While talking to reporters at SXSW, Robert Kirkman the creator of The Walking Dead announced “one day The Walking Dead will end.”
But not anytime soon…
“Decades from now, you will be able look back and … you never would have guessed from the beginning where it was that we were going to end up,” Kirkman said. “Having the luxury of telling a story over such a long period of time with so many different characters is going end up with something really cool and unique when it’s all said and done.”
Alan Tudyk and Nathan Fillion, most famous for their roles in Firefly are teaming up again to create a web-series “Con Man.” The duo started an Indiegogo campaign to raise $425,000 to fund the first three episodes. Since the launch on March 10th the campaign has raised $1,744,807 in the first four days. Now the series is set for 11 episodes, with a possible 12th episode.
What is “Con Man?”
Wray Nerely (Alan Tudyk-Me!) was a co-star on Spectrum, a sci-fi series which was canceled -Too Soon- yet became a cult classic. Wray’s good friend, Jack Moore (Nathan Fillion) starred in the series and has gone on to become a major movie star. While Jack enjoys the life of an A-lister, Wray tours the sci-fi circuit as a guest of conventions, comic book stores, and lots of pop culture events. The show will feature all the weird and crazy things that happen to Wray along the way to these events.
Con Man – Teaser
Tudyk and Fillion even put together short videos celebrating each goal.
Here is the video that start it all for “Con Man.”
Strap In & Suit Up For the WARZONES! of ARMOR WARS #1 This June!
New York, NY—March 12th, 2015— This June, venture to a wondrous techno-utopia, with a dark and sinister secret in ARMOR WARS #1 – a new Secret Wars series! Eisner-award winning writer James Robinson and artist Marcio Takara show you the beauty technology can bring…and the horrors it can unleash!
Welcome to Technopolis, a shining beacon for all Battleworld to see. Full of science and wonder created at the hands of rival genius brothers – Tony Stark and Arno Stark. Yet shadows fall over this armored Utopia. A unique disease forces EVERYONE to wear armor just to live and breathe!
“We’ve got this absolutely cool as heck city filled with absolutely cool as heck armored citizens,” says Senior Editor Mark Paniccia. “The design work that Marcio has done with both the environment of Technoplis and the armors of all the various characters deserves its own coffee table art book.
“Plus, James is delving into the kind of emotional and hard hitting story he excels at,” continues Paniccia. “He’s doing some amazing world-building and bringing us a mystery that—as it’s peeled back—will shock readers and make their hearts sink into their stomachs.”
But when murder strikes his domain, Baron Tony Stark must race against the clock to identify the mysterious killer. But is he too late to stop more bodies from showing up? And just who is the mysterious Iron Hand? Find out as the mechanical murder mystery kicks off in ARMOR WARS #1 this June!
ARMOR WARS #1 is written by JAMES ROBINSON with art by MARCIO TAKARA and will be on sale in June!
BURBANK, Calif. (March 13, 2015) — Warner Bros. Television hops into Anaheim for another exciting weekend at WonderCon 2015. Kicking off the fan fest on Friday, April 3, will be WBTV’s annual screenings — on the big screen — featuring episodes of the brainy new series iZOMBIE (series premiere Tuesday, March 17, 9/8c The CW), Gotham (Mondays 8/7c FOX), The Flash (Tuesdays 8/7c The CW) and Warner Bros. Animation’s hit super hero series Teen Titans Go! (Thursdays 6/5c Cartoon Network). Panels and Q&A sessions with the iZOMBIE cast and producers, along with Gotham and Teen Titans Go! cast and producers take place on Saturday, April 4. On Sunday, April 5, the cast and producers of The Flash take the stage for a special video presentation and Q&A with Con-goers.
Stars and producers scheduled to attend WonderCon 2015 include: Gotham stars Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, Robin Lord Taylor and executive producer John Stephens. iZOMBIE stars Rose McIver, Malcolm Goodwin, Rahul Kohli, Robert Buckley, David Anders, along with executive producers Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright. Teen Titans Go! producers Michael Jelenic and Aaron Horvath, along with voice actors Greg Cipes and Scott Menville. The Flash stars Danielle Panabaker, Candice Patton, Carlos Valdes, along with executive producers Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg.
The Studio will also present a special screening exclusively for the WonderCon audience on Friday, April 3, offering fans a look — on the big screen — of episodes of iZOMBIE, Gotham, The Flash and Teen Titans Go!.
The cast and producers of each series will be signing autographs, and tickets will be distributed at the front of Hall B on the morning of each panel.
For continuing information about the Studio’s plans at WonderCon, please follow us on Twitter at @warnerbrostv.
Following are the WBTV panel dates and times for WonderCon 2015. Panelists and panel times may be subject to change.
