Monday, March 18, 2019

Image Comics from Diamond Distributors for March 20, 2019

IMAGE COMICS

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Marvel Comics from Diamond Distributors for March 20, 2019

MARVEL COMICS

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Comic Books, Magazines and Books from Diamond Distributors for March 20, 2019

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS

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VIZ Media Adds Titles to Manga Catalog, Including New Edition of "The Drifting Classroom"

VIZ MEDIA EXPANDS ITS MANGA CATALOG WITH FOUR NEW TITLES

Forthcoming Series Include THE DRIFTING CLASSROOM: PERFECT EDITION, AN INCURABLE CASE OF LOVE, A TROPICAL FISH YEARNS FOR SNOW, And JUJUTSU KAISEN

San Francisco, CA – VIZ Media announced a variety of new publishing acquisitions planned for fall and winter release during the company’s panel event held this past weekend at Seattle’s Emerald City Comic Con.

The latest titles to join VIZ Media’s manga catalog include THE DRIFTING CLASSROOM: PERFECT EDITION, an all-new deluxe edition of the acclaimed horror classic. Also announced was AN INCURABLE CASE OF LOVE, a mature romantic comedy from the creator of HAPPY MARRIAGE?!, Maki Enjoji, and A TROPICAL FISH YEARNS FOR SNOW, a coming-of-age series about a romance that blossoms between a pair of high school girls. Lastly, JUJUTSU KAISEN delivers a world of demons and supernatural action from SHONEN JUMP.

Additional information on each of these titles will be announced in the near future.

THE DRIFTING CLASSROOM: PERFECT EDITION, By Kazuo Umezz
In the aftermath of a massive earthquake, a Japanese elementary school is transported into a hostile world where the students and teachers are besieged by terrifying creatures and beset by madness. The PERFECT EDITION features an all-new translation with new content and revised story elements in a deluxe hardcover design that reestablishes Kazuo Umezz’s THE DRIFTING CLASSROOM as a timeless horror classic.

AN INCURABLE CASE OF LOVE, By Maki Enjoji
After witnessing a handsome and charming young doctor saving a stranger’s life five years ago, Nanase Sakura trained to become a nurse. But when she meets the doctor again and they start working together, she finds Kairi Tendo to be nothing like the man she imagined him to be!

A TROPICAL FISH YEARNS FOR SNOW, By Makoto Hagino
When Konatsu Amano’s dad gets a job oversees, she has to leave the Tokyo life she’s always known and relocate to a small seaside town to stay with her aunt. The move also means starting a new school surrounded by complete strangers, and it’s a lot to handle for a shy, anxious girl who has trouble with change. But on the first day of classes, Konatsu meets an older girl who instantly makes her want to form a connection. Konatsu’s introverted tendencies are hard to overcome, but maybe she’s found something worth coming out of her shell for?

JUJUTSU KAISEN, By Gege Akutami
In a world where demons feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryoma Sukuna were lost and scattered about. Should any demon consume Sukuna’s body parts, the power they gain could destroy the world as we know it. Fortunately, there exists a mysterious school of Jujutsu Sorcerers who exist to protect the precarious existence of the living from the undead!

For additional information on anime and manga titles distributed and published by VIZ Media, please visit viz.com.


About VIZ Media, LLC
Established in 1986, VIZ Media is the premier company in the fields of publishing, animation distribution, and global entertainment licensing. Along with its popular SHONEN JUMP brand and blockbuster properties like NARUTO, DRAGON BALL, SAILOR MOON, and POKÉMON, VIZ Media offers an extensive library of titles and original content in a wide variety of book and video formats, as well as through official licensed merchandise. Owned by three of Japan's largest publishing and entertainment companies, Shogakukan Inc., Shueisha Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media is dedicated to bringing the best titles for English-speaking audiences worldwide.

Learn more about VIZ Media and its properties at viz.com.

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Sunday, March 17, 2019

Disney and 21st Century Fox Announce Stockholder Election Results

Disney and 21st Century Fox Announce Preliminary Election Results in Connection with Acquisition

BURBANK, Calif. & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Walt Disney Company (“Disney”) (NYSE: DIS) and Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. (“21CF”) (NASDAQ: FOXA, FOX), in connection with Disney’s acquisition of 21CF (the “Acquisition”), announced Friday, March 15th, 2019 the preliminary results of the elections made by 21CF stockholders regarding the form of consideration they wish to receive in exchange for their shares of 21CF common stock in the Acquisition in accordance with the Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"), dated as of June 20, 2018, by and among 21CF, Disney, TWDC Holdco 613 Corp., the holding company that will own both Disney and 21CF following the completion of the transactions contemplated thereby (“New Disney”), and certain of Disney’s other subsidiaries.

