The iconic manga and anime character, Astro Boy is getting the live-action treatment courtesy of New Line.
According to The Hollywood Report, the company is in negotiations to pick up the rights to the character. New Line has hired Andre Fabrizio and Jeremy Passmore to work on the script. The duo worked on San Andreas.
Astro Boy was created by Osamu Tezuka. Astro Boy is a robot boy created by a scientist as a replacement after the death of his son.
Monkeys Fighting Robots will deliver more details as they become available.
One advantage of late night talk shows is that having musical guests can lead to people discovering some bands that could otherwise be left unknown. One such band was The Fratellis. They came on Late Night with Conan O’ Brien and played “Flathead”, a very catchy song. I was hooked and decided to listen to the rest. But how does the rest of the album Costello Music fare? Not bad, actually. It’s a solid work but like too many albums, very few of the songs rise above the level of memorable. Besides “Flathead”, there are other unforgettable pieces such as “Whistle for the Choir”, the sweetest tune in the album. It’s so good and melancholy that it made me wish that the band had delved more into that kind of songwriting on this album, instead of defaulting into pure feet-tapping rock.
The rest of the album is vivacious and fun to listen to, but it’s hard to imagine anyone listening to all of it more than once. Songs like “Chelsea Dagger” and “Baby Fratelli” have made their appearances in movies like Hot Fuzz and Pitch Perfect, and while entertaining and joyous, they don’t really live up to “Flathead” and “Whistle for the Choir.” One thing that has to be taken into account is that this was their debut album, and even some of the best bands have done a whole lot worse. Ten years later, it has stood the test of time; the great songs are still great and the decent ones are still decent. This may seem like a tough evaluation of the album, but it’s a good work and even if it’s just for something like “Chelsea Dagger”, it’s a good listen and a good debut for anyone looking to listen to The Fratellis for the first time.
If you want to listen to the album yourself, get it right here.
With the team split between two worlds, the number of conflicts doubled, as Team Flash takes on every current conflict that has been in the forefront of their minds.
Earth-1 Barry is in captivity, Earth-2 Barry is coming to grips with reality that his other worldly twin was a mere couple of feet away from him. Harrison Wells is the closest to getting his daughter back as he ever could be. Jay, at least we hope it is, is a mere child’s joke away from another chance as regaining his speed. All that and more on Tuesday’s episode of The Flash.
It seem’s that a haunting monologue is the new starting point for many episodes to come. As Zoom is racing through Earth-2 Central City, he is heard calling out to Wells, knowing that he is back in his home world and itching to get a run at his daughters capturer. A feat that has been falling short since she has gone missing.
Overall, the episode shied away from any of the major storyline. Really having two world’s full of story to sift between, it was a real central plot driven episode, which was a nice break from the dozens of arcs going on through this season.
The goal was simple, save Barry, return to Earth-1 and lock Zoom back in Earth-2. Easy, right?
Well, like any episode, things get muddy real quick. In the search for Barry, and the harder search for Zoom’s lair; Harry, Cisco, E-2 Barry and Iris Allen put E-2 Barry’s CSI skills to the test and set out to find an unlikely ally, one who would know where Zoom’s hideaway might be. From the heartbreak of her leader killing her love, Killer Frost was the center of attention, and Cisco knew that he could get her to cooperate. Barry battles his cell, unable to get out of the glass-like case.
With software that might be useful on Earth-1 some day soon, E-2 Barry cross-referenced heat signatures, obvious related temperature drops and other markers, the hunt for Frost was on. Which led them right to the middle of the forest.
Back on Earth-1, reeling from the threat of Geomancer, we see the Central City Picture News and Iris is hard at work. But, a new sheriff in town seems to have other ideas. A new editor, Scott Evans, flexes his power muscle and strikes down a Flash “fluff piece,” wanting more hard hitting stories that put the Flash in a negative light. In an almost 180 degree direction, it seems that this new editor is ready to dirty his name and prepare the city for when the Flash is not there. In fairness, the sudden disappearance of the Flash is one to create controversy and to cause some worry that the lives of Central City’s residents may face danger that is far beyond stopping. However, this vendetta that came hastily screams of a hidden reason, one of which I believe we will be seeing very shortly.
One of the bigger events from last week going into this is the first taste of Jay Garrick and his speed. In his first confrontation with Geomancer, his Velocity-7 induced speed burst quickly wore off, but was around just enough to get Geomancer’s attention and set the stage for round two. The solution was not the Velocity-6 that was created, obviously leading to the development of Velocity-7. However, much like it’s predecessor, the effects were temporary and detrimental to those who use it. As we have learned, Jay has dabbled with Velocity-6, leading him to his current health state.
His second run-in was a good segway for the debut of Velocity 9. In an almost Microsoft-like way, Caitlin Snow seemingly skipped over the entirety of Velocity-8 and went right for nine. With Geomancer causing a tremor and toppling a building, Jay skipped the whole testing part and immediately injected it right into his bloodstream. In what could only be described as one of the coolest scenes that was a long time coming, we could see the spark in Jay’s eyes. One thing was for sure, Jay was back in business.
Sprinting away, Jay answered the call of Geomancer, aware of a second Flash in Central City and saved the people that we’re almost trapped inside the rubbled and debris.
While overall it was an underwhelming event and no physical altercation took place, it was a new change with the addition of a fourth speedster to the roster and the third current one running about. Despite this long awaited breakthrough, he was clearly run down from the rediscovered speed, opting to lay down while he adapts to the change. Upon looking at the further research of the Velocity-9, Caitlin realized a breakthrough in the V-9 and how it is helping Jay’s regenerative abilities and is actually healing his ailments. After trying to announce it to him, the third and final appearance of Geomancer happened right in S.T.A.R. Labs, as he must have followed Jay back to the labs and launched a full-on attack on her and Iris, with Jay nowhere to be found.
Unwavering, Geomancer attacked the ground and caused a tremor that seemed like it was going to take the entire lab down. Heading for the gun to subdue him, Iris and Caitlin were amazingly well-prepared for the unsuspecting attack. Things looked like they were going south fast, but Caitlin managed to get the gun and knock him out. Later on, Joe put the neck dampener on him and locked him up in the basement, preparing him for Iron Heights.
At this moment, things began to get interesting.
With Barry and Jesse finally face to face and trying to figure out a way to escape, a third face began to stir the rumor mill and wild guesses on Twitter. A mystery prisoner donning a steel mask, only able to communicate via taps on the glass was a mystery up until this point. Clearly, he has a role in the whole scheme of things, because why would Zoom hold a random person hostage. Zoom is way too calculated and concise to be as random as to hold someone if they weren’t of some value. He is holding Jesse as a bargaining chip so Wells cooperates in stealing Barry’s speed, and he is holding Barry in order to sap his speed.
It’s only until Jesse and Barry discover that the tapping is in sync with a certain pattern. He never goes above five taps, but it’s obvious that he is attempting to say something. Boiling it down, Barry realizes that he is using a form of tap code. Using a 5×5 grid of the letters of the alphabet, excluding the use of K for C since they’re similar phonetically, they finally have a way to talk to this man in the mask. His message is simple, J…………A………..Y…………Jay? As in Jay Garrick?
The discussion was brief, as Zoom rushes in and cuts him off, scolding him for talking, clearly trying to hide some big piece of the puzzle. Zoom approaches Barry’s cell and easily phases through, grabs Barry by the neck and threatens him for attempting to get him to talk.
Rumors began, as well as my own thought process running rampant, what did he mean by J-A-Y? My only logical explanation, could the Jay that we know right now be a veil for Zoom? I mean, it makes sense. Zoom’s end game is really to become the fastest and strongest speedster in the multiverse. Could he actually be a Jay clone behind the mask and actually projecting another Jay lookalike. We have actually seen Zoom’s alter ego, Hunter Zolomon in the park scene when Jay was showing Caitlin his Earth-1 twin. While there isn’t much to see in the few close shots of the masked mystery, a profile shot shows what looks to be a Jay Garrick-like person.
