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One-hour preview of ‘Marvel’s Avengers Assemble’ this Sunday, MAY 26
21 hours ago
Alright Avengers fans, here’s another new Avengers animated series headed your way called Marvel’s Avengers Assemble. It will premiere on Disney XD starting Sunday, July 7th, at 11am PT/ET. If you want to get a one-hour preview, you can check it out this Sunday, May 26th. The show replaces the More >
Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong – Comic Review
1 day ago
When I was given this graphic novel to read, I wasn’t really expecting much to tell you the truth. The comics that I usually read deal with superheroes or people with amazing powers. However after finishing this piece, I really and thoroughly enjoyed it.
The majority of us have experienced high More >
Deathstroke New 52 gets a Kotobukiya ARTFX statue
2 days ago
Before Deadpool, there was Deathstroke. Although not as popular as the Merc with a Mouth, he’s still a deadly enemy who has enhanced strength, speed, agility and reflexes. This makes him a worthy adversary to Batman in the upcoming Batman: Arkham Origins game. Kotobukiya has announced and released More >
Superman Classic
2 days ago
With the new Man of Steel trailer moving through the web faster than a speeding bullet, it won’t be long before Supermania will be everywhere. With this in mind, I wanted to share two Superman short films created by animator Robb Pratt. NR Editor-in-chief, John ‘Spartan’ Nguyen shared the original More >
Michael B. Jordan is okay with having a black Human Torch
4 days ago
We have two different sides arguing about whether or not the Human Torch should be black in the Josh Trank-directed Fantastic Four reboot. In the comic book, the Fantastic Four’s Human Torch is white who has a white sister, Susan Storm. Michael B. Jordan, who’s in talks to play the Human Torch, More >
Kevin Conroy will be in Batman: Arkham Origins
5 days ago
Update: Kevin Conroy posted on his Twitter that he is going to be in the next Arkham game after Arkham Origins. The post has since been removed.
It was previously reported by NAG Magazine that Kevin Conroy was not going to voice Batman in the Batman: Arkham Origins game. The reasoning behind this More >
NR Podcast #3: Fisting Your Mouth
1 week ago
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Welcome to episode 3 of the NR Podcast. Join the NR Podcast team as we talk crap on each other and what’s happening in the world of nerd-dom. Our previous episodes were comic book heavy, but this time we expand on video game news like the next-gen consoles, EA More >
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. gets a full trailer
1 week ago
Marvel has released the full trailer for the TV show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., and it’s coming very soon to a television near you. How soon? How about this Fall on ABC Tuesdays at 8:00pm ET!
Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) is back and is resurrected from the events of The Avengers. I’m kind of More >
Hulk says: YOU NO PANIC OVER MARVEL NEGOTIATIONS!
1 week ago
HULK SMA-..err okay so Hulk didn’t actually say that, but Mark Ruffalo sure did. During these past couple of weeks, there have been rumors about Robert Downey Jr. butting heads with Marvel and Disney, attempting to find some common ground on what they think should be “adequate payment” for future More >
Spider-Man 2 set video of Spider-Man vs The Rhino fight scene
1 week ago
Filming has been going on in New York for The Amazing Spider-Man 2 in the past few weeks and fans have been catching teaser bits here and there from the set. Well, there’s a video from the set that showcases a small fight scene between Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield) and The Rhino (Paul Giamatti). More >
Some highlights from the Long Beach Comic Expo!
