Scarlett Johansson has responded to criticism over her casting as Pittsburgh crime boss Dante “Tex” Gill in Rub & Tug, a new film from her Ghost in the Shell director Rupert Sanders. Gill was born Jean Gill, but identified as a man and ran an empire of illegal massage parlours during the 1970s, as well as […]
IDW announces Batman: The Complete Silver Age Newspaper Comics Slipcase Edition
IDW Publishing has announced the upcoming release of Batman: The Complete Silver Age Daily and Sunday Newspaper Comics 1966 – 1972 in a three-volume Slipcase Edition. The collection consists of 768 pages of the Dynamic Duo’s adventures, featuring a veritable Who’s Who of Gotham City and beyond including Superman, Green Arrow, The Penguin, The Joker, Mad […]
Dynamite Entertainment to explore the origin of James Bond with new series
Dynamite Entertainment has announced that it is set to explore the early World War II adventures of the future 007 with the new comic book series James Bond Origin from writer Jeff Parker (Batman ’66) and artist Bob Q (The Green Hornet). MARCH, 1941: Seventeen-year-old James Bond is a restless student in Scotland, an orphan, […]
Superman immortalised in pure silver to celebrate 80th anniversary
One of the most recognisable mainstays of pop culture, DC’s Superman celebrates his 80th anniversary this year, and to celebrate DC Entertainment has teamed with New Zealand Mint to produce the first DC Comics Super Hero Pure Silver Miniature featuring the iconic Man of Steel, along with a Silver Coin Note collection. Designed by 3D master sculptor […]
Preview of Vampblade Season 3 #3
Vampblade Season 3 #3 is out in comic book stores this Wednesday, and we have a preview of the issue for you here courtesy of Action Lab: Danger Zone; check it out here… As the two Vampblade’s try to work together to get the classic Katie we all know and love back to her home […]
Preview of Orphan Black: Crazy Science #1
IDW Publishing launches its Orphan Black sequel series Orphan Black: Crazy Science this week, and we have a preview of the first issue for you here; take a look… Traveling the world to cure 274 sick Leda clones, brilliant scientist/couple Cosima and Delphine fall deeper in love… and deeper into a mysterious agenda which threatens […]
Preview of Lowlifes #1
From New York Times bestselling writer Brian Buccellato (Injustice: The Gods Among Us, Sons of the Devil), the neo-noir thriller Lowlifes launches this Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the first issue here… In the seedy Los Angeles underworld, lives intersect like freeway overpasses. When a crime boss’s poker game […]
Preview of Zombie Tramp #49
Ahead of its release tomorrow, we have a preview of Zombie Tramp #49, which you can find below courtesy of Action Lab: Danger Zone… Her former allies are aligning to try and take Zombie Tramp out. First to the party, Black Betty is on the case and heading straight towards the demon that was once […]
Marvel’s Kevin Feige on Black Panther Oscar chances
Not only was Marvel Studios’ Black Panther a huge critical and commercial success, but the Ryan Coogler-directed blockbuster is also been hailed as a landmark film in terms of representation. So, could any of this success translate into Oscar glory – particularly when the Academy seems so against recognising the superhero genre? Marvel’s chief Kevin […]
Game of Thrones season 8 will be “bloodier and more emotionally torturous than all the years before”, says Sophie Turner
Over the past seven years, Game of Thrones has gained a reputation for delivering death, destruction and heartbreak on a regular basis, but according to Sophie Turner all of that is going to pale into insignificance when the eighth and final season of the epic fantasy series rolls around next year. “I can tell you […]
