Arrow: WildCat confirmed for Season 3 and will be played by J.R. Ramirez

Looks like we're getting a lot more heroes from the DC Universe for the third season of The CW's highly successful superhero TV Series "Arrow", and after the SDCC panel of the show confirmed that the tease star Stephen Amell posted weeks ago was that of a reference to the character "Wildcat", Deadline and Superherohype have now reported that the part has been cast and given to "House of Payne" star J.R. Ramirez!

What's interesting though is not just that the Justice Society of America alum and hero will be appearing on the show, but that the news and bits about Ted Grant and his alter ego. Wildcat will have a "pivotal role with Laurel Lance" this season, and if one follows the series and the history of the character in comics, then we'll be possibly see the birth of a certain female crimefighter and love interest Green Arrow fans know and love so well - Black Canary. It's true that Sarah Lance, Laurel's sister, has played "The Canary" and looks the part... But that may well be the show's way of updating up Laurel and turning her into the character we know from the books, especially since her full name is Laurel "Dinah" Lance!

Arrow Season 3 begins airing on October 8 on the CW!

SDCC '14: Marvel Studios Comic-Con Recap : Age of Ultron and Ant-Man Panel Videos, Prop displays, & Guardians of the Galaxy 2 confirmed

A lot has happened in San Diego Comic-Con this, and there's no shortage of news about the upcoming new films Marvel Entertainment and Disney have for their Marvel Cinematic Universe set of films. In fact, teases and reveals were litered throughout the entire experience, starting with the slowly assempled concept character poster that unites all the players for the movie, including newcomers Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, and The Vision!

Via Flicks and The City, here is the cast and crew of Avengers: Age of Ultron doing their thing and entertaining the audience with the official Panel Video for the film during Comic-Con last weekend, featuring Josh Brolin doing something "EPIC" during the event that seals his role for the MCU... As THANOS.

Marvel Avengers: Age of Ultron SDCC Official Comic Con Panel
And then even the cast of Ant-Man also took to the stage and confirmed that Evangeline Lily of The Hobbit Trilogy fame is playing the role of Hank Pym's daughter, Hope Van Dyne.

Marvel Ant-Man SDCC Official Comic Con Panel 2014
On the final day of SDCC '14, Marvel had a few more teaser displays for the world to see, which include a BROKEN and CRACKED Captain America Shield, as revealed by Superherohype.

Ultron Prime was also seen...

.. As well as the arm of Iron Man's Hulkbuster armor! Comic Book.com had the scoops on both.

 And while it has yet to show in theaters until a few days, James Gunn is returning for Guardians of the Galaxy 2, dated on July 28, 2017!

Guardians of the Galaxy hits on July 31/ August 1st this year! Be sure to catch Avengers: Age of Ultron on May 1, 2015, and Ant-Man on July 17, 2015.

SDCC '14: Gal Gadot revealed in First Look photo as Wonder Woman for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice

Following the introduction and beginning of the Warner Bros. SDCC '14 Panel, Zack Snyder took to the stage, and revealed a teaser for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice that just sent fans expectations through the roof - the very first look of Gal Gadot as Princess Diana of Themyscira... Aka known as the Amazon Warrior Wonder Woman!

And if that's not all, the teaser footage shown in the hall was that of Ben Affleck's Batman wearing an armored batsuit similar to his end fight with Superman in the epic Frank Miller futuristic story "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns", with him facing the Man of Steel as played by Henry Cavill.

How it's gonna play out and go down is anyone's guess... But teases for the DC Cinematic Universe is going strong so far! Hope to see more from Comic-Con! For more, visit the source post at Comic Book.com!

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice lands in theaters on May 6, 2016

SDCC '14: Avengers: Age of Ultron: Complete Poster Assembled; Hulk and Thor added

And there we have it... AVENGERS ASSEMBLED for the concept posters going around for Avengers: Age of Ultron.

 Hailing straight from SDCC '14, the final two posters released for Hulk and Thor interlock to complete the entire cast, which includes Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Black Widow, and Hawkeye... With The Vision looming in the background as well.

 For individual poster reveals, here are Hulk and Thor as seen in ComicBook.com.

Avengers, Age of Ultron assembles in theaters on May 1, 2015.

