Welcome to the pretty-much-mostly-daily Lying In The Gutters. A run around the day before and the day ahead. You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. And so C2E2 begins… if ou are going to the show, do let us know what you discover. The 10 most-read stories yesterday Brian Hibbs on […]

The Disney remake engine continues to roll and we can't really blame them after 2019. While Dumbo failed to connect with critics and audiences both Aladdin and The Lion King did extremely well at the box office and helped give Disney that huge box office that they had last year. They are looking to repeat that success this […]

Tickets of this year's Minecraft Festival have finally been announced, as they will officially go on sale next week starting on March 6th. This first-time-ever festival will be taking place in Orlando, Florida as organizers will take over the Orange County Convention Center. The whole event is being produced with ReedPOP as well as Mohang. […]

There's been a lot of noise of late that, apparently, Warners/AT&T is going to close the comics publishing side of DC Comics if the planned 5G publishing plan is not a success. I heard it around a month to ago, but it didn't strike me as anything special, or notable. Because I heard the same […]

Knives Out was one of the best movies of 2019 and netted a bunch of awards nominations and success for director Rian Johnson. The movie was a big enough hit that Lionsgate has decided to greenlight a sequel. Vanity Fair has given Johnson the chance to breakdown once the scenes from the movie in their ongoing […]

Even though the upcoming Square Enix game Marvel's Avengers was delayed to September 2020 we still have something to look forward too soon. We saw some of these figures up close and personal as New York Toy Fair with Hasbro and their Marvel Legends booth. You can find all of those pictures located here including more X-Men […]

Brian Lake writes for Bleeding Cool from C2E2, kicking off tomorrow in Chicago,  Arriving here the night before the start of C2E2 in Chicago is always a great time. My first stop after checking into the room was heading over to the Convention floor to pick up my pass at Will Call. A few things […]

Dick Wolf's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and his "Chicago" brand shows Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., and Chicago Med have something very important in common with NBC's This Is Us and New Amsterdam. All six series have received three-season renewals – with Wolf Entertainment signing a new five-year deal to remain at Universal Television, a […]

New York Toy Fair finally came to an end earlier this week and we now can relax and focus on some of the highlights. Of course, Hasbro was big with a nice set of reveals but the biggest one was in the Marvel Legends section. It has taken some time and it looks like the […]

Amazing Spider-Man: The Daily Bugle #3 was scheduled to be published on the 25th of March, but it looks like it will now be a month late, shipping on the 22nd of April. Which is when #4 was meant to have been published, now bumped five weeks to the 27th of May. While the final […]

SYFY Fangrrls is preparing a Women's History Month celebration for SYFY unlike any other – and it's a calendar that fans of Wynonna Earp should pay special attention to. Throughout the month of March, the multi-faceted "We Are Her(oes)" campaign will not only honor the impact women have had upon all corners of the "geek culture" […]

Microsoft has become the latest company to announce they've pulled out of GDC 2020 over concerns regarding the coronavirus. We apologize if this is starting to sound like a broken record, but the company issued a statement (which we have a bit of it for you below) stating their decision. They will be going to a […]

Explosive publisher BOOM! Studios trolled its customers Thursday by releasing a preview of an upcoming quote book with no actual quotes in the preview. The Quotable Giant Days, by writer John Allison and artist Max Sarin, purports to collect " a mixture of witty and humorous quotes" from the series, but all we get in […]

We were actually surprised that it took this long for HBO to release character posters for the third season of Westworld – but good things come to those who wait… and have been waiting for Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy's series to return on Sunday, March 15. So far, we've gotten poster art, an official […]

The My Hero Academia movie Heroes Rising is finally in theaters and fans are excited. Anime collectibles are getting bigger and bigger lately and that is not a surprise. The anime circuit is an untouched goldmine and Good Smile Company knows how to please that fandom. Ochaco is getting her day to shine with this newest figma […]

At the close of Black History Month, Culver City retailer Pulp Fiction will launch their first annual celebration of Black creators of comics and pop culture called the Jules Winnfield Festival. Verified guests who will be on hand include Kevin Grevioux (Underworld, New Warriors, Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel), Bryan Edward Hill (Batman and […]

