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Shocks and Surprises in The X-Men Wedding Special

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It’s almost time for Kitty Pryde and Colossus to tie the knot…but a Marvel wedding is never a simple affair.

This May, get ready to take part in epic and adventurous stories written by Kelly Thompson (Hawkeye, Rogue & Gambit) and X-Men Gold scribe Marc Guggenheim – plus, a wedding gift all on its own in the form of an all-new Kitty Pryde story from legendary series writer Chris Claremont, who returns to the X-Men just in time for the celebrations! But remember, when super heroes get together, mayhem ensues…and the X-Men are no exception.

“X-Men weddings are always a big deal, if only because they’re so rare,” teased writer Kelly Thompson. “I think you probably have to go all the way back to X-Men #30 in 1994 – the wedding of Jean Grey and Cyclops – to get a wedding as potentially big as the wedding of Kitty Pryde and Colossus: two X-Men who’ve been around (and on again/off again) for literal decades.”

In this essential companion to the X-Men Gold (issues #26-30) story ‘Til Death Do Us Part, get a glimpse at Kitty and Peter’s march toward wedded bliss! It’s a celebration, Marvel style, with all the action, adventure and surprises that you’ve come to know and love from Marvel’s merry mutants – and it’s only in comic shops this May.

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“Solo: A Star Wars Story” New Poster Revealed

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By Cretive Media Times

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It looks like Lucasfilm and Walt Disney Studios is gearing up with its film’s promo.

After last week’s Super Bowl teaser trailer spot comes the poster reveal of the upcoming summer tentpole “Solo: A Star Wars Story”.

Also on Wednesday, director Ron Howard announced that actor and filmmaker Jon Favreau (Iron Man, The Jungle Book) is voicing a very cool & important alien character for #HanSolo. “Flattered & fortunate I could pull him away from his #LionKing directing duties,” announced by Howard on Twitter.

Produced by Lucasfilm from a screenplay by Lawrence and Jon Kasdan, the film is an origin story of the iconic character which focuses on his adventures, with lden Ehrenreich playing the younger version of the title character. Also in the film are Woody Harrelson, Emilia Clarke, Donald Glover, Thandie Newton, Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Joonas Suotamo.

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ is slated for release on May 25, 2018.

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‘Incredibles 2’ Trailer And Posters Revealed

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By Creative Media Times

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The first footage released months ago teased that Bob Parr / Mr. Incredible (Craig T. Nelson) will be at home raising the kids, and that looks to be the case for our beloved superhero as shown on the latest trailer for “Incredibles 2”. “I’ll watch the kids. No problem,” he says.

Here we see Mr. Incredible grappling with the daily home routines and parenting issues. The film’s hilarious new posters definitely drive that message as well, which shows Mr. Incredible ironing on one, and their costumes on a basket of laundry on another.

Bob also have to deal with Jack-Jack’s developing powers and ability to transform into a somewhat menacing creature. “Done properly, parenting is a heroic act,” says Brad Bird’s Edna Mode.

Meanwhile, a new villain with a sinister plot is out, and it looks like it will be Elastigirl (Holly Hunter) who will be busy fighting crime.

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Joining the couple are returning characters Sarah Vowell (Violet), Samuel L. Jackson (Frozone), and Brad Bird (Edna Mode).

Also voicing characters are Huck Milner (Dash), Bob Odenkirk (Winston Deavor), Jonathan Banks (Rick Dicker), Catherine Keener (Evelyn Deavor), Sophia Bush (Voyd), Isabella Rossellini (Ambassador), and John Ratzenberger as new villain The Underminer who appeared at the end of the first film.

The original film grossed $633 million worldwide in 2004 and received the Annie Award for Best Animated Feature. The Incredibles also won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

Just like the original, Brad Bird wrote the screenplay and is directing, while John Walker and Nicole Paradis Grindle are the producers. Disney-Pixar’s “Incredibles 2” will hit cinemas on June 15, 2018.

