Some sad news this morning, as it has been announced that American filmmaker Tobe Hooper has passed away aged 74. A cause of death is yet to be revealed.Beginning his career as a documentary cameraman in the 1960s, Hooper’s breakthrough came in 1974 with the release of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a horror classic […]
Preview and trailer for Image and Skybound’s new series Gasolina
Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment have released a first-look preview and trailer for its new crime/horror adventure Gasolina from the creative team of Sean Mackiewicz and Niko Walter; check them out here…“Skybound is the most creatively stimulating environment I’ve ever experienced, so in creating this comic with Niko Walter, I’m putting to use everything I’ve […]
Lockjaw gets an Inhumans character poster
A few days ago we got a batch of character posters for Marvel’s Inhumans featuring Black Bolt, Medusa, Maximus, Crystal, Karnak, Gorgon, and Triton [see here]. There was however one major omission – the teleporting bulldog Lockjaw – but thankfully that has now been rectified! Check out Lockjaw’s character poster here…Marvel’s Inhumans explores the never-before-told epic […]
DC launches new digital first series Bombshells: United
DC has launched its latest digital first series, Bombshells: United, from the creative team of Marguerite Bennett and Marguerite Sauvage; check out a preview of the first issue here…The Bombshells are back! It’s now 1943, and because of Executive Order 9066, Wonder Woman is called to Arizona to help two young girls named Cassie Sandsmark […]
Microsoft announces Age of Empires IV
Some twelve years after the last instalment, Microsoft Studios has announced the return of Age of Empires, releasing a trailer for the fourth instalment of the real-team strategy series.”We can’t wait to tap into our strengths as a studio to fuse historical context with deep strategic gameplay, and to bring this franchise back to the […]
Ryan Reynolds wants an R-rated Deadpool and Avengers crossover
This is one we can presumably file away safely in the “ain’t gonna happen drawer”, but Ryan Reynolds has revealed that he’d like to see Deadpool teaming up with The Avengers for an R-rated crossover between the Merc with a Mouth and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes.“That sounds like a great idea but a very expensive idea,” […]
Max Allan Collins’ Quarry comes to comics courtesy of Titan and Hard Case Crime
Titan Comics and Hard Case Crime have announced that Road to Perdition author Max Allan Collins’ Quarry franchise it coming to comics with the launch of the all-new series Quarry’s War this November. Check out a first look preview here…“I’m very excited to bring my Quarry character into the world of comics — it’s the […]
Shohreh Aghdashloo cast in Marvel’s The Punisher
Oscar-nominated actress Shohreh Aghdashloo (House of Sand and Fog, The Expanse) has joined the cast of Netflix’s next Marvel series The Punisher, Entertainment Weekly has revealed.Aghdashloo is set for a recurring role where she will play Farah Madani, the mother of Homeland Security agent Dinah Madani (Amber Rose Revah) on the trail of Jon Bernthal’s Frank […]
Street Angel returns this Halloween with Superhero for a Day
Image Comics has announced that Jesse ‘Street Angel’ Sanchez is set to return this Halloween courtesy of Eisner Award-winner Jim Rugg (The Plain Janes, Afrodisiac) and Brian Maruca (Afrodisiac) with Street Angel: Superhero for a Day.“Although Street Angel is the toughest superhero ever, her stories don’t look like traditional superhero comics,” said Rugg. “In Street […]
Melissa Benoist’s Supergirl heads to Riverdale prompting crossover rumours
Riverdale creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has sparked speculation about a potential crossover between The CW’s DC Comics series Supergirl and its Archie Comics show, sharing a photo of Melissa Benoist’s Girl of Steel sitting with Betty Cooper (Lili Reinhart) and Veronica Lodge (Camila Mendes) in a booth on the Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe set of Riverdale. Aguirre-Sacasa posted […]
