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D.J. Caruso, director of “I Am Number Four,”  will direct Preacher, an adaptation of the DC/Vertigo comic book series. Created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, Preacher, which ran from 1995-2000, told the story of a down-and-out Texas preacher possessed by Genesis, a supernatural entity conceived by the unnatural coupling of …

Marvel announced rhat legendary artist Walt Simonson will provide a variant cover for The Mighty Thor #1. When Asgard is threatened by an intergalactic peril, the superstar creative team of Matt Fraction and Olivier Coipel, must take Thor to the edges of the Marvel Universe to save his homeland from the likes of Galactus. …

Hasbro gives kids more ways than ever to re-enact the actions of their favorite Marvel Super Heroes with an extensive line of role play toys! MARVEL STUDIOS brings action and excitement to the theater with THOR and CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE FIRST AVENGER and Hasbro brings the adventure, energy, and emotion …

Marvel is announced Infested, an all new series of short stories beginning in Amazing Spider-Man #659, leading into the biggest Spider-Man event of the year – Spider Island! And to set the stage, a whole cavalcade of superstar artists like Barry Kitson, Lee Garbett and Emma Rios join the red-hot Dan Slott for a …

Marvel and Disney Publishing will debut DISNEY*PIXAR PRESENTS, a new monthly magazine featuring some of the most popular characters from the acclaimed Disney/Pixar films. Intended for readers of all ages and priced at $5.99, the first issue will hit stores in May 2011. Each issue of the magazine contains 96 full color pages of …

Marvel announced Big Shots. A brand new initiative, Big Shots spotlights three major launches of all-new ongoing series for the Marvel Universe’s hardest hitting heroes by the comic industry’s top creative talent! Kicking off with Moon Knight #1 in May, the Eisner Award-winning team of Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev as they delve …

SEGA announced they have signed film star Chris Evans to voice the title role in the upcoming action adventure Captain America: Super Soldier. The actor’s likenesses will also be used in the game, which is based on the seminal and iconic franchise from Marvel Entertainment. “Signing Chris to star in Captain America: …

Adrianne Palicki is the new Wonder Woman. Palicki is best known for her role as Tyra Collete in the NBC/DirecTV series Friday Night Lights, has been cast as the title character in Wonder Woman, David E. Kelley’s pilot for NBC. The project is a re-imagining  of the DC Comics title.  The new version, …

This spring, Astonishing X-Men takes a dramatic twist as two amazing pairs of creators team-up for a astonishing crossover event-all in one series! This April, acclaimed creators of Daniel Way, Christos Gage, Jason Pearson and Javier Bubillo set Astonishing X-Men on a monstrous monthly new path. The X-Men split into two teams, each on …

After months of speculation, Columbia Pictures finally has the name of the next Spider-man film. The next film of the franchise will be called (wait for it): The Amazing Spider-man. The title of the film shows the studio’s intent of bringing the character of spider-man back to his roots.  The …