James Whitbrook

Doctor Strange Set Photo Gives Us a Look at Benedict Cumberbatch’s Stephen Strange!

What does a recently introduced Star Wars: Rebels villain tell us about the villains of The Force Awakens? Duncan Jones discusses making his Warcraft movie appeal to non-fans. Peter Capaldi says Clara’s exit on Doctor Who will leave fans sad for weeks. Plus, a clip from The Originals, and another Twin Peaks return. Spoilers! Doctor…

7 Things We Want In The New Star Trek TV Show

Yes, it’s finally happening: We’re getting a new Star Trek TV show for the first time in over a decade. Since this week’s announcement, Trek fans all over the world have been speculating and sharing their desires for the series—here’s just 7 things we’d love to see come 2017. 7) A post-Star-Trek-XI look at the…

How Warren Ellis Brought the James Bond Of Ian Fleming’s Books To Comics

James Bond is back! And not just on the big screen—Britain’s most famous spy has returned to comics after decades away in today’s release of James Bond #1 by Warren Ellis and Jason Masters. To mark the release of issue one, we spoke Ellis to discuss how he brought Ian Fleming’s classic hero to life.…

Uncanny X-Men Ends With a Bang—and Finally Deals With Iceman’s Sexuality

When All-New X-Men #40 released, a major topic of discussion was the fact that a younger, time-displaced Bobby Drake, a.k.a. Iceman, came out as gay. But ever since, fans have wondered if this meant the present-day Bobby was simply in the closet, or maybe not gay at all. Seven months later, we finally have the…

Into The Badlands Has Its Own Comic, and You Can Read It Right Now

AMC already hasa pretty good rep for comic bookTV shows, considering they run The Walking Dead and will soon have the intense-looking Preacher adaptation. But it turns out they can also turn their TV shows into comic books, as is the case with their upcoming martial arts series, Into The Badlands. AMC have released a…

Doctor Who May Be Part of The Lego Movie 2

Everything is, indeed, awesome. Following a deal with the BBC that saw the inclusion of Doctor Who in the video game Lego Dimensions as well as get its own fantastic Lego playset, it looks like the Doctor may be taking a trip to the big screen… to join Emmet, Wyldstyle and friends for The Lego…

There Could Be Plans For More X-Files—Without Mulder And Scully

Lego Batman gets a butler. Tim Miller discusses which mutants could have been part of Deadpool. Andrew Kreisberg teases Cyborg Superman on Supergirl. Greg Nicotero thinks it’s unlikely a certain Walking Dead character will ever lose a limb. Plus, details on Rob Thomas’ new sci-fi show on The CW. Spoilers Now! Deadpool Director Tim Miller…

Oh No, There’s Going To Be More Of Those Horrifying Thomas The Tank Engine/DC Comics Mashup Toys

Earlier this year at San Diego Comic Con, Mattel and DC came together to share with the world a nightmarish vision: a set of Thomas the Tank Engine toy trains that were actually train versions of DC superheroes. We thought they were safely confined to convention exclusives, but you can’t keep monsters contained for too…

You’ll be able to watch the first episode of The Expanse online well before its actual premiere on TV. Deadline are reporting that Syfy will put the pilot episode—which we loved when it was shown at SDCC this year— online through a whole host of streaming services on November 23rd, three weeks before it airs…

I Can’t Get Over How Goddamn Amazing The Warcraft Movie’s Stormwind City Looks

Following thebriefest of glimpses earlier, it looks like we’re going to get a lot of teases for Duncan Jones’ Warcraft movie between now and Friday’s trailer. Although we’ve had the chance toalready fly over the film’s recreation of the Human capital Stormwind City, this latest look at it is simply remarkable. A few stills from…

Rumor: Disney May Be Retiring “Slave Leia” Merchandise For Good

It’s one of the most iconic outfits in Star Wars, and sci-fi in general: The metal bikini Princess Leia is forced into by Jabba the Hutt during Return of the Jedi. But it’s not without controversy—and Disney may be making moves to remove the skimpy outfit from future Star Wars marketing and merchandise for good.…

The Man Behind Hannibal Wants To Reboot The British Avengers

Okay, so you might be more familiar with a bunch costumed superheroes when someone says “The Avengers” to you—but to UK-based readers of a certain age, it means only one thing: The spy-fi adventures of John Steed and Emma Peel. They could return to TV too, if Hannibal creator Bryan Fuller has anything to say…

How a Crazy Space-Vampire Comic Like Interceptor Could Be the Next Big Comic Book Movie

There’s been a bit of a running trend of comics getting picked up for movie adaptations even before they release an issue—and Heavy Metal’s next big creator-owned series, Interceptor, is joining that trend. We sat down with writer Donny Cates to discuss the wild new series, and what it’s like having your comic turned into…

May The Queue Times Be Ever In Your Favor At The Hunger Games Theme Park

Look, I’m just spitballing here, but maybe turning a franchise about an enforced violent battle to the death among teenagers isn’t really the best idea for a theme park? Admittedly, that is apparently a problem Lionsgate had when it first began developing the idea for a theme park based on the smash-hit franchise shortly after…

Superhero Roundup: Rumors and Hints For Punisher, X-Men, Jessica Jones and Dr. Strange!

X-Men: Apocalypse could add a lot more Wolverine. Get a look at the heroes of the Warcraft movie. Jessica Jones’ entire first season gets some teasing descriptions. Plus, new looks at this week’s Doctor Who and iZombie, a bizarre theory about Game of Thrones’ delay, and a new Hunger Games clip. Behold, Spoilers! Doctor Strange…

Inside Out Nearly Had A Lot More Emotions As Characters

Inside Out’s refreshing look at the human psyche focused on the personification of 5 main emotions: Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust. But the movie began with quite a few extra emotions running around in Riley’s brain—26 of them, in fact. In a special feature included as part of the film’s Blu-ray release, co-director Pete…

11 of the Most Constipated-Looking Action Figures Ever Released

As action figures have become more detailed, toy fans have been treated to some amazing-looking figures over the years. But not that long ago, when sculpting techniques were less advanced, toy likenesses could range from the mediocre to the terrifying. Here are 11 figures who look less like they’re ready for action and more like…

Even Stan Lee Has a Hot Toys Action Figure Now

This is the point we’ve reached now. Hot Toys has made so many eerily accurate replices of Marvel’s movie superheroes, they’re now turning to a man who played a role in some of their creation stories for toy inspiration. Yes, now even Stan Lee is getting immortalized in plastic. Excelsior! Funnily enough this isn’t Lee’s…

Plastic Cthulhu Goes On A Rampage in Warpo’s Final Retro Legends of Cthulhu Advert

Over the past few months, Warpo has been teasing their Legends of Cthulhu toys in some pretty radretro-style adverts. But they’ve saved the best for last, as the monstrous 12-inch Cthulhu himself goes to town on a bunch of poor Deep One figures. Just as the retro movement has swept across collectible action figures recently,…

Spectre is already doing very well in Mr. Bond’s home country. THR is reporting that the movie has broken a bunch of records in the UK following a successful release. It’s the biggest seven-day opening in the UK ever with $68 million in ticket sales, and the largest opening to boot, showing at 2,500 screens.