Image Comics Announces the Return of Street Angel to Face "Ninja 6000"

STREET ANGEL TAKES ON THE NINJA-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX THIS NOVEMBER

PORTLAND, OR — The Eisner Award-winning team of Jim Rugg (Afrodisiac, The Plain Janes) and Brian Maruca (Afrodisiac) will release STREET ANGEL VS NINJATECH—a brand-new tale starring your favorite homeless heroine, Jesse Sanchez—this November from Image Comics.

After a hard fight with Ninja Carl, the deadliest girl alive seeks revenge—against the company that manufactured his dangerous weapons. It sure is convenient that it’s take-your-daughter-to-work day!

In her new adventure, Street Angel makes some friends, kinda; helps out a witch, sorta; and fights the Assassin of the Future™: the Ninja 6000 ® by Ninjatech.

“What’s scarier than a 13-year-old girl?” asked Rugg. “A team of 13-year-old ninja girls! Look out, ninja-industrial complex—it’s time for payback!”

STREET ANGEL VS. NINJATECH HC (Diamond code: SEP180117, ISBN: 978-1-5343-0856-5) will be available in comic book stores on Wednesday, November 7th. The final order cutoff deadline for comics retailers is Monday, October 8th.

It will be available in bookstores on Tuesday, November 13th and can be preordered via Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Indiebound, and Indigo.

Select praise for STREET ANGEL:

“Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca’s STREET ANGEL stars my favorite comic-book hero of the 21st century, and features some of the coolest artwork I’ve ever seen.”
—Brian K. Vaughan (Saga, Paper Girls)

“STREET ANGEL remains as charming, inventive, and pitch-perfect as it was in the beginning. An indie-comics classic!” —Hope Larson (All Summer Long, A Wrinkle in Time: The Graphic Novel)

“With great style and flair, Rugg delivers another stellar story of the ever-sassy Jesse Sanchez, a.k.a. Street Angel. Jam-packed with tween angst, humor, action, and fun, this book is a must-read for the rebel set.” —Cecil Castellucci (Shade, the Changing Girl, Soupy Leaves Home)

“Jesse Sanchez is my new favorite comic book character. Great middle school dialogue and the battle scenes will blow your mind!” —Jeff Smith (Bone, RASL)
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ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has six individuals on the Board of Directors: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and Eric Stephenson. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.

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"The Dark Knight" Returns to Theaters for Tenth Anniversary

Christopher Nolan’s “The Dark Knight” Celebrates Its Tenth Anniversary with an Exclusive Limited Engagement in 70mm IMAX® Film in Select Cities

IMAX theatres in Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and Toronto will showcase the film for one week only, beginning August 24th

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ten years ago, Christopher Nolan’s groundbreaking blockbuster “The Dark Knight” was released. Commemorating the 10-year anniversary, Warner Bros. Pictures is bringing the film to four select IMAX® locations for an exclusive, one-week engagement, beginning Friday, August 24, 2018. The announcement was made by Jeff Goldstein, President, Domestic Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures.

With “The Dark Knight,” Nolan broke new ground—shooting select sequences of the movie with IMAX film cameras—making “The Dark Knight” the first major feature film to utilize IMAX 70mm film and take advantage of the format’s massive scale and increased resolution. The movie was hailed by both critics and audiences and went on to be the top-grossing release of 2008. In the years since, Nolan has continued to pioneer the use of IMAX film cameras, employing them on an even greater scale in “The Dark Knight Rises,” as well as “Interstellar” and, most recently, “Dunkirk.”

The exclusive limited engagement will offer the public an extremely rare opportunity to see “The Dark Knight” on the biggest screens possible, as it was intended to be seen—in IMAX 70mm film—offering a uniquely immersive cinematic experience.

Tickets for the opening day went on sale Friday, July 20th, with showtimes only announced for August 24th. The theatres will list additional showtimes for subsequent dates closer to release.

