The army is like the X-Men, they’re both elite and that’s about where it ends. But, that’s not stopping the U.S. Army to use the upcoming movie X-Men: First Class to help recruit. If you go to their Facebook page you can see an ad that compares the two as well as “exclusive content” from the movie.
The promotion has been running for a few days now but the X-Men have come to the popular Zynga video game Mafia Wars. By completing various tasks you’re able to collect items inspired by this summer’s movie X-Men: First Class. This is the second super hero inspired tie-in by the game. Could we see a full fledged game based on super heroes come from the company?
A nice long weekend (that’s much needed). Here’s the news you might have missed while you enjoyed your Memorial Day.
Around the Blogs:
Kotaku – Sunday Comics – Kotaku brings so various web comics.
Bleeding Cool – X-Men Logos In The Sky Above Los Angeles – Nice to see some marketing never gets old.
Con Coverage:
Perez Start – The Museum of Cartoon and Comic Art Fest 2011
Around the Tubes Reviews:
Mouth London – A day in the life of Alfred
Comic Book Resources – American Vampire #15
Marvel.com proudly invites one and all to watch the special Event Screening of Twentieth Century Fox’s film X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, LIVE from New York City! Tonight, May 25, at 5:50 PM ET/2:50 PM PT, watch as the stars arrive at the historic Ziegfeld Theatre!
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Hosted by Nick Lowe (Marvel Senior Editor/X-Men Comics Lead Editor), he’ll get you the inside scoop on X-MEN: FIRST CLASS like no one else can! Watch Nick chat LIVE with some of the biggest names in the biz!
Scheduled to appear are: James McAvoy (Professor Charles Xavier), Michael Fassbender (Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto), Kevin Bacon (Sebastian Shaw), Rose Byrne (Dr. Moira MacTaggert), January Jones (Emma Frost), Lucas Till (Alex Summers/Havok), and Zoë Kravitz (Angel Salvadore)!
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS opens in theaters, Friday, June 3!
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS unveils the epic beginning of the X-Men saga – and a secret history of the Cold War and our world at the brink of nuclear Armageddon. As the first class discovers, harnesses, and comes to terms with their formidable powers, alliances are formed that will shape the eternal war between the heroes and villains of the X-Men universe.
Yesterday was #comicmarket on Twitter and as usual the conversation was interesting and fantastic. Today’s new comics day and there looks to be some good releases. What are you looking forward to this week? Why you ponder that, here’s all the news you might have missed while you were chatting on Twitter.
Around the Blogs:
Bleeding Cool – Why The Kick-Ass 2 Movie Probably Won’t Ever Happen – Or the money just isn’t there….
Bleeding Cool – Matthew Vaughn Tells Us Which Hot Potato An X-Men: First Class Follow Up Could Juggle – The series is all about the political subtext, embrace it people….
GeekWeek – Two More Actors Added To THE DARK KNIGHT RISES – I’m still waiting for my phone call….
Comicvine – Warner Bros. TV CEO on Why Wonder Woman Pilot Failed – I’m still torn on this one.
Comics Alliance – DC and Marvel Lose Digital Comics Executives at the Same Time – I’m available folks….
Comicvine – Superheroes and Social Media: #Savingtheday, One Tweet at a Time? – I just had a great conversation about this with a friend over the weekend.
Bleeding Cool – Matthew Vaughn On His Mark Millar/Dave Gibbons Super Spy Project – The legal clearance has me intrigued.
Con Coverage:
Phoenix NewTimes – Gearing up for Phoenix Comicon
Around the Tubes Reviews:
Comics Girl – Remake Special
It was a pretty quiet Saturday as folks waited around to see if the Rapture would begin. While you were waiting for the end of the world, here’s the news you might have missed.
Around the Blogs:
The Mary Sue – Three More Join the Cast of The Dark Knight Rises – Completely fascinated by this casting.
The Mary Sue – The Periodic Table of Geek Storytelling – This will definitely keep you busy and pretty entertained.
Bleeding Cool – I’ve Seen X-Men: First Class And Want To Tell You About It – Oh Bleeding Cool, you’re such a tease. But in all seriousness, this bodes well for the movie.
Around the Tubes Reviews:
It’s our third entry for our Facebook Movie Watch, where we see if movies drive the likes or the likes indicate the buzz a movie has. Thor held onto the top spot in the theaters this past week and Priest opened as expected. Below are the new counts and how much they moved.
There was a definite slow down for Thor as far as growth in it’s second week. I’d imagine we’ll see a build up leading up to the movie, a huge gain the week of it’s opening and then a drop off in the week after opening. We’ll see if the other movies follow this pattern. The other interesting thing to watch is the overall grades the audiences give the movie compared to their growth.
Thor – Opens in the United States May 6, already released globally.
Total gain for the week – 105,915
Total gain overall – 290,256
Priest – May 13
Total gain for the week – 23,837
Total gain overall – 46,785
X-Men: First Class – June 3
Total gain for the week – 41,924
Total gain overall – 91,206
Green Lantern – June 17
Total gain for the week – 10,353
Total gain overall – 23,206
Captain America: The First Avenger – July 22
Total gain for the week – 15,106
Total gain overall – 51,692
Cowboys & Aliens – July 29
Total gain for the week – 156
Total gain overall – 1,256
It’s our second entry into our Facebook Movie Watch, where we see if movies drive the likes or the likes indicate the buzz a movie has. Thor opened up in the United States to a decent debut this past week and this Friday sees the opening of Priest. Below are the new counts and how much they moved.
Thor – Opens in the United States May 6, already released globally.
Total gain for the week – 184,341
Priest – May 13
Total gain for the week – 22,948
X-Men: First Class – June 3
Total gain for the week – 49,282
Green Lantern – June 17
Total gain for the week – 12,853
Captain America: The First Avenger – July 22
Total gain for the week – 36,586
Cowboys & Aliens – July 29
Total gain for the week – 1,100
Talking with some friends about the demographics of comic book fans on Facebook, I got to wondering how pages react to events like movie releases. Thor has been released globally, but opens this Friday here in the US. Will the “likes” for the film page increase? Can you figure out the buzz of a movie or character by this? For this summer, we’ll track the various Facebook pages related to this summer’s comic book movies and see if they get a “release” bump or what other factors might lead to an increase of decrease of likes. Where there’s multiple pages, we took the top five when we could.
Thor – Opens in the United States May 6, already released globally.
Priest – May 13
X-Men: First Class – June 3
Green Lantern – June 17
Captain America: The First Avenger – July 22
Cowboys & Aliens – July 29
The summer movie trailers are pouring out and here’s a new one for this summer’s X-Men: First Class.
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