Hugh Grant will voice the lead role alongside an all-star cast in The Pirates! Band of Misfits, the new stop-motion, 3D, animated film produced by Aardman Animations for Sony Pictures Animation. The film, which will be distributed by Columbia Pictures, will be released March 30, 2012. Hugh Grant, starring in …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »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 …
Read More »“Fast Five” Outpaces The Box Office
The fifth installment in Universal’s “The Fast and The Furious” franchise showed why the film series is still going strong. “Fast Five” raced to an $83.6 million opening at the domestic box office, following up an international gross of $45.3 million for the weekend, bringing its international total to $165 million. …
Read More »‘Doctor Who’ Premiere Sets BBC America Record
BBC America’s season premiere of the British hit Doctor Who set a record for the cable network on Saturday. The season opener, which was the first ever to be shot in the United States, drew 1.28 million viewers. The network was up 71,000 viewers from its previous high, set by last season’s Doctor …
Read More »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 …
Read More »‘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, …
Read More »‘Rio’ Becomes Best performing Movie Year-To-Date
“Rio” has become the top grossing 2011 release, ending Easter weekend with a new worldwide cume of $286 million. That easily bests Paramount’s Rango, which has earned just under $240 million globally. Rio topped the box office chart for the weekend in a big win for Fox. The 3D cartoon grossed an …
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