Although David Tennant’s Jessica Jones season one character died, it looks like he’ll be brought back somehow. A Twitter user that goes by dxvid616spotted the actor on set:
Given that Marvel’s Netflix shows are typically grounded, I doubt they’d actually bring the character back to life; that said, however, I think Kilgrave will continue to control their minds somehow.
Jessica Jones season two is supposed to hit the streaming service in 2018. Until then, see the character in The Defenders.
“Marvel’s The Defenders” follows Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage and Iron Fist. A quartet of singular heroes with one common goal – to save New York City. This is the story of four solitary figures, burdened with their own personal challenges, who realize they just might be stronger when teamed together.
AfterShock announced on Tuesday; creator Tim Seeley would be launching a new series BRILLIANT TRASH with artist Priscilla Petraites.
About Brilliant Trash: In the days to come, a super powered teenage girl wipes the heavily disputed Old City of Jerusalem from the face of the globe. Now, in American dystopia after the “Lady Last Word Incident,” a click-bait headline writing “journalist” holds the key to a med-tech conspiracy that could turn people into gods for the price of days of their lives. But in a world where news is tailored to every viewpoint, will anyone believe her?
We caught up with Seeley, and he stated the first arc is six issues and sets up an unlimited series, with multiple arcs plotted out exploring the consequences of the first arc.
One aspect of the book that stood out was the timeliness of the series with descriptive terms like ‘click-bait headline writing journalist.’ Seeley mentioned he has been working on this series for several years, and the character Kennedy is essential to the series.
“Kennedy represents the two paths of modern journalism…the content driven kind which adheres to a strict code, and the kind that exists to generate fast and easy revenue. Journalism has lost a lot of the trust it once had, largely due to partisan politics and 24-hour cable news…but also because of the ‘necessity’ of running total crap puff celebrity-news,” said Seeley.
One of the amazing aspects of the comic book medium is how the world around us influences creators’ work, directly and indirectly. With the current political climate, it will be interesting to look back 20 years from now and analyze this era for similar narratives and tones. You should bookmark Brilliant Trash now.
Talk to your local comic book store to put Brilliant Trash on your pull-list as the first issue hits on November 15.
Does this additional information get you more excited for Brilliant Trash? Comment below.
‘Marvel’s The Defenders’on Netflix hits the streaming service in less than 17 hours, but you know you want one more trailer.
With 41 reviews in on Rotten Tomatoes, the series is sitting at an 83%. That is a nice rebound after ‘Iron Fost’ received a 17% approval rating.
Marvel’s The Defenders follows Matt Murdock/Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Danny Rand/Iron Fist, a quartet of singular heroes with one common goal – to save New York City. This is the story of four solitary figures, burdened with their own personal challenges, who realize they just might be stronger when teamed together.
The series stars Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter, Finn Jones, Sigourney Weaver, Elodie Yung, Scott Glenn, Deborah Ann Woll, Elden Henson, Carrie-Anne Moss, Rachael Taylor, Eka Darville, Simone Missick, and Jessica Henwick.
How excited are you for this series? Comment below.
Creator Sean Gordon Murphy is writing and drawing a Batman seven-issue miniseries for DC Comics (Batman: White Knight), and he just received approval from Warner Bros. to use the Jack Napier version of Joker. This would be the Joker played by Jack Nicholson in Tim Burton’s 1989 ‘Batman.’
“Frank Miller modeled him after David Bowie. Chris Nolan showed him as a controlled sociopath. I see the Joker as Don Draper,” said Murphy to Wired.
Murphy tweeted his excited this morning:
Big news: JACK NAPIER will be the name of my JOKER. Warner just approved–1st time Napier has been in a comic (minus Burton adaptations). pic.twitter.com/u4YwZLMmGL
About Batman: White Knight: Set in a world where the Joker is cured of his insanity and homicidal tendencies, The Joker, now known as “Jack,” sets about trying to right his wrongs. First by reconciling with Harley Quinn and then by trying to save Gotham city from the one person who he thinks is truly Gotham’s greatest villain—the Batman.
“My main goal was to undo the comic tropes while changing Gotham from a comic book city into a real city—a city dealing with everything from Black Lives Matter to the growing wage gap. Rather than write a comic about the wage gap, I gave those ideas to the Joker, who leads a kind of media war against Gotham’s elite by winning people over with his potent observations and rhetoric,” said Murphy to Wired.
Batman: White Knight hits your local comic book store on October 4.
What do you think of Murphy’s creative choice? Comment below.
Dick Grayson and Huntress team-up for some ex-Spyral action in Nightwing #27. This arc revisits Dick’s days as a spy from the Grayson series.
***SPOILERS LIE AHEAD***
A welcomed change in scenery, moving away from Bludhaven and the relationship drama with Shawn. Only it’s not, and she is still lingering around. I get that Seeley wants there to be closure on their romance, but I don’t think anyone would mind if we moved on quickly.
Nightwing started off as one of the best Rebirth titles. It’s been solid throughout, but for some reason the Bludhaven cast isn’t striking any major chords. The city still doesn’t really feel like it belongs to Nightwing yet either, more like a summer home to Gotham.
Tim Seeley has such a great handle on Nightwing, the problem is there are too many less interesting characters eating up his face time. This has slowly become more noticeable in recent issues, this time being very obvious.
If you haven’t read the Grayson series (which is a solid run by Tom King), you’re going to have a hard time with this issue. There’s nothing wrong with calling back to that era of Dick’s life, but this issue assumes that everyone is well read on his days at Spyral. That being said, there isn’t really much spy action in this issue.
The art takes a bit of a dip once we get to the casino bar. Suddenly the color and quick detail that was working really well just disappears in an effort to give this subpar lighting effect. Some of the action is a bit clunky, the invisible helicopter didn’t pay off like it could have. The digital effects also don’t do the art any favors, they’re very noticeable.
One thing that Javier Fernandez excels at, especially this issue, is faces. Character expressions and even masks are a major highlight of this issue. There’s also a beautiful splash page towards the end depicting the infiltration of a Spyral facility.
This is by no means a worthless comic book, it just doesn’t hit all the notes it needs to for this to sing. It’s also not an easy read for anyone who started reading Nightwing comics with this series.
Rami and Campbell met in junior high and became best friends. The duo eventually made a 30-minute film ‘Within the Woods’ which was used to attract financing for ‘Evil Dead.’ The rest is cinematic history. Who doesn’t want to see a Netflix series about a young Bruce and Sam running amuck in the early 70s?
If you’re still not sold on the idea, listen to Campbell describe his first encounter with Rami.
“I thought he was a little creepy kid. He was dressed like Sherlock Holmes playing with dolls sitting on the floor in the hallway blocking the hallway,” said Campbell.
When asked if there was enough material for Netflix series Cambell responded.“Funny thing is we could actually,” the actor then proceeded to reminisce about high school with Rami.
“I poked him in the eye with a pencil one time. We would rush at each other with a pencil, and you would try and stop right at the last minute. And I poked him. I just poked him in the eye. And then he would sit behind me in school; I’d go to answer a question this is in drama class. I’d answer a question, and he’s sitting behind me, and as I’m answering, I feel that there’s a tip of a pencil going into the back of my neck and slowly increasing the pressure as I’m answering the question. It became a massive test of wills of like you’re going to have to snap that thing off in the back of my neck before I give you, you son of a gun. He’s like, “You’re going to break. I’m going to break you.” So that was our relationship from the start,” said Campbell.
“I was his assistant at bar mitzvahs. We would go to bar mitzvahs, and he was a lame magician, and every time he hit me the kids would laugh. And I think he took a mental note. Hurting Bruce is good. So that’s where that came from,” said Campbell.
Do you think Campbells and Rami’s high school high-jinx carry enough weight for a Netflix series?
What is Bruce Campbell’s greatest role? Comment below.
By the time this film is done, Marvel Studios might need to change the name of ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ to the ‘Mighty Avengers’ with all the superheroes popping up in this film. It appears that Doctor Strange has a chat with Thor before Hela takes over and banishes the God of Thunder.
Check out the international trailer below:
With the film sitting at 100 minutes according to director Taika Waititi, this will be a fast and furious adventure across space and time.
About ‘Thor: Ragnarok’:
Thor’s world is about to explode in Marvel’s Thor: Ragnarok. His devious brother, Loki, has taken over Asgard, the powerful Hela has emerged to steal the throne for herself and Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe. To escape captivity and save his home from imminent destruction, Thor must first win a deadly alien contest by defeating his former ally and fellow Avengers… The Incredible Hulk!
‘Thor: Ragnarok’ stars Chris Hemsworth, Tom Hiddleston, Idris Elba, Cate Blanchett, Jeff Goldblum, Tessa Thompson, Karl Urban, Mark Ruffalo, and Sir Anthony Hopkins. Taika Waititi directs with Kevin Feige producing the film.
‘Thor: Ragnarok’ will destroy the universe on November 3, 2017.
For Astonishing X-Men‘s second installment, writer Charles Soule teams up with artist Mike Deodato Jr. and colorist Frank Martin. This book is quickly proving itself as the top X-book.
***SPOILERS LIE AHEAD***
After the X-Men entered the Astral Plane in pursuit of the Shadow King, they find themselves the pieces in a psychic chess match between he and Professor Xavier. On the other side of consciousness, the rest of the team protects their psychical bodies in a troubling setting.
This is the freshest an X-Men book has felt in a long while. It’s not a ground breaking concept, but the execution is flawless. Nothing about these two issues has felt formulaic. By feeling new and strange in itself makes this also feel like a potentially classic X-Men story.
Soule’s commentary by way of the dialogue is efficient and pairs so well with the setting and visual scheme. This is the X-Men book Marvel has desperately needed.
The reveal of Mystique was a surprise to no one. It almost feels cheap given how every online community suspected it immediately yet Logan did not.