The CW had us wondering if Jared Padalecki's growing Walker family was going to include a mother – and we got our answer in the form of Molly Hagan (iZombie, The Orville). The actress joins the Supernatural soon-to-be-alum as well as Lindsey Morgan (The 100), Keegan Allen (Pretty Little Liars), and Mitch Pileggi (The X-Files) […]

The country of China has apparently decided to ban the game Plague Inc. and has removed it from distribution claiming it has "illegal content". Considering how long the game has been in their market, we don't even need to think twice about calling BS on that decision. It was most likely done because the game […]

Viz Media released their solicitations for manga coming out in May. It's a big list as ever, so get those preorders in. Shonen Jump JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 4–Diamond Is Unbreakable, Vol. 5 By Hirohiko Araki Yoshikage Kira's true identity is revealed! The serial killer lurks around Morioh, killing as he pleases and enjoying a […]

Katheryn Winnick, who's wrapping up her run in Vikings on The History Channel, has her sights set on Montana as her next destination. She will play the lead in David E. Kelley's Midwest thriller The Big Sky for ABC. Her casting comes shortly after her co-star Ryan Phillippe signed on. Based on the novels by […]

MSI had their own PAX East 2020 news coming out of the convention as the company formed a new partnership with Battlefy. According to the press release today, MSI's partnership with Battlefy will launch a new era of the MSI MGA USA League. This will give gamers new opportunities to compete at a higher level […]

Every week your Local Comic Book shop gets in the weekly assortment of comics, trades, posters, action figures, and other goodies from Diamond.  Now some of these goodies sell our fast from your LCBS, so Tuesday and Wednesday LCBS retailers get on the phone (more often the computer) and let Diamond know they need more.  […]

What happens when you combine the dynamic duo behind Psych with two of the brains behind horror franchises A Quiet Place, The Purge, and Ouija? Amazon Prime's Mitchcraft (working title), an "aspirational horror" hybrid comedy from Psych creator/executive producer Steve Franks and executive producer Chris Henze of Thruline, and Brad Fuller and Andrew Form from Fully […]

Rising Star Games announced today at PAX East that they will publish two shooters from Japanese developer QUTE: Ginga Force and Natsuki Chronicles. Both games will be set for both a Steam release as well as the PS4, with the only release info being "later this year". Both games are playable at their PAX East […]

(DC Comics, creative team: Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo, Adriano Lucas, Wes Abbott) When the idea of "triple crosses" seem quaint and uncomplicated, you know you're in for a book with something special going on. A deception has been perpetrated against Lok, the angry new handler of Task Force X, and the legacy members (King Shark, […]

After months of buildup, Bray Wyatt has finally dropped the WWE Universal Champion to an up-and-coming star who can really use the rub. That's right, Goldberg has defeated The Fiend at WWE's Saudi Arabian blood money event Super Showdown, winning the Universal Championship and becoming a four-time world champion. It's unclear at this time whether […]

Pokémon has always been an enormous franchise for many people across the globe. From its games to the television show and then to the sheer amounts of merchandise, Pokémon is a cultural force to be reckoned with. But what about its emotional impact on others? For stand-up comedian and Pokémon enthusiast Courtney Wahlstrom, a viral post […]

IDW is set to release what editor Scott Dunbier calls "a holy grail" of artist's editions: Michael Golden's Micronauts.  Coming in June, Michael Golden's Micronauts: Artist's Edition will give hardcore fans of the cult-favorite series, a segment of the population known as Microbronies, not only a veritable treasure trove of Golden's art from the series, […]

Been awhile since we reported on the upcoming adaptation of W. Maxwell Prince and Martin Morazzo's Image Comics horror-fantasy comic book Ice Cream Man – so much so that I forgot I first reported on it. In my defense, Universal Content Productions (UCP) first made the announcement back in October 2018 – and now it looks […]

Your King as arrived as you cross the rainbow bridge into Asgard. The God of Thunder, Thor even bows before his father, Odin. Iron Studios announced their newest Marvel statue with this Asgardian King. This is a pretty unique statue as it shows the King on his throne and he is just packed with detail. […]

Marvel Comics are sending two – just two – comics back to the printing mill this week, Star #2 and Ruins Of Ravencroft #2, second printings both out for April 1st. Whereas DC Comics is reporting that Diana: Princess of the Amazons, their middle grade graphic novel by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale and Victoria Ying, is headed back […]

