CONVENTION: IDW Publishing announce creative team for The X-Files

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Fans of The X-FILES and the paranormal exploits of Special Agents Mulder and Scully are in for a treat! Today at Emerald City Comic-Con, IDW Publishing and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products announced the creative team for their upcoming comics based on the legendary television series. The entire project will be executive produced by THE X-FILES creator Chris Carter, who is returning in an active role to help steer his characters back to the forefront of popular culture once again.

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MOVIES: Producer for Fantastic Four reboot named

Mark Millar is all over the Fantastic Four news for 20th Century Fox.  The writer has been tapped to guide the studio on a number of their Marvel projects, including the upcoming reboot to the Fantastic Four franchise.  Mr. Millar has tweeted his thoughts about the production so far, but the latest, puts Matthew Vaughn front and center.

So, Millar, Vaughn and Trank all involved with the Fantastic Four movie.  While the behind the camera team sounds impressive, we’ll only know the full extent how well this comes together when we see the new Fantastic Four on the big screen.

via Mark Millar

MOVIES: Professor X’s wheelchairs spotted

When Days of Future Past really ramps up, we’re probably going to see a lot more teaser images coming from Marvel, 20th Century Fox, and of course director Bryan Singer.  Singer tweeted a look at Professor Xavier’s wheelchairs from the current time period, and the future!

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SOLICITATIONS: IDW brings the X-Files back to comics

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IDW Publishing and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products are thrilled to announce a partnership to publish an exciting series of works based on the legendary series, THE X-FILES. IDW’s publishing plan includes reprinting collections of the classic issues published intermittently from 1995 through 2009, as well as creating brand-new X-FILES comics to launch in June 2013.

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DVD: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out arrives March 26, 2013

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After a record breaking debut on Cartoon Network, The LEGO Group and Lucasfilm announced today that LEGO® Star Wars™: The Empire Strikes Out will release on DVD this coming March 26, 2013. The 22-minute original standalone special will bring the same tongue-and-cheek humor fans know and love in a brand new epic adventure featuring everyone’s favorite LEGO Star Wars characters. Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, the DVD will include an exclusive collectible Darth Vader LEGO minifigure and is available now for preorder at www.foxconnect.com/awesome.

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MOVIES: Fox hires Mark Millar as creative consultant

What will 20th Century Fox do with the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises?  With both in a bit of a twirl at the moment, the studio has teamed with Mark Millar who will advise the company on future Marvel Comics property films.

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MOVIES: Joe Carnahan’s Daredevil pitch falls flat

In order for 20th Century Fox to keep the Daredevil franchise, the studio needs to be in production by October 10, 2012.  Joe Carnahan had a gritty take on the character set in the ’70s, but the studio turned the idea down.

Now on the internet are two sizzle reels that were used to give the studios a feel for what he was aiming for.

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MOVIES: Marvel may extend Daredevil deadline to get Fantastic Four characters

A couple of weeks ago, we told you that 20th Century Fox was running the risk of losing the Daredevil property due to the director ditching the movie at the last minute.  There’s a new twist in the tale, that may have Marvel giving Daredevil a pass in order to get bigger characters.

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MOVIES: Will Disney get Daredevil back?

There is an interesting story over at Deadline regarding the current state of Daredevil as a movie property and movie licensing.  According to Mike Fleming, 20th Century Fox has just lost David Slade as the director of the movie reboot.  While it isn’t surprising that a movie loses its director, it is interesting that by losing the Slade, the studio may have put their claim on Daredevil in jeopardy.

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MOVIES: Josh Trank really on board for Fantastic Four

Good news for Chronicle and Fantastic Four fans. Deadline is reporting that Josh Trank has officially been brought on board as the director for the Fantastic Four reboot.  More than likely this film will have no ties to the first two movies, and 20th Century Fox expects that Trank will direct the film as his next project, even though the director has been attached to a number of projects.

via Deadline

SOLICITATION: Archie meets Glee in latest crossover series

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Archie Comics, the leading children’s comic book publisher in the world and home to some of the most recognizable pop culture characters, including Archie, Betty and Veronica, Jughead, Sabrina the Teenage Witch and Josie and the Pussycats, announced plans with Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products for ARCHIE MEETS GLEE, a four-part comic book storyline that brings the cast of the hit FOX television series face to face with Archie and the gang. The story is expected to kick off in 2013.

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