Sentences with phrase «comic book series as»

Creator Joe Madureira conceived the Battle Chasers comic book series as a passion project back when I was in high school and I loved it, so it goes without saying that Nightwar's announcement was nothing short of a dream come true for many of the source material's cult following.

The Walking Dead: Michonne's story arc explains the reasons of why Michonne is absent between issues 126 and 139 of Robert Kirkman's comic book series as well as exactly what took her away from her group of close friends including Rick.

It has got me into the comic book series as well.

But while the film is marginally better than Renny Harlin's «The Legend of Hercules,» it's rooted even less in the original myth, instead using Steve Moore's comic book series as its inspiration, which suggests that Hercules wasn't a demigod at all, but rather a mortal man whose legend far exceeds his abilities.

Not content to have a second film on the way, reluctant hit man John Wick is poised to target a new comic book series as well.

First appearing in the comic book series as an alien costume worn by Spider - Man in Marvel «s The Amazing Spider - Man # 252 in 1984, it was several years before the creature left Peter Parker and merged with photographer Eddie Brock, forming the antihero known as Venom.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile, Vox recently floated the idea of Fox going all - in on Deadpool by launching a film series, similar to Disney's The Avengers series, that would see his character team up with others from the X-Men comics to form a group known in comic books as the Uncanny X-Force.

Comic - book versions of many classics were published as a series by Classics Illustrated from 1941 to 1971.

That a major university press would publish a series of graphic novels may come as a surprise to those who think of these works as comic books on steroids, offering plots about superheroes to younger readers.

The anticipated film Watchmen, based on the 1980s DC Comics 12 - part comic book series (later adapted as a graphic novel), hits theaters tomorrow.

Television's DCTV series, as well as comic book writers and artists from DC Entertainment, who will join invited guests from politics, government service, entertainment, business, academia and more.

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, abbreviated as TotJ, is a comic book series covering eight story... 25 Star Wars Memes To Get You Pumped For Any Sequel, Prequel Or Spin - Off May the farce be with you.

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, abbreviated as TotJ, is a comic book series covering eight story...

Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, abbreviated as TotJ, is a comic book series covering eight story arcs, all published by Dark Horse Comics.

The events at the end of the comic - book event series Civil War II will The Black Dude Dies First trope as used in popular culture.

As it turns out, «'' Amy»» entrepreneur Banky Edwards (Jason Lee) has sold the film rights for his «'' Bluntman & Chronic»» comic book — which is loosely based on Jay and Silent Bob — to Miramax, and the studio greenlit a big - budget production.Before it even begins, though, the pending «'' Bluntman & Chronic»» film provides more than enough fodder for a new wave of hate - mongers who prowl the Internet, namely pimple - faced geeks who slam anything they can type about on a series of movie gossip websites.

As for story, Tarzan will remain trapped in monotony unless the writers can get him out of the city sometime (at least to the Catskills or Poconos), or bring in wild and bizarre comic book characters like the Batman series did.

The comic book is even noted on the DVD case that was issued at the time, which is worth getting if you enjoy the film as a back - issue comic, while an action figure series was issued briefly.

The new Black Panther comic book series at Marvel, featuring Ta - Nehisi Coates as the writer and Brian Stelfreeze as the illustrator, will be the first time in a little while that a high - profile character will be penned by two creators of color — and it's Black Panther, one of the first black superhero characters ever.

Originally launching as a toy line at Parker Brothers (now a Hasbro subsidiary) in 1979, Rom was licensed to Marvel, who produced the comic book series Rom: Spaceknight between 1979 and 1986.

In the midst of all the franchises coming from studios today, there's one unlikely collection of films that has just as loyal and rabid a fanbase as any comic book, young adult or fantasy series.

LEGO City Undercover was the first of TT Games» LEGO series to be based on a LEGO owned property as opposed to a movie or comic book license.

We picked out seven games that have (basically) never had their own comic book series before and detail as best we can for potential publishers just why they'd work in the realm of word balloons.

A series which began auspiciously as an 12th century open world stealth action game and evolved into a mythology which has covered almost a thousand years of history, branching off into animated features, novels and comic book series.

The Clockwork Girl is in production as a stereoscopic 3D computer generated feature film based on the comic book series published by Arcana.

A comic book series unlike any other comic book series you've seen before, «Jessica Jones» follows a boozy, bawdy PI (Krysten Ritter) with superhuman strength as she faces off against David Tennant's horrifyingly evil Kilgrave.

As the series approaches its finale, the comic book adaptation, which started slowly, has found its uniquely twisted voice away from its source material

As we await the release of Ninjak vs. The Valiant Universe later this year, Valiant Entertainment has given us a peek at some of the characters from the live - action webseries thanks to a series of variant covers for upcoming Valiant comic book titles.

The comic book series was originally developed as a pilot for Fox back in 2011, but the company ultimately passed on the project.