Fans of the 1992 Clive Barker original Candyman won't likely be disappointed by this 2020 spiritual sequel from Jordan Peele and director Nia DaCosta. The 2020 film takes place in the same Chicago Cabrini-Green housing projects as in the 1992 original. The difference in the 2020 film is the area undergoes gentrification. DaCosta spoke with […]

This week, Square Enix has launched a new mini-documentary video series that will discuss the creation of Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers. The series will span six episodes and will go from now until mid-spring 2020. Each one telling a different aspect of the story behind the game's creation, complete with interviews of those who made […]

Explosive publisher BOOM! Studios has announced a new Power Rangers original graphic novel called Power Rangers: Sins of the Future, a sort of comic book version of a "where are they now?" segment starring Pink Ranger Jen Scotts and Red Ranger Wes Collins set after the end of the Power Rangers: Time Force TV show […]

Another fresh face emerges for the fourth Matrix as Sparticus' Ellen Hollman joins the cast. She is the latest in a long list of newcomers to the franchise which includes Brian J. Smith, Priyanka Chopra, Jessica Henwick, Neil Patrick Harris, Toby Onwumere, Jonathan Groff, Andrew Caldwell, and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Like the others, Warner Bros […]

DeNA and The Pokémon Company have released a massive update for Pokémon Masters this morning to celebrate Pokémon Day properly! We have the full list of additions below as they went all out to make this an event for players. Which includes new story chapters, more evolutions, a new story event, more added characters, free […]

There are plenty of comics-making their debut, limited or ezclusive to C2E2 this weekend in Chicago. Here's a few Bleeding Cool stumbled across. If you have any other comcis making a debut at the show, let me know on richjohnston@bleedingcool.com and I'll run them too. ($20) Artist variant edition Usagi Yojimbo 35th anniversary A limited […]

AMC's The Walking Dead returned for the second-half of its tenth season – and Angela Kang's team did so in style once again (check out our full review of "Squeeze" here). Daryl (Norman Reedus), Aaron (Ross Marquand), Kelly (Angel Theory), and Jerry (Cooper Andrews) made it out of Alpha's (Samantha Morton) "walker cave" trap  – […]

The Hot Toys Cosbaby line just keeps expanding their Batman figures. This time it looks like we are going retro as 1966 has arrived. These adorable figures features the iconic characters that Adam West and Burt Ward brought to life all those years ago. Both figures are posed in a running position as if they are ready for […]

(DC Comics, creative team: NK Jemisin, Jamal Campbell, Deron Bennett) There's tea spilling everywhere as the truth comes out — for many people — about what's really going on deep in space. Newly minted Green Lantern Jo Muellein has this one-of-a-kind power ring that fixes one design flaw but introduces another. That's fun. As well, […]

So you know that an episode of Showtime's Homeland that ends with Saul (Mandy Patinkin) and Haqqani (Numan Acar) agreeing to terms on a peace deal that includes an immediate ceasefire is just foreshadowing things to get really ugly – right? Especially now that Jalal (Elham Ehsas) has no reason to not be all-in with […]

Annapurna Interactive revealed a brand new trailer at PAX East for their upcoming puzzle game Maquette, developed by Graceful Decay. The company gave very little information about the game beyond what's in the trailer. The best we can glean from it is that the world you explore is based on sketches drawn up between the […]

In May, Jason Aaron and R. M. Guera are bringing back their biblical noir comic book series for its second chapter. And it's set in the run up to the tale of Noah and the Great Flood from Genesis. With a holy matriarchical society under threat from man. Here's a preview of the first issue. Here's […]

While Disney+ may not be having much luck in the Lizzie McGuire department, one popular Disney family appears to be doing just fine – and ready for a return. The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder has been given a greenlight from the streaming service, with original series creator/executive producer Bruce W. Smith and executive producer […]

Now you can have all the fun of running from killers or hunting down survivors from your phone with Dead By Daylight Mobile. Behaviour Interactive made the official announcement this morning to kick off PAX East 2020, as they will be bringing their hit group survival horror game will be released this Spring. The company […]

