SDCC 2015: Starz Announces Premiere Date for “Ash Vs Evil Dead”, Releases First Live Action Trailer

By Staff Reports STARZ announced the highly anticipated premiere of original series “Ash vs Evil Dead” on Saturday, October 31 at 9 PM ET/PT and released the first live action trailer during the series’ Comic Con panel in San Diego.  The 10-episode first season of the half-hour series is executive produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, Bruce Campbell, the original […]

SDCC 2015: Universal Studios Hollywood Brings the Terror of Crimson Peak, from Visionary Director Guillermo del Toro, to Life in an All-Original “Halloween Horror Nights” Maze Inspired by Legendary and Universal Pictures’ Highly-Anticipated Gothic Romance

By Staff Reports Legendary and Universal Pictures’ much-anticipated Crimson Peak, directed, co-written and produced by celebrated filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, will come to life in a terrifying new “Halloween Horror Nights” maze beginning Friday, September 18, 2015, at Universal Studios Hollywood, it was announced at the San Diego Comic Con. Crimson Peak opens in theaters on October 16. “Guillermo del […]

SDCC 2015- Hasbro: Marvel Legends

By Nolan P. Smith Photos by Nolan P. Smith Hasbro showed off the latest offerings at the San Diego Comic Con today, which included the latest Marvel Legends series for Spider-Man, featuring Beetle, Speed Demon, Morbius, Ben Reilly Spider-Man, Jack O Lantern, Todd McFarlane-esque Venom, Spider-Gwen with a build a figure of Crusher Creel, the Absorbing Man! Also shown is […]

Universal Cable Productions and Comic Book Giant Dark Horse Entertainment Sign First Look Deal

By Staff Reports Universal Cable Productions (UCP) continues to expand its powerhouse producing talent and build upon the studio’s genre footprint by signing a first-look deal with legendary comic book publisher, Dark Horse Entertainment (“The Mask,” “Hellboy”).  The deal announced today will focus on developing and producing scripted programming from their extensive comics library as well as new material.   Discussions […]

Sonnet Realm Films Announces Actors Ricco Ross and Carrie Henn to Return to the Aliens Universe in the Tribute Film ALIEN IDENTITY

By Staff Reports ALIEN IDENTITY is a Tribute Feature Film to the Alien Universe. It plays heavily on the aesthetics of H.R. Giger and takes place 14 years after the events of Aliens, with an alternate timeline. The director wants to explore further into the unknown, discovering uncharted territory, introducing new heroes, villains, and ideas, while remaining faithful to the […]

Image Comics at SDCC, Exclusives Announced

By Staff Reports Image Comics (booth #2729) is pleased to be at San Diego Comic-Con this year from Wednesday, July 8 through Sunday, July 12. VARIANTS SOLD AT THE IMAGE BOOTH (booth #2729): CHEW #50 by John Layman & Rob Guillory, $10 INJECTION #3 by Warren Ellis & Declan Shalvey, $10 MYTHIC #2 by Phil Hester & John McCrea, cover art […]

Warner Bros. Consumer Products Licensees Take on Comic Con International; San Diego

By Staff Reports Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) is heading to Comic-Con International: SanDiego (SDCC) 2015 in support of its licensing partners as they feature exclusive products and giveaways throughout the four-day event.  From Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice to DC Super Hero Girls to Scooby-Doo and more, fun offerings can be found for fans of all ages.  “Year […]

Bestselling Novelist Chuck Palahniuk Joins the Cast of Fight Club 2, the Acclaimed Comic Book Mini-series from Dark Horse Comics

By Staff Reports Timed to the launch of San Diego Comic-Con International, Dark Horse Comics announced today that bestselling novelist Chuck Palahniuk will be a character in the acclaimed ten issue FIGHT CLUB 2 mini series, which is written by Palahniuk, illustrated by Cameron Stewart and colored by Dave Stewart, with covers by David Mack. Issue 3 of the series, […]

Anime Expo 2015 Amazes, Attendance at an All Time High

By Nolan P. Smith Photos by Nolan P. Smith and Jason T. Smith (Los Angeles)- From July 2nd through July 5th, people from across the world all came together for the love of anime and manga as the world renowned Anime Expo celebrated it’s 24th anniversary. Presented by The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA), the 2015 Anime […]