Nothing angered me more than when they just sort of left that plot right there. Moving onward with the story, Wells, Cisco, Iris and Barry, with the help of Killer Frost, managed to make their way up the hill and happen upon an old abandoned cable car area. In a place that only a speedster can reach, Frost uses her powers to create a wall for them to climb. Once up there, they easily get Jesse out, and turn to Barry and attempt to free him. Frost tries to freeze the glass but fails, and it’s only when Wells identifies it as carbide that the only way for him to get out is to phase through. Knowing that he cannot make up the difference of the different frequencies that the two Earth’s have, Barry comes face to face with his Earth-2 self, who offers some words of encouragement, almost like giving yourself a pep talk in the mirror. Sure enough, he takes it on slowly and manages to phase through the pane and into the crowd.
Concerned about his silent friend, Barry attempts to free him, but is quickly thwarted by Zoom, who returns to his lair. Things get a bit deeper when he thanks Killer Frost for bringing them to him, despite Cisco’s pleas to her and his reminding her of Ronnie/Deathstorm’s death at the hands of Zoom. Giving him the cold shoulder, it seems that Zoom and her had baited them perfectly and Zoom was about to kill Jesse, but was blindsided by Frost, who showed that she does have a warm heart. Barry tried to save the masked man, he was desperately out of time and promised him that he would be back to save him when this was done and over with.
Allowing the team to escape, they were faced with an issue. With Geomancers attack at the lab, the speed cannon was badly damaged and the breach became unstable. Improvising on the fly, Jay used the remainder of his V-9 to open the breach long enough while Joe opened the override switches to keep the portal open. Getting everyone through, Zoom was able to take Wells back, but Wells was able to dose him with the speed dampening serum and Barry pulled him back through to Earth-1. All seemed good, until Jay was ripped back through to Earth-2 by Zoom, and the episode was done, leaving a lot to be answered.
All in all, The Flash continuously delivers on all cylinders, and this episode was nothing short of that. While the weaving of storylines was relatively small this week, the overall plot progression was a well paced thing. It’s always exciting seeing Zoom and Flash face to face, because you really never know how things will end up. Zoom clearly has issues in sapping his speed, even though he has tapped Jay’s speed and ripped it from him. Which raises the question about Jay entirely, and why Zoom is unable to leech from him directly and needed Wells’ help this time.
With next week already pointing fingers at the resurfacing of King Shark and his return to cause mayhem in Central City, it’s likely we will see a small break from Zoom and focus on Barry getting better, faster and stronger. A lot was shown, and a lot more questions have been posed, which is heading towards a dazzling finish of season two.
Best Supporting Actress is typically the most wide open of all the acting races at The Oscars, relatively speaking. There have been plenty of years where Supporting Actress was a foregone conclusion, but the upsets in this category have been more prevalent than in any other. Marcia Gay Harden beating Kate Hudson in 2001, Marisa Tomei nabbing the statue in ’92… there are examples of upsets throughout the history of Best Supporting Actress.
This year, there isn’t even a possible upset alert, because the race is so completely fluid and obtuse. Actor is DiCaprio, like it or not. Brie Larson has been dominating Best Actress wins the entire season (though don’t ignore Cate Blanchett), and most believe Supporting Actor is Stallone’s to lose this year. Not in Supporting Actress, however. One time favorites have been getting shut out of recent awards shows, and two other actresses have shared accolades in the meantime. Perhaps it’s a three-actress race, but even then are any of them a favorite? And if so, that lends even more credence to one of the other two actresses sneaking in and shocking prognosticators.
Winslet/Vikander/Jason-Leigh
These are the three “leaders” in the clubhouse, at least in their own respective ways. It seemed Jennifer Jason Leigh’s performance in Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight was a done deal back in December. But a weird thing happened: The Hateful Eight floundered. It’s still Tarantino, so it’s better than half the other films out there. But H8 fizzled at the box office, ran into middling reviews, and scared audiences who didn’t know how to categorize it. JJL still grabbed a much deserved Supporting Actress nomination, but the film itself missed out on several categories where Tarantino films typically have a reserved spot (Picture, Screenplay, Director). this could hurt her chances. Not to mention the fact she has been getting beat by two other heavy hitters.
Alicia Vikander and Kate Winslet have grabbed their share of awards these past few months for their performances. For Steve Jobs, Winslet has won both the Golden Globe and BAFTA awards. Vikander has won smaller awards – the Broadcast Film Critics Association and a handful of regional critics association awards for example – for her role in The Danish Girl. Winslet might be the favorite, but Vikander is hard charging. Jennifer Jason Leigh, meanwhile, has been completely shut out.
Winslet has an Oscar and a handful of nominations working against her, and Vikander is a newcomer who very well may have deserved a Supporting Actress nomination for Ex Machina rather than The Danish Girl. Which is similar to Winslet’s win a decade ago for The Reader when she should have won for Revolutionary Road.
But don’t count out the other two…
Rachel McAdams winning for Spotlight could signify a big night for the drama (Supporting Actress is typically the first or second award given). Rooney Mara, who’s arguably a lead, could get noticed for her meaty performance in Carol. They’re long shots, but their performances certainly warrant consideration and are tailor-made to be upsets.
Guardians of The Galaxy Vol. 2 is slated for a May 5, 2017 release date. Yesterday, principal photography began on the sequel, and a teaser image showed off one interesting tidbit about the cast.
Peter Quill/Star Lord is front and center in the shadowy cast reveal, as is Drax, Gamora, and Rocket Raccoon. And there’s also Groot in the picture… Tiny Groot:
It appears Groot hasn’t fully recovered from saving the day at the end of the original film. Or perhaps this is just a wink to the previous adventure.
We don’t have an official synopsis of the film as of yet, but Marvel Studios released this brief statement.
Set to the all-new sonic backdrop of Awesome Mixtape #2, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” continues the team’s adventures as they unravel the mystery of Peter Quill’s true parentage.
We do know Benicio Del Toro will return as The Collector, and likely the team is searching for Peter Quill’s origins. Marvel Studios made it official that Kurt Russell is part of the cast and presumably Star Lord’s father.
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 is written and directed by James Gunn and stars Chris Pratt as Peter Quill/Star-Lord; Zoe Saldana as Gamora; Dave Bautista as Drax; Vin Diesel as the voice of Groot; Bradley Cooper as the voice of Rocket; Michael Rooker as Yondu; Karen Gillan as Nebula; and Sean Gunn as Kraglin. New cast members include Pom Klementieff, Elizabeth Debicki, Chris Sullivan and Kurt Russell.
How do you solve a problem like Clark Kent? That’s the question that DC have been asking themselves for quite some time. Sometime happened after the New 52, Barry Allen must have messed up somewhere because something got lost in the multiverse when he was putting it back together. Somewhere along the way, writers seemed to lose sight of the character’s optimism and the hope that Superman is meant to inspire. Gone was the moral epicenter of the DC universe we knew and loved, in his a place a darker character, incapable of inspiring those around him. Remember, this is a character who had an entire story-line created as a critical response to the 90’s trend of creating edgier and darker characters. “What’s so funny about truth, justice and the American way?” was so beloved that they even made into an animated movie and yet the publishers seem to have forgotten the lesson it taught us. Despite a list of solid writers behind him, and an occasional noteworthy story-line like Superman: Unchained, the Man of Steel has been unable to find his feet in this new universe. The reason d’etre of DC’s latest limited-series; Superman: American Alien is to examine the man behind the myth and answer that age old question; just who is Clark Kent? If the pitch sounds familiar, it’s because Smallville ran for 10 seasons on a similar premise as did the original Man of Steel mini-series and Mark Waid’s Superman: Birthright. This isn’t a Superman series per se, but rather a story about an ordinary man burdened with godlike power and how that eventually manifests itself.
Centered around Clark Kent’s first foray into professional journalism as he competes with Lois Lane for a job at the Daily Planet, our protagonist encounters a number of billionaires certain to have an impact on his destiny. This issue isn’t as standalone as those that came before, relying on your knowledge of the events of the third issue to provide context for much of the events and character development. The illustrious Lex Luthor is compared to Ayn Rand at one point in the issue as and its easy to see why. This Lex is sees himself as the John Galt of his age, the true “Man of Tomorrow” gifted with the ability to change the world. Lex has always been a narcissist, but something seems off with his characterisation. Lex may not need people to like, but there has always been that devilish charm to him that seems absent here. It is ironic that he laments the rise of pseudo-intellectuals, but his own political philosophy is equally susceptible to such claims. However, his tirades are classic Lex and his interaction with Clark, while brief, something that are quite reminiscent of Smallville.
Landis’ excels at the quite moments that reveal Clark’s wholesome background, his social anxiety and his inherently clumsiness. They are subtle, they are cringe-worthy, but they are essential to the character. Those traits are what make him endearing, ensuring Clark is more than just a Herculean figure in blue tights. He is a man, taken for all in all. The age-old story of the country boy moving to the big city and trials and tribulations that result is not lost on us. Superman is what he can do, but Clark is who he is.
We also get a unique take on Clark’s call to action, the moment that he decides to become symbol of hope. It’s certainly interesting to view Batman as an inspiration for Superman, with Clark accepting that there must be light to counteract the dark in this ever increasingly bleak world. Indeed, the theme of the issue is the quintessential question of how to become a greater version of yourself. Is it through making up for past sins? Taking a non-traditional approach to reporting? Or is it in creating an identity that allows you to be an agent for change? Each of these characters are searching for agency and paths to meaningful actualisation, providing Clark with the context he needs to forge his own path. Its a remarkably personal read and one that gives a deeper insight into the character than we have seen in a long time.
Much like the anthology series it takes inspiration from, Superman: American Alien featuring a rotating panel of artists. This isn’t Jae Lee’s first time working with these characters. Indeed, his time on Batman/Superman shines in the ease in which he falls back into drawing these characters. The interiors are stylistically rough around the edges as if coming straight from a sketchbook. The backgrounds are indicative of a location becoming a character in themselves. As we closely begin to see more and more of Metropolis, it becomes almost like a modern re-imagining of Fleischer Studios’ Superman cartoons and its stunning. Design-wise things are quite interesting, we are finally introduced to Lex who seems to be closely modeled off Michael Rosenbaum’s iconic take on the character. Meanwhile, the Dark Knight makes his first full-appearance in a costume reminiscent of the original, crude design featured in his debut appearance from Detective Comics #27. This take on the Caped Crusader is a refreshing change to the militaristic designs of the New 52 and one that fits into the raw world that Landis and his collaborators have been weaving over the last four issues.
When I compare this series to Smallville, understand that is one of the highest compliments I can give a Superman story. Superman: American Alien is a beautifully composed piece of literature that highlights the fragile humanity of Clark Kent and informs us as to the man behind the shield. This is a return to form for both the Man of Steel and Max Landis. Indeed, in returning to first principles, Landis and Lee have finally managed to rediscover what makes Superman compelling on a fundamental level. It ranks up there with A Superman for All Seasons in terms of stories that truly speak to the heart of a character and act as a testament to their longevity. Let’s hope that it’s up, up and away from here.
‘Physician, Heal Thy Selfie’ is the latest escapade from iZombie, and is it any good? Well, it could have been amazing, but I guess it was alright.
Review of iZombie Season Two ‘Physician, Heal Thy Selfie’
First off the episodes murder! This week’s murder case is equal parts progressive and disappointing. On the good side: Three deaths at once, that could really add another layer when trying to get the right vision, no heads or visions, that forces Liv to play detective, tying into the Mr. Boss plot, just generally awesome. Why could this possibly be disappointing? Well, these ideas don’t fully work together. If this murder was just a triple homicide, Liv would have to make a decision, would she only eat one brain and hope that he has the proper memories? Liv then has a 33% of being helpful, or does she eat all three? What would happen? Would the latest brain take over? Would she have all three’s memories and quirks? That could make for a really interesting episode.