SDCC '14: Arrow Season 3 "First Look" Comic-Con Trailer released

As San Diego Comic-Con opens up a lot of excitement and news flooding the internet, The CW's Arrow Panel Presentation went and debuted the very "First Look" trailer of Season 3, which features not only the return of Stephen Amell as Oliver Queen, but his supporting cast as well as new additions, including former Superman actor Brandon Routh as Ray Palmer... aka The Atom, and intense looks at Oliver and Felicity's growing relationship and Colton Haynes stepping up his Roy Harper role by donning the Arsenal identity!

Arrow - Season 3 First-Look
Also... The "You Have Failed This City" line returns, and an official Instagram account opens!

Arrow is set to debut on The CW on October 8 and participating networks afterwards!

SDCC '14: Maisie Williams might play Ellie in "The Last of Us" film adaptation

Fans of HBO's epic medieval fantasy show "Game of Thrones" and Naughty Dog's Survival Horror game "The Last of Us" are going to raise arms for this casting rumor to come true, and it hails straight from Comic-Con weekend news to boot

According to a report by Cinema Blend, Evil Dead and Spider-Man films director Sam Raimi was at SDCC to give an update on the film adaptation to TLOU, in which he confirmed that he and writer Neil Druckmann were having conversations with English actress Maisie Williams to play a part in the film. While the role hasn't been confirmed, her age and look is perfect for the character Ellie, who is one of the main characters of the game is herself as rebellious as Maisie's GOT character, Arya Stark.

The resemblance is also not far-fetched either, as Ellie plays a crucial role in The Last of Us, traveling cross-country with her older companion and guardian Joel in a post-apocalyptic setting. Throughout Season 3 and 4, Arya Stark has been doing her share of travels as well with The Hound Sandor Clegane, so hearing this bit of news is pretty amusing as it is coincidental.

That wouldn't fall far from the tree either, as Williams' castmates Kit Harrington and Sean Bean, who play her character Arya's half-brother Jon Snow and father Ned Stark respectively, both starred in a survival horror game film adaptation themselves with the 2012 film Silent Hill Revelation.

No release date has been given for The Last of Us film yet, but a remastered edition coming out for the PS4 is due on July 29!

UPDATE: Sony released this teaser poster, as seen in Kotaku.

SDCC '14: The Walking Dead: Season 5 SDCC Trailer now online

Here it is... Straight from the San Diego Comic-Con 2014 panel for The Walking Dead itself!

Via their official YouTube page, AMC has unleashed the very first trailer for Season 5 of their TV Series adaptation of Robert Kirkman's seminal Zombie Drama series - The Walking Dead! Check it now below!


Comic-Con Trailer: The Walking Dead: Season 5
Literally picking up where Season 4 ended, Rick Grimes, Daryl Dixon, Michonne and the rest of the group deal with Terminus, and move forward in their continuing struggle to survive and find a safe haven.

The Walking Dead returns to AMC on October 12th and international networks sometime then or after!

SDCC '14: Spider-Verse Panel ongoing; Giuseppe Camuncoli cover revealed

With the seeds of Spider-Verse officially planted with the release of this week's The Amazing Spider-Man #4, which also features the new character of Silk finally revealed in full, Marvel and Dan Slott are currently in San Diego Comic-Con for their Spider-Verse panel ready to discuss and tease fans of the big Spider-Man related event that'll beginning this November!

Above is one of the many variant covers to the crossover, done and illustrated by Giuseppe Camuncoli~! Featuring not just our friendly neighborhood web-slinging hero, the cover also has the likes of Manga Spider-Man, Ultimate Spider-Man Miles Morales, Scarlet Spider Ben Reilly, Spider-Girl Mayday Parker, and More~!

Newsarama has coverage on the panel, and you can visit their page to read up on panel updates!

UPDATE #1: Scarlet Spiders miniseries announced, with Ben Reilly Spider-Man alongside Kaine Scarlet Spider and Jessica Drew from the Ultimate Marvel Universe! By Mike Costa and Paco Diaz!

SDCC '14: Avengers: Age of Ultron Quicksilver and Hawkeye posters now online... Vision TEASED in the background

Following the reveal of Captain America and Black Widow yesterday, as well as Iron Man and Scarlet Witch on Preview night, Marvel Studios and Disney have released for the next day of the San Diego Comic-Con two more concept posters to form the EPIC mega sized team-up of Earth's Mightiest Heroes fighting an army of Ultrons, as Hawkeye and Quicksilver stand revealed to promote next year's Avengers: Age of Ultron!

