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‘The Avengers’ Shatters Domestic B.O. Debut Records
As many had predicted, Disney/Marvel’s much-awaited The Avengers set an all-time industry record by grossing $200.3 million domestically (May4-6), shattering the previous record set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 with $169 million. The Disney tentpole’s international cume is now $641.8 million through Sunday with 12 days [...]
Evil Eye Contributes 200 VFX Shots to ‘The Avengers’
San Francisco-based vfx house Evil Eye Pictures has contributed nearly 200 visual effects shots for the Marvel’s The Avengers directed by Joss Whedon, which opens this Friday. Weta Digital, Digital Domain, Fuel VFX, Hydraulx, ILM, Lola VFX, Cantina Creative, Luma Pictures, Mova, The Third Floor and Trixter Films were among [...]
Weekend Brings Nice B.O. Booty for ‘The Pirates!’
Sony/Aardman Animations’ stop-motion extravaganza The Pirates! Band of Misfits made a decent box office splash this weekend, landing in at No. 2 (after the urban comedy Think Like a Man) bringing in $11.4 million domestically. The film, which cost about $50 million to produce, has already made $63.7 million internationally, [...]
Marvel Fever Hits Home Entertainment Market
In anticipation of the May 4 release The Avengers movie at the box office, Lions Gate Home Ent. is releasing a special three-movie package featuring Planet Hulk (2010), The Invincible Iron Man (2007) and Doctor Strange (2007). Although, these direct-to-DVD movies have been previously available on the market, this new [...]
New Animated Band PusherJones Makes Some Noise
Mover over, Gorillaz. There is a new animated rock band in town. Rollingstone.com reports that Velvet Revolver guitarist Dave Kushner has launched an “animated” rock band called PusherJones, featuring The Simpsons creative director Dave Warren, singer Frankie Perez (Camp Freddy), bassist Scott Shriner (Weezer) and drummer Joey Castillo (Queens of [...]
Dushku is She-Hulk in New Disney XD Show
The upcoming Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. set to join Disney XD’s Marvel block next year will feature the voice talents of actress Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse, Buffy the Vampire Slayer) as She-Hulk. At least according fellow voice actor Adrian Pasdar, who leaked the info to IGN.com in a recent [...]
Marvel’s ‘Daredevil’ Tops Eisner Award Nominations
Marvel Comics’ relaunch of the blind superhero Daredevil lead the pack with six nominations for the 2012 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. Announced this week, the annual award recognize achievement in the comic book industry. Daredevil earned nominations for best continuing series, best single issue, best writer for Mark Waid and [...]
‘Captain America’ Sequel Due in Two Years
Marvel fans, mark your calendars for April 4, 2014 — that’s when the sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger is due to arrive in theaters. Disney announced the release date as well as a slight tease, saying that Cap 2 “will pick-up where the highly anticipated Marvel’s The Avengers [...]
Sneak Peek at ‘Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous’
Marvel’s merry mutants face an unexpected threat from within in Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous, an animated motion comic feature coming to DVD April 10 from Shout! Factory. Based on the popular comic book storyline by writer Joss Whedon (co-writer and director of this summer’s Avengers live-action movie) and artist John Cassaday, [...]
Teen Spidey Reports for Duty
Ultimate Spider-Man begins to spin its colorful web on Disney XD’s new Marvel block. There must be something so primal about the Spider-Man legend that each generation seems to demand its own version of the mythic Marvel superhero. Since movie audiences are treated to a new reboot of the agile [...]
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