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03/17/16 @ 2:21 pm EST
Writers Ben Acker and Heath Corson talk about Kings Quest #1 (of 5), on sale in May from Dynamite. Cover is by Marc Laming.  BYRON BREWER: Ben and Heath, this is the BIG ONE fans of these characters have been waiting for! What’s it like to handle all these classic characters?HEATH CORSON: Oh, man, right?! All these characters with all of this history in one place can be slightly overwhelming…Which is why I very much recommend doing it in pairs. My PIK (that’s partner-in-King for those of you playing at home), Mister Ben Acker (he makes me call him Mister) is a fantastic writer, generous collaborator, versed in the world and always ALWAYS has three ways to solve any story problem (even the ones we didn’t know were problems yet… Like my use of parentheticals. I feel like it’s my way of whispering to you, the reader. He feels like it’s overdone. Since this is my third one in a single sentence, I might have to agree…THAT’S HOW GOOD HE IS. He even helps when he’s not here!). BEN ACKER: Hi. It’s me. I just got here. How’s it all going, you guys? You’ve met Heath. He’s great. Too many parentheticals sometimes. Otherwise, the best guy. I bet he was about to answer a question about handling classic characters. HC: For me, I love ensemble pieces. So getting to play with all these classic characters is an incredibly exciting honor. BA: I was totally right. He’s answering that question. Keep it up, Heath. HC: I love cracking the relationships and dynamics between each hero. Figuring out who gets along with who, who doesn’t and who just wants to punch the other in the face. BA: Oh man, I love that too, Heath. We probably get along great working on this book together. I mean, I know I dig it. The thing about Heath is, he’s a guy who, when you have three solutions to any problem, he’s just got one because it’s the right one and that’s all you need. Uses too many parentheticals sometimes, though (but who doesn’t?). BB: I know there has been some tweaking of the characters. Can you guys kind of re-introduce the cast please?HC: Okay. FLASH GORDON, the two-fisted space-adventurer. MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN, the rakish stage magician/actual magician. TWO PHANTOMS, LOTHAR, the imposing, experienced former sidekick who is keeping the mantle warm for JEN, former science reporter now unwilling heir of the Phantom name. PRINCE VALIANT, the fierce sword-swinging royal, out for blood and glory. JUNGLE JIM, the formerly-human, now-elemental force merged with nature. DR. HANS ZARKOV, the brilliant and drunk scientist. BA: And of course … DALE ARDEN, science journalist turned space adventurer. She’s so cool. BB: I HAVE to ask: Is Ming in this miniseries, and are there any more big-bads we should be on the lookout for (non-spoilery, of course).HC: You will see some real good, real merciless Ming and a couple of other big -bads too. BA: I want to tell you so many big-bad spoilers. BB: Now, Ben! … Any interesting new characters herein you can tell us about?HC: Ha. Nope. Spoilers. BA: Well. Kind of. Heath. Kind of. I mean. Darya is relatively new. She’s the warrior queen of the ocean planet Coralia. And we’ll have appearances by Kala and Klytus, who are old Flash Gordon characters, but new to this run of comics. BB: Why is Dan McDaid the right artist for this thrilling and highly anticipated property?HC: Um… Have you SEEN the man’s art? His thrilling, powerful, amazing art? Dan’s layouts really tell an already action-packed and dramatic story with even more action-packery and dramaticking. That’s a fact. BA: Yeah, for serious. He’s amazing. He’s making us better and Heath and I are really super great already. It’s a privilege to write for him. He’s just astoundingly terrific. Wait’ll you see.And you should also know that we’ve got another artist, Bob Q, doing flashback work for us and he is absolutely fantastic as well. He nails action and character through body language and expression in ways that writers dream of. Keep an eye on Bob Q — he’s going places. 04/22/25 @ 1:06 pm EST
