Warner Bros. shocked the film industry last night with the news that all of their theatrical releases in 2021 would be released simultaneously to HBO Max and theatres – and cinema chains aren’t responding well. But tucked away in WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar’s Medium post (opens in new tab) about …
Read More »The Mandalorian actor Rosario Dawson is open to a return as Ahsoka Tano
Rosario Dawson has confirmed the obvious: she wants to return as Ahsoka Tano after portraying the character for her live-action debut in The Mandalorian season 2 episode, “The Jedi.” “I mean, I would love that opportunity [to play Ahsoka Tano again],” Dawson told StarWars.com (opens in new tab). “I think …
Read More »Middle-grade reader Godzilla comic kicks off expanded IDW/Toho partnership
IDW and Toho International have renewed their Godzilla licensing partnership, and expanded it to cover more than just comic books. In the coming years, IDW will be producing comic books, games, and more all centered around Godzilla and other related kaiju characters. Spring 2021 will mark the beginning of a …
Read More »Fantastic Beasts 3: Mads Mikkelsen discusses how his Grindelwald will link to Johnny Depps version of the character
After news broke that Johnny Depp would be exiting the Fantastic Beasts franchise, rumours hit the internet that Hannibal star Mads Mikkelsen would be replacing him as Gellert Grindelwald in the as yet untitled Fantastic Beasts 3 movie. Mikkelsen was eventually confirmed to be replacing Depp, and has now commented …
Read More »Rian Johnson almost put Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi instead of Yoda
There were once plans for Anakin Skywalker to cameo in Star Wars: The Last Jedi, director Rian Johnson has confirmed. When asked whether Anakin was considered for Episode 8 on Twitter, Johnson replied he thought about it briefly “for the tree burning scene” – which saw Yoda strike a tree …
Read More »Jim Lees Uncanny X-Men #268 cover art sells for $300,000
Jim Lee and Scott Williams’ original art for the cover to Uncanny X-Men #268 has sold for a whopping $300,000 at auction. (Image credit: Jim Lee/Scott Williams (Marvel Comics)) (opens in new tab) Originally released on September 30, 1990, Uncanny X-Men #268 is arguably the issue in which Lee and …
Read More »Lord of the Rings actors unite to try and save Tolkien’s house
Actors who appeared in The Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit movies are uniting to try and buy the house of author J.R.R. Tolkien, who wrote the novels director Peter Jackson adapted into movies. As Polygon (opens in new tab) reports, Ian McKellen (Gandalf), John Rhys-Davies (Gimli), Martin Freeman …
Read More »A record $1.5 million paid for a Batman comic book at auction
A copy of the 1939 comic book Detective Comics #27, with the first appearance of Batman, was sold at auction this past weekend for $1.5 million. According to auctioneers Heritage Auctions, that is the highest price ever paid for a Batman comic book. The record was previously $1.075 million for …
Read More »What will the ultimate fate of Captain Britain / Betsy Braddock from Excalibur be?
Marvel Comics’ ‘X of Swords’ line-wide X-Men event just wrapped this week, and it left some prominent mutants in very different places from where they started. Among the central players whose status quos underwent major shifts is Betsy Braddock, Captain Britain. In the first fight of the ‘X of Swords’ …
Read More »Ghost-Maker is on the hunt for Clownhunter and Harley Quinn in Batman #104 preview
DC has released a preview of interior pages for Batman #104 (opens in new tab) from writer James Tynion IV and artists Carlo Pagulayan and Danny Miki, in which the Dark Knight runs up against mysterious new Gotham vigilante Ghost-Maker, with the lives of two fan-favorite characters in the balance. …
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