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Wim Wenders’ Documentary Feature Release Date Announced

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By Creative Media times

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Wim Wenders’ Pope Francis documentary “A Man of His Word” is set for release domestically in the U.S. on May 18, 2018, Focus Features announced. The announcement coincides with Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent for Christians around the world.

The documentary is written and directed by Wim Wenders, who was previously nominated for documentaries The Buena Vista Social Club (1999), Pina (2011), and Salt of the Earth (2014).

Here’s a partial synopsis of “A Man of His Word” courtesy of Focus Features:

Pope Francis – A Man of His Word is intended to be a personal journey with Pope Francis, rather than a biographical documentary about him. The pope’s ideas and his message are central to this documentary, which sets out to present his work of reform and his answers to today’s global questions.

The film’s direct-to-camera visual and narrative concepts engage the audience face-to-face with the pope, creating a dialogue between him and, literally, the world. Taking questions from people of all walks of life, Pope Francis responds to farmers and workers, refugees, children and the elderly, prison inmates, and those who live in favelas and migrant camps. All of these voices and faces are a cross section of humanity that join in a conversation with Pope Francis.

While this “symphony of questions” provides the backbone for the film, it also shows the pope on his many journeys around the world, with footage of him speaking at the United Nations, addressing the Congress of the United States, mourning with those gathered at Ground Zero and at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Center in Jerusalem. He speaks to prisoners in correctional facilities and to refugees in Mediterranean camps. We see him travel to the Holy Land (Palestine and Israel) as well as to Africa, South America and Asia.

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“The Hunt For Wolverine” Expands Into Four Epic Tales

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Is it really Logan? The mystery surrounding his return continues….

Wolverine has been trekking across the Marvel Universe, from the pages of 2017’s best-selling comic MARVEL LEGACY #1 to the current glimpses of Logan in the Where’s Wolverine pages featured in select Marvel comics…but is that really the Logan we all know and love?

This May, the story that kicked off in April’s THE HUNT FOR WOLVERINE #1 continues as intrigue, mystery, romance, and action collide in an epic so big, it will take four different series to tell the tale! Featuring thrills and chills for all X-Men fans as Wolverine’s past comes back to haunt all our merry mutants, each unique story harkens back to their old school adventures – changing some characters in ways that will shock readers.

Orchestrated by HUNT FOR WOLVERINE and DEATH OF WOLVERINE writer Charles Soule, a star-studded cast of talent have teamed up to unravel Wolverine’s secrets. Avengers No Surrender writer Jim Zub, She-Hulk writer Mariko Tamaki, All-New Wolverine writer Tom Taylor, The Amazing Spider-Man artist Matteo Buffagni, X-Men Blue artist R.B. Silva, Black Panther and the Crew artist Butch Guice, and Spider-Man/Deadpool artist Chris Bachalo will join forces for four series that form one interlocking epic adventure, each one containing its own distinct genre and mystery: Weapon Lost (noir/detective), Adamantium Agenda (action/adventure), Claws Of A Killer (horror) and Mystery in Madripoor (dark romance.)

“I’ve been holding my tongue, just waiting to announce this project and team of ultra-talented creators,” said series editor Mark Paniccia. “While these stories all reveal clues to the larger mystery behind Wolverine’s return, the writers all have some pretty huge moments planned that will have X-MEN fans talking and debating for some time to come.”

Featuring classic Marvel characters from Daredevil to Kitty Pryde to Spider-Man to Iron Man, major Marvel heroes will become part of Wolverine’s mystery as they try to track down Logan and figure out his secrets. But with answers come more questions…and with reveals come even more mysteries. Every clue leads to another twisting road and each story will provide fans with another tantalizing piece of the puzzle that will lead readers closer to finding out the real truth.

And it will all come together to set the stage for the most shocking and daring Wolverine story to date along with a spectacular return.

