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Arrow Season 2 Aims for September 16 Release

arrow-season-2-blu-ray-cover-51BURBANK, CA (July 10, 2014) – Just in time for Arrow’s third season on The CW, catch up with the hard-hitting action series as Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group (WBHEG) releases Arrow: The Complete Second Season on Blu-rayTM Combo Pack and DVD and on September 16, 2014.  The releasecontains all 23 action-packed episodes from the second season, plus the one-hour Season One recap episode, “Year One,” and over 90 minutesof extra content, including episode commentary, three behind-the-scenes featurettes, deleted scenes, six mini-webisodes, and a gag reel from The CW’s #1 series among Total Viewers. Arrow: The Complete Second Season is priced at $59.98 SRP on DVD and $69.97 SRP on Blu-ray Combo Pack.

Billionaire archery enthusiast Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) returns for another season in Starling City. Sworn to fight crime and corruption in his city, Oliver (aka the Arrow) – with the help of the tech-savvy Felicity Smoak (Emily Bett Rickards) and his iron-fisted right hand, John Diggle (David Ramsey), and the occasional, reluctant assistance of former police detective Quentin Lance (Paul Blackthorne) – has been waging a one-man war on crime. But in all wars, there are casualties.  To honor his fallen friend, Tommy Merlyn, and protect the people he loves, Oliver must rededicate himself to his mission and be more than just a vigilante.  He must become a beacon of hope for the city’s most vulnerable…and a weapon of justice against those who prey upon them. Malcolm Merlyn (aka the Dark Archer) rocked Oliver Queen’s world in the first season finale of Arrow, but who’s going to pick up the pieces?  Find out in season two as Oliver Queen goes from Hood to Hero!

Arrow: The Complete Second Season 9-disc Blu-rayTM Combo Pack contains 4 Blu-rayTM discs, 5 DVD discs, and an UltraVioletTM copy of all 23 episodes from season two, plus the season one bonus recap episode.  UltraVioletTM allows consumers to download and instantly stream the episodes to their computers, tablets and smartphones.  The UltraVioletTM episodes are a limited-time offer.  Restrictions and limitations apply.  Go to ultraviolet.flixster.com/info for details.  The Blu-rayTM will be released in 1080p Full HD Video and will feature DTS-HD Master Audio for English 5.1.

Arrow stars Stephen Amell (Private Practice), Katie Cassidy (Gossip Girl, Melrose Place), David Ramsey (Blue Bloods, Dexter), Willa Holland (The O.C.), Emily Bett Rickards (Flicka: Country Pride), Colton Haynes (Teen Wolf, The Gates), Manu Bennett (Spartacus, The Hobbit), withSusanna Thompson (Cold Case, NCIS) and Paul Blackthorne (The River).  Based on the characters from DC Comics, Arrow is produced by Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg Berlanti (Dawson’s Creek, Green Lantern, Brothers & Sisters), Marc Guggenheim(Eli Stone), and Andrew Kreisberg(Fringe).

BLU-RAY & DVD FEATURES

  • Three new featurettes:
  • From Vigilante to Hero– Documentary highlighting Oliver Queen’s journey from fighting injustices to becoming Starling City’s resident savior.
  • How Did  They Do That?! The Visual Effects of Arrow– Explores how Season 2 has raised the bar for action and effects, showing how the creators can make anything the writers dream up come to life.
  • Wirework: The Impossible Moves of Arrow – See how the intense and elaborate fight sequences are shot for maximum realism!
  • Arrow 2013 Comic Con Panel
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Gag Reel

23 ONE-HOUR EPISODES + BONUS SEASON 1 RECAP

0.   Bonus Recap  Episode – Year        One

  1. City of Heroes
  2. Identity
  3. Broken Dolls
  4. Crucible
  5. League of Assassins
  6. Keep Your Enemies Closer
  7. State v. Queen
  8. The Scientist
  9. Three Ghosts
  10. Blast Radius
  11. Blind Spot

 
  1. Tremors
  2. Heir to the Demon
  3. Time of Death
  4. The Promoise
  5. Suicide Squad
  6. Birds of Prey
  7. Deathstroke
  8. The Man Under the Hood
  9. Seeing Red
  10. City of Blood
  11. Streets of Fire
  12. Unthinkable

 

BASICS

Street Date: September 16, 2014
BD and DVD Presented in 16×9 widescreen format
Running Time: Feature: Approx 1056 min
Enhanced Content: Approx 95 min

