The official twitter account for Tom Hardy’s upcoming Venom movie just revealed the first official poster for the film. The poster, which forms the iconic (and creepy) face of the title character, teases the imminent release of the first official trailer.
Marvel Entertainment and Netflix have released the first official trailer for Marvel’s Jessica Jones season two, giving us a first look at how life is treating Jessica after the events of season one and Marvel’s The Defenders.
The trailer emphasises on Jessica’s continued struggle to get over what Kilgrave did to her, both mentally and physically. It also looks like the super-powered private investigator will be delving into her past, to find out what happened to her parents and how she got her powers. Finally, the trailer also teases the return of David Tennant’s beloved but creepy villain Kilgrave, although we don’t actually get to see his face.
Check out the trailer below:
Jessica Jones is back as New York City’s tough-as-nails private investigator. Although this time, the case is even more personal than ever before. Fueled by a myriad of questions and lies, she will do whatever it takes to uncover the truth.
The Walking Dead #176 handles the previous issue’s cliffhanger and lets it stew for 22 tense pages, building a taut emotional ride that begs for more pages.
If you have not read issue 175 there will be spoilers ahead, you have been warned.
The New World Order begins in issue 175, introducing a vast civilization of 50,000 survivors which drastically changes the power dynamics of the story. The gut-punch at the end of the issue comes when Michonne finds out her daughter Elodie is still alive. It’s a development that will forever alter the arc of a character that has been part of the series since issue 19.
What Robert Kirkman does in issue 176 is let the reader simmer through the entire issue, with the hopes of distracting you from the underbelly of the Commonwealth. This issue is like going to the DMV, but you can’t see the tellers are cutting people’s fingers off at the front of the line. As a fan of The Walking Dead, you’ve become accustomed to major characters getting killed off and you don’t trust any new people; Kirkman plays off this fear to build tension and redirect your gaze. Before the final four pages of the issue, you might want to tear up the book in frustration. But hold on for the final reveal, where Kirkman lays significant seeds of doubt about the Commonwealths intentions; it had me crawling over each panel looking for clues.
Charlie Adlard’s character designs for the Commonwealth work well as they are a drastic departure from Michonne’s group of riffraff. Adlard also builds the emotional weight in each panel with Michonne’s eyes meeting the eyes of others. Back-and-forth conversations are entrancing, and the black and white coloring helps to keep your attention on the story at hand. Color would take away from the emotional impact; the lack of color simplifies your thought process in all the right ways.
Kirkman knows how to pace a comic book series, and 176 is a perfect second issue of a six-part arc. He answers the primary question from part one and adds additional questions to pore over moving forward. Part three should introduce the conflict, and then we are off and running with the two-part finale.
About THE WALKING DEAD #176:
Story: Robert Kirkman
Art: Charlie Adlard, Stefano Gaudiano, Cliff Rathburn
Cover: Charlie Adlard, Dave Stewart
“NEW WORLD ORDER,” Part Two An audience with a different kind of Governor.
20th Century Fox dropped truth bombs Wednesday morning with the release of a new Deadpool 2 featuring the introduction of Cable with all the Deadpool humor you’ve grown to know and love.
Watch the trailer below:
About the film: After surviving a near fatal bovine attack, a disfigured cafeteria chef (Wade Wilson) struggles to fulfill his dream of becoming Mayberry’s hottest bartender while also learning to cope with his lost sense of taste. Searching to regain his spice for life, as well as a flux capacitor, Wade must battle ninjas, the yakuza, and a pack of sexually aggressive canines, as he journeys around the world to discover the importance of family, friendship, and flavor – finding a new taste for adventure and earning the coveted coffee mug title of World’s Best Lover.
Deadpool 2 is directed by David Leitch, from a script by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, and stars Ryan Reynolds, Zazie Beetz, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, Josh Brolin, Brianna Hildebrand, Stefan Kapicic, and Leslie Uggams.
