Author: Will

Comic Book geek, lover, writer!

Comic Book geek, lover, writer!

STAR WARS New Artist, New Arc, Big Cliffhanger

Star Wars #8 courtesy Marvel
Star Wars #8 courtesy Marvel

It’s a big week for Star Wars readers this week after a jaw-dropping cliffhanger.

After discovering Obi-Wan Kenobi’s secret journals and a flashback issue to the Jedi Master’s early days on Tattoine, Luke Skywalker is going to Coruscant in his search for answers.

 Star Wars #8 marks the beginning of a new arc and new artist on Marvel’s series set after A New Hope.

Stuart Immonen (All-New X-Men, All-New Captain America) joins writer Jason Aaron with this week’s issue and more on the past of Han Solo catching up with him. Continue reading STAR WARS New Artist, New Arc, Big Cliffhanger

STAR WARS ROGUE ONE Cast Revealed

courtesy Disney
courtesy Disney

Huge updates for Star Wars: Rogue One including the first cast photo at Disney’s D23 Expo: Worlds, Galaxies, and Universes: Live Action at The Walt Disney Studios. This will be the first “standalone” film set in continuity but outside the story of the three trilogies.

The first look at the actors in character is here: Continue reading STAR WARS ROGUE ONE Cast Revealed

X-MEN LADIES IN WAITING: FIVE MOST WANTED

Uncanny X-Men #9 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men #9 courtesy Marvel

Why should Storm and Jean Grey have all the screen time?

After seeing Psylocke, Mohawk Storm, young Jean and Jubilee in X-Men: Apocalypse preview photos and Negasonic Teenage Warhead in Deadpool, we organized our top X-Women we want to see in a X-Men movie, spinoff film or possible television series. After our first five, here are our top five:

(Again, we narrowed it down to actual members of the X-Men roster even though there are extraordinary New Mutants, X-Factor investigators and students who haven’t declared a team yet.)

Here we go with our five most wanted: Continue reading X-MEN LADIES IN WAITING: FIVE MOST WANTED

NEW MUTANTS Movie Update

New Mutants #21 courtesy Marvel
New Mutants #21 courtesy Marvel

Among the recent excitement for the Deadpool trailer and X-Men: Apocalypse previews, X-Fans may have forgotten there’s a New Mutants movie in the works.

Director and co-writer Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) gave fans a big reminder via Instagram showing his progress on the script.

“#X-Men #NewMutants not done yet but we have a lot of pages”

Boone is co-writing with Knate Gwaltney. Simon Kinberg and Lauren Shuler-Donner are producing the potential spinoff. No official date has been set yet. Continue reading NEW MUTANTS Movie Update

PATRICK STEWART Confirms PROFESSOR X in Next WOLVERINE

courtesy Fox
courtesy Fox

Hugh Jackman and director James Mangold will reunite for a follow-up to The Wolverine rumored to based on Old Man Logan.

Apparently Professor Xavier will appear in what will be Jackman’s finale film appearance as the fan-favorite X-Man.

Sir Patrick Stewart told Collider about his involvement while promoting Blunt Talk:

“I think what you say is true. There is a project in development. I understand that Professor Xavier will be making more than an appearance, however, and that intrigues me.” Continue reading PATRICK STEWART Confirms PROFESSOR X in Next WOLVERINE

X-MEN LADIES IN WAITING

Domino in X-Men #39 by courtesy Marvel
Domino in X-Men #39 by courtesy Marvel

When will more X-Women make it to the big screen?

Even Negasonic Teenage Warhead is starring in a movie and she appeared in only one X-Men issue. (Well she kinda made a brief comeback in Emma’s psychic guilt nightmare)

All the recent photos of Mohawk Storm and Psylocke in X-Men: Apocalypse and the previously named-dropped mutant above in Deadpool has us wishing for more of the Women of the Atom to make the leap off the comic page.

With Fox planning more X-Men spinoffs and possible live action television series, we picked the X-Women we want to see the most: Continue reading X-MEN LADIES IN WAITING