JOHNSON QUESTIONS WB'S DECISION ON BLACK ADAM08/05/23 @ 5:02 pm EST
Source: Deadline | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentDwayne Johnson, in
interview with frequent co-star
Kevin Hart, blames the lack of sequel for
Black Adam on the change of leadership at Warner Bros Discovery. Hart keyed up the softball question by pointing out that the film had a successful opening and there was an appetite from Johnson’s fans for more. “I think that
Black Adam got caught in a vortex of new leadership,” Johnson answered, “It was so many changes in leadership. Anytime you have a company, a publicly-traded company, and you have all those changes in leadership, you have people coming in who creatively, fiscally, are going to make decisions that you may not agree with, philosophically.” Johnson wondered why, given that performance and other positives despite the headwinds the film faced, Black Adam was not included in the new DCU. “That was a question out of Wall Street, that was a question out of Hollywood: ‘Wait a minute. You had the biggest opening of your career. Sure, no China. That could have been maybe $100m, maybe 200m more dollars. You’re establishing a new superhero. You want to grow out the franchise. You bring back Superman and Henry Cavill. The world went crazy.’ And also, too, we created a diverse superhero portfolio… As business-minded people, you and I, who are always thinking ‘audience first,’ yes we look at and respect the bottom line economically, but also when you think about opportunity and creating opportunity and creating things that are fresh for our audience – which is our number one boss – when that wasn’t looked at through that lens, it makes things a little more challenging for guys like you and I.” He ended the topic with a sports analogy: “You know what it is? It’s like new ownership coming in and buying an NFL team going, “Alright. Not my head coach. Not my quarterback. Doesn’t matter how many times we won the Super Bowl. Doesn’t matter how many rings we got. I’m going with somebody else.”
'DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE’S KIDPOOL MAKES HER COMICS DEBUT IN 'KIDPOOL & SPIDER-BOY' #111/08/24 @ 1:52 pm EST
Source: Marvel | Categories: Kidpool and Spider-Boy | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentOver the summer,
Deadpool & Wolverine introduced fans to an army of Deadpool variants and standing out amongst the crowd was KIDPOOL! This November, this breakout star enters the Marvel Comics universe for the first time ever in KIDPOOL & SPIDER-BOY #1, a one-shot by superstar writer Christopher Yost, artist Nathan Stockman, and more.
It’s an historic first meeting as your new favorite foul-mouthed adolescent, KIDPOOL, teams up with another one of the biggest debut characters in recent memory, SPIDER-BOY! Will the Adolescent-Arachnid be able to keep the Murderous Middle-Grader from causing the return of the Comics Code? UNLIKELY! But Bailey is going to try! And could this all-new KIDPOOL be the very same one from the multiverse-shattering movie? Nothing is off limits when it comes to the Merc with a Mouth!
Check out Humberto Ramos’ cover along with new variant covers by Paco Medina and Todd Nauck. Preorder KIDPOOL & SPIDER-BOY #1 at your local comic shop today!
GET A TASTE OF 'LOVESICK' WORLD IN NEW SONG, VIDEO BY NIIS11/08/24 @ 1:41 pm EST
Source: Image Comics | Categories: Image Comics | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentLuana Vecchio, the award-winning creator of erotic horror series
Lovesick, and popular punk band NIIS have teamed up to give fans a taste of dominatrix
Domino’s twisted world in a new song and music video inspired by the series. Directed by Meriel O’Connell and starring NIIS lead singer Mimi Doe, the music video for “Lovesick” features Doe as a seductive yet terrifying dominatrix, alluding to Mother Demon Domino, luring in her prey. Domino’s origins will soon be explored in Vecchio’s new miniseries
Doll Parts: A Lovesick Tale, part coming-of-age and part horror-thriller, kicking off this December. A new sneak peek of the first issue, shown below, reveals how the tale begins.
In
Lovesick, dark web subscribers pay a high price to be maimed, tortured, and killed by ruthless and irresistible dominatrix Domino. This is what they call “love” in the Lovesick Club. But as Domino faces emerging threats and mounting pressure from a needy audience, what price will she have to pay for success in this literally cutthroat world? And what will she have to become to survive? Vecchio invites you into a digital underworld of cannibalism and bloody neon to explore the limits of consent, love, and idolatry in one of the most erotic and extreme stories in recent years.
