The End Of Infinity Revisited
On May 10, Disney announced that their popular toys-to-life video game Disney Infinity would be shutting down. We reported it; we mourned it. We held out […]
Month: July 2016
Fanboy Planet Podcast Episode 445: Teen Titans Go!
Direct from Comic-Con San Diego 2016, our Teen Titans Go! show!
Interviews with producer Aaron Horvath, producer/director Peter Rida Michail, Greg Cipes (Beast Boy), Tara Strong (Raven), Scott Menville (Robin) and Khary Payton (Cyborg), and an unexpected a cappella performance you’re likely only going to hear here!
Comic-Con 2016: Friday Cosplay
I could never do it. I have to run around too much, and I’ll admit my Bag of Holding would likely ruin the effect of […]
Comic-Con 2016 Cosplay: Beauty And The…
If you kept a tally of cosplay at Comic-Con — and maybe somebody did — it sure seemed like the character with the most imitators […]
Comic-Con 2016: Of ‘ROM’ and Revolution…
When IDW announced they had the rights to do a new Rom comic book, I had my doubts. The cool-looking Spaceknight toy of the 1970s looked cool, […]
Comic-Con 2016: To Boldly Drink Where No Beer Has Gone Before…
Even before Comic-Con officially started, the party had begun. At least, the responsible and moderate partaking of a beverage made from triticale — not quadro-triticale, […]
‘Justice League Dark’ Comes To Animation
It’s the next direct-to-video feature from DC Entertainment, set in their main animated universe. You know, the one with Jason O’Mara as Batman, not the […]
Review: ‘Star Trek Beyond’
When the busy trailer for “Star Trek Beyond” – the third in the J.J. Abrams-produced and the thirteenth movie in the series overall – was […]
Going Beyond With ‘Star Trek’ And Barco Escape
Two years ago at Cinequest, one of the screens was adapted to show Barco Escape, a three-screen projection method that reminded me a lot of […]
Comic-Con 2016: Wild Dog Joins ‘Arrow’ To Face…
Near the end of Season 4, Arrow introduced Evelyn Sharp, an Arrowverse version of Evelyn Crawford. Crawford had been part of the New 52’s Birds of […]
Comic-Con 2016: Recapping ‘Lucifer’
Despite my hopes last year, Lucifer isn’t really that close to the original Vertigo comics series by Mike Carey. Instead, it borrows the basic characters and […]
Comic-Con 2016: A Quick Interview With Ethan Castillo
We met Ethan three years ago at Big Wow! Comics Fest, and the then-8-year-old artist already wowed us – Ric, Nate, and myself. My son […]
Comic-Con 2016: Marvel Confirms The Villains Of ‘Black Panther’
UPDATE from Comic-Con 2016: Kevin Feige confirmed what Jaimel Hemphill had speculated for us — that Michael B. Jordan will be playing Killmonger, sort of the […]
Comic-Con 2016: ‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Is Partly ‘Planet Hulk’?
On the Marvel stage yesterday, a set of props appeared, “direct” from the set of Thor: Ragnarok. Marvel Vice President Ryan Penagos instagrammed a photo of those […]
Comic-Con 2016: Marvel Reveals Secrets Of ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’
If you had doubts about the future of Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Marvel Studios panel put them to rest. Maybe. Because the […]
Comic-Con 2016: Final ‘Suicide Squad’ Trailer
Oh, sure, it’s almost here anyway, but as part of the DC Films presentation in Hall H, we got a new Suicide Squad trailer. It gives […]
Comic-Con 2016: Jason Williams Returns
Barely out of college and knocking around television, Jason Williams answered an ad in a newspaper that changed his life. He auditioned for a movie […]
Comic-Con 2016: ‘DC’s Legends of Tomorrow’ To Face The Legion Of Doom
I, too, am a fan of Challenge of the Superfriends, and since the last season of Smallville, we’ve been teased with a live-action Legion of Doom. […]
Comic-Con 2016: Kevin Feige Confirms Disney California Adventure Tower of Terror To Become “Mission: BREAKOUT”
At the Marvel panel in Hall H today, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige confirmed rumors that had been swirling for months concerning Disney California Adventure: […]
Comic-Con 2016: Brie Larson Confirmed As Captain Marvel
We’d heard the rumor a few weeks ago that Brie Larson was at the top of the list to play Carol Danvers, Captain Marvel in […]
