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.

USA Today ran this image today of Marvel’s upcoming Ant-Man movie starring Paul Rudd.  They are currently filming in San Francisco, along with this commentary: With Rudd’s hoodie-clad, unshaven Scott Lang skulking around the Golden Gate Bridge next to a decrepit van, he has a ways to go before he’s on the level of the Avengers. […]

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According to TV Line, Adrianne Palicki will be playing Barbara “Bobbi” Morse in the second season of ABC’s Marvelverse show. Now Palicki had been cast previously to play Wonder Woman in a TV series. They filmed at least a pilot, but the show was canceled before it could ever be seen, or even finished. Hopefully […]

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Yesterday we shared with you those images of the ‘new’ Stormtroopers from Indie Revolver.  Which of course begs the question, what will our main cast look like? We know that Mark Hamill, Luke Skywalker, is sporting the wise old Jedi beard, looking very much like Obi-Wan. But now we also have these two costume sketches […]

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We told you when this idea first came across the wire, and we let you know as soon as the writing team of Ashley E. Miller and Zack Stentz signed on to write the new MMPR movie.  Now it looks like we have a release date in site! Schmoesknow are reporting July 22nd, 2016 is Morphin’ […]

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Now this is still pretty deep into rumor territory, but many outlets are reporting quotes from people on the set of J.J. Abram’s upcoming Star Wars: VII reguarding the new look for the classic army of the Empire. From Making Star Wars, these quotes: 1.)  have white helmets which flare out, which is weird but looks […]

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One of the highlights of any convention in the last two years has been interacting with the cast and crew of History Channel’s Vikings.  This year’sVikings Cast Interviews pressroom hour at San Diego Comic-Con International was no different, and featured official…

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It’s no surprise that fans of DC Comics character Aquaman and Jason Momoa fans alike have been bombarding the star with questions about his involvement in the upcoming Batman V Superman film.  The former Khal took a stand on his instagram today about the constant King of Atlantis grilling (ha, fish, grilling, get it?):

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It looks like Martin Lawrence confirmed that Bad Boys 3 is indeed happening. Lawrence while on a recent episode of Conan O’Brien said this: And don’t forget about this interview with producer Jerry Bruckheimer on Collider back in April about the possibility, too.

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