“The Dark Knight” will be playing for one screening a day at the following theatres:

AMC Universal Citywalk IMAX, Universal City
AMC Lincoln Square IMAX, New York City
AMC Metreon IMAX, San Francisco
Ontario Place Cinesphere IMAX, Toronto

“The Dark Knight” stars Christian Bale in the title role and Heath Ledger, who won an Oscar for his performance as The Joker. The ensemble cast also includes Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Aaron Eckhart, Maggie Gyllenhaal, and Morgan Freeman.

Nolan directed “The Dark Knight” from a screenplay written by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan, story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer. Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan produced the film. Benjamin Melniker, Michael E. Uslan, Kevin De La Noy and Thomas Tull served as executive producers.

Warner Bros. Pictures presents, in association with Legendary Pictures, a Syncopy Production, a Christopher Nolan film. “The Dark Knight” is based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics. Batman was created by Bob Kane. The film is being re-released by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. It was rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and some menace.

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Negromancer News Bits and Bites from August 19th to 25th, 2018 - Update #19

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BREAKING - From ABCNews:  Senator John McCain has died at the age of 81, Saturday, August 25, 2018.  A seven-term Republican senator from Arizona, he was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War, from 1967 to 1973.

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TELEVISION - From BleedingCool:  ABC Studios is developing a reboots of the classic TV sitcom, "Bewitched" (1964 to 1972), this time starring an "interracial" couple.

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JAMES BOND - From BleedingCool:  Rumors about why Danny Boyle departed as director of "Bond 25."

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STREAMING - From TheGuardian:  An article about Stephen Maing's Hulu documentary, "Crime+Punishment," about a group of minority NYPD officers who took on the illegal quota system.

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MOVIES  - From Deadline:  Lena Dunham is among new cast added to Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."

From TheWrap:  Mike Moh will play legendary movie star, Bruce Lee, in "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."  Article contains a link to a fine interview with the author of the biography, "Bruce Lee: A Life."

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CULTURE - From Deadline:  Revered Chinese -American actor, James Hong, speaks on his career on on the success of "Crazy Rich Asians."  Wong never thought it would take this long.

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COMICS-STREAMING - From Deadline:  Brendan Fraser will star as "Robotman" in "Doom Patrol," for the streaming service, "DC Universe."

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TELEVISION - From Deadline:  This coming TV season, the 2018-19 season, will be "The Big Bang Theory's" 12th and final season.  The popular CBS comedy will end its record-setting run in May 2019.

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MOVIES - From Collider:  Peter Jackson's World War I documentary is entitled "They Shall Not Grow Old," and it will premiere October 16th at the 2018 BFI London Film Festival.

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JAMES BOND - From Deadline:  Oscar-winning director Danny Boyle is out as director of the 25th James Bond film, which is due in U.S. theaters in Nov. 2019.

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AWARDS - From TheWrap:  2018 MTV VMA winners list.

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From Deadline:  TNT has ordered a talk show pilot from its "Claws" star, Niecy Nash.

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 8/17 to 8/19/2018 weekend box office is "Crazy Rich Asians" with an estimated take of $25.2 million and also an estimated $34 million over its five days in release.

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SCANDAL - From YahooNews:  #MeToo figure and Harvey Weinstein accuser, Asia Argento, apparently paid off a male teen who accused Argento of sexually assaulting him.

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TELEVISION - From Deadline:  Fall Premiere Dates For New & Returning Series: 2018 Edition

MOVIES - From TheWrap:  Winona Ryder and Keanu Reeves have reunited on the film, "Destination Wedding." But Ryder thinks she and Reeves were actually married during a wedding scene in 1992's "Bram Stoker's Dracula."  [That is one of my all-time favorite films.]

OBITS:

From THR:  Veteran entertainment journalist, Robin Leach, has died at the age of 76, Friday, August 24, 2018.  Leach was best known as the host of the syndicated TV series, "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous" (1984-1995).

