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NYCC 11 – Marvel Television Invades New York Comic Con With New Footage & Announcements

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Brett

Official Press Release

Marvel Television Invades New York Comic Con With New Footage & Announcements

New York, NY—October 7, 2011—The biggest pop culture event of the fall is almost here and Marvel Television will be at New York Comic Con with never-before-seen footage and exclusive announcements!

First, join Jeph Loeb, Marvel’s Head of Television, on Friday, October 14th in Room 1A22 for Marvel Television Presents: Anime on G4 from 5-6pm for news on this cutting edge animation! Who will voice Blade when G4’s Blade anime premieres? You’ll find out…and see exclusive footage from the hotly-anticipated series. Plus, don’t miss the world-premiere of the X-Men anime with a special screening of Episode 1!

Then, on Saturday, October 15th get in line early for Marvel Television Presents, from 3:45-4:45pm in Room 1A10! Join Loeb as he updates fans on everything Marvel TV, from upcoming animated series on Disney XD to the latest on live action shows in development. Want to see a new clip from next year’s Ultimate Spider-Man animated series? Or the second season premiere of Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes!? This is the only place to see them…and some other cool stuff we can’t dare reveal!

“Everyone at Marvel Television knows we have the best fans in the world and we’re coming to New York Comic Con with some new material worthy of those fans,” explained Loeb. “If you’re an Avengers fan, Spider-Man or, just a fan of awesome television, then you’re going to want to be at these panels. And you never know which celebrities might surprise us with a visit!”

For more on Marvel’s plans for New York Comic Con, visit http://marvel.com/nycc2011

Can’t make it to the convention? Follow along on the Marvel Events App & events.marvel.com, the best way to get exclusive videos, real-time announcements from the convention floor and up-to-the-minute panel, in-booth, and signing schedules of all your favorite Marvel creators!

Blade Anime Teaser Trailer

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Brett

Marvel Knights animation has been cranking out films lately and the anime shows that are in the pipeline so far look impressive. The teaser trailer for Blade has hit the intertubes. Check it out below, hopefully you understand Japanese.

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Friday Five: Best Marvel Movies

Posted on February 11, 2011 by

Okay, I’m going to rank what I think are the top 5 movies featuring Marvel comics characters. I won’t include anything from before 1998, because, well, Marvel movies from before that year are things I’ve tried to block out from my memory. I also won’t be including Marvel-owned imprints like Icon (so no Kick-Ass, sadly), I’ll just be going with the main Marvel universe comics. One other thing, for the sake of avoiding repetition, I’ll leave out Blade, since I already specified that last week as my favorite Marvel movie. So, with no further ado, here are my Top 5 Marvel Movies (Excluding Blade):

Honorable mentions: X-Men (2000), X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), Blade: Trinity (2004), X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

5. X2 (2002): The first X-Men movie suffered a little from having to tell the backstory of so much of the X-Universe and because some of the actors didn’t really fit their roles particularly well, but the second one got all of that out of the way and combined several of the greatest X-Men storylines into one awesomely fun movie. The movie has a lot of great actors in it, it has a great director in Brian Singer and the special effects couldn’t be better. It also spends more time with some of the characters that got the short shrift in the first movie.

4. Spider-Man (2002): This is the first of the Marvel movies to really get it right as a comic book adaptation. It isn’t just a good movie, it’s a good comic book movie. It’s true to the source material, while at the same time being a really great movie. The cast, which was suspect going in, all performed better than could’ve been expected and it was a huge success, guaranteeing that there would be many more Marvel movies to follow.

3. Spider-Man 2 (2004): The sequel did everything the original did right, except it had better special effects and a tighter script and story. There was no way for Spider-Man 3 to live up to the first two.

2. Blade II (2002): Blade II is just a damned good horror movie. It isn’t so much a comic book adaptation, since Blade really is a minor character at Marvel, so they had to come up with original material that wasn’t taken from the comics. They did an awesome job. The enemy-of-my-enemy team-up, the scary super-vampires, the family subplot, the betrayal, the amazing special effects, and, my favorite, the venture of Ron Perlman’s Bloodpack into the clausterphobic sewers to battle an evil you couldn’t have imagined for yourself. All that along with the always-awesome Wesley Snipes and direction by Guillermo del Toro and this is an awesome flick.

1. Iron Man (2008): Building on the success of the Spider-Man films, this one really perfects the superhero movie. It is true to the source comics and, in fact, influenced them to go in a new direction that improved them. The acting is superb and it’s hard to imagine anyone being better at being Tony Stark than Robert Downey Jr. The rest of the cast is great, notably Jeff Bridges as the villain. The movie looks better than any superhero movie that I could’ve imagined when I was growing up reading this stuff. And, most importantly, this is a really good movie. If you’ve never read the comics, or any comics, you can watch this and have a great experience. At the same time, longtime fans have things that appeal to them, too, and thus we get a film that appeals to multiple audiences on multiple levels, which is an amazing feat.

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Friday Five: 30 Days of Marvel, Pt. 2

Posted on February 4, 2011 by

Emma over at Girls Read Comics Too is doing “30 Days of Marvel” where she gives various superlatives about the Marvel Universe. It’s good reading and since I’m a fan of both Marvel and Girls Read Comics Too, I’m going to steal the idea and give my responses as well. This is my second 5, with more to come… (Go to the links to see Emma’s choices).

1. Favorite Organization: I’m going to go with A.I.M. The stupid yellow beehive costumes aside, the fact that there is an organization of evil scientists who want to take over the world is pretty cool. The fact that they are in those stupid costumes somehow makes them even more cool. The be fair, I probably wouldn’t have put A.I.M. on the list if it wasn’t for their recent participation in Deadpool: Merc With a Mouth.

2. Favorite Creature: Cosmo the talking Russian space dog with telepathic powers. Yes, the concept is ridiculous. Yes, the accent is horrible. Yes, every issue of everything he’s in is well-written and the character somehow works.

3. Favorite Movie: I think I’m going to way out on this one and say Blade. I know I’m supposed to say Spider-Man 1 or 2 or Iron Man or X-Men 2 and while I love all of those movies, I love Blade even more, for several reasons. First off, it was the movie that made all of these others possible. Second, it defined the Marvel movie style and answered the question of what to do with the spandex. Third, it was Wesley Snipes’s last hurrah and I always liked Wesley. Fourth, the music was awesome. Fifth, the fight scenes and weapons were amazing. Fifth, I don’t really need a fifth, the first four are good enough for me.

4. Favorite Classic Character: Not sure what they mean by “classic,” but everyone else who is answering this one seems to be pointing to first generation Marvel characters. In that context, I’ll go with Spider-man. When I get a tattoo, it will be of the classic Spidey logo. I talked about why I like Spidey so much last time, so I won’t rehash it, but lets just say that I’m guessing Marvel’s rise to prominence owes more to Spidey than any other character.

5. Favorite Costume: I love the Wolverine costume hew wore when I first started reading X-men, the classic brown and yellow one. I’ve come to realize that everyone else prefers the yellow and blue and that’s what is going to be the main costume, but I still prefer the earth tones. Deadpool’s costume is pretty great and I think the X-force silver and gray suits look really good.

Why Do Conservatives Hate Superman?

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Brett

On Saturday I dove in for the second time and commented on the conservative outcry over an Algerian Muslim being recruited for the Batman franchise in France. But this feigned anger from the right got me thinking about all the other immigrant super heroes defending their adopted country. It made me ask, why do conservatives hate Superman?

You see, Superman is an immigrant. On top of that, he’s an illegal immigrant from the planet Krypton. He’s raised the “American way” by a simple family and defends his adoptive country (and world). Superman might have been raised Methodist, but really he’s Kryptonian and was born into that religion. Do conservatives hate Superman? If not, isn’t that hypocrisy or does it show their bigotry towards Muslims?

On top of Superman what other immigrant characters defend their adopted nation?

Superman – see above as to why he’s the poster boy for immigration and defending your adoptive country.
Wolverine – James Howlett was born a Canadian. That didn’t stop the man called Logan and Wolverine to work for the C.I.A. or fight side by side with Captain America. On numerous times he’s defended and saved the United States, his adopted country.
Martian Manhunter – Another illegal alien (an actual alien, the guy is from Mars) who laid low and hid in his adoptive world. On numerous occasions he’s saved the United States and the world.
Dust – Sooraya Qadir was born in Afghanistan and legally immigrated to the United States. As part of the X-Men, she’s saved the world and United States on so many occasions. Oh yeah, she’s Muslim. Just taking up a slot meant for a good read blooded American I guess.
Blue Agave – He’s an immigrant from Mexico and lives in the US, no idea his religion.
Colossus – He’s Russian, he currently lives in the United States, has for a while. He was a commie, and foreign, guess he’s not qualified to protect us.
Banshee – An Irish mutant was living in Tennessee when he was recruited to be a part of the international team of X-Men.
Blade – Did you know Blade was British? Yeah, I didn’t either, Wesley Snipes didn’t do the accent well at all. He’s the only thing protecting us from being overrun by Vampires. Guess he can only do that for the UK according to conservatives.
Deadpool – Another Canadian (they look just like us!) was recruited to be part of a joint US/Canadian program. What no Americans good enough!?
Doc Voodoo – He’s from Haiti. He lives in the United States. He was the Sorcerer Supreme. He’s saved the world. No go back to Haiti!
Thor – Recently in the news for a whole other protest, in his newest comic series volume we see the Odinson and the rest of the Asgardians set up Asgard in Broxton, Oklahoma. Not only is he an original Avenger and saved the world and United States numerous times but he’s a god, not exactly an American. But, more importantly, where’s the outrage for the land grab by a foreign nation? Would conservatives be so quiet if Doctor Doom did the same?

There’s so many more examples of characters who are immigrants (some are even Muslims!) defending nations of which they were not born. Where’s the outrage been?

Marvel Anime Coming to G4 in 2011

Posted on July 24, 2010 by Brett

Some of the coolest news to come out of San Diego Comic-Con is that Marvel will be launching four anime styled cartoons on G4 in 2011. The four shows will cover Wolverine, Iron Man, Blade and the X-Men.

Each show will be 12 episodes and were guided by the hand of Warren Ellis. Check out some of the animation from Iron Man below.

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Marvel Animation Plans To Take Over San Diego Comic-Con Again In 2010!

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Brett

Official Press Release

MARVEL ANIMATION PLANS TO TAKE OVER SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON AGAIN IN 2010!

Following its successful debut of The Super Hero Squad Show, Marvel Anime and a number of other animated treats at last year’s show, Marvel Animation storms, swings, flies, and smashes its way back to San Diego Comic-Con this year for another weekend full of entertaining panels, exclusive signings, and awesome giveaways!

In addition to featuring all-star celebrity talent and world premiering full episodes of The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Marvel Anime: Iron Man, Marvel Animation will be giving away all kinds of exclusive items in both their panels and at the Marvel booth (#2329)! This weekend will be your chance to get a custom Avengers ID card, win signed Comic-Con exclusives, meet the voices of your favorite characters, and more!

