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All-New Special Edition James Bond Blu-ray and DVD Releases Arrive This September!

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Graphic Policy Team

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (MGM) and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment are releasing special edition Blu-rays, DVDs and collectible box-sets on September 15^th, ahead of the November 6^th global release of SPECTRE, the 24th James Bond adventure.

Two new featurettes are included based on interviews with renowned Bond writers Neal Purvis and Robert Wade. “The Shadow of SPECTRE” concentrates on the history of SPECTRE, the fictional global criminal syndicate and terrorist organization. The second featurette, “The Story So Far”, recaps and relives the significant moments from the previous three Daniel Craig Bond films.

Limited Edition Blu-ray Steelbooks headline the new home entertainment offering for Bond fans. The collectible set includes six films featuring the SPECTRE organization (From Russia With Love, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, Diamonds Are Forever, For Your Eyes Only) and the three recent Daniel Craig titles (Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, Skyfall) each featuring packaging inspired by the films’ iconic opening title sequences.

The Ultimate James Bond Collection features all 23 iconic Bond films together in one Blu-ray box-set, which includes a 24^th space for SPECTRE and, for the first time, digital copies of the collection. Also included is a new bonus disc exclusive featuring “Everything or Nothing”, a 90-minute documentary on the untold story of 007 and a pocket-sized James Bond 50 Years of Movie Posters book including the best posters from Dr No through to SPECTRE. This collection will be exclusively available at Amazon.com.

Dedicated Actor Packs with new packaging will also be released on Blu-ray & DVD.

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BOOM! Announces Dawn of the Planet of the Apes Comic Series

Posted on July 10, 2014 by Brett

This November BOOM! Studios and Twentieth Century Consumer Products will launch Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, a new comic book limited series based on the new film from 20th Century Fox.

Written by Michael Moreci, the six-issue series bridges the 10-year gap between the Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes films, chronicling the fall of humanity and the rise of Caesar’s ape civilization. Additional creative team details will be revealed at a later date. While the apes of the world have yet to advance as a species, Caesar must find a way to unify them to one cause. On the other side of the country, Malcolm must venture into the decaying Americas with his family to find a cure for the plague slowly killing his wife, Rita.

In addition, BOOM! Studios and Twentieth Century Consumer Products will debut Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Contagion, a one-shot comic book prequel to the new film, at Comic-Con International in San Diego, California (a.k.a. San Diego Comic-Con), to be held July 24-27, 2014 at the San Diego Convention Center. Written by Caleb Monroe, illustrated by Tom Derenick, and featuring a cover illustrated by Garry Brown, the issue follows the story of Ellie as she struggles to find a cure for the pandemic affecting humanity before it claims her daughter’s life. The issue will retail for $5.00 and will be available for purchase exclusively at San Diego Comic-Con at the BOOM! Studios booth, #2229. The Dawn of the Planet of the Apes: Contagion one-shot marks the first time BOOM! Studios has ever exclusively debuted a brand-new comic at a convention.

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes #1 arrives in comic book shops in November with a main cover illustrated by Christopher Mitten for the price of $3.99, and a retailer incentive cover illustrated by Jay Shaw.

Dark Horse Presents The Art of The Book of Life

Posted on April 14, 2014 by Brett

Dark Horse has announced a partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products for an upcoming project based on this year’s highly anticipated film from Fox Animation Studios, The Book of Life. In September 2014, Dark Horse will release The Art of The Book of Life, a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film.

The Art of The Book of Life is an inspirational behind-the-scenes look at the making of the animated feature film. Packed with production art, stills, and more, this is an essential companion to the film.

The Art of The Book of Life arrives on sale on September 3, 2014.

Two New X-Men: Days of Future Past Pics Released

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Brett

Twentieth Century Fox released two more stills today from this summer’s sure to be a hit X-Men: Days of Future Past.

Bishop (Omar Sy) prepares for an epic battle that will determine the fate of mutants around the world.

Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) powers her way through a top secret military installation.

Upper Deck & 20th Century Fox to Launch Alien, Predator and Firefly Products

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Brett

Upper Deck and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products announced today than fans of Alien, Predator and Firefly will soon be able to purchase trading cards, trading card games, stickers and sticker books inspired by the popular franchises. Upper Deck and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products continue to grow an already existing partnership offering film and television fans, collectors and gamers a merchandise collection true to the titles they love.

The first product to be released under the new agreement will be Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game. While the game can be played on its own, Upper Deck is working to incorporate certain elements from the Marvel Legendary Deck Building Game to be compatible with the new Alien game.

Upper Deck is planning to release additional trading card games for the three franchises, along with brand new lines of trading cards and stickers. Details and release dates for these products will be announced later this year.

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BOOM! Studios Reveals Sons of Anarchy Chase Covers

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Brett

Never has the concept of a “chase” cover fit a series so well. BOOM! Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products have revealed the addition of a 1-in-10 surprise connecting chase cover for each issue of the upcoming Sons of Anarchy comic book series. Based on the hit FX network television show, the Sons of Anarchy six-issue comic book series will uniquely feature and bring to life the gun-smuggling bikers with complex pasts and gripping personalities residing in the fictional town of Charming, California.

Each issue of the Sons of Anarchy comic book series will feature a 1-in-10 intermixed cover inspired by the striking season 6 promotional images that debuted in July from FX. The six covers will connect to form one complete panoramic image of the show’s characters engaged in a grand melee.

The first issue will feature a main cover illustrated by Garry Brown and a 1-in-20 retailer incentive “Mr. Mayhem” cover. BOOM! will offer a retailer incentive cover that has been upgraded with a gold foil-stamped treatment.

The series has captivated audiences with smart plotting and compelling characters in a modern Shakespearean vision of the outlaw genre. The series features gun-smuggling bikers with complex pasts and gripping personalities. It’s a smart version of the “guys with guns” trope.

