Saturday, January 30, 2016
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Programming Alert Week of February 22
CARTOON NETWORK ANNOUNCES NEW SERIES JUSTICE LEAGUE ACTION, FROM WARNER BROS. ANIMATION AND BASED ON CHARACTERS FROM DC ENTERTAINMENT
CARTOON NETWORK ANNOUNCES NEW SERIES
JUSTICE LEAGUE ACTION,
FROM WARNER BROS. ANIMATION AND BASED ON CHARACTERS FROM
DC ENTERTAINMENT
Kevin Conroy, the Iconic Voice of Batman (Batman: The Animated Series), Returns to Television in New Animated Series Coming to Cartoon Network
The world’s greatest Super Heroes return to television in Justice League Action, an all-new quarter-hour animated series from Warner Bros. Animation coming soon to Cartoon Network.
Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman lead the DC Comics Super Heroes against their most infamous foes in adventures packed with relentless thrills, fun and action. No need to wait for the good stuff to start, each eleven-minute episode jumps in with lightning-paced action and heroics. Whether defending the Earth, facing invaders from space, or battling the bizarre forces of magic, the always-rotating team of Justice League heroes, are up to any challenge.
The new series is the first DC Comics-based franchise to launch on Cartoon Network since the highly-successful Teen Titan Go!, which in 2015 ranked as a Top 5 animated series among Kids 2-11, 6-11 and all key Boys. Teen Titans Go! also ranks as Cartoon Network’s #1 property for cross-platform video plays and on VOD.
Justice League Action marks the return of Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series), beloved by fans worldwide as one of the most iconic voices of Batman, to a weekly-animated television series. The series will also deliver an all-star lineup of regular and guest cast voices, including Mark Hamill as Joker, James Woods as Lex Luthor, Diedrich Bader as Booster Gold and many more portraying your favorite DC Comics Super Heroes and Super-Villains. Sam Register (Teen Titans Go!) serves as executive producer with Butch Lukic (Justice League, Batman Beyond), Alan Burnett (Batman: The Animated Series) and Jim Krieg (Green Lantern: The Animated Series) serving as producers.
NARUTO: SHIKAMARU'S STORY Original Novel Debuts From VIZ Media
VIZ MEDIA DELIVERS A BRAND NEW NARUTO NOVEL TO READERS WITH THE DEBUT OF NARUTO: SHIKAMARU’S STORY
New Novel Is The Second Release In A New Series Focusing On Key Characters From Masashi Kishimoto’s Smash Hit Ninja Action Series, NARUTO
San Francisco, CA, January 28, 2016 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), the largest publisher, distributor and licensor of manga and anime in North America, delivers the next release in a continuing series of NARUTO prose novels focusing on key characters from the internationally acclaimed ninja action series.
NARUTO: SHIKAMARU’S STORY was written by author Takashi Yano and will be released in print and digitally in early February. The book tells the story of the current head of Team 10 and the Nara Clan and features original cover art by Masashi Kishimoto. Allies and enemies from the famed NARUTO series take center stage in these fast-paced adventures, with each novel focusing on a particular clan mate, ally, team…or villain
NARUTO: SHIKAMARU’S STORY
MSRP: $10.99 U.S. / $12.99 CAN / $6.99 Digital · Available February 2nd
Two years after the Great Ninja War, Shikamaru spends his days racing around, hands full as one of Konoha’s key protectors. Then, large numbers of ninja from every region are reported missing. Even Sai disappears. And the place where the missing shinobi end up is the mysterious empire, the Land of Silence. As a ninja, as an adult, to protect all that he is responsible for, Shikamaru must do battle with the shadow of a new generation.
Also don’t miss NARUTO: KAKASHI’S STORY, the first book in the series of NARUTO novels, available now in print and also digitally.
