New York Toy Fair took place over the weekend, giving numerous licensees the opportunity to reveal upcoming merchandise. As usual, one of the most viewed was the Hasbro display where they revealed a number of figures coming in their 6-inch and 3.75-inch lines respectively.
The figures revealed include the following:
Darth Revan (Star Wars: The Black Series 6-inch)
Sabine Wren (Star Wars: The Black Series 6-inch)
Snowtrooper (Star Wars: The Black Series 6-inch)
Princess Leia Organa “A New Hope” (Star Wars: The Black Series 6-inch)
It has also been revealed that there will be an exclusive to San Diego Comic-Con and Celebration Europe based on this years’ Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.
Thoughts on this years’ action figure reveals? Are you planning to buy any of these figures?
Force Friday was a major success last year, with many fans hoping to buy merchandise from Star Wars: The Force Awakens on September 4th. We’re still months away from the release of this years’ Star Wars film, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, but a Force Friday for the film has reportedly been scheduled for September 30th, 2016.
Like last year with The Force Awakens, this will be the first opportunity for Star Wars fans to buy merchandise from Rogue One.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is scheduled for release on December 16th, 2016.
Thoughts on this report? Are you looking forward to buying Rogue One: A Star Wars Story merchandise?
Marvel Studios and Netflix have released several new images from the second season of their Daredevil series.
The photos include the first official looks at The Punisher (Jon Bernthal) and Elektra (Elodie Yung).
Showrunner Doug Petrie is quoted as saying the following on The Punisher:
“Viewers watching the show will be rooting for this guy with a gun but we’re also going to force people — the way we force Matt — to second-guess themselves. Taking lethal justice into your own hands in America in 2015 is tricky s–t. We have not shied away from the rich complicated reality of now. If you’ve got a gun and you’re not the police you’re going to incite strong feelings. We’re stirring the pot and we’re aware of the headlines where we live and we’re trying to get people to think.”
In addition, Petrie had the following to say on the character of Elektra:
“Matt’s a deeply moral complicated guy and she’s just the best bad girlfriend you can possibly have. She does everything wrong and attractive, she’s his id, the wild side. Matt is always taming his wild side. Elektra just lets it out. He’s both repulsed and deeply drawn to that.”
The second season of Daredevil is scheduled for release on March 18th, 2016.
Thoughts on the photos? Are you excited for the second season of the Daredevil series?
Rumours for Thor: Ragnarok have begun to heat up recently, with the latest rumour for the third Thor film suggesting that a main character will be dying early on in the film.
*This is only a rumour and may or may not be accurate. However, if you’re looking to avoid any details regarding Thor: Ragnarok this is your official SPOILER alert warning.*
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The rumour suggests that Heimdall (Idris Elba) will be killed off early in the film. The rumour reads as follows:
“Hela will take Asgard and Thor attempts to stop her. Hela lays the smackdown on the God of Thunder, destroying his hammer and straight up murdering Thor’s friend Heimdall (Idris Elba). The final showdown with Hela will feature an army of the dead commanded by the villainess doing battle with good Valkyries from Valhalla and the souls of the righteous fallen, including Heimdall.”
Thor: Ragnarok is scheduled for release on November 3rd, 2017.
Thoughts on the rumoured character death? Are you excited for the release of Thor: Ragnarok?
Cast member Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn) has released a new poster for the Suicide Squad movie. The poster celebrates Valentine’s Day and features The Joker and Harley as cartoonish skulls.
“It feels good to be bad… Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren’t picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it’s every man for himself?”
The Suicide Squad movie is scheduled to open on August 5th, 2016.
Thoughts on the poster? Are you excited for the Suicide Squad movie?
The new image focuses on the status of Superman that says “False God”, as seen in the first teaser trailer for the film. However, the statue doesn’t appear to be vandalised in this image.
“In Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, fearing the actions of a god-like Super Hero left unchecked, Gotham City’s own formidable, forceful vigilante takes on Metropolis’s most revered, modern-day savior, while the world wrestles with what sort of hero it really needs. And with Batman and Superman at war with one another, a new threat quickly arises, putting mankind in greater danger than it’s ever known before.”
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is set for release on March 25th, 2016.
Thoughts on the teaser image? Are you excited for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice?
In the latest edition highlighting an interview of ours we recommend you listen to, we recommend you give our interview with director Saul Metzstein a listen.
“Join host Ruari in this guest interview with director Saul Metzstein, best-known as the director of the Doctor Who episodes “Dinosaurs on a Spaceship”, “A Town Called Mercy”, “The Snowmen”, “The Crimson Horror” and “The Name of the Doctor”, director of Late Night Shopping and Guy X and a director on Ripper Street, The Musketeers, You, Me and the Apocalypse, Our Zoo and Upstairs Downstairs. In the interview they talk about how Saul decided he wanted to become a director, the film or TV show Saul found the most challenging to get right, how Saul was initially hired to work on Doctor Who, whether Saul knew when he was hired that he would end up directing multiple episodes of Doctor Who, Saul’s favourite of the Doctor Who episodes he directed, the Doctor Who monsters Saul found challenging to bring to life, how Saul felt being voted the Best Director of 2013 by readers of Doctor Who Magazine and Saul’s upcoming directing works and other projects.”
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Following the reveal of the release dates for the next three Transformers films, Hasbro have officially announced a Bumblebee spin-off movie. The Bumblebee spin-off will be released on June 8th, 2018.
A statement that came with the announcement reads as follows:
“On June 8, 2018, a new film is being developed which will tell the never before heard story of Bumblebee, one of the most beloved characters from Hasbro’s Transformers universe.”
No details on the third upcoming Transformers movie have been announced.
Thoughts on this news? Are you excited for the Bumblebee spin-off movie?
The release dates of the next three films in the Transformers movie series have officially been announced by Paramount Pictures.
The release of the next three Transformers films will be annual, with one film scheduled for three consecutive years beginning next year. Transformers 5 is scheduled for release on June 23rd, 2017, with Transformers 6 to follow on June 8th, 2018, and Transformers 7 will be released on June 28th, 2019.
Thoughts on this news? Are you excited for the upcoming Transformers movies?