Adapted from Pierre Christin and Jean - Claude Mézières» beloved comic book series, the story finds Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Laureline (Cara Delevingne) as special operatives for the human territories who are part of the force maintaining order in the galaxy.

Some fans praised the movie as a mostly - faithful take on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons» seminal comic book series, while others criticised the filmmaker's take on the material.

It will be based on DC's Flashpoint comic book crossover series from 2011 - written by current DC Films co-chief Geoff Johns - which follows Flash as he travels back in time and prevents the Reverse - Flash from murdering his mother, thus sending the entire DC Universe into an alternate timeline, known as Flashpoint, in which the Amazons and Atlanteans are at war, Kal - El never became Superman, and Thomas Wayne was Batman, amongst other things.

As previously revealed, Battle Chasers: Nightwar is set in the same universe as the comic book series created by Joe Madureira and published by WildStorm in 199As previously revealed, Battle Chasers: Nightwar is set in the same universe as the comic book series created by Joe Madureira and published by WildStorm in 199as the comic book series created by Joe Madureira and published by WildStorm in 1998.

Patrick «s new NBC comedy series Crowded will premiere on Tuesday (March 15) and he is rumored to reprise his role as comic book character The Tick in Amazon's upcoming reboot.

It previously appeared as a radio series, a record album, a novel, a television series, a computer game, a stage show, a comic book and a towel.

While Turtle Power could have segued straight into the hasty sequels, which were subjected to the usual diminishing returns and aren't very well - regarded, it wisely instead chooses to celebrate the impact of the franchise at large, which has far exceeded the three - year lifespan anticipated as a best - case scenario back when Eastman and Laird were developing their comic book series into a toy line (there are even priceless video clips of a meeting at Playmates).

But as with her queerness, her pop inclinations are a feature, not a bug, and it is difficult to separate Dirty Computer from the larger narrative of resistance across the arts today; from A Wrinkle in Time, a film dedicated above all else to instilling wonder and empowering young viewers; from Gabby Rivera's (now sadly discontinued) America comic book series, one centering a young, queer Latina, America Chavez, who repeatedly declares she is America; from An American Marriage, Tayari Jones's latest novel that emphasizes to be black is to be American.

While Deadpool might appear to be yet another comic book movie in the series of seemingly endless comic book origin stories, this movie truly stands alone as unique and laugh out loud funny.

Having started out as an unsuccessful film pitch, «30 Days of Night» began as a three - issue comic book series published by IDW from horror veteran Steve Niles and revered artist Ben Templesmith.

The previous films in the DC Comics Extended Universe series (Man of Steel, Batman v Superman, and Suicide Squad) have left both critics and comic - book fans increasingly disappointed in the franchise's output; as a result, Wonder Woman, which is receiving its release ahead of the first Justice League movie (set to premiere this November), has been saddled with the burden of recovering DC's tainted reputation in the eyes of viewers, while also representing the first major female - fronted superhero flick in more than a decade.

In fact, we knew Reynolds would eventually play the role when in the comic book series Cable & Deadpool (2004) the antihero describes his scarred face as «Ryan Reynolds crossed with a Shar - Pei.»

The British actor would star as Rupert, a low - level New York office drone obsessed with Imperial City, a comic book series his father created before his death.

Description: Based on the Dark Horse comic book series, Mystery Men follows the travails of three B - list avengers — Mr. Furious (Ben Stiller), the Shoveler (William H. Macy), and the Blue Raja (Hank Azaria)-- as they fight to make themselves known to the citizens of Champion City, quite difficult to do when the flashy Captain Amazing (Greg Kinnear, never better) takes all the cool gigs and has product endorsements up the ying - yang.

Everyone is based on something in Marvel lore, be it iconic comic book storylines or films and TV; Charlie Cox's Daredevil from the Netflix series is a playable character, as are Vulture, Killmonger, Hela, and «Gladiator» Hulk and Thor from movies like Spider - Man: Homecoming, Black Panther, and Thor: Ragnarok.

«Con Man» follows Wray Nerely (Tudyk), the former star of a prematurely canceled sci - fi series that became a cult hit, as he makes the rounds at conventions and comic book stores.

This film is basically Whedon's attempt to top himself as no movie series, much less a series in the comic - book genre, ever aims to do less action or fewer amazing set pieces.

Based on the Vertigo comic book series from DC Entertainment, the film stars Oscar nominee Melissa McCarthy («Bridesmaids»), Tiffany Haddish («Girls Trip») and Elisabeth Moss («The Handmaid's Tale») as three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives whose mobster husbands are sent to prison by the FBI.

The actress will co-star in Amazon's straight - to - series comic book adaptation The Boys as READ MORE

After gestating for years in various forms, it looks like an adaptation of Garth Ennis» and Darick Robertson's acclaimed comic book The Boys is finally coming together as a new series at Amazon.

Luckily, Marvel has delivered just that, as the comic book giant recently announced the launch of a brand new five - edition series called Countdown.