His return was just the beginning – the opening chapter of a story that will touch all corners and all characters of the Marvel Universe. Dive into all the excitement in the HUNT FOR WOLVERINE one-shot this April, and then be sure to follow all of the action with WEAPON LOST, ADAMANTIUM AGENDA, CLAWS OF A KILLER and MYSTERY IN MADRIPOOR, available in comic shops starting in May.

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James Hetfield Joins Cast Of Ted Bundy Movie

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By Armando

Photo: Kreepin Deth


Metallica frontman James Hetfield will soon make his big-screen acting debut as he joins the cast of “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile,” an upcoming thriller film from Voltage Pictures, Variety reports.

The film will focus on notorious serial killer Ted Bundy and his longtime girlfriend Elizabeth Kloepfer. Currently in production, the film will be shown from the perspective of Elizabeth. It was unveiled at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival and features Zac Efron as Bundy with Lily Collins playing his girlfriend.

Hetfield is set to play Officer Bob Hayward, “a no-nonsense Utah highway patrol veteran who was the first law enforcement officer to arrest Bundy in 1975 after pulling the killer over and discovering burglary tools in his car, but wisely suspecting much worse.”

Joe Berlinger is helming “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.” He was nominated in 2012 for an Oscar Best Documentary Feature in 2012 with the late Bruce Sinofsky for helming “Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory.”

Hetfield’s casting might seem to come out of left field, but Hetfield and Berlinger had actually collaborated previously when Berlinger and Sinofsky directed and produced “Some Kind of Monster,” the 2004 rock documentary which follows Metallica throughout studio rehearsals and features various concert footage of the band. Later that year, Berlinger released a book “Metallica: This Monster Lives,” which chronicled his experiences during the creation of the documentary.

Other previously announced cast of “Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile,” were John Malkovich, Haley Joel Osment, Jim Parsons, Kaya Scodelario, Angela Sarafyan, Jeffrey Donovan Terry Kinney and Dylan Baker.

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2018 New York Couture Fashion Week

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By Armando

Fall 2018 Collections, celebrated in two days of outstanding fashion and talented designers from across the globe which concluded on Saturday in spectacular style.

Couture New York Fashion Week Fall 2018 was held on on Friday, February 9 and Saturday, February 10 in New York. All of the shows were held on Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan, Broadway.

The Fall 2018 Collections featured collections from around the globe including Elcy Cortorreal, Funari, Reshmi Nair, Maria Elena Couture, Teona Margvelashvili and Jaba Kukuladze, Alexandra Popescu-York, Nailuj Villarroel, Tonni 86, Alessia Siena and collections from producer Andres Aquino.

The shows also featured performances from Olga Alexandrova, Rodney Talley, Benedetta Orsi, Jared Hanrahan and Parker Matthews.

Couture Fashion Week was founded in 2005 by Andres Aquino and presents a series of couture and luxury fashion shows in New York City, Cannes and other selected cities.

Here’s some of the highlights of the shows.
New York Couture Fashion Week
Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan, Broadway

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“Get Out” Take Top Award At Writers Guild Awards

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“Get Out” and “Call Me by Your Name” were the top winners on Sunday night’s 70th annual Writers Guild Awards, consolidating both film’s chances at next month’s academy awards.

Jordan Peele won the best original screenplay for “Get Out,” beating another awards favorite Greta Gerwig who wrote “Lady Bird“. 89 year old filmmaker James Ivory picked up best adapted screenplay for “Call Me by Your Name.”

“This was a passion project. It was something I put my love into. I put my soul into. So getting this from you means so much. I started writing it in 2008 and there were a lot of ups and downs,” writer-director Peele said after his win.

WGA members vote for the best of film and TV writing of the past year and is one of the strong harbingers for the oscars. Last year’s WGA best original screenplay winner “Moonlight” went on to a surprising Best Picture win at the Academy Awards.

