Showing posts with label dc entertainment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dc entertainment. Show all posts

Monday, September 16, 2013

Ben Affleck Breaks Silence on Batman Role.

09.17.2013 – After almost a month being announced to take the role of Batman in the upcoming sequel to the Man of Steel, Ben Affleck was at the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to promote his movie “RUNNER RUNNER” opposite Justin Timberlake.

Ben Affleck the director for the Academy Award winning movie in Argo had received somewhat mixed to negative reaction.

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Monday, September 2, 2013

Clash of the Champions: DC Heroes VS MOTU!

09.02.2013 – It’s no big secret but if you grew up in the 1980s and have seen He-Man and the Master of the Universe on television chances your familiar with the current iteration of the comic book series as well as the toys that came with it.

MOTU fans have been supporting the toy line since interested started in the early 2000s that produced a new TV series by Mike Young productions that ended quickly similar to the new Thundercats. But the interest never died that DC Comics published a new series.

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Friday, August 23, 2013

Flying Colors Comics Celebrates with Jim Lee!

08.24.2013 – Flying Colors Comics and Other Stuff has been around for the past 25 years and it was known to have founded Free Comic Book Day by store proprietor Joe Field. For the month of September the store is celebrating its anniversary.

Flying Colors Comics earned the 1995 Will Eisner "Spirit of Comics" Award for Retailing Excellence, a "Hall-of-Fame" award recognized internationally among comic book professionals. So for this coming month they will have Jim Lee at their store.

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Thursday, August 22, 2013

HW Imagination 64 of 250: Batcopter!

08.23.2013 – The Batcopter is one of Batman’s many arsenals that he used to fight crime. It first appeared in the 1966 TV series starring Adam West the cape crusader. Over the years the Batcopter followed different types of iteration but was never as popular as the Batmobile which has been around since the Dark Knight’s early appearances.

There are several versions that came as a collectible but not based from comic books or the current movies which had The Bat in the Dark Knight Rises of 2012.
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PRESS RELEASE: Ben Affleck is Batman!

08.23.2013 – How is it difficult to get the right actor to portray the role of Batman? Many where shocked to react and some just deliberately made a point by making a digital image of Ben Affleck’s Daredevil from 2003 to the Dark Knight.

The announcement of DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. was shocking that it went trending in the social media showing some excitement and there also disappointments. But everyone will be anticipating seeing how Affleck takes role from Christian Bale.

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Saturday, July 20, 2013

SDCC 2013 PRESS RELEASE: Man of Steel Sequel Announced!

07.21.2013 – Maybe it must be too much to absorb what went down when Zach Snyder the director of the recently released Man of Steel film that brought back Superman to the status quo of fandom. The man behind 300 and Sucker Punch drop in an announced.

Of course you have to be there physically to have that “feel” of his presence and thousands of miles away it was never been the same. You must be thinking if this was all too real to keep up. Sure there were a lot of things to take in but hey this is Zack Snyder who also directed The Watchmen but Man of Steel was a different animal.
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SDCC 2013: Arrow Season 2 Preview!

07.21.2013 – Reveal after big reveals have been unveiled today at the DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. panel gave the fans a frenzied reaction to moving forward with the future in the movie department that of course now a common knowledge.

There also “little things that matter” which could build up the reputation of the company not only in the movies but also in the small screen.
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Thursday, June 13, 2013

DC Unlimited: New 52 Superman!

06.14.2013 – The DC Universe Classic was the answer to Marvel’s popular toy line in Marvel Legends which is still coming out with new figures by Hasbro. The DCUC line was discontinued after Wave 20 which was available on retail.

The succeeding line was next known as DC All-Stars but it became unpopular with the fans that Mattel abandoned. It was re-branded as two series of figures in Batman Unlimited and DC Unlimited which by far is confusing for someone who is starting up with the collection.
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

PRESS RELEASE: Man of Steel Tops Philippine Box Office!

06.13.2013 – Man of Steel was well received during the press media screening last Tuesday and the release of the film yesterday proves that it’s going to earn more than its predecessor. As expected the news has come earlier than expected and it earned more than one superhero can muster.

The new, origin film of Superman flew off to a blockbuster start yesterday as “Man of Steel” surpassed the industry's all-time opening day record with a nationwide gross of a monumental PhP 69.52-M pesos.
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Non-Spoiler Review: The Man of Steel!

06.12.2013 – The Man of Steel has been getting heavy promotions the past few days having the actors appear in US talk shows while DC Entertainment pushes the film in revealing more than TV spots as well as never before seen trailers.

