Monthly Archives: October 2016
Awesome New Venom and Carnage Figures on Display at NYCC
Sideshow Collectibles is debuting a new pair of highly-detailed figures from the world of Spider-Man.
Both Venom and Carnage are currently on display at New York Comic-Con, featuring the same amazing amount of detail characteristic of a Sideshow figure. While no price has been formally announced, it's likely these will cost somewhere around $700 apiece. Check them out in the gallery below:
While we haven't seen either of the iconic villains in the MCU (yet!), Spider-Man made his debut earlier this year in Captain America: Civil War. His upcoming solo film Spider-Man: Homecoming will debut in theaters on July 7, 2017.
These Crazy Ninja Turtle Toys Are Pizza Packed
We got a nice look at the latest line of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle block-building toys on the floor of New York Comic Con.
The Mega Bloks sets are based on the Nickelodeon animated program, and have everything you'd hope to see in TMNT playsets: pizza, skateboards, a rigid adherence to the often mystical art of shinobi, and more pizza.
NYCC is chock full of awesome toys. We also checked out some awesomely detailed figures of iconic Marvel heroes.
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Justice League Dark Inspried by Harry Potter, Final Fantasy and Full Metal Alchemist
At the New York Comic Con Justice League Dark panel, director Jay Oliva talked about how the new animated supernatural superhero movie was inspired by Harry Potter, the Final Fantasy video games, and the Full Metal Alchemist anime.
“I’m a huge Final Fantasy fan. I was inspired by a lot of the magic I watched in a lot of my old video games,” Oliva said. “
things like Full Metal Alchemist. I take all of the things that I love and throw them into the DCU and come up with something new.”
Oliva explained that when magic is used in the movie, it takes on a different look depending on who is casting the spell. The demons have fiery runes, Constantine’s magic is green, and Zatanna’s is white or blue. He borrowed the transformation symbols from Full Metal Alchemist. He said this movie is essentially what his version of Harry Potter would look like.
Matt Damon Explains Why He Won’t Play a Superhero (Yet)
We caught up with Matt Damon at New York City Comic Con and the star let us know why he won't be playing any superheroes anytime soon.
"I just haven't seen one that would interest me," he told us when we caught up with him after a panel for his upcoming movie The Great Wall.
But Damon hasn't written off a future superhero role entirely. He told us if a hypothetical superhero movie had a "great director," citing The Great Wall's Zhang Yimou, "I'd certainly look at it."
Until then, Damon said no superhero roles spring immediately to mind that would get him excited to dive in.
Citing the recent Spider-Man and Batman reboots, Damon told us "we're already repeating the superheroes. I don't know if there's one great one that I'm missing."
New Spider-Man Animated Series Announced, Ultimate Spider-Man Ending
Marvel has announced a new Spider-Man animated series, called Marvel's Spider-Man, set to debut on Disney XD in 2017.
The series will be an origin story, chronicling Peter Parker’s journey as a teen figuring out how to become a superhero.
Cort Lane, senior vice president of Marvel Animation, explains that the show’s simple name “reflects a back-to-basics approach” in telling Peter Parker’s story. The series will focus on the hero finding “himself with strange new powers and overwhelming responsibility.”
Phillip Pignotti (Marvel’s Avengers Assemble) is the supervising director, with Kevin Schnick (Robot Chicken, Mad) as the story editor. Alan Fine (Iron Man, Thor), Dan Buckley (Marvel’s Avengers Assemble), Joe Quesada (Marvel’s Avengers Assemble), and Jeph Loeb (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) will all be executive producing the series.
Matt Damon Addresses The Great Wall ‘Whitewashing’ Accusations
Matt Damon spoke to us during New York Comic Con about accusations of whitewashing in the star's upcoming movie The Great Wall.
Damon said he was "bummed out" by the accusations, but takes them seriously. However, he said he'd be surprised if people still felt like the movie was whitewashed after seeing the completed film.
"It's historical fantasy. It's a monster movie," Damon told us. He went on to explain he and Pedro Pascal's roles in the story.
"Pedro and I play mercenaries," Damon said, ones on a quest to steal gunpowder from the Chinese. "We feel like we can take over Europe if we have gunpowder."
However, their characters come upon the Great Wall on the eve of a huge battle against waves of mythical monsters. "There's a secret army" defending the Wall against the attack, which happens every 60 years. Damon said he and Pacal's characters "prove ourselves" to the secret army.
Guillermo del Toro’s Trollhunters Debuts
Guillermo del Toro trolled New York Comic-Con today… in the best way possible as he brought his new Netflix/DreamWorks animated series Trollhunters to the con for the world premiere of the first two episodes.
GDT was joined by Trollhunters’ voice artists Kelsey Grammer, Ron Perlman, Charlie Saxton, and Steven Yeun, as well as executive producers Marc Guggenheim and Rodrigo Blaas. Here’s the logline for the show: “When ordinary teenager Jim Lake Jr. stumbles upon a mystical amulet on his way to school one morning, he inadvertently discovers an extraordinary secret civilization of mighty trolls beneath his small town of Arcadia. Suddenly destined to play a crucial role in an ancient battle of good and evil, Jim is determined to save the world -- right after gym class.”
12 Monkeys Season 3 Trailer Debuts
The first teaser trailer for 12 Monkeys season 3 has arrived.
The first footage gives a glimpse at the year 2163, the time era this new season will be set in. Cassie (Amanda Schull) was kidnapped and taken to the far-off future by the Army of the 12 Monkeys at the end of season 2.
Though not much else was revealed about the new season, you can expect plenty of time traveling and plot twists.
12 Monkeys was renewed for a third season earlier this year. It will have 10 episodes, and the show's executive producers, Terry Matalas and Travis Fickett, are promising an "even more twisty and emotional chapter of this time travel adventure.”
Tony Almeida Returning for 24: Legacy
During a 24: Legacy panel at New York Comic Con with the show's producers and cast, it was revealed Tony Almeida is coming back.
According to TVLine, Carlos Bernard has signed on to reprise his role as Almeida.
At the panel, no details were given specifically as to when Almeida will show back up in the new series, only that he'll "shake things up." The last we saw of Almeida was in the short film 24: Solitary, where we saw his life in prison and his work toward breaking himself out.
Bernard's return marks the first actor from the original series to be confirmed for the new show. Kiefer Sutherland's Jack Bauer isn't the main character of 24: Legacy, but that doesn't mean he, or other characters from 24, couldn't return for the new series.
John Wick 2 and Power Rangers Teaser Trailers
Lioinsgate brought the five titular stars of Power Rangers and director Dean Israelite to New York Comic Con to show the crowd the teaser trailer released earlier today. After that Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Common and director Chad Stahelski premiered a sizzle reel and a brand new teaser for John Wick: Chapter 2.
The Power Rangers trailer starts off with Dacre Montgomery's Jason getting busted for something and forced to go to Saturday detentions for the rest of his senior year. There he meets up with the rest of the gang: Kimberly (Naomi Scott), Trini (Becky G.), Zack (Ludi Lin), and Bryan (RJ Cyler). They somehow make their way to a restricted area where they discover coins that endow them with absurd levels of speed and strength. At one point Trini wakes up to find Elizabeth Banks' Rita Repulsa hovering over her. Rita threatens her, saying, "I've killed Rangers before..." and then tosses her against the ceiling like a rag doll. The final scene shows the group gathered in a circle at their command center willing their suits into existence, suits the cast revealed actually come from inside each Ranger.