FRIDAY, APRIL 3
2:30–5:30 p.m. Special Screenings — WonderCon and Warner Bros. Television proudly continue our annual Special Screenings tradition, with episodes of The Flash and Gotham, plus advance sneak peek screenings of new episodes of iZOMBIE and Teen Titans Go! Arena
The Flash is a fast-paced super hero drama that follows the high-speed adventures of the Fastest Man Alive. After the unexpected and devastating explosion of the S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator, Central City Police Department CSI Barry Allen finds himself suddenly charged with the incredible power to move at super speeds. While Barry has always been a hero in his soul, his newfound powers have finally given him the ability to act like one. However, Barry was not the only one affected that fateful night, and there is now a rash of super-powered villains popping up all over Central City. With the help of his friends at S.T.A.R. Labs and foster-father, Detective Joe West, Barry works to keep his city safe from these “metahumans,” while at the same time working to uncover the secrets of and defeat his arch-nemesis, The Man in Yellow, who is responsible for the death of his mother and wrongful imprisonment of his father. The Flash airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on The CW.
Before there was Batman, there was Gotham. The origin story of the great DC Super-Villains and vigilantes has only just begun. Gotham follows Jim Gordon’s rise through the Gotham City police department and the spawning ground of the world’s most iconic villains. Gotham airs Mondays at 8/7c on FOX.
iZOMBIE makes its WonderCon debut with an advance screening of a brand-new upcoming episode. Olivia “Liv” Moore was a rosy-cheeked, disciplined, overachieving medical resident who had her life path completely mapped out…until the night she attended a party that unexpectedly turned into a zombie feeding frenzy. Now stuck somewhere between half-alive and undead, Liv transfers her residency to the coroner’s office for access to the brains she must reluctantly eat, but with each brain she consumes, she inherits the corpse’s memories. With her medical examiner boss and a police detective, she now solves homicides to quiet the voices in her head. Based upon characters created by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred, published by DC Entertainment’s Vertigo imprint, iZOMBIE airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on The CW.
The Teen Titans are back at it again in Teen Titans Go! with all-new comedic adventures both in and out of Titans Tower. We’ll have your Titans craving covered by screening a brand-new episode. Based on DC Comics characters and produced by Warner Bros. Animation, Teen Titans Go! airs Thursdays at 6/5c on Cartoon Network.
SATURDAY, APRIL 4
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Teen Titans Go! Screening and Q&A – Super-sized laughs and super hero adventures await you as the Titans once again take over WonderCon. Greg Cipes (voice of Beast Boy) and Scott Menville (voice of Robin) along with producers Michael Jelenic (Batman: The Brave and The Bold) and Aaron Horvath (MAD) will be on hand to answer your questions as well as screen an all-new episode. Teen Titans Go! airs Thursdays at 6/5c on Cartoon Network. Become a fan of the show on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TeenTitansGo, and follow Cartoon Network on Twitter at @CartoonNetwork. Room 300AB
2:30–3:30 p.m. iZOMBIE Special Video Presentation and Q&A — Olivia “Liv” Moore was a rosy-cheeked, disciplined, overachieving medical resident who had her life path completely mapped out…until the night she attended a party that unexpectedly turned into a zombie feeding frenzy. Now stuck somewhere between half-alive and undead, Liv loses all traces of her former drive and ambition. She transfers her medical residency to the city morgue in order to reluctantly access the only real form of sustenance left available to her — and the only thing that allows her to maintain her humanity — human brains. But there are side effects to Liv’s new diet: With each brain she consumes, Liv experiences “visions” — flashes of the corpse’s memories — including, in some cases, clues as to how they were killed. iZOMBIE makes its WonderCon debut with a special video presentation, followed by a Q&A with series stars Rose McIver (Masters of Sex), Malcolm Goodwin (Breakout Kings), Rahul Kohli (newcomer from the UK), Robert Buckley (One Tree Hill) and David Anders (Once Upon a Time), as well as executive producers Rob Thomas (Veronica Mars) and Diane Ruggiero-Wright (Veronica Mars). From Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Spondoolie Productions and Warner Bros. Television and based upon characters created by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred, published by DC Entertainment’s Vertigo imprint, iZOMBIE airs Tuesdays at 9/8c on The CW. Become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CWiZombie, and follow the show on Twitter at @cwizombie. Arena
3:45–4:45 p.m. Gotham Special Video Presentation and Q&A — Before there was Batman, there was Gotham. The origin story of the great DC Super-Villains and vigilantes has only just begun. Join Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, Robin Lord Taylor and executive producer John Stephens for a Q&A discussion and special video presentation, and be among the first to find out what’s in store for the exciting conclusion of the first season. Gotham follows Jim Gordon’s rise through the Gotham City police department and the spawning ground of the world’s most iconic villains. From Warner Bros. Television, Gotham airs Mondays at 8/7c on FOX, with all-new episodes returning Monday, April 13th. Become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GOTHAMonFOX, and follow the show on Twitter at @Gotham. Arena
SUNDAY, APRIL 5
1:30–2:30 p.m. The Flash Special Video Presentation and Q&A — The Flash is a fast-paced super hero drama that follows the high-speed adventures of the Fastest Man Alive. After the unexpected and devastating explosion of the S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator, Central City Police Department CSI Barry Allen finds himself suddenly charged with the incredible power to move at super speeds. While Barry has always been a hero in his soul, his newfound powers have finally given him the ability to act like one. However, Barry was not the only one affected that fateful night, and there is now a rash of super-powered villains popping up all over Central City. With the help of his friends at S.T.A.R. Labs and foster-father, Detective Joe West, Barry works to keep his city safe from these “metahumans,” while at the same time working to uncover the secrets of and defeat his arch-nemesis, The Man in Yellow, who is responsible for the death of his mother and wrongful imprisonment of his father. Join Danielle Panabaker, Candice Patton, Carlos Valdes, along with executive producers Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg for a special video presentation and Q&A. From Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, The Flash airs Tuesdays at 8/7c on The CW. Become a fan on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CWTheFlash, and follow the show on Twitter at @CW_TheFlash. Arena
Kevin Smith squashed the rumors that he was retiring and announced his production schedule for the next two years and hinted at a Mallrats sequel.
