The Vagrant Queen, written by Adriyan Rae
Former child queen Elida was driven from her throne at age ten and forced to wander the galaxy, evading the revolutionary forces that wanted her dead. When an old frenemy claims to know the whereabouts of Elida’s long-lost mother, she is forced to return to her former kingdom and stage a rescue.
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BURBANK, CA (September 18, 2019) – A new generation of heroes joins the Young Justice team just as they face their greatest challenge yet in Young Justice: Outsiders – The Complete Third Season. Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC, the DC Universe Original Series’ enthralling third season arrives from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Digital starting September 24, 2019 and DVD ($24.98 SRP) on November 26, 2019. The DVD order due date is October 22, 2019.
Young Justice: Outsiders – The Complete Third Season will be available on Blu-rayTM courtesy of Warner Archive Collection. The Blu-rayTM release includes all 26 episodes on the DVD and is also arriving November 26, 2019. Warner Archive Blu-ray releases are found at wb.com/warnerarchive and your favorite online retailer.
In Young Justice: Outsiders – The Complete Third Season, our heroes have survived the schemes of the Light and saved the Earth from the Reach Invasion – but the worst has yet to come. Now someone is kidnapping teens and transforming them into super-powered weapons! Meta-Human trafficking is a terrifying threat to a society caught in the crossfire of a genetic arms race spanning the globe and the galaxy. Now Nightwing, Superboy, Miss Martian, Tigress, Aqualad and Black Lightning will need help from a new group of young heroes to save the world from the war games of Super-Villains controlling the system from the inside. What’s needed … is a team of Outsiders.
Young Justice: Outsiders – The Complete Third Season boasts a stellar core cast that features Troy Baker, Danica McKellar, Crispin Freeman, Khary Payton, Nolan North, Stephanie Lemelin, Jesse McCartney, Jason Marsden, Bruce Greenwood, Mae Whitman, Grey Griffin, Vanessa Marshall, Maggie Q, Alyson Stoner, Zehra Fazal, Yuri Lowenthal, Jason Spisak, Josh Keaton, Kelly Hu and Greg Cipes,
The third season also includes such notable guest starring appearances as Alan Tudyk, Lacey Chabert, Bill Fagerbakke, Oded Fehr, Daniela Bobadilla, Chad Lowe, Jacqueline Obradors, Keone Young, Dwight Shultz, Mirina Sirtis, Deborah Strang, Gwendoline Yeo and Danny Trejo; and topnotch voice actors Scott Menville, Tara Strong, Hynden Walch, Diane Delano, Dee Bradley Baker, Jeff Bennett, Roger Craig Smith, Fred Tatasciore, David Sobolov, Kath Soucie, James Arnold Taylor, Kevin Michael Richardson and Steve Blum.
Young Justice: Outsiders – The Complete Third Season is produced by Greg Weisman (Gargoyles) and Brandon Vietti (Batman: Under The Red Hood). Leanne Moreau (DC Super Hero Girls) is producer. Sam Register is Executive Producer.
All 26 thrilling episodes of the epic third season will be available as a four-disc DVD set. Those episodes are:
“The audience demand for Young Justice is obvious – the fans are the ultimate reason the series has returned after six years, and the viewership on the DC Universe streaming service has been significant,” said Mary Ellen Thomas, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Senior Vice President, Originals, Animation and Family Marketing. “We recognize that thirst for Young Justice and know those same fans will want to have the action-packed third season – with all of its new characters, voices and challenges – as a compilation package.”
Fans can also own Young Justice: Outsiders – The Complete Third Season via purchase from digital retailers beginning September 24, 2019.
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Street Date: November 26, 2019
Running Time: 572 minutes
United States
Price: $24.98 SRP
4 DVD’s
Producer Sam Raimi (Evil Dead) and director Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes) deliver “a suspenseful thrill ride” (Jim Vejvoda, IGN) in CRAWL, coming to Digital September 24, 2019 and on Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand October 15 from Paramount Home Entertainment.
