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Disney Stars, BGCA Kick Off Marvel Literacy Campaign
On Saturday, January 12, young stars of hit Disney TV series will join local Boys & Girls Club kids—and everyone’s favorite web-slinger, Spider-Man—at the Burbank Public Library to kick off “Reading With: Marvel Comics Close-Up,” a new initiative to champion children’s literacy. In attendance will be Disney XD/Disney Channel stars [...]
‘Ultimate Spider-Man’ Returns with Primetime Special
Disney XD/Marvel’s animated series Ultimate Spider-Man will be back for its second season with a special one-hour primetime premiere on Monday, Jan. 21st at 7-9 p.m. on Disney XD. The two-part premiere introduces fans to two of Spider-Man’s most iconic villains—the Lizard and Electro. As Spidey and his team—Nova, White [...]
Mondo Celebrates ‘Hobbit’ with Olly Moss Prints
Mondo, the collectible art division of the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, TX, is celebrating the impending release of Peter Jackson’s latest Tolkien adaptation The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey with the unveiling of gorgeous new “The Lord of the Rings” poster art prints from famed artist Olly Moss. The perfect collectible [...]
Disney XD Announces Two New Marvel Toons
Disney XD announced that it will premiere two highly anticipated animated series on the Marvel Universe programming block, Marvel’s Avengers Assemble and Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. David Levine, VP and general manager of Disney Worldwide made the announcement at New York Comic-Con. Produced by Marvel Television, the series [...]
Miller Time
Warner Bros. Animation offers another epic chapter in the history of the Dark Knight, based on Frank Miller’s acclaimed comic. Few graphic novels have had the staying power of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. Released in 1986, the DC Comics epic written and drawn by Frank Miller was an instant [...]
Rick Hoberg’s Seriously ‘Amazing Friends’
What’s the classic line…“Everything old is new again?” Nowhere is that more evident than in the world of television. This week I’m thinking of what has happened to the television series Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, which originally aired on NBC from 1981 to 1983. The show created a teen [...]
‘Amazing Spider-Man’ Game Hits the Web
Activision and Marvel Ent. are launching the new Amazing Spider-Man video game today in North America and on Sept. 26th in Europe. As the official epilogue story to this summer’s feature film and marking Spidey’s return to a free-roaming Manhattan, The Amazing Spider-Man video game is now available for 4800 [...]
Oscar-Nominated ‘Chico & Rita’ Arrives on Home Video
It’s a great week for indie toons on home video, with the release of Chico & Rita and Adventures in Plymptoons! leading the way. Nominated for an Oscar, Chico & Rita (New Video Group, $29.95 DVD, $39.95 Blu-ray-DVD and CD soundtrack combo pack) is a stunning animated feature from directors Javier [...]
Canceled Selick Movie Prompts $50M Disney Writedown
Canceling production on a stop-motion animated feature directed by Henry Selick will cost the Walt Disney Co. a $50 million write down on its quarterly report. According to the Los Angeles Times, the studio announced the write down to investors Thursday at a conference in Beverly Hills. Selick is best [...]
ABC Greenlights Live-Action ‘S.H.I.E.L.D.’ Pilot
ABC has greenlit a live-action pilot featuring Marvel’s Strategic Hazard Intervention Espionage Logistics Directorate (S.H.I.E.L.D.). Even better, the pilot will be co-written and possibly directed by none other than Avengers director Joss Whedon. Whedon will also be helming The Avengers 2, as well as being involved with other features in [...]
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