Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Stan Lee, Palmer Luckey to Join Steve Wozniak On Stage at Silicon Valley Comic Con

APPLE CO-FOUNDER STEVE WOZNIAK TO JOIN OCULUS VR FOUNDER 
PALMER LUCKEY AND MARVEL COMICS FOUNDER STAN LEE FOR SPECIAL KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS AT SILICON VALLEY COMIC CON

Full Schedule for Steve Wozniak’s Show Appearances Detailed; Expo Runs March 18-20 at the San Jose Convention Center

Silicon Valley Comic Con (SVCC), Steve Wozniak’s pop culture and technology expo, today revealed that Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus VR, will join Steve Wozniak on stage for a highly anticipated joint discussion moderated by Kara Swisher, executive editor of Re/code. The two entrepreneurs who both engineered their way from a garage workshop to global success will discuss the early days of their respective careers, roadblocks along the way and where they see the future of technology going beginning with virtual reality (VR).

LEGO Dimensions Adds Midway Arcade, DC Characters and Ghostbusters Content

LEGO® Dimensions™ Powers Up Gameplay with Midway Arcade Level Pack and Three Fun Packs Based on DC Comics and Ghostbusters

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced today the release of the new LEGO Dimensions Midway Arcade Level Pack and highly collectable DC Comics Superman and DC Comics Aquaman and Ghostbusters Stay Puft Fun Packs. Players can customize their building and gaming adventures in LEGO Dimensions with the purchase of these Wave 4 expansion packs which provide additional gameplay, buildable characters, and rebuildable 3-in-1 vehicles and gadgets with special in-game abilities. All expansion packs provide gamers the opportunity to use everything interchangeably, anywhere throughout the game, for a crazy mash-up multiverse.

Sausage Party Red Band Trailer #1

Sausage Party is about one sausage leading a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store. The film features the vocal talents of a who’s who of today’s comedy stars – Seth Rogen, Kristen Wiig, Jonah Hill, Bill Hader, Michael Cera, James Franco, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson, Paul Rudd, Nick Kroll, David Krumholtz, Edward Norton, and Salma Hayek.

Directed by: Conrad Vernon & Greg Tiernan
Screenplay by: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg,
Kyle Hunter, and Ariel Shaffir
Story by: Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Jonah Hill

Monday, March 14, 2016

Super7 to Release New Hollis Price and Rose Vampire Soft Vinyl Figures This Thursday!

Pics via Super7's instagram....

Super7 showed some new figures this weekend via instagram of a couple of new releases for this Thursday. We haven't seen a new release of Hollis Price by Le Merde in quite a while. Also getting released is everyone's favorite Rose Vampire! Both of these will cost $35 each and will be released on Thursday, March 17th at Noon Pacific online HERE and in stores. 

New Video Game Inspired Manga Series MONSTER HUNTER Announced By VIZ Media

Imaginative New Series Based On Capcom’s Smash Hit Monster HunterTM Property Launches This Spring

San Francisco, CA, March 14, 2016 VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, delivers brand new manga action inspired by Capcom’s Monster HunterTM, one of the hottest RPG video game properties.

MONSTER HUNTER: FLASH HUNTER is a manga (graphic novel) series written by Keiichi Hikami, with artwork by Shin Yamamoto, and is set to launch in print on April 12th. The fantasy action series is rated ‘T’ for Teens and will carry a print MSRP of $10.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN. MONSTER HUNTER: FLASH HUNTER will also launch digitally on April 12th via VIZManga.com and the VIZ Manga App, as well as from the Nook, Kobo, Kindle, iBooks, comiXology, Google Play, and BOOK WALKER Global stores. Subsequent volumes of the 10-volume series will be published in English on a bi-monthly basis.

AMC’S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SERIES “PREACHER” TO DEBUT SUNDAY, MAY 22ND

AMC’S HIGHLY ANTICIPATED SERIES “PREACHER”
TO DEBUT SUNDAY, MAY 22ND AT 10:00 P.M. ET/PT FOLLOWING THE MID-SEASON FINALE OF “FEAR THE WALKING DEAD”

Pilot Episode Will Encore Twice Over Memorial Day Weekend on Sunday, May 29th Beginning at 9:00 P.M. ET/PT

New Episodes Resume Sunday, June 5th at Series’ Regular Time,
9:00 P.M. ET/PT
 
Austin, TX – March 14, 2016AMC announced today from the SXSW Festival that the highly-anticipated new series “Preacher” will premiere Sunday, May 22nd at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT following the mid-season finale of “Fear the Walking Dead.” An encore presentation of the pilot episode will air the following Sunday, May 29th with back-to-back airings beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET/PT providing new viewers multiple opportunities to catch up during the holiday weekend. New episodes will resume on Sunday, June 5th at the series regular time of 9:00 p.m. ET/PT. “Preacher,” which is based on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s popular ‘90’s comic book franchise of the same name, is a Sony Pictures Television and AMC Studios co-production.  The ten-episode season was developed for television by executive producers Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg (This Is the End, Superbad, Neighbors) and executive producer and showrunner Sam Catlin (“Breaking Bad”). 

