Marvel, the House of Ideas, keeping in line with their recent marketing surrounding Marvel Legacy, revealed today a collection of one-shots that will see one of the publishing house’s oldest superhero team-ups come together once again. The Defenders. After sending intermittent teasers throughout the day, the Marvel public relations team finally revealed that come December, the original four Defenders would band together again this December for a handful of new stories. The Defenders, consisting of The Hulk, Doctor Strange, Silver Surfer, and Namor are each slated to receive their own one-shot under The Best Defender title before the group eventually joins…
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Senior Writer at GeekVibesNation - I am a 60 something child of the 70’s who admits to being a Star Trek/Star Wars/Comic Book junkie who once dove headfirst over a cliff (Ok, it was a small hill) to try to rescue his Fantastic Four comic from a watery grave. I am married to a lovely woman who is as crazy as I am and the proud parent of a 21-year-old young man with autism. My wife and son are my real heroes.
It was some sadness that it is been reported that legendary comic book artist and illustrator Russ Heath has passed away, as confirmed from by family on social media. He was 91. Lee Kosa, Heath’s grandson, took to Twitter to share the sad news earlier this week. https://twitter.com/leekosa/status/1033026704514547712?s=21 Heath, who was one of the industry’s longest-tenured artists, got his first professional gig for Timely Comics — the predecessor to Marvel — in 1947. While at Timely, Heath primarily drew for the company’s Western series under titles like Two-Gun Kid and Wild Western. Some of his work, in fact, was…
J.J. Abrams is reuniting with one of his former Lost stars as Dominic Monaghan has signed on for Star Wars: Episode IX, in the final film in the Skywalker Saga. According to Deadline, the former Lost and Lord of the Ring star has been cast in the next Star Wars movie, although his role has not been revealed at this time. Monaghan previously worked with Abrams on Lost, where the actor played Charlie Pace for a total of 74 episodes. “The galaxy far far away has had almost as much influence as the one I live in, so I am delighted…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] With the controversy of the James Gunn firing still reverberating through Marvel Cinematic fan base, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the production of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is being put on hold for the time being as Marvel and Disney regroup on the project. Because of this, crew members, who were prepping for pre-production, are being dismissed and are being told they are free to look for new work.As everyone knows, the Marvel project was to have been directed by James Gunn and was scheduled to have begun principal photography in the winter, either in January or…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3873″ img_size=”600×600″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] Do you remember back in the day prior to when the Marvel Cinematic Universe started dominating every facet of pop consciousness? Back then, Robert Downey Jr. had the time to take on the Sherlock Holmes role in two films, with Jude Law playing his trusty ally Watson. Recently, Downey’s commitments to the MCU have taken a priority over his Sherlock films. However, now with his tenure as Tony Stark coming to an end, a third Sherlock film will be hitting theaters in 2020. Law recently detailed that the possible plot of the third film might likely focus on…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]I have more than once…ok a lot of times, expressed my fan boy admiration of John Bucema’s art and especially his work on “The Might Thor.” Another of his most impressive titles was his work on Conan the Barbarian. Conan was a Marvel mainstay until the year 2000 when they lost his rights. Fast forward to the present and Marvel has once again purchased the rights to Conan the Barbarian. With that in mind, Marvel has finally announced that a new series featuring the iconic character is on the way and is bringing in an exciting creative team to take take…
Let’s go back in Mr. Peabody’s “Wabach Machine” or “Way Back Machine” depending on how you remember it, to February 11th, 1998 and see a Star Trek Deep Space Nine episode called “Far Beyond the Stars.” In this story, series lead Benjamin Sisko finds himself experiencing the life of Benny Russell, a black science fiction writer in 1950s America. Russell “imagines” Deep Space Nine as a story he’s trying to sell, but struggles with the racism of the era. In the end, this is revealed as a vision sent to Sisko from the prophets in the wormhole near Deep Space Nine.…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3763″ img_size=”1000×800″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]When the news came earlier this week that the upcoming 12th season of The Big Bang Theory would conclude the series, a huge outcry of shock and then sadness fell over fans who thought they would have at least one more season. It has been revealed that the decision for the ending of the series mostly fell on the shoulders of star Jim Parsons and his desire to move on from the sitcom. Deadline reports how Parsons came to the decision and the ensuing shock that the rest of the cast felt when they found out about the…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3745″ img_size=”1200×900″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]With the success of her 2017 screenplay for Hidden Figures, Allison Schroeder is getting an opportunity to come into the cold for Disney’s Frozen 2. Schroeder was brought in to assist Jennifer Lee with scripting duties after Lee was promoted to the head of Walt Disney Animation. Lee will remain the primary writer, but Schroeder, who worked with Disney on their recent release Christopher Robin, will lend a hand with the scripting duties on the sequel in order to give Lee more time to focus on her new responsibilities at the animation studio. Lee was named in June as…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”3741″ img_size=”600×600″][vc_column_text] As matter of full disclosure, I am a big Harry Potter fan. I have read all the books and seen all the Harry Potter films but I have not as yet seen Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. That means I have some catching up to do. Especially since Warner Bros. has released the official Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald character descriptions that offer new insight into the story of the next Harry Potter prequel. Audiences who love the the Harry Potter universe can return to J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World when Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald hits…