As previously announced, the deadline for 21CF stockholders to have made an election as to the form of consideration they wish to receive in connection with the Acquisition was 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on March 14, 2019 (the “Election Deadline”).

Based on available information as of the Election Deadline, the preliminary election results were:

    Holders of 959,919,192 shares of 21CF common stock, or approximately 51.57% of outstanding shares, elected to receive cash;
    Holders of 682,198,198 shares of 21CF common stock, or approximately 36.65% of outstanding shares, elected to receive shares of common stock of New Disney; and
    Holders of 219,388,371 shares of 21CF common stock, or approximately 11.79% of outstanding shares, did not make an election.

The preliminary election results are subject to a notice of guaranteed delivery procedure. The final election results may therefore differ materially from the preliminary election results.

After the final election results are determined, the allocation of the consideration in the Acquisition will be calculated using the formulas set forth in the Merger Agreement. Based on the preliminary election results and the proration and adjustment procedures set forth in the Merger Agreement, holders of 21CF shares that elected to receive cash for their 21CF shares are expected to receive a portion of their consideration in shares of New Disney common stock.

As previously announced, Disney and 21CF anticipate the effectiveness of the Acquisition to occur at 12:02 a.m. Eastern Time on March 20, 2019.

About Disney

Disney, together with its subsidiaries, is a diversified worldwide entertainment company with operations in four business segments: Media Networks; Parks, Experiences and Products; Studio Entertainment; and Direct-to-Consumer and International. Disney is a Dow 30 company and had annual revenues of $59.4 billion in its Fiscal Year 2018. For more information about Disney, please visit www.thewaltdisneycompany.com.

About 21CF

21CF is one of the world's leading portfolios of cable, broadcast, film, pay TV and satellite assets spanning six continents across the globe. Reaching more than 1.8 billion subscribers in approximately 50 local languages every day, 21CF is home to a global portfolio of cable and broadcasting networks and properties, including FOX, FX, FXX, FXM, FS1, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, FOX Sports, Fox Sports Network, National Geographic Channels, Star India, 28 local television stations in the U.S. and more than 350 international channels; film studio Twentieth Century Fox Film; and television production studios Twentieth Century Fox Television and a 50 per cent ownership interest in Endemol Shine Group. For more information about 21CF, please visit www.21CF.com.

Cautionary Notes on Forward Looking Statements

This communication contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In this context, forward-looking statements often address expected future business and financial performance and financial condition, and often contain words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “seek,” “see,” “will,” “would,” “target,” similar expressions, and variations or negatives of these words. Forward-looking statements by their nature address matters that are, to different degrees, uncertain, such as statements about the consummation of the proposed transaction and the anticipated benefits thereof. These and other forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements, including the failure to consummate the proposed transaction or to make any filing or take other action required to consummate such transaction in a timely matter or at all, are not guarantees of future results and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. Important risk factors that may cause such a difference include, but are not limited to: (i) the completion of the proposed transaction may not occur on the anticipated terms and timing or at all, (ii) the risk that a condition to closing of the transaction may not be satisfied (including, but not limited to, the receipt of legal opinions with respect to the treatment of certain aspects of the transaction under U.S. and Australian tax laws), (iii) the risk that the anticipated tax treatment of the transaction is not obtained, (iv) an increase or decrease in the anticipated transaction taxes (including due to any changes to tax legislation and its impact on tax rates (and the timing of the effectiveness of any such changes)) to be paid in connection with the separation prior to the closing of the transactions could cause an adjustment to the number of shares of New Disney, a new holding company that will become a parent of both Disney and 21CF, and the cash amount to be paid to holders of 21CF’s common stock, (v) potential litigation relating to the proposed transaction that could be instituted against 21CF, Disney or their respective directors, (vi) potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships resulting from the announcement or completion of the transactions, (vii) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and/or other provisions that may be triggered by the proposed transaction, (viii) negative effects of the announcement or the consummation of the transaction on the market price of 21CF’s common stock, Disney’s common stock and/or New Disney’s common stock, (ix) risks relating to the value of the New Disney shares to be issued in the transaction and uncertainty as to the long-term value of New Disney’s common stock, (x) the potential impact of unforeseen liabilities, future capital expenditures, revenues, expenses, earnings, synergies, economic performance, indebtedness, financial condition and losses on the future prospects, business and management strategies for the management, expansion and growth of New Disney’s operations after the consummation of the transaction and on the other conditions to the completion of the Acquisition, (xi) the risks and costs associated with, and the ability of New Disney to, integrate the businesses successfully and to achieve anticipated synergies, (xii) the risk that disruptions from the proposed transaction will harm 21CF’s or Disney’s business, including current plans and operations, (xiii) the ability of 21CF or Disney to retain and hire key personnel, (xiv) adverse legal and regulatory developments or determinations or adverse changes in, or interpretations of, U.S., Australian or other foreign laws, rules or regulations, including tax laws, rules and regulations, that could delay or prevent completion of the proposed transactions or cause the terms of the proposed transactions to be modified, (xv) the ability of the parties to obtain or consummate financing or refinancing related to the transactions upon acceptable terms or at all, (xvi) as well as management’s response to any of the aforementioned factors.

