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Our BPRD Preview Shows How To Sell Coffee In A Town Full Of Monsters

No matter what horrors have been unleashed on earth, no matter how dangerous life gets, one truth will remain constant: we all need coffee. In our preview of BPRD: Hell on Earth #124 (due out October 15th), one Santa Fe coffee shop worker tries to live among the monstrous Ogdru Hem as best he can…

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Marvel Plans Biggest Comic Event Ever With Return Of Secret Wars

Marvel is declaring war. More than 30 years after its arguably most popular comic crossover, Secret Wars, the publisher has declared a new comice vent that will engulf the Marvel universes — pitting Captain America against Captain America, Thor against Thor, and so forth. Details are of course sketchy — we know it’s being written…

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The Jim Henson Company Is Working On A Labyrinth Sequel!

Tucked away in a Variety article about Billy Crystal joining the Henson Company’s production of Which Witch? — which, you know, whatever — comes the much more interesting news that a sequel to 1986’s Labyrinth is in the works (along with the previously rumored Dark Crystal 2 and Fraggle Rock movies). There’s of course no…

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Classic Doctor Who With Modern Doctor Who Music Is Strangely Perfect

Nick Acosta decided to see what would happen if he added the nu-Who’s modern score to the classic Doctor Who serials of yesteryear. The result is both strange and strangely captivating. Here’s Acosta describing the details, and why he made the vid: Watching “classic” episodes from the 60’s and 70’s makes me wish they had…

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My God, Archie Meets Predator Is Actually A Thing That Is Happening

He’s met the Punisher and KISS, but Archie Andrews has never met anyone quite like this. The alien hunter known as the Predator will come to Riverdale in a miniseries collaboration between Archie Comics and Dark Horse next spring. The mind boggles. The actual plot sounds completely ridiculous, as writer Alex de Campi told USA…

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First Look At The TV Version Of The Flash’s Archnemesis

Call him the Reverse-Flash or call him Professor Zoom, but either way the Flash’s most dangerous supervillain has been spotted on the set of the new (and pretty damned good) TV show. Get the first look at his outfit here, and see him kicking Barry’s ass, too! The yellow top and black pants combination is…

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The Dragonball Z: Battle Of Gods Movie Needs A Divine Intervention

The first new Dragonball Z animation in 17 years, the Battle of Gods movie seems to have so much going for it: it’s the first in-canon DBZ movie, creator Akira Toriyama worked deeply on it for the first time, and the nostalgia factor. But fans looking for the classic DBZ experience in BoG will likely…

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Hey, The All-Female Ghostbusters Reboot May Be The One That Gets Made

Good news! THR reports that Sony has hired a screenwriter for the rumored female reboot of the famous franchise. Don’t get your hopes up quite yet — many a Ghostbuster movie has gotten this far previously — but this is definitely the take we’re most excited about. In even more promising news, the writer hired…

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The Flash Premiere, As Explained Solely In Speed Metaphors

There’s literally no non-obnoxious way for me to tell you The Flash pilot… well, it moves a bit too fast. It also starts clumsily, much like Barry Allen does when discovering his powers, and eventually finds its step. But I have no doubt the show will find its stride and finish strong! And now that…

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This May Be The Closest Thing to A Dredd Sequel We’re Going to Get

Despite the fact that 2012’s Dredd movie was a vast improvement over the first Judge Dredd film, and that many fans are clamoring (even singing) for a sequel, none seems to be forthcoming. But at least now there’s going to be an unofficial, seven-part webseries from Dredd’s producer Adi Shankar. The miniseries will apparently focus…

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Tour Westeros With This Beautiful Game Of Thrones Animation

You won’t find a better way to spend 85 seconds than watching this gorgeous 2D from BlackMeal and Baptiste Pagani, which hits the major locales of Westeros and summarizes the most important scenes of the first four seasons. Seriously, guys, it’s so pretty. H/t Sploid!