Another Enola Holmes film is in the works at Netflix, with the streaming giant picking up a third installment of the series based on the book by Nancy Springer. Enola Holmes 3 will once again star Millie Bobby Brown (Stranger Things) as Enola Holmes, the younger sister of the famed detective Sherlock Holmes. Henry Cavill (Mission Impossible: Fallout) plays Sherlock Holmes, while Helena Bonham Carter (The Crown) plays family matriarch Eudoria Holmes. Netflix says production is underway now in the U.K., with a pair of Adolescence creatives working on the project: Jack Thorne wrote the screenplay, while Philip Barantini will direct. The logline: “Adventure chases detective Enola Holmes to Malta, where personal and professional dreams collide on a case more tangled and treacherous than any she has faced before.” (via The Hollywood Reporter) 04/22/25 @ 12:58 pm EST
Sony today unveiled the first trailer for I Know What You Did Last Summer, the sequel relaunching the horror franchise of the same name, which hits theaters on July 18. For fans of the first three films, the plot here is familiar. The film sees five friends inadvertently cause a deadly car accident, covering up their involvement in a pact to keep it a secret rather than face the consequences. A year later, their past comes back to haunt them and they’re forced to confront a horrifying truth: someone knows what they did last summer…and is hell-bent on revenge. As one by one the friends are stalked by a killer, they discover that this has happened before, and turn to two survivors of the legendary Southport Massacre of 1997 for help. Original cast members Freddie Prinze Jr. and Jennifer Love Hewitt are back, even if it’s unclear which other prior members of this horror universe might pop up. Franchise newcomers include Madelyn Cline, Chase Sui Wonders, Jonah Hauer-King, Tyriq Withers, Sarah Pidgeon, Billy Campbell, Gabbriette Bechtel, Austin Nichols, Lola Tung, and Nicholas Alexander Chavez. (via Deadline) Today’s trailer is the same one shown for exhibitors at CinemaCon earlier this month. Check it out: https://youtu.be/9QABNfDhSxs 04/22/25 @ 12:51 pm EST
To celebrate Moon Knight’s 50th anniversary as well as the character’s 250th issue, July’s MOON KNIGHT: FIST OF KHONSHU #10 will be an epic, over-sized issue! Since its launch, Jed MacKay’s Moon Knight has become one of the most acclaimed runs in the character’s history, redefining the lunar legionnaire’s mission and mythos for a new age! Now, the series scribe sets the stage for his most ambitious and gut-wrenching story yet! Joined by rising superstar Devmalya Pramanik, it’s a landmark issue fans can’t afford to miss as Marc Spector has a decisive showdown with new supervillain, Achilles Fairchild. It’s an explosive finale to the series’ current arc and a startling beginning to what’s next for the Midnight Mission… "Taking Moon Knight from Legacy #201 to Legacy #250 over the last few years has been an extraordinary experience,” MacKay shared. “We've been able to play out some long-running stories, develop our cast of characters in a way I've never been able to before, and connect with fans in a manner that I certainly never experienced up till now. I'm thrilled for folks to see what we're doing in MOON KNIGHT: FIST OF KHONSHU #250 and how it will set up more Moon Knight stories to come!" Check out covers including a variant cover by iconic ‘90s Moon Knight artist Stephen Platt, and preorder MOON KNIGHT: FIST OF KHONSHU #10 (LEGACY #250) at your local comic shop today!  