These risks, as well as other risks associated with the proposed transactions, are more fully discussed in the updated joint proxy statement/prospectus included in the registration statement on Form S-4 of New Disney that was filed in connection with the transaction, and in the information statement included in the registration statement on Form 10 with respect to Fox Corporation. While the list of factors presented here and in the updated joint proxy statement/prospectus included in the Form S-4 and in the information statement included in the Form 10 of Fox Corporation are considered representative, no such list should be considered to be a complete statement of all potential risks and uncertainties. Unlisted factors may present significant additional obstacles to the realization of forward looking statements. Consequences of material differences in results as compared with those anticipated in the forward-looking statements could include, among other things, business disruption, operational problems, financial loss, legal liability to third parties and similar risks, any of which could have a material adverse effect on 21CF’s, Disney’s, New Disney’s or Fox Corporation’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations, credit rating or liquidity. Neither 21CF, Disney, New Disney nor Fox Corporation assume any obligation to publicly provide revisions or updates to any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, should circumstances change, except as otherwise required by securities and other applicable laws.

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Friday, March 15, 2019

Negromancer News Bits and Bites from March 10th to 16th, 2019 - Update #22

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COMICS-FILM - From Newsarama:  James Gunn makes a public statement in the wake of Disney rehiring him to direct Marvel's "Guardians of the Galaxy 3," after firing him last year over bullshit.

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TELEVISION - From Variety:  HBO announces the release dates and episode lengths of the final six episodes of its Emmy-winning, "Game of Thrones."

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SCANDAL - From USAToday:  In the wake of her involvement in the "college admissions scandal," Lori Loughlin finds herself fired by Hallmark's parent company, Crown Media.  So she is gone from her TV series, "When Calls the Heart," and the Hallmark Mystery and Movies series, "Garage Sale Mysteries."

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BLM - From TheVerge:  Ramsey Orta, who filmed the police killing of his friend, Eric Garner, fears for his life in prison.

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SCANDAL - From YahooPeople:  Chicago police rushed R. Kelly's Trump Tower condo in Chicago for fear that his girlfriends were engaged in a suicide pact.  Kelly is facing 10 criminal counts related to sexual abuse.

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DISNEY - From YahooEntertainment:  Will Smith wins new "Aladdin" trailer, the first full-length trailer for the upcoming live-action version of the classic Disney animated film.

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CRIME-CELEBRITY:  From CNN:  Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated actress Felicity Huffman and actress Lori Loughlin are among about 50 people caught in an FBI sting, "Operation Varsity Blues," concerning college admissions fraud by wealthy and famous people.

From Variety:  Award-winning playwright and filmmaker, David Mamet, pens an open letter of sympathy for his friends Felicity Huffman and her husband, William H. Macy.

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CULTURE - From Newsweek:  President Donald Trump appeals to men with fragile masculinity, two researchers from New York University wrote in analysis...

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DISNEY - From Deadline:  Disney has set March 20, 2019 as the closing date for its acquisition of 21st Century Fox.

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DISNEY - From YahooEntertainment:  The live-action remake of "Dumbo" may be the ultimate Tim Burton movie.

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MOVIES - From BleedingCool:  Their is a trailer for Universal's reboot of its "Doom" film franchise, a straight-to-video film entitled "Doom: Annihilation."  Universal's previous attempt at turning the venerable video game into a film franchise was the 2005 film, "Doom."

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MOVIES - From Variety:  Tom Holland ("Spider-Man: Homecoming") is in talks to star in Joe and Anthony Russo's film, "Cherry."

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TELEVISION - From Variety:  Lucy Hale to star in the pilot for The CW's "Riverdale" spinoff, "Katy Keene."

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STREAMING - From Deadline:  Taika Waititi ("Thor: Ragnarok") is working on Apple's pilot for a TV series based on Terry Gilliam's 1981 film, "Time Bandits."

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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo:  The winner of the 3/8 to 3/10/2019 weekend box office is Marvel Studios' "Captain Marvel" with an estimated total of 153 million dollars.

From YahooEntertainment:  "Captain Marvel" has an international box office debut of 302 million dollars.

From Deadