First look at Rose McIver in iZombie
This future CW show will be appearing as a mid-season replacement so ther'es a ways to go. But in the menatime, here's Rose McIver...
Comics’ secret economy: animation hiring boom
While walking around TCAF a ton of conversations I overheard involved boarding, backgrounds and other animation type gigs. One publisher even wondered aloud what...
FLASH trailer debuts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnXsnR-2AvU
Looks like he'll be running...and FAST.
Seriously, this is a fine trailer. And I don't even like the Flash. And the Arrow crossover possibilities...
Humble Bundle offers Doctor Who bundle
Humble Bundle is at it again, this time with a collection of Doctor Who comics, including seven books of collected comics, and a game. You can pay what you wish and a portion of the price will go to Doctors without Borders. Once again, all good. The first comics Humble Bundle, featuring Image Comics, did very well, as we reported yesterday. Details below:
Three minute long Constantine trailer released
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPE2oBnzROY
The first three minute look at Constantine, the upcoming NBC series based on the Hellblazer comics, has been released and there is good and...
Fox releases first trailer for GOTHAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d1zpt6k5OI
Fox and WB just released the very first trailer for this falls GOTHAM tv show!
With great hesitation and uncertainty, I would tag this...
The Beat Podcasts! More To Come Captain America 2 Special
Straight from the offices of Publishers Weekly, it’s More to Come! Your podcast source of comics news and discussion starring The Beat’s own Heidi...
Syfy getting comical with Ronin, Clone, Letter 44 and PaxRomana
The Syfy Channel has generally been left out of the comic book mania gripping Hollywood, although they've had various stuff in development over the...
Game of Boobs
If you're not a devoted Game of Thrones watcher, please move away.
Sean T. Collins has a post about the recent rape problems on the show that kind of echoes what I'd been thinking. Basically, that the Jamie/Cersei rape scene wasn't necessarily a fatal misstep, given that we don't know where these characters are going...but the problem is that it probably wasn't meant to be a rape scene by the producers, a view supported by the confused interviews they've given about the scene in question.
Almost Human cancelled — but you can sign a petition
Well, to no one's surprise, Almost Human, the SF show about two guys driving around talking about their nads, has been cancelled by Fox....
Comic Book Men non-spin-off coming starring Robert Bruce and more Kevin Smith-verse stuff
Here's a run down of what Kevin Smith is up to, including news that Comic Book Men will be renewed for a fourth (!)...
How to prepare yourself for Game of Thrones Season Four
Game of Thrones Season Four had its premiere at Lincoln Center last night and they built a big old dragon for the occasion, as seen on Instagram.
The new season debuts on April 6th, and doubtless we will have daily countdown clocks blazing across Tumblr. If you, like The Beat, have waited until the last minute to cram on remembering what happened last season, here's a short new trailer that was just released:














