Scooter Braun, founder of SB Projects, and David Maisel, Founding Chairman of Marvel Studios, announce a new entertainment joint venture, Mythos Studios. To launch the new venture Mythos Studios has acquired a 50% stake in Aspen Comics, as well as the entertainment rights for the comic book company’s intellectual property, including the iconic artwork, …
Read More »VIZ Media Acquires ‘K: Seven Stories’
VIZ Media expands its catalog for the K anime franchise with the acquisition of K: SEVEN STORIES. The agreement forged with Japan-based King Records covers the digital streaming, EST, home video and merchandising rights to K: SEVEN STORIES. Based on the hit anime property from Studio GoHands and GoRA Project, K: …
Read More »WOW Unlimited Media’s Mainframe Studios debuts new productions
WOW! Unlimited Media Inc. continues to make inroads in the competitive marketplace of kids and youth entertainment. Mainframe Studios, WOW’s Vancouver based animated and live-action television production studio, is about to debut projects that reach a broad demographic. While it continues to offer traditionally accessible fare, the company is embracing the …
Read More »Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, And Tom Hiddleston Headline ACE Comic Con Seattle
Chris Evans (Captain America), Chris Hemsworth(Thor), and Tom Hiddleston (Loki), stars of the worldwide hit Avengers film franchise, are headlining ACE Comic Con Seattle, June 22-23-24 at the WaMu Theater & CenturyLink Field Event Center. Additional guests will be announced soon. VIP Admissions, Photo Ops, Autographs, and General Admission tickets go …
Read More »‘Ready Player One’ Takes Easter Weekend
Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One easily won the box-office, grossing $41.2 million to score the holiday weekend’s biggest opening ever for a non-sequel. That brings the movie’s four-day bow to a better-than-expected $53.2 million after launching a day early on Thursday. Still, the verdict is out on whether Ready One Player is …
Read More »VIZ Media Announces The Debut Of ‘Kenka Bancho Otome: Love’s Battle Royale’
VIZ Media releases the romantic-comedy series KENKA BANCHO OTOME: LOVE’S BATTLE ROYALE on April 3rd. KENKA BANCHO OTOME is rated ‘T’ for Teens and will be published under the Shojo Beat imprint. It features story and artwork by creator Chie Shimada and is based on an original concept by Spike …
Read More »Buckle Up For ‘Death Or Glory’
New York Times bestselling writer Rick Remender (DEADLY CLASS, SEVEN TO ETERNITY, LOW, BLACK SCIENCE, FEAR AGENT) and legendary superstar artist Bengal’s DEATH OR GLORY—will be flooring it into stores this May. Remender said: “It’s very grounded. There’s a little bit of a heightened reality in that Glory is going …
Read More »‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’ Rises To Top Of The Box Office
Pacific Rim Uprising was the film to dethrone Black Panther at the domestic box office upon opening to a tepid $28 million from 2,850 theaters over the weekend. While coming in ahead of tracking, that’s still a troublesome start for a movie that cost $155 million to produce before marketing. The first …
Read More »Steampunk, Assassins, And Adventure Collide In ‘The Family Trade, Vol. 1’
The steampunk adventure begins in THE FAMILY TRADE, VOL. 1 by Justin Jordan (LUTHER STRODE), Nikki Ryan, and Morgan Beem this April from Image Comics. THE FAMILY TRADE introduces readers to an island city in a world where history didn’t quite turn out like ours… Here a hidden family of …
Read More »‘Stellar’ Takes Off This June
Writer Joseph Keatinge (GLORY, SHUTTER) and legendary artist Bret Blevins (New Mutants, Sleepwalker) team up for the spacefaring series STELLAR—created by Robert Kirkman and Marc Silvestri—this June from Image Comics/Skybound Entertainment. Stellar was taken as a child and transformed into the ultimate weapon, one that would end an intergalactic war. …
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