Remember back when the Department of Homeland Security did those zombie apocalypse-themed emergency demonstrations, trading on the popularity of AMC’s The Walking Dead to connect with audiences and communicate a point about emergency preparedness? Well, those demonstrations are among the issues that Oklahoma’s Republican Senator Tom Coburn blames for the spiraling national debt and the looming economic standoff between his party and U.S. President Barack Obama. The Senator expressed an opinion that “waste, incompetence and stupidity” are pervasive in the
Just yesterday, a handful of major publishers announced what they would be doing for May’s Free Comic Book Day — and today, online retailer ComiXology revealed that every day from now until December 18, they’ll be giving away a free digital comic on their site. “ComiXology has had an amazing year and to celebrate we – along with 12 amazing publisher partners – are giving back to the fans and giving them the opportunity to freely share amazing comics,” said
After Red State, Kevin Smith had announced that he would be retiring from writing/directing movies after his next picture, which was planned to be an ice hockey movie called Hit Somebody. Now, Kevin Smith has revealed via Twitter that Hit Somebody will actually be a six part television mini-series instead. So, since Hit Somebody is going the TV route that left an opening for Kevin Smith to do something as his final movie. Smith tweeted, “Since HIT SOMEBODY is now
We’ve had the War of the Supermen, War of the Green Lanterns, Avengers vs. X-Men and there’ll be a Trinity War at DC soon. If there’s one rule so straight and true you can use it as a construction level, it’s that superhero comics love their wars. So it should be no surprise that Valiant is getting in on the act; the publisher today announced Harbinger Wars, a crossover story that will see Bloodshot taking on Harada, The Renegades and
Hans Zimmer, who composed the scores for all three of Christopher Nolan’s Batman films, has been nominated for a Grammy Award for his work on The Dark Knight Rises. Zimmer will be up against the music from The Adventures of Tintin, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, The Artist, Hugo and Journey for the award, which will be presented on February 10, 2013. You can check out a video below that gives some insight into the process of scoring the
Have you noticed that it’s getting harder and harder to believe what Hollywood tells us about their movies in advance? What do you think are the odds it’s just because fans ask so many more, and more insightful, question than they used to–and that the Internet puts the latest, most cogent theory right in front of anyone who’s interested? Just hours after the release of the first trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness, there are already some compelling arguments being
No, Peter Jackson is not in the running to direct Stars Wars, as far as we know. However, he did share some rather interesting feedback with MTV on his feelings about what George Lucas did with Star Wars and if he would ever take a similar path with The Hobbit. In regards to George Lucas selling the Star Wars franchise, Peter Jackson said, “I think it’s a great thing for him to do. Obviously, if he had interest in doing
While The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has yet to arrive in theaters, Entertainment Weekly already has the first look at the sequel. Earlier today, EW.com released the first image for The Hobbit: the Desolation of Smaug. The photo shows Bilbo Baggins climbing on top of a horde of gold coins, which would make Scrooge McDuck green with envy. Even though one might expect someone to be happy sitting on a pile of gold treausure, Bilbo Baggins has a rather alarming
In the past, DC Universe Presents has featured a lot of characters who don’t have their own title. We’ve seen Deadman, The Challengers of the Unknown, Vandal Savage, Kid Flash, Black Lightning and Blue Devil to name a few. Now, DC Comics has announced that Starfire from Red Hood And The Outlaws will be featured in DC Universe Presents #18. Her appearance will follow her colleague Arsenal’s appearance in issue #17. According to The Source, Keatinge said, “After working with
While the Star Trek Into Darkness teaser trailer has been capturing all the attention of late, a new Iron Man 3 trailer has also slipped out. Not another United States version, but a Japanese version, which does contain some different footage that hasn’t been seen before. The Iron Man 3 Japanese trailer kicks off with a callback to The Avengers. Obviously, Marvel Studios wants to take special care to remind viewers of Iron Man’s tie in to the very successful
In ten days, fans will get to see an exclusive teaser trailer for Star Trek Into Darkness at iTunes Movie Trailers. Exclusive–as in, different content than the minute or so of footage that’s blown up the Internet today. Paramount Pictures just sent an e-mail around to members of the press reminding the four of us who hadn’t seen this morning’s “announcement video” to embed it on our sites, and along with that came the tease that fans can “WATCH THE
During The Big Bang Theory, we caught a glimpse of a Target holiday commercial, which featured a couple Marvel characters. There was Iron Man using a laser to cut wrapping paper, Groot wrapping up an iPad, and Spider-Man putting on the finishing touches with his webbing. Wait a minute, Groot? Groot, as in Guardians of the Galaxy Groot, star of the upcoming movie from director James Gunn? Well, no, not actually. Even though we were getting excited that this
On “The Fish Guts Displacement” episode of The Big Bang Theory, there was lots of good comic book commentary, including an analysis of the Spider-Man theme song and a dig at the Daredevil movie. Usually, The Big Bang Theory cast focuses mostly on DC Comics characters, but tonight they went after Marvel. While wearing a Green Arrow t-shirt, Sheldon Cooper asks, “Is anyone else troubled by the Spider-Man theme song?” A puzzled Leonard Hofstadter asks, “Why would it trouble you?
Just over a month ago, all eyes were on Air New Zealand’s YouTube page as director Peter Jackson took part in a Hobbit-themed safety video. Now, they’re back for a second helping (or maybe second breakfast?) with a new mini-documentary that looks at the shooting locations used by Jackson to film his Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies. Over at the website for the Flying Social Network folks who put the short together, fans can watch the clip
It wasn’t that long ago that Daniel Corey announced that Moriarty, his Image Comics series based on the archenemy of Sherlock Holmes, was being adapted as a stage musical with music by Ray Schnurr. Well, it looks like by the time that play is finished being developed, it will have company beyond just the Batman and Spider-Man musicals. In the last few days, Hellboy and Pacific Rim Guillermo del Toro confirmed that he’ll be part of adapting his film Pan’s
