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A Certain Comics Company Is Now Offering Same-Day Comixology Releases
Ever since digital comics became a thing, the comic book industry has been reluctant to fully embrace the medium, understandably worried about wounding their traditional print market and betraying the direct comic shop sellers they rely on. That’s why there is usually a delay between the time a 32-page issue comes out in print and the time it becomes available with on-demand subscription services like Comixology. Today, someone dared to break that unspoken rule. A major comic book company has made the move to offer their titles on Comixology the SAME DAY they are released to comic shops, effective immediately, and you don’t need to buy the physicals to get them. It’s bold, it’s daring, it could change the industry. …..It’s Archie. Yeah, I know. Archie Comics isn’t exactly the center of the medium, and they’ve never truly been a trendsetter. It’s possible everyone else will just ignore this, but it’s still an unprecedented move. If you haven’t picked up an Archie book in the last few years, you’re in
25 million view Wattpad story “Float” will be adapted into a movie
After the success of Harry Styles, fan fiction turned movie “After”, and the 2 part Netflix hit “The Kissing Booth”. Another Wattpad story is going to be adapted into a movie. “Float” is an online novel written by Kate Marchant aka toastedbagels will be adapted into a movie. This 33 chapters online novel becomes a paid only to read starting it’s 7th chapter after it got viral. It has over 25 million views since it got published. No wonder it is now going to transition to the big screen. It is not confirmed yet if it is going to be a theatrical release or be streamed online. “Float” is going to be a collaboration between Wattpad and Collective pictures. The movie will be produced and starred by actor Robbie Amell who is the cousin of the “Arrow” star Stephen Amell. Robbie is known for his roles from the hit Amazon Prime series “Upload”, Netflix original movie “The Babysitter”, and the 2019 Sci Fi film “Code 8” The story is about
Netflix’s Dark Crystal Show Wins Emmy, Gets Cancelled One Day Later
If anything sums up how frustrating it is to be a Netflix viewer, it’s this: last Sunday, The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance won the Emmy for Outstanding Children’s Program. The following morning, Netflix announced the show’s cancellation. Age Of Resistance was a prequel to the classic 1982 film, focusing on the rise of the buzzard-like Skeksis and the eventual fall of the elfin Gelflings that previously thrived in the land of Thra. The look and feel of the program was very faithful to the movie and, as a result, it looked like no other TV show on the air right now, which is saying a lot considering HOW MANY SHOWS we’ve got these days. “We can confirm that there will not be an additional season of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance,” said executive producer Lisa Henson sorrowfully. “We know fans are eager to learn how this chapter of The Dark Crystal saga concludes and we’ll look for ways to tell that story in the future. We are so
Microsoft Just Bought Bethesda Studios For $7.5 Billion
Bethesda Studios is one of the largest game publishers of our modern age. They’re responsible for Doom, Elder Scrolls, Fallout, Wolfenstein, Dishonored and other iconic franchises. There are few fish bigger in the gaming sea….except for the gigantic whale that just swallowed them. Microsoft shocked the industry this morning by announcing the acquirement of Bethesda as a second-party internal publisher. The purchase wasn’t cheap and only MS could have written the check, but….it just happened, for real. A common complaint among gamers in recent years has been that XBox lacks a good library of exclusives. How do you feel now? “Bethesda’s games have always had a special place on Xbox and in the hearts of millions of gamers around the world,” boasts XBox head Phil Spencer. “Our teams have a close and storied history working together, from the amazing first DOOM, and its id Tech engine, innovating games on PCs to Bethesda bringing their first console game to the original Xbox, the groundbreaking The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind….Please join me
Monochrome: The Chromism Reaches Digital Platforms This October
If you ask most people if all the ideas in science fiction have been done, they would say yes — it just stands to reason. It’s pretty rare we can run across an idea and say “Huh, never seen THAT before”…but that’s something we can honestly say about the idea behind Monochrome: The Chromism, a film coming soon from Tempest Studios. The premise? The entire world is in black and white. No one knows what color is, until one day when urban citizen Isaac Ward is sent to the hospital after being wounded in a shootout. He does recover, but something weird starts happening…he starts bleeding red. What on Earth is RED? No one knows, but the color starts spreading throughout his body until he visibly stands out. The doctors don’t know what to make of it, but then they start hearing about other incidents around the globe of people going full-color. is it an epidemic? Is it safe? Societies start tearing each other apart over the phenomenon. Isaac, meanwhile,
New Sneak Peek At Spider-Man: Miles Morales
During Sony’s latest Playstation presentation last week, the team at Insomniac put together a new trailer for Spider-Man: Miles Morales that includes some impressive gameplay footage. Miles, who first appeared at the end of the first game, has his work cut out for him as the new Spidey in town. He’s got to deal with The Tinkerer and the Underground army while keeping an eye on his mother, who is running for public office. The big dramatic moment here involves the destruction of a bridge and Miles’ attempts to save everyone on it. It looks pretty intense… This isn’t a sequel to the hit PS4 game, but it’s not exactly DLC-sized either…think of it on the level of Uncharted: Lost Legacy or Dishonored: Death of the Outsider. These “mini-sequels” are becoming more common as a way to sate fan appetites, as proper sequels can take years to make. Sony says this one will take an average of 16 to 20 hours to beat. Spider-Man: Miles Morales will be ready alongside
HBO Max will takeover all of the DC Universe contents starting January 31 while DC Universe will become a Comic Book service.