DVD

Price: $59.98 SRP

5 DVD-9s

Audio – English (5.1)
Subtitles – ESDH, Portuguese, Spanish, French
Catalog #1000437611
UPC # 883929375004

BLU-RAY COMBO PACK

Price: $69.97 SRP
9-Disc Elite (4 BD-50s, 5 DVD-9s)
BD Audio –1080p Full HD Video, DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 – English (5.1), Spanish, French, Portuguese
BD Subtitles – ESDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Finnish, Swedish
Catalog # 1000435629
UPC # 883929373451

BOOM! Announces ‘Dawn of the Planet of the Apes’ Series

This November, award-winning publisher BOOM! Studios and Twentieth Century Consumer Products are pleased to announce they 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 (CURSE, Hoax Hunters), 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 Apesfilms, 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 (portrayed by Andy Serkis in the films) must find a way to unify them to one cause. On the other side of the country, Malcolm (played by Jason Clarke in the Dawn of the Planet of the Apes film) must venture into the decaying Americas with his family to find a cure for the plague slowly killing his wife, Rita.

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Marvel Reveals Canada Themed Variants for DEATH OF WOLVERINE!

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  • July 10, 2014

He is many things to many people. Hero. Teacher. Friend. X-Man. Avenger. But above all else, he is one – Canadian. Today, Marvel unveils “Canada Variants” for all four issues of the highly-anticipated DEATH OF WOLVERINE series. Charles Soule & Steve McNiven explore the untimely end of the Great White North’s most well-known mutant hero. Each cover features stunning cover art rendered by Steve McNiven that proudly displays the Maple Leaf flag of Logan’s proud home and native land of Canada.

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The Point Radio: Roxanne Mckee’s Heavenly Gig On DOMINION

Actress Roxanne Mckee (“Claire”) feels her new role on the SyFy series DOMINION is a little slice of heaven, and she shares the enthusiasm about all things angels and devils, plus Peabody Award winning TV genius, Angela Santomero, has given us children’s classics like BLUES CLUES, DANIEL THE TIGER and now a new show just in time for summer binge watching on Amazon.

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Clarence’s Skyler Page’s Third Option

“Think twice, and then say nothing”
  – Chiun, reigning Master of Sinanju

The internet, being computer based, is binary in nature,  The same is mostly true of its users.  People online view things with either utter apathy or obsessive interest, and tings are either adored or despised.  Similarly, people who make the news online are either hero or horror – they are the awesomest person in the history of awesome, or they need to be tied to the top of a mountain and sky buried before they’ve stopped living. There is almost never any in between.  So when a story comes along that lies in the part of the spectrum between “yes” and “no,” the Internet often has trouble parsing how to respond.

Clarence is one of Cartoon Network’s new shows, a charming little thing about an optimistic (if slightly odd) young man and his adventures being a kid.  It’s become quite the favorite in our household, and I’ve spent no small amount of time preaching its wonders.  However, earlier this week it was reported that the show’s creator, Skyler Page, had sexually assaulted another animator at Cartoon Network Studios. The Internet did what it does best: attack. Two camps were quickly formed – those ready to pillory him without question or hesitation, and those assuming this was just another female plot and started demanding proof, assuming  that since nobody personally said anything had happened to them, it was all just vaporous lies.  That was until Adventure Time storyboard revisionist until Emily Partridge stepped forward.  Needless to say, Camp Two immediately began attacking her, while calls to cancel or boycott the show came from Camp One.  Virtual pitchforks were rapidly sharpened.

Cartoon Network acted quickly,and removed Page as head of the show.  Many creators stepped forward both rightly chastising Page’s actions but reminding people that the show is the work of many talented people, and it should not suffer due to the actions of its creator.  Other creators related tales of Page groping them at various times in the past, and things were lining up to be a good old fashioned hate-fest for Mister Page.

But then something very interesting happened.  Page’s long time friend Jeff Rowe revealed that Skyler suffers from Bipolar Disorder, and the day of the incident in question, was so far into a manic state that Jeff went with him to an emergency room where Page lay strapped to a bed, “singing They Might Be Giants songs and talking like a cowboy.” He remains, at the moment, hospitalized.  Jeff’s post is quite clear when he calls Skyler’s actions “Abhorrent,” but wishes to provide “more context to the conversation.”

CN creator Emily Quinn followed up on this news with elaboration from her experience with Page.  He had already been hospitalized once before, after a series of episodes resulting from what Emily describes as not being able to handle the pressure of running a show.  Executives at Cartoon Network had responded to these episodes by slowly taking creative control of the show away from Page; the rapid response of the studio after this week’s allegations may be better explained by this history.