FRIDAY JULY 23, 2010

12:45 – 1:45 p.m. Marvel Animation Panel – Hosted by an all-star cast of Marvel Animation talent including Tom Kenny (SpongeBob) and Charlie Adler (Transformers), and featuring a special guest of legendary proportions, this interactive game-show panel will get you more than excited about Marvel’s new and continuing animated series. Here’s your chance to snag some sweet Marvel merchandise! Come be a part of the action, showcasing all new seasons of The Super Hero Squad Show and Iron Man Armored Adventures, as well as new footage from Marvel Knights Animation, Marvel Anime, and other upcoming Marvel Animation properties. Room 6BCF

3:00 – 4:00 p.m. Super Hero Squad Cast Signing – All-star talent from The Super Squad Show will be signing items at the Marvel booth, including a San Diego Comic-Con exclusive Marvel Super Hero Squad The Infinity Gauntlet poster for the all-new video game from THQ releasing November 16^th, 2010. On hand for the signing will be Tom Kenny (SpongeBob), Charlie Adler (Transformers 1&2), Steve Blum (Spectacular Spider-Man, Wolverine and the X-Men), and Tara Strong (Teen Titans, Fairly Odd Parents).

8:15 – 9:15 p.m. Iron Man: Anime Screening – Witness the dawn of Marvel Anime as we WORLD PREMIERE the highly anticipated, full-length pilot episode of Iron Man! In addition to the screening, we will be featuring an exclusive first look at upcoming designs produced by the world-renowned Japanese animation studio MADHOUSE, whose notable films include hits such as Ninja Scroll and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (to name a few). Room 6DE

SATURDAY JULY 24, 2010

4:15 – 5:15 p.m. Marvel Animation: Avengers Panel – Enter the Avengers Mansion and become a part of the team! JARVIS (Phil LaMarr, MadTV, Futurama) will introduce you to top-secret Avengers files, including never-before-seen footage, imagery, and the WORLD PREMIERE of two full-length episodes from the all-new The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes animated series premiering on Disney XD this fall! The road to the Avengers starts here! Room 6DE

About The Super Hero Squad Show Season 2:

Featuring IRON MAN, THOR, CAPTAIN AMERICA, HULK, WOLVERINE, FALCON, and the SILVER SURFER! Just when the Infinity Sword has been rebuilt, Doctor Doom is behind bars, and Villainville seems to have been totally destroyed – a new threat arises to threaten the universe… the evil space‐conqueror THANOS (played by Jim Cummings – Winnie the Pooh, The Princess and the Frog)! Determined to prove his superiority over his sister, the space‐pirate NEBULA (Jane Lynch, 2010 Emmy Nominated actress for Glee), Thanos sets out to collect the six INFINITY STONES, which gives him absolute supremacy over the universe. The Squaddies have to hurry and stop Thanos from collecting all the Stones in his INFINITY GAUNTLET before it’s too late. Luckily, the Squad has a wild card in their battle against Thanos, as the SCARLET WITCH (Tara Strong, Teen Titans, Fairly Odd Parents) joins the team! Season 2 will also feature an all-star cast of celebrity guest talent including Adam West (Batman), George Takei (Star Trek), John O’Hurley (Seinfeld), Katee Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica), Mark Hamill (Star Wars), Wayne Knight (Seinfeld) and more!

About The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes:

Featuring IRON MAN, THOR, CAPTAIN AMERICA and HULK! When the planet is threatened by Super Villains, time-traveling conquerors, alien invaders, mythical monsters, or mad robots bent on the total destruction of humanity… When the forces of evil are so overwhelming that no single hero has the power to save the world… When there is no hope left…

…the AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!

About Marvel Anime:

Madhouse will produce four all-new series for Marvel Animation: WOLVERINE, IRON MAN, X-MEN, and BLADE, all reimagined by Warren Ellis!

Marvel Anime IRON MAN, follows Tony Stark’s adventures in Japan. Featuring the cutting-edge style of Japanese anime with an eye toward bringing Tony Stark and IRON MAN to a whole new audience, this collaboration is the start of a whole new era for the classic Marvel character.

About Marvel Entertainment, LLC

Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 5,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in licensing, entertainment (via Marvel Studios and Marvel Animation) and publishing (via Marvel Comics). Marvel’s strategy is to leverage its franchises in a growing array of opportunities around the world, including feature films, consumer products, toys, video games, animated television, direct-to-DVD and online. For more information visit www.marvel.com.