Monthly Archives: July 2015
Jessica Jones Set Photos Revealed
Marvel and Netflix revealed the first set photos from Jessica Jones, featuring the title character, played by Krysten Ritter, and a flame-engulfed Luke Cage, played by Mike Colter.
The photo series, via CBR, shows Cage walking out of a building, completely on fire, before collapsing on the street. In the next few images, the fire has been put out and Jessica Jones is by his side.
Jessica Jones is expected to debut on Netflix late this year, the second in a series of Marvel TV shows on Netflix, of which Daredevil was the first. It will be followed up with a Luke Cage show and then an Iron Fist show.
Grayson And Turtles Dominate Upstarts Panel
DC Comics played up the new blood in their The Upstarts panel, which featured Lee Bermejo, Tom King, Steve Orlando, Mark Russell, Bab Tarr, James Tynion, Cameron Stewart and Tim Seeley.
Fellow creator Brenden Fletcher moderated and began by mentioning the somewhat ambiguous title of the panel. He then took to the books, beginning with the Black Canary series he's currently working on with Annie Wu. Talking of how her supporting role in Batgirl (also written by Fletcher) lead into her own series, Fletcher described the title as "A Kung Fu road trip." He likened Dinah's stint as band lead to Clark Kent's own day job, and went on to discuss what we can expect in upcoming issues. "The first few issues will focus on what this band is and how they can stay together," Fletcher explained. "In issues #4 and #5, someone new will take the stage and maybe this will be the next new villain for Black Canary."
New Arrow Costume Revealed for Season 4
Oliver Queen’s new suit for season four of Arrow has been revealed.
Designed by Arrow costume designer Maya Mani, the new suit says goodbye to sleeves and hello to even more leather, showing off Oliver’s guns and making him more reminiscent of Green Arrow's look in the New 52.
DC also showed off a new Arrow video to fans attending its San Diego Comic-Con panel that offered a brief recap of season three, which you can check out below:
Deadpool Trailer Puts R-Rating to Good Use
Audiences got their first look at the new Deadpool trailer during 20th Century Fox's panel at Comic-Con today. Based on the footage shown, the upcoming Deadpool movie is definitely putting that R-rating to good use.
Some quotes include: "You look like Freddy Krueger face f***ed a topographical map of Utah," said by Weasel to an unmasked Wade Wilson, and, "You look like an avocado f***ed an older avocado."
Colossus, who appears in the trailer, is at one point referred to as a "big chrome c***-gobbler."
The video shown was plenty violent, too: in one scene, Deadpool leaps over a crashed car and shoots three henchmen through the skull with a single bullet.
At least one head explodes.
Warcraft Movie Trailer Release Timing Announced
Director Duncan Jones revealed today that Warcraft's first public trailer will release this November. At San Diego Comic Con this week, attendees were able to see props and footage in greater detail than we saw at BlizzCon.
Earlier at SDCC, we learned more about the Warcraft film, and got a good look at both main characters in some great posters.
Syfy Debuts Thomas Jane’s New Series The Expanse
San Diego Comic-Con attendees in the Indigo Ballroom on Saturday were treated to the first-ever, exclusive screening of Syfy's The Expanse premiere. Based on the bestselling books by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck -- who also moderated the Comic-Con proceedings -- the series is set 200 years in the future after humanity has colonized the Solar System and follows the different factions and social classes spread across the planets.
Joining the panel were stars Thomas Jane ("Detective Miller"), Steven Strait ("Holden"), Shohreh Aghdashloo ("Chrisjen Avasarala"), Cas Anvar ("Alex Kamal"), Dominique Tipper ("Naomi Nagata"), Wes Chatham ("Amos Burton"), as well as writer-executive producer Naren Shankar (Star Trek: The Next Generation), and writer-EPs Hawk Otsby and Mark Fergus (Iron Man, Children of Men).
Outlander Executive Producers and Cast Discuss the Move to Paris
Starz's Outlander is a show with a constantly changing landscape. For Season 2, it's switching in a more drastic way than usual: Jamie and Claire Fraser are headed to Paris. They left Scotland at the end of Season 1 to pursue a new life in France. Executive producers Ronald D. Moore and Maril Davis, cast members Caitriona Balfe (Claire) and Sam Heughan (Jamie), and author of the Outlander books Diana Gabaldon came to Comic-Con to discuss the move and what to expect. They also showed off some exclusive footage to Comic-Con attendees.
Season 2 of Outlander will be based on the second book of the series, Dragonfly in Amber. Moore said, "We're picking up and going to Paris. They're
New LEGO Marvel’s Avengers Characters and Screens Revealed
At San Diego Comic Con today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment showed off new screens and characters from its upcoming LEGO Marvel's Avengers.
Comics icon Stan Lee took to the stage during the WB panel to show off "his very own Iron Man armor," as well as a special Hulkbuster suit modeled after Stan himself called the Stan-Buster.
Stan Lee's special suits draw inspiration from both their original source material and Stan the Man himself. His Iron Man suit includes a signature Stan Lee mustache on the helmet, and the Stan-Buster suit incorporates his glasses and a smart, sensible cardigan and button-down shirt.
Also revealed during the panel were Sam Wilson as Captain America, America Chavez, and villain Crossbones.
X-Men Apocalypse Has a ‘More Violent’ Professor X
Speaking about X-Men: Apocalypse at San Diego Comic-Con, Charles Xavier actor James McAvoy told IGN, "At the end of this movie, you definitely see my character in a slightly different frame of mind, maybe being a bit more violent."
McAvoy didn't elaborate on the cause and effect of Xavier becoming more violent. When asked about his future on the X-Men film franchise, McAvoy said he expected it to go on as long as "Simon
keeps doing interesting things with it." And, of course, if Apocalypse makes money.
"I'm well up for it," he said about getting involved with more than the three X-Men films he'd already signed up for. McAvoy also remained optimistic about the future of the film series without Magneto and Mystique.
Salem Renewed for Season 3
Breaking news out of the Salem Q&A panel at San Diego Comic-Con!
WGN America has been officially picked up the series for a third season. Production will begin in Shreveport, LA later this year for a 2016 debut.
Salem: Season 2 averaged over 1.1 million Total Viewers and 545,000 Adults 18-49 on a Live + 7 basis on Sunday nights. During its Season 2 run, the highly sought-after series more than doubled its Live + 7 performance among Total Viewers, vaulting +117% over Live + Same Day and ranking among the top five time-shifted original dramas on cable this season in percentage lift.