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J.J. Abrams hopes to make a Portal movie announcement soon

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Back in 2013, J.J. Abrams’s Bad Robot Productions announced a partnership with video game developers Valve, revealing that they would be working on big screen adaptation of the hit games Half-Life and Portal. There was little news on either project until earlier this year when Abrams confirmed that both were still in development, and now […]

Read Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar prequel comic Absolute Zero

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Thanks to Wired, a seven-page prequel comic to Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic Interstellar has arrived online for our reading pleasure. Entitled ‘Absolute Zero’, the the “lost chapter” has been written by Nolan with art from Sean Gordon Murphy and explore’s Dr. Mann’s earlier Lazarus mission to find a hospitable planet for humanity… Read the full comic […]

Stranger Things: The Many Ghosts of Dr. Brenner miniseries announced by Dark Horse

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Dark Horse Comics has announced that its next Stranger Things series is set to delve into the dark past of the enigmatic Dr. Brenner (Matthew Modine) with the launch of the four-issue Stranger Things: The Many Ghosts of Dr. Brenner in January.  The year is 1968. Dr. Martin Brenner, a disgraced American scientist, returns to […]

Dune: House Harkonnen comic book series launching in January

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Boom! Studios has announced Dune: House Harkonnen, a twelve-issue comic book series adaptation of Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson’s bestselling Dune prequel which will launch this January. “Speaking for the Frank Herbert family, I am extremely pleased to be able to provide beautifully-illustrated comic editions of Dune: House Harkonnen for Dune fans,” said Brian Herbert. “This is the […]

Salma Hayek feels up Channing Tatum in Magic Mike’s Last Dance first look

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Having stepped in as a replacement for Thandiwe Newton after the Westworld actress fell out with producer and star Channing Tatum, Salma Hayek now features in the first look at the upcoming Magic Mike’s Last Dance. Released on Instagram by Tatum, the first image from the third Magic Mike film sees Hayek’s unnamed character copping […]

Netflix’s Black Samurai enlists Chad Stahelski and Leigh Dana Jackson

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Netflix has tapped John Wick helmer Chad Stahelski and Raising Dion executive producer Leigh Dana Jackson for an adaptation of Marc Olden’s 70s blaxploitation novels Black Samurai, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. Olden’s Black Samurai books were published in the 1970s and follow Robert Sand, an American soldier in Japan who learns the way of […]

Riverdale meets Mad Max: Fury Road with Archie vs. the World

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Archie Andrews and the Riverdale gang are set for a Mad Max-style makeover this January with the release of the all-new one-shot comic Archie vs. the World. The comic comes from writer Aubrey Sitterson (No One Left to Fight) and artist Jed Dougherty (Savage Hearts), who previously collaborated on the story ‘Jughead the Barbarian’ in […]

Comic Book Preview – Action Comics #1048

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The ‘Kal-El Returns’ story arc continues this Tuesday in DC’s Action Comics #1048, and you can check out the official preview of the issue here… THE EPIC CROSSOVER BETWEEN ACTION COMICS AND SUPERMAN: SON OF KAL-EL CONTINUES! Superman, Supergirl, Steel, and the rest of the Super-Family have brought the Phaelosian refugees to the Fortress of […]

Darth Vader glimpses the future in Marvel’s Star Wars: Revelations this November

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Marvel Comics is planning a monumental 2023 for its Star Wars comic books, and the publisher is set to give fans a taste of what’s in store this November with the release of Star Wars: Revelations #1, a giant-sized one-shot revealing what lies ahead in ongoing titles Star Wars, Star Wars: Darth Vader, Star Wars: […]

Purgatori Must Die! in new series from Dynamite this January

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The ancient vampire-demoness Purgatori has made many enemies over the millennia, and things may finally have caught up with her as Dynamite Entertainment launches the new series Purgatori Must Die!. The new series picks up from writer Ray Fawkes’ Vampirella vs. Purgatori and Purgatori series and sees Fawkes reuniting with artist Alvaro Sarraseca, alongside colorist […]