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Los Angeles Times Kicks Off Hero Complex Film Festival

-The Los Angeles Times’ Hero Complex Film Festival blasts into its second super-heroic year over four days at the Chinese 6 Theatre in Hollywood beginning June 9th. Eight iconic fan favorites will return to the big screen with rare live Q&A sessions with their filmmakers – and a surprise or …

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Viz Media Launches Viz Manga App for the iPhone and iPod Touch

VIZ Media continues the digital integration of its vast library of manga (graphic novel) properties with the latest announcement of the availability of the VIZ MANGA APP for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch mobile devices. The expansion will be compatible with the VIZ MANGA APP on the iPad, and …

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Thor: God of Thunder Video Game Launches

SEGA and Marvel Entertainment today announced Thor: God of Thunder, the first standalone video game for Marvel’s hall-of-fame franchise, has shipped and is available in stores for the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, the Wii, and Nintendo DS. The versions for the PlayStation 3 system and Xbox 360 feature stereoscopic 3D …

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Super Hero Squad Online Launches

Fight the evil forces of Doctor Doom with your favorite Marvel Super Heroes in Marvel’s first free-to-play MMO (massively multiplayer online game) as Gazillion Entertainment and Marvel Entertainment announced that Super Hero Squad Online is now live for kids and parents to enjoy. Every day is a new adventure with …

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Kirby: Genesis #1 Arrives In June

After May’s Kirby: Genesis #0 primer, the acclaimed Marvels Team, Alex Ross and Kurt Busiek, reunite for Kirby: Genesis #1 set for a June 2011 release!  Kirby: Genesis #1 features six “dynamite” covers which include three astounding covers by Alex Ross, as well as covers from Ryan Sook, Paul Renaud, and Dale Keown!  All the …

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Tonner To Release Figure of Captain America

Tonner Doll Company, an award-winning designer of high-end collectible dolls and figures, is preparing to debut Marvel licensed Tonner Character Figure Captain America. Tonner’s Captain America will be unveiled at the 2011 Tonner 20th Anniversary Convention Celebration, during the premiere Maevel event.  The convention is being held May 19-22, 2011, …

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Burger King Brings ‘Thor’ Down to Earth

Burger King has joined forces with Marvel Entertainment to kick off its mighty sponsorship of the comic book-inspired film “Thor,” which hits theaters across the U.S. on May 6. As part of the promotion, fans of the comic can be part of the warrior action with exclusive access to new …

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‘Batman: Year One’ Lands Voice Cast

Bryan Cranston, Ben McKenzie, Eliza Dushku and Katee Sackhoff have been tapped to star as the voices in Batman: Year One. The feature adapts the landmark four-issue story written by Miller and drawn by David Mazzucchelli that first appeared in 1987 on the heels of Miller’s seminal work, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Cranston is playing Gordon, …

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Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Cast in Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight Rises”

Warner Bros. Pictures announced that Oscar winner Marion Cotillard (“La Vie en Rose”) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt have joined the cast of “The Dark Knight Rises,” the epic conclusion to the Dark Knight legend. Cotillard will appear as Miranda Tate, a Wayne Enterprises board member eager to help a still-grieving Bruce Wayne resume …

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