04/21/25 @ 9:34 pm EST
The cosmic landscape of the Marvel Universe is about to drastically transform! This June, visionary writer Jonathan Hickman and superstar artists Iban Coello and Federico Vicentini present IMPERIAL, a four-issue event series that shatters and restructures the galactic empires of the Marvel Universe! Revolutionizing space-set storytelling forever, the saga kicks off with the startling assassination of various intergalactic leaders, creating a power vacuum in the stars and igniting war! Today, fans can peek at what lies ahead with the reveal of the series’ second issue, on sale this July. Ultimate Spider-Man superstar Marco Checchetto delivers another dynamic cover for the highly anticipated series that depicts some of the event’s major players including Deathbird, Nova, Gladiator, and Shuri. Meanwhile, She-Hulk, a character who will embark on a surprising journey in the series, grabs the spotlight in a variant cover by acclaimed artist Gerald Parel. And W. Scott Forbes delivers a stunning portrait of Lilandra, Professor X’s greatest love. The former Shi’ar Majestrix was recently resurrected in the X-Manhunt crossover where she departed Earth with Professor X to rescue their daughter, Empress Xandra. Part two of a four-part Marvel cosmic event!Against the fallout of someone mysteriously killing the rulers of the Marvel galactic empires, the fires of war are lit! As that conflict simmers, Nova and Star-Lord race to discover who is behind all these evil acts—a journey that takes them to the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda! “I’m very excited about this project as I’m obviously a huge fan of all things Marvel Cosmic,” Hickman said when the series was announced. “The goal here is to kind of do what we did with the recent Ultimate line for all of our space titles, except having the setup book (IMPERIAL) be more of an event than a world building exercise (like Ultimate Invasion). The art team is killing it and we’re all just very excited for what’s happening in this special corner of the Marvel Universe.” With groundbreaking developments for HULKS, BLACK PANTHERS, NOVAS, GUARDIANS and COSMIC KINGS and QUEENS, IMPERIAL lays the foundation for an entire new landscape of interconnected space-set stories, making it the must-read comic book of the summer! Check out the new covers and preorder the debut issue at your local comic shop today!   
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New York Times bestselling writer C.S. Pacat and lauded artist Johanna the Mad return to the high stakes world of Fence with FENCE BREAKTHROUGH: GAME CHANGER, the next chapter in the Fence saga! Kings Row have made it to the final sixteen in the fencing championships, but they have a long way to go before they reach the finals—and Exton, where Nicholas and Seiji both have scores to settle. Before they can think of that, however, Nicholas has to face off across the piste with Kyle, who doesn’t know Nicholas’s connection to the Coste family—and who believes Nicholas hasn’t earned his place on Kings Row’s team or as Seiji’s teammate. Can he pull off a victory and keep Kings Row in the running for championship gold? “Rivalries and romances intensify, and Nicholas has his first real face off with his family,” said series creator C.S. Pacat. “I’m so excited for you all to read this one–get ready for the whole game to change!” FENCE BREAKTHROUGH: GAME CHANGER #1 will be available in comic shops July 30, 2025. It is available for pre-order at your local comic shop. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers, including Kindle, iBooks, and Google Play. FENCE BREAKTHROUGH: GAME CHANGER #1 features a main cover by series artist Johanna the Mad and variants by DJ Kirkland (Save Yourself!)! FENCE BREAKTHROUGH: GAME CHANGER is the latest release from BOOM! Studios’ award-winning BOOM! Box imprint, home to groundbreaking original series such as Lumberjanes by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Gus Allen, and ND Stevenson; Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera and Celia Moscote; Giant Days by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, and Max Sarin; Mamo by Sas Milledge; Save Yourself! by Bones Leopard and Kelly and Nichole Matthews; Specter Inspectors by Bowen McCurdy and Kaitlyn Musto; The Last Witch by Conor McCreery and V.V. Glass; Ghosted in LA by Sina Grace and Siobhan Keenan; The Avant-Guards by Carly Usdin and Noah Hayes; Fence by C.S. Pacat and Johanna the Mad; Goldie Vance by Hope Larson and Brittney Williams; Hollow by Shannon Watters, Branden Boyer-White, and Berenice Nelle; Getting Dizzy by Shea Fontana and Celia Moscote; and the educational series Seen: True Stories of Marginalized Trailblazers. ... 04/21/25 @ 1:35 pm EST