From Variety and TVLine:  Film and television producer, Craig Zadan, has died at the age of 69, Tuesday, August 20, 2018.  Zadan and his partner Neil Meron produced ABC's Academy Awards telecast from 2013 to 2016.  He produced the original "Footloose" (1984), among several films. He produced NBC's recent string of live musicals, beginning with 2013's "The Sound of Music Live!" up to this year's "Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert."

From BBC:  Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan, has died at the age of 80, Saturday, August 18, 2018.  In 2001, Annan, born in the African nation of Ghana, won the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work.

"Solo: A Star Wars Story" Link-o-Rama by Negromancer - Update #52

Posted by Leroy Doureseaux - on Patreon.

From Patreon:  Leroy's "Solo" review is here.

From YouTube:  The official trailer for "Solo:A Star Wars Story."

From YouTube:  The first official teaser from "Solo: A Star Wars Story."

From YahooEntertainment:  The "Solo" Super Bowl LII TV spot

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From BleedingCool:  Marvel Comics will publish an adaptation of "Solo," and a new five-issue miniseries that examines Han's time as a... Stormtrooper? It is entitled "Star Wars: Han Solo - Imperial Cadet."

From CinemaBlend:  Solo's Timeline Has Been Revealed, Here's What That Means For Darth Maul

From TheWrap:  ‘Solo’ Is Failing Because Disney Has No Vision for the ‘Star Wars’ Franchise (Commentary)

From WeGotThisCovered:  Disney responds to disappointing opening for "Solo."

From WeGotThisCovered:  Director Ron Howard talks about the soft box office opening for "Solo."

From Variety:  Box Office: ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Headed for Underwhelming Holiday Weekend Debut

From YahooEntertainment: A list of "Solo" "Easter Eggs."

From ComicBookMovie:  Meet Erin Kellyman who plays "Enfys Nest" in "Solo"

From YahooLifestyle:  Donald Glover, Alden Ehrenreich Talk ‘Star Wars’ Fans and Critics

From YahooEntertainment:  How Donald Glover's son plays with his 'Star Wars' action figure will make you laugh

REVIEW - From NYTimes: ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Answers Questions You May Not Have Asked

From YahooEntertainment:  Yahoo has "Entertainment Tonight's" full video interview with director "Solo" director Ron Howard.

REVIEW - From LATimes: "Solo: A Star Wars Story" never gets off the ground, but don't blame Alden Ehrenreich

REVIEW - From Vulture: "Solo: A Star Wars Story Hits All Its Marks — Except for the Most Important One"

From TMZ:  Original Han chats up new Han Solo and director Ron Hward.

From YahooEntertainment:  After it's premiere, strong buzz for "Solo."

From Vulture:  Donald Glover Talks About When He Told His Dad He Was Lando

From YahooHuffPost:  Mark Hamill may have let slip that C-3PO will appear in "Solo."

From EW:  Ron Howards says George Lucas changed a scene in "Solo."

From YahooEntertainment:  Donald Glover, Lando Calrissian in "Solo," gives fans a tour of his Millennium Falcon in this video clip.

From Variety:  "Solo" tracking for a $170 Memorial Day weekend opening.

From YahooSports:  Ron Howard participates in Day 3 of the 2018 NFL Draft.

From MovieWeb:  Alden Ehrenreich, Han Solo in "Solo," has a three-movie deal to appear as Solo.

From BleedingCool:   A new set of "Solo" character posters have arrived - 9 in all.

From YahooEntertainment:  Director Ron Howard offers proof that his brother, Clint Howard, is in "Solo."

From WeGotThisCovered:  Ron Howard says that test audiences love "Solo."

From CinemaBlend:  A Rogue One Character Has Been Spotted In The Latest Solo Trailer

From Variety:  "Solo" will premiere in May at the Cannes Film Festival.

From YahooVulture: An unnamed actor talks to Vulture about the trouble production of "Solo," including the problems the film's original directors, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, had.

