J.K. Simmons cast as Commissioner Gordon in Justice League
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Oscar winner J.K. Simmons will play Commissioner Gordon in the upcoming Justice League film, which will also star Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, and Amy Adams.
Sales Chart: Scholastic was the #1 graphic novel publisher in bookstores and more from...
Comics Experience owner Brian Hibbs has done his annual service to the industry byanalyzing the yearly graphic novels sales charts as reported to Bookscan. This is information people normally pay thousands of dollars for so it is technically leaked info, but while it's there let's take advantage of it. As Hibbs points out, these numbers do not reflect comics shops, indie bookstores, book fair or libraries, to name but four huge outlets for GN sales. So they are not complete. However they are a metric , and one that's worth studying.
The Beat’s Weekly Toy Preview!
By Nicholas Eskey
Welcome back fellow toy-o-philes to another weekly(ish) installment of my favorite picks for newly released or soon to be released nerdy toys....
More details about BATMAN v SUPERMAN emerge, currently tracking for a 140 million opening
We're in that crunch-time now in the lead-up for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Entertainment Weekly has begun to roll out pieces today...
The new GHOSTBUSTERS assemble in the film’s first trailer
The first trailer for Paul Feig's relaunch of Ghostbusters has been released online. Get your first look at this all new iteration of the...
Disney Infinity Gets Marvel’s Civil War… Sort Of
When Disney entered the toy-to-life game genre with Disney Infinity there was little doubt the house of mouse would exploit this opportunity for every...
Dynamite launches Pathfinder Humble Bundle
Dynamite is bundling again! This time with Pathfinder, the comics spin-off of the popular video game tabletop game***. Over 100 pages of comics and...
Uncharted 4 Has Yet Another New Release Date
PlayStation CEO Shawn Layden took to Sony's own PlayStation blog to announce some disappointing news. Gamers will have to wait two additional weeks to...
Kamala Khan Enters Marvel’s Mobile Battle
The Marvel Contest of Champions mobile brawler just got some serious muscle in the form of its Women of Power content update. Most notably adding...
First page of Titan’s Penny Dreadful full of pulpy promise
Page one of Titan's comic prequel to the Showtime original series, from Heavy Metal artist Louie De Martinis.
SPX/Nickelodeon collab puts Wittert’s ‘Best Baddies’ into production
Last year, SPX (The small Press Expo) announced it was joining with Nickelodeon to allow attendees to pitch animated shows to the net. The...
SPOTLIGHT wins Best Picture, MAD MAX nabs six at last night’s Academy Awards
Last night's Academy Awards ceremony started off with a bang, as Chris Rock laid into the Academy and the #Oscarsowhite debate in equal turn,...
