Atari and Cryptic Studios announced that the superhero MMORPG, Champions Online , will be free to play beginning Q1 2011. Players will be able to download and enjoy the game at absolutely no cost. Champions Online free-to-play will also feature additional premium content for purchase. Adventure Packs, items, powers and costume …
Read More »The Walking Dead Will Walk Among Us Tomorrow
In order to scare up viewers for their new series, AMC will be promoting Frank Darabont’s The Walking Dead with an interesting worldwide publicity stunt this week, according to The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed blog. In 26 major cities all over the world, extras will be dressed as zombies and …
Read More »Top Voice Talent Added To DC Universe Online
Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) announced that four new actors have been added to an already impressive cast of voice talent for DC Universe Online (DCUO). The new cast additions include Arleen Sorkin (Batman: The Animated Series), Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Corey Burton (Star Wars: The Clone Wars, …
Read More »Sherlock Holmes Returns With Sherlock Holmes: Year One
In January, the origin of iconic Sherlock Holmes is revealed by writer Scott Beatty. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s dauntless detective returns in an all-new series of adventures exploring the sleuth’s untold origins! Join Dr. John Watson as he meets young Sherlock Holmes in a fateful encounter that will forever shape both …
Read More »Jackson Finds His Bilbo Baggins and Then Some
As Peter Jackson and Warner Brothers figure out where they’ll be shooting Parts 1 and 2 of the Hobbit, word has started to spread that Jackson has cast some of the many characters to be seen in both films, according to Deadline. The key role of Bilbo Baggins, the Hobbit …
Read More »Dynamite Announces Alex Ross’ Bring The Thunder!
Alex Ross plots, designs and paints the covers to Dynamite’s newest series – Bring the Thunder!!!! Written by Jai Nitz and drawn by Wilson Tortosa, Bring the Thunder #1 ships this December! In Bring the Thunder #1, arriving at comic book stores this December, Wayne Russell is an elite para-rescue …
Read More »Depp Wants to be the Thin Man
The Thin Man is one of those delightful film series that was true to the years in which they and the book that inspired them (written by Dashell Hammett) were made. Screwball comedy at its best all soaked liberally in booze. Word has come in that Johnny Depp is itching …
Read More »Vampirella Blazes Into December
The amazing new Vampirella series from Dynamite Entertainment continues in December with Vampirella #2! Vampirella has tracked her prey, the bloodthirsty Vlad Dracula, to Seattle and a vicious nest of vampires preying on the young and the lost. In the clutches of Le Fanu-one of Dracula’s oldest and most trusted lieutenants – …
Read More »Disney To DIstribute “Avengers” and “Iron Man 3”
The Walt Disney Studios, Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios announced they have reached an agreement under which Paramount will transfer its worldwide marketing and distribution rights to Disney for Marvel Studios’ The Avengers and Iron Man 3. Paramount will remain the worldwide distributor of the upcoming films, Thor and Captain …
Read More »Peter Jackson to Direct “The Hobbit” in Two Installments
The two films based on “The Hobbit” are now greenlit and will begin principal photography in February 2011, under the direction of Peter Jackson, it was jointly announced today by Toby Emmerich, President and Chief Operating Officer, New Line Cinema, Alan Horn, President and Chief Operating Officer, Warner Bros., and …
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