Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD Actor Now Series Regular for Season 6
Jeff Ward will be returning as Deke Shaw in Marvel's Agents of SHIELD, according to EW's exclusive studio interview at San Diego Comic-Con.
Ward's character, the grandson of Fitz (Iain de Caestecker) and Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge) from a dystopian timeline in the future will become a series regular in Season 6.
We learned in May that Agents of SHIELD was renewed for a sixth season, but will not be returning until 2019. The newest season will run for 13 episodes, which is down from the usual 22-episode seasons ABC has ordered in the past.
IGN just released exclusive news that Clark Gregg will be directing the premiere episode of season 6. The Season 6 premiere, "Missing Pieces," is written by SHIELD showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen.
Mega Man Cartoon Gets First Trailer – Comic-Con 2018
Mega Man: Fully Charged, the upcoming cartoon starring the Blue Bomber, has received its first trailer.
Revealed during the Mega Man: Fully Charged panel at SDCC, the trailer (which you can watch here) features Mega Man, a whole lot of robot masters, and Mega Man's ensuing powers from defeating those masters.
It's unclear if these are new or old robot masters, though one looks awfully close to Drill Man, and Mega Man definitely references "Fire Man" when using his powers.
Clark Gregg to Direct Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD Premiere Episode
Coulson might be dead when Marvel's Agents of SHIELD picks up in its Season 6 premiere, but Clark Gregg will definitely be making his presence felt. IGN can exclusively reveal that Gregg will be directing the Season 6 premiere episode, "Missing Pieces."
Check out the exclusive script reveal below:
The Season 6 premiere, "Missing Pieces," is written by SHIELD showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen.
The 2018 Eisner Award Winners Revealed
The 2018 Will Eisner Comic Book Industry Awards were announced at Comic-Con last night. Essentially the Oscars of the comic book world, these awards honor the best books, creators and retailers of the past year.
The most interesting development from this year's awards is that Tom King (Batman, Mister Miracle) and Marjorie Liu (Monstress) tied for Best Writer. King's Mister Miracle partner Mitch Gerads also won Best Penciller/Inker. In general, the Eisner voters seemed to have monsters on the brain this year. In addition to Liu's Best Writer win, the Image series Monstress took home awards for Best Continuing Series, Best Publication for Teens, Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (Sana Takeda) and Best Cover Artist (Takeda again). Meanwhile, Emil Ferris' My Favorite Thins Is Monsters won the awards for Best Graphic Album - New, Best Writer/Artist and Best Coloring.
Which Joker Origin Could the Joaquin Phoenix Movie Pull From?
The Joker is a character bathed in mystery. The fact that we know so little about this villain and who he was before becoming Batman's greatest foe is a big part of his charm. But that hasn't stopped some Batman stories from trying to shed light on Joker's mysterious past. Even the upcoming Joker movie starring Joaquin Phoenix as the Clown Prince of Crime and directed by Todd Phillips will try to put its own spin on Joker's origin, who reportedly will be named Arthur Fleck
Are you familiar with the many conflicting stories about Joker's past? If not, read on for some of the most notable explanations DC's comics and movies have given for the rise of Batman's greatest foe.
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Dave Bautista Defends James Gunn After Firing From Guardians of the Galaxy 3
Dave Bautista, Guardians of the Galaxy's Drax, has come to the defense of the franchise's writer and director, James Gunn, after he was fired from the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 for controversial tweets that were recently resurfaced.
How a Venom Movie Works Without Spider-Man
Director Ruben Fleischer has gone into detail about how a film about Venom works without his nemesis Spider-Man.
"There's more than enough Venom to go around," Fleischer told IGN at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday. "There's plenty to mine just from Tom
's performance, the character, and the world he inhabits."
The Venom director explained that the film's exploration of Eddie Brock's relationship with the symbiote is what makes it unique.
"It's a really unique movie because it's about a relationship," he said. "The Eddie Brock and symbiote relationship is unlike any other superhero or comic book hero. It's about that duality...it's about two people coming together and forming a new identity. I think that's plenty to explore in one film."
M. Night Shyamalan Explains How Unbreakable Got a Sequel in Glass
Duing IGN's Comic-Con 2018 live show, Glass director M. Night Shyamalan discussed how this Unbreakable sequel came to be and that he'd been planning it for a very long time.
"When I made Unbreakable, I kind of intended to do three movies." Shyamalan explained. "Just in my head, I was thinking to do that. It was just such a weird reaction to the movie...It wasn't received well, at the time. I just felt hurt, so I moved on."
You can watch the full interview here:
He further explained how Unbreakable grew a cult following since its release in 2000 and he soon found his way to return to this universe.
Watch Tom Hardy Talk About Venom at Comic-Con
UPDATE, July 24: Sony has released highlights from their Venom panel at Friday's Comic-Con. Watch what Tom Hardy, Riz Ahmed, and director Ruben Fleischer had to say about working on the Marvel movie by playing the video embedded below.
The original report from follows after the video.
Sony Pictures showed a few more scenes of the symbiote itself in action during their Venom presentation at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday. The footage didn't feature finished visual effects but it did show off the creature's size, ferocity, and his interactions with Eddie Brock as well as his dark wit.
The footage began with Eddie meditating while listening to self-help audio, which instructed him that while he couldn't change what happened in the past, he can be in total control in the present. We then see the effects of the symbiote taking him over, some of which we've already seen in the trailers where he complains of feeling sick.