XombieDirge pointed us to this unnerving piece from artist Dexter Soy that should make Batman fans raise their eyebrows a bit. It's one of the only pieces I've seen recently that even remotely hints at the idea that, in a way, Batman might be just as disturbed as the Joker. What do you think?
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Should it come as any surprise that the Infinity Gauntlet is the most powerful weapon in the Marvel Universe? It shouldn't...there's a reason they're making the next two Avengers films about it! Besides number one, I'm not sure I'm in agreement with the placement of the most powerful weapons in this video, but who am I to argue? I'm just saying Captain America's shield, while powerful, did get scuffed by Black Panther. It's not a full body suit like Iron Man! I just think it's a bit overhyped in my opinion. Do you agree with Marvel's list? Anything you think got snubbed?
The team over at Omaze have put together another cool celebrity-driven experience that you can enter which will benefit a charity, and this time it involves trying to get out of an escape room with movie star Chris Evans. Escape rooms have become a big deal over the past few years, eventually spreading from major cities into the rest of the country, and if you've never done one, they're a lot of fun. I imagine it'd be even more fun if Chris Evans were part of your team, with you all working together to solve puzzles and discover clues about how to get out successfully.
To promote the new experience, Evans and the Omaze team created a mini-version of a Captain America-themed escape room in a comic book store in Boston and guided unsuspecting customers through the process using Evans' voice coming out of a radio inside of a Captain America doll. It's a fun little video. Check it out:
To enter for your chance to win, or to find out more information, click here.
Vin Diesel previously teased that one day we would see Groot and Hulk fight in the MCU. It sounds like that will come in Joe and Anthony Russo's Avengers: Infinity War, and Diesel is looking forward to seeing it happen. While talking to ScreenRant, the actor pretty much confirmed that this fight is going to happen and that he needs to talk to the directors to find out how it's going to go down. He said:
"I'm excited about Baby Groot; he's just too fun. In Infinity War, I have to talk to the Russo brothers and find out how this is all gonna go down. I know somewhere in the Marvel Universe, there is a moment when you will see Groot and Hulk have a few words. I think there's gonna be a moment that we're all waiting for, and whether you know it our not, you are waiting to see Groot and the Hulk get down."
Oh, I think the fans know that they are waiting to see Groot and Hulk bust each other up. Diesel obviously won't let us forget that it's coming! What we don't know is what leads up to the fight or the reasons why these two characters find themselves at odds with each other. In the end, I'm sure they'll both come together and rock Thanos' world.
Like all of you, I'm wicked excited to see what Marvel is planning with their films through Infinity War. I have no doubt things are going to get crazy epic. Seeing Groot and Hulk fight just seems like an added bonus on top of all the other incredible stuff that the studio and their filmmakers are planning.
Update: J.K. Rowling said it's not true... bummer. But I'm still convinced Warner Bros. will eventually adapt The Cursed Child into a movie.
When the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was introduced to the world, fans knew it was only a matter of time before we saw it adapted into a feature film. Well, it seems like Warner Bros. is taking the necessary steps to see that it happens as they are reportedly having conversations with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint to come back and reprise their roles.
The news comes from Jim Hill, who is a theme park historian and journalist that has some pretty solid contacts at Disney and Universal. He recently was a guest on the Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast to talk about a lot of different topics pertaining to Universal Studios Orlando. During that conversation Hill talked about the current contract between NBCUniversal and Warner Bros., which has a specific a clause that allows NBCUniversal the exclusive broadcast rights for all Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films from July 1, 2018, and on. This is where The Cursed Child comes into play. He says:
"They not only have Potter, they have Fantastic Beasts and, supposedly, if you drill down into the language of the deal, they also have – when they’re finally made – the trilogy of movies that will be based on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."