Manga author/artist Masashi Kishimoto was born in 1974 in rural Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Like many kids, he was first inspired to become a manga artist in elementary school when he read Dragon Ball. After spending time in art school, he won the Hop Step Award for new manga artists with his story, Karakuri. After considering various genres for his next project, Kishimoto decided on a story steeped in traditional Japanese culture. His first version of NARUTO, drawn in 1997, was a one-shot story about fox spirits; his final version, which debuted in Japan in Weekly Shonen Jump in 1999, quickly became the most popular ninja manga in the world. The series would also spawn multiple anime series, movies, novels, video games and more. Having concluded the series in late 2014, Masashi Kishimoto has kept himself busy this year with the side story, Naruto: The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring, and writing the story for the latest NARUTO movie, BORUTO: NARUTO THE MOVIE, both of which focus on the title character's son, Boruto.
VIZ Media is the North American master licensor for NARUTO and publishes the bestselling NARUTO manga series in print and digitally and also distributes the NARUTO and NARUTO SHIPPUDEN anime series and feature films. Additional information on NARUTO is available at www.Naruto.com
Thursday, January 28, 2016
New HAIL, CAESAR! "A Look Inside" Featurette
The Expanse Season Finale Spoiler Free Review
EPIX CELEBRATES “BLACK HISTORY MONTH” WITH ALL-STAR PROGRAMMING LINEUP
EPIX CELEBRATES “BLACK HISTORY MONTH”
WITH ALL-STAR PROGRAMMING LINEUP
Slate Includes Selma, Dear White People,
and an All-Day Movie Marathon of Pam Grier’s Iconic Films Airing on
EPIX DRIVE-IN
EPIX’S “Most Wanted” Action-Packed Movie Marathon Airs All-Day
February 6 Includes EPIX WORLD TV PREMIERE of Hot Pursuit
Starring Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara
“Sequel Bowl Sunday” Movie Marathon Airs All-Day February 7 on
EPIX DRIVE-IN
NEW YORK, NY – January 28, 2016 – Premium TV network, EPIX, will be celebrating and honoring Black History Month with a month-long programming tribute showcasing some of the most remarkable African-American stories. Tune into EPIX every Monday night starting February 1 at 8:00 PM ET/PT (full schedule below) for inspiring films and documentaries that includes the Oscar-nominated historical drama film, Selma. Additionally, EPIX DRIVE-IN will also be honoring Black History Month with a month-long tribute to Pam Grier, the original Foxy Brown. Get lost in some of her greatest and iconic films that crossed racial and ethnic lines during the “so called Blaxploitation era.” You can catch all of the action with an all-day movie marathon onSaturday, February 13, beginning at 7:30 AM ET/PT (full schedule below).
That’s not all – EPIX is putting you on house arrest in February to watch some of the baddest criminals that will be locked up on your television on Saturday, February 6, beginning at 7:00 AM ET/PT (full schedule below). EPIX’s “Most Wanted” Movie Marathon features cops, criminals, fast getaways, and above all, the EPIX WORLD TV PREMIERE of the action-comedy film Hot Pursuit, starring Reese Witherspoon and Sofia Vergara.
Flip the channel over to EPIX DRIVE-IN to watch your favorite sequels win during the“Sequels Bowl Sunday” Movie Marathon. Tune into EPIX DRIVE-IN on Sunday, February 7, beginning at 6:00 AM ET/PT (full schedule below) for an all-day film festival that will score you winning touchdowns.
Following is a full programming schedule of EPIX and EPIX DRIVE-IN’s February Stunts:
EPIX’S “Black History Month” Programming
FULL SCHEDULE – all times EASTERN:
- Monday, February 1 – Selma – (8:00 PM) PG-13
- Monday, February 8 – “Anita” – (8:00 PM) TV-14
- Monday, February 15 – “Forgotten Four: The Integration of Pro Football” – (8:00 PM) TV-14
- Monday, February 22 – Dear White People – (8:00 PM) R
- Monday, February 29 – “Charles Bradley: Soul of America” – (8:00 PM) TV-PG
EPIX DRIVE-IN’S Pam Grier Movie Marathon
FULL SCHEDULE – all times EASTERN:
- Coffy – (7:30 AM) R
- Scream, Blacula, Scream! – (9:05 AM) PG
- Friday Foster – (10:45 AM) R
- Black Mama, White Mama – (12:20 PM) R
- Foxy Brown – (1:50 PM) R
- Coffy – (3:25 PM) R
- Friday Foster – (5:00 PM) R
- Black Mama, White Mama – (6:30 PM) R
- Foxy Brown – (8:00 PM) R
- Coffy – (9:35 PM) R
- Friday Foster – (11:10 PM) R
- Black Mama, White Mama – (12:45 AM) R – Sunday, 2/14
- Scream, Blacula, Scream! – (2:15 AM) PG – Sunday, 2/14
- Foxy Brown – (3:55 AM) R – Sunday, 2/14
- Black Mama, White Mama – (5:30 AM) R – Sunday, 2/14
EPIX’S “Most Wanted” Movie Marathon
FULL SCHEDULE – all times EASTERN:
- Life of Crime – (7:00 AM) R
- Manhunter – (8:45 AM) R
- Mortdecai – (10:50 AM) R
- Fargo – (12:40 PM) R
- Life of Crime – (2:20 PM) R
- Miami Blues – (4:05 PM) R
- A Most Wanted Man – (5:50 PM) R
- Hot Pursuit (2015) – (8:00 PM) PG-13 *EPIX WORLD PREMIERE*
- The Wolf of Wall Street – (9:30 PM) R
- Mortdecai – (12:30 AM) R – Sunday, 2/7
- Hot Pursuit (2015) – (2:20 AM) PG-13 – Sunday, 2/7
- Thief – (3:50 AM) R – Sunday, 2/7
EPIX DRIVE-IN’S “Sequel Bowl Sunday” Movie Marathon
FULL SCHEDULE – all times EASTERN:
- Staying Alive – (6:00 AM) PG
- Beverly Hills Cop II – (7:40 AM) R
- Blair Witch 2: The Book of Shadows – (9:25 AM) R
- Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues – (11:00 AM) R
- Hot Tub Time Machine 2 – (1:00 PM) R
- Staying Alive – (2:35 PM) PG
- Friday the 13th Part III – (4:15 PM) R
- Hannibal – (5:45 PM) R
- Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues – (8:00 PM) PG-13
- Hot Tub Time Machine 2 – (10:00 PM) R
- Beverly Hills Cop II – (11:40 PM) R
- Hannibal – (1:30 AM) R – Monday, 2/8
- Blair Witch 2: The Book of Shadows – (3:45 AM) R – Monday, 2/8
- Staying Alive – (5:20 AM) PG – Monday, 2/8
TNT Programming Alert Week of Feb. 15, 2016
Major Crimes
For the first time ever, TNT's Major Crimes will feature one gripping case played out over a five-episode arc during its winter run.
WINTER PREMIERE: "Hindsight – Part 1" – Monday, Feb. 15, at 9 p.m.(ET/PT) – TV-14-DLV
A young woman and her 3-year-old son are shot to death while driving through gang territory in the wrong colored car, and the gun used in the murder is quickly connected to the most troubling series of unsolved homicides in LAPD history. As Captain Sharon Raydor and the rest of her division attempt to solve the mystery, Amy Sykes begins an uneasy alliance with a disgraced former LAPD detective with a novel theory and a corrupt past. Part 1 of five.
Directed by Michael M. Robin
Written by James Duff & Mike Berchem
Created by James Duff
Rizzoli & Isles
TWO-HOUR WINTER PREMIERE
"Hide and Seek" – Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT) – TV-14-DLV
When Maura is abducted, nothing will stand in the way of Jane and the team bringing her home. Far away, Maura discovers a conspiracy that is bigger than just her kidnapping, with Jane as its ultimate target.
Directed By Kevin G. Cremin
Written By Jan Nash
Developed by Janet Tamaro
Based on the series of novels by Tess Gerritsen
"Murderjuana" – Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 10p.m. (ET/PT) – TV-14-DLV
A security guard foils a robbery when he kills one of the robbers, despite being wounded himself. Jane and Maura work together to solve the case after the search for the robber's accomplice raises some puzzling questions. Jane continues her quest to protect Maura and Angela. But is the price too high?
Directed By Norman Buckley
Written By Russell J. Grant
Developed by Janet Tamaro
Based on the series of novels by Tess Gerritsen
Dark Horse Comics Debuts Yearlong 30th Anniversary Variant Program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MILWAUKIE, OR—2016 marks 30 years since Dark Horse Comics erupted onto the scene with their very first title, Dark Horse Presents. Since 1986, Dark Horse Presents has won multiple Eisner and Harvey Awards and launched some of comics’ greatest heroes.
This week, Dark Horse is releasing a new variant program which will continue throughout 2016. Every month, one comic will be selected to have a very special 30th Anniversary variant cover paying homage to a specific issue of Dark Horse Presents. Additionally, each issue serves as a perfect jumping-on point for new readers!
Now on comic store shelves is the Hellboy Winter Special, which features Mignolaverse debuts by Tim Sale (Captain America: White), Michael Walsh (Secret Avengers), Chris Roberson (iZombie), and Chelsea Cain (Heartsick, One Kick). The Mike Mignola cover artwork is a throwback to the very first issue of Dark Horse Presents (1986).
Continuing where the Rise of the Tomb Raider game left off, Lara Croft takes on fresh adventures in a new comic series by Eisner Award–winning writer Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer). Hitting stands in February, the stunning variant cover by Joëlle Jones harks back to Dark Horse Presents #9 (1987).
In March, Dan Abnett begins Predator: Life and Death, the first chapter in a new story cycle involving Predators, Aliens, and the mysterious Engineers from Prometheus! The variant cover, drawn by Dark Horse senior editor Chris Warner, is a return to Warner’s original cover for Dark Horse Presents #35 (1989).
And in April, Brian Wood brings his sharp storytelling to Aliens: Defiance, while rising star Tristan Jones draws the scariest xenomorph you’ve seen in years. The variant cover features incredible artwork by original Aliens artist Mark A. Nelson and evokes Dark Horse Presents #40 (1990).
More 30th Anniversary variant covers will be revealed soon, so make sure to head to your local comic shop to pick up these extremely collectible Dark Horse covers!
STARZ ANNOUNCES “AMERICAN GODS” CASTING
RICKY WHITTLE CAST AS SHADOW MOON IN STARZ AND FREMANTLEMEDIA’S “AMERICAN GODS”
The Up-and-Coming Actor Will Play Shadow Moon in the Adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Blockbuster Fantasy Novel
Bryan Fuller and Michael Green Serve as Showrunners
Beverly Hills, Calif. (January 28, 2016) – Starz and FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) announced today that Ricky Whittle (“The 100,” “Austenland”) has been cast as Shadow Moon in the upcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed contemporary fantasy novel, American Gods. The series will begin shooting in April.
Neil Gaiman said, “I'm thrilled that Ricky has been cast as Shadow. His auditions were remarkable. The process of taking a world out of the pages of a book, and putting it onto the screen has begun. American Godsis, at its heart, a book about immigrants, and it seems perfectly appropriate that Shadow will, like so much else, be Coming to America. I'm delighted Ricky will get to embody Shadow. Now the fun starts.”
Commented Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, “We searched every continent and country and all the islands in between for our Shadow Moon, and we are lucky to have found Ricky. Fans of the novel will find he has every bit of the heart of the character they fell in love with.”
