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Movies in Theaters This Week
- Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (D: Andy Fickman) – Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez …
- Child 44 (D: Daniel Espinosa) – Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Noomi Rapace, Joel Kinnaman …
- True Story (D: Rupert Goold) – James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones, Ethan Suplee …
- Big Eyes (Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz)
- Maps to the Stars (Julianne Moore, Mia Wasikowska)
- New Age of Ultron clip shows more of Iron Man’s Hulkbuster taking on the Hulk – [YouTube]
- Olivia Munn cast to play Psylocke in X-Men: Apocalypse – [Collider]
- First official photo from Creed with Stallone and Jordan – [ComicBook]
- James Gunn says GOTG 2 will be a “dad fest” – [Collider]
- Suicide Squad shows it’s official started filming via David Ayer’s tweet photo – [ComicBook]
- BATMAN V SUPERMAN Trailer Preview Coming This Thursday Ahead of Theatrical Debut – [Collider]
- Captain Marvel Footage Was Shot for AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON – [Collider]
- WONDER WOMAN Loses Director Michelle MacLaren – [Collider]
- New trailer for Terminator: Genisys
- New trailer for Ant-Man
TV
- Constantine showrunner clarifies it has NOT been cancelled – [ComicBook]
- Watch: AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Cast Plays Family Feud with Jimmy Kimmel – [Collider]
- Silicon Valley and Veep renewed – [Collider]
- First 4 episodes of Game of Thrones leaked – [Independent]
- Rocky Horror Picture Show head to Fox – [Collider]
- Celebrity Deathmatch to return to MTV2 – [Collider]
- True Detective – First images and teaser trailer for Season 2 – [Collider]
Funko Information
- Unmasked Iron Man revealed
- Futurama Pop!’s are out – Fry, Bender, Leela, Robot Devil
- Talladega Nights Pop!’s are coming – up for pre-order now
- Star Wars Celebration Exclusives – Super Shogun – Shadwotrooper & BobaFett
- Scarlet Witch – Avengers: Age of Ultron
Hot Topic Exclusives
- Clear Predator w/ Green Blood Splatter – available online from Hot Topic now
- Mortal Kombat X day one update causes waves for gamers – [CraveOnline]
- Kingdom Hearts III director Tetsuya Nomura says game is progressing “smoothly” – [IGN]
- Watch Quest – [EuroGamer]
- Star Wars: Battlefront reveal this Friday – [Gamespot]
- Humble Origin Bundle 2
InvestComics Hot Picks of the Week Hot Picks #367 is here and Jay has the lowdown on the latest comics you should be picking up or passing up!
- Convergence #2
- Betty and Veronica #275
- Ms Marvel #14
- Runlovekill #1
- Ember #0
- …. and many, many more
Conventions
- Star Wars Celebration [April 16 – 19] – 4-day passes sold out
- C2E2 [April 24 to 26] – added: Stan Lee, Chad Coleman
- Ottawa Comiccon [May 8 -10] – added: Richard Dean Anderson, Mira Furlan
- Comicpalooza [May 22 to May 25] – added: Stan Lee, Hayley Atwell, Peter Mayhew, Jason Isaacs
- Fan Expo Dallas [May 29 to May 31] – added: Stan Lee, Bill Daily, Barbara Eden, Lennie James
- ATX Television Festival [June 4-7] – added: Hannibal, Dawson Creek, Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- SDCC [July 9 – 12] – Hallmark Exclusives, GI Joe Hasbro Exclusives revealed – tickets for Enchantment Under the SDCC party on sale
- RTX [Aug 7-9] – Tickets on sale now
- WalkerStalker Con – Atlanta [Oct 30 – Nov 1] – no updates
nothing to share in Wild Card this week