DC Universe was a Streaming Platform of Warner brothers that streams originals and DCEU movies. It aired quality original programs like Titans, Doom Squad, Stargirl, and Harley Quinn Animated series. Arrowverse shows from CW like the Flash, Supergirl, Arrow, Legends of tomorrow, and many more were also on the platform. Fans got saddened that DC Universe will end its tenure as a streaming platform. The domain name and the app won’t go to waste. The service will become a digital comics library subscription. The new service will be called DC Universe Infinite.Starting January 31 of Next year, You can read unlimited comics for the price of $7.99 a month or $74.99 a year with DC Universe Infinite.There are over 24000 comic books that can be read on this platform in digital form. HBO Max will be the new home of all the DCEU and DC Universe Originals.The fans who want to continue watching the DC Universe shows can now watch them at HBO Max for the price of $14.99 per
Oh No! Michel Ancel Is Departing The Game Business
If you don’t know the name of Michel Ancel, you’re probably familiar with his most famous creation, a thing with floating limbs and a big nose named Rayman. He’s regarded as the French Miyamoto, and….now he’s not making games anymore. Ancel announced his retirement on his Instagram page at 7:07 in the morning (later in France). “After more than 30 years, I’ve decided to stop working on video games and fully focus on my second passion: Wild Life! My new project takes place in the real world and consists in a wild life open sanctuary dedicated to education, nature lovers and … wild animals.” We know nothing of a new Rayman, but Ancel has two announced games still yet to be released, and both have been in in development for years: Wild Sheep Studios’ Wild and Ubisoft’s Beyond Good & Evil 2. He spoke of those in his next sentence: “Many of you might want to know what will happen to Wild and BGE2. No worries, since many months now
Tatiana Maslany Will Be Hulking Out On Disney+
Awhile back, Disney revealed they were looking into producing a She-Hulk TV series. We’ve heard nothing since, until this week when the casting news broke. Back in 1980, The Incredible Hulk had his own show. So did Wonder Woman, The Bionic Woman and other such powered-up crime fighters of post-70s television. At Marvel, Stan Lee was worried that network execs would respond to Bionic Woman by inventing a female version of The Hulk…and if THEY did it, they could lay claim to it. He told artist John Buscema, “we need a lady variation on the Hulk NOW.” Enter Jennifer Walters, cousin of Bruce Banner, who gets into an accident and needs a blood transfusion. Her relative is the only match, so he donates his irradiated blood…and she gains his powers! In fact, She-Hulk gets an improved version of what Bruce has…she can control her transformation at will and she doesn’t become a mindless primitive in the process. She-Hulk became VERY different from most other Marvel superheroes of the day. She
Resident evil VILLAGE (Resident evil 8) second trailer released
The second trailer of Resident Village (Resident evil 8) just got released. Even though it is marketed as the 8th installment of the franchise, it is the 11th canon game in the series. Resident Evil Code Veronica, Resident evil zero, Resident evil revelations, and Resident Evil Revelations 2 are all canon. Resident evil Village continues to what Resident evil 7 left out. After Surviving the Baker family in Louisiana. Ethan Winters and his wife Mia are now living peacefully in a secluded village in Eastern Europe. The trailer shows Mia who now has a shorter straight hair reading a bedtime story for her and Ethan’s child. The bedtime story shows images of the tale with the characters looking like they came from the creepy children’s movie Coraline. Chris Redfield the original main protagonist of Resident evil and also the lead characters of Resident evil Code 5 and 6 will be appearing on his 5th appearance in a row. Many fans complained of his change of appearance is Resident evil 7
The Deal: Need Money? Kidnap a Rich Friend.
The Deal (also titled “The Perfect Deal”) is a 2023 Korean drama series with 8 episodes, currently streaming on Viki. This K-drama is based on the webcomic “Georae”. Three high school friends meet up with each other after four years to socialize. One friend comes from a wealthy family. The two other friends desperately need money. To solve their money problems, they decide on a “pretend kidnapping” by contacting their rich friend’s mother and demanding a ransom. They were supposed to be friends. Is this how friends treat each other? ♦ That’s what friends are for “The Deal” immediately introduces the 3 main characters in Episode 1: Lee Joon-Sung, Song Jae-Hyo, and Park Min-Woo all went to high school together. Lee Joon-Sung could have been famous had he played his cards right. But that was his problem. Not cards. Gambling. He lost money gambling, can’t pay it back, and now the gangsters are after him. If he doesn’t have money that’s not a problem. They’ll just harvest his organs. Song
Song of the Bandits: If You Can’t Raise an Army, Be a Bandit
Song of the Bandits is a 2023 Korean drama series, streaming on Netflix. There are 9 action-packed episodes, set in the 1920s, that have you cheering for a ragtag group of bandits fighting against the mighty Japanese army. Of course, it’s probably impossible for them to win. But you really hope that, against all odds, the “peach tree” can be saved. ♦ A National Hero? Which Nation? In Episode 1 of Song of the Bandits, we are introduced to the main lead character,Lee Yoon. There are only 3 choices when the enemy invades your country: fight and try to live, die, or join the enemy. Lee Yoon was a slave in Joseon but his master freed him so that they could both serve in the Japanese army. Because of Lee Yoon’s military successes he was honored as a national hero. He could have remained and continued to “enjoy” the blessings of the Japanese emperor, but he left. Lee Yoon can not erase or forget his sins. He killed a man’s
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