The agreement is universal that Page’s issues do not mitigate or excuse his actions, but The Internet is placed in an odd situation – those who engage in sexual assault must be punished and cast out, but those with mental issues must be helped and cared for, and their actions must be seen through the filter of their disorder.  The Internet, a binary creature, must now explore the infinite variations of “maybe” that lay between the endpoints of “yes” and “no.”  If it wasn’t for the fact that real people have had very serious things done to them, I’d almost be enjoying watching the Internet spiral into a negative feedback loop of “I must and yet cannot.”

A woman – indeed, several women – were harassed and assaulted. The exact details of the assault has not been revealed, save for that it was not rape, and any further detail is None Of Our Goddamn Business. A guy with existing mental issues was placed in a position of responsibility that he wasn’t able to handle, the pressure exacerbated existing mental issues, and during manic episodes did things to co-workers that cannot be forgiven or ignored.  That’s a lot more complex than the usual “Guy grabbed a boob – git him!” that The Internet prefers to deal with.

In the modern age, information flies at us thick and fast and there’s a temptation to take the first information we receive, treat as the entirety of the truth, and formulate an opinion so we can get a comment posted as quickly as we can.  Sadly, this temptation is also quite prevalent in the established news media, where the first story posted will get all the user clicks. But based on the number of times stories have morphed, or sometimes been proven entirely wrong, it’s approaching the point where people need to remind themselves that a story has many sides, especially one where humans are involved.

When one reads a story online, one could do worse than to treat it with the same level of caution one does when hearing about a new health from a spam email.  “What is the evidence behind this story?” one could ask. “Is there another possible explanation for this action?  Should I wait for more information before I act or respond?”  It seems only fair that as technology becomes capable of processing more and more data at amazing speeds, we try to process a bit more as well, and not assume it’s all true because we read it on a computer screen.

 

C.J. Henderson: 1951-2014

CJ Henderson

Chris “C.J.” Henderson, writer of numerous comics for DC, Marvel, Tekno, Eternity, and Moonstone, as well as a prose writer of hard-boiled mysteries and science fiction and a staple at many conventions, died July 4th at the age of 62 from cancer.

He started writing comics in 1986 for Eternity’s Ninja and Reign Of The Dragonlord, later going on to write the Punisher, Clive Barker’s Hellraiser, and Batman. He wrote most notably on Tekno’s Neil Gaiman’s Lady Justice.

His prose works included his own characters such as his hard-boiled detective Jack Hagee series, his supernatural detective Teddy London series, and his Brooklyn Museum curator Piers Knight series. He also worked with William Shatner on his novel Man Of War, and wrote a few novels of Kolchak, the Night Stalker.

He also occasionally collaborated with his artist daughter, Erica Henderson, with our personal favorite collaboration being Baby’s First Mythos, a Cthulhu children’s book. (For the record, CJ was always immensely proud of his daughter.)

A fundraiser has been set up to help his family defray the costs of medical and funeral expenses, along with the book. For those who wish to send condolences, the address is:

CJ Henderson
1944 W. 11th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11223

Our deepest condolences to his wife, Grace, and his daughter, Erica. He will be deeply missed.

For those who wish to send condolences the address is:CJ Henderson
1944 W. 11th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11223 – See more at: http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/society-for-the-preservation-of-cj-henderson/87881#sthash.7JAJaglJ.dpufhttp://
For those who wish to send condolences the address is:CJ Henderson
1944 W. 11th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11223 – See more at: http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/society-for-the-preservation-of-cj-henderson/87881#sthash.7JAJaglJ.dpufhttp://
For those who wish to send condolences the address is:CJ Henderson
1944 W. 11th St.
Brooklyn, NY 11223 – See more at: http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/society-for-the-preservation-of-cj-henderson/87881#sthash.7JAJaglJ.dpufhttp://

Slugterra: Return of the Elementals hits cinemas August 2

image001June 30, 2014 (Los Angeles, New York and Vancouver) – Shout! Factory, Screenvision and Nerd Corps Entertainment have teamed up to bring a new feature-length original movie Slugterra: Return of the Elementals to cinemas across the U.S beginning August 2, 2014.Information on listings and links to book tickets can be found at SlugterraOnScreen.com.