A native of Oldham, Greater Manchester England, Whittle’s credits include “The 100,” “Austenland,” “Hollyoaks,” “Mistresses,” “NCIS” and “Holby City.” Whittle is the son of former Royal Air Force serviceman Harry Whittle and grew up travelling around the world. A keen sportsman, Whittle represented England and the United Kingdom at youth level in football and rugby.
American Gods been translated into over 30 languages and earned numerous accolades including Hugo, Nebula and Bram Stoker Awards for Best Novel. The plot posits a war brewing between old and new gods: the traditional gods of mythological roots from around the world steadily losing believers to an upstart pantheon of gods reflecting society’s modern love of money, technology, media, celebrity and drugs. Its protagonist, Shadow Moon, is an ex-con who becomes bodyguard and traveling partner to Mr. Wednesday, a conman but in reality one of the older gods, on a cross-country mission to gather his forces in preparation to battle the new deities.
“American Gods” is produced by FremantleMedia North America. Bryan Fuller (“Hannibal,” “Pushing Daisies,” “Heroes”) and Michael Green (“The River,” “Kings,” “Heroes”) are writers and showrunners. David Slade (“Hannibal,” “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”) is directing the pilot and additional episodes. FMNA’s Craig Cegielski and Stefanie Berk are executive producing the series along with Fuller, Green, Slade and Neil Gaiman. Senior Vice President of Original Programming Ken Segna is the Starz executive in charge of “American Gods.” Starz retains all network pay TV and SVOD rights to the project. FremantleMedia is distributing the series worldwide.
Ricky Whittle is represented byTalentWorks, Creative Artists Management in the UK, and Untitled Entertainment.
Fans can tweet @AmericanGodsSTZ, @STARZ_Channel and @FMNATV and join the conversation with#AmericanGods.
Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Batman V Superman Teaser Posters And A Shot From Suicide Quad
BLUEFIN DEBUTS NEW BRUCE LEE POSEABLE ACTION FIGURE FROM TAMASHII NATIONS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BLUEFIN DEBUTS NEW BRUCE LEE POSEABLE ACTION FIGURE FROM TAMASHII NATIONS
Exciting Latest Addition To The S.H. Figuarts Line Debuts To Retailers In February And Utilizes Advanced Digital Facial Coloring Technology For Impressive Realism And Includes Multiple Weapon Accessories And Other Interchangeable Parts
Anaheim, CA, January 27, 2015 –Bluefin, the leading North American distributor of toys, collectibles, and hobby merchandise from Japan, Hong Kong and more, is proud to introduce the world’s most posable Bruce Lee action figure!
Renowned Japanese collectibles label, Tamashii Nations, integrates its advanced S.H. Figuarts articulation technology to reproduce all of Bruce Lee's powerful martial arts moves! For this latest release, Tamashii Nations also utilized cutting edge digital facial coloring technology to achieve a stunning level of realism and collectorswill be impressed by the incredible level of overall quality.
The Bruce Lee figure debuts in February with an MSRP of $49.99 from authorized Bluefin retailers nationwide and also from a variety of leading online outlets. Pre-orders continue to be available.
The S.H. Figuarts Bruce Lee figure stands 5 inches tall and includes several trademark martial arts weapons including a nunchaku (nunchuck) and two bo staffs (short and long. Other accessories include interchangeable hands (x9) and interchangeable face parts (x2).
Bruce Lee was a pioneering Chinese American action film star, martial arts instructor, philosopher, and filmmaker. He starred in several highly influential martial arts movies such as Fist of Fury and Enter the Dragon and is widely regarded as one of the most iconic martial artists of all time.
Bluefin is the official North American distributor for Tamashii Nations, an umbrella label that encompasses Japan’s top collectible brands and features products from popular giant robot shows like Mazinger Z and Gundam, anime series like Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon, and live action series like Kamen Rider. The mission of Tamashii Nations is to bring “tamashii,” the Japanese word for soul or spirit, into everything they create. For a complete listing of Tamashii Nations products available from Bluefin, please visit: www.bluefincorp.com/catalog/tamashii-nations.html.