New Street Fighter Comic Series Announced
UDON Entertainment has announced a new comic series starring characters from the past 30 years of Street Fighter.
Called Street Fighter Unlimited, the series will be written by Super Street Fighter's Ken Siu-chong with art by Joe Ng and Edwin Huang. The series will also feature four-page bonus stories written and drawn by rotating creators in every new issue.
This monthly comic series combines characters spanning all of the Street Fighter video games, pitting them against the evil organizations Shadaloo and the Secret Society.
Street Fighter Unlimited #1 will release in December 2015 and will continue throughout 2016. In the months leading up to Street Fighter V's release, UDON Entertainment also claims other new Street Fighter series will be announced.
Spider-Man and Deadpool Team Up for New Comic
A new comic teaming up the witty likes of Spider-Man and Deadpool has been announced by Marvel.
Written by Joe Kelly with art by Ed McGuinnes, this team up series is not the first time Spidey and the Merc with a Mouth have interacted with each other in the comics, but it may be the first time they team up in the post-Secret Wars Marvel Universe.
Comics Beat reports no other details regarding the title, release window, or plot details are available at this time.
It's not the first crossover Marvel has announced during SDCC, however. The current writers of the Star Wars comics will also be working together to cross Darth Vader over with the current Star Wars series, in which the Sith Lord has to defend himself from the Rebel Alliance while stranded.
Scream Queens is “Halloween Meets Heathers”
San Diego Comic-Con played host to a creepy double-feature of horror on Sunday, as the cast of Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan's upcoming series Scream Queens (Jamie Lee Curtis, Emma Roberts, Lea Michele, Skyler Samuels and Keke Palmer) came face to face with the stars of Murphy and Falchuk's American Horror Story: Freak Show and upcoming American Horror Story: Hotel (Kathy Bates, Angela Bassett, Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters and Matt Bomer).
Talking about Scream Queens, Murphy said he came up with the idea around the time AHS: Coven was shooting and wanted to do something a little lighter, more "network-oriented," and something that embraced the comedy aspects of horror -- "Halloween meets Heathers," as Murphy pitched it. "So from that came Scream Queens," he said.
Batman ’66 to Cross Over with The Avengers
Before Marvel's Avengers, there was...The Avengers.
Specifically, John Steed and Emma Peel, two characters from the classic British spy television show The Avengers. During San Diego Comic-Con 2015, Newsarama reports DC Entertainment Co-Publisher Dan Didio revealed plans to unite Batman and The Avengers in a crossover event in the Batman '66 comic series.
Much like Batman himself, The Avengers worked together to fight crime, investigate supernatural occurrences, and solve mysteries on the show. The Batman '66 comics are based on the Batman television show starring Adam West and preserve its same campy feel. No release date or creative team has been announced.
Morrison Announces New Multiversity and Batman Books
Two new original graphic novels are on the way from DC Comics and writer Grant Morrison.
During the Multiversity & Beyond Panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2015, Morrison revealed he would be returning to the Multiversity franchise with an all-new graphic novel titled Multiversity Too. Newsarama reports the novel will re-visit the universes from Multiversity, first with Multiversity Too: The Flash coming in 2016.
Additionally, Morrison announced he was working on a sequel to the graphic novel Batman: Black & White, for which he plans to recruit several leading comics artists to draw the Dark Knight in a black and white-style format.
New Female Blade Joins Marvel Comics
A new upcoming Blade series will feature an all-new female hero.
The announcement was made this weekend during the Women of Marvel panel at San Diego Comic-Con. Created by Tim Seeley and Logan Faerber, Newsarama reports the comic will include the traditional vampire hunter Blade and his daughter named Fallon Grey.The book will launch later this year in October.
Additionally, Marvel announced yesterday that a Darth Vader crossover series will see the stranded Sith Lord fighting the Rebels, and Chewbacca is getting is own solo comic series. More news from SDCC discussed how the All-New, All-Different Avengers will also introduce new series and characters into the Marvel Universe later this year.
Denis Leary Talks About What Could Have Been in Spider-Man 3
The Amazing Spider-Man 3 could have featured the return of dead characters, Denis Leary said in an interview.
Speaking with us during San Diego Comic Con, Leary said there was a story discussion at one point to include a formula Spider-Man could have taken to "regenerate the people in his life that had died."
This would have meant the return of Captain Stacy, who would have come back "even bigger" in The Amazing Spider-Man 3. "I was like, let's go!" Leary said.
The actor expressed disappointment that there would be no third film in the Sony movie series, jokingly attributing part of his disappointment to being "totally selfish and greedy," but more seriously lamenting the lost opportunity to work with the same cast and series director Marc Webb.
Marvel Has Plans for Future Console Games
Mobile continues to be a massive market for Marvel games, but it may not be too long before they find their way to consoles.
Polygon reports a fan at the Marvel Games panel during San Diego Comi-Con 2015 asked about any future plans of console games.
"We are very much focused on what our console strategy will be for the future," said Mike Jones, producer at Marvel Games. "Obviously console games take a lot longer to incubate, so that will be a slower process for us.
"We are very much taking a controlled, less-is-more, quality-focused, developer-focused strategy,"Jones said. "But it is very top of mind, and we'll have a lot more announcements probably next year."
Person of Interest to “Drop the Mic” with Season 5
At the Person of Interest Comic-Con panel, creator/executive producer Jonathan Nolan spoke to the packed room of fans on hand and addressed some of the concerns many have about POI's reduced episode order (and push to midseason) for Season 5.
“We’re going to make 13 kickass episodes, and drop the microphone,” Nolan said.
Since it's impossible to know this early on if the show's to return for a Season 6, Nolan couldn't make and solid claims about POI's future, but said "I can't predict down the road but we’re very proud of the show and if it’s the last season, no one is going to be disappointed with the story we tell."
Some more tidbits for Season 5? After witnessing the "Correction" in the Season 4 finale, Fusco will finally start asking questions, wanting to know some of the hard details about all the people he's been saving and the forces that are at work behind the scenes. Also, Root and Harold will be tasked with rebuilding the Machine. But will Harold choose to remake it the same way or will there be adjustments? It may even be a bit more like a warrior this time around. Hmmm.
Flash and Aquaman Get Earth One Graphic Novels
Today at Comic-Con, Jim Lee and Dan Didio announced during their "DC Entertainment: Meet the Co-Publishers" panel that both Flash and Aquaman will be getting Earth One graphic novels in 2016.
Flash: Earth One will be written by J. Michael Straczynski, who actually revealed the news last night during his panel. An artist has yet to be named. JMS previously wrote the three Superman: Earth One graphic novels.
Francis Manapul will be writing and illustrating Aquaman: Earth One. Suddenly Manapul's departure from Detective Comics earlier this month makes a lot more sense.
With The Flash TV show being a big hit and both Aquaman and he slated to appear in Justice League: Part 1 and 2 as well as their own solo movies, it's little wonder why they were the next in line to get the realistic, modernized Earth One treatment.