Yearly Archives: 2018
Game of Thrones’ Tormund Giantsbane Heads Up Dark Horse’s Comic-Con Exclusives
Update 8/3: Check out all the Dark Horse Collectibles from SDCC right here.
Dark Horse Comics is expanding its focus on producing new action figures and collectibles this year, and they're showing off a wide array of products at Comic-Con. Dark Horse's booth features current and upcoming statues based on popular franchises like Game of Thrones, The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, Hellboy and The Umbrella Academy.
Check the slideshow below for new photos straight for the show floor.
Included in this lineup is Dark Horse's new Tormund Giantsbane statue, which is being sold as a Comic-Con-exclusive. Other highlights include a statue depicting the Night King and his Ice Dragon, a Jon Snow mini-bust based on the episode "Battle of the Bastards," a pair of super-deformed Dark Souls figures, a bathing Geralt statue and a truly amazing 6-inch, mixed-media Hellboy figure.
Young Justice: Outsiders Poster Reveals Season 3 Villains
It's been five long years since Young Justice last appeared on our screens, but thanks to DC's new digital subscription service, DC Universe, the beloved animated series will make its much-anticipated return later this year - and it looks like it's full of new faces.
Fans will get new intel on Season 3, titled Young Justice: Outsiders, at the show's San Diego Comic-Con panel this Friday (taking place at 10am in room 6DE), and IGN has an exclusive first look at the special SDCC poster that fans will receive if they attend the show's autograph signing on Friday from 11:30am to noon at the Warner Bros. booth (#4545).
Justice League: Warner Bros. Won’t Release a Zack Snyder Cut
After months of speculation, Warner Bros. has revealed whether or not there will be a Zack Snyder cut of Justice League.
A Warner Bros. senior executive confirmed to The Wall Street Journal there are no plans to release an alternate version of the DC ensemble movie at San Diego Comic-Con. Snyder was also contacted, but the director declined to comment.
Back in 2017, Snyder had to step down from production on Justice League following a personal tragedy, with Joss Whedon taking over as director. A few months later in September of 2017, Snyder opened up about why he was keeping his distance from Justice League, saying he wasn't worried about how the movie was shaping up.
Comcast Drops Out of 21st Century Fox Bidding War with Disney
The Walt Disney Company's $71.3 billion offer for 21st Century Fox looks poised to go through. That's because telecom behemoth Comcast Corporation has pulled out of its bidding war with Disney for control of Fox.
CNBC, which is itself owned by Comcast, first reported the news today. The report indicates that Comcast's decision is in part so that it can refocus on its acquisition attempts of UK telecom company Sky, which Fox itself has been competing with Comcast to acquire. Fox already owns 39 percent of Sky and has offered $32.5 billion for the other 61, while Comcast has recently bid $34 billion for that same stake.
Outcast is Back: Robert Kirkman on the Bigger Body Snatcher Scope of Season 2
More than two years after production wrapped on the second season, Outcast is finally returning to Cinemax - on Friday, July 20th (though Season 2 already aired for audiences overseas).
Back in spring of 2016, I visited the set of this horrific exorcism series, based on Robert Kirkman's comics, while they were shooting episode 208 and spoke to Kirkman and the cast about the new dangers and expanding scope of the show.
Note: With the second season of this expensive-to-make series sitting on the shelf for so long, and the options on the cast having lapsed a long time ago, the future for Outcast doesn't look great. HBO and Cinemax's programming head Kary Antholis said that they'd be open to conversations about bringing it back, but many co-production opportunities would probably have to arise to make it feasible.
Dozens of Aquaman Toys Create Epic Undersea Battle at Comic-Con 2018
Update 8/3: Check out all the Mattel toys from SDCC right here.
Comic-Con is underway, and Mattel is showing off some upcoming DC figures that'll be hitting stores in late 2018. Unsurprisingly, the company will be focusing a great deal on December's Aquaman movie, with their booth featuring an epic undersea battle between rival Atlantean armies.
They also showed off a new wave of DC Multiverse figures inspired by DC's Rebirth comics and a line of Harry Potter dolls. Check out the slideshow below to see what Mattel has on display at Comic-Con right now.
Included in this lineup are several new additions to Mattel's DC Multiverse Signature series line, which features movie-based figures. Also spotlighted are a Mera-themed Barbie doll, Mattel's SDCC-exclusive Aquaman: Between Two Dooms set and a new wave of DC Comics Multiverse figures that will include pieces to construct a Lobo "Collect-and-Connect" figure.
Changes Are Coming for Nearly All of Overwatch’s Support Heroes
There's some bad news for Overwatch players tired of Mercy's repeated changes and nerfs. Blizzard will make changes to Mercy along with four of Overwatch's five other support characters in the next patch.
Announced by Lead Designer Geoff Goodman in a forum post yesterday, the changes are meant to keep the support characters competitive with one another. In addition to Mercy, Ana, Brigitte, Lucio, and Moira are all getting changes. That means Zenyatta is the sole support character who will remain unchanged, with Goodman explaining that Zenyatta's "doing his job well as a hybrid damage/healer, and being able to provide discord orb for your team will always be welcome."
The Walking Dead Casts Fantastic Beasts Star Dan Fogler
The Walking Dead has added a Fantastic Beasts star to its cast for Season 9.
ComicBook.com reports Dan Fogler, who portrays Jacob Kowalski in Fantastic Beasts, has joined the hit AMC show. However, his role is currently being kept under wraps.
Fogler is set to reprise his role as Jacob in the upcoming Fantastic Beasts sequel The Crimes of Grindelwald. Meanwhile, The Walking Dead Season 9 will premiere on AMC this fall.
The series' new showrunner Angela Kang opened up about The Walking Dead's time jump and how it'll impact some of the main characters. The new season will see the use of horses and more archaic weapons since gas and bullets will be more difficult to find.
Zombieland 2 Gets an Official Release Date
The exact release date for Zombieland 2 has been announced.
Per Exhibitor Relations, the sequel to the 2009 comedy hit will be released on October 11, 2019, just a little over 10 years since the first film came out. Production will begin sometime in January 2019.
The original core cast of Emma Stone, Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, and Abigail Breslin are all set to return alongside director Ruben Fleischer. Deadpool's Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick will also come back to pen the sequel.
Xbox And West Coast Customs PUBG Bus to Debut at SDCC
Xbox and West Coast Customs have collaborated to create a one-of-a-kind PlayerUnknown Battlegrounds bus that will be given away as the grand prize for the Xbox One Summer of PUBG sweepstakes, according to Games Radar.
The PUBG bus will debut at San Diego Comic-Con on Thursday, July 19 at Petco Park with no badge required and will be on-site until July 22. Prizes and swag will be handed out at the bus as well.
A green, glowing Xbox logo is incorporated into the grill of the bus, with the side mirrors being shaped like frying pans. TV screens and consoles are inside the bus for the winner to play while on the road.