Appearing at Comic-Con International in San Diego, CBR had the opportunity to speak with “Captain America: Sam Wilson” and “Captain America: Steve Rogers” writer Nick Spencer about the reaction of his controversial run on the titles — where Steve Rogers was recently revealed as a secret Hydra operative due to a Cosmic Cube-induced twist — and what’s in store for his “Civil War II” tie-ins and beyond. Speaking with CBR’s Kiel Phegley, Spencer discussed the surprisingly kind response he got from fans at the convention — after receiving death threats…
Read More“Marvel’s Runaways” is Coming to Television
After years and years of development, abandoned film scripts and more than a few canceled ongoing comic series, the long-awaited moment has arrived: “Runaways” is making a major comeback in the form of a television series. A live-action adaptation of the fan-favorite/bordering-on-iconic Marvel comic just got ordered to series by Hulu, where it will become the latest in a long line of streaming Marvel Television series. Of course “Runaways” marks a change in how Marvel Television has previously operated; instead of arriving on Netflix like “Daredevil,” “Jessica Jones” and “Luke…
Read MoreDick Van Dyke Is Part Of Mary Poppins Sequel
Within The Hollywood Reporter’s “Creative Until You Die” story — which focuses on famous nonagenarians in the entertainment-industry that have no interest in retiring — Dick Van Dyke confirmed that he will appear in Mary Poppins Returns, Walt Disney Pictures’ upcoming sequel to the 1964 classic starring Julie Andrews (in the title role) and Van Dyke (as Bert, a cockney jack-of-all-trades). “This one supposedly takes place 20 years later and the kids are all grown up,” the 91-year-old actor said. “It’s a great cast — Meryl Streep, Angela Lansbury and…
Read MoreNew Mutants Movie Release Date Set
Writer/director Josh Boone is working hard on the long-talked-about New Mutants film, and in an interview with Creative Screenwriting the filmmaker revealed that its intended to be not just one film – but three. “After I made The Fault in Our Stars, we made Fox a comic book,” Boone said, referring to him and co-writer Knate Gwaltney. “It walked them through a trilogy of New Mutant [sic] films that would build on each other. We used this program called Comic Life, and took all the images we had loved from…
Read MoreThe Mad Titan’s Impending Death In THANOS #2
People are hunting Thanos – but will he die before they can catch him? Check out a preview of next week’s Thanos #2. THANOS #2 JEFF LEMIRE (W) • MIKE DEODATO (A/C) Variant Cover by Dustin Nguyen • Thanos is pure evil. • Thanos is unstoppable. • It’s time to take him down. 32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99 [slider id=’13991′ name=’THANOS 2′ size=’full’]
Read MoreTrollhunters New Netflix Series
Watch a new featurette below for Guillermo Del Toro’s Netflix series, Trollhunters, which features the voice talents of Ron Perlman and Kelsey Grammar. Trollhunters premiers December 23rd and is described as: From the limitless imagination of acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro comes a tale of two worlds set to collide in the epic saga DreamWorks Trollhunters. 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.…
Read MoreAll-Female DC Villains Movie ‘Gotham City Sirens’
Robbie will reprise her role as DC villainess Harley Quinn. David Ayer is back in the business of DC comic villains. The filmmaker, who directed Warner Bros.’ all-bad guy comic book movie Suicide Squad, is reuniting with that film’s star, Margot Robbie, for Gotham City Sirens, a feature project that will showcase the top female villains from the DC stable, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. Ayer will direct and produce the project with Robbie reprising her role as Harley Quinn, the part-time girlfriend of the Joker who is currently DC’s…
Read MoreNew Rogue One International Trailer
Since we have got a few more days to see it, check out this new International trailer. The bulk of the first half of it we’ve already seen in other trailers (though this one is a bit better cut together), then it starts to go into new footage, and more badass scenes. A different Vader image than I’d recalled, longer street fight scene, and a number of different space scenes. So yea, while we’re all waiting for a few more days – check it out!
Read MoreWatch the Fast 8 trailer
Watch the trailer for Fast 8: The Fate of the Furious starring Vin Diesel and Dwayne Johnson. Fast 8 has a April 14, 2017 release directed by F. Gary Gray also starring Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Charlize Theron, Jason Statham, Scott Eastwood, Kurt Russell, Lucas Black, Nathalie Emmanuel, Elsa Pataky, Kristofer Hivju and Helen Mirren. Synopsis: On the heels of 2015’s Furious 7, one of the fastest movies to reach $1 billion worldwide in box-office history and the sixth-biggest global title of all time, comes the newest…
Read MorePowerless Premiere Date Set
Powerless premiere date set for February by NBC Today, NBC has announced their lineup for the midseason and with it comes the Powerless premiere date. The ensemble comedy, set in the world of the DC Universe, will premiere Thursday, February 2 at 8:30 p.m. In the first comedy series set in the universe of DC Comics, Vanessa Hudgens (Grease Live, High School Musical) plays Emily, a spunky young insurance adjuster specializing in regular-people coverage against damage caused by the crime-fighting superheroes. It’s when she stands up to one of these…
Read MoreSpider-Man: Homecoming Trailer
A young Peter Parker/Spider-Man begins to navigate his newfound identity as the web-slinging superhero. Spider-Man: Homecoming Trailer #1 (2017): Check out the FIRST trailer for reboot of the Spider-Man franchise starring Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei and Tom Holland!
Read MoreCAPTAIN ATOM Creators Get To the Core of The Character
As “Rebirth” scales back some of the elements from the New 52 — getting characters back to their “core,” as the publisher describes it — a new DC miniseries is taking that transition to a new level. Not only will The Fall and Rise of Captain Atom see the rebirth of the character, but the two writers who were originally responsible for his modern “core” will be the ones doing it. Cary Bates and Greg Weisman, the two writers responsible for the 1980’s revamp of the Charlton Comics hero, will…
Read MoreX-MEN Sequel To Begin Filming In 2017
An unnamed X-Men film will reportedly begin production in Montreal in May 2017. According to Le Journal De Montreal, set construction will begin in January. Several recent X-Men movies were filmed in Montreal, including X-Men: Days of Future Past, and X-Men: Apocalypse. No further details about the reported film are known, however 20th Century Fox has several upcoming dates blocked out for Marvel and X-Men related films, including October 6, 2017, March 2, 2018, and November 2, 2018. Fox has several X-Men projects known to be in various stages of…
Read More‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Gives Spidey’s Suit An Upgrade
This past weekend brought Comic-Con Experience 2016 to Brazil, and with it came the debut of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 trailer (which arrived online shortly thereafter for our viewing pleasure). But another Marvel Studios trailer was shown that we haven’t seen yet, and likely won’t see until next week when it debuts with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. by Ethan Anderton Spider-Man: Homecoming had the first trailer debut at CCXP 2016, and some details have been hitting the web since then. We don’t want to spoil…
Read MoreTransformers: The Last Knight Trailer Released
Optimus Prime finding his home planet, Cybertron, now a dead planet, which he comes to find he was responsible for killing. He finds a way to bring the planet back to life, but in order to do so he needs to find an artifact, and that artifact is on Earth. Whether you want it or not, the next Transformers movie, Transformers: The Last Knight, is well on its way, and we just got our first trailer. Here, Sir Anthony Hopkins, now free from his duties on Westworld, introduces us to…
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