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Bluefin unveils Bandai Hobby’s Star Wars B-Wing Fighter SDCC exclusive model kit

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Bluefin has announced that it is bringing Bandai Spirits Hobby’s 1/72 scale Star Wars B-Wing Fighter limited edition model kit to San Diego as a Comic-Con exclusive later this month; check out the official promotional images here… Being released for the first time anywhere in the world, and a month before the regular edition, this […]

Drew Goddard plans to start working on X-Force after the release of Bad Times at the El Royale

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Despite the impending acquisition of 20th Century Fox’s film and TV assets, the studio is hoping to squeeze through one or two more superhero movies before the rights to the X-Men and Fantastic Four find themselves back at Marvel Studios (assuming Comcast doesn’t hijack the deal). One such project is X-Force, which is set to […]

Marvel announces Guardians of the Galaxy: Tomorrow’s Heroes Omnibus

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Get ready for a whopping 752 pages of the earliest adventures of the Guardians of the Galaxy, with Marvel announcing the upcoming release of Guardians of the Galaxy: Tomorrow’s Heroes Omnibus hardcover, which is set for publication in January 2019. A thousand years from now, Vance Astro, Yondu, Martinex and Charlie-27 will rise to free […]

The Monster Squad documentary Wolfman’s Got Nards gets a trailer

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Despite being a box office bust upon release in 1987, horror-comedy The Monster Squad has went on to become a firm cult favourite over the years, and its rise to cult classic is now the subject of a new documentary titled – naturally – Wolfman’s Got Nards. The Monster Squad was directed by Fred Dekker […]

Johannes Haukur Johannesson joins Vin Diesel in Bloodshot

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THR is reporting that Icelandic actor Johannes Haukur Johannesson (Game of Thrones, Atomic Blonde) has become the latest addition to the cast of Sony’s Valiant comic book adaptation Bloodshot. Bloodshot sees Fast & Furious star Vin Diesel in the title role as Ray Garrison, a mortally wounded soldier who finds himself resurrected using nanotechnology and given the […]

Sony developing movie adaptation of Valiant’s plus-size superhero Faith

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With female superheroes all the rage after the phenomenal success of Wonder Woman last year, Deadline is reporting that Sony Pictures is moving forward with an adaptation of Valiant Comics’ plus-size superhero series Faith. Faith Herbert debuted in the Valiant universe in 1992 as a member of Harbinger, before starring in her very own series. […]

Lucasfilm to celebrate 10th anniversary of Star Wars: The Clone Wars at Comic-Con

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Lucasfilm has announced that it is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Emmy-winning animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars with a special panel at this month’s San Diego Comic-Con International. The panel will see show creator and supervising director Dave Filoni and a number of special guests looking back on the series, which finished […]

Fear the Walking Dead hit by copyright lawsuit from comic book creator

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For the past few years, AMC has been embroiled in a lawsuit with The Walking Dead’s ex-showrunner Frank Darabont, and now the cable network has another legal battle on its hands, this time concerning the companion series Fear the Walking Dead. Deadline is reporting that Mel Smith, creator of the comic book Dead Ahead, has filed […]

EA outlines its Clone Wars DLC for Star Wars Battlefront II

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Last month during the EA Play presentation at E3, Electronic Arts announced that it is bringing The Clone Wars content to Star Wars Battlefront II with the launch of a new season featuring content from the Prequel Era. The official Twitter account has now unveiled a road map of said content showcasing the new modes, […]