Month: October 2018

With the principal photography on EPIX’s live-action DC Comics adaptation Pennyworth expected to begin next week, the prequel series has just cast the principal antagonist for its debut season. Paloma Faith (The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus) has been cast as Bet Sykes, a sadistic and sharp-tongued villain for the former SAS soldier. RELATED: Pennyworth Casts
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As if Spidey doesn’t have enough problems these days, Nick Spencer and Humberto Ramos are poised to introduce a new crew of NYC-based miscreants into the wall-crawler’s life. In Amazing Spider-Man #8, the Thieves Guild of New York will make its debut, though what (or who) they’re after remains a bit unclear at the moment.
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The original solicitation text for Return of Wolverine #2 was frustratingly vague with regard to offering up further clues about Logan’s resurrection. And while CBR’s exclusive preview of the issue doesn’t really offer more in that regard, it does further illustrate the depravity of the series’ main villain, and new thorn in the entire X-Men
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One question the Alien franchise has never satisfactorily answered is exactly how much of a Xenomorph’s host is passed on to the creature after it bursts live and wriggling from its victim. The films haven’t been shy about introducing new Xenomorphs, effectively establishing that they adapt biologically based on their hosts (be they docile dogs
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Virtual YouTuber Kizuna AI recently uploaded a video revealing a surprise guest on her channel: Artificial Intelligence ADA from Ingress! Thanks to their different backgrounds and personalities, viewers were treated to an unusually amusing meeting between the two virtual beings. During the video, they even switched bodies so that ADA could experience having a physical
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Image Comics has released solicitation information and images for new books and products shipping in January 2019. When you’re through checking out these solicitations for new Image releases, be sure to visit CBR’s Image Comics forum to discuss these titles and products with fellow readers and fans. Image Comics Solicitations – Last Six Months CRIMINAL
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The latest Arrowverse crossover event, titled “Elseworlds,” is currently in the midst of shooting, and we’ve recently been literally swarmed with set pictures hinting at not only the scope of this latest superhero extravaganza, but also the rather unexpected twists that will unfold in the three-part event. From Superman in a black version of his
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With Gotham coming to a close next year, one of Batman’s most dangerous enemies, Bane, will be making his debut in the show’s fifth season, played by actor Shane West. So far, however, no full body pictures detailing the show’s portrayal of “the Man Who Broke the Bat” have surfaced thus far, but a tweet
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Looking back at his comic book movie career recently, Ben Affleck has officially admitted that Mark Steven Johnson’s Daredevil was “kind of silly.” Affleck, of course, portrayed the titular vigilante in the 2003 film, which continues to grab headlines, despite (or perhaps because of) Netflix’s grittier drama. In a recent interview for the Cinemability: The Art of Inclusion documentary, which
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Writer Scott Snyder‘s first big crossover on the bi-weekly Justice League comic is the Aquaman-focused “Drowned Earth” story arc, beginning with this week’s Issue #10. The scribe has created a helpful checklist to guide readers through the reading order of each issue, and it looks like something straight out of an ’80s-era mix tape. “Homemade DROWNED
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SPOILER WARNING: This article contains major spoilers for “Inmate 4587,” the Arrow Season 7 premiere. Actor Ben Lewis has been cast as the adult version of Oliver Queen’s son William for the flash forward sequences of Arrow Season 7. He made his first appearance in “Inmate 4587,” the season premiere. “Thanks, dad! Humbled and proud
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A familiar voice is coming to a galaxy far, far, away as a brand new character on Star Wars Resistance. The upcoming episode “Fuel for the Fire” will feature guest star Elijah Wood as a sky racer named Jace Rucklin who befriends the animated series’ protagonist Kaz. As the fledgling friendship begins, Rucklin tries to
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Writer/artist John Byrne, known for his acclaimed runs on Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men and Fantastic Four, announced in August that he’s spoken with Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski about a possible return to the X-Men. While nothing is official just yet, the creator has revealed more details about the potential project, referred to as X-Men: Elsewhen. Speaking with
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The first trailer has arrived for director Joe Cornish’s The Kid Who Would Be King, revealing a lighthearted, modernized take on Arthurian legend — and a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance by Patrick Stewart as Merlin. The film follows a put-upon British schoolboy named Alex who finds the legendary sword Excalibur in the ruins of a building, and
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Fate/Grand Order is celebrating a significant milestone for its English version with a reward-heavy campaign and the limited return of Jeanne d’Arc (Alter)! The popular mobile game was first made available in English (for Android) in both the United States and Canada in June 2017. Since then, the English app has accumulated over 4 million
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In the upcoming flashback episode of Riverdale Season 3, titled “The Midnight Club”, the young stars of the popular CW series will be stepping in to play their characters’ respective parents when they were students at Riverdale High School during the early ’90s. A set of photos released by Entertainment Weekly provide a first look
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