10/08/14 @ 1:51 pm EST

Source: Dynamite | Categories: Dynamite

Dynamite Entertainment is proud to reveal the amazing roster of comics talent for Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers #6, the final senses-shattering chapter of Joe Casey's interpretation on the classic Jack Kirby creation. Featuring series regular Nathan Fox alongside guest contributors Benjamin Marra, Dan McDaid, Jim Mahfood, Michel Fiffe, Nick Dragotta, Tradd Moore, and industry heavyweight Grant Morrison (Batman and Robin, Final Crisis), this special collaborative undertaking will hit store shelves in January.

"There is a moment that occurs in the history of any artistic medium that truly defines it. This is one of those moments," says Joe Casey, acclaimed writer of Sex, The Uncanny X-Men, andSuperman. "Our sixth issue is the reason Johannes Gutenberg birthed his culture-altering invention. In the face of what we've accomplished here, even sliced bread can suck it. And on top of the massive creative achievement of having all these artists contributing to this issue, we'll also -- once and for all -- make explicit the conceptual connection that Kirby himself only hinted at in his run. The true history of Captain Victory will finally be revealed! It's all-new and it's all-gods, not to mention exposing the dark side of Victory's origins. Retailers worldwide should order big and order often."

Since its launch in August, Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers strives to push all boundaries of sequential storytelling - a noble goal that its creative team hopes can honor the legacy of Jack Kirby. A legendary writer/artist whose visual style and design sense defined the Silver Age of Comic Books, Kirby first introduced the Captain Victory character to audiences in 1984, during a period of unfettered creative freedom. Upon taking the helm of Dynamite's new Captain Victoryminiseries, Joe Casey recruited artists with exceptionally distinct and experimental art styles, those illustrators whose vision could transcend the perceived physical limitations of the medium.

After five issues of star-spanning adventure, wherein the crew of the Tiger lost their beloved captain (and the titular hero underwent an unbelievable transformation), the final issue of theCaptain Victory series promises something that Jack Kirby tantalized readers with many years back, but only in passing: the secret origin of Captain Victory. It's a story so grand in scale that it could only be told by an assembly of ultra-talented comic artists.

"I'm simply amazed at the creators involved with this project," says Nick Barrucci, CEO and Publisher of Dynamite Entertainment. "Issue after issue, Joe Casey, Nathan Fox, and our special guest contributors have done some mind-blowing work. But this last issue -- well, it's the cherry on top. Jack Kirby would be so proud."

Regarding their part in the Captain Victory project, several contributing artists has the following to say:

Grant Morrison (Batman and Robin): "I've written a couple of Jack Kirby characters in the past but the opportunity to draw one was too good to pass up - as was the chance to work on a script by the unstoppable Joe Casey. I've known Joe for years and we're both devotees of the King and his Kosmos, but Captain Victory marks our first collaboration and our first chance to indulge in some Kirby-related celestial hi-jinks together. You know the drill, space soldiers; Don't ask! Just buy!"

Benjamin Marra (Hip Hop Family Tree): "It was a dream for me to draw characters and concepts created by Jack Kirby's legendary imagination. Kirby's astonishing contribution to popular culture is as unsung, by the majority of the masses, as it is unparalleled. The opportunity to create illustrations based on even a small portion of his ideas is an honor. Joe Casey's story reminded me why I love drawing comics. It was as much fun as I've ever had drawing and telling stories. I hope the readers will be able to connect with the story and sense the fun we had creating it. I hope Joe and I can collaborate in the future. I want to replicate the experience as many times as I can and do an even better job with Joe's words and ideas. We share a deep love of 1970s comics from the great Jim Steranko and Paul Gulacy, who were the heirs to Kirby's comic book ideas and aesthetics."

Dan McDaid (Jersey Gods): "It's such a thrill to be working with Joe Casey again, and on one of Jack Kirby's weirdest, wildest creations. I got a stack of battered Captain Victory comics for my birthday a few years ago and they're first-rate comics: vibrant, ambitious... strange! All words I would use to describe Joe, by the way. I can't think of a finer helmsman for ‘Dreadnought: Tiger', and I know he's preparing something really amazing for this special issue. Trust me, you are not ready for the world that's coming."

Jim Mahfood (Grrl Scouts): "I am a huge Kirby fanatic, so to work on this project has obviously been an immense thrill and honor for me. Joe Casey and I have been friends and collaborators for a long time now, and working with him is always a fun and action-packed adventure. I think Jack Kirby would most definitely approve!"

Michel Fiffe (Copra): "I had a great time drawing Joe Casey's young Captain Victory in the second issue, where he suffers a post-triple murder galactic aneurysm. Getting to rub elbows with some of my top level peers has been an honor, so being a part of the grand denouement is just gravy.