He then offers this bit of information that is sure to excite fans:
"I have heard that Warner Bros. has actually had conversations with [Emma Watson], with Rupert [Grint], and, of course, Daniel [Radcliffe] about Cursed Child, ‘cause they want this to be, for lack of a better term, Harry Potter: The Force Awakens. They want this trilogy of movies to have the actors that we know and love from the original films, that we watched grow up, as adults. And, of course, they’re hiring a bunch of new, younger actors to play their children with the hope that, 'If we can lean on J.K. [Rowling], maybe there’ll be The Cursed Adolescent.'"
There's no official confirmation of any of this, this is just a rumor at the moment, but like I said earlier, it's safe to assume that WB is going to adapt The Cursed Child sometime down the road. Hill went on to add that the release date for the first movie is expected to be in 2026, so we've got a long way to go. I guess you can never start too soon to lock down the actors.
It's definitely an interesting report and it would be pretty cool if everything actually did come together for it if there's any truth to this. Until then, we'll have all the upcoming Fantastic Beasts films to enjoy!
Last week we debuted a clip from Mark Hamill's Comic-Con HQ series Pop Culture Quest. In the clip, Hamill was reunited with his original prop lightsaber from the Star Wars film Return of the Jedi. It was pretty cool to see the actor hold the lightsaber for the first time in decades.
During a recent interview with ScreenRant, Hamill was asked how he felt about holding the hilt of the lightsaber after all these years, and this was his reply:
"I didn't know that was going to happen. People sometimes assume that we get to keep our props which, of course, we don't. I didn't know that they were going to have that on set. That's the fun thing about a show like this; it's unpredictable, and you can never be sure exactly what's going to happen. And it has some emotional resonance for me, because I'm not overly sentimental, but it really brings back memories. When I think of those movies, I mostly think of the cast and the crew, you know. The guy who was my dresser, or the prop guy, or even the tea lady. The studio stuff was done in England; of course we went on location to various countries, but I see these photographs and these memories of the people that most people don't know, and they were the family that you lived with when you were making these films. Some of them I've worked with again, and some I haven't seen since we did the original films, but it's a sense memory thing. You hold something like that in your hands and you think, 'Oh gosh, I remember when John Mollo was here." Like I say, it brings back some really great memories."
The report goes on to say that Hamill's not an overly sentimental person. It's interesting to hear about how important the people he worked with were to him and how when he sees things like this lightsaber he immediately remembers the costume designer of the film. That definitely gives us some insight into the kind of person that Hamill is, and he comes off as being very thoughtful.
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We've got a new video to share with you from Couch Tomato today. This one takes the two animated films Oliver and Company and The Secret Life of Pets and points out 24 reasons why they are the same movie. I never saw The Secret Life of Pets. I heard it was actually pretty good from my kids, but it just doesn't look like my kinda thing. Regardless, it's still fun to see the comparisons between these two films in the video. Check it out.
Image Comic's Witchblade is once again being adapted as a TV series. It's being produced by Sony Pictures Television and NBC Universal, and CB confirmed that it will air on NBC.
According to the report, the new series will include "a police procedural element that makes sense given the fact that Sara Pezzini, the woman who wears the Witchblade, is a cop in the comics, as well." They go on to describe what we can expect to see in the series saying:
Homicide detective Sara Pezzini is on the hunt for an elusive serial killer. Pezzini must navigate the grisly streets and police politics of San Francisco’s Mission District—until one day the bracelet she has worn her entire life gives her supernatural insight into a crime she’s trying to solve. Her bracelet is the Witchblade, an amulet that has been worn by remarkable women throughout history, and Sara is next in line.
Created in 1995, Witchblade remains one of Image Comics's longest-running series, with almost 200 issues under its belt (plus spinoffs and related titles). The series follows Sara Pezzini, a New York City homicide detective who comes into possession of the Witchblade, a supernatural, sentient bracelet which bonds with a female host and provides them with a variety of powers in order to fight supernatural evil.
