With the new Super Bowl TV Spot just around the corner, Walt Disney Pictures and Marvel Studios have revealed the brand new poster for the Shane Black directed new adventure of the armored avenger, Iron Man 3! Showing Robert Downey Jr. back as Tony Stark, looks like Iron Man won't get off easy against the Mandarin and the forces of evil in the new movie that begins "Phase 2" of the Marvel Cinematic Universe... As he falls from the sky and into the ocean witha badly damaged Mark 47 armor..
CORRECTION UPDATE: It's Detective Comics #19, not "Batman #19" as initially posted.
A new month begins, and so does a wave of new "Previews" to enjoy for those who delve into the world of comics, toys, games, and just about anything in the world of popculture! That being said, DC Comics has revealed the full cover to the mega-sized New 52 issue of "Detective Comics #19" on the newest issue of Diamond Comic Distributor's "Previews". It's part of a new "WTF" cover initiative the publisher is starting in the month, as well as the fact that had the New 52 not happened, Detective Comics #19 would have been the hero's 900th title - hence the mega-sized price and celebration status the issue celebrates.
SPOILERS of course follow since it pretty much gives off what the "Mystery of the 900" is, so peak at your own risk.
With the months counting down to the return of the U.S.S Enterprise and her crew on the big screen, Paramount Pictures and Bad Robot Productions have released a new "Behind-The-Scenes" featurette for their upcoming Star Trek sequel by director J.J Abrams - "Star Trek Into Darkness"! Taking a look at the making of this much anticipated follow-up to 2009's "Star Trek", see the cast do what they do best as well as the process behind what it takes to make a stellar futuristic epic like this!
With the release of the newest issue of EMPIRE magazine this month featuring Henry Cavill as Superman in the cover spotlighting Man of Steel, new information has also sprouted out for several other movies, including Hugh Jackman's next outing as the feral mutant and X-manLogan in The Wolverine! To that end, a new pic and details have surfaces for the movie, showcasing what we can expect from the ol' caknucklehead's next flick!
Packing more fun and excitement in a brick styled way, DC Comics and LEGO prepare to combine forces like the dynamic duo they are by presenting the first ever full length superhero film in LEGO Batman The Movie! Slated for a May 2013 release, the Blu-Ray combo pack cover has been revealed, featuring Batman alongside allies Robin and Superman, while the villains led by The Joker and Lex Luthor are right below! Also featured in the pack is an exclusive LEGO figure of Clark Kent, as he's about to change into Superman! For more information and details, visit the source post at Geek Tyrant!
Catch LEGO Batman The Movie as it hits Blu-Ray and DVD on May 21st!
X-Men fans anxiously waiting for the next X-flick have good news upon them, as director Bryan Singer tweeted that stars Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore, and Ellen Page are set to return for the next movie, X-Men: Days of Future Past. This confirms speculations that a large number of X-Men film alum are set to return, joining Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, and Hugh Jackman for the post-apocalyptic sequel to X-Men: First Class!
This is a good sign, considering that Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore, and Ellen Page played important characters in the X-Men Film franchise as Rogue, Iceman, and Kitty Pryde respectively. Singer thanked director Brett Ratner of X-Men: The Last Stand for letting the characters survive, and Ellen Page's reprisal of Kitty Pryde is crucial, since her character is important alongside Jackman's Wolverine in the storyline adapted from the classic 80's "Days of Future Past" X-Men arc penned by Chris Claremont and drawn by John Byrne! For more information, visit the source post at Superherohype!
X-Men: Days of Future Past is slated for a July 18, 2014 release!
Looks like the Marvel Cinematic Universe will be expanding even further after "Phase 2" is complete, as film producer and Marvel Studios President of Production Kevin Feige reports that "Doctor Strange" and the "Heroes for Hire" have been tapped for the "Phase 3" wave of movies joining Ant-Man!
Looks like the new generation of Star Wars films under Walt Disney Pictures is going to take off in a big way, as Lost and current Star Trek films helmer J.J. Abrams has confirmed that he is directing Episode VII! Via a report in TheWrap and posted in newssites like Superherohype, Abrams has been continually asked to direct the new SW film, and being a big fan of the universe itself, has finally agreed to do so. Check out the source post at Superherohype for more on the scoop!
Unfortunately, the new films under Walt Disney Pictures and LucasFilms Ltd. won't be seeing one thing returning, and that's legendary artist Drew Struzan. Known for his amazing posters in the classic Star Wars and Indiana Jones films, the artist took to his official Facebook Pageand wrote a post called "Misunderstood...", confirming that he isn't returning and that Disney hasn't contacted him for work. For more on this as well as Struzan's belief to leave things to a new generation, visit the source post at Cinema Blend.
