Author: Mary Anne Butler

Mary Anne Butler (Mab) got her start in album reviews and live concert coverage for a nationally published (print) music magazine as a teenager. She eventually transitioned to online media, writing for such sites as UGO/IGN, ComicsOnline, Geek Magazine, Ace of Geeks, Aggressive Comix (Editor-in-Chief), Bleeding Cool (News Editor), Nerdbot (as Editor-In-Chief), and now [Bad]Influencers, where she is Editor-in-Chief. Over the past 15 years, she’s built a well-known reputation at conventions across the globe as a cosplayer (occasionally), photographer (constantly), panelist and moderator (mostly), and reporter (always). Interviews, reviews, observations, breaking news, and objective reporting are the name of the game for the founder of Harkonnen Knife Fight, a Dune-themed band. She also produces award-winning immersive events, including Wasteland Weekend and Neotropolis.

Kenneth Branagh is directing a live action version of Cinderella for Disney.  We’ve known about this for some time, but we finally have a small teaser of what we can expect to see in 2015: As far as the cast goes, we’ll have Helena Bonham Carter as the Fairy Godmother, Lily James as Cinderella, Cate Blanchett […]

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While still not quite sure how I feel about this updated look, here is the official trailer for the upcoming The Peanuts Movie: Here are some of the official press images released in March that everyone seems to have forgotten about: The Peanuts Movie is directed by Steve Martino and is set to be released on […]

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It looks like the “From Hell” graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell is moving forward as a tv series at FX.  You might recall a 2001 film starring Johnny Depp based on the same material; Don Murphy who produced the film, is executive producing. David Arata (Children Of Men) will write the adaptation.  The […]

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In yet ANOTHER “Why in the world are the Americans remaking a perfectly wonderful BBC show” move, it would appear Fox has it’s sights set on Luther.  Now, this has nothing to do with Superman guys, this is about the hit English series starring Idris Elba.  A psychological crime drama, it was announced by the producers […]

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As both a huge Michael Crichton and HBO drama fan, this newest announcement from the cable giant has me excited, especially about the early casting reports.  HBO and Bad Robot posted this on their Vines earlier today: It looks like the first two names attached to this project are Oscar winners Sir Anthony Hopkins and […]

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It would appear we’re getting ever closer to our first real look at what the upcoming Jurassic World movie will have in store. Earlier today, this Masrani website appeared, filled with all kinds of official photos and goodies.  Here we see Irrfan Khan and B.D. Wong, as well as some history of the island and park which opened (according […]

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Daniel Bruhl has just been named in a really unexpected official press release from Marvel as the lead villain in the upcoming Captain America- Civil War film. The third title in the Captain America cinematic series will be directed by Joe and Anthony Russo. Civil War will also reportedly bring back Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan returning as The Winter Soldier and […]

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Why is it that the LEGO DC Universe is awesome?  We have no idea, but really, here is the DC movie we’ve all been waiting for.  Batman has joined the newly formed Justice League in order to keep tabs on Superman, a situation complicated by Superman’s clumsy (but  well-meaning) clone,  Bizarro. Bizarro’s creation of the […]

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