Hawkeye Poster

Quicksilver Poster
Via Superherohype, here are the posters... And if you notice just behind Quicksilver's poster... VISION APPEARS AND IS TEASED! Now we know that Paul Bettany, who voices J.A.R.V.I.S in the Iron Man movies and the first Avengers film, will return and be upgraded by Tony Stark into the heroic android. How that will happen will depend on how Joss Whedon executes it! Expect more news as SDCC rolls on!

Avengers: Age of Ultron hits theaters on May 1, 2015!

SDCC '14: Zack Snyder reveals new image of Ben Affleck as Batman for "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice"

Just like the title of the post says, director Zack Snyder took to Twitter and unveiled the latest picture of Hollywood actor and director Ben Affleck as the new man to don the cape and cowl and play Batman, in the upcoming superhero film crossover that sees him come face to face with Henry Cavill's Superman in 2016 in the DC Cinematic Universe movie - Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
In Snyder's tweet, the "Man of Steel" director simply placed the hashtag "#75" with the image, as a direct nod to Batman's 75th Anniversary this year. The cape and cowl of Affleck's Batsuit also appears in this year's Comic-Con (as featured in this post) as one of the many highlights in the DC Comics booth, and is also spotlighted in this feature in USA Today's official website on The Dark Knight's 75 years, as well as an interview with DC Entertainment co-publishers Jim Lee and Dan DiDio, who give their insights on Affleck's cowl and the legacy of the Caped Crusader in film and beyond.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice sees release on May 6, 2016

SDCC '14: Benedict Cumberpatch addresses "Doctor Strange" rumors w/ MTV News

A lot of rumors and speculation is building as San Diego Comic-Con runs its course this week, and there's no exception for upcoming films falling under the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which includes a certain fan-favorite Sorcerer Supreme by the name of Doctor Stephen Strange. While it is indeed and already confirmed that horror film director Scott Derrickson would helm the film for a 2016 release, there's been no mention yet of who will star in the coveted titular role, until such time Marvel finally announces it either during their panel presentation this SDCC or sometime in the future.

Now, one of the strongest rumors to flow out of the woodwork was English actor and fan-favorite Sherlock star Benedict Cumberpatch being possibly tapped to play that role of the former neurosurgeon turned Earth's mystic and magical defender. In an exclusive interview with MTV News, Cumberpatch finally addressed those rumors, which you can see in the video below.

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Voicing out that he is attached to do a play of "Hamlet" in London and that he could not comment whether he was in discussions with Marvel about the project, it's truly up to interpretation and sounds like a tease from the man who played Khan in Star Trek: Into Darkness and voices Smaug: The Dragon in The Hobbit films. Only time will tell who really gets to play the Sorcerer Supreme in the Big Screen for sure. For more information, visit the source post at MTV.com.

 Doctor Strange, falling under Marvel Studios "Phase Three" banner of films, is scheduled for a July 8, 2016 release

SDCC '14: Avengers: Age of Ultron Comic-Con concept posters assembling

With San Diego Comic-Con 2014 ongoing and so much news coming out of it, Marvel Studios and Disney see it fit to tease fans looking forward to the next big Marvel Cinematic Universe film by unleashing not one, but a MULTITUDE OF CONCEPT POSTERS promoting the culmination movie of Phase Two coming next year - Avengers: Age of Ultron!

And so far, here are the posters that have been revealed and shown, as seen in Superherohype!

Black Widow

Captain America

Iron Man

Scarlet Witch
All that's missing is a few more, and surely within the next few days we'll see them.

Avengers: Age of Ultron, directed once again by Joss Whedon, will assemble in theaters on May 1, 2015!

SDCC '14: Ben Affleck's Batcowl; New Play Arts KAI, and more on SDCC '14

The 2014 San Diego Comic-Con is on full swing with Preview Night... And TONS of news has already been released on the interwebz, especially those concerning a certain Caped Crusader after Batman Day happened officially worldwide on Wednesday, July 23, as a commemorative moment that happens during the year of the character's 75th Anniversary.

Now, more treats and beyond appear to promote the Dark Knight and his expanded world beyond the pages of comics, courtesy of SDCC '14 news from just about everywhere.

Via his official Twitter feed, here's DC Comics co-publisher Dan Didio tweeting a nice pic of the Cape and Cowl Ben Affleck will wear as Batman in 2016's Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, as exhibited in SDCC. You can also preview more angles and pics of this display at Superherohype's coverage.

As seen in the official Batman Facebook page and promoting the show's upcoming release, DC Entertainment and FOX have released this collage of the character posters of the people appearing in the Batman prequel show, Gotham.