The new Star Wars film is expected to hit theaters on 2015!
In a move that will surely please fans who collect hardcovers and/ or digital comics, Marvel has announced that their subsequent Marvel NOW! collected HC books will have free digital copies bundled together with them starting this March!
Via their official website, The House of Ideas aims to bring value and digital content at the same time as their top hardcover releases come out, making it quite the incentive to pick up these collected editions and put a digital copy of them on your favorite mobile device!
Coinciding with the celebration of Resident Evil 2's 15th Anniversary, Capcom has officially announced that their once "exclusive" Nintendo 3DS survival horror game "Resident Evil: Revelations" will officially be making the jump to next generation consoles this year! Due for release on May 21st, the handheld RE game takes place between Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 5, and stars series mainstay characters Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, who fight to survive another biohazard threat in a supposedly abandoned cruise ship.
In an interview with MTV, director Robert Rodriguez has confirmed that legendary action movie star Bruce Willis will be returning for the sequel to the cult hit comic book drama film Sin City - Sin City: A Dame To Kill For.
In the 2005 original based on the graphic novel series of the same name by Frank Miller, Willis played police detective John Hartigan, who was one of the primary characters featured throughout the first film, based on Miller's 1996 Sin City book "That Yellow Bastard". Hartigan also cameos in the follow up story "Just Another Saturday Night", which is one of the central tales "A Dame To Kill For" revolves under. It's possible Bruce will reprise his role as Hartigan for that one... Or something else entirely. For more insight, as well as Rodriguez talking about Joseph Gordon-Levitt's role in the sequel, visit the source posts at Spinoff Online and Superherohype.
Sin City: A Dame To Kill For sees release on October 4.
With the third season coming up in two months time, HBO has released two new videos for fans highly anticipating the return of their hit Sci-Fi Fantasy series, Game of Thrones! The two new videos, one an "Invitation to the Set" and the other a "HBO Winter Preview", give something to look forward to as the War for the Iron Throne continues!
It's the kind of stuff dreams are made of... Especially when it comes to building a classic game from a fellow game's engine.
Via a story from IGN, a team of modders have successfully tried their hand in creating an actual Warcraft game using the Starcraft II engine, recalling the good old days of Real-Time Strategy gaming for the franchise before it ushered in a new age with the MMORPG franchise "World of Warcrft". Entitled "Warcraft: A New Dawn", the game pits classic factions inn The Horde and Alliance against one another, fighting to achieve dominance and supremacy against the other race while maintaining keep and resources to wage battle against each other.
With the upcoming release of Walt Disney and Marvel Studios "Iron Man 3" on May 3 this year, Hasbro has once again stepped up to release new toys that will appeal to fans of the armored avenger as well as kids and adults alike - a new toyline from Hasbro called "Assemblers"!
Following the success of the "Lego" versions of The Dark Knight Rises trailers, YouTube user Antonio Toscanohas followed the formula and recreated the second trailer of "Man Of Steel", giving fans looking forward to the Zack SnyderSuperman reboot flick a different look at things... Building block style!
As part of their rising Marvel NOW! initiative, Marvel is bringing back the Mad Titan himself... Thanos, in a new series called "Thanos Rising" that explores what remained a mystery for so long... His origins.
In a new limited series to be helmed by the creative team of Jason Aaron and Simone Bianchi, Thanos Rising explores the tale before the villain came to be who he was... A power hungry catalyst of destruction who was heavily featured in the now classic "The Infinity Gauntlet" saga and it's succeeding crossovers, "The Infinity War" and "The Infinity Crusade". Thanos also made a cameo appearance in a mid-post credits scene of 2012's blockbuster superhero flick The Avengers, where he was revealed to be the benefactor of both Loki and the alien race known as the Chutari.
Hyping the action to come on international territories, Paramount Pictures has released a new "Japanese Trailer" for their upcoming G.I.Joe film sequel, G.I.Joe: Retaliation! Starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as Roadblock, Channing Tatum as Duke, Ray Park as Snake-Eyes, and Bruce Willis as General Joseph "Joe" Colton, the film puts the Joes on the crosshairs of not only Cobra, but the very government they serve, which is under the direct control of their mortal enemies.