The comic series flows from the television series. With no one else to turn to, the daughter of an old SAMCRO member comes to Charming looking for help. The only people standing between Kendra and certain death are the Sons of Anarchy, and, for better or for worse,Tig.

The highly anticipated series will be written by Christopher Golden and illustrated by Damian Couceiro. Sons of Anarchy comic book number one is a 32-page, full-color issue that retails for $3.99 and is available for order under Diamond Code JUL130914. It comes out in comic shops everywhere on September 11. Retailers can increase their orders until Monday, August 19.

Movie Review: The Wolverine

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Brett

To know where I’m coming from I thought the first Wolverine movie was atrocious. It was bad, really bad. Is in, whomever thought it was acceptable should have been fired bad. So, going into its follow-up, The Wolverine, the movie already had something going for it, it couldn’t be worse than the first one, and it’s not. But, that doesn’t mean it’s great either.

The plot is very simple, sort of, Wolverine is called to Japan to say good-bye to a friend whom he saved during the bombing on Nagasaki in World War II. This friend is dying and offers Wolverine a final gift for saving his life. He says he can transfer Wolverine’s healing factor to himself and thus grant Wolverine his wish to die. You see, Wolvie is having issues sleeping, what with all the killing (*cough* Jean Grey *cough*) and all. He also falls for Mariko, the grand-daughter of his pal that’s dying Yashida. Then all kinds of fighting happens and a rather convoluted second half occurs (which is the not so simple plot). The movie ends, I was disappointed, but then the mid-credit scene happens and I get excited again.

The movie isn’t a complete failure, it gets a lot right. It also gets a lot wrong.

Warning there be spoilers ahead….

I liked the tone of the movie the most. For most of it, it evoked a feel of a western set in Japan. The way scenes were set up, Wolverine’s attitude, the obstacles he faces and finally the showdown in the town, all of these things say Western to me. And that is a tone that fits the character quite well.

There’s also some solid sequences. The bullet train fight scene comes to mind as a highlight of the film with some cool action clearly green screened (we’re talking 90s green screen). The end fight scene however was a bit blah with one shocking moment, but the big reveal being a yawn inducing letdown.

There’s also numerous references to Wolverine’s bone claws. That becomes an important point in the movie and I liked the fact it was included.

I generally liked the relationship between Logan and Mariko as well. Wolverine is conflicted by the fact everyone he knows dies, but the sparks between the two are a slow build that’s somewhat believable. Overall, that’s the part that stays pretty faithful to the comics that have come before. He’s also tortured by what he’s done, often waking up at night and popping his claws.

What I disliked was the use of the Silver Samurai, Viper, Yukio and Harada. Lets break down each.

Viper is helping Yashida fight off death. She has some sorts of abilities, but how Yashida found her, and what’s in it for her is never made clear. Overall, her character really isn’t needed at all and the movie probably would have been better without her.

Harada is a character from the comics, and here he’s just a solid ninja who loves Mariko. It’s a waste and you might as well call him, generic ninja #1, and the role would have been fine.

The Silver Samurai is ok for the most part, but the reveal at the end is predictable.

Yukio takes the sidekick role. It’s not needed at all and if anything is as pointless as Gambit in the first movie.

The plot as well is boring and predictable. You know exactly what will be revealed and how things will wind up, except for a bit at the end during the fight scene. That caught me off-guard and I don’t want to spoil that part, because it makes the ending somewhat enjoyable.

Overall, the movie is predictable, but has some cool moments, especially the mid-credit sequence which I think was the best part of the movie and sets up the next X-Men film. It’s better than the first film, but that’s not saying much, but it shows the franchise has a long way to go before it comes close to Marvel’s other offerings.

Direction: 6.75 Acting: 7 Plot: 6.5 Overall: 6.75

BOOM! Releases Some Details about Sons of Anarchy

Posted on July 23, 2013 by Brett

The gun-smuggling outlaw bikers with complex pasts and gripping personalities residing in Charming, California will soon cover the pages of a comic book series launching in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products and BOOM! Studios. As a modern vision of the outlaw genre, the widely-popular Sons of Anarchy television series will launch its first comic book issue in comic shops nationwide beginning September 11, 2013.

It has been announced that the creative team behind the BOOM! Studios comic book series includes writer Christopher Golden, artist Damian Couceiro and cover artist Garry Brown.

With Season 6 in production, Sons of Anarchy has received the highest-rated telecasts and series accolades in the history of FX. The show is an adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores an outlaw motorcycle club’s desire to protect its livelihood while ensuring that their simple, sheltered town of Charming, California remains exactly that, Charming. The motorcycle club must confront threats from drug dealers, corporate developers, and overzealous law officers. Behind the motorcycle club’s familial lifestyle and legally thriving automotive shop is a ruthless and illegally thriving arms business.

SDCC 2013: Dynamite Announces Bob’s Burgers Comics

Posted on July 18, 2013 by Brett

File this one under unexpected…. Dynamite Entertainment has announced a partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products to develop comic book series content based on the popular cartoon series, Bob’s Burgers. An animated comedy, with new episodes debuting Sunday nights in September on FOX, Bob’s Burgers features a unique visual style in addition to an engaging, family-fun dynamic that will undoubtedly translate into a high-quality and successful comic book series.

Bob’s Burgers follows the ups and downs of Bob, who runs the Bob’s Burgers restaurant with the help of his wife and their three kids. Bob has big ideas about burgers, but his family falls short on service and sophistication. The show debuted in 2011. Numerous critics have applauded the series’ offbeat sense of humor. The show was recently nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program, and was also a Critics’ Choice Television nominee for Best Animated Series.