It'd be awesome if they include The Darkness in it! Witchblade is a badass character, and I'm sure this series will be a lot better than the one that aired on TNT back in the early 2000s. It ran for two seasons before it was canceled, and it's one of those shows that wasn't able to grab my attention.
The pilot was written by executive produced by Caroline Dries (Smallville) and Brian Young (The Vampire Diaries). It's also being produced by Marc Silvestri and Matt Hawkins from Top Cow. Hopefully they can develop a great show around this character!
Funko has revealed their new line of DC Bombshell collectible figures featuring Batgirl, Wonder Woman, Harley Quinn, The Joker, and Katana. I'm a big fan of the DC Bombshell property. For those of you who aren't aware, it all started as a 1940s inspired statue line that just got insanely popular. It ended up getting its own comic book series and a lot of other collectible lines. Hopefully, one day DC ends up adapting it as an animated or live action film. Until then, these Pop! figures are the latest addition to the DC Bombshell franchise. The DC Bombshell POP!s are hitting stores in February of 2017.
The Underwoods will return for a fifth season as House of Cards teases the news on Inauguration Day. The following video was posted to the official Twitter account for the series...
We make the terror. pic.twitter.com/VpChwGOSMj
— House of Cards (@HouseofCards) January 20, 2017
The series is set to return May 30th and will feature Frank and Claire Underwood attempting to win the White House again as both President and Vice President. While the series has definitely seemed less interesting than the most recent election, I'm always pulled back in to see what the series has in store for us now! Are you still watching the series?
XombieDirge pointed us to this unnerving piece from artist Dexter Soy that should make Batman fans raise their eyebrows a bit. It's one of the only pieces I've seen recently that even remotely hints at the idea that, in a way, Batman might be just as disturbed as the Joker. What do you think?
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Should it come as any surprise that the Infinity Gauntlet is the most powerful weapon in the Marvel Universe? It shouldn't...there's a reason they're making the next two Avengers films about it! Besides number one, I'm not sure I'm in agreement with the placement of the most powerful weapons in this video, but who am I to argue? I'm just saying Captain America's shield, while powerful, did get scuffed by Black Panther. It's not a full body suit like Iron Man! I just think it's a bit overhyped in my opinion. Do you agree with Marvel's list? Anything you think got snubbed?
The team over at Omaze have put together another cool celebrity-driven experience that you can enter which will benefit a charity, and this time it involves trying to get out of an escape room with movie star Chris Evans. Escape rooms have become a big deal over the past few years, eventually spreading from major cities into the rest of the country, and if you've never done one, they're a lot of fun. I imagine it'd be even more fun if Chris Evans were part of your team, with you all working together to solve puzzles and discover clues about how to get out successfully.
To promote the new experience, Evans and the Omaze team created a mini-version of a Captain America-themed escape room in a comic book store in Boston and guided unsuspecting customers through the process using Evans' voice coming out of a radio inside of a Captain America doll. It's a fun little video. Check it out:
To enter for your chance to win, or to find out more information, click here.
Vin Diesel previously teased that one day we would see Groot and Hulk fight in the MCU. It sounds like that will come in Joe and Anthony Russo's Avengers: Infinity War, and Diesel is looking forward to seeing it happen. While talking to ScreenRant, the actor pretty much confirmed that this fight is going to happen and that he needs to talk to the directors to find out how it's going to go down. He said:
"I'm excited about Baby Groot; he's just too fun. In Infinity War, I have to talk to the Russo brothers and find out how this is all gonna go down. I know somewhere in the Marvel Universe, there is a moment when you will see Groot and Hulk have a few words. I think there's gonna be a moment that we're all waiting for, and whether you know it our not, you are waiting to see Groot and the Hulk get down."
Oh, I think the fans know that they are waiting to see Groot and Hulk bust each other up. Diesel obviously won't let us forget that it's coming! What we don't know is what leads up to the fight or the reasons why these two characters find themselves at odds with each other. In the end, I'm sure they'll both come together and rock Thanos' world.
