Coming up next weekend in Portland, the annual ComicsPRO Meeting takes place at the Hilton Portland Downtown and attracts a number of high profile guests from across the comic book world. BOOM! Studios has announced its plans for the convention which takes place on February 20-22 including exclusives and special guests. You can get all the news in the press release below. Acclaimed Publisher Attends Premier Comics Retailer Event in Portland From February 20-22 BOOM! Studios announced today their presence at the ComicsPRO Annual Meeting from February 20-22, 2020 at the Hilton Portland Downtown, in Portland, OR. The publisher, home…
Author: Neil Vagg
Neil Vagg
Neil is the Editor-in-Chief at GYCO. He has a BA in Film & TV and an MA in Scriptwriting; he currently works 9-5 in an office and 5-9 as a reviewer. He has been reading comics for as long as he can remember and is never far away from any book which has the word Bat in the title.
It’s not just Birds of Prey which is hitting cinemas today, 20th Century Fox (or is it 20th Century Studios now?) today releases Underwater in the UK. The creature feature has a respectable 60% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes whilst critics felt its stellar cast and stylish direction were its high points. Take a look at the trailer below and be sure to let us know what you thought of the film once you’ve seen it! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5n43ywl333I Underwater stars Kristen Stewart, TJ Miller, Vincent Cassel, Jessica Henwick, John Gallagher Jr. and Mamoudou Athie. The film hits UK cinemas on February 7,…
Production appears to be underway on The Matrix 4 in San Francisco and fans have already spotted Keanu Reeves on set. As you can see from the video below, Neo (Reeves) is sporting a very different look to when we last left him in 2003’s The Matrix Revolutions. Gone are the stylish shades and the long coat and in their place is something a little more contemporary and casual. There’s very little to spoil here and we have no context to the scene which is being filmed but it’s interesting nonetheless! https://twitter.com/keanuplanet/status/1225155742635827204 The film will be written and directed by…
The day we have been waiting for is finally here, Birds of Prey hits cinemas across the globe from TODAY! UK fans can grab tickets to the film here and you can read our fantabulous 9/10 review of the film here. The film currently continues to hold an impressive 87% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes where it has now been officially certified fresh. Heading in to the weekend box office expectations are that the film will make somewhere in the region of $110m globally and we’ll be tracking it right across the weekend. Go see the film as soon as…
Work continues to develop the Superman & Lois series now that it has secured a place in the Arrowverse for the 2020/21 TV series. Overnight Deadline has confirmed that the series has cast both of Lois and Clark’s twin sons Jon and Jordan. Jon will be much as fans of DC Comics know him although he will be aged 13, a little older than we’ve seen him in the comics (until recently), whilst Jordan is a new invention for the TV series. There series has cast newcomers Jordan Elsass (Little Fires Everywhere) and Alexander Garfin (The Peanuts Movie) as Jonathan…
It has been confirmed that the final season of Arrow is soon heading our way on home video and the Blu-ray release will feature a rather seminal moment in the so-called Arrowverse. Executive Producer Marc Guggenheim has confirmed that a bonus disc on the release will feature the full five-part Crisis On Infinite Earths crossover event. Although don’t expect a five-hour movie as Guggenheim has also confirmed that union policy means the individual episodes have to remain separate entities in order to meet standards. https://twitter.com/mguggenheim/status/1225102800389935104 Here’s the full specs and preview cover art for the complete series and final season…
Next week the Legends of Tomorrow are heading back to high school to track a serial killer at prom. The episode, which looks set to be another hilarious entry in the brilliant series, airs on Feb. 11 and you can check out the promo and synopsis below. “Slay Anything” – (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET) (TV-14, DLV) (HDTV)SURVIVING FAMILY – When the Legends discover a new Encore, Sara (Caity Lotz), Rory (Dominic Purcell) and Ava (Jes Macallan) end up crashing a high school reunion to attempt to stop a serial killer from finishing unfinished business. The Legends devise a plan to send…
Disney is riding high on the success of its new Disney+ streaming service this week. It has been announced that the platform has picked up over 25 million subscribers within its first quarter of business, a hugely impressive figure in an already packed market. Now Disney CEO Bob Iger has discussed the future of some of the platform, and the studios, biggest franchises. “The priority in the next few years is television,” said Bob Iger in a recent quarterly earnings call with investors regarding the future of Star Wars. Later in the interview Iger touched on the success of Disney+ seres The…
Birds of Prey is available now on DVD and digital. The series can be streaming on DC Universe in North America. Synopsis Two of Helena’s former classmates are murdered at their high-school reunion; Reese gets closer to learning Helena’s true identity. Review At some point Birds of Prey had to delve further in to the past of Helena Kyle (Ashley Scott). Given that both Batman and Catwoman were only gifted to the show for it’s opening narration it fell to the writers to try and craft a story which took place following the tragic events which took place early in…
The second season of DC Universe’s Doom Patrol is currently in production. Overnight TVLine has brought news of some new casting for the upcoming season.