DC Comics won't be reverting back to their old numbering system anytime soon after launching "The New 52" universe, but they're doing something close to that to commemorate the upcoming "milestone" that would have been the 900th issue of Detective Comics.
Coming off their solicitations for the month of April, Detective Comics #19 is slated to be written by John Layman, with art by John Fabok and backup story art by Andy Clarke. The issue goes on sale by April 3, and is going to be priced at $7.99!
Anyone who listens to Pop & Music nowadays knows Bruno Mars, and he's smooth and riding the wave like thunder!
Since he rose to popularity with hit songs like "Just The Way You Are" and "Grenade" with his debut studio album "Doo-Wops & Hooligans", Bruno Mars has just about been everywhere off the Billboard and Music charts. The Hawaiian born Pop-Soul and Reggae singer has a lot of Elvis and Michael Jackson influence in him, and plays around with various genres of music to develop sounds that catch the attention of millions worldwide. His music videos also remain catchy and amusing to watch, like the alternate version of "The Lazy Song", which legendary Spock actor Leonard Nimoy starred in.
The singer's latest album, "Unorthodox Jukebox", is already on record stores and is making noise through the radio and netsphere with its first single "Locked Out Of Heaven". It's only fitting that coming from listening to his sophomore release that I truly dig another song off the album - "Treasure".
It's got groove and funk written all over it, and anyone who likes to dance should take note of the beat, and it feels like one of the late King of Pop's classic songs, "Pretty Young Thing".
Here's the Jimmy Kimmel Live version uploaded in the show's official YouTube account, which shows how exciting and exuberant things get with live performances like these!
Bruno Mars Performs "Treasure"
Listen to more Bruno Mars stuff from Unorthodox Jukebox!
Set to return this January 16th and resuming Oliver Queen's mission of justice against villains in his home of Starling City, the CW has released a brand new "Mid-Season" poster of their new superhero TV show "Arrow". Starring Stephen Amell as Oliver/ Arrow, the series is based on the DC Comics character Green Arrow, and pits the emerald archer against many foes familiar to fans of the DCU. For more on the story, visit the source post at Superherohype!
Following word that his next project "Robopocalypse" will be delayed, news has arrived that Steven Spielberg will next tackle something familiar... A franchise that he started and directed the first film of 20 years ago... a sequel to Jurassic Park! Confirmed by Universal Pictures and slated for release on 3D and 2D next year, Jurassic Park IV is a go... And the dinosaurs will return to the big screen!
The year of Man of Steel opens up in a big way for the movie's production studio Warner Bros., as the company and its own subsidiary DC Comics won big in the fight for the rights to the character Superman in the latest case against the heirs of one of the co-creators, Jerry Siegel.
The title is pretty much self-explanatory, and after the jump, those who don't want a peek of what lies in store for the future issues of The Superior Spider-Man may want to pry their eyes away. SPOILER ALERT BEWARE~!
Slated to return next month February, AMC is gearing fans up for the inevitable consequences and clash Rick Grimes and his crew will have against The Governor and Woodbury when The Walking Dead returns and resumes its 3rd season. Despite current showrunner Glen Mazarra leaving after Season 3 wraps up, everything is going strong for the show based on the comic book series by Robert Kirkman, as things escalate to a threat that's clearly more dangerous than the undead themselves.
Superior Spider-Man #1 is due in comic book shops and stores this week, and it ushers in the new era of a very different kind of Spider-Man, as presented by Dan Slott and artist Ryan Stegman. MAJOR SPOILERS of course follow after this paragraph on what exactly those changes are, which were finalized in the major epic final issue of the flagship Spidey series of Marvel that was The Amazing Spider-Man #700 last December 2012. Now that a new year begins, so does a new status quo for Spidey... Which apparently affects his status as an Avenger!
If you the giant robot and monster movie genres, you owe it to yourselves to see Guillermo Del Toro's newest film coming up this year, Pacific Rim! Pitting soldiers in giant mechanical suits against monstrous creatures called "Kaiju" that emerge from the Pacific Ocean, the fate of humanity hangs in the balance as war begins that's truly determined by a "clash of titans".
Come next month, Bruce Willis fans will be able to see the action star go "Yippee-Ki-Yay" once more as he reprises his role as John McClane for the fifth installment in the Die Hard franchise entitled "A Good Day To Die Hard"! Teaming up with his son Jack (played by Jai Courtney), the old school cop and his kid are neck deep in Russian territory, determined to fight their way out and stop a terrorist plot from happening in Moscow.