The Digital* and Blu-ray releases are loaded with over 45 minutes of thrilling special features, including an exclusive motion comic of the film’s alternate opening. Plus, check out deleted and extended scenes, a behind-the-scenes look at the incredible visual effects, interviews with cast and crew, and an “Alligator Attacks” compilation that highlights the bone-crunching alligator sequences.
Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, CRAWL was hailed by critics as “one of the most unexpected and satisfying genre films of the year” (William Bibbiani, Bloody Disgusting). As a hurricane tears through Florida, Haley (Kaya Scodelario) rushes to find her father (Barry Pepper), who is injured and trapped in the crawl space of their home. With the storm intensifying and water levels rising, the pair face an even bigger threat lurking below the surface.
BONUS FEATURES ON BLU-RAY COMBO & DIGITAL*
· Intro to Alternate Opening
· Alternate Opening
· Deleted and Extended Scenes
· Beneath Crawl
· Category 5 Gators: The VFX of Crawl
· Alligator Attacks
The CRAWL DVD includes the feature film in standard definition.
You may have heard that Kickstarter has had some internal strife recently, which has included some recent firings of various people who have been involved in efforts to unionize the workforce there. Those workers, and the union they have been working with, filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board accusing the crowdfunding company of wrongfully terminating them.
As a company, Kickstarter has been helpful to the comics and publishing ecosystem, helping thousands of projects find both funding and an audience, raising over $15 million for comics last year alone. We here at ComicMix have raised over $150,000 on Kickstarter for various projects, contributed to other campaigns both personally and corporately, and helped others raise more for their projects. And right now, I’m writing a short story for a campaign that ends in less than three days, Pangaea:
Clearly, they’re an important platform for comics. But, as Slate reported, there have been in-house problems— and it started with a comic.
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The Dark Phoenix storyline is revered by creators and fans alike, yet twice now it has failed to work as a feature film. The main reason is because a two-hour film isn’t long enough to deal with the cosmic forces in play or the corruption of Jean Grey. Remember, the story effectively began in X-Men #101 (1976) and concluded in issue #137 four years later.
Simon Kinberg’s script uses the space shuttle incident and Phoenix force to kick off the film, currently title Dark Phoenix, but the slow infusion of cosmic force and human psyche has little time to manifest. What the force is gets very little explanation, including why it was contained within a human form (Sophie Turner).
As she’s evolving, everyone else is going about their business with Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) and Beast (Nicholas Hoult) beginning to wonder about their place on the team and at Charles Xavier’s school. Xavier (James McAvoy) is suddenly a lauded wunderkind and this incarnation begins to bask in the limelight, creating resentment.
Off to the side and woefully underdeveloped, the last remnants of the D’Bari race, led by a mysterious woman (Jessica Chastain), have come to Earth having trailed the cosmic entity. They have isolated Jean and are now off to obtain her or the force.
Jean’s powers have been heightened and then go off the rails and she can’t control it and rejects every helping hand offered her, until she discovers that Xavier tampered with her mind when they first met, making her think dad died in the car crash that also claimed her mother’s life. She goes to seek him out setting up Jean vs. the X-Men with Mystique paying the price.
Because the production can’t resist, she goes seeking help from Magneto (Michael Fassbender), who wants to help but she is quick to reject him, probably so she can be somewhat seduced by Chastain. All of which builds up to humanity hating the mutants (again), Xavier and Magneto joining forces to save the world, and Chastain inexplicably displaying more power than any other D’Bari for a less than satisfying climax.
Kinberg has been living with these characters for a long time and was building up to this story. The cast has come to love him and convinced him it was time to direct. Apparently nobody was around to point out the story has multiple plot holes, some terrible storytelling logic, and uses the X-Men without really giving them much to do. Jean is badly served despite being the focal point of the story. I suspect if you took out all the alien invader nonsense, there would have been more time for a stronger story with a human element. Instead, what we have is a film that wastes the biggest cosmic story in the mutants’ history and ends the 20th Century Fox incarnation with a thud.
