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Avengers Cast Lands on Three Collectible D23 Covers
Disney twenty-three magazine is offering three special collectible covers featuring different Avengers’ characters for its summer issue, which will be available on May 1. Coinciding with the worldwide theatrical release of Marvel’s The Avengers, the summer issue of Disney twenty-three features a 10-page story on the creation of the superhero film. Author and Disney Imagineer [...]
The Hub Hires Marvel’s ‘Super Hero Squad’
The Hub is about to be invaded by pint-size superheroes, having acquired the hit animated series The Super Hero Squad Show from Marvel Animation. The series is set to begin airing on the channel Monday through Friday at 4 p.m. ET starting Jan. 30, with encores slated for weekend timeslots. [...]
Simon Said
One of the true pioneers of comic books, Joe Simon, passed away last week at the age of 98. Unlike his early creative partner Jack Kirby, Joe never worked directly in the toon trenches, though Captain America, the character he co-created with Kirby in 1941, has certainly been animated, first [...]
Cartoon Network’s Merry Mondays!
Cartoon Network is busting out the holiday fare next week by kicking off specials for Johnny Test and Adventure Time, plus new episodes of The Amazing World of Gumball, MAD and more on Monday, December 5 starting at 7 p.m. The first jolly carolers will arrive at 7 with “A [...]
Winnie the Pooh, Tom & Jerry New on DVD
A tasty selection of home entertainment treats are available for sampling today, including Disney’s new animated Winnie the Pooh adventure and Volume One of the Tom and Jerry Golden Collection! Winnie the Pooh [Disney, $29.99] A. A. Milne’s tubby little teddy bear stuffed with fluff has made his triumphant return [...]
New ‘Avengers’ Promo Art Surfaces
It seems that fans can’t get enough of Joss Whedon’s 2012 features adaptation of The Avengers. Today’s big buzzy item was the web release of a promo art for the superhero-packed extravaganza. The Marvel movie features Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Jeremy Renner, Mark Ruffalo, Cobie Smulders, Scarlett [...]
Question for the Week of August 29 2011
Now that we’ve passed the mid-year mark, which one of the following vfx-driven movies do you think will do best during the awards season? Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows 2 The Rise of the Planet of the Apes Captain America X-Men: First Class Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Your Essential SIGGRAPH ’11 Tip Sheet
There are probably hundreds of good reasons why you should check out this year’s SIGGRAPH Expo in Vancouver (Aug. 7-11), but we want to make sure you don’t miss out on some of the big highlights. So, here’s a little list that you can tear out of the mag and [...]
Will Moviegoers Go for ‘Apes’ Again?
Fox is hoping that audiences will be hungry for its prequel to the 1968 cult classic as Rise of the Planet of the Apes hits the screens this Friday (August 5). Showcasing the talents of James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Tom Felton and performance capture master Andy Serkis as [...]
Mighty ‘Smurfs’ Ties with ‘Cowboys & Aliens’
Sony’s 3-D feature hybrid The Smurfs proved to be a much stronger contender than expected this past weekend, bringing in $36.2 million and tying with DreamWorks/Universal’s Western/sci-fi pic Cowboys & Aliens at the domestic box office. Since the race was too close to call, the final winner will have to [...]
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