TNT's "The Last Ship" returns to WonderCon March 26 & Season 3 Begins this Summer

TNT's Hit Drama The Last Ship Returns to WonderCon
Saturday, March 26

Confirmed to Attend:
Cast Members Adam Baldwin, Bridget Regan, Travis Van Winkle, Marissa Neitling and Jocko Sims,
Plus Executive Producers Hank Steinberg, Steven Kane, Michael Katleman and Paul Holahan

The Last Ship Panel at WonderCon 2016
Saturday, March 26, 11 a.m. - Noon
Los Angeles Convention Center: Room 408AB
Panel:  Adam Baldwin, Bridget Regan, Travis Van Winkle, Marissa Neitling, Jocko Sims and executive producers Hank Sternberg, Steven Kane, Michael Katleman and Paul Holahan.
Moderator: TV Guide’s Robert Moynihan

Comic-Con International and Lionsgate Unveil Launch Plans for Comic-Con HQ

COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL AND LIONSGATE UNVEIL LAUNCH PLANS FOR COMIC-CON HQ, INCLUDING OFFICIAL NAME
AND LOGO FOR NEW SVOD CHANNEL

Comic-Con HQ to Roll Out with Free Beta Access on May 7
and Official Launch in June


Original Content at Launch to Include San Diego Comic-Con Programming Along with Original Scripted and Unscripted Series Kings of Con, Impossible Science and Previously-Announced Her Universe Fashion Show

Platform Will Also Offer Entertainment News and Commentary Featuring a Full Slate of Daily and Weekly Programs, with G4 Stars Kevin Pereira and Adam Sessler Executive Producing Select Shows

SANTA MONICA and SAN DIEGO, California, March 14, 2016 – Comic-Con International and Lionsgate (NYSE:LGF) today unveiled launch plans for Comic-Con HQ, their newly named subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) platform debuting shortly before San Diego Comic-Con this Summer. Comic-Con HQ will launch with free beta access on May 7 with its official premiere in June leading up to Comic-Con International: San Diego in July.

Marvel's Captain America: Civil War in NEW LEGO Marvel's Avengers Video


Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released a new LEGO Marvel’s Avengers video featuring Super Heroes from the recently released Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War Character Pack.

Based on the highly anticipated Marvel Studios film hitting theatres on May 6, 2016, this add-on content is currently available as a FREE download exclusively for PlayStation® 4 and PlayStation® 3 players.

Friday, March 11, 2016

Topps' "National Star Wars Day" - New Star Wars: Card Trader

Digital trading card company Topps is commemorating the one year anniversary of their highly successful Star Wars: Card Trader app for iOS and Android with the announcement of “National Star Wars Day” on Saturday, March 12, 2016.  This kicks off the first of Topps “National Days” campaign, which will be followed by a “National Day” for each one of their popular apps throughout the year including BUNT on April 9.

Factory Entertainment Announces The Avengers Age Of Ultron Metal Miniatures

March Marvel Madness Part II: Avengers Metal Miniatures

Concord, CA – Factory Entertainment, Inc., the Concord, California-based producer of licensed toys and collectibles continues its March Marvel Madness event with the announcement of even more exciting products!

The company is proud to debut the first in a line of proprietary metal figurines with The Avengers Age Of Ultron Metal Miniatures™.

Get Ready... Ghostbusters: The Board Game II Kickstarter This April


Sony and Cryptozoic Team up for Second Ghostbusters Board Game
Sony and Cryptozoic Announce Upcoming Kickstarter Campaign for Ghostbusters: The Board Game II
Lake Forest, CA – March 11, 2016 – Guess who’s coming to save the world again?
Cryptozoic Entertainment, leading creator of board games and collectible cards, and Sony Pictures Consumer Products are proud to announce the upcoming April launch of the Kickstarter campaign for Ghostbusters: The Board Game II!

Following on the heels of last year’s successful Kickstarter campaign and retail release of Ghostbusters: The Board Game, the second game in the series ups the ante with lots of new game elements, including Slime Blower Pack Ghostbusters, Ooze entities that can split apart and join back together, allies, new equipment like Ecto Goggles and Portal Destabilizers, and much more!

Diamond Select Toys Heads to Chicago’s C2E2 Next Week

Diamond Select Toys Heads to Chicago’s C2E2 Next Week!

Diamond Select Toys loves the Windy City, so the Maryland-based company is making the trek once again to this year’s Comic Convention and Entertainment Expo, C2E2 2016, from March 18-20! In addition to a full booth presence, DST will present a comprehensive DST panel with reveals, a Q&A, and prizes and more!

BLACK PANTHER #1 FROM MARVEL COMICS

YOUR NEW LOOK AT TA-NEHISI COATES & BRIAN STELFREEZE’S
BLACK PANTHER #1 FROM MARVEL COMICS
                                                                                                              
New York, NY—March 11, 2016 A new era dawns for Wakanda and its ruler, T’Challa! Marvel is proud to offer your new look at BLACK PANTHER #1 written by national correspondent for The Atlantic, MacArthur Genius, and National Book Award winner Ta-Nehisi Coates (Between the World and Me) and illustrated by living legend Brian Stelfreeze, BLACK PANTHER “A Nation Under Our Feet” is a story about dramatic upheaval in Wakanda and the Black Panther’s struggle to do right by his people as their ruler.

Spider-Woman, Silk and Spider-Gwen Swing Into Action in SPIDER-WOMEN ALPHA #1

Silk, Spider-Woman and Spider-Gwen Unite For Can’t Miss Crossover!

New York, NY – March 10th, 2016 – The Spider-Event of 2016 is here! This April, Silk, Spider-Woman and Spider-Gwen unite for a story too big for any one of their titles to contain! Today, Marvel is pleased to present your first look at SPIDER-WOMEN ALPHA #1 – kicking off the epic 8-part universe hopping crossover! Blockbuster writers Jason Latour, Dennis Hopeless and Robbie Thompson are joined by a dazzling array of artists, including Vanesa Del Rey, Bengal, Javier Rodriguez, Tana Ford and more to bring you a story you won’t want to miss!