1 week ago
This past weekend a few of us got to experience the Long Beach Comic Expo (Not to be confused with the Long Beach Comic Convention, which takes place in November). This particular expo itself was only for one day only and was very low key. It was small and had the vibe of how the traditional Comic More >
Check out the first teaser for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
1 week ago
Agent Phil Coulson is back in the first teaser for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.! Clark Gregg, everyone’s favorite S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, never expected to return as Coulson after The Avengers premiered but as it is in the comics, no one stays dead for too long (This really isn’t the Ultimates universe). More >
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. gets full series order
2 weeks ago
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is coming to a TV screen near you! Coming as a big surprise to no one, the Joss Whedon drama based on Marvel Comics’ S.H.I.E.L.D. has landed a series order at ABC, they announced Friday. The series was developed by Joss Whedon, in collaboration with his brother Jed More >
First look at James McAvoy in X-Men: Days of Future Past
2 weeks ago
X-Men: Days of Future Past is going to be a monumental movie. Combining the original X-Men cast along with the cast of X-Men: First Class can do that to a movie. In anticipation for the movie, Bryan Singer has tweeted us some behind-the-scenes shots of Patrick Stewart’s Professor X, Hugh Jackman’s More >
Walt Disney Animation Studios next movie is Marvel’s Big Hero 6
2 weeks ago
Disney has a lot of different animation studios under their belt. We all know about Pixar, but Walt Disney Animation Studios has been coming back recently with movies like Tangled and Wreck-It Ralph. They have an upcoming movie later this year called Frozen, a film about the Snow Queen. The next More >
Batgirl enters the Injustice: Gods Among Us universe in a trailer reveal
2 weeks ago
Lobo was released this week as a DLC for Injustice: Gods Among Us. With three more DLC characters left, Batgirl has been revealed to be the next one. Warner Bros. Interactive has released a new story trailer for the female caped crusader.
Judging from the story trailer, it looks like they’re More >
DC comes to the dark side…I hope
2 weeks ago
Ever since Marvel took the gamble that created the ultimate comic book team movie, it seems as though DC has been tripping over themselves to match the competition with a big screen version of the Justice League. The idea, I can only assume, is that if it worked for Marvel, it’ll work for them. More >
Sony Pictures confirms Shane Black to direct Doc Savage
2 weeks ago
Sony Pictures has announced today that Shane Black will be directing and co-writing Doc Savage. Shane just recently directed Iron Man 3, which now has the second-highest box office opening gross so far.
For those of you who don’t know the Doc, he’s a hero from the 1930s and 40s pulp novels. He’s a More >
Top 20 Comic Book Heroes
2 weeks ago
by Robert Galvan
in Comics
With so many movies, TV shows, animated TV and movies being made, it’s hard to remember the true origins of comic book heroes and which ones that really are the best. As an avid comic book fan reading both Marvel, DC, and independent comics for over 20 years (I’m 27), I thought it was best to More >
Nova in Guardians of the Galaxy?
2 weeks ago
It’s the Green Lantern!! No…no…wait, that movie was garbage. What I meant to say was, it’s NOVA! Before you go knocking me on that Green Lantern comment, yes, I know that Nova and the Nova Corps is Marvel’s version of the Green Lantern Corps. Now that we got that out of the way, let’s move on. More >
Superman: Unbound Review
2 weeks ago
[WARNING SOME SPOILERS MAY BE INCLUDED]
Superman: Unbound is DC’s latest full length animated feature release where Superman and Supergirl take on Brainiac to save the Earth. Superman is voiced by Matt Bomer who is known for playing Neal Caffrey on television’s White Collar, although I will More >
Interview with Brian Tee on ‘The Wolverine’ and his role as Noburo Mori
2 weeks ago
Brian Tee has some cool projects coming up. One of them is Mortal Kombat: Legacy Season 2, where he’ll be playing Liu Kang. The other is…oh a little movie called The Wolverine! In the movie, he plays Noburo Mori, a corrupt minister of justice who’s about to have his future wife, Mariko, jacked More >
Amazing Spider-Man 2 MAJOR spoiler…or just over analyzing. You decide
2 weeks ago
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 is definitely one of the movies I look forward to for the year 2014, and after hearing how Mary Jane was cast, I was wondering if they were going to kill off Emma Stone’s character, Gwen Stacy, to make room for Mary Jane (being played by Shailene Woodley). If you know More >
The future of Iron Man uncertain?
2 weeks ago
After a successful overseas launch of Iron Man 3 coupled with the United States launch this past weekend, you’d think that Robert Downey Jr. would say with confidence that he would be back to play the role of Tony Stark once again. Unfortunately that doesn’t seem to be the case. When asked about More >
Castle’s Molly Quinn talks more about Supergirl in Superman: Unbound
2 weeks ago
We previously showed some of Molly Quinn’s discussion about her role as Supergirl in the upcoming Superman: Unbound animated movie. Now Warner Bros. has released four more video clips of Molly talking about the similarities between her and Supergirl, personalities, feistiness, sense of right and More >
