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BATMAN & TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

The Dark Knight meets the Heroes on the Half Shell!

One of the biggest surprise announcements at San Diego Comic-Con is crossover of some very different crime fighters.

DC Entertainment and IDW Publishing announced their latest crossover miniseries during IDW’s panel:

BATMAN/TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES will be a six-part monthly miniseries is set in Gotham City where fans see the Dark Knight fight like never before with a huge dose of ninja action. Continue reading BATMAN & TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE Animated Movie

What many fans calling the ultimate Joker story will become an animated movie.

DC Entertainment/Warner Bros. revealed the three DC Universe Original Movies coming in 2016, including an adaptation of the classic, Batman: The Killing Joke.

The big news followed a world premiere at San Diego Comic-Con with Bruce Timm’s latest animated movie, Justice League: Gods and Monsters, featuring Timm’s radical new take on Justice League icons.

Batman: The Killing Joke is the classic graphic novel written by Alan Moore and drawn by Brian Bolland with a potential (but not exactly trustworthy) origin for the Joker. This is the story that led to a paralyzed Barbara Gordon to retire as Batgirl…temporarily. Continue reading BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE Animated Movie

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Comic-Con Reel

Fans at San Diego Comic-Con’s Hall H and now the world now have this special look behind the scenes of Star Wars:The Force Awakens.

Director J.J. Abrams, producer and Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy and writer Lawrence Kasdan prepared this moving feature showing the creation of the eagerly awaited new chapter in the beloved saga.

The filmmakers were joined on stage by cast members Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson, Gwendoline Christie, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford to the surprise of fans at SDCC.

Watch and feel The Force: Continue reading STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Comic-Con Reel

BEN AFFLECK & GEOFF JOHNS For BATMAN Film?

Looks like future Dark Knight will cast a huge, long shadow across the DC Comics Movie Universe.

Ben Affleck is in talks to star, write and direct a solo Batman film and DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns will co-write according to Deadline.

The new Batman standalone would shoot Affleck’s next film Live By Night and pick up the Dark Knight after Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Justice League films according to the report. Continue reading BEN AFFLECK & GEOFF JOHNS For BATMAN Film?

HALLE BERRY On STORM Movie

Storm #1 by Victor Ibanez courtesy Marvel

Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry is at San Diego Comic-Con to promote the return of her sci-fi hit series Extant.

X-fans will see Berry in the upcoming X-Men: Days of Future Past – The Rogue Cut but would love to hear her say she’s playing Ororo one more time.

Alexandra Shipp is playing a younger version of the future mutant hero in X-Men: Apocalypse which is set in the 1980’s.

As Fox continues to mutate the film franchise (Deadpool, New Mutants, Gambit, Wolverine) would she ever return for a Storm solo spinoff? Continue reading HALLE BERRY On STORM Movie

HAN SOLO Movie By THE LEGO MOVIE Directors

The story behind the famous smuggler/scoundrel in the galaxy will finally be told.

The team behind The Lego Movie will helm a tale of Han Solo’s early days.

StarWars.com announced the next adventure in the Anthology series of Star Wars films will be directed by Christopher Miller and Phil Lord. The is the dio behind The LEGO Movie, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, 21 Jump Street and 22 Jump Street. Among the most sought-after filmmakers working today, the two have proven a formidable duo on the multiple films they’ve collaborated on and are looking forward to applying their unique creative chemistry to the Star Wars universe. Continue reading HAN SOLO Movie By THE LEGO MOVIE Directors

WONDER WOMAN Movie Wishes

Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman courtesy Warner Entertainment

Gal Gadot is playing a DC icon, Amazon warrior and the link to the future of the DC movie universe?

The Israeli actress is playing Diana Prince in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice on March 25, 2016 and soon starts filming Wonder Woman then Justice League, Part One hitting screens in 2017.

Wonder Woman will be the first comic book superhero to headline her own film in decades and first in this new age where Marvel and DC duke it out for box-office supremacy.

“She plays a super-important part,” Snyder told Entertainment Weekly,” In a lot of ways, she’s the gateway drug to the rest of the Justice League.”

How will Diana Prince lead fanboys and girls into the expanding DC Comics movies? Continue reading WONDER WOMAN Movie Wishes

JAMES BOND By WARREN ELLIS

James Bond 007 by Dom Reardon courtesy Dynamite Entertainment

Ellis…Warren Ellis.

Accepted the mission to write new James Bond comics from Dynamite Entertainment and Ian Fleming Publications Ltd.

Acclaimed writer Ellis (Global Frequency, Red, The Authority, Stormwatch) and artist Jason Masters (Wolverines) are the creative team on James Bond 007. The revealing of the creative team comes 9 months after the first announcement Dynamite and Ian Fleming Publications Ltd. would collaborate on new 007-inpsired comics.

The new book will arrive this November – the same month as SPECTRE, the new Bond film starring Daniel Craig. Continue reading JAMES BOND By WARREN ELLIS

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