Sony & Valiant Sign 5 Picture Deal – Bloodshot & Harbinger First To Screen

Sony Pictures and Valiant Announce Five-Picture Deal to Bring BLOODSHOT, HARBINGER, and HARBINGER WARS to Big Screen

HARBINGER WARS #1

Landmark Plan to Bring Dual, Award-Winning Superhero Franchises Together in Shared Universe Crossover Film Event

 

Sony Pictures and Valiant Entertainment have signed an agreement that would bring Bloodshot and Harbinger to the screen as part of a five picture deal culminating in Harbinger Wars.

 

Press Release

Valiant Entertainment and Sony Pictures today announced a deal to bring two of Valiant’s award-winning comic book superhero franchises—BLOODSHOT and HARBINGER—to the big screen over the course of five feature films that will culminate in the shared universe crossover film, HARBINGER WARS.

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Sony Pictures Acquires Film Rights to Descender by Lemire & Nguyen

Sony Buys Film Rights to DESCENDER by Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen

Descender #1

Sony Pictures has acquired the film rights to the upcoming Image comic book series Descender by creators Jeff Lemire & Dustin Nguyen. Josh Bratman is slated to be the producer and Lemire & Nguyen will be executive producers on the film.

Here’s an early look at Descender #1 by Lemire & Nguyen – coming March 4th, 2015 from Image Comics.

 

Press Release

Sony Pictures Entertainment announced today that it acquired the feature film rights to Descender, the forthcoming comic book series from New York Times bestselling author Jeff Lemire and New York Times bestselling comic artist Dustin Nguyen. Josh Bratman will produce the film with Lemire and Nguyen attached to executive produce. The first issue of the eagerly awaited series will be published by Image Comics on March 4, 2015.

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Comic Books In the Digital Age

Comic Books In the Digital Age

 

When we think about how comic books have changed in the past several years, or even decades, the most obvious example that comes to mind is the genre’s explosion into the film industry. It was probably inevitable that popular comic heroes would be adapted to film, just as popular literature and even ancient legends have. However, no one could have foreseen just how enormous the comic book industry’s influence on cinema has become. Now, it seems as if every IronMan_1month brings us a new Marvel or DC blockbuster primed to earn over $100 million at the box office.

This is most evident with the recent release of Guardians of the Galaxy, a film that many doubted would have much success given the limited public knowledge of its characters. Yet, it’s clear that this movie isn’t a failure, misstep, or letdown of any kind. According to Vox, GotG is a “massive success” at the box office with its $94-million opening weekend at a time when movie-going tends to be slower. Vox contends that this victory for Marvel should give them more confidence moving forward in the cinematic realm, because, again, this franchise wasn’t exactly buzzing like that of Spider-Man, Superman, etc. Could this mean we’ll finally see other comic book characters getting their just due at the theatres? We’ll see.

 

Beyond films, though, what fewer people realize is that the transition of comics to digital media goes well beyond the cinema. There’s an assumption among many that film simply represents the new form for comic stories. The truth, however, is that new comics are still made in traditional form as well, and old ones are reissued, collected, and re-read on a regular basis. And because of the high demand for comic content, it is perhaps only natural that a number of mobile tools have emerged to help collectors and enthusiasts to stay on top of their favourite characters and stories. Here’s a look at a few such tools that demonstrate the modern transition of comics to digital form, both through readers and games.

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Escape From New York Coming in December 2014 From BOOM! Studios

Escape From New York With Snake Plissken
in December!

Escape From New York

 

Boom Studios is publishing another one of John Carpenter’s popular properties – this time it’s Escape From New York in December 2014.

The series will be written by High Crimes and DEAD LETTERS writer Christopher Sebela and an artist will be named later. Today we got our first look at two covers from Escape From New York #1 by Tim Bradstreet & Riley Rossmo

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Captain America: The Winter Soldier Begins Shooting – Set For April 2014 Release

MARVEL STUDIOS BEGINS PRODUCTION ON 2nd INSTALLMENT OF THE ICONIC FRANCHISE “CAPTAIN AMERICA”

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” Commences Principal Photography In Preparation for April 4, 2014 Film Release

 

Press Release

Following in the footsteps of the record-breaking Marvel Studios’ release, “Marvel’s The Avengers,” production on the highly anticipated release, Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” has commenced in Los Angeles, Calif., with production also including locations in Cleveland, Ohio, and Washington D.C.

Directing the film is the team of Anthony and Joe Russo (“Welcome to Collinwood”) from a screenplay written by Christopher Markus (“Captain America: The First Avenger”) & Stephen McFeely (“Captain America: The First Avenger”).

Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” returns Chris Evans (“Captain America: The First Avenger,” “Marvel’s The Avengers”) as the iconic Super Hero character Steve Rogers/Captain America, along with Scarlett Johansson (“Marvel’s The Avengers,” “Iron Man 2”) as Black Widow and Samuel L. Jackson (“Marvel’s The Avengers,” “Iron Man 2”) as Nick Fury. In addition, film icon Robert Redford has joined the all-star cast as Agent Alexander Pierce, a senior leader within the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization. “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” is set for release in the U.S. on April 4, 2014.

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Iron Man 3 Trailer & Movie Poster

IRON MAN 3 MOVIE POSTER & TRAILER

Iron Man 3 Movie Poster

Marvel Studios has released a new movie poster to go along with the latest trailer for Iron Man 3. This time, Iron Man takes on The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) and he requires some heavy duty backup!

This looks to be an exciting and action packed film. Iron Man 3 will be released on May 3rd, 2013 in both Digital3D and RealD.

Watch the latest Iron Man 3 trailer below:

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Iron Man 3 Super Bowl Teaser Trailer

IRON MAN 3 TEASER TRAILER

Iron Man 3 Teaser Image

On Sunday February 3rd, 2013, there is a big event taking place!

No, we’re not talking about that Baltimore Ravens vs. San Francisco 49ers game… we’re talking about the debut of the first full Iron Man 3 movie trailer!

Today, Walt Disney Studios released a high res image and a :10 teaser trailer for the debut during the Super Bowl on Sunday.

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JEREMIAH HARM From BOOM! Studios Goes From Page To Screen

IRON SKY TEAM GOES TO HOLLYWOOD  AND CROWDSOURCES ALIENS

Jeremiah Harm

Press release

Tero Kaukomaa and Timo Vuorensola, the Finnish filmmakers behind the cult hit “Iron Sky” are partnering with Arnold Rifkin’s Cheyenne Enterprises (“Live Free or Die Hard”) and Ross Richie’s BOOM! Studios (“2 Guns”) to bring the sci-fi action film “Jeremiah Harm” to the screen.  Kaukomaa, Rifkin and Richie will produce with The Corniche Group, and “Iron Sky” director Vuorensola will direct.

Jeremiah Harm” is a sci-fi action blast about an intergalactic bounty hunter sent on a mission to Earth to hunt down a band of space-faring criminals and the girl they kidnapped. Set in space and New York City, the film aims to hit the chords of 80’s & 90’s sci-fi action films.

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