Also, Enewsi reports that the viral site "Gotham Chronicle" is out to promote one of the greatest tragedies that made the city desolate for years to come.

And for the toy collecting side of things, more DC Collectibles and toys were featured that include Total Heroes and Batman: Arkham Knight via Toynewsi. However as seen in Kotaku, Square-Enix's Play Arts KAI series is taking Tetsuya Nomura approach in adapting The Batman, as the Final Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts guy designs the Dark Knight in a literal sense that echoes the look of Bahamut from the FF games.

Besides The Batman, there's a whole lot more and loads of news to come in the next few days ahead for SDCC. Count on that.

SDCC '14: Peter Jackson releases The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Comic-Con poster

Arriving online just in time for San Diego Comic-Con week's beginning, Warner Bros. and director Peter Jackson via the latter's Facebook page have released the first and official Comic Con poster for the third and final installment of The Hobbit Trilogy - The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies.

Seen above of course is Bard the Bowman (Luke Evans)... Readying himself to face the the threat to his home of Laketown in the form of the great dragon named Smaug (Benedict Cumberpatch)... Who is about to unleash fire, fury, and brimstone on the quiet little trading village. He will fulfill his destiny in this last film to be helmed by Jackson, which is a prequel to the epic The Lord of the Rings Trilogy and depicts the adventures of the titular hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen), and a company of dwarves, who journeyed to the Misty Mountains and Dwarven Kingdom to reclaim their homeland from the vicious creature.

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies is slated for release in the US on December 17, 2014.

The Walking Dead: Season 5 Banner Poster released

San Diego Comic-Con week is here, and there's plenty of things to be excited about in the world of popculture and hobbies. Of course, one of those things that people are anticipating and expecting is news and the first trailer for the upcoming fifth season of AMC's major hit zombie drama TV Series "The Walking Dead", which fans of the show are itching to get a taste of like the walkers that feature prominently in the show itself.

And along with this week's hype comes a newly revealed banner poster, featuring most of the primary and surviving cast of characters of the series thus far. After the end of Season 4, Rick Grimes, Daryl Dixon, Carl Grimes, Michonne, and the others were taken prisoner by the mysterious group of people residing in "Terminus" - a so-called sanctuary that is more than what it seems. With the ever present threat of walkers still around and people who are more dangerous when they are desperate to survive, Rick's group will have to find a way out of their predicament and see if they can pick up the pieces after everything they've been through.

For more information on the poster, visit the source post at the official TWD Facebook page.

The Walking Dead returns to AMC and affiliated networks with Season 5 this October.

SDCC 2014: Marvel Studios and ABC release Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter joint poster

With a week to go before San Diego Comic Con hits and sizzles in the comics, movies, games, and all kinds of popculture news, Marvel Studios and ABC have gone ahead and released a fantastic looking joint poster designed by Matt Ferguson of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and Agent Carter - two shows set in different timeframes but both the Marvel Cinematic Universe!

Via TV Guide and Comic Book.com, the poster promotes both shows, with the former set to return for Season 2 on September 23. Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D will pick up where things left off after the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier and the final leg of the first season, with Agent Phil Coulson and the surviving members of his team tasked to rebuild the organization in the wake of its collapse and compromise by the terrorist organization Hydra.

On the flip side, Agent Carter will see the return of Captain America's WWII flame Peggy Carter, as viewers travel back to the past and see her in action with the SSR after the war while she works with Howard Stark on secret missions. The show will debut as Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D Season 2 takes its mid-season break.

After Guardians of the Galaxy premieres in August and before Avengers: Age of Ultron hits on May 2015, be sure to see more of the MCU with these two shows between 2014 and 2015!

Avengers: Age of Ultron - Ultron revealed, Cap and Iron Man on the Entertainment Weekly cover, and article covering the plot of the film!

In what is certainly a BIG MONTH for popculture and comics as fans around the world eagerly await this year's San Diego Comic-Con to happen, Marvel and Entertainment Weekly have gone ahead and teased fans waiting for the arrival of news for the second film gathering of Earth's Mightiest Heroes on-screen, as the cover to the new issue of EW features Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans back as Iron Man and Captain America respectively in their new suits sans mask for Avengers: Age of Ultron... With the titular bad guy evil robot himself (who will be played by James Spader) standing in the middle of them!