A Jazz-Age Noir That Takes a Look at Racism and Racial Identity
Set during the Harlem Renaissance, writer Mat Johnson (Hellblazer: Papa Midnite, Right State) weaves a tale of racism, murder, and intrigue in Incognegro: Renaissance. The first issue sets up what promises to be an engrossing mystery. The art by Warren Pleece is crisp and draws the reader into the roaring twenties.
What elevates Incognegro: Renaissance above a typical noir mystery is Johnson’s witty dialogue and the examination of race issues. The first issue looks at cultural appropriation in the form of Arna Van Horn, a white author who exploits rising interest in black culture by examining Harlem like he was on safari.
Protagonist Zane Pinchback is a young, light-skinned African-American reporter recently moved to New York from Mississippi. When a black writer is found dead at an interracial party celebrating the release of Van Horn’s new book, Zane finds that the police are more worried about keeping the white guests from being upset than they are about the fact that a man has died. Despite indications that this was not a suicide, the cops are not willing to investigate. Zane ends up doing something he’d sworn not to: go “incognegro” (pass as a white man), in order to get to the bottom of things. Though he considers the idea of “passing” a betrayal of who he is, he knows it will be easier to investigate if people think he is white.
As sad as it is to say, race relations 100 years after the setting of this story are so little improved that this book feels timely. Stories that make us think and consider other points of view are the best stories, and if this first issue is any indication, this is one of those stories.
From the Publisher:
After a black writer is found dead at a scandalous interracial party in 1920s New York, Harlem’s cub reporter Zane Pinchback is the only one determined to solve the murder. Zane must go ”incognegro” for the first time–using his light appearance to pass as a white man–to find the true killer, in this prequel miniseries to the critically acclaimed Vertigo graphic novel, now available in a special new 10th Anniversary Edition.
With a cryptic manuscript as his only clue, and a mysterious and beautiful woman as the murder’s only witness, Zane finds himself on the hunt through the dark and dangerous streets of ”roaring twenties” Harlem in search for justice.
A page-turning thriller of racial divide, Incognegro: Renaissance explores segregation, secrets, and self-image as our race-bending protagonist penetrates a world where he feels stranger than ever before.
The marketing behind Deadpool 2 has begun to ramp up, and if we’ve learned anything from the previous film, it’s guaranteed to be creative. We’ve already had a taste of what could be in store with the first teaser trailer. Check that out here!
However, nothing compares to this brand new poster that Ryan Reynolds tweeted out earlier today.
Yes, that’s Wade Wilson with an homage to Flashdance. Here’s another look at the poster.
If this is what they are coming up with in February, there’s no telling what the marketing will be as we get closer to May 18th.
Deadpool 2 is directed by David Leitchstarring Ryan Reynolds as Deadpool, Brianna Hildebrand as Negasonic Teenage Warhead, Leslie Uggams as Blind Al, Stefan Kapičić as the voice of Colossus, Zazie Beetz as Domino, and Josh Brolin as Cable.
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, creators of Game of Thrones, will write and produce a new series of Star Wars films.
According to Starwars.com, this new series will be completely seperate from both the mainline series of movies, along with the trilogy that Rian Johnson will be directing. Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, had this to say regarding Benioff and Weiss taking over the new series of Star Wars films:
“David and Dan are some of the best storytellers working today. Their command of complex characters, depth of story and richness of mythology will break new ground and boldly push Star Wars in ways I find incredibly exciting.”
Work on this new Star Wars project will begin after Game of Thrones ends its run. Season 8, the confirmed final season, will debut in 2019.
Are you looking forward to what Benioff and Weiss bring to Star Wars? With so much lore to pick and choose from, are there any particular stories you’d like to see tackled? Comment below, let us know.
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is bringing The Shape of Water to Digital HD on February 27. The 2018 Oscar frontrunner will hit store shelves on Blu-Ray on March 13, only a couple short weeks after its digital release. Additionally, the film’s added Blu-Ray features have been unveiled via Collider.
