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. …
Read More »Avengers and Other Super Heroes to Assemble at Disney Parks around the World
Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products shared a sneak peek at highly anticipated new areas coming to Disneyland Resort in California, Disneyland Paris and Hong Kong Disneyland, inviting guests to become part of a bigger universe filled with epic adventures. Developed in partnership with Marvel Studios and Marvel Themed Entertainment, …
Read More »VIZ Media And Verizon Announce Anime Content Distribution Deal
VIZ Media and Verizon Communications announced a content distribution agreement to feature some of VIZ Media’s renowned anime content on Verizon’s go90 streaming platform. The following fan-favorite VIZ Media anime series are available now to stream for free from the go90 app on iOS, Android or at go90.com: ACCEL WORLD – …
Read More »Brutal Revenge Tale ‘Shanghai Red’ Delves Into The Underside Of Portland History
Eisner-nominated writer Christopher Sebela (High Crimes, Heartthrob, We(l)come Back), artist Joshua Hixson (The Black Woods), and letterer Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (Felix & Macabber) team up for the all-new revenge thriller SHANGHAI RED, coming this June from Image Comics. “Moving to Portland, Oregon was the thing that jump-started my comics career, so …
Read More »‘Black Panther’ Remains Top Of The Box Office
Black Panther continued to make history in its fifth weekend at the domestic box office with a haul of $27 million, burying Tomb Raider and becoming only the seventh film ever to cross the $600 million mark in North America. Black Panther is the first film since Avatar eight years ago …
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