Shout! Factory bringing Marvel Knights Animation series to disc

Shout! Factory and Marvel Animation have expanded their content partnership to bring Marvel’s innovative Marvel Knights Animation series to U.S. homes. The announcement was made today by Shout! Factory founding partners Richard Foos, Bob Emmer and Garson Foos, along with Marvel Animation President Eric Rollman. Direct from the pages of the critically acclaimed comics, Marvel ….

Spider-Man 2 writers and Michael Bay adapting comic Existence 2.0

HeatVisionBlog reports that Paramount has nabbed rights to the Image comic Existence 2.0, with Smallville and Spider-Man 2 writers Miles Millar and Alfred Gough attached to adapt. Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes will produce the eventual film with Circle of Confusion’s David Alpert. The action comic Existence 2.0 was written by Nick Spencer featuring with art ….

Cast of Joss Whedon’s new show Dollhouse attending New York Comic-Con, along with partial premiere screening

Organizers of the upcoming New York Comic Con today revealed that, not only is Joss Whedon attending its 2009 event as a Special Guest, he will also premiere the first act of his upcoming TV series Dollhouse to convention attendees. One of the most influential names in the pop culture landscape of the last decade, ….

Cast of Fox show Fringe to appear at New York Comic-Con

New York Comic Con announced that FOX TV’s Fringe will come to its 2009 event, lead by executive producer Jeff Pinkner and cast members Anna Torv (who plays Olivia Dunham), John Noble (who plays Dr. Walter Bishop), Lance Reddick (Phillip Broyles), Kirk Acevedo (who plays Charlie Francis), Blair Brown (who plays Nina Sharp) and Jasika ….

Takashi Miike’s Yatterman world premiere at NY Comic-Con

Organizers of New York Comic Con revealed that maverick Japanese director Takashi Miike will appear at its 2009 event as a Guest of Honor, along with superstar actor and pop star Sho Sakurai. Miike and Sakurai will be speaking about their upcoming feature film Yatterman—and then present the world premiere of the highly-anticipated movie, produced ….