This years Comic Con is shaping up to be an interesting one for a lot more reasons than you'd expect. Long time writer and creator of the classic novel turn cult class film, Fight Club, is attending and he just dropped a big bombshell. After getting involved in the Portland, Oregon comic book community, Chuck Paluhnik has decided that he's going to continue writing Fight Club in the form of a comic book debuting in May 2015 through Dark Horse comics. Jumping 10 years ahead, Fight Club 2 will feature a new protagonist and the return of Tyler Durden, played by Brad Pitt, as well as being married to the infamous Marla Singer, played by Helena Bonham Carter. The characters descent into crime will also explore with the 9 year old son names Junior that he shares with singer. Pahlunik goes on to state that we'll learn the origins of Durdin, that he's ,"been around for centuries and is not just this aberration that's popped into his mind." Project mayhem will also return and play a role in the relationship between the protagonist and his son. Are you excited or worried about Fight Club 2? Look forward to hearing lots of more about this come Chuck Paluhniks panel this Saturday.
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There has been a lot of confusion over what's actually going on with the popular long time Marvel character Thor and I want to clear up a couple of things. Thor's not going through a change in gender, Thor is essentially losing his hammer. Rumor has it that a story line based on the "original sin," arc will feature Thor losing his hammer as well as suffering and injury to his left arm, which will lead into Thor the God King. This also leads to old Thor's new weapon, which is technically pretty old, the Dwarven crafted Jarnbjorn. A large axe known as the "wrecker of worlds," that's also imbued with Thor's blood, allowing it to pierce celestial armor. So for those of you worried if Thor will be lame without his hammer, don't worry, he'll be ok. His image is also resembling the future version of God King Thor, shown on Thor: God of Thunder as well. As for the new Thor, the character who hasn't officially been named yet, was once saved in a battle by Thor himself and will be deemed worthy by being pure of heart and of good nature in the new comic series debuting this fall. Also, she's not the first female, or other character for that matter, to wield this might hammer. Even X-men characters Storm, who was tricked by Loki into using a imitation of the hammer, which she later destroys with Mjolnir and even character Rogue. Even Captain America in the Fear Itself comic book arc! In all honesty, I still think Marvels changes are going to be great and add some awesome characters as well as open some new doors. As far as how they'll affect the movie franchise, we'll have to wait and see. For now, take a look at the latest sketches for the new Thor design and look for the new Thor #1 series this fall.
An actress who's appreared in Parks and Recreation, Battlestar Galactica, Sparctacus and plent more but most notably played the female heroine, Xena, has found her way to the Marvel Universe. Lucy Lawless has been announced to appear in the 2nd season of Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. While we aren't sure of her role in the show, I'm sure we'll hear more about it come Comic Con later this week. Rumor has it, DC is continuing to build it's future by adding one of the biggest action stars of recent years. During a promotional interview for the upcoming film, Hercule, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, speaks about his discussions with DC over the years as well as who he might end up playing stating, "he has the power of Superman," and that the announcement of the character will be revealed very soon. Which makes sense considering Comic Con starts later this week! Stay tuned and check out the video for more! (I'd personally love to see the Rock play a villain but I think he'd make a great addition to the DC roster) Marvel has let loose its list of planned films dating through 2019 and there's a lot of speculations on what we might end up seeing on the big screen. While we have the confirmed dates for Guadians of the Galaxy this August 1st, Avengers: Age of Ultron May 1st, 2015 and Ant-an July 17,2015, and Captain America 3 May 6th, 2016, Marvel also has planned movie releases on July 8th, 2016, May 5th 2017, July 28th, 2017, November 3, 2017, July 6th, 2018, November 2nd, 2018 and May 3rd 2019. While we know we're going to see characters Doctor Strange and Black Panther hit the big screen, that still leaves a lot of openings for the other films. We'll most likely get a third Thor Film and the possibility of another Guardians of the Galaxy (most likely before the 3rd Avengers,) we also know that the 3rd Avengers film will happen and some speculate whether or not we'll see the possibility of a Black Widow or even Captain Marvel film? Maybe even small franchises like The Defenders (which will already have a lead in from all of marvels Netflix properties) or even one of the newer comic series, Inhumans. Maybe even another solo Hulk film or a much fan sought after Loki film or possibly Marvel latest dramatic change to the Avengers line up is a hint of things to come. All in all, it looks like we're going to be seeing a lot of super heros so stay tuned and look forward to a lot of Marvel news at comic con this year!
Bethesda games highly anticipated horror title, The Evil Within is getting it's launch date a little earlier than originally planned and that's definitely a good thing. Originally scheduled on the 26th of October, the game has been moved up to the 14th of October. The Evil Within pits players as Sebastian Castellanos investigating a series of mass murders until things take a turn for the worse and he ends up in a world inhabited by hideous monsters. The Purge: Anarchy is set to release all hell this weekend, but is it worth heading back into the war-zone to the highly successful 2013 movies?
Courtesy of Entertainment, a new image has surfaced of what's going to make up the new Avengers cast coming later this year. With new issues like The All New Captain America #1, Superior Iron Man #1, and Thor #1 all playing into what is being reportedly titled, Avengers NOW! Pictured above (from left to right/ top row and then bottom) you have, Medusa from the Inhuman series, Scarlett Witch, Iron Man, Doctor Strange and Ant-man and along the bottom you have The Winter Soldier, Angela from the Spawn series and the illegitimate sister of Thor and Loki, the new, and as of now still unnamed, female character who will replace Thor, Falcon's Samuel Wilson as the new Captain America, Lush from the inhuman series and Deathlok on the end. With the prominent and most well known three characters having the most radical changes, that will all be explained in due time. This image also raises a lot of questions, since Marvel has spoke about it's plans to move ahead with a Black Panther movie, its surprising that he's not pictured along side these heroes, especially with the inclusion of Doctor Strange and Ant-man, both of which we already know are coming to the big screen. Also, could there be a possibility of seeing some of the small characters on screen sometime like those of the inhuman series or maybe even the controversial Angela? All in all, this is going to be on insane comic con and it's already off to a great and early start!
During tonight's Colbert Report on Comedy Central, Stephen Colbert has let loose some information about our beloved Steve Rogers, better known as Captain America. During a battle where Capt. loses his super soldier serum (in Captain America #21), causing him to age dramatically leaving none other than his trusty partner, Falcon, stepping in to fill the shoes. An image was just show on television and I will have this article updated with the new Captain America as soon as I can find it.
Update: there is a screen shot of the reveal on the Colbert report just moments ago of Samuel Wilson as Captain America Following yesterday's View reveal, the rumor being shopped around that Marvel has another big surprised planned tonight during Comedy Centrals Colbert Report. Various sources have been reporting, including the official Marvel account, that Colbert will reveal another massive change to a long time and beloved character. Keep an eye out for the program, which will air 11:30pm eastern time tonight and feature guest and Marvel Creative Officer Joe Quesada.
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