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VILLAINS MONTH: The Big Book of Evil!

The bad guys win…at least for one month!

All of DC Comics’ New 52 titles will be replaced by Villains books this September.

Villains Month will spotlight 52 of the DC Universe’s biggest rogues in their own unique one-shots. DC has announced a compilation of these evil issues just in time for Santa’s nice and naughty list!

The DC NEW 52 VILLAINS OMNIBUS will be a complete and comprehensive guide to the huge September event.

“September has always been a big month for us and we look for an opportunity every year in September to do something big that really redefines the line and invites anyone who hasn’t been following comics to step right in,” Continue reading VILLAINS MONTH: The Big Book of Evil!

X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Date Change

X-Men Days of Future Past will now open Memorial Day Weekend in 2014. Fox moved the sequel from July to May 23, 2014.

Bryan Singer is currently directing the film featuring cast members from the original X-Men films and X-Men: First Class. The director confirmed the move on Twitter.

Here’s a previous picture from Singer showing Nicholas Hoult as Hank McCoy (Beast) and Hugh Jackman on the set of the film – set in the 1970’s.

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New TALON in Villains Month

The Court of Owls have been manipulating Gotham City for decades using their Talons to enforce their sinister agendas. This September during Villains Month, DC Comics will give you a behind-the-scenes look at just how involved with Gotham’s history the Court has really been.

Editor Bob Harris says “showing off Talons in various decades of the Court of Owls’ history, this unique one-shot will Continue reading New TALON in Villains Month

WORLD WAR Z Sequels?

World War Z finally hits theaters. The film follows a United Nations worker’s global journey to discover the cause and possible cure of a zombie outbreak. Brad Pitt produced and stars in the film based on the book by Max Brooks. Pitt

“He’s a normal guy who finds out that every country is affected and no one knows what to do,” the actor tells The Hollywood Reporter.

The film and book are very different. When asked about sequels Pitt responded:

“There is enough to mine from the book. We could barely get a fraction of the book in. So we’ll see. We’ll see.”

Here’s the trailer: Continue reading WORLD WAR Z Sequels?

Brian Wood on Kitty Pryde in X-MEN

Kitty Pryde has come a long way from being the teenager scared of Wolverine, unsure of her powers and crushing on Russian hunk. Kitty is now central to the X-Men starring in multiple books. I want to share part of Brian Wood’s Marvel.com interview about Kitty’s role on the new, all-female X-Men series:

“Traditionally, Kitty’s the brains of the outfit, and has a tendency to be the smartest one in whatever room she happens to walk into. Her role in this team is the strategist, the fixer, the problem-solver and the deliverer-of-wise-cracks. I like writing her as hyper-capable—well, they all are, really, but each in their own way. Kitty’s way is to be clever as hell, able to read people really well, and [she] is most likely to be the one Continue reading Brian Wood on Kitty Pryde in X-MEN

Galactus Has Ultimate HUNGER

Multiple universes will suffer the consequences of Wolverine’s actions in Age of Ultron! Earth’s Mightiest Heroes found a way to stop Ultron but Logan’s time jumps have ruptured the continuum! Angela has been pulled into the Marvel Universe. Galactus was transported into the Ultimate Universe – and he’s hungry!

Age of Ultron writer Brian Michael Bendis, new Ultimate Comics Ultimates writer Joshua Fialkov, Executive Editor Tom Brevoort and Ultimate Comics Editor Mark Panicca previewed the aftermath of Age of Ultron #10 in Marvel liveblog.

HUNGER will be a four-part series kicking off in July in which the Ultimate Universe faces the threat of Galactus! Bendis explains how the events of AoU inspired ideas of how it could impact the Marvel multiverse:

“For a lot of Age of Ultron, it was me and Tom Brevoort planning alone. When we put it out to everybody at Marvel that we were doing this crazy time travel story, we told them we wanted there to be ramifications. We asked ‘What’s the craziest thing that could fall into the Marvel Universe?’ A lot of ideas were something dropping on the Ultimate Universe that would be insane. Then Joe Quesada called me out of the blue and told me we could have Angela. That was about the craziest thing I ever heard. Then Neil Gaiman wanting Continue reading Galactus Has Ultimate HUNGER

Robert Downey, Jr. in AVENGERS Sequels!

“He IS Iron Man!”

And now it’s official!

Marvel announced the signing of Robert Downey, Jr. to reprise the role of the “billionaire, genius, playboy, philanthropist” Tony Stark and Armored Avenger – Iron Man!

Under the two-picture agreement, Downey will star as Tony Stark/Iron Man in “Marvel’s The Avengers 2” and “Marvel’s The Avengers 3.”

Downey, Jr.’s last two Marvel films, 2012’s “Marvel’s The Avengers” and this year’s “Iron Man 3,” rank as two of the top five grossing films of all time, collectively earning over $2.7 billion worldwide to date.
“Marvel’s The Avengers 2” will be written and directed by Joss Whedon. Featuring favorites from the first Avengers film and new Marvel characters never before seen on the big screen, “Marvel’s The Avengers 2” is slated to start production in March 2014 and open in theaters May 1, 2015.

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ETERNAL WARRIOR #1 First Look

Superstar creators Greg Pak and Trevor Hairsine are taking on the Eternal Warrior with an all-new ongoing series. Here’s a first look at Hairsine’s inked interiors for Eternal Warrior #1 courtesy Valiant.

“Across ten millennia and a thousand battlefields, Gilad Anni-Padda has traversed the darkest, most mysterious corners of history. But the horror Continue reading ETERNAL WARRIOR #1 First Look

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