Daredevil Trailer Reveals Bullseye Is a Villain in Season 3
Netflix and Marvel finally confirmed that Bullseye will be one of the major villains for Daredevil Season 3 at New York Comic Con, releasing a new trailer that teased the reveal.
"I think it’s safe to say that - and it may be the worst kept secret in the history of Marvel - this season we would be telling an origin story for one of the more iconic characters," Marvel TV boss Jeph Loeb teased, allowing actor Wilson Bethel to be the first to say the villain's name.
"Honestly it was one of the most incredible experiences of my life to be able to tell the story of how Benjamin Poindexter will ultimately become Bullseye," Bethel said, before star Charlie Cox got up from his seat and ran over to draw a bullseye on Bethel's forehead in Sharpie.
Fortnite’s First Action Figure Revealed!
It was recently announced that McFarlane Toys would be producing collectibles based on Fortnite, including action figures and role-play items, and we just got our first look!
Here at New York Comic Con, Todd McFarlane himself revealed the very first action figure prototype of Cuddle Team Leader!
There's no price point or specific street date yet, but McFarlane is hard at work getting these out before the end of the year.
If you're interested in some other toys based on beloved Fortnite skins, these dark, brooding John Wick collectibles we also saw at NYCC might be of interest.
In Defense of Venom
Ruben Fleischer's Venom opened Friday, and the reaction has been, well, less than glowing. As of this writing, the film's Rotten Tomatoes approval rating is at a not-so-impressive 30%, with critics citing its chaotic storytelling, middling special effects, and weird campy/comic tone.
Rafer Guzman of Newsday compared Venom to midnight movie classics like The Rocky Horror Picture Show (which would be a positive in my book, but which Guzman meant to be a criticism), while NPR's Chris Kilmek compared it unfavorably to the '80s sitcom ALF. Stephanie Zacharek of TIME gave Venom a 3.5 out of 10, and even IGN's own Laura Prudom gave it a 4.0 out of 10, employing one of the film's more notorious lines of dialogue as a descriptor: “A turd in the wind.”
The Best Venom vs. Carnage Comics
With the Venom movie featuring Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock now in theaters, we're looking to the comics for what to expect for a possible sequel featuring the Spider-Man antihero.
Warning: beware spoilers for Venom!
The Venom mid-credits scene introduces Woody Harrelson's Cletus Kasady and directly sets the stage for the rise of Carnage in Venom 2. While we wait for the sequel to take shape, now would be a good time to go back and read some of the classic Venom vs. Carnage stories from the comics. Here's a little recommended reading to tide you over.
The Amazing Spider-Man: Carnage
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Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man Series Coming From DC’s Injustice Writer
Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, a comic series that looks closely at both the daily, neighborhood life of Peter Parker and the action packed heroics of Spider-Man, is coming in January 2019.
Announced during the NYCC 2018 Spider-Man panel and detailed on Marvel’s official website, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man is being written by Tom Taylor with art by Juann Cabal - the two previously worked together on the All-New Wolverine series. Taylor is also known for his work on the Injustice: Gods Among Us comic series that acted as a prequel to the video game of the same name.
Every Game on Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far, Reviewed
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This morning Square Enix announced a new Kingdom Hearts compilation coming to PS4 at the end of this month.
The Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far collection is a combination of Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5+2.5 ReMIX and Kingdom Hearts HD 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue, which themselves are made up of different Kingdom Hearts games. We've put together a slideshow of every game review for every game featured in the Kingdom Hearts: The Story So Far collection.
Netflix’s Dark Crystal Prequel Will Have Full Puppet Cast, No CGI
Netflix gave fans a first look at The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance at New York Comic Con, and judging by the footage screened for fans, it effortlessly recaptures the magic of the original Jim Henson film, now with an even bigger scope. A prequel series set before the events of the 1982 movie, Age of Resistance is directed and executive produced by Louis Leterrier (Now You See Me), and executive produced by Jim Henson's daughter, Lisa Henson.
The show has been in development for seven years and took a year to film, according to Leterrier, who promised the series will have a full puppet cast and no CGI or human characters - the only use of CGI is "erasing rods, erasing puppeteers," he said. "The thing that really changed
How Netflix’s The Haunting of Hill House Builds Its Horror Payoff
Netflix invited viewers inside its spooky reimagining of The Haunting of Hill House at New York Comic Con on Friday night.
The series stars Michiel Huisman (Steven Crain), Elizabeth Reaser (Shirly Crain), Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Luke Crain), Kate Siegel (Theo Crain), Victoria Pedretti (Nell Crain), Timothy Hutton (Hugh Crain), Carla Gugino (Olivia Crain), and Henry Thomas (Young Hugh Crain), and is created by horror director Mike Flanagan - who the cast credits with building a truly terrifying world for their characters to inhabit.
Find out what we think of the upcoming season below:
"Mike Flanagan first and foremost is a horror fan; he is making movies for himself and people like him," said Siegel (who also happens to be married to Flanagan). "That is a rarity, I think, because on some level, horror can be made in one room on your iPhone for cheap, but Mike loves it so much that he approaches it with such romance, almost. He loves his characters the way you would in a Merchant Ivory film, but he still wants to scare the pants off you." She credited Flanagan with managing to never "reuse a monster or reuse a scare," as well as finding "new ways to scare people who spend every waking moment in the horror world. He gets to throw all of his best tricks at you."
Netflix’s Umbrella Academy Reveals Premiere Date and First Photos
Netflix unveiled a first look at the streaming network's upcoming Umbrella Academy series Friday night at New York Comic Con, along with the Season 1 premiere date. Adapted from the comics by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, the series focuses on a dysfunctional family of superheroes who were born to different parents and adopted by a mysterious entrepreneur. The show will premiere February 15, 2019.
The show stars Ellen Page as Vanya Hargreeves (aka The White Violin), Tom Hopper as Luther Hargreeves (aka Spaceboy), Robert Sheehan as Klaus Hargreeves (aka The Séance), Emmy Raver-Lampman as Allison Hargreeves (aka The Rumor), David Castañeda as Diego Hargreeves (aka The Kraken), Aidan Gallagher as Number Five (aka The Boy), Colm Feore as Sir Reginald Hargreeves (aka The Monocle), Mary J. Blige as Cha-Cha), and Cameron Britton as Hazel.