Scholastic To Publish Updated Edition of J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander

Scholastic will publish an updated edition of the bestselling and collectible companion book to the Harry Potter books, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, with a new foreword by J.K. Rowling, writing as Newt Scamander, and a new cover by Headcase Design on March 14, 2017.  The book will be published simultaneously with …

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Inside, Overwatch, Firewatch And Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Lead 2017 Game Developers Choice Award Nominations

Organizers have revealed the nominees for the 17th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards, the premier accolades for peer recognition celebrating the industry’s top games, studios and developers. Tim Schafer, founder of Double Fine Productions, will return as host of the awards show for his sixth time, having previously hosted the Choice Awards …

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Cult of Chucky Start of Production Announced

Confined to an asylum for the criminally insane for the past four years, Nica Pierce (Fiona Dourif) is erroneously convinced that she, not Chucky, murdered her entire family. But when her psychiatrist introduces a new therapeutic “tool” to facilitate his patients’ group sessions — an all-too-familiar “Good Guy” doll with an innocently …

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Geof Darrow’s ‘Shaolin Cowboy’ Returns in 2017

Get a kung-fu grip on yourself as Geof Darrow’s blood-spattered killing machine the Shaolin Cowboy returns this April in a new four-issue mini-series to be published by Dark Horse Comics. The Shaolin Cowboy: Who’ll Stop the Reign? will be written and illustrated by Darrow, who has won the Inkpot Award and won …

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Image Comics Kicks Off 25th Anniversary With Nod To CyberForce

Image Comics announced monthly theme variants in celebration of the company’s 25th anniversary this year. The series of variants will launch with Rick Remender and Wes Craig’s DEADLY CLASS #26 and a cover that commemorates Marc Silvestri’s CYBERFORCE #1. Each month of the anniversary year will boast a special theme …

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Eclipse To Make Trade Paperback Debut

Fan-favorite creative team Zack Kaplan and Giovanni Timpano will release the first trade paperback collection of their ongoing gritty sci-fi/horror series ECLIPSE this February from Image Comics and Top Cow Productions. In the near future, a mysterious solar event has transformed the sun’s light into deadly immolating rays. The world’s …

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Dark Horse Adapts Melville’s Whale Of A Tale Into A Graphic Novel

Dark Horse Books announced the Vents d’Ouest graphic novel adaptation of Herman Melville’s timeless classic Moby Dick, available in English for the first time on February 8, 2017. A masterpiece of French literary comics, this hardcover edition collects both Vents d’Ouest volumes and features illustrations by the award-winning French author and …

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New Star Wars Experiences Coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios

A galaxy of new Star Wars experiences is coming to Disney’s Hollywood Studios beginning mid-December. The announcement – made today at Walt Disney World Resort – noted that some of the coming-soon additions are inspired by “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” that opens in theaters worldwide on Dec. 16. Guests, including fans of the …

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Activision Puts Some “Umph in Your Wump” with the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Coming in 2017

Your favorite marsupial Crash Bandicoot is back! He’s enhanced, entranced and ready-to-dance in the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, slated for release in 2017 and available for pre-order now from Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard. Revealed at PlayStation Experience (PSX) in Anaheim, Calif., the Crash Bandicoot N. Sane …

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VIZ Media Launches A Prequel For Gangsta With The Release Of Gangsta: Cursed

VIZ Media expands the mysterious world first depicted in the manga crime thriller, GANGSTA., with the release of a new spin-off series, GANGSTA: CURSED., on December 20th. The edgy new manga features story by Kohske, the creator of the original GANGSTA. series, with artwork by Syuhei Kamo, and contains prequel stories for several …

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