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How To Get A Job As a Professional Nerd

Greetings, my stalwart stamp-lickers! Get ready for the dream-crushingest installment of “Postal Apocalypse” ever! It’s actually a miracle that this installment got finished, as basically I’ve been staring at Pretty Guardians Golden Girls for the last two hours. Top image: Shutterstock/Ollyy. No, that’s not me. I don’t know how to tie a bowtie. On the…

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Robert Downey Jr. Confirms Iron Man 4 Is In The Works

Those of you worried that Robert Downey Jr. might say goodbye to the Iron Man armor at the end of his current contract with Marvel can breathe a sigh of relief. The actor admitted on Ellen that Marvel was working on the movie, presumably with him as part of it. That’s really all the news…

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Doctor Who Writer To Reboot The Metal Hurlant TV Series

Well, that was quick. Even though Syfy only began airing the 12-episode, French scifi TV series Metal Hurlant Chronicles (shown above) this past April, the channel has already hired Who and Being Human writer Jamie Mathieson to make its own adaptation. Chronicles, based on Metal Hurlant magazine (better known as Heavy Metal in Britain and…

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James Bond’s Secret Origin Will Be Revealed In New Comic Book Series

Dynamite Entertainment has announced the worldwide rights to the James Bond comic book license. The world’s greatest spy will star not only new adaptations of Ian Fleming’s original novels, but new canonical adventures as well — including Bond’s life prior to his first official mission. Dynamite’s press release specifies their first comic will detail Bond’s……

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Is Sony Thinking About Letting Marvel Use Spider-Man In Its Movies?

Do you have still have some of that salt from yesterday’s rumors? Then pull it back out because word is that Sony may be discussing the possibility of sharing Spider-Man with Marvel, so both companies can make movies starring the webslinger. But here’s why you don’t need to consider Spidey an Avenger just yet. Besides…

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Sony Wants A Robin Hood Cinematic Universe Because Why The @$% Not

Dear every screenwriter in Hollywood: would you like a major studio to purchase your pitch? Then call your idea a “cinematic universe like the Avengers,” and they’ll be tripping over themselves to write you checks —just like Sony is doing for a massive Robin Hood movie franchise. Sigh. Called Hood — because using full names…

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Could Fox Be Working On A Live-Action X-Men TV Show?

Please grab the biggest possible grain of salt available — perhaps you could steal a salt lick from a deer or something — but rumor says Fox is “in deep development” on a live-action X-Men TV series. There are no details, but there are many expectations we can manage with a bit of common sense.…

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The Naruto Manga Is Ending Next Month. Believe It!

After 15 years, nearly 700 installments and over 200 million volumes sold, Masashi Kishimoto’s Naruto manga will finally be coming to an end next month in the November 10th issue of the Japanese Shonen Jump anthology. There are two things worth mentioning here: 1) With Tite Kubo’s Bleach manga ending also shortly, that leaves only…

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That Was A Pretty Good Fifth Episode Of The Strain

Wait. That was the season finale?! Well, dammit. I guess it wasn’t a bad episode — in fact, it was one of the better episodes of the season — but all my hopes that the series was just biding its time for an insane final act were in vain. I’m not trying to be an…

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Our BPRD Preview Shows How To Sell Coffee In A Town Full Of Monsters

Marvel Plans Biggest Comic Event Ever With Return Of Secret Wars

The Jim Henson Company Is Working On A Labyrinth Sequel!

Classic Doctor Who With Modern Doctor Who Music Is Strangely Perfect

My God, Archie Meets Predator Is Actually A Thing That Is Happening

First Look At The TV Version Of The Flash’s Archnemesis

The Dragonball Z: Battle Of Gods Movie Needs A Divine Intervention

Hey, The All-Female Ghostbusters Reboot May Be The One That Gets Made

​The Flash Premiere, As Explained Solely In Speed Metaphors

This May Be The Closest Thing to A Dredd Sequel We’re Going to Get

Tour Westeros With This Beautiful Game Of Thrones Animation

​How To Get A Job As a Professional Nerd

Robert Downey Jr. Confirms Iron Man 4 Is In The Works

Doctor Who Writer To Reboot The Metal Hurlant TV Series

James Bond’s Secret Origin Will Be Revealed In New Comic Book Series

Is Sony Thinking About Letting Marvel Use Spider-Man In Its Movies?

Sony Wants A Robin Hood Cinematic Universe Because Why The @$% Not

Could Fox Be Working On A Live-Action X-Men TV Show?

The Naruto Manga Is Ending Next Month. Believe It!

​That Was A Pretty Good Fifth Episode Of The Strain

Meta Smart Glasses Can Now Track All the Food You Put Into Your Mouth

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Nespresso Vertuo Pop+ by Breville Hits Its Lowest Price, Now One of the Cheapest Coffee Machines Under $100

That Teenage Bout of Mono May Have a Troubling Second Act

We Landed on Mars, A.K.A. the Set of ‘For All Mankind’

DJI Mic 3 Bundle Quietly Falls Below Black Friday Price Even After Amazon’s Spring Sale Ends

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The Flash Premiere, As Explained Solely In Speed Metaphors

How To Get A Job As a Professional Nerd

That Was A Pretty Good Fifth Episode Of The Strain