Director Guillermo Del Toro has been known to record commentary tracks for his films, but The Shape of Water will be his first picture to lack the feature. Del Toro mentioned that he refused to record a commentary track because, “whatever the movie does it does on its own“.
Down below is a list of bonus content on The Shape of Water‘s Blu-Ray release, along with a look at the beautiful box art.
A Fairy Tale for Troubled Times
Anatomy of a Scene: Prologue
Anatomy of a Scene: The Dance
Shaping the Waves: A Conversation with James Jean
Guillermo del Toro’s Master Class
Theatrical Trailers
Are you looking forward to picking up The Shape of Water on Blu-Ray? Comment below, let us know!
Are you ready to melt your face off? VS #1 written by Ivan Brandon, with art by Esad Ribic is a testosterone overload of science fiction glory.
VS #1 is what happens when your fandom of Heavy Metal and The Hunger Games is merged perfectly into something new while realizing what made both great.
Ribic’s art with painted color by Nic Klein is as close as you’re going to get to Frank Frazetta. The texture and colors elevated VS from a comic book to a piece of art. Ribic takes new angles with his action sequence that put the reader off-balance, and you feel like you have to dodge laser beams. In one of the best panels of the book, a soldier gets shredded by some laser beams, and the way the panel is diagonally laid out, your head will follow the path of the fallen soldier. When your body moves reading a comic book, you know the artist has done something right.
Brandon knows how to write the first issue of a new series. The story hits the ground running, solidly introduces the main character, and then punches you in the gut with a cliffhanger moment. As I mentioned above, the art made me move, but the script for the main character Satta Flynn, had me yelling in my head. The meatball mentality of an athlete combined with the battle scars of war puts Brandon’s Flynn in the insane badass category of epic characters. Gail Simone says you should never write a boring comic; she would be proud to read VS #1.
If there were a place to critique the book, it would be on the lettering by Aditya Bidikar, not that he did a bad job at all. The flow of the script worked well, and you are not looking for dialogue. With the action sequences and the sound of movement, Bidikar needs to invent a new way of displaying the sound that interlocks better with Ribic’s art and Klein’s colors. No big deal Bidikar, I’m just asking you to invent something I’ve never seen before!
The combination of Ribic’s art and Brandon’s writing filled me with adrenaline, and I had to write this review. The action movie genre is in a bit of a slump with universe building and reboots. VS quenched my thirst for action as it’s an original idea soaked in 80s sci-fi nostalgia. The first issue is a fun read worthy of the cover price.
About VS #1: War has become a spectator sport. Privately funded armies of superstar soldiers march into battle for fame, profit, and the glory of their sponsor nations. When a new generation of soldiers arrive, top gladiator Satta Flynn is about to discover how fleeting the limelight can be. From writer IVAN BRANDON (BLACK CLOUD, DRIFTER) and superstar artist ESAD RIBIĆ (Secret Wars, Uncanny X-Force) in his creator-owned Image debut, with painted color by NIC KLEIN (DRIFTER, VIKING) and graphic design by TOM MULLER, VS delivers spectacular action, darkly humorous satire, and explores our hunger for fame and our penchant for self-destruction.
With Black Panther reviews flooding the web and the film just under two weeks away, IMAX has unveiled a wonderful new poster. Check it out below.
Critics are absolutely loving the film. At the time of this writing, Black Panther has a staggering 100 percent on Rotten Tomatoes with 49 reviews counted. While this percentage will almost undoubtedly drop a few points, it shows that Black Panther is no ordinary, run-of-the-mill superhero flick.
“After the events of Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War, King T’Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country’s new leader. However, T’Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne from factions within his own country. When two foes conspire to destroy Wakanda, the hero known as Black Panther must team up with C.I.A. agent Everett K. Ross and members of the Dora Milaje, Wakanadan special forces, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.”
Directed by Ryan Coogler, Black Panther stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Martin Freeman, Daniel Kaluuya, Andy Serkis, Agela Bassett, Forest Whitaker, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke, and Sterling K. Brown. Click herefor the full cast list.
