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Surprise! Aquaman is DC’s biggest superhero film since Batman

12/31/2018 12:30 pm by Heidi MacDonald 12 Comments

Surprise! Aquaman is DC’s biggest superhero film since Batman

The cast of Entourage isn’t laughing now.

Filed Under: DC, Top News Tagged With: Aquaman, Box Office, DCEU, James Wan, jason momoa, marketing to women

Con reports: Walker Stalker cancels two shows; Wizard changes its name; San Francisco Comic Con on hold; Ace gets Fassbender and much more

12/20/2018 3:30 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Con reports: Walker Stalker cancels two shows; Wizard changes its name; San Francisco Comic Con on hold; Ace gets Fassbender and much more

Con season will be heating up very soon, and here’s the latest on the 2019 schedule.

Filed Under: Conventions, Top News Tagged With: ace comic con, celebrity fan fest, con wars!, fan fest, heroes & villains, imaginarium, jason momoa, Michael Fassbender, san francisco comic con, walker stalker, wizard entertainment, wizard world nola

Review: AQUAMAN aka Splash Gordon takes us into new realms

12/18/2018 10:55 am by Kyle Pinion

Review: AQUAMAN aka Splash Gordon takes us into new realms

Our review of DC’s next great hope for box office success

Filed Under: Movies, News, Top News Tagged With: amber heard, Aquaman, DC Films, James Wan, jason momoa, Movie Review, Movie Reviews, Patrick Wilson

It seems that AQUAMAN is a hit

12/17/2018 9:30 am by Heidi MacDonald

It seems that AQUAMAN is a hit

  Is Warners’ DC curse over? Aquaman seems to be rolling out as fun holiday fare, maybe a little light in the scripting department, but certainly a fun adventure and it must be said, spectacular. It’s already earned over $260 million internationally, and conquered hearts in China, where it broke the box office record once […]

Filed Under: DC, Movies, Top News Tagged With: Aquaman, DCEU, James Wan, jason momoa, the back of patrick wilson's head

New Con Alert! This weekend San Antonio’s Celebrity Fan Fest offers Affleck, Momoa and even free parking

11/09/2018 5:27 pm by Heidi MacDonald

New Con Alert! This weekend San Antonio’s Celebrity Fan Fest offers Affleck, Momoa and even free parking

A new player on the con scene is looking to make a big splash this weekend with a star-studded show in San Antonio.

Filed Under: Conventions, News, Top News Tagged With: ben affleck, bob wills, celebrity fan fest, Interviews, jason momoa, PMX Events, ray fischer, san antonio, show runner spotlight, touch a truck expo

NYCC ’18: Aquaman Gets His Trident Out for New Poster

10/04/2018 1:45 pm by Steve Morris

NYCC ’18: Aquaman Gets His Trident Out for New Poster

Director James Wan has unveiled a new poster for this year’s Aquaman movie, in a tweet which promised that tomorrow we’ll get a trailer for the film, even though there aren’t any plans for a Warner panel at this year’s New York Comic-Con. The poster sees Arthur (played by hair idol Jason Momoa) thrusting his […]

Filed Under: Movies, NYCC, NYCC '18 Tagged With: Aquaman, jason momoa, nycc '18

UPDATED: DC Collectibles AQUAMAN Movie Statues Reveal Full Black Manta Armor

07/10/2018 1:00 pm by Taimur Dar

UPDATED: DC Collectibles AQUAMAN Movie Statues Reveal Full Black Manta Armor

UPDATE: The images have been removed at the request of Warner Bros. The images were leaked early on the DC Collectibles YouTube page. With SDCC right around the corner, expect the Aquaman film to have a major presence at the convention with the bevy of Aquaman related Exclusives. Last month, Entertainment Weekly unveiled some set […]

Filed Under: Collectibles, DC, Movies, News Tagged With: amber heard, Aquaman, Black Manta, dc collectibles, jason momoa, Mera, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

EW debuts their AQUAMAN covers, and first looks at Atlanna, Black Manta and Ocean Master

06/14/2018 12:39 pm by Kyle Pinion

EW debuts their AQUAMAN covers, and first looks at Atlanna, Black Manta and Ocean Master

Aquaman’s big solo debut creeps ever closer

Filed Under: Movies, Top News Tagged With: Aquaman, DC Films, James Wan, jason momoa, Warner Bros.

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 5/24/18: Now appearing at Marvel Stadium

05/24/2018 9:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 5/24/18: Now appearing at Marvel Stadium

§ Nice Art: The Cool Comics Art Twitter spotlighted some pages from The Nam by Michael Golden, one of the most influential comics artists of the Bronze Age and beyond. Lovely stuff and note the sophisticated coloring done on the primitive hamster wheels of the time. The GCD credits the coloring to mostly Phil Felix, […]

Filed Under: Kibbles 'n' Bits Tagged With: Aquaman, Black Panther, business wars, cape and cowl, comics residencies, Deadpool 2, etihad stadium, forbidden planet, fun home, han solo, jason momoa, jean grae, marvel v dc, michal golden, phil felix, Ryan Reynolds, the licensing show, the nam, twilight of the pamphlet

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/8/18: Con Season is here! Did you miss it?

01/08/2018 9:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/8/18: Con Season is here! Did you miss it?

§ Nice Art: Brazilian artist Butcher Billy has made comics like covers for this season of Black Mirror, and the public has deemed them good. I haven’t watched Season 4 yet so don’t spoil it by explaining these to me! § Guillermo del Toro signaled that he is king of the nerd world by celebrating […]

Filed Under: Conventions, Kibbles 'n' Bits Tagged With: Ales Kot, black lightning, butcher billy, comic shops closing, jason momoa, kato kaelin, permian basin con, teenage negazonic warhead, wizard world nola

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