The twisted game being played, and how it’s being played, is very clever. How the participants are realizing their role as pawns, and what they plan to do with it, makes for a fun read.
The Inception-esque narrative, between those dreaming and those on the outside, is a lot of fun. Getting a look at the situation from the Ministry Of Defence’s perspective is interesting.
I’m a sucker for superhero politics and any government interaction with super humans. Whenever a comic book presents a government’s reaction to superhero antics, it makes it feel more real to readers.
The visual layouts on these pages are very stylized and beautiful. Despite being in some grim surroundings, this never loses its vibrancy.
The transition to Deodato’s art is smooth, his style is a great fit for the creepy psycho circus that following Shadow King into the Astral Plane would be. Frank Martin’s colors also do wonders with Deodato’s pencils.
Deodato has always shined brightest on books with bigger and bulkier characters. His more slender character models tend to have the occasional ill-fitting hulk hand, there’s only a small bit of that here.
Overall, Astonishing X-Men #2 is a very pleasing issue, more than worth your time. Soule & his rotating team of artists are onto something special here for the X-Men.
DC Comics have been pumping out a lot of Jack Kirby related stuff this year, now they are adding yet another cult character from Jack the King’s list of creation to their current roster. Fan favorite rhyming demon Etrigan is getting his own new mini series from writer Andrew Constant with art by Brad Walker and Andrew Hennessy. Titled The Demon: Hell On Earth, the book is scheduled to hit stores November 15th, 2017.
From DC Comics:
Look here, fans, and take a break. A new comic announcement we’re ready to make. About a war on Earth to destroy all man And a rhyming demon named Etrigan.
Andrew Constant writes this new tale of fright, Bringing startling new layers of the Demon to light. He’s assisted by artists of the highest skill: Messrs. Walker and Hennessy their duties fulfill.
Fans can expect both action and chills In a tale that addresses our modern-day ills. In this month where we celebrate Jack Kirby’s birth We’re pleased to announce THE DEMON: HELL IS EARTH!
Artist Walker said:
I was excited to work on a great, slightly lesser exposed Kirby character. As I’ve gotten into Andrew’s scripts, I’ve been having fun doing something tonally different than books I’ve worked on in the past. It’s fun tapping into moody, darker aspects of my art. It has a bit of a Vertigo vibe. It’s maybe not a side of me people know, but it’s stuff I am a fan of, just as much as the big, bombastic, superhero stuff.
DC Comics describes the series as “a large-scale, thrilling mix of action and terror featuring tense, conflicted relationships and brutal, kinetic combat, with no less than the fate of the world at stake. Because in the world of Etrigan, the Demon, war is literally hell.”
What do you guys think? I was a big fan of some of the stuff Garth Ennis did with the character in the ’90s. And he was a big part of some fun story lines like Day Of Judgment and Kevin Smith’s run on Green Arrow, Quiver. Check out the official solicitation below, along with some preview art. Comment and discuss as well!
THE DEMON: HELL IS EARTH #1
Written by ANDREW CONSTANT
Art and cover by BRAD WALKER and ANDREW HENNESSY
Jason Blood and Etrigan: the best of enemies, destined to spend eternity bound together. When a haunting vision leads Jason to Death Valley, a supernatural weapon is unleashed, radically transforming not only the land but also Blood…and the Demon. The worst, though, is yet to come, as hell begins to make its way into our world.
Don’t miss the start of this horrifying miniseries, where Etrigan and Blood’s relationship will be changed forever!
On sale NOVEMBER 15 • 32 pg, FC, 1 of 6, $2.99 US • RATED T
The Demon: Hell on Earth Art by Brad WalkerThe Demon: Hell on Earth Art by Brad Walker
This afternoon, Variety published an interview with Joel Weinshanker, proprietor of the Elis Presley estate. Weinshanker discussed many things about The King on this, the 40th anniversary of his untimely death. One interesting nugget he dropped into the interview caught this reader’s attention more than anything else he said… Elvis Presley is going to be in Blade Runner 2049.
Say what?
Here is the section from the Variety article:
Weinshanker reveals that in the new “Blade Runner” movie, the King makes an extended cameo. “You see Elvis for about three seconds in a trailer, but he’s in it for a lot longer.”
That’s the only thing Weinshanker mentions about the surprise cameo. There’s no explanation regarding the context, or the reason for Evlis’s inclusion in Denis Villeneuve’s upcoming sequel. Having such a gimmick in what certainly appears to be a serious, straightforward science-fiction noir is an interesting turn of events.
Also, there must be another trailer on the horizon, because three seconds of Elvis Presley would not have gone unnoticed to the masses. Three seconds is a sizable amount of time in a two-minute trailer.
Anywho, Blade Runner 2049 opens October 6, so keep and eye out for Elvis Presley hanging out somewhere.
One thing that Javier Fernandez excels at, especially this issue, is faces. Character expressions and even masks are a major highlight of this issue. There’s also a beautiful splash page towards the end depicting the infiltration of a Spyral facility.