Nick Dragotta (East of West): "Jack Kirby was the forefront of comics. Joe Casey along with a ridiculous roster of talent from Fox to Fife to Simpson and more are carrying on that tradition.Captain Victory is the forefront."

Tradd Moore (All-New Ghost Rider): "Though I'd likely be excited to be involved in any comic with a mighty title like Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers, Jack Kirby created this one, so it's a particularly fine honor to be included. Joe Casey, Nathan Fox, and the rest of the crew ain't too shabby either. I'm happy to contribute to this exciting series."

Captain Victory and the Galactic Rangers #6 will be solicited in Diamond Comic Distributors' November Previews catalog, the premiere source of merchandise for the comic book specialty market, and slated for release in January. Comic book fans are encouraged to reserve copies ofCaptain Victory with their local comic book retailers. Captain Victory will also be available for individual customer purchase through digital platforms courtesy of Comixology, Dynamite Digital, iVerse, and Dark Horse Digital.

05/04/24 @ 12:07 pm EST

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Prime has released the trailer for Season 4 of The Boys and this one looks like it’s building to an even bigger ending than season 3. It starts with Butcher (Karl Urban) talking to his former team, basically saying he knows his time is almost up and he needs them to do what has to be done. We then switch to Homlander (Antony Starr) talking to whoever makes up The Seven at that point, saying that the world is corrupt and it’s time for them to no longer be heroes, but to become vengeful gods. Then we cut to the newest addition to the series, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who looks to be recruiting Butcher to do some very bad things for good reasons. And then we get the big plot reveal that Butcher has found a virus that kills Supes… then we get a montage of fighting, violence, blood and a surprising large amount of angry animals. The Boys also stars Jack Quaid, Erin Moriarty, Jessie T. Usher, Laz Alonso, Chace Crawford, Tomer Capone, Karen Fukuhara, Colby Minifie, Claudia Doumit, and Cameron Crovetti. Along with Morgan, season Four will welcome Susan Heyward and Valorie Curry. Premiering June 13 on Prime Video. 

05/04/24 @ 11:50 am EST

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Disney+ has dropped a new trailer for The Acolyte to celebrate May the 4th. With he tag line of, “No one is safe from the truth,” the almost 2 minute trailer shows off a world where the Jedi are being hunted by what might be one of their own. Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Manny Jacinto, Dafne Keen, Charlie Barnett, Jodie Turner-Smith, Rebecca Henderson, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo, and Carrie-Anne Moss star in the series and is the first project set in the High Republic era, roughly 100 years prior to The Phantom Menace. The series was created by Leslye Headland, co-creator of the Netflix series Russian Doll. It will debut on the streaming service on June 4th, 2024. 

05/04/24 @ 11:35 am EST

Source: Collider | Categories: Dynamite

We get this latest news straight from the horses mouth, or rather by way of Collider, who is reporting that Breaking Bad and The Mandalorian actor Giancarlo Esposito will be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe. While doing a panel at CCXP, the actor revealed he would be appearing in a Marvel project, but not in the role that many fans have talked about for him. The actor has been fan casted by many as the new Professor X when the X-Men finally move into the MCU. But Esposito said that he would be coming, “sooner rather than later,” and “better than you can imagine.” The next Marvel film to come out will be Deadpool & Wolverine which could put Esposito in just about any role as a variant, but the hope is that the actor who made his name playing such villains as Gus Fring and Moff Gideon will be someone of consequence that will be around a while. They still need a new actor to play Kang the Conqueror don’t they? And they haven’t cast Doctor Doom, right? Just asking. 

05/03/24 @ 10:02 pm EST

Source: Deadline | Categories: MIsc

Daytime Emmy-winner Mike Manning (This is Us, Days of Our Lives) and Olivia Blue (Theater is Dead, Animal Kingdom) will star in alien adventure film Unexpected Treasures, directed by John Paul Ungaretti, and written by Ungaretti and Christina Heller. The film’s cast is rounded out with AnnaMaria DeMara (Lost in Space, Lucifer), Jay Whittaker (The Orville, Let’s Go to Prison), Michael Dunn (Bosch, NCIS), Lauren Han (Beef, Extracurricular), and Rex Edhlund. Production for the film recently wrapped in Joshua Tree, CA. The script was inspired by the many extra-terrestrial-related stories and folklore of the Joshua Tree community and desert area. In the film, a wild alien encounter restores a local resident’s faith in humanity. Blue stars as the local resident, while Manning stars as the alien. (via Deadline)