10 Tips to Survive Your First Convention

By Nolan P. Smith (Victor Valley)—The summer convention season is in full effect. With Anime Expo, Comic Con International- San Diego, and Disney’s D23 Convention all taking place this summer in Southern California, many attendees will be first time con-goers, and that can be quite the shock. What do you bring? What do you leave at home? What can you […]

24th Annual Anime Expo Takes Over Los Angeles This Weekend

By Nolan P. Smith This weekend, the Los Angeles Convention Center is completely taken over by cosplayers, musicians, artists, animators, and more as the Anime Expo brings forth a convention that Southern California waits for every year. Presented by The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA), the convention will host over 100,000 attendees between July 2nd through July […]

SDCC 2015: Dark Horse Comics Enlists Larry Hama to pen Call of Duty: Black Ops III Comic Book Series

By Staff Reports Dark Horse Comics, Activision Publishing, Inc., and Treyarch have teamed up to deliver a thrilling comic book series written by decorated comics veteran Larry Hama (G.I. Joe) and drawn by Marcelo Ferreira (Transformers, TMNT)! The Call of Duty®: Black Ops III comic book series follows an elite group of cybernetically enhanced soldiers as they wage a secret […]

Valiant and Swyft Media Announce Valiant Heroes Emoji Digital Stickers – Available Now in the iOS App Store and Google Play

By Staff Reports Valiant Entertainment is proud to announce it is working with Swyft Media, the company driving the emojification of brand marketing, to bring Valiant’s best-selling comic book icons directly to fans’ mobile devices around the world with the Valiant Heroes Emoji – the first in a new line of digital sticker packs featuring emoji-style renditions of X-O Manowar, […]

Winter is Coming: McFarlane Toys and HBO Global Licensing Announce Agreement To Create a New Construction Line Based on the Critically-Acclaimed Series Game of Thrones

By Staff Reports McFarlane Toys, in partnership with HBO Global Licensing, announced today a new licensing agreement to bring the global television phenomenon Game of Thrones to the construction toy aisles this Fall 2015. In 2014, Todd McFarlane’s award-winning toy company, McFarlane Toys, revolutionized the construction brick aisle with its introduction of realistic and highly detailed construction sets. McFarlane Toys […]

July 2015 Image Expo Announcements Revealed

By Nolan P. Smith Today Image Comics made a ton of exciting creator-owned announcements at Image Expo. Out of the titles announced, quite a few caught my eye; like the hardcover edition of the online hit, Private Eye, the Invincible reboot, Mark Millar’s Huck, and the pro wrestling book Ringside. Check out the news from Image Comics below: “I’m so […]

SDCC 2015: Dark Horse Delivers Plants Vs Zombies: Garden Warfare Series

By Staff Reports Blooming out of the worldwide success—over one million copies sold!—of Plants vs. Zombies™: Lawnmageddon, Plants vs. Zombies: Timepocalypse, and the new Plants vs. Zombies ongoing series comes a new comic masterpiece, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare! In the first Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare video game from Electronic Arts, Dr. Zomboss and his legions of zombie minions […]

ComiXology Reveals Full Schedule and Exclusives at Comic Con International 2015

By Staff Reports Join comiXology, the revolutionary digital comics platform, at this year’s Comic-Con International for panels, giveaways, signings, sales and more at their booth, panels and online from July 8th to July 12th at the San Diego Convention Center! ComiXology (booth #2547) will be hosting ten panels this year at the show and during every panel a limited supply […]

Atticus Ross Signs on to Score Robert Kirkman’s Upcoming Series Outcast

By Staff Reports FOX International Studios (FIS) today announced that Atticus Ross, Grammy, Golden Globe and Academy Award-winning composer, producer and electronic musician is on board to score Robert Kirkman’s upcoming exorcism drama, Outcast, produced for Cinemax by FOX International Studios (FIS). This marks Ross’ television series score debut. Ross’ acclaimed film work includes the score for David Fincher’s The […]

Amy Releases July 3!!!

By: Staff Reports Presents AMY   This first look at Asif Kapadia’s documentary gives us a glimpse at how Amy used music to confront her own struggles.   Take a look at the clip, exclusively on Refinery 29: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2_8LOD83z8]      WATCH THE TRAILER: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2yCIwmNuLE] A24 will open AMY in New York & Los Angeles on July 3, […]