The movie is out now from 20th Century Home Entertainment in numerous formats, including a Blu-ray/Digital HD combo pack. The 1080p high definition transfer nicely captures the night shadows, the colorful cosmic special effects, and all the tones in between. The Dolby Atmos audio track nicely balances voice, Hans Zimmer score, and effects.
The film comes with the usual assortment of special features, all of which describe their love for one another and for the project. I wish I saw the film they thought they were making. We have an Audi commentary from Kinberg, who also narrates a series of deleted scenes, none of which are truly missed. There’s a 90 minute multi-part making of piece that is sliced and diced, making sure everyone gets their final moments in the sun. It’s nice to see Chris Claremont discuss his cameo and the story’s importance, although he totally skips over all the controversy inflicted by then-Editor-in-Chief Jim Shooter, forcing him to make a hasty change to the ending.
As this comes out, rumors are already bubbling up as to what Marvel Studios has planned for the characters and it’ll be interesting to see how and when they’re integrated. The 20th Century Fox run had some brilliant casting, some strong writing, and more than a few misfires. It’s probably for the best the franchise takes a short rest before being resurrected for a (hopefully) eager audience.
The zombie fad appears to be in its final days given the trickle of new novels, movies, and television shows. Another sure sign of its impending end is the arrival of satire, this time in the form of The Dead Don’t Die, a atar-studded comedy that shambled on and off the screen before you noticed it.
The film, out on disc now from Lionsgate Home Entertainment, should have been a laugh riot, a brilliant takedown of the genre., At least, that was the expectation that came with the pedigree: Writer/Director Jim Jarmusch, Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Chloë Sevigny, Tilda Swinton, Steve Buscemi, Danny Glover, Rosie Perez, Carol Kane, and yes, both Iggy Pop and Tom Waits.
Set in a small town in west Pennsylvania, clearly an homage to the godfather of zombie films George A. Romero, the film starts off well enough but by the midpoint, shifts from comedy to action/comedy and loses its footing, decayed bits falling off with a thud.
While local farmers begin noting oddities, we’re told that Earth has shifted its rotational axis resulting in the birth of zombies, out for living flesh to consume. The battle for survival sets the stage for hilarity to commence. We certainly chuckle here and there, but Jarmusch never fully commits to poking fun at the zuvembi, not like the Zuckers did with the airplane disaster genre, and we the audience are all the worse for it.
We’re treated instead to chuckles, the occasional guffaw, and then loses itself and never recovers, leaving you deeply disappointed and dismayed. There should have been a lot more social satire interwoven with the genre spoof, but everyone plays it cautiously.
The film is out in the usual formats including a fine Blu-ray and Digital HD combo. The 1080p high definition transfer works just fine although not perfectly, much like the film itself. The same can be said for the DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 lossless soundtrack. Together, they make for a satisfactory home viewing experience.
The assortment of special features proves, perhaps, more disappointing than the film itself, since they are all very short, avoiding any depth, analysis, or background for the curious. We have Bill Murray: Zombie Hunting Action Star (1:21); Stick Together (2:47) where the cast praise their director; Behind the Scenes of The Dead Don’t Die: six-parts — Zombie Tai Chi (0:55), Growl Practice (0:18), A Spin Around the Set (0:32), Craft Services (1:00), Undead Symphony (2:16), and, Finger Food (0:22).
…and you now know as much about the return of The Far Side as we do.
There are few battles better known than the invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. The courage on display that day helped turned the tide against the Axis powers.
On screens and streaming today, the Cinedigm release honors those who risked everything in the name of freedom.
Our friends at CInedigm want to celebrate the release by giving away a one-sheet signed by Chuck Liddell, Weston Cage Coppola and Jesse Kove, and the actual movie via free iTunes Digital code.
