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If you know all the words to The Jetsons theme song, chances are this story may have meaning for you. The futuristic family just may be coming to a prime time TV slot near you before too long. Word just came down from Variety that ABC has placed a pilot order for a live-action adaptation of The […]

Dane Styler writes for Bleeding Cool: If you are by any measure versed in either television or comic books, you may have heard of a little show called The Walking Dead, or perhaps of the eponymous and long-running comic book series from which the show derives. You might even be able to mention by name Robert […]

Even as the protests continued in Charlottesville, many from the entertainment and comic industries were taking to Twitter to voice their opposition to the message of racial divide and violence. https://twitter.com/funnykeithlyle/status/896429496105971713 Hell of a day for the President to forget how to tweet. pic.twitter.com/ABffmwwH8D — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) August 12, 2017 Uh oh. Now them […]

It was back in 2013 that visionary anime director Hayao Miyazaki (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, Princess Mononoke, Totoro) announced he would be retiring from feature film development. Shortly thereafter in 2014, Studio Ghibli followed suit and said it would take a “brief pause” after Miyazaki’s retirement. Now it seems that the lights have come […]

One of the many joys in a reviewer’s life centers on composers and their film scores, few more iconic than Hans Zimmer. Such a rich and storied list of movies and projects have featured scores written by Zimmer over the past 33 years. Imagine the possibility of seeing pieces from Crimson Tide, The Da Vinci Code, and Sherlock Holmes […]

One of the highlights of each San Diego Comic-Con is the annual Masquerade, the showcase of costumes and costumed performances that anchor Saturday night’s programming. 2017 was no slouch for entries; the amazing realistic Ursula went viral the day after the contest when the wearer Joo Skellington posted this video to his facebook page: Needless to […]

It’s rare enough to actually come across a good horror film these days. Get Out and It Follows being some of the recent exceptions to the generally lackluster slashers and found-footage fests that have become the norm. Even more rare is a horror sequel that’s still effective, and Annabelle: Creation, being the fourth installment in […]

The time is getting closer to the September 8th opening of It, the reboot film based on Stephen King’s novel from relative newcomer director Andrés Muschietti (his only real prior feature credit was from the 2013 horror film, 2013). How the adaptation works out remains to be seen but the marketing machine continues to roll along […]

Game of Thrones had an uphill battle after the HBO hack and leak of  season 7 episode 4 “The Spoils of War”, but the show pulled in some super impressive viewership numbers for arguably one of the best episodes yet. If you haven’t caught up on the saga of Westeros yet, you may not want to keep reading, […]

Labor Day Weekend is one of the most densely populated convention and event weekends in the country, and Atlanta’s Dragon Con is one of the top destinations for the nerdy and geeky alike. 2017 will see Dragon Con’s 3oth year (31st event, actually), and the second for online streaming of events. One of the highlights […]