Month: August 2019

I love comic book universe space stories. It’s a love I came to later in life – I was into space-based sci-fi outside of comics since before I could read, but I was a pretty down the line ’90s X-Men/Batman kid when it came to comics, and I wasn’t really interested in seeing anything but
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Release Date: August 27, 2019Platform: PS4 (reviewed), XBO, PCDeveloper: Remedy EntertainmentPublisher: 505 GamesGenre: Action-adventure If Remedy’s sci-fi game/tv show Quantum Break felt like a bit of a thematic departure from the Finnish studio’s haunting, hypnotic Alan Wake, their latest title, Control, falls somewhere in the middle, offering super-powered shooter gameplay in a sci-fi setting that
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Updated for September 2019 Isn’t it just the worst when you’re out with friends at your favorite restaurant and everyone’s discussing Kakegurui –Compulsive Gambler and you’re unable to jump in? How about when you’re waiting for the bus to arrive and people are discussing the latest Overlord plot twist? Or when your cashier at the supermarket tries to make
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A Ms. Marvel TV series is coming to streaming service Disney+, based on the Hugo-award winning and critically acclaimed comic book series of the same name. The first Muslim superhero to headline her own series for Marvel, Ms. Marvel has already made it to the small screen as part of the Marvel Rising animated series, but
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens ushered in an entirely new generation of fans looking for more adventures in the galaxy far, far away, but with the whole issue of Legends canon vs. the new canon and a whole slate of new books, comics, and movies arriving in the next few years, it can be hard
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Uncharted, an adaptation of the acclaimed, top-selling adventure video game franchise, has been sitting on the movie adaptation backlog of Sony Pictures for several years. Previously circled by a wide and diverse array of would-be stars and directors, things are finally taking shape for Uncharted, notably with a new face of the film franchise: Tom
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One of the more interesting projects announced by Marvel Studios for Disney+ is its first animated series, What If…?, based on the famous line of comics in which alternate versions of famous Marvel Universe stories were presented. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed that the series was in development at Comic-Con last month, but on
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Superman: Year One, an oversized three issue limited series from DC is a new exploration of the Man of Steel’s origin story from Frank Miller and John Romita, Jr. The book has grabbed headlines for its unconventional approach to Clark Kent’s early days. We sat down with Mr. Romita for an in-depth look at how
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D23 2019 is the biggest Disney celebration of the year. With panels focusing on all things Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, and Disney Animation, D23 is bringing news, trailers, and hopefully some surprise reveals from all the universes you love. Plus, we’ll learn a bit more about the House of Mouse’s upcoming subscription service, Disney+! If
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Variety is reporting that Metro 2033, the post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel from Dmitry Glukhovsky, is being adapted into a movie.  “The book by this Russian author has become known throughout the world, and it is embedded in the cultural code of sci-fi fans and gamers all over the planet,” says producer Valery Fedorovich of the project. “For us and
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When Arrow first came on television in 2012, it had virtually no competition when it came to other live-action superhero TV shows. Fast-forward seven years, four official spinoffs (plus the non-Arrowverse Black Lightning), and a television landscape so full of superheroes that there are multiple takes on the anti-superhero show. This fall Arrow Arrow heads into the home stretch, wrapping
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Being normal is not necessarily a virtue. It rather denotes a lack of courage. Not at HBO Max, however. The not-yet-launched streaming service is making its own laws. The streamer will produce a series adaptation of Alice Hoffman’s novel The Rules of Magic, which is a prequel to Practical Magic, according to Variety. The 1998
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It’s safe to say that nobody went into E3 2019 expecting Bloober Team, the studio behind modern horror masterpieces such as Layers of Fear and Observer, to reveal a new game based on The Blair Witch Project. While it’s only been three years since a new Blair Witch movie was released, it’s been 20 years since
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There’s something about The Dark Crystal’s artistry in presenting characters and creatures that are designed and fabricated as fantastical figures controlled by human hands rather than by computer that transcends whatever motion capture or sophisticated visual effects can accomplish. With The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Jim Henson’s darkest tale will return to a more
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Kelly Sue DeConnick is a pretty big deal. Her creator-owned work has won her, among other accolades, a Hugo nomination and a British Fantasy Award win for Bitch Planet, the brutal political satire exploitation book she did with Taki Soma and Valentine De Leandro; and an Eisner nomination with Emma Rios for the staggeringly beautiful
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Square Enix, Crystal Dynamics, and Eidos Montreal have lifted the lid on their upcoming Marvel’s Avengers, with the first open-to-the-public demos taking place at Gamescom in Cologne this week. Den of Geek went along to the event, tried out the demo, and went behind the scenes to watch a presentation from the developers. From this,
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This Batman article contains MAJOR SPOILERS. The release of Batman #77, the third part of the climactic “City of Bane” arc, has some…very big changes for Batman’s friends and family. In fact, this may be the big status quo change writer Tom King teased a few months back, a change he was surprised DC was
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Release Date: August 23, 2019Platform: PC, iOSDeveloper: Sam Barlow & Furious BeePublisher: Annapurna InteractiveGenre: Full motion video With Telling Lies, video game auteur Sam Barlow expands on the concept of his first independent foray, Her Story. Players unravel an intricately woven story of betrayal, sex, obsession, espionage, and murder (and any other neo-noir motif you can think of) by perusing
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Elvis Presley, the King of Rock and Roll, earned a black belt in Karate, indulged “Suspicious Minds,” and got special agent status from President Nixon. Priscilla Presley will put all these together in the upcoming Agent King, an adult animated comedy series which will run on Netflix, according to Variety. The series also merges concepts
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This Young Justice: Outsiders review contains spoilers. Young Justice Season 3 Episode 22 “Terminus” is, plot-wise, probably the biggest “Oh shit” episode of a fairly momentous season for Young Justice. It’s substantially narrowed from the most recent run up – there’s really only an A-plot, with a B-story for Black Lightning that I suspect is just
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