“We’re very excited that fans of this action-packed series will have a chance to see their favorite characters on the big screen. This theatrical opportunity underscores our long-term commitment to the Slugterra brand. We’re pleased to work closely with Nerd Corps and partner with Screenvision once again to bring this fun family movie to theatre audiences,” said Melissa Boag, Vice President of Kids & Family Entertainment, Shout! Factory.

“By partnering with Shout! Factory and Nerd Corps, we are pleased to expand our children’s programming offerings to our exhibitor partners, and bring the exciting world of Slugterra to the big screen,” said Darryl Schaffer, Executive Vice President, Operations and Exhibitor Relations for Screenvision.

“We’re very excited to be slugslinging on the big screen!” said Asaph Fipke, CEO of Nerd Corps and creator of the property. “The movie features new slugs, new characters, and some cool twists. It will be a great experience for fans and for anyone who’s new to Slugterra as well.”

Film Synopsis:

In Slugterra: Return of the Elementals, a new member joins the Shane Gang. Junjie is a master of the mysterious slugslinging art of Slug Fu. But even with the power of five slugslingers working together, the Shane Gang find themselves in over their heads as they race to protect the ancient Elemental Slugs from an evil alliance set on using them to destroy the 99 caverns.

Run Time: 70 minutes, Not Rated.

“SLUGTERRA: RETURN OF THE ELEMENTALS”

NERD CORPS ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS “SLUGTERRA: RETURN OF THE ELEMENTALS”

A NERD CORPS ENTERTAINMENT ORIGINAL PRODUCTION CREATED BY ASAPH FIPKE

STARRING SAM VINCENT, LEE TOCKAR, SHANNON CHAN-KENT, ANDREW FRANCIS, VINCENT TONG,

BRIAN DOBSON AND MARK OLIVER

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ASAPH FIPKE, CHUCK JOHNSON AND KEN FAIER

PRODUCER ASAPH FIPKECO-PRODUCER NANCY LEES

COMPOSER BRIAN CARSON ART DIRECTOR ANDY POON VOICE DIRECTOR JAMES CORRIGALL

SUPERVISING STORYBOARD DIRECTOR ALEX BASIO STORY EDITOR SCOTT SONNEBORN

SERIES DIRECTOR JOHNNY DARRELL

The Point Radio: Richard Coyle Plays Pirate on CROSSBONES

Noted British actor Richard Coyle gets a chance to play pirate weekly on the NBC series CROSSBONES, as well as work next to John Malkovich. He comments on both with us, plus Dave Berg was the guy who put the big guests on the TOINIGHT SHOW couch and he reveals his secrets to success in his new book and we get a preview here.

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Transformers Cybertron: The Complete Series Due in August

Transformers CybertronThis summer, relive some of the most astonishing classic action battles of ROBOTS IN DISGUISE and complete your home entertainment collection of the rare UNICRON Trilogy. On August 5, 2014, Shout! Factory, in collaboration with Hasbro Studios, will release TRANSFORMERS CYBERTRON: THE COMPLETE SERIES, featuring all action-packed episodes collected in one deluxe 7-DVD box set. Whether reliving the childhood memory or discovering this series for the first time, this is an essential home collection for every fan, collectors and entire family to complete their TRANSFORMERS home entertainment library. This complete series 7-DVD set is priced to own at $44.99 SRP.

In 2005, TRANSFORMERS fans were introduced to the animated series TRANSFORMERS CYBETRON, the third installment of the rare UNICRON Trilogy – consisting of ARMADA, ENERGON and CYBERTRON. Unicron has been defeated, but his destruction has created a black hole, which is threatening the Autobots’ home world of Cybertron. It’s up to Optimus Prime, his team of heroic Autobots and their new human friends — Coby, Lori and Bud — to secure the four mystical Cyber Planet Keys, in order to destroy the black hole. Unfortunately, Megatron and the Decepticons are always lurking. And if the Cyber Planet Keys fall into their hands, it could mean the end of life as we know it. The race is on!

Coming Soon: “Batman: The Complete Television Series”

Cinephilia: Batman: The Movie

Cinephilia: Batman: The Movie (Photo credit: enigmabadger)

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will officially unveil the details of its highly-anticipated November 2014 release of “Batman: The Complete Television Series” at a Comic-Con International panel – featuring special guests Adam West, Burt Ward and Julie Newmar – on Thursday, July 24 from 6:00-7:00pm in Hall H.

The actors behind Batman, Robin and Catwoman will give fans their first inside sneak peak at the most anticipated home entertainment release in fanboy history. All the details will be revealed, including an initial look at exclusive content, limited edition packaging, and dazzling HD remastered footage from the landmark series.

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