"One of the things I love most about art is how creating it inspires others to create more,” said Vecchio. “It’s incredibly beautiful and, in a way, so romantic. That’s exactly what I thought when Mimi sent me the demo of ‘Lovesick.’ I was amazed that someone on the other side of the world could create something that captured the essence of my work so perfectly. NIIS’ ‘Lovesick’ is bold and addictive, just like the world of my comic.
As I listened, I could imagine each scene vividly coming to life. When I wrote Domino, I envisioned her as a natural performer who loves to dance and sing; I had a clear sense of her voice, sweet like a mother’s yet sharp as a demon’s. I’m almost spooked by how perfectly Mimi captured her, as if she read my mind. I was blown away by the quality of NIIS’ music video. Everything is so perfectly done! I love how the visuals echo
Lovesick’s style while the band still told their own story. Hats off to everyone involved—I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve watched it!"
“When we were writing the song ‘Lovesick,’ my guitarist started kicking around a dark riff,” said Doe. “I hadn't found the words to put on it yet. Actually, I wasn't really feeling inspired until that night. I was laying in bed with my boyfriend and he asked if I wanted to read together. He pulled out
Lovesick and I immediately was awestruck. I couldn't get enough of Domino. She was so beautiful, strong, scary, and so fragile at the same time. Domino's character conveyed so much power to her audience, and the fragility and incompleteness spoke to me so much. I kept getting lost in her character amongst everything else going on in the comic. ‘I would never let you shatter me’ continues throughout the song because I truly feel as if no one could shatter Domino, except maybe herself.”
Continued Doe: “For the music video, Meriel O'Connell directed it and she was so amazing. I explained to her how much the comic meant to me and how I really wanted to incorporate Domino's character into the story. She really went above and beyond, and took it and ran. I’m grateful I got to live in a world where I was my version of Domino for a second. I just can't wait for Luana's next chapter.”
Vecchio’s next venture into the
Lovesick world, the upcoming
Doll Parts: A Lovesick Tale miniseries, sheds the latex to reveal the haunting and tragic story of what first led Domino down her dark path. The new four-part miniseries, set in the 2000s, is a must-read for both seasoned fans and newcomers to the disturbed universe of
Lovesick. It follows a twelve-year-old girl called Madeleine who dreads the idea of growing up. She fears becoming like the cruel older girls or facing the contempt of her devoutly religious mother. But most of all, she doesn’t want to become a target for the monsters that are out there, hiding in plain sight. However, a stomach-churning discovery forces Madeleine to confront the harsh reality that growing up isn’t a choice—it’s survival. As she is thrust into a world of perverted killers and unsavory websites, she has to come to terms with her own dark obsessions.
Added Vecchio about the upcoming
Doll Parts: A Lovesick Tale miniseries: “Since
Lovesick was released, both Domino and I have received so much love. This support inspired me to write
Doll Parts: A Lovesick Tale, the prequel that tells Domino’s teenage story. I feel that female adolescence isn’t explored enough—at least, not in the way I’d like. Growing up as a girl can truly be a terrifying experience: getting unwanted attention, dealing with a changing body, and discovering love and sexuality. For some of us, these can be real-life horror experiences. That’s why I’m so proud of this prequel; I feel I’ve told this story with the freedom, honesty, and sensitivity it deserves. I love how, with Image Comics, I truly feel free to express both my creativity and my worldview, finally bringing a female experience to comics that is still too rarely explored."
The music video for NIIS’s “Lovesick” is now
live on YouTube and the song is now available to purchase or stream.
Doll Parts: A Lovesick Tale #1 will be available at
comic book shops on Wednesday, December 11 (FOC is November 11):Cover A by Luana Vecchio - Lunar Code 1024IM284Cover B by Luana Vecchio - Lunar Code 1024IM285Cover C (connecting) by Luana Vecchio - Lunar Code 1024IM286Cover D by Jessica Cioffi (aka LOPUTYN) - Lunar Code 1024IM287Cover E (1:10 incentive cover) by Luana Vecchio - Lunar Code 1024IM288Cover F (1:25 incentive cover) by Luana Vecchio - Lunar Code 1024IM289Cover G (sketch) by Luana Vecchio - Lunar Code 1024IM289
Doll Parts: A Lovesick Tale #1 will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.