“Saw some websites are reporting CLERKS III will be my last flick. I did say this at one point, but Tusk changed all that. Now, the next 2 years are booked. We shoot CLERKS III in May. The HIT SOMEBODY hockey miniseries finally follows in the fall, shooting September to Christmas 2015. Then in Feb/March 2016, we tackle MOOSE JAWS and ANTI-CLAUS. And after that? I smell a rat…,” said Smith on Facebook.
Clerk III – May 2015
Hit Somebody – Fall 2015
Moose Jaw – 2016
Anti-Claus – 2016
Mallrats 2 – 2017?
Frozen 2 is officially in development at Walt Disney Animation Studios with directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee and producer Peter Del Vecho, the Oscar®-winning filmmaking team behind Frozen.
The news was announced at Disney’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders this morning by Bob Iger, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company; John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios; and actor Josh Gad, who provides the voice of Olaf from Frozen.
“We enjoyed making Frozen Fever so much and being back in that world with those characters,” said John Lasseter. “Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck have come up with a great idea for a sequel and you will be hearing a lot more about it and we’re taking you back to Arendelle. We are so excited about that.”
A release date and production details are yet to be announced.
Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger announced Thursday that Rogue One is the title for the first stand alone film in the Star Wars franchise.
Rogue One will be directed by Gareth Edwards (Monsters, Godzilla) and written by Chris Weitz (Cinderella, About a Boy, Antz). Felicity Jones has already been cast in the project.
The film starts shooting this summer in London and will be in theaters on December 16, 2016.
Announcing official details surrounding Rogue One, the first stand-alone #StarWars film, as well as Episode VIII! http://t.co/gzAlAgbAt5
Disney chairman and CEO Bob Iger confirmed that Rian Johnson will write and direct Star Wars: Episode VIII, is set for release on May 26, 2017 — forty years and a day after the release of Star Wars: A New Hope in 1977.
Johnson directed Looper, Brick and The Brothers Bloom. He was also behind the camera for three episodes of the TV series Breaking Bad. Kathleen Kennedy and Ram Bergman, producer of Looper, Don Jon, Brick, and The Brothers Bloom, are on board to produce, and J.J. Abrams will serve as executive producer.
Facebook is changing the way it’s counting likes, subtracting any accounts that have been either manually deactivated or “memorialized” after its owner passed. It’s something that probably should have been done since the beginning — but since it wasn’t, it’d be easy to think your Likes had dropped because of something you’d done.
One thing that’s important to note: it seems that this only accounts for profiles that have been manually deactivated. Likes from profiles that could be considered “inactive” because the user just hasn’t logged in for a while will continue to count.
In June, Drew Edward Johnson (Wonder Woman) makes his creator-owned debut, combining intrigue, secret agents, monsters, and more in Midnight Society: The Black Lake.
Forty years ago, England’s greatest adventurers cast aside their friendship, making a choice that would come to haunt humanity. Now, secret agent Matilda Finn will face the consequences of that choice as she aids in a frantic rescue operation at Scotland’s Loch Ness, where something terrible is waiting to draw her into the fight of her life!
“I began my career in comics working with Dark Horse on Star Wars: X-Wing Rogue Squadron,” Johnson told Comics Bulletin. “To bring my first creator-owned project to Dark Horse Comics is a great homecoming for me. Especially given the opportunity to work with my editor, Philip Simon, whom I had the good fortune of working with in the early days of my career. I’m thrilled and honored to join Dark Horse’s line of genre-bending horror-adventure books, like Hellboy, B.P.R.D., The Goon, and so many more, which have all influenced my work heavily over the years.”
Midnight Society: The Black Lake #1 will be available at your local comic book store on June 17, 2015. Ray Synder illustrates and Lizzy John is the colorist on the miniseries.