We have two sets to giveaway. All you need to do is tell us why you consider this battle so significant and any personal connection you or your family had with the event. Submit your responses no later than 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, September 18. Open only to North American readers and the judgment of ComicMix‘s judges will be final
D-DAY, starring Chuck Liddell (Former UFC Champion & Hall of Famer, Kick-Ass 2, Altitude), Randy Couture (Former UFC Champion & Hall of Famer, The Expendables 2 & 3), Weston Cage Coppola (211, Circus Kane), and Jesse Kove (On Wings of Eagles) will release in select theaters, on demand and digitally on September 13, with a DVD release to follow later in the year, from Cinedigm.
Written by Geoff Meed and directed by Nick Lyon, D-DAY is based on the incredible true story of the elite Army Rangers of the 2nd Battalion.
As thousands of Allied soldiers storm the beaches of Normandy in an attempt to change the course of WWII, Lt. Colonel James Rudder (Cage Coppola), Lt. General Omar Bradley (Liddell), and Major Cleveland Lytle (Couture) lead the 2nd Battalion behind enemy lines and into a firefight against an enemy that greatly outnumbers them. Scaling a one-hundred-foot cliff, these heroic rangers battle to secure a strategic position and destroy a battery of German-seized cannons.
On Wednesday, September 11, hailing from the northern wilderness of Canada, the iconic Marvel character, Wolverine, is now at Build-A-Bear Workshop.
Known as one of the gruffest, most irascible, totally cynical and brooding heroes of the X-Men, Wolverine takes the stage as an online exclusive collector’s item. Complete with his classic costume and soft claws, he is ready to take on any opponent.
Originally at www.firstcomicsnews.com
How are they creating this, yet no one’s making Bamf! dolls yet?
Universal City, California, September 10, 2019 – Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, available on Digital on October 15, 2019, as well as on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-rayTM, DVD and On Demand on November 5, 2019, amps up the high-stakes action and sharp-edged humor like never before, taking fans down an exhilarating new road. Unforgettable franchise favorites Luke Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson; Skyscraper, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) and Deckard Shaw (Jason Statham; The Meg, Spy) forge an unlikely partnership that provides fresh insight into their backstories. Johnson and Statham’s “sheer movie star charisma” (Scott Mendelson, Forbes) take the action, spectacle, thrills and humor to a new level and have already earned the film more than $680 million at the global box office.
Hobbs & Shaw features over 80 minutes* of never-before-seen bonus content including an alternate opening, deleted and extended scenes and several featurettes with the filmmakers and cast that take fans further into the thrilling story. A hit with audiences, Hobbs & Shaw earned an “A-” CinemaScore and is “the most exciting movie of the year” (Shawn Edwards, FOX-TV), with non-stop action across the globe, from Los Angeles to London and from the toxic wasteland of Chernobyl to the lush beauty of Samoa.
For years, hulking lawman Luke Hobbs and lawless outcast Deckard Shaw have traded smack talk and body blows. But when cyber-genetically enhanced anarchist Brixton Lorr (Idris Elba; Thor: Ragnarok, The Dark Tower) gains control of an insidious bio-threat that could alter humanity forever, Hobbs and Shaw must partner up to bring down the only guy who might be badder than themselves. Joining the cast as Shaw’s sister Hattie, Vanessa Kirby (Mission: Impossible-Fallout, The Crown) “is convincing as a woman who can take care of herself” (Rafer Guzman, Newsday). Directed by David Leitch from a story by longtime Fast & Furious narrative architect Chris Morgan and a screenplay by Morgan and Drew Pearce (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Iron Man 3), Hobbs & Shaw is produced by Johnson, Statham, Morgan and Hiram Garcia (Skyscraper, Rampage).
*Digital, 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray™
BONUS FEATURES ON 4K ULTRA HD, BLU-RAY™, DVD & DIGITAL
* Exclusive to Digital, 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray™
Hobbs & Shaw will be available on 4K Ultra HD in a combo pack (4K Ultra HD+ Blu-rayTM + Digital Code).
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