Saturday, January 18, 2025

McFarlane Unleashes a Flavor Flav Action Figure

McFarlane Music Maniacs Flavor Flav Action Figure 003
YEEEEEAAAAAaaaaaa Boyyyyyy!! When McFarlane Toys announced the return of MOVIE MANIACS, our expectations were of horror's most sinister icons blissfully recreated in 4 dimensions of plastic and paint. What we got...wasn't that. After the Jumanji Movie cast, Buggs Bunny, the 40 Year Old Virgin, The Dude from the Big Lebowski, Lloyd from Dumb and Dumber and the pedo from Dazed and Confused, characters like Freddy and Jason seemed a universe away. Now, McFarlane explores a different kind of maniac. ...The kind who demolish hotel rooms and light stages on fire across the planet. And they make music too!

Rewrite Reality In Boonie Bears: Time Twist

Boonie Bears: Time Twist

Check out the new trailer for Boonie Bears: Time Twist, starring Chris Boike, Patrick Freeman, and Kieran Katarey, coming to theaters across North America on January 24th, 2025 from Viva Pictures!

Time falls apart in this wild adventure as Vick, a hero to forest animals, races through his fractured memories to save his friends and stop the collapse of the time-space continuum in the all-new movie...

Thursday, January 16, 2025

Mad Cave's BLADE FORGER

Mad Cave's BLADE FORGER
The discovery of CORUM, a never seen before energy source, led to a bloody world war for its control. After years of destruction, the Lords of the Lands agreed to negotiate a ceasefire for lasting peace. The BLADE FORGERS TREATY was born from that meeting. This treaty established that the mining of Corum would be centralized through one government, led by a neutral Emperor. The Emperor would have to be a BLADE FORGER, a mystical swordsman, and claim the title in a tournament called The Tournament of the Five Rings. Every five years Blade Forgers from every corner of the Empire would fight for the possibility of becoming the new Emperor. A young Blade Forger named Owada challenges the Emperor in the name of the forsaken people. This is the story of what happens next.

Werebears Return!

WereBears Plush Toys
Leading US plush supplier The Beverly Hills Teddy Bear Company (BHTB) has confirmed Character Options as the distributor of the nostalgic and gritty WereBears brand, which is due to relaunch this autumn in the UK and Eire.

The WereBears series of teddy bears was originally released in the United Kingdom in 1983. Philanthropist, author and cartoonist George Nicholas created them so that boys could embrace the teddy bears culture without the worry of teasing. 42 years on, the original characters that have both soft and sinister sides will appeal to both boys and girls with their wacky personalities.

Championing WereBears’ resurgence and with demand for 80s toy brands never being higher, Midco Toys’ David Middleton decided it was time to bring WereBears back to life and, together with Intertoy, encouraged the partnership between BHTB and Character Options.

Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Marvel & Star Wars Hitting Stores from Diamond Select

Diamond Select Marvel Animated-Style Spider-Man Chimney Statue 001
It’s Wednesday, which means new collectibles are at your local comic shop courtesy of Diamond Select Toys and Gentle Giant LTD! An animated-style Marvel statue and two Star Wars statues hit stores this week, and you can find a retailer near you at comicshoplocator.com! No store nearby? Pre-order at gentlegiantltd.com!

Marvel Animated-Style Spider-Man (Chimney) Statue

A Diamond Select Toys release! The Web-Slinger returns! Perched atop a metal chimney pipe, Spider-Man crouches and overlooks the city he’s sworn to protect in this mini-statue based on the Young Marvel cover artwork of Marvel Comics. 

Get To Know Brubaker & Phillips' CRIMINAL Before TV Premiere

Image Comics Criminal
The bestselling, fan-favorite Criminal series by multiple award-winning team Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (Reckless, Houses of the Unholy, Fatale) will get a glow up this year with trade paperback reprints featuring new cover art and design from Phillips and published by Image Comics.

A television adaptation of this iconic series was in production most of 2024 with Brubaker serving as showrunner, and is coming to Amazon Prime later this year, starring Charlie Hunnam, Luke Evans, and Emilia Clarke. The first season of the TV show will cover the first two story arcs of the comic book series, Criminal, Volume One: Coward and Criminal, Volume Two: Lawless.

Cyberpunk 2077 x Opera GX Hub

Cyberpunk 2077 x Opera GX Hub
Norwegian browser company Opera [NASDAQ: OPRA] is unveiling the Opera GX hub, a new feature designed to blend the universes of its users’ favorite games directly into the browser. Starting with the Cyberpunk 2077 hub, this new addition to Opera GX brings players closer to their favorite titles than ever before, making it possible for them to use the web while never leaving Night City. They can now browse with the full Cyberpunk 2077 soundtrack playing in the background, have webpages displayed in the dystopian Cyberpunk 2077 style, and get direct access to streams, modding guides, news from the game and much more – all within the browser. 

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

New Clips for Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare: in Theaters 1/13/25-1/15/25 Only

Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare
From Jagged Edge Productions and ITN Studios, the makers of Winnie-The-Pooh: Blood and Honey 1 & 2, comes Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare, a new entry in the Twisted Childhood Universe. Written and directed by Scott Chambers, Peter Pan’s Neverland Nightmare arrives in theaters for three days only starting January 13, 2025 until January 15, 2025 only from Iconic Events Releasing.

The newest entry into the Poohniverse follows Wendy Darling as she strikes out in an attempt to rescue her brother Michael from the clutches of the evil Peter Pan who intends to send him to Neverland. Along the way she meets a twisted Tinkerbell, who is hooked on what she thinks is fairy dust.