Here’s a partial list of winners:

Original Screenplay: Get Out
Adapted Screenplay: Call Me by Your Name
Documentary Screenplay: Jane, National Geographic
Drama Series: The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu
Comedy Series: Veep, HBO
New Series: The Handmaid’s Tale, Hulu

For the full list of winners, go to awards.wga.org.

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Captain Marvel, Daredevil and Darkhawk Control The Stones?

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Announcing the INFINITY COUNTDOWN TIE-IN titles

The race to wield infinite power kicks into high gear across the Marvel Universe with INFINITY COUNTDOWN (PRIME and ADAM WARLOCK) from mastermind writer Gerry Duggan! And starting in May, you cannot miss the newly announced INFINITY COUNTDOWN TIE-IN titles: brand new, can’t-miss one-shots and limited series from all-star creative teams that will reveal the fate of the stones — and who possesses them.

First up, Gerry Duggan and Black Panther artist Chris Sprouse bring their streetwise expertise to Hell’s Kitchen in DAREDEVIL #1, as Matt Murdock encounters the Mind Stone in the New York underworld. Of course, the stone is bound to fall into mysterious yet unlikely hands…but can Daredevil keep an Infinity Stone’s power from wreaking havoc on the city?

In CAPTAIN MARVEL #1, don’t miss the story from Jim McCann (New Avengers: The Reunion) and Diego Olortegui (Ms. Marvel) as they help Carol Danvers cross the borders of reality for a mind-bending, cross-time adventure into Infinity Stone lore! Continuing the journey that’s taken her to another dimension into the clutches of Thanos and Nebula, Captain Marvel – in the possession of the Reality Stone – returns to Earth, having contacted the Marvels of many worlds along the way…

And finally, following the event of DARKHAWK #51, we see the return of DARKHAWK in a four-issue series from Chris Sims, Chad Bowers and Gang Hyuk Lim! Spinning out of the war with the Fraternity of Raptors for the Power Stone, “The Hawk” is back to fight for justice for both New York and the world.

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Bringing Sound to the Screen: An Interview with Film Composer Alex Geringas

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When talking about his work, Alex Geringas can’t help but excitedly chuckle. The Moscow born, German-raised, and LA-dwelling musician has had a steady rise to success from penning failed pop singles back in the 90’s to writing big screen movie scores, and collaborating with pop legends like Cher and Kelly Clarkson.

During my chat with Geringas I had the opportunity to speak with an idiosyncratic man dedicated to both his family and craft. In his latest project, writing the score for Netflix’s Trolls: The Beat Goes On! Geringas channels his inner Wagner; infusing hilariously overdramatic tones to one of the most charming, quirkiest kids shows on TV today. The juxtaposition fits his personality perfectly; a man of the dignified arts not afraid to join in on the fun.

Other scores to Geringas’ credit includes Pitch Perfect 3, Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh, Ice Age: Collision Course, and The LEGO Ninjago Movie.

How did you first break into the music industry?

It was back in 1998, I was living in Germany and a friend of mine told me, ‘Hey man, let’s write a hit!’ At the time I knew nothing about writing for artists and then he told me lets write about something everybody likes and bring it to a publisher. I thought it was all talk. We wrote a song about a topic we both thought everybody liked, vacation. We played it to the publisher, who liked it, then the record label sent it to a radio station, and then we had our first release.

But this also has to be the biggest flop in my career to date because nobody bought the single. There was a producer though that heard our song and reached out to me to write one with him for a rap group. That first single would become my first Top Ten hit in Germany. Our second release together became the theme song for the first episode of Big Brother in Germany.

As a composer and songwriter, which comes first, the lyrics or the melody?

I am and always will be a melody guy. I love working with lyricists, but I also love setting a concept with them and developing that idea.

Who are some of your musical inspirations?

One of my biggest musical inspirations is John Williams, the film composer. I love the variety of styles that he has composed. And of course, there is Alexandre Desplat who is just phenomenal in how he found a dialogue where no words are spoken in, The Shape of Water. Absolutely fantastic. That is where I would like to be someday.
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