History of Super Hero Movies: Past, Present and Future panel to take place at NYCC

Comic books started out modestly eight decades ago, printed on pulp paper and appealing to a very young audience. Today, comics are American mythology with a broad ranging readership, with legendary characters and stories that have transcended time and inspired generations of readers and artists in all different mediums. Film and entertainment historian Eddy Friedfeld ….

Black Panther – the TV series featuring voice of Djimon Hounsou to preview at NYCC

He is the King of Wakanda, and soon he will be the King of TV. Marvel Animation and BET proudly present an exclusive look at the upcoming Black Panther cartoon, featuring the voice talents of Djimon Hounsou and more. Reggie Hudlin, executive producer and writer, Denys Cowan, artist John Romita, Jr., and more will discuss ….

Dark Knight producer’s son carves his own path with martial arts, action and comics partnership

Creative Impulse Entertainment, which recently expanded from film and music video production into comics, and has the first comic series in the history of the industry to include DVD media with each issue (the flagship JFH: Justice-For-Hire) today announced a multimedia partnership with COG 1 Entertainment. COG 1 is headed by David Uslan, a second-generation ….

Casino Royale director looking at Green Lantern comic adaptation

Warner Bros. is currently in discussions with Martin Campbell to helm the Green Lantern adaptation of the DC superhero, according to Variety. Campbell’s most recent projects include Casino Royale and the Mel Gibson film Edge of Darkness. According to the report, the hot DC properties headed to the silver screen include Green Lantern and the ….

Who is the Greatest Badass of all time – find out Friday at Comic-Con

MTV News is hosting a panel of celebrity guests who will answer, once and for all, one of fandom’s most notorious questions – Which movie character is the Greatest Badass of All Time? John McClane or Lara Croft? Batman or Wolverine? Celebrities and fans weighed in with their picks, now find out who made the ….

Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder world premiere at New York Comic-Con

The world premiere of the latest Futurama film, Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder, will be this Friday, February 6, 2009, at New York Comic-Con. The screening begins at 5:30PM in the IGN Theater, and is free for all attendees of the convention. More about Futurama: Into The Wild Green Yonder All the other galaxies ….

New York Comic-Con moves yet again for 2010 and organizers planning Chicago Comic Expo at McCormick Place

Reed Exhibitions announced today the launch of the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), which will take place April 16 – 18, 2010 at McCormick Place in downtown Chicago. The new show will be structured in the spirit of New York Comic Con (NYCC) which was launched by Reed Exhibitions in 2006 and saw attendance ….

Check out Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Superbowl spot online

Yet another trailer has surfaced from the Super Bowl, which will be tackling about 100 million TVs worldwide, in about 8 hours from now. This one is for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, which will be in theaters on June 26, 2009, with Michael Bay at the helm and Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf, Rainn Wilson, ….

Zack Snyder launches new website and photo from Watchmen

Director Zack Snyder debuted a new photo from the Watchmen at Entertainment Weekly and has launched a new website for his production company Cruel and Unusual Films at CruelFilms.com. Rorschach is featured in the new image, and it is apparently one of the first glimpses of him in the storyline. Watchmen opens in theaters and IMAX on March ….

Watchmen exclusive DVD Tales of the Black Freighter release details and box art – it will include deleted scene from the movie

Everything seems to be about the Watchmen these days. There is a boat-load of great tie-in products being released with the film, and I hope to get my hands on some at New York Comic-Con next weekend. I have gotten a bunch of details from Warner Home Video, regarding the much talked about Tales of ….

Afterburn film adaptation heats up

Matt Johnson, who wrote the action films Torque and Into the Blue, has been attached to adapt the comic Afterburn for Relativity Media. The film is being produced by uber-producer Neal Moritz and actor Toby Maguire. This is according to The Hollywood Reporter. Afterburn, a sci-fi adventure based on books published by Red 5 Comics, ….

Exclusive black-and-white portraits of Watchmen characters online

Empire Online has posted some exclusive black-and-white portraits of Rorschach, The Comedian, Ozymandias, Silk Spectre and Nite Owl, from the new Watchmen: Portraits coffee table book, which contains 192 pages of posed shots of both the cast and crew of the upcoming film. The incredible photography is that of Clay Enos, and you can order ….