From CinemaBlend:  The fired directors of "Solo," Phil Lord and Chris Miller, will be credited as "executive producers.'

From WeGotThisCovered:  Has the villain of "Solo: A Star Wars Story" been revealed?

From BleedingCool:  See the new international poster for "Solo: A Star Wars Story"

From StarWars:  "Solo: A Star Wars Story" Books and Comics Revealed

From EW:  Here's how a galaxy of new books will connect to Solo: A Star Wars Story

From WeGotThisCovered:  A "Solo" news blowout.

From SlashFilm:  Actor and director Jon Favreau will provide the voice for an "important alien" in "Solo."

From Vulture:  Why do some Star Wars fans want "Solo" to flop.

From TheWrap:  George Lucas stopped by the "Solo" set and ended up directing a scene.

From WeGotThisCovered:  Ron Howard speaks about why he took the gig directing the troubled production now known as "Solo: A Star Wars Story."

From WeGotThisCovered:  The "Solo" may make some kind of appearance during the Super Bowl...

From Collider:  The first "Solo" trailer will debut next week during ABC's morning news show, "Good Morning America."

From BleedingCool:  We may get a "Solo" trailer during this Sunday's Super Bowl LII (52).

From THR:  "Solo" seems to be the most under wraps Star Wars movie yet.

From StarWars:  The official synopsis for "Solo" has been posted at the Star Wars webstie.

From WeGotThisCovered:  The first teaser trailer for "Solo" is rumored to arrive Friday, Jan. 12th, 2018 during ABC's "Good Morning America."

From WeGotThisCovered:  "Solo" Lego toy sets revealed.

From EW:  Entertainment Weekly has all the photos director Ron Howard posted from the set of "Solo."

From DigitalSpy:  Christian Bale says he was in talks to appear in "Solo" as a mentor character to Han Solo back when Phil Lord and Chris Miller were still the film's directors.

From io9:  John Williams will compose the theme for "Solo."  Williams has composed the musical score for all eight mainline "Star Wars" films.  John Powell will write the rest the score for "Solo."

From BleedingCool:  There is a rumor that Disney is prepared for its young Han Solo movie, "Solo: A Star Wars Story," to bomb.

2018 Austin Film Festival Reveals Film Program First Wave

Austin Film Festival Reveals First Wave of Films for 25th Anniversary, Including Retrospective Presented by Roger Corman and Robert Rodriguez

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Austin Film Festival (AFF), the premier film festival recognizing writers’ and filmmakers’ contributions to film, television, and new media, announced today the first wave of films to be included in their 2018 program taking place October 25 to November 1, 2018, including Boy Erased, Can You Ever Forgive Me?, and Cannes Palme D’or winner Shoplifters.

World Premieres include The Black String, Fishbowl, Speaking in Tongues, and Fathers of Football.

As part of its retrospective series, AFF will screen Roger Corman’s Rock All Night, presented by Robert Rodriguez and Corman himself, Extraordinary Contribution to Filmmaking honoree.

The complete list of programming will be announced in late September.

AFF FIRST WAVE:

The Black String
World Premiere
Writers: Brian Hanson, Richard Handley
Director: Brian Hanson
Starring: Frankie Muniz, Cullen Douglas, Chelsea Edmundson

Boy Erased
Writer/Director: Joel Edgerton
Starring: Lucas Hedges, Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, Joel Edgerton

Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Writers: Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty
Director: Marielle Heller
Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Julie Ann Emery

Fathers of Football
World Premiere
Director: Bradley Beesley

Fishbowl
World Premiere
Writers: Stephen Kinigopoulos, Piero Iberti, Bennett Elliott
Directors: Stephen Kinigopoulos, Alexa Kinigopoulos
Starring: Rick Kain, Belle Shickle, Emily Peachey, Caroline Coleman