On the flip side, having no heads forces Liv not to rely on visions, this could also make for a great episode. Forcing to play detective, actually, look for clues. Would dire circumstances force Liv to step up and reveal an actual talent at observation (ala Psych), or would Clive notice her lack of helpfulness, pushing the Clive-Zombie plotline. This could make a great episode on its own.
#sushionfleek
The problem is these two ideas are incompatible, the triple homicide’s appeal relies on the vision gimmick, whereas the decapitation forces Liv to abandon the visions. These ideas simply don’t work together. Add to the fact that Clive and Liv’s relationship is basically back to status quo, and things look pretty disappointing.
This doesn’t make for a bad murder, though, that is mostly mitigated by the third gimmick this murder had, actually directly tying into a major plotline. Both actually. The murder was done by Mr. Boss, thus, he was relevant in this episode, but it was played like as a Chaos Killer murder, leaving Du Clark with questions. This was the first episode to really do a fantastic job balancing the two (three?) antagonists.
Du Clark is worried about this fake-Chaos Killer murder, attacking someone Major claimed was human, yet his records clearly reflect zombie behavior. This portion, with Du Clark, is pretty problematic. The first is why Du Clark is so concerned at first. From what he knows, Major lied about the human-ness of this man, then killed him later. What would Major possibly gain by lying to Du Clark, and thus not kill the BA, but then kill him later? It isn’t until Major admits to lying about the BA that Du Clark should really be concerned. The twitter troll bit really spoke to the cruel nature of Max Rager, but the connection between the twitter troll and Major was unclear. Was Du Clark just warning that he doesn’t like being looked down on, enough to tweet mean things about, or enough to lie? Regardless the connection is a little flimsy.And, one of the issues about Max Rager from earlier has sprung up again.
And, one of the issues about Max Rager from earlier has sprung up again. When Du Clark threatens Major about killing the BA, he says, “We know she knows.” HOW? It couldn’t be Gilda overhearing Liv because Gilda has been gone recently (as noted by the line, “Wow, haven’t seen you around here recently”), and between when Liv told about the BA and him getting killed was less than twenty-four hours, so Liv never went home. Liv only talked about the BA in the lab to Ravi and Major, thus, there are two possibilities: Gilda could have slipped a listening device into Liv’s clothes, there are two problems with that theory. The first is that we never saw Gilda slip anything. She would have to do this every day, or have multiple bugs on all Liv’s clean clothes, but we’ve never seen Gilda do such a thing. This wouldn’t be such an issue if it weren’t for the second problem. There is no precedent, it’s almost out of Gilda’s character to use bugs like this because in the past Gilda’s information has come entirely through eavesdropping or just putting two-and-two together.
One of these three is a mole… I mean, maybe
Another explanation could be that Du Clark has a mole in Liv’s group. In order to determine the validity of this idea, we have to examine a particular scene, when Liv tells Major and Ravi about the BA. It cannot be Liv, that… makes no sense. It cannot be Major, he’s being blackmailed with this information, he isn’t giving it. That leaves Ravi.
There are three conclusions here: one, Ravi is a traitor, two, Du Clark is omniscient, three, we were lied to about the bugs, which is the worst of the three scenarios.
Most of Mr. Boss’s screen time is actually not regarding the murder, but his interaction with Blaine. Outright, Blaine is freakin’ lucky. When Mr. Boss showed up, there were three things it could be about. Leaking company info, competing in the Utopium market or finding out about zombies. All three are terrifying for Blaine. At the beginning, Mr. Boss talks about stolen goods, this could very well just be a warm-up before the real confrontation. So when Blaine finds out that it’s just about that $5,000 a week, he is relieved. That is the best possible outcome for Blaine. Let’s just hope Mr. Boss isn’t just playing ignorant, but really is.
