When does viral marketing cross the line from surprisingly pervasive to creepy? Maybe when TNT plaster mirrors in seemingly every hotel room near San Diego Comic-Con this year with stickers for their 2ndMass promotion for upcoming alien invasion show Falling Skies. Unsurprisingly, some people didn’t appreciate what seemed like an …
It’s the announcement that everyone will be waiting for at Comic-Con today: Now that Joss Whedon has confirmed that he’ll be directing The Avengers in 2012, will Mark Ruffalo be announced as Ed Norton’s replacement Bruce Banner? Deadline Hollywood is reporting that he will – and that he’ll also appear alongside the other Avengers actors …
TNT premiered Falling Skies, their new alien invasion show from producer Steven Spielberg and Robert Rodat (the writer behind Saving Private Ryan), at a panel on Friday afternoon that included the world premiere of the show’s first trailer as well as appearances from stars Noah Wyle and Moon Bloodgood, as well as writer and producer Mark …
It’s the same old story: Pop culture convention picketed by religious fundamentalists, religious fundamentalists picketed in return by attendees of pop culture convention to such an extent that they disappear, tails between legs. When members of the Westboro Baptist Church followed through on their threat to picket San Diego Comic-Con …
Yes, yes; Joss Whedon made the news that wasn’t actually news yesterday when he confirmed that he’ll be directing the Avengers movie for Marvel Studios (joking that he was officially announcing it because Marvel was too cheap to issue a press release), but that wasn’t all there was to enjoy about the Entertainment Weekly Visionaries …
For everyone who was worried that the movie version of Scott Pilgrim wouldn’t live up to the books: You can stop worrying now. And, even better, it’s also more than just a live action version of what Bryan Lee O’Malley’s already done; more than just compressing the story from the six graphic novels, Scott Pilgrim Versus The World …
The news from DC Comics at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con is that there won’t be any news from DC Comics at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. DC co-publisher Dan Didio opened the publisher’s first panel of the convention with the following announcement:
Actually, there is no big announcement from DC this year. We think DC is big enough
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Joss Whedon confirmed he’ll direct upcoming film The Avengers for Marvel Studios during a Comic-Con panel.
“[Me directing The Avengers] is not an official thing, because Marvel couldn’t afford a press release. Can I make it an official thing? I am directing The Avengers.”
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If Watchmen co-creator – and famously irascible bastard – Alan Moore is to be believed, DC Comics has plans for sequels to the classic superhero series that changed the genre forever, and DC co-publisher Dan Didio’s own comments on the subject aren’t exactly as neutral as he probably intended. Talking to Wired’s Underwire blog, Moore …
First movie to try to claim this year’s District 9 viral buzz at San Diego Comic-Con? That’ll be Battle: Los Angeles, an upcoming Columbia Pictures science fiction film that’s placed mysterious posters around town, directing con-goers to a website called ReportThreats.org, which purports to be the site of W.A.T.C.H., or Worldwide …
Even though Comic-Con 2010 is still hours away from officially opening, news has started to come from the event with the announcement that IDW Publishing is extending its digital reach by being the first comics publisher to offer titles through Nokia’s Ovi Store.
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Was it just me, or was last night’s episode of Warehouse 13 kind of… odd? By that, I don’t mean “intentionally wacky” as much as “just not the same as the show normally is.” Are these growing pains, or something more sinister? Here’re 13 unlucky-for-some thoughts about “Beyond Our Control”:
1. Was The Artifact The Least Important …