Little Woods
Writer/Director: Nia DaCosta
Starring: Tessa Thompson, Lily James, Lance Reddick

The Long Dumb Road
Writers: Hannah Fidell, Carson Mell
Director: Hannah Fidell
Starring: Tony Revolori, Jason Mantzoukas, Taissa Farmiga, Ron Livingston

Rock All Night (1957) presented by Roger Corman and Robert Rodriguez
Writer: Charles B. Griffith
Director: Roger Corman

Shoplifters
Writer/Director: Hirokazu Koreeda
Starring: Lily Franky, Ando Sakura, Matsuoka Mayu

Speaking in Tongues
World Premiere
Writers: Nathan Deming, Lawrie Doran
Director: Nathan Deming


ABOUT AUSTIN FILM FESTIVAL:
Austin Film Festival (AFF) is a non-profit organization dedicated to furthering the art, craft and business of writers and filmmakers, recognizing their contributions to film, television and new media. AFF is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department and the Texas Commission on the Arts. All attendees and events are based on permitting schedules and are subject to change and/or cancellation without notice. To apply for press credentials, please complete this form. Badges and passes are available for purchase at www.austinfilmfestival.com or by phone at 1-800-310-FEST.

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Screenwriter David Koepp Sells Debut Novel to HarperCollins

HarperCollins Acquires World Rights to COLD STORAGE by Acclaimed Screenwriter David Koepp

Film Rights Acquired by Paramount Pictures

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HarperCollins Publishers announced today it has acquired world rights for COLD STORAGE, the debut novel by David Koepp, the celebrated screenwriter of such legendary films as Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man, and Panic Room.

    “I am excited to add David to the growing list of authors that HarperCollins publishes globally”

The two-book deal was negotiated by Zachary Wagman, Executive Editor at Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins, with Creative Arts Agency on behalf of Koepp. COLD STORAGE will be published by Ecco in the US and by HQ in the UK and Australia. It will also be published directly by HarperCollins in Brazil, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Sweden, and in the Spanish language in Spain and the Americas.

COLD STORAGE is about Roberto Diaz, a national security expert who helps contain a deadly, contagious organism to a secure government facility. Thirty-two years later, he must help two unwitting storage unit security guards quarantine it yet again—before its gruesome effects become irreversible.

“I am excited to add David to the growing list of authors that HarperCollins publishes globally,” said Brian Murray, President and CEO of HarperCollins Publishers. “Our teams have a proven track record of publishing blockbuster works, especially in conjunction with a film project. Cold Storage will surely be another success.”

“I am so thrilled to be working with David Koepp. I’ve been a fan of his cinematic talents for years, from Jurassic Park to Panic Room (not to mention The Paper and Death Becomes Her). To see those same skills applied to his first novel is nothing short of extraordinary. It’s such a vivid and addictive reading experience, full of action and pathos, as well as subtle and effective touches of humor,” said Zachary Wagman.

“What I love is the sheer propulsive force of the storytelling and the ease with which he establishes his characters,” said Daniel Halpern, publisher of Ecco.

The film rights to COLD STORAGE were acquired by Paramount Pictures, with Koepp and Gavin Polone set to produce. Koepp will be writing the screenplay as well.

David Koepp is a celebrated American screenwriter and director best known for his work on Jurassic Park, Spider-Man, War of the Worlds, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Mission: Impossible. His work on screen has grossed over $6 billion worldwide.

About HarperCollins HarperCollins Publishers is the second largest consumer book publisher in the world, with operations in 18 countries. With two hundred years of history and more than 120 branded imprints around the world, HarperCollins publishes approximately 10,000 new books every year in 17 languages, and has a print and digital catalog of more than 200,000 titles. Writing across dozens of genres, HarperCollins authors include winners of the Nobel Prize, the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Newbery and Caldecott Medals and the Man Booker Prize. HarperCollins, headquartered in New York, is a subsidiary of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) and can be visited online at corporate.HC.com.

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