NetEase Games Announces April 17 Global Launch for Rusty Rabbit

Rusty Rabbit Video Game
NetEase Games and Nitroplus Co., Ltd., announced today that Rusty Rabbit, an exciting new 2.5D side scroller, will launch on April 17, 2025 for PlayStation®5, PC (Steam®), and Nintendo Switch. In addition to the updated release timing, NetEase Games has also announced an update to the planned pricing of the game, which is now set at MSRP $19.99 /€19.99/ £15.99. The game will launch simultaneously across PlayStation®5, Nintendo Switch, and PC, with pre-orders for PlayStation®5 and Nintendo Switch starting today.

MESA/Boogie: Iconic Amplifier Returns with Modern Upgrades

MESA/Boogie Dual Rectifier
MESA/Boogie® is the original boutique Home of Tone, hand-crafting amplifiers of uncompromising quality from the world’s finest materials in Petaluma, California, USA. Today, with reverence and pride, MESA/Boogie is proud to announce the new 90s Dual Rectifier®. A faithful recreation of the tube amp that redefined high gain and provided much of the soundtrack of a generation, this new 90s Dual Rectifier arrives with some welcome upgrades. Own an original icon. The new MESA/Boogie 90s Dual Rectifier amplifiers are built by the same artisans who built them 30 years ago, and are now available worldwide at authorized MESA/Boogie dealers and on www.mesaboogie.com.

LA GIVES BACK: FIRE RELIEF @ The Bellwether

LA GIVES BACK: FIRE RELIEF @ The Bellwether

On Wednesday, January 29th, IHEARTCOMIX, BROWNIES & LEMONADE, ANOTHER PLANET ENTERTAINMENT & TERAGRAM will present the 7th edition of LA GIVES BACK fundraiser at The Bellwether. This time, LA GIVES BACK: FIRE RELIEF will rally the Los Angeles community to raise funds for charities which support victims of the fire, first responders, and animals who need help due to the devastating and fatal Los Angeles wildfires. 100% of the funds raised will go to charity.

Monday, January 13, 2025

Papercutz Unveils Disney Classic Graphic Novel 101 DALMATIANS

Papercutz DISNEY CLASSIC GRAPHIC NOVEL 101 DALMATIANS
Mad Cave’s Papercutz imprint for young readers is delighted to unveil Disney Classic Graphic Novel: 101 Dalmatians [February 25, 2025; HC $14.99 / PB $9.99].

Dalmatians Pongo and Perdita have just become parents to fifteen lovely puppies. Everything is going great until one day wretched Cruella De Vil captures Pongo and Perdita’s puppies, along with all the other Dalmatian pups in London! With the help of the Twilight Bark, and lots of great canine friends, Pongo and Perdita set out on an exciting journey to hunt down the evil pup-napper and rescue their little ones.

Amadeus Arrives on 4K UHD Blu-ray & Digital February 25

Amadeus 4K UHD Blu-ray
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of the epic historical film’s eight Academy Awards,  Amadeus, from acclaimed director Milos Forman (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), will be available for the first time Digitally in 4K Ultra HD and on 4K UHD Blu-ray Disc on February 25.

In AMADEUS, a disciplined Italian composer becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Viennese composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

One of the most celebrated films in cinematic history, the theatrical version of Amadeus will be available to purchase on Ultra HD Blu-ray Disc online and in-store at major retailers and available Digitally from Amazon Prime Video, AppleTV, Fandango at Home and more.

Saturday, January 11, 2025

Marvel Rivals Announces Battle Pass Costume Details for Season 1: Eternal Night Falls

Marvel Rivals Season 1 Battlepass Darkhold
Marvel Games and NetEase Games have announced new Battle Pass costume details for Season 1: Eternal Night Falls for Marvel Rivals, the award-winning and critically-acclaimed Super Hero Team-Based PVP Shooter that lets players assemble an ever-evolving all-star squad of Super Heroes and Super Villains battling with unique powers across a dynamic lineup of destructible maps from across the Marvel Multiverse. The game’s first season begins today and will introduce the Fantastic Four as playable heroes. Players will also discover an all-new Battle Pass, which features over double the content of the Season 0 pass. The Eternal Night Fall Luxury Battle Pass is loaded with 10 stunning costumes and their related content such as sprays and emotes. The price for the Season 1 Luxury Battle Pass is set at 990 Lattice and players will receive 600 Lattice and 600 Units back by completing it. Additionally, the game will be coming to NVIDIA GeForce Now. 

Thursday, January 9, 2025

Kodansha Announces WIND BREAKER Starting Monthly Print Releases in July

Kodansha Wind Breaker Manga
Kodansha USA Publishing announced today that WIND BREAKER by Satoru Nii—the fan-favorite high school brawler manga that also inspired the anime streaming on Crunchyroll—will see an acceleration in its print schedule to monthly releases starting July 2025.

WIND BREAKER by Satoru Nii is an action-packed high school delinquent manga series that saw its English-language debut as a digital-first release in April 2022. Already reaching fan-favorite status, its popularity only increased as it began publishing in print August 2023. Inspired by the original manga, a hit anime produced by CloverWorks began airing August 2024, and a second season slated for 2025 was immediately announced following the end of the first season in June 2024. Manga fans can currently read up to 17 volumes digitally, and up to 8 volumes in print. The print edition of WIND BREAKER volume 9 will debut February 4, 2025.