DC has announced contents for Batman Giant #4 and The Flash Giant #4, both on Final Order Cutoff this week for comic stores, and already rolling out around Walmart and mass-media outlets. Batman Giant #4's cover by Ed Benes and Eber Ferreira and includes these new stories: Concrete Jungle, a 16-page Batman story written by […]

Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould's Better Call Saul started off its fifth and penultimate season like a rocket, with Jimmy (Bob Odenkirk) becoming Saul Goodman – in both the past and present. Kim (Rhea Seehorn) continues finding herself repulsed by Saul – while attracted to his barely legal way of getting things done. Lalo (Tony Dalton) and […]

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is one of the best superhero films around and it is all animated. The film was truly able to capture something special and bring the comics to life in a way we never thought possible. Bring home your love for this movie and Mile Morales with Hot Toys and their newest figure. […]

This Thursday, Dr. Cain's Comics, of San Luis Obispo, California, is celebrating the creative life of the late Norm Breyfogle, who died eighteen months ago. The store owners state, As I am sure you know we lost Breyfogle a few years back and he remains one of the great underrated comic artists. We are trying […]

Actor Ryan Phillippe will join the cast of The Big Sky from David E. Kelley for ABC. Set in Montana, the thriller focuses on private investigator Cassie Dewell, who partners with former police officer Jenny Hoyt. They investigate the kidnapping of two sisters from a truck driver on a remote highway. The duo discovers the […]

NIS America announced a brand new game from PAX East 2020 this morning as they'll be releasing Kemono Heroes today on Nintendo Switch. Developed by Mad gear Games, this is a 1-4 player co-op adventure platformer where you'll team up using a team of animals with different abilities. The game has four different worlds with […]

There are delays for all you Punchline second print watchers as Batman #89 and Hell Arisen #3 slip a week from the 4th of March to the 11th of March. And there are further delays for some of our favourites. Batman Vs Ra's Al Ghul #5 slips again, now from the 29th of January to […]

Meanwhile… in the slightly more "realistic" part of the Riverdale universe known as Katy Keene (compared to the main series and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, it's not that high of a bar to clear), this week's "Chapter Four: Here Comes the Sun" finds Katy (Lucy Hale) choosing to consolidate all of her drama into her […]

Focus Home Interactive decided to wait until PAX East 2020 kicked off this morning to reveal what they are doing at the event. The four big games they're bringing with them this weekend are Hardspace: Shipbreaker, Othercide, Curse of the Dead Gods, and Insurgency: Sandstorm. All of which will be playable for all those who […]

Boom Studios and Dynamite Entertainment are the leading proponent of what is known as the FOC cover, releasing cover images just before the Final Order Cut-Off date in an attempt to goose last minute orders out of retailers. But this week, Marvel, Valiant, Vault and DC are stepping in too. Dynamite especially use tiered covers, […]

NBC's Brooklyn Nine-Nine saw Boyle's (Joe Lo Truglio) "Greatest Showman" dream realized, Jake (Andy Samberg) saving the family sedan – with Amy's (Melissa Fumero) help; and Holt (Andre Braugher) and Rosa (Stephanie Beatriz) finding a way to bond… in their own way (check out Bleeding Cool's resident show expert Margo Staten's thoughts on "The Jimmy […]

If you're looking to do some farming and own EA Origin, you can now play Farmer's Dynasty as it's been added to the library. Developed by Toplitz Productions, the game is a farming sim with a few added elements of country life. Can you save the farm by using the equipment and tools given to […]

Last week, Bleeding Cool reported on a new comic book series, A Man Among Ye, by Stephanie Phillips and Craig Cermak from Top Cow/Image Comics out in May, about the lives and loves of the famous Pirate Anne Bonnie. Since then, we have had a steady flow of e-mails asking more about it, when it's published, […]

Okay, so Apple's streaming service, Apple TV+ dropped some time last fall, and all anybody was talking about was how The Morning Show didn't live up to expectations – then "suddenly" it got better (???). Now, I know with so many shows teeming with well-known names and starring huge actors, stuff seems to get lost […]

This morning,  BLAST Premier announced that they will be partnering with audio company EPOS for their CS:GO events going forward. The two will apparently be working together to improve audio and communication plays in esports. However, neither company really went into detail as to what that meant. We're guessing based on what EPOS does, specifically […]