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New Animated Band PusherJones Makes Some Noise


April 18, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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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 [...]

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Dushku is She-Hulk in New Disney XD Show


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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 [...]

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Marvel’s ‘Daredevil’ Tops Eisner Award Nominations


April 5, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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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 [...]

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‘Captain America’ Sequel Due in Two Years


by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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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 [...]

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Sneak Peek at ‘Astonishing X-Men: Dangerous’


April 3, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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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, [...]

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Teen Spidey Reports for Duty


April 2, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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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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A2E2 Goes Transmedia With ‘Stan Lee’s Mighty 7'


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A Squared Elxsi Entertainment, a joint venture between A Squared Entertainment and Tata Elxsi Ltd., has struck a deal to develop Stan Lee’s Mighty 7 superhero property to multiple formats and platforms in animation and live-action. The deal is a partnership between A2E2, Lee’s POW! Entertainment and Archie Comics. Stan [...]

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Man of Action Announces Three New Projects


March 29, 2012 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image
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The team behind Man of Action Studios, the in-demand creators of Ben 10 and Ultimate Spider-Man, is taking full advantage of its hot streak. The collective—composed of comic-book creators Duncan Rouleau, Joe Casey, Joe Kelly and Steve T. Seagle—is working on three new projects in film, TV and digital arenas, [...]

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MIPTV: PGS Offers 4 New Seasons of Hit Toons


March 28, 2012 by Mercedes Milligan 1 Comment divider image
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Leading international brand managers PGS Entertainment have revealed their toon slate for the MIPTV market, which kicks off in Cannes next week. Four new seasons of popular and award-winning shows total 81 half-hours of new programming available for broadcasters. “The fact that the majority of the properties represented by PGS [...]

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‘Lorax’ Tops Weak Opening for ‘John Carter’ at Box Office


March 12, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image
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Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Warlord of Mars was no match for Dr. Seuss. In a disappointing debut, Disney’s John Carter — adapting Burroughs’ seminal, century-old science-fiction tales — opened to a weak $30.6 million at the box office. Despite heavy hype and intense industry scrutiny of the picture and its hefty [...]

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