The first public look of Zach Cregger’s follow-up after Barbarian is here: Weapons. This is not the clip seen at CinemaCon, by the way, but rather pieces of it. The voiceover as the camera swirls around a darkened kid’s bedroom here sounds like it’s from Toby Huss as he tells a concerned parent, “Mr. Graff, I can understand your passion, and I don’t mind having these conversations with you, because God forbid, if it was my child, I’d be demanding answers too.” The set-up here — children are leaving their houses in the middle of the night — and it’s freaking parents out. Originally set to come out over MLK weekend 2026, Warners got so excited about Weapons, they moved it to summer on Aug. 8 after excellent test scores. The notion is that we’re bound for another horror event film after Ryan Coogler’s Sinners opened to $48M this past weekend. (via Deadline) Teaser: https://youtu.be/I3qtHlROEuc 04/21/25 @ 1:25 pm EST
Alan Ruck, fresh off HBO’s “Succession,” has been cast in the upcoming horror-thriller “Corporate Retreat.” He joins an ensemble that also includes Rosanna Arquette (“Pulp Fiction”) and Ashton Sanders (“Moonlight”). Ruck portrayed Connor Roy on the Emmy-winning “Succession,” for which the show’s cast twice won the SAG Award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series. Ruck himself was nominated for a Golden Globe as well as a Primetime Emmy for his performance in “Succession.” He is also known for his roles in films like “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” “Speed” and “Twister” and the television series “Spin City.” Principal photography on “Corporate Retreat” starts in June. The film follows a group of corporate employees at a tech company whose team-bonding retreat devolves into a bloody fight to survive the tests of a vengeful executive. (via Variety) 04/21/25 @ 1:16 pm EST
Indie producer and distributor GKIDS has boarded “100 Meters” (“Hyakuemu”), the upcoming animated feature from director Kenji Iwaisawa, as a producing partner and North American distributor. Based on the manga by Uoto, author of “Orb: On the Movements of the Earth”, which also received a recent anime adaptation, “100 Meters” was first announced prior to its work-in-progress session at last year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival. Following a Sept. 19 release in Japan, GKIDS will release “100 Meters” in North American theaters this October, in original Japanese and a new English version. GKIDS — whose films have earned 13 best animated feature Oscar nominations — is the North American distributor of Oscar winner “The Boy and the Heron” and the Studio Ghibli library. “100 Meters” follows Togashi, a naturally gifted track star. In sixth grade, he meets Komiya, a transfer student who is full of determination but lacks technique. In teaching him, Togashi gives Komiya a new purpose: to win no matter what. Years pass by, and Togashi and Komiya meet again as rivals on the track and reveal their true selves. (via Variety) 04/20/25 @ 2:13 pm EST
The Ninth Jedi is an animated episode in the first volume of Star Wars: Visions, an anthology series released on Disney+. Created by Kenji Kamiyama and produced by the Japanese animation studio Production I.G, it premiered in September 2021. The story is set in an alternate Star Wars timeline where the Jedi Order has long been extinct, and the Sith are actively working to prevent its revival. The story follows Lah Kara, the daughter of a lightsaber-smith, who becomes a key figure in the effort to rebuild the Jedi Order. Her journey intertwines with Margrave Juro, a ruler seeking to unite Jedi hopefuls and forge new lightsabers using kyber crystals. It was announced at the Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo that The Ninth Jedi will be expanded into a long-form series, set to debut in 2026. This series will continue Kara's story and delve deeper into the mythology introduced in the short. 
04/20/25 @ 2:01 pm EST
Sinners actor Delroy Lindo shared his thoughts on Marvel's long-delayed Blade reboot, describing it as a project that "just went off the rails." He mentioned that Marvel initially seemed very interested in his input, and the early discussions were exciting and inclusive. Lindo was set to play a character inspired by Marcus Garvey, leading a Black community, which he found conceptually thrilling. However, despite the promising start, the project faced numerous challenges, including creative differences, and ultimately stalled. The film was officially announced at San Diego Comic-Con in 2019. Marvel Studios revealed that Mahershala Ali would take on the role of the iconic vampire hunter, marking his debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The reboot has faced several delays due to a combination of factors including multiple changes in its creative team, including the departure of directors like Bassam Tariq and Yann Demange, as well as several screenwriters and the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent industry strikes in Hollywood significantly disrupted the production timeline. Despite these setbacks, Marvel Studios has expressed its commitment to the project and to Ali's portrayal of Blade. 
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