And just like that, the new EW article that features the cover also reveals how Ultron was made... By Tony Stark/ Iron Man himself! After the events of Iron Man 3 and his Iron Legion coming into the fold, Stark devises a plan to make a credible program to help in assessing threats... Which goes awfully wrong when it becomes evil and sentient. From there it becomes apparent how things will unfold in this next adventure by Marvel Studios and Disney for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, as The Avengers will assemble to fight a threat that is seemingly unbeatable, and a living program to boot.

More information on EW's scoop and feature on Avengers: Age of Ultron can be found at their official page. Stay tuned for more updates as they come when SDCC 2014 arrives before the end of the month!

UPDATE: Comic Book.com has featured the first official stills from the movie, including this "wardrobe" piece!

Arrow: Devon Aoki as Katana, Peter Stormare as Vertigo, and "Big Things" teased to come on SDCC '14

Big things are coming for the upcoming third season of Arrow, and it involves two DC Comics Characters, a hero and a villain, who will be well-known to fans of a certain Dark Knight hero and the emerald archer himself, as well as star Stephen Amell teasing away for the upcoming San Diego Comic-Con 2014.

After introducing a ton of characters in the show and opening the floodgates for what can very well be a DC TV Universe that interconnects with future shows (like that of The Flash), Season 3 of Arrow plans to introduce a well-known heroic face in the form of Katana, who will be played by Devon Aoki. Those who've read the comics know she is associated with Batman, and has served as a member of The Outsiders as well as the Birds of Prey. Aoki previously had roles in the likes of Frank Miller's Sin City, as well as playing Kasumi for the live-action film adaptation of the popular Tecmo fighting game franchise, Dead or Alive. For more information, visit the source post at Coming Soon.

The next bit of interesting casting news is that actor Peter Stormare, who played Lucifer in Keanu Reeve's 2005 film Constantine, has been cast as Werner Zytle, aka THE Count Vertigo. This is not to be confused with "The Count", whom Oliver eliminated in Season 2 and who was played by Seth Gabel. This version of Vertigo will be closely associated with his comic book counterpart, and should be an interesting new enemy for The Arrow to face in the new season. For more information, visit the source post at Comic Book.com.

Finally, Stephen Amell has promised that "Big Things" will come in SDCC '14, but teased nothing more than that he will be there for the Arrow Panel discussion on Friday via his official Facebook page. For more info, visit the source post at Comic Book.com.

Arrow is slated to return with Season 3 on October 8 on The CW.

The Walking Dead: Two behind-the-scenes videos for Season 5 released

With San Diego Comic-Con 2014 just around the corner and a new trailer likely to be released to promote Season 5 this year, AMC has gone ahead and released some juicy "Behind-The-Scenes" videos for the next chapter in their highly successful zombie TV Series "The Walking Dead".

Courtesy of The Walking Dead and More's YouTube Channel and Comic Book.com, here's the two sneak peek vids giving a taste of things to come as production currently rolls for the much anticipated 5th season.

The first video literally talks about all the "Props, Kills, and Explosions", detailing what lengths and creativity the filmmakers go through with every season and beyond to make this show as realistic and brutal as possible.

The Walking Dead Season 5 Behind The Scenes Props, Kills and Explosions
And finally, here's the first greeting and look from the set of Season 5.

The Walking Dead Season 5 First Look & Greeting From Set
The Walking Dead returns to AMC and networks worldwide with Season 5 this October.

Report: DC Movie Schedule through 2018 set for Comic Con reveal

Take this with a big grain of salt for the moment... But it sounds pretty cool nevertheless and the report comes from Deadline founder Nikki Finke, who launched her own website and revealed some pretty EPIC news for fans for DC Comics and Warner Bros. superhero films in particular.

A report has surface that WB and DC are geared to reveal at this year's San Diego Comic-Con their plans for their DC Cinematic Universe schedule through 2018, which lines up not just the already confirmed "Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice" film already in production and slated for May 2016 and announced Justice League film, but also a Shazam, Wonder Woman, Sandman, a Green Lantern/ Flash film, and even a direct Man of Steel sequel in "Man of Steel 2"! In fact, the JL movie gets a release of May 2017, while MoS 2 is on May 2018! Finke also says that Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will feature cameos by not just Wonder Woman and Cyborg, but a new Green Lantern and The Flash! Also, Aquaman is reported to appear in Justice League, completing the line-up seen and generated by The New 52 Justice League reboot launch title.

Again, these are rumors, and until SDCC 2014 these should be anything but official. More details can be seen at the source post at Superherohype and Nikki Finke's new website.