People who have seen the Alien franchise knows what exactly the "Alien" is - an extraterrestrial and predatory species that adapts and survives based on implanting eggs into other species and birthing their own kind to propagate their own race. The most iconic representation of this terrifying space race is the "Xenomorph" - a large bipedal/ quadrupedal black monstrosity with a huge cylinder like skulls that's complimented by their ferocious teeth and a large spikey tail. Created by Dan O' Bannon and Ronald Shusett, the Alien design is credited to one H.R. Giger, a Swiss surrealist artist who's work was adapted for the original Alien film in 1979.
However, a new article surfacing in i09 shows something that may dispute that the origins of the "Xenomorph", showing a painting that's much older than Giger's work and originates from China. A blogger named Zhao found a painting in a flea market in China that allegedly belongs to influential Chinese artist Qi Baishi, and it has what looks a lot like Xenomorphs in it too. It's still remains to be seen whether this is genuine or not, but Giger's work is still credited as the original source. Take a look and compare both works by visiting the source post at i09.
A noble deed was done last week by director J.J. Abrams, as he granted the wish of a certain fan diagnosed with a terminal illness to view an early version of his upcoming Star Trek sequel flick, Star Trek Into Darkness. The fan, Daniel Craft, was diagnosed with two forms of cancer, and his ultimate wish was to see the new Trek flick after doctors gave him just a few weeks to live. He and his wife went to see an IMAX screening of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey to catch the 9-minute prologue, but unfortunately it wasn't screened in their theater, and hopes to catch it looked bleak for Dan.
Fortunately, a friend of Dan who uses Reddit took to the interwebz and started out a petition to ask J.J. Abrams to grant his pal his ultimate wish to see the trek film. When word got to Abrams, he did more than show the prologue, as he gave them the entire film (albeit an early draft) via a private screening! This wish grant made a lot of people respect Mr. Abrams a lot more thanks to his generosity, and one fan's dream came true.
Unfortunately, Sad news came from Mr. Craft's family, as he passed away with his wife and brother at his bedside. It's truly remarkable that he got his wish at least by J.J. Abrams just before he left this world, and one Trek fan boldly got what no fan has gotten before... Seeing a Star Trek film first hand from the helmsman himself. For more on this story, check out the source post at Superherohype and Yahoo!
Set for release later this month, the next and final installment of Warner Bros. Animated and DC Universe Animated Original Movies' adaptation of Frank Miller's epic Batman work "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns" is upon us, with this new clip for "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2" showcasing just what we can expect next from an aged Bruce Wayne's return as The Dark Knight!
Part 2 will see Batman taking on his eternal archnemesis, The Joker, as he returns to wreck havoc on Gotham once more. The Clown Prince of Crime isn't the only person Bruce has to contend with, as Batman's presence and influence on Gotham forces the US President to send a champion to stop The Dark Knight by any means necessary... Superman.
The official Silent Hill Facebook page has revealed the official box cover art for the upcoming home video release of Silent Hill Revelation! A sequel to the 2006 Silent Hill film and an adaptation of the Konami Survival Horror video game series of the same name, Revelation is based on the events of Silent Hill 3, and focuses on Heather Mason as she ventures into the cursed town to rescue her father and discover her origins. The movie starred Adelaide Clemens as Heather, while Game of Thrones stars Sean Bean and Kit Harrington played supporting roles as Heather's father Harry Mason/ Christopher Silva and Vincent.
Slated to return and resume its 3rd season next month, AMC's fantastic zombie drama series that is The Walking Dead is not showing any signs of slowing down. It's become a big draw thanks to its fantastic storytelling and characters, and anything significant about Rick Grimes, Daryl Dixon, and their fellow survivors becomes the stuff of legends in the world of popculture and beyond.
For those who enjoy Cartoon Network and DC Animated shows like "Justice League" and "Young Justice", here's a treat for you from a DeviantArt user named Eric Guzman. Using his very amazing skills as an animator, the man has put together some amazing "animated style" designs of the Justice League and other supporting characters and baddies from The New 52 era of DC Comics! It almost looks as if DC and Warner Bros. are actually going to make a show on the new universe, and to say it's impressive and good are total understatements!
It's a new year, and there's going to be a lot of things to look forward to. 2012 was full of surprises indeed, and this year holds a lot of promises and opportunities. Hopefully we'll be riding some great stuff along the way as well as some changes. That being said, this site is long overdue for an upgrade, and maybe getting to that will be a work in progress somewhere down the road. For the meantime, here's a toast for big things to come for everyone this year!