05/03/24 @ 10:03 pm EST

Source: Deadline | Categories: MIsc

Ali Afshar’s ESX Entertainment is entering into the horror space with the feature The Necklace starring sisters Madeleine & Violet McGraw, each of whom have garnered widespread acclaim for gripping performances in M3GAN and 2021’s The Black Phone respectively. Cameras will roll this summer. The screenplay was written specifically with the McGraw sisters in mind by Afshar collaborator John Ducey (A Hollywood Christmas, That’s Amor). The pic is being directed by Chilean filmmaker Juan Pablo Arias Muñoz, who helmed Pumpkinhole and HBO’s Perry Mason. Said Afshar, “Madeleine and Violet are among the brightest lights of this generation of young actors, and an absolute joy to work with. Each brings a unique energy to the screen and, together, they are absolutely electrifying to watch. I couldn’t be more thrilled to team up with these enormously gifted young actors to bring this fresh and terrifying story to the big screen and plunge audiences into the dark and chilling world of The Necklace.” (via Deadline)

05/03/24 @ 10:03 pm EST

Source: Hollywood Reporter | Categories: MIsc

The Maze Runner is back at the starting line. 20th Century Studios is rebooting the sci-fi action adventure franchise, which ran as a trilogy from 2014 to 2018. The Disney arm is in negotiations to tap Jack Paglen, perhaps best known for writing the Johnny Depp-starring sci-fi movie Transcendence, to pen the script for a new installment. Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Lee Stollman of Gotham Group and Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen of Temple Hill, who produced the original trilogy, are back to produce this one. Wes Ball, who directed the original trilogy, will also be involved as a producer. THR is reporting that the reboot is not a redo of the story nor is it a direct sequel to the original trilogy, which starred Dylan O’Brien and Kaya Scodelario. The hope is to make a sort of continuation of the story yet also return to the elements that made the first movie connect with its audience. (The original movie, made by 20th Century Fox in the years leading up to its acquisition by Disney, also proved to be an unexpected moneymaker, generating $348 million worldwide but costing only $35 million to make.)

05/03/24 @ 2:09 pm EST

Source: Deadline | Categories: MIsc

Oscar nominee Hugh Jackman (Les Misérables) and Emmy winner Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) are attached to star in a new movie, The Death Of Robin Hood. Pig and A Quiet Place: Day One director Michael Sarnoski is writer-director on the project, which will be among the hot titles on sale at this month’s Cannes market via WME Independent. Arrival and The Prestige producer Aaron Ryder is among the producing team. The film is a darker reimagining of the classic Robin Hood tale. Set of its time, the film will see the title character grappling with his past after a life of crime and murder, a battleworn loner who finds himself gravely injured and in the hands of a mysterious woman who offers him a chance at salvation. Production is due to begin in February 2025. (via Deadline)

05/03/24 @ 2:03 pm EST

Source: Hollywood Reporter | Categories: MIsc

Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy will lead the film adaptation of Enid Blyton’s children’s classic The Magic Faraway Tree. The story from the author, based on her The Faraway Tree series of novels for children, follows Polly and Tim and their children Beth, Joe and Fran — a modern family who find themselves forced to relocate to the remote English countryside. Two-time Academy Award-nominee Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick…BOOM!, Hacksaw Ridge) will play Tim and two-time Emmy Award-winner Claire Foy (All of Us Strangers, The Crown) will take on the role of Polly. Screenwriter Simon Farnaby, British star of Wonka and Paddington 2, said: “To have two actors of the quality of Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy is a dream for any screenwriter.” (via The Hollywood Reporter)

05/02/24 @ 10:59 pm EST

Source: Deadline | Categories: MIsc

Jennifer Zhang (Fetish, Charon) is set to direct sci-fi feature length anthology, Trüebadour. Also written by Zhang, the film stars Gina Su (Autopilot, Blue, Transpo), and Daphne Qin Wu (The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster, Beacon) serves as cinematographer. Based on the sci-fi short Autopilot, Trüebadour follows an enigmatic engineering prodigy who introduces the bombastic founder of a tech start-up to an innovative “storytelling” device that scans its wearer to generate an original work of fiction. No one at the company is prepared for the unsettling stories their minds inspire, nor the disturbing consequences of using the device. (via Deadline)

05/02/24 @ 10:51 pm EST

Source: Hollywood Reporter | Categories: MIsc

Louis Leterrier, director of Fast X and several Transporter action movies, has been tapped to direct and produce the sci-fi horror film 11817, based on a script by Matthew Robinson. The genre pic produced by Leterrier’s Carrousel Studios, Rocket Science, Thank You Studios, Chernin Entertainment and 3 Arts Entertainment is now casting. Rocket Science will fully finance, handle foreign sales and introduce the film in Cannes, while CAA Media Finance will handle a North American sale. In 11817, inexplicable forces trap a family of four inside their house indefinitely. As both modern luxuries and life-or-death essentials begin to run out, the family must learn how to be resourceful to survive and outsmart who – or what – is keeping them trapped. (via THR)