Lovesick Vol. 1 which collects
Lovesick #1-7, is now available for purchase at comic book shops, at independent bookstores (ISBN: 9781534325937), Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones, and across many digital platforms.
RYAN REYNOLDS SAYS MARVEL EXECS ARE “OBSESSED” WITH CHANNING TATUM’S GAMBIT11/07/24 @ 9:30 pm EST
Source: Deadline | Categories: Marvel | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentAfter nearly 20 years, Channing Tatum might finally get his solo Marvel outing, thanks to a little help from pal Ryan Reynolds.
Following Tatum’s appearance as Gambit in
Deadpool & Wolverine, Reynolds teased that Marvel executives are “obsessed” with the performance and he has “hope” for Gambit’s onscreen future.
“I honestly don’t know what goes on behind closed doors in the bookkeeping sessions at Marvel, but I do know that they’re obsessed with him in that role,” he said on
Entertainment Weekly‘s
Awardist podcast. “It’s kind of like the same situation I went through. Once you show that it works well, that’s really what they need. Sometimes they just need to see it in action.”
Tatum was meant to play Gambit in
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), but the character didn’t make it into the film. Due to a scheduling conflict for Tatum, Taylor Kitsch played Gambit in
X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which also featured Reynolds’ debut as Deadpool.
For the past decade, Tatum has been attached to a potential solo outing, which has bounced around among multiple directors. (via Deadline)
'THE BATMAN': BARRY KEOGHAN’S JOKER RUMORED FOR NEW MOVIE AND SERIES11/07/24 @ 9:18 pm EST
Source: ComicBook | Categories: DC | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentBarry Keoghan’s Joker may get the last laugh in
The Batman trilogy. After the actor made a cameo in 2022’s
The Batman movie — and a five-minute deleted scene that was eventually released online — director Matt Reeves insisted that the brief cameo wasn’t setting up
The Batman Part II.
“It’s not an Easter egg scene,” Reeves explained in a 2022 interview. “It’s not one of those end credits Marvel or DC scenes where it’s going, like, ‘Hey, here’s the next movie!’ In fact, I have no idea when or if we would return to that character in the movies.”
According to a report in the Marvelvision podcast, the Joker isn’t in
The Batman Part II, but will instead be the main villain in
The Batman Part III. The report claims that Keoghan will first reappear in a spinoff series. In the way that
Penguin is the bridge between
The Batman and
The Batman Part II, this rumored series would link the next two films.
Warner Bros. Pictures has dated
The Batman Part II for October 2, 2026. (via ComicBook.com)
WELL GO ACQUIRES TONY JAA ACTION FLICK 'STRIKING RESCUE'11/07/24 @ 2:56 pm EST
Source: Hollywood Reporter | Categories: MIsc | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentWell Go USA has snatched up North American distribution rights to the Chinese action movie
Striking Rescue, starring Thai martial arts hero Tony Jaa. The film is produced by Chinese streamer Youku, which is releasing the film to its subscribers in China on Friday. It will be the first film from Youku to get a U.S. theatrical release. The project is a first step in Youku’s planned expansion into theatrical film production for international markets.
Directed by Cheng Siyi, the action revenge movie follows An Bai (Jaa), a veteran Muay Thai expert who goes on a take-no-prisoners mission of revenge after his wife and daughter are brutally murdered by mysterious forces. The film co-stars Chinese actors Hong Junjia and Shi Yanneng.
One of the last great martial arts stars, Jaa is a three-time Muay Thai champion famous for his explosive and inventive action sequences. (via The Hollywood Reporter)
'THE MAGIC FARAWAY TREE' DIRECTOR KNOWS HOW GOOD HIS CAST IS11/07/24 @ 2:50 pm EST
Source: Hollywood Reporter | Categories: MIsc | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a Comment Before production had begun on film adaptation of Enid Blyton‘s
The Magic Faraway Tree, director Ben Gregor worried that he’d put off star Andrew Garfield with a song written for the picture.
But Garfield loved it. The gesture ended up being instrumental in the atmosphere that Gregor later cultivated on set: true-heartedness, trust -- and magic.
