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The first teaser trailer for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Frozen 2 has been released. Take a look: From the Academy Award®-winning team—directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, and producer Peter Del Vecho—and featuring the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad, and the music of Oscar®-winning songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Frozen 2” opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 22, 2019.
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Matt Reeves’ The Batman now is moving forward and Warner Bros. has given a date of June 25, 2021, for release. While there are questions of who will play Batman with Ben Affleck out as Batman, the villain has been rumored as the Penguin. Who will play Penguin if that is going to happen has been a mystery hinted by a couple of stars. In January Josh Gad teased Penguin as the villain in the Batman on twitter HERE. If Penguin winds up appearing in The Batman, it seems likely…
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Just like us. Only totally different. Doom Patrol series premieres on February 15 DOOM PATROL reimagines one of DC’s most beloved groups of Super-Heroes: Timothy Dalton as The Chief, Brendan Fraser as Robot Man, Joivan Wade as Cyborg, April Bowlby as Elasti-Woman, Diane Guerrero as Crazy Jane, Alan Tudyk as Mr. Nobody and Matt Bomer as Negative Man, is scheduled to premiere on DC Universe on Feb. 15. Each member of the Doom Patrol suffered a horrible accident that gave them superhuman abilities but also left them scarred and disfigured.…
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There are 67 episodes across the first seven seasons of the hit fantasy drama, HBO’s Game of Thrones. With that in mind, some entertainment sites are suggesting that avid viewers begin watching the reruns of the past seasons early in February to prepare for the 8th and final season which premieres on April 14. If my math is right, watching two episodes a day would take 34 days and involve tv watching about 2 hours a day with an average of 60 minutes per episode. That would be quite a…
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Marvel Studios is thinking about a new actor to play Wolverine, as longtime X-Men producer Lauren Shuler Donner offers an update. At the recent Television Critics Association press tour Donner confirmed that Marvel has started thinking about looking for a new Wolverine: “Yes, because Hugh, just the physicality of it all, just to bulk up, this man worked so hard to bulk up… his natural state, they used to call him ‘worm’ when he was a kid, his natural state is a very skinny guy. And once you reach a…
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The Batman writer/director Matt Reeves has offered new information about the new Batman movie, plus his take on how the film will differ from previous cinematic renditions of the character and how it will fit in the bigger DC Universe. “It’s very much a point of view-driven, noir Batman tale. It’s told very squarely on his shoulders, and I hope it’s going to be a story that will be thrilling but also emotional,” Reeves told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview. “It’s more Batman in his detective mode than we’ve…
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How will the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. move on without Coulson? Here’s your first look at Season 6! The first teaser trailer for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 6 has been released, and it teases a future for the show without Agent Coulson running S.H.I.E.L.D. Coulson seemingly died at the end of season 5, but as this clip shows, you can’t keep a good agent down – even if he’s not quite the same. From: Tasteful Tuna on YouTube This is the best comic book show of the current era. There are…
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IDW’s STAR TREK: YEAR FIVE will explore the final year of the original Star Trek crew’s first five-year mission. The press release follows: Media Release — IDW Publishing proudly embarks on the U.S.S. Enterprise’s homeward journey with Star Trek: Year Five, a monthly comic book series debuting in April 2019. A sweeping space odyssey developed by a brain trust of exceptional writers, Year Five welcomes co-writers Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, and artist Stephen Thompson for its opening story arc, and – painting Star Trek for the first time in all…
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Media Release — This April, the fate of Latveria, the world, and the balance of Cosmic Power in the Marvel Universe all rests on one big decision – and one cruel act will forever change the relationship between the Fantastic Four and Victor Von Doom! It’s the terrifying, epic, and final chapter of “Herald of Doom,” coming this April, and Marvel is excited to reveal a brand-new cover from series artist Esad Ribic! “This isn’t about heroes or villains,” teases series writer Dan Slott. “This is about justice. Reed Richards…
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Bruce Timm is back helping produce this animated movie with a new original story and take on the Fatal Five. Legion of Superhero fans finally gets a look at some of their worst villains and challenges for the Justice League. Justice League vs. The Fatal Five will feature familiar and fresh voices. The Hollywood Reporter exclusively unveiled the voice cast today for the animated film that will pit the Justice League against antagonists from the future. Diane Guerrero (Doom Patrol) will voice Green Lantern Jessica Cruz while Elyes Gabel (Scorpion)…
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When Shadow Moon is released from prison, he meets the mysterious Mr. Wednesday and a storm begins to brew. Little does Shadow know, this storm will change the course of his entire life. Left adrift by the recent, tragic death of his wife, and suddenly hired as Mr. Wednesday’s bodyguard, Shadow finds himself in the center of a world that he struggles to understand. It’s a world where magic is real, where the Old Gods fear both irrelevance and the growing power of the New Gods, like Technology and Media.…
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James Wan’s Aquaman has now officially passed $1 billion at the worldwide box office, & the director has sent out a series of Tweets thanking those responsible for getting the movie to that milestone. Reviews of Aquaman were not overwhelmingly positive. When the movie premiered in theaters there were actually quite a few people that believed it’d be a massive flop, the Justice League curse would extend to the Movie Aquaman. However, James Wan and company had the last laugh with audiences enjoying the family-friendly movie with there wallets by…
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Paramount’s Star Trek 4 has been canceled, according to Deadline. The Hollywood trade reports that the untitled film which would have been the fourth in the franchise which began with 2009’s J.J. Abrams-directed Star Trek has been “shelved.” Director SJ Clarkson was reportedly signed on to direct the now-canceled film. Clarkson will direct the pilot for HBO’s upcoming untitled Game of Thrones prequel show. The film, which is one iteration would reportedly have brought back Chris Hemsworth as George Kirk in a time travel adventure, first ran aground in August…
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Media Release — The Age of X-Man dawns…and the X-Men cannot stop it. After the apocalyptic dissolution of the X-Men comes…AGE OF X-MAN! The X-Men will be disassembling in the pages of Uncanny X-Men’s 10-part weekly series, and in the ashes, the Age of X-Man will rise with the launch of six new miniseries. Marvel’s announcement for the event carried the cryptic tease, “After the apocalyptic dissolution of the X-Men comes…AGE OF X-MAN!” The six series are Age of X-Man: The Marvelous X-Men by writers Lonnie Nadler and Zac Thompson…
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Media Release — As part of DC’s year-long global celebration of Batman’s 80th anniversary, DC is publishing a momentous 1,000th issue of DETECTIVE COMICS—the series that introduced the world’s most popular Super Hero and the title from which the DC brand was born. This must-have collector’s item debuts March 27, 2019, and includes all-new stories plus a wraparound cover from the powerhouse art team of fan-favorite artist Jim Lee, inker Scott Williams and colorist Alex Sinclair. DETECTIVE COMICS #1000 is highlighted by an original story from the team of writer…
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