It takes a lot of work to keep a franchise alive for decades, and nobody knows this better than the co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Kevin Eastman. For 40 years, Eastman has shepherded the IP that he and co-writer Peter Laird launched back in 1984, although there’s been …
Read More »Across 'The Metroverse': Metro Boomin to Launch Comic Book Series
It didn’t take mystic powers for Metro Boomin to become one of the most prolific producers of the last decade, but in a new comic book series, he tries some on for size. On June 14, Metro – born Leland Wayne – will release the first issue of The Metroverse, …
Read More »Olivia Wilde to Direct Margot Robbie-Produced 'Avengelyne' Adaptation
Nineties comic book Avengelyne is heading to the big screen soon. Multiple reports confirmed on Thursday that Olivia Wilde will direct and Margot Robbie‘s LuckyChap will produce a film adaptation of the beloved comic created by Deadpool‘s Rob Liefeld. Robbie won’t be starring in the film, but she runs LuckyChap, …
Read More »'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom': The DCEU Goes Out With a Whimper
You’ve read the stories. You’ve debated the casting announcements. You’ve watched a handful of artists try to do justice to a legacy of iconic characters that’s now just short of a century old. Maybe you even demanded that Warners release the Snyder Cut. (If so: Um, thanks?) By now, we …
Read More »How David Fincher Turned 'The Killer' Into a Mean, Lean Punch to the Gut
The man is a consummate professional. In the outside world, he could be anyone — just another ridiculous looking dude somewhere between the ages of 32 and 48, the everyguy in line behind you at an Ace Hardware store or in front of you at McDonald’s. But sitting here, in …
Read More »David Corenswet Is the First Jewish Superman. Here's Why That Matters.
David Corenswet may be the first Jewish actor to play Superman, but the Man of Steel himself is as Jewish as matzo ball soup. As you may or may not know, Superman debuted in 1938, the creation of American and Canadian Jewish teenagers, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. But that …
Read More »Exclusive: Nicolas Cage's Superman Graces the Cover of DC Comics
If you have not seen Andy Muschietti’s superhero extravaganza The Flash, starring Ezra Miller as the time-stopping/time-hopping superhero, you might want to stop reading now because we’re about to spoil one of its major cameos. Toward the end of the film, Barry Allen/The Flash uses Speed Force to travel back …
Read More »'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Co-Creator Kevin Eastman Teases 'The Last Ronin 2'
The ninja turtles are dead — long live the ninja turtles. Following the end of 2020’s massively successful mini-series Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, the heroes in a half shell are officially gone —at least, in one continuity dubbed the “Ronin-verse.” In their absence, a new generation is …
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