DC Taps Original Creators for 8 New Comics
DC Comics has eight, six-issue miniseries coming in early 2016.
With the help of their original creators, the new run aims to reintroduce forgotten characters from DC’s back catalogue while also giving them a new lick of paint. The full list of everything coming next-year is as follows:
- Swamp Thing – Len Wein
- Metal Men – Len Wein
- Raven – Marv Wolfman
- Firestorm – Gerry Conway
- Katana: Cult of the Kobra – Mike W. Barr
- Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death – Amy Chu
- Metamorpho – Aaron Lopresti
- Sugar & Spike – Keith Giffen
Daily Deals: Cowbow Bebop, PC Gaming Headset, Cheap Bluetooth Speaker, Sennheiser Headphones
Update: Out of stock!
Cowboy Bebop Has Never Been Cheaper
Three, two, one let's jam! The complete Cowboy Bebop debuted on Amazon for $43, and then hung out at $30 for quite some time. Now it's sitting at $24, which is the lowest I've ever seen. You can also get the Cowboy Bebop Movie for $7 if you're a real CB completist. The complete series is an Amazon deal of the day, so I expect it to go back up to at least $30 in the next twenty-four hours.
App Store Update: July 7
Every day hundreds of new apps make their debut on the App Store, and hundreds more are updated or reduced in price. We have sifted through the noise and highlighted those select few that might be worth your attention.
Note: The prices and deals compiled below are accurate at the time we published this story, but all are subject to change.
Sonic Runners – (Freemium)
This one actually dashed into the App Store a couple of weeks ago, but since we haven't featured it directly in the ASU yet, you may have missed it! It's Sonic's latest mobile adventure focused on speed:
Harry Shearer Coming Back to The Simpsons
Actor Harry Shearer, who voices Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders and Smithers on The Simpsons, will return to the animated show after all.
Entertainment Weekly reports that Shearer has signed the same deal as his five fellow primary voice actors on The Simpsons: Dan Castellaneta, Yeardley Smith, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright and Hank Azaria. That means Shearer is contracted for four more seasons (though FOX has only renewed the show for two more years right now), earning an estimated $300,000 USD per episode.
Shearer's signing is surprising because the actor announced he was leaving The Simpsons back in May. At the time, Shearer said he wanted the freedom to do other work, which baffled Simpsons showrunner and executive producer Al Jean, who claimed all of the cast has great free time to pursue other project.
Marvel’s Comic-Con Giveaways Focus on Guardians
Those attending San Diego Comic-Con this weekend will have the chance to pick up several new premium items from Marvel Animation.
With the new Guardians of the Galaxy animated series launching in September, there's a lot of focus on the Guardians, though Marvel's other animated series are also included. IGN has your exclusive first look at these items, which will be available as giveaways at the Marvel booth at SDCC.
The items include:
Marvel Animation Coloring and Activity Books (featuring art from Guardians of the Galaxy, Ultimate Spider-Man and Marvel’s Avengers Assemble). Check out the cover and a couple of the pages from the book below.
Wrestling Wrap Up: Cena and Cesaro Deliver a Classic Match
Hey, all. Hope you had a happy July 4th. Got a fast and raucous Wrap Up comin' at you this week accompanied by the message that there will be no Wrap Up next week. Due to Comic-Con craziness and the whatnot and the hoo hah.
So I won't get to report on the go-home RAW for Battleground, which I hope finally sees Paige get some help from NXT's Charlotte or Sasha Banks. Or both. I'm pretending like they haven't pulled the trigger on this yet because Total Divas premieres this week and they wanted have a TD-only match last night.
The Walking Dead’s Emily Kinney Joins Masters of Sex
The Walking Dead star Emily Kinney is set to appear in the third season of Showtime's Masters of Sex.
Kinney will play Nora, who as a child was the neighbor of William and Libby Masters (Michael Sheen and Caitlin FitzGerald), but now in her 20s, she signs up to become a sex surrogate in Masters and Johnson's (Lizzy Caplan) study. Deadline reported the news, revealing Kinney's role will span multiple episodes, as she joins fellow guest stars Maggie Grace (Taken), Josh Charles (The Good Wife) and Tate Donovan (Damages) in Season 3.
SDCC 2015: Tell Us What to Do at San Diego Comic Con
What’s up, everybody? Comic-Con 2015 is happening, and if you didn’t get a pass to go, don’t worry: IGN’s got full access to keep YOU up-to-date on everything movies, tv, comics, toys and gaming at SDCC 2015!
Sure, we’ll be bringing you all the news, previews, live shows, and exclusive interviews. But that’s not all -- IGN Access will bring the entertainment industry’s hottest convention experience to you.
From Hollywood studio reveals in Hall H to all the booths, exclusives, and cosplayers the show floor has to offer, IGN Access will take you through Comic-Con 2015. Got something specific you’d like to see? Just tweet at IGN Access with the hashtag #ControlSDCC, and let us know what WE can show YOU at Comic-Con 2015!
Overwatch: Meet Soldier: 76
Blizzard has revealed its latest Overwatch Hero, Soldier: 76.
As teased on battle.net and Overwatch's official Twitter account, Soldier: 76 is the vigilante alter-ego of Jack Morrison, the former leader of Overwatch who was presumed dead after enemies blew up his headquarters. Armed with a heavy pulse rifle, Soldier: 76 now "moves in secret, striking from the shadows, hunting those that brought Overwatch down".
Rumor: Rachel McAdams Up for Doctor Strange
Rachel McAdams may go from True Detective to Sorcerer Supreme.
According to Heroic Hollywood, the actress -- currently seen on the second season of the HBO cop series -- has been offered the female lead in Marvel Studios' Doctor Strange movie.
The site didn't specify which character McAdams may play if she accepts the offer, but Clea would seem like a reasonable guess.
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