WPR Box Office Report: February 23
News Bits: Variety reports Amazon Studios has ordered five new original series. The series are The Man in the High Castle, based on Philip K. Dick’s 1962 novel, dark comedy Mad Dogs docu-series The New Yorker Presents and kids’ shows Just Add Magic and The Stinky & Dirty Show. Additionally Amazon renewed Mozart in the Jungle for […]
WPR’s Box Office Report: February 9th
First and foremost, news bits: Netflix has released the first Daredevil trailer, which the consensus around the WPR offices is that it looks dark, very gritty, and like it has a lot of potential. We will be watching with anticipation. Here is the trailer if you haven’t already watched it a few times. Doctor Who […]
WPR Box Office Report: February 2
There is not much news this past week in the world of movies, unless you count all the news coming out of Sundance, which most are unconfirmed reports of films being sold. What we do have, is a gigantic list of new trailers. There are too many to post here, but we did post them […]
WPR’s Box Office Report: January 26th
A little news in the happenings of the film industry, in case you missed something neat. Bryan Singer has announced some casting for X-Men: Apocalypse via Twitter: Alexandra Shipp is Storm. Sophie Turner is Jean Grey. Tye Sheridan is Cyclops. The big name there is Game of Throne’s Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark). Marvel has announced the […]
Game of Thrones IMAX Screening is Rescheduled Due to High Demand
Really, are you surprised that Game of Thrones IMAX has too much overwhelming demand? For the complete list of theaters that are participating and to buy tickets (starting Friday, January 16th), check out the main Imax Blog. This screening will be featuring two episodes from season four of Game of Thrones followed by the worldwide […]
Get Exclusive Munchkin Cards with BOOM! Studios New Comic Series
Oh my! Two of my favorite things: comics and card games. Get ready for the BOOM! Studios Munchkin series coming in January. Be sure to check out the press release from BOOM! Studios about their new series based on the Steve Jackson Games popular Munchkin card game. Images below include the various covers and a […]
Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three Arrives in March 2015
Stephen King, Dark Tower, Roland, and the Ka-tet have a dedicated following. Good news for them that Marvel is releasing Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three – House of Cards #1 in March 2015. Check out the cover and the details from the Marvel press release below: New York, NY (December 16th, 2014) – […]
Comic Writer G. Willow Wilson Signs Exclusive with Marvel
Exciting news out of Marcel today, G. Willow Wilson signs an exclusive deal . I hope you’ve been reading Ms. Marvel because it is excellent and tons of fun. Read the details in the Marvel press release quoted below. New York, NY (December 16th, 2014) – Marvel Entertainment is excited to announce the exclusive agreement […]
VIZ Media Releases Kiss of the Rose Princess
Everybody loves a good magical-girl manga. Ribbons and ruffles give way to a young school girl with the power to save the world form evil, all while keeping a secret identity and still going to school! Kiss of the Rose Princess looks to be another great addition to any magical girl collection. Kiss of the […]
Harry Potter spinoff FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM to be directed by…
Warner Bros. has declared that they want David Yates to return to the Harry Potter series for FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM. You can now declare that this is WB’s attempt to reignite the movie franchise that was straight pumping money into their coffers. Yates, if you weren’t paying attention was the director […]
VIZ Announces New Manga from the Creator of Blue Exorcist: Time Killers
Viz is excited to announce a new manga title from acclaimed Blue Exorcist creator Kazue Kato! Set for digital release September 2nd, Time Killers is a series of stories that takes readers to locales both familiar and foreign, whimsical and realistic. With collected manga short stories published for the very first time in North America […]
Is Jason Momoa going to be AQUAMAN?
While the rumor mill has been churning for months, now Variety is reporting out to the internet at large that Game of Thrones and Conan the Barbarian actor Jason Momoa has officially signed on to play Aquaman in Warner Brothers’ upcoming Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. It appears they are looking at making a […]
The Return of JOJO’S BIZARRE ADVENTURE Manga to North America, Thanks to Viz Media
Over 200 years ago Jonathan Joestar met his newly adopted brother Dio Brando. But instead of brotherly love and family, the newest Joestar longed for power. After a failed attempt to usurp Jonathan as heir of the powerful English family, Dio resorts to using an ancient stone mask that transforms him into a vampire! Thus […]
This is what a SUPERIOR Iron Man looks like.
Hmm, an Iron Man/Tony Stark that is kind of a narcissistic dick with a Genius Bar look of a suit in new technological San Francisco Utopia with a downloadable Extremis App? Yeah, this is going to be interesting. From the Press Release: Marvel is proud to announce the release of Superior Iron Man #1 by […]
Oh, hi there Ultron. Nice to meet you.
Entertainment Weekly broke the image, now it’s time for us to debate! [email protected]: #AgeOfUltron: On the set of @Marvel's biggest movie ever for our #SDCC preview: http://t.co/a9WRHDxauA pic.twitter.com/y3JABhefyP — Entertainment Weekly (@EW) July 16, 2014 Expect to hear much more about Avengers: Age of Ultron coming from the Marvel Studios Comic-Con panel on Saturday, July […]