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Marvel to expand upon Solo: A Star Wars Story with comic book adaptation

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Marvel Comics has announced an upcoming five-issue comic book adaptation of this year’s Solo: A Star Wars Story, which will launch in October 2018 and is set expand upon the Anthology movie with backstory and scenes not shown in the film. SEE ALSO: Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader’s Castle to deliver spooky stories in […]

Deadpool 2 Super Duper $@%!#& Cut gets a weird and wacky promo

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After screening at the San Diego Comic-Con International yesterday, 20th Century Fox has unveiled a rather barmy new promo for the Deadpool 2 Super Duper $@%!#& Cut, an extended version of the superhero sequel which is coming to home-entertainment formats next month. Check it out here… SEE ALSO: Check out the Deadpool 2 Blu-ray details […]

Marvel to span the Star Wars Prequel, Original and Sequel Trilogy eras with 30-issue event series

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As part of their San Diego Comic-Con announcements, Marvel and Lucasfilm have announced the upcoming launch of a thirty-issue maxi-series spanning the entire Star Wars saga: Age of Republic by Jody Houser, Age of Rebellion by Greg Pak, and Age of Resistance by Tom Taylor. SEE ALSO: Star Wars Adventures: Tales from Vader’s Castle to […]

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse gets a new image, castings, and Comic-Con interviews

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Although Marvel Studios opted to skip Comic-Con this year, Sony brought some Marvel fun to Hall H yesterday, with the studio showcasing both its live-action Spider-Man spinoff Venom [watch the panel with Tom Hardy and Riz Ahmed here] and its animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. While fans in attendance were treated to some new […]

Hasbro’s latest Marvel Legends and Marvel Vintage Series figures revealed at Comic-Con

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Last week we brought you promotional images for a selection of Habsro’s new Marvel Legends Series and Marvel Vintage Series action figures [see here], and now following yesterday’s Comic-Con panel we have a whole host more, including Spider-Man, X-Men, Marvel Cinematic Universe, and a rather splendid X-Men: Days of Future Past set; check out the […]

Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger Season 1 Episode 8 Review – ‘Ghost Stories’

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Red Stewart reviews the eighth episode of Cloak & Dagger… As we move further into the future of streaming and online services and away from the past of cable and satellite venues, I’m beginning to wonder whether or not we’ll come to a point where seasonal mandates by content providers will be less standardized and […]

The Mutant Age begins in The Gifted season 2 Comic-Con trailer, The Morlocks set to appear

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After getting teased by Jamie Chung yesterday, Fox has released the trailer for the second season of its X-Men themed show The Gifted at the San Diego Comic-Con.  Not only that, but the panel revealed that the mutant group The Morlocks will be making an appearance in the upcoming season. Watch the trailer below… Stephen Moyer leads the […]

Dave Bautista is not happy with James Gunn’s firing from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

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After old tweets from Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn resurfaced, angering fans for their offensive humour involving rape and pedophilia, Disney took the step to quickly fire Gunn from directing Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, a movie he was already actively working on writing. While the speed of Disney’s decision was surprising, there hasn’t been […]

Watch the Venom Comic-Con panel featuring Tom Hardy, Riz Ahmed and Ruben Fleischer, footage description revealed

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Sony Pictures took to Hall H of the San Diego Comic-Con yesterday to showcase its upcoming Spider-Man spinoff Venom, with the studio showcasing some footage from the movie which was said to have greatly impressed the audience in attendance. Unfortunately, the footage isn’t going to be released online, but the folks at ComicBook have a […]