Monthly Archives: November 2015
Top Comics to Buy This Week: November 25, 2015
We all want the best of the best, so let us point out the hottest comics released each week. We spotlight our favorite comics that we know are money-well-spent and new books that look cool and are backed by some top-tier talent.
Check out our picks, then take to the comments to let us know what looks good to you!
Written by Brian Azzarello & Frank Miller & Drawn by Andy Kubert & Frank Miller | DC
Blomkamp’s Alien 5 Would Have Brought Back Newt
Neill Blomkamp's indefinitely delayed 'Alien 5' would have brought back kid survivor Newt, says actor Michael Biehn.
Biehn, whose character Corporal Hicks was featured in Blomkamp's early concept art, opened up to iconsoffright on the studio politics behind the delay and the film's basic plot outline.
"The basic idea is acting like Alien 3 and 4 never existed," Biehn said, before addressing Ridley Scott's Promethus 2 (now called Alien: Covenant). "I know Ridley Scott is doing his movie first and is going to be the executive producer on this one, so I’m really looking forward to that. I know that Ridley’s focus is on the second Prometheus and I’m sure that he and Fox both don’t want that and Neill’s movie to come out right next to each other, because they’re kind of two different worlds, with Aliens taking place thousands of years later, which is how they explained it all to me, but at the same time, they want to give them a similar feel."
The 100: Season 3 to Debut With Legends of Tomorrow
Besides releasing a cool new trailer for Legends of Tomorrow, the CW have also officially announced the midseason premiere date for both that new series and The 100: Season 3, while shifting a couple other shows on their schedule.
As first reported last week, Legends of Tomorrow will debut on Thursday, January 21st at 8:00pm. That same night, The 100’s third season will debut at 9:00pm, creating a new sci-fi lineup for the CW.
CW Orders More Episodes of iZombie and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
The CW has ordered more episodes of both iZombie and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend for the current season.
As reported by Deadline, the network has ordered six more episodes of iZombie, bringing its second season up to a count of 19. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend will produce an additional five episodes, for a total of 18 episodes for its first season.
While neither show will air a full 22-episode season, with only 10 timeslots to fill each week, the CW looks to be doing a lot more switching up of their schedule in order to accommodate their various series, including Legends of Tomorrow and The 100 debuting in January.
Felicia Day Joins Mystery Science Theater 3000 Cast
After achieving its goal in just a few days, the crowd-funded revival of Mystery Science Theater 3000 has added Felicia Day to its growing cast.
In addition to an announcement on the project's Kickstarter page, Day confirmed her involvement in a post on Twitter, revealing her role as the daughter of Dr. Clayton Forrester, Kinga.
Big New Legends of Tomorrow Trailer Has More DC Teases
Check out The CW's new trippy, time-hopping trailer for DC's Legends of Tomorrow - which premieres January 21st.
Here you'll see The Atom, Firestorm, White Canary, Captain Cold, Heat Wave, Hawkman, and Hawkgirl get recruited by Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) to take down the immortal Vandal Savage (Casper Crump) on a time-traveling adventure that somehow gets screwed up. Making Hunter say "If you'd only listen to me about the dangers of upsetting the timeline!" And insisting that they now have more to worry about than just Savage.
In particular, it's Savage's line about "Men of Steel" and "Dark Knights" that sounds off more than a few alarms - indicating that these characters at least do (or will) exist, in some form, in the Arrow and Flash TV universe, even if we can't see them onscreen.
Jurassic World, TMNT Toys Among 2015’s Most Dangerous Toys
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' "Leonardo's Electronic Stealth Sword" and Jurassic Park World's "Velociraptor Claws" have made the list of 2015's most dangerous toys.
World Against Toys Causing Harm—also known as W.A.T.C.H—released the list in hopes that it will urge parents away from buying (what they deem) harmful toys during the holiday season.
Leonardo's sword made the list for encouraging children "to engage in a 'Ninja Battle,'" citing that blade has the potential for causing "facial or impact injuries."
The dinosaur hands are on the list for a similar reason—W.A.T.C.H. does not condone raptor-like behavior in four year old children. The packaging, they write, does not list any warnings "regarding the potential for eye and facial injuries."
Will Smith Elaborates on Turning Down Django Unchained
Actor Will Smith has explained the creative differences that kept him from accepting the lead role in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained.
“It was about the creative direction of the story,” Smith told THR. “To me, it’s as perfect a story as you could ever want: a guy that learns how to kill to retrieve his wife that has been taken as a slave. That idea is perfect. And it was just that Quentin and I couldn’t see
.”
Despite liking the premise, though, Smith ultimately decided it wasn't for him because he wanted it to carry a more positive tone.
“I wanted to make that movie so badly, but I felt the only way was, it had to be a love story, not a vengeance story,” he said. "We can’t look at what happens in Paris
Fargo Renewed for Season 3
FX has announced it's ordered a third season for its hit television series Fargo.
The second season, which is currently in full swing, has done very well for the network, so a third-season renewal isn't a surprise. In fact, we've been incredibly impressed by all of Season 2 so far, including last week's episode, Rhinoceros.
"Year two of Fargo is an extraordinary achievement and, given Noah Hawley’s masterful storytelling, we can’t wait to see where the third, all-new version of Fargo takes us," FX Networks and Productions Original Programming president Eric Schrier said in a statement. "Our thanks to Noah, Warren, Joel & Ethan, John and our partners at MGM Television for making Fargo such a memorable and rewarding journey."
Pepsi Branded Smartphones Coming to China
Pepsi Co. is now in the business of smartphones, as the company has just made its first model available for purchase on the crowdfunding site JD Finance. The catch? It's currently only available in China.
Unlike the bottles of Pepsi Perfect they launched earlier this year, the company isn't selling the phone itself, but rather licensing its branding to Shenzhen Scooby Communication Equipment Co. who will create and manufacture the phone.
It will in come in two versions: the P1 and P1S. Both phones run Android 5.1 Lollipop and come with a 5.5-inch 1080p display. The dual cameras feature a 13-megapixel sensor on the rear-facing side and 5-megapixel on the front. The phones will come in blue, gold or silver, and packed inside the phone will be 2GB of RAM, 16GB internal memory, a 1.7GHz and a 3000 milliamp-hour battery.