Yesterday it has also showed the red carpet premier live feed online and the Philippines is one of the countries that gets to have a special press media screening that was graced by local celebrities and personalities. A few days earlier it had a special promotional exhibit at second biggest mall in the world.
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Sights & Highlights: Defender of Earth Exhibit!

06.11.2013 – The week is owned by Man of Steel with promotions from Penshoppe a retail clothing store and SM Mall of Asia which launched exclusive licensed shirts as well as having a special exhibit dubbed “Defender of Earth.”

The launch of the events was held last June 8, 2013 the previous Saturday which is an open event with no admission.

The exhibit features Superman from then and now including the current Man of Steel.

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Saturday, June 8, 2013

Sighted: MM Man of Steel Wave 2!

06.09.2013 – There’s a new set of Man of Steel action figures that Mattel has released for their Movie Masters series. If the previous set was not as interesting as the upcoming film’s character then you might look harder for these new versions of the characters.

Superman most likely the common in the bunch in the first series release did not come with any accessory save that not to the mysterious “Kryptonian Key” that would largely play a role in the film. It came with the same figure as before packaged in a different pose which is chained to the artifact.
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Friday, June 7, 2013

PRESS RELEASE: Henry Cavill is the Man of Steel!

06.08.2013 – It’s a few short days away the Man of Steel will be in cinemas across the Philippines and it’s already getting heavy promotions. The TV spots, trailers and movie posters has been revealed where people in the social media is talking about it.

He starred on the popular Showtime series “The Tudors” for four seasons, and most recently, in the No. 1 hit mythological actioner “Immortals.” Now, British actor Henry Cavill puts on the iconic blue suit with an S emblem in Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures' epic action adventure “Man of Steel.”
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Thursday, June 6, 2013

Nokia Exclusive Man of Steel Trailer!

06.07.2013 – Man of Steel is dominating this week with a long line of promotions from TV spots, trailers and merchandises that DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Studios is pushing in making this possibility to be the superhero film of the year.

Speaking of promotions Nokia has just unveiled their exclusive trailer revealing never before scenes and Hans Zimmer’s score definitely describes a tease that will surely anticipate everyone to line up in cinemas all over the world.
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

DVD on Rewind: Batman, Are You Ready To Begin?

07.25.2012 – Following a successful run of The Dark Knight Rises we look back to start with Batman Begins. We have seen it so many times that some of you might have memorized some popular lines from the film. The acknowledgement of this film deserves more than just a review and we’re sure some have not seen this film entirely.



Last week Warner TV Asia (check you cable listings) showed Batman Begins on July 15, 20, and 21 to promote the release of The Dark Knight Rises which was shown in the Philippines on July 19, 2012 and had a special press media premiere at the IMAX Theater in the SM Mall of Asia on July 18, 2012. Read more »

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

The Epic in Dark Knight Rises!

07.19.2012 – The Dark Knight Rises is now shown in the Philippines and comes full circle completing Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy.

Many had anticipated for this film and it was a fitting end making the only Batman film with a consistent cast of great actors led by Christian Bale.

The film opens in the international screen date of July 19, 2012 and the Philippines is one of the first few countries to have the opportunity to have it shown a day earlier than the US.
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The Dark Knight Rises Philippine Premiere!

07.19.2012 – The Dark Knight Rises has finally descended in the Philippines when Warner Bros. Pictures had a very special press media screening last night at the Coca-Cola IMAX Theater at the SM Mall of Asia in Pasay City.

The press from various media in print, television and online converge to witness the epic saga come full circle from Director Christopher Nolan and Christian Bale in a titular role. What considered a masterpiece that others tried to emulate and change the way we see super heroes in the big screen has finally ended.
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Monday, July 9, 2012

The Dark Knight Rises Clothing Apparel and Shoes!

07.09.2012 – The Dark Knight Rises is less than two weeks away for its international screen date and anticipation riding high on the popularity for Christopher Nolan’s masterpiece which had a standing ovation when it was screened to selected media personnel who got to see it first last week.

Of course the merchandise has started to roll out like the 7-Eleven promotions as well as the toys manufactured by Mattel that we sighted previously.

The apparel like the shirts and jackets has been out for the past two weeks since the start of this month.
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Friday, July 6, 2012

PRESS RELEASE: IMAX innovation on The Dark Knight Rises!

07.07.2012 – The Dark Knigbht Rises comes full circle once this opens in cinemas this month. But what makes it the most anticipated film is not only about the international ensemble cast or the story it’s about the quality Christopher Nolan has put in the previous film he has directed makes the sum of the whole movie special.

Nolan began using IMAX cameras on some selected sequences on The Dark Knight in 2008 which includes the Joker’s first appearance in the movie.
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