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X-MEN Trask Industries Viral Video

Uncanny X-Men #141 courtesy Marvel.com

2014 will be open season on mutants!

X-Men of past and future will join forces in a new film based on a classic comic book story. The mutants will the face the Sentinels in X-Men: Days of Future Past next year.

 

A new viral video hit the web called Trask Industries: Your Future showcasing the company’s commitment to the human race. Bolivar Trask is the creator of the mutant hunting robots called the Sentinels.

 

Keep watching the clever company promotional video to see how the classic enemies will look in the Bryan Singer directed sequel.

 

If Trask Industries has its way there will not be any mutants in the future. Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) is playing Trask. Continue reading X-MEN Trask Industries Viral Video

X-MEN: BATTLE OF THE ATOM #1 Preview

X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1 courtesy Marvel
X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1 courtesy Marvel

Marvel shared a first look inside X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1. Past, present and future mutants will clash in this 50th Anniversary event by an all-star team.

 

Beast brought Professor Xavier’s original five students into the present in order to stop Scott’s mutant revolution. Now X-Men from the future arrive in the present on a mission to force the past X-Men to go back home.

 

If you read Age of Ultron, you know how twisting time has affected the Marvel Universe. What will the past and future X-Men do to the already damaged timeline? Continue reading X-MEN: BATTLE OF THE ATOM #1 Preview

Top 5 Comic Book Picks for July 31, 2013

Batman, Incorporated #13 courtesy DC Comics
Batman, Incorporated #13 courtesy DC Comics

What a week! Milestone issues! Creators at the the top of their game on exciting new projects or reaching major finales! It was extremely hard to pick this week but….here we go:

 

Batman, Incorporated #13 Bruce vs. Talia – one final battle! Will Batman’s obsession with revenge for Damian’s murder make him kill the woman he once loved? Grant Morrison’s Batman finale is sure to be controversial, game-changing and gripping!

 

Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time #7 All of the Time Lord’s companions are kidnapped. The Seventh Doctor makes a strange house call in a Scottish castle and all 11 Doctors appear in this latest chapter celebrating the Time Lord’s 50th Anniversary. Continue reading Top 5 Comic Book Picks for July 31, 2013

BATMAN Triple Play Week!

 

Batman Annual #2 courtesy DC Comics
Batman Annual #2 courtesy DC Comics

Bonus Week for Batman Fans!

 

The Dark Knight is starring in two Annuals from DC Comics this week:

 

BATMAN ANNUAL #2 by Scott Snyder and Aaron Lopresti with this cover by Jock.

Snyder is exploring how Bruce Wayne became the Batman in Zero Year. In Bruce’s first year as a crime fighter he’s clashing with the Red Hood Gang and an enemy within his own family and Wayne Enterprises!

 

See what Snyder reveals about Bruce’s Bat-origins in this tie-in annual to the smash current storyline. Continue reading BATMAN Triple Play Week!

IRON MAN Welcomes You to Iron Metropolitan

 

Iron Metropolitan courtesy Marvel
Iron Metropolitan courtesy Marvel

Marvel announces the next phase for Iron Man on the upcoming 1 year Marvel Now anniversary. Writer Kieron Gillen and new artist Joe Bennett launch a bold new storyline for Tony Stark this November. The writer explains The Secret Origin of Tony Stark will lead into Iron Metropolitan:

 

“By the time we reach the end of Iron Man #17, Tony’s reeling,” Gillen says. “Hell, Tony’s reeling now. Basically, [‘Iron Metropolitan’] builds on everything he’s learned, everything he’s gained, everything. He went into space to get new ideas for new approaches. And you know what? Continue reading IRON MAN Welcomes You to Iron Metropolitan

Jamie Foxx “Aggresively Pursuing” SPAWN

Spawn #232 courtesy Todd McFarlane and Image Comics
Spawn #232 courtesy Todd McFarlane and Image Comics

Jamie Foxx as Spawn?

 

The Oscar winner plays Spidey villain Electro in Amazing Spider-Man 2 next year but has an Image hero on his wish list.

 

“Spawn is one, yeah. And Mike Tyson. Those are two roles I would just love to do. I’m aggressively pursuing them,” Foxx told Movies.com.

 

Spawn is the creation of Todd McFarlane. Al Simmons was a soldier turned assassin who was betrayed and killed. Al became a “Hellspawn” in a deal with a demonic force order to see his wife again. Continue reading Jamie Foxx “Aggresively Pursuing” SPAWN

X-FORCE Movie Writer On His Favorite Mutants

Uncanny X-Force #18 cover courtesy Marvel.com
Uncanny X-Force #18 cover courtesy Marvel.com

Ever since it was announced Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2) was writing and possibly directing an X-Force geeks have been speculating which version of the team will blast their way across the big screen.

 

While Wadlow is not confirming the roster, he’s giving hope to the Deadpool faithful that the Merc With a Mouth could be featured. Here’s who Wadlow picked when asked about Screen Rant about his favorite X-Force members

 

“Look, I’m a huge Deadpool fan, who doesn’t love Wolverine – but obviously Cable Continue reading X-FORCE Movie Writer On His Favorite Mutants