Based on the
Faraway Tree series of novels for children by beloved author Blyton, the film follows Polly (Claire Foy) and Tim Thompson (Garfield) and their children, Beth, Joe and Fran, (played by Delilah Bennett-Cardy, Phoenix Laroche and Billie Gadsdon), who find themselves forced to relocate to the remote English countryside. There, the children discover a magical tree and its extraordinary and eccentric occupants — a far cry away from the distractions of their 21st-century screens.
The project has grabbed headlines in recent months for its casting: first came Garfield and Foy (
The Crown), then came Nicola Coughlan (
Bridgerton,
Derry Girls) and Jessica Gunning (
Baby Reindeer), and just when you thought it couldn’t get any better, Rebecca Ferguson, star of
Dune, was brought on board. And more! The talent is eye-watering, and Gregor is well aware. (via The Hollywood Reporter)
The film is expected to come out in theaters sometime in 2025.
JORGE CORONA RETURNS FOR A NEW ARC! YOUR FIRST LOOK AT 'TRANSFORMERS' #1511/07/24 @ 2:23 pm EST
Source: Skybound | Categories: Transformers | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentToday Skybound and Image Comics, in collaboration with leading toy and game company Hasbro, revealed interior pages and the lineup of variant covers for TRANSFORMERS #15, the two-time Eisner Award winning series from writer Daniel Warren Johnson (Extremity, Do a Powerbomb), artist Jorge Corona (Middlewest), and colorist Sarah Stern (Batgirls). The kickoff to the new arc of the tentpole Energon Universe story will be available on shelves in comic book shops December 11, 2024.
Soundwave moves to finish the war with the Autobots...and all of Earth will suffer. Meanwhile, Optimus Prime and Wheeljack search for the answers to a mystery that may change everything they ever thought they knew.
In addition to the main cover by Daniel Warren Johnson and Mike Spicer, the lineup of variant covers for TRANSFORMERS #15 includes an open-to-order cover B by series artist Jorge Corona & Mike Spicer, a 1:10 incentive variant beginning the connecting cover series by Karl Kerschl (Adventures of Superman), a 1:25 incentive variant by cover by E.J. Su (Tech Jacket), a 1:50 incentive variant by Oliver Ono (Godzilla: Monster Island Summer Camp), a 1:100 incentive variant by Dustin Nguyen (Descender), and a blank sketch cover.
TRANSFORMERS is the cornerstone of the Energon Universe, the crown jewel of the historic collaboration between Hasbro and Skybound, who has introduced a brand-new era of the TRANSFORMERS and G.I. JOE franchises in one shared comic book universe. Other Energon Universe titles include the ongoing series Void Rivals by writer Robert Kirkman (Invincible, The Walking Dead), artist Lorenzo De Felici (Kroma), and colorist Patricio Delpeche (The Sandman Universe: Nightmare Country) and the upcoming G.I. JOE by writer Joshua Williamson (Superman, Dark Ride), artist Tom Reilly (The Thing), and colorist Jordie Bellaire (W0rldtr33). The Energon Universe also includes G.I. JOE miniseries Duke, from Joshua Williamson, Tom Reilly and Jordie Bellaire ; Cobra Commander from Joshua Williamson, Andrea Milana (Impact Winter: Rook) and Annalisa Leoni (Oblivion Song); Scarlett, from writer Kelly Thompson (Black Widow, Birds of Prey), artist Marco Ferrari (Frontiersman), and colorist Lee Loughridge (I Hate This Place, Killadelphia); and Destro, from writer Dan Watters (Loki, Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives!), artist Andrei Bressan (Dark Ride, Birthright), and colorist Adriano Lucas (Dark Ride, Birthright), which introduce the iconic characters of the G.I. JOE and Cobra factions to the Energon Universe. Fans should expect can’t-miss moments from every issue of the Energon Universe, as secrets are unveiled along the path to answering the BIG questions from some of the biggest franchises in comics today.
TRANSFORMERS #15 (Lunar Codes Below $3.99) will be available at
comic book shops and digital platforms including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play on Wednesday, December 11, 2024.