Like all of you, I'm wicked excited to see what Marvel is planning with their films through Infinity War. I have no doubt things are going to get crazy epic. Seeing Groot and Hulk fight just seems like an added bonus on top of all the other incredible stuff that the studio and their filmmakers are planning.
Update: J.K. Rowling said it's not true... bummer. But I'm still convinced Warner Bros. will eventually adapt The Cursed Child into a movie.
When the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was introduced to the world, fans knew it was only a matter of time before we saw it adapted into a feature film. Well, it seems like Warner Bros. is taking the necessary steps to see that it happens as they are reportedly having conversations with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint to come back and reprise their roles.
The news comes from Jim Hill, who is a theme park historian and journalist that has some pretty solid contacts at Disney and Universal. He recently was a guest on the Unofficial Universal Orlando Podcast to talk about a lot of different topics pertaining to Universal Studios Orlando. During that conversation Hill talked about the current contract between NBCUniversal and Warner Bros., which has a specific a clause that allows NBCUniversal the exclusive broadcast rights for all Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films from July 1, 2018, and on. This is where The Cursed Child comes into play. He says:
"They not only have Potter, they have Fantastic Beasts and, supposedly, if you drill down into the language of the deal, they also have – when they’re finally made – the trilogy of movies that will be based on Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."
He then offers this bit of information that is sure to excite fans:
"I have heard that Warner Bros. has actually had conversations with [Emma Watson], with Rupert [Grint], and, of course, Daniel [Radcliffe] about Cursed Child, ‘cause they want this to be, for lack of a better term, Harry Potter: The Force Awakens. They want this trilogy of movies to have the actors that we know and love from the original films, that we watched grow up, as adults. And, of course, they’re hiring a bunch of new, younger actors to play their children with the hope that, 'If we can lean on J.K. [Rowling], maybe there’ll be The Cursed Adolescent.'"
There's no official confirmation of any of this, this is just a rumor at the moment, but like I said earlier, it's safe to assume that WB is going to adapt The Cursed Child sometime down the road. Hill went on to add that the release date for the first movie is expected to be in 2026, so we've got a long way to go. I guess you can never start too soon to lock down the actors.
It's definitely an interesting report and it would be pretty cool if everything actually did come together for it if there's any truth to this. Until then, we'll have all the upcoming Fantastic Beasts films to enjoy!
Last week we debuted a clip from Mark Hamill's Comic-Con HQ series Pop Culture Quest. In the clip, Hamill was reunited with his original prop lightsaber from the Star Wars film Return of the Jedi. It was pretty cool to see the actor hold the lightsaber for the first time in decades.
During a recent interview with ScreenRant, Hamill was asked how he felt about holding the hilt of the lightsaber after all these years, and this was his reply:
"I didn't know that was going to happen. People sometimes assume that we get to keep our props which, of course, we don't. I didn't know that they were going to have that on set. That's the fun thing about a show like this; it's unpredictable, and you can never be sure exactly what's going to happen. And it has some emotional resonance for me, because I'm not overly sentimental, but it really brings back memories. When I think of those movies, I mostly think of the cast and the crew, you know. The guy who was my dresser, or the prop guy, or even the tea lady. The studio stuff was done in England; of course we went on location to various countries, but I see these photographs and these memories of the people that most people don't know, and they were the family that you lived with when you were making these films. Some of them I've worked with again, and some I haven't seen since we did the original films, but it's a sense memory thing. You hold something like that in your hands and you think, 'Oh gosh, I remember when John Mollo was here." Like I say, it brings back some really great memories."
The report goes on to say that Hamill's not an overly sentimental person. It's interesting to hear about how important the people he worked with were to him and how when he sees things like this lightsaber he immediately remembers the costume designer of the film. That definitely gives us some insight into the kind of person that Hamill is, and he comes off as being very thoughtful.
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