Diamond Comic Distributors has unveiled its list of the bestselling comic books and graphic novels for February 2017. Leading the chart on the comic book front is Marvel’s Star Wars: Darth Maul #1, while Rick Remender and Jerome Opena’s fantasy Seven to Eternity Vol. 1 from Image Comics topped the sales on the graphic novel […]
Wonder Woman and Baby Driver trailers, Avatar 2, Gladiator 2, Pegg and Frost reunite, and what’s going on with The Dark Tower? – Weekend News Roundup
Rounding up the weekend’s big news stories…WONDER WOMAN GETS AN ORIGINS TRAILEROn Saturday, Warner Bros. gave us another look at its first DC Films release of 2017, unveiling an ‘Origins’ trailer for June’s Wonder Woman solo movie starring Gal Gadot. If you’re yet to see the trailer, or you just want to watch it again, […]
Comic Book Review – Riverdale #1
Tai Freligh reviews Riverdale #1…From Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and the writers of the new CW series Riverdale comes the first issue of the MUST-READ, brand new, ongoing comic series. Set in the universe of the TV series, the Riverdale comic tells untold stories that take place between episodes. Riverdale offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica, Josie & […]
Ed Sheeran to guest star in Game of Thrones, season 8 confirmed as six episodes
Back in December it was announced that UFC star Conor McGregor is set to appear in the upcoming seventh season of Game of Thrones, and now EW has revealed that we can expect another celebrity cameo, with Ed Sheeran heading to Westeros for a mystery role in the epic fantasy series.Game of Thrones has a […]
Todd McFarlane says his Spawn reboot will be “dark” and “nasty”
Todd McFarlane has been talking up his planned Spawn reboot for several years now, although it appears to be moving through development at a snail’s pace and never really seems any closer to becoming a reality.The last we heard from McFarlane back in December, he was hoping to direct the movie himself with a small […]
Legendary and Warner Bros. sets Godzilla vs. Kong writers room
With Kong: Skull Island smashing its way to a $142.6 million global opening at the box office, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have started turning their attention to the big 2020 showdown between the two stars of the MonsterVerse, setting a writers room for Godzilla vs. Kong.According to THR, Terry Rossio (Pirates of the Caribbean) […]
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are working on a new project
It looks like a potential Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunion is on the horizon, with Frost revealing that the duo are currently working on a new project, which would mark their first collaboration since 2013’s The World’s End.“Simon and I are working on something. We’re trying to do something a bit special at the […]
Jake Busey joins Shane Black’s The Predator
The Predator has been shooting for a few weeks, but it seems that director Shane Black is still adding to the cast, with Deadline reporting that Jake Busey has signed on for an unspecified role. Busey’s father, Gary Busey, has history with the franchise, having starred in 1990’s Predator 2, where he played a government […]
Kong: Skull Island opens to $142.6 million worldwide
King Kong returned to the big screen this weekend as Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures unleashed Kong: Skull Island, the second film in their shared ‘MonsterVerse’, and the film has amassed a healthy opening, pulling in $142.6 million worldwide.The Jordan Vogt-Roberts-directed monster epic grossed $61 million domestically to knock Logan into second place in the […]
Finn Jones responds to negative reviews for Marvel’s Iron Fist
Netflix’s latest Marvel series Iron Fist hits the streaming service this coming Friday, but if early reviews of the first half of the season are any indication, it falls well short of its predecessors in Daredevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. In fact, at one point after the embargo lifted, the series had the lowest Rotten […]