Speaking of Blaine, he may have had the luckiest moment in the episode, he also had the worst. Peyton’s method of breaking up with Blaine was brutal, and… I felt sorry for him. Is that supposed to happen? The Peyton-Blaine ship was really developing into something nice, and it’s clear to see that Blaine saw a real relationship developing there. That scene was hard to watch.
While the Peyton-Blaine ship just sank, the Peyton-Ravi ship has once again began to sail. Seriously, the long-awaited scenes solely between Ravi and Peyton are here and they were wonderful. The chemistry was fantastic and now I’m torn between Blaine or Ravi.
Speaking of relationships, Liv and Pretty Boy are still a thing. Liv’s worry about his past peaked pretty early and dissipated almost immediately, come on Liv, you gave in so easily! At least, he wasn’t actually lying about the leaking sink, though… his mother seemed pretty delusional, and Liv’s make-up was actually kinda terrifying.
Clive handled Liv’s phone-obsessed stint pretty well, even using her tweet during interrogation to his advantage, nice thinking Clive. The moment when Liv and Clive find the heads in the fridge was pretty great. And of course, it’s confirmed Blaine is responsible for Super U, and Liv now knows that too. Which means that the trust she just re-established in Pretty Boy will dissipate once more, because she now knows that he is working with the Super U, and Blaine, and Mr. Boss.
Ultimately, there was real potential for ‘Physician, Heal Thy Selfie’ to be the best episode of the entire show, thus it was kind of disappointing, but the end result itself was pretty good. Just not great.
An Instagram user by the name of Pixel Dan snapped a quick picture while at the 2016 Toy Fair and managed to give fans our first look at the villain Rowan from the new Ghostbusters film.
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Does it look familiar to you? It’s essentially the ghost from the no-ghost logo brought to life. As the symbol for the Ghostbusters it works quite well, but when it’s brought to life in three-dimensional form, that’s something that’s up for debate.
Now we know when Neil Casey was cast as Rowan, not a lot of details were released. So one can guess that he may transform into this from a human form in the same way that Louis Tully and Dana Barrett became terror dogs. It will start to make perfect sense when Ghostbusters comes out in July.
Today at the New York Toy Fair, 20th Century Fox announced that it wants the third solo Wolverine film to be rated R as the studio is trying to capitalize on the unexpected success of Deadpool. Check out what they were handing out at the New York Toy Fair.
Deadpool‘s box-office success signals the beginning of a growing trend of studios spicing up their superhero films. In the past if fans wanted to see Wolverine kill someone, no one ever got to see any blood during the act. Now, with Deadpool proving that audiences are ready for these types of films, Superhero films just got a way more adult. One can only imagine the kinds of scenarios fans will find Logan in when the film hits theaters in 2017. What would you want to see in a rated R Wolverine film?
The Adult Swim, Toonami blocks official tumblr recently posted their english trailer for their upcoming Dimension W broadcast.
Dimension W certainly is an anomaly since Funimation (the english distributer) has had a hand in producing this show, which you can see through their production diaries on YouTube here.
The anime’s english dub will premier on Toonami Sunday the 28th at 12:30 a.m. Funimation will have dubbed episodes on their streaming service two weeks later.
The English dub cast, under ADR directors Zach Bolton and Colleen Clinkenbeard, ADR engineer Brandon Peters, and script writer Bonny Clinkenbeard, includes:
Funimation is on the production committee for the series, and it describes the story:
In the year 2071, the world’s energy problems seem solved by a network of cross-dimensional electric-field inductors- “coils” that extract energy from a seemingly infinite source. That source is the W dimension, a fourth plane that exists beyond the X, Y, and Z dimensions.In this world, unofficial “illegal” coils harness powers that the police can’t hope to counter. Dealing with these coils is the job of coil-hating repo man Kyoma, whose run-in with the unique coil android Mira leads the two to form a reluctant partnership.
The series started airing in Japan on January 10 and is currently being streamed with subtitles on Funimation.com
