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The Walking Dead went “too far” with Glenn and Abraham’s deaths, says Michael Cudlitz

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AMC’s The Walking Dead kicked off its seventh season by recreating one of the most iconic – and most gruesome – moments of the entire comic book run: the introduction of Negan and Lucille. While Glenn Rhee’s (Steven Yeun’s) grotesque death was faithfully translated to the screen, the producers decided to ramp up the horror […]

Documentaries 101 with Geoffrey Ward, Emmy-winning screenwriter and Ken Burns collaborator | The Writer Experience Podcast #106

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Listen to the latest episode of The Writer Experience… Geoffrey Ward is a seven time Emmy Award-winning and two-time Writers’ Guild Award-winning screenwriter, author, editor, and historian. Geoffrey has collaborated with Ken Burns since 1984 and has been the sole or principal script writer for Huey Long; Statue of Liberty; Thomas Hart Benton; The Civil […]

Samara Weaving joins Nicole Kidman in Nine Perfect Strangers

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Ready or Not and Hollywood star Samara Weaving has signed on to star alongside Nicole Kidman, Melissa McCarthy and Luke Evans in Nine Perfect Strangers, Hulu’s upcoming limited series adaptation of Big Little Lies author Liane Moriarty’s new book. The series marks a reunion between Kidman and writer-producer David E. Kelly following their work on […]

American Vampire 1976 to launch this October through DC’s Black Label

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Scott Snyder and Rafael Albuquerque reunite this October to launch the final chapter in their American Vampire tale as the nine-issue American Vampire 1976 miniseries gets underway through DC’s Black Label imprint. “The characters in ‘76 are in a really dark place in terms of the fight against evil,” says Snyder. “The ’70s mirror our […]

Dynamite Cosplay bundles feature Vampirella, Red Sonja, Dejah Thoris, Sheena and more

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Dynamite Entertainment is celebrating the wonderful world of cosplay with the launch of a new Indiegogo campaign offering fans the opportunity to get their hands on some of the publisher’s finest Cosplay Variant covers from the likes of Vampirella, Red Sonja and Dejah Thoris, Sheena Queen of the Jungle and more! Packages start from just […]

90’s Comic Book Movies: The Good, The Bad, The Awful | Flickering Myth TV

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EJ and Allen discuss the good, the bad, and the awful of 1990’s comic book movies in the latest episode of Flickering Myth TV… We’re truly in the Golden Age of Comic Book Movies right now, but it hasn’t always been this way… In the latest episode of Flickering Myth TV, EJ Moreno and Allen […]

Christopher Nolan’s Tenet reportedly needs to make $800 million to break even

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With the very fate of the theatrical model and theater industry seemingly resting on its shoulders, there’s certainly a lot riding on Christopher Nolan’s new film Tenet – not least for Warner Bros., with IndieWire reporting that the studio needs to make $800 million on the timey-wimey sci-fi blockbuster to break even. According to the site, […]

Karl Urban on “humanizing” Billy Butcher in The Boys season 2

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With The Boys set to make its return to Amazon this September, actor Karl Urban has been chatting to Entertainment Weekly about season two of the acclaimed comic book adaptation, and how it is “really about humanizing [Billy Butcher] and exploring different dynamics.” “There’s the monster, the violent psychopath, the killer, but there’s also the […]

Marvel’s Hawkeye Disney+ show enlists its directors

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Having been pushed back from its original 2021 date to the following year, it looks like Marvel’s Hawkeye is now getting itself on track and clicking into gear, with THR reporting that Marvel Studios has enlisted its directors for the Jeremy Renner-led series. As revealed by the trade, Dance Camp and Troop Zero’s Bert and […]