The full list of variant covers is below:
TRANSFORMERS #15 Cover A by Daniel Warren Johnson & Mike Spicer (Lunar Code: 1024IM428)
TRANSFORMERS #15 Cover B by Jorge Corona & Mike Spicer (Lunar Code: 1024IM429)
TRANSFORMERS #15 Cover C (1:10 Copy Incentive) (Connecting) by Karl Kerschl (Lunar Code: 1024IM430)
TRANSFORMERS #15 Cover D (1:25 Copy Incentive) by E.J. Su (Lunar Code: 1024IM431)
TRANSFORMERS #15 Cover E (1:50 Copy Incentive) by Oliver Ono (Lunar Code: 1024IM432)
TRANSFORMERS #15 Cover F (1:100 Copy Incentive) by Dustin Nguyen (Lunar Code: 1024IM433)
TRANSFORMERS #15 Cover G Blank Sketch Cover (Lunar Code: 1024IM434)
TRANSFORMERS #15 Pages 1-3
MARIA BAKALOVA, PETER MULLAN TO STAR IN THRILLER ‘NO WAY OFF’11/06/24 @ 5:59 pm EST
Source: Variety | Categories: MIsc | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentMaria Bakalova, who last played Ivana Trump in “The Apprentice,” will star opposite Peter Mullan in “No Way Off,” a suspense thriller which Altitude is presenting to international buyers at the American Film Market this week in Las Vegas.
The movie is written by Gaby Hull and will be directed by Brian Kelly (“Downton Abbey,” “Dracula”). Matthew James Wilkinson (“Yesterday”) is producing for his Stigma Films banner.
Inspired by single-location thrillers such as “The Shallows,” “Buried” and “Crawl,” the movie is set on Christmas Eve and revolves around Laura, a young mother who waits at a bus stop with her infant son. “When the bus pulls up, its driver is wearing a latex Santa mask. Laura climbs aboard, collapsing into her seat. Exhausted and stressed, she soon falls asleep. When Laura wakes, night has fallen. The bus is now hurtling along a motorway, miles off its usual route. Apart from the sleeping baby, she is the only passenger left on board. She can’t outrun the driver – she’ll have to outsmart him,” reads the synopsis. (via Variety)
'LEGENDS OF TOMORROW’ DUO JOIN WITH OTHER ANGLE ON 'GUMMY BEAR’ MOVIE11/06/24 @ 2:23 pm EST
Source: Deadline | Categories: MIsc | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentWhen The CW announced in 2022 that it was cancelling
DC’s Legends Of Tomorrow after seven seasons, actor-writer Adam Tsekhman, who played Gary Green, and writer-director Andrew Kasch, who was attached as an editor and director, admit it was a blow.
But the pair, who had become friends over the course of their six years on the superhero show, did not rest idle for long as they came together to collaborate on a whacky short film called
The Gummy Bear.Tsekhman stars in the psychedelic short as a man who is given an experimental gummy bear as a freebie with his regular cannabis delivery. One bite sends him on an unexpected mind-blowing trip. Kasch mixes live action with a kaleidoscope of different animation styles for the trip scenes.
Kasch and Tsekhman are joining forces with Paris and L.A.-based sales and production company Other Angle Pictures on a psychedelic road trip movie
The Gummy Bear, spinning off the short. (via Deadline)
‘STRANGER THINGS’ SEASON 5 TEASER REVEALS EPISODE TITLES, 2025 RELEASE11/06/24 @ 2:11 pm EST
Source: Hollywood Reporter | Categories: Stranger Things | Comments (0) | E-mail Article | Add a CommentIn honor of 2024’s
Stranger Things Day, Netflix has revealed the episode titles for the hit show’s fifth and final season.
The mega-streamer also confirmed the season would be released in 2025 and not in 2026 as was briefly speculated online.
Stranger Things season five will have eight episodes, like almost all of the previous seasons, except for the penultimate one, which had nine.
The episode titles are: “The Crawl,” “The Vanishing of _____,” “The Turnbow Trap,” “Sorcerer,” “Shock Jock,” “Escape From Camazotz,” “The Bridge” and “The Rightside Up.”
While the video (below) revealed all the titles of the episodes, there appeared to be someone or something censored out of the title of the second episode, “The Vanishing Of.” Whatever (or whomever) is vanishing, Netflix is not quite ready to share. (via The Hollywood Reporter)
Teaser: https://youtu.be/h-2LIjOt0rA