailored slimmer-fitting costume, detailed weapons, accessories, and a backdrop of the school bus used in Gotham National Bank heist.10463921_10152162505112344_5911488498276511958_n 10303442_10152162505597344_573033614062320661_n   10524738_10152162505117344_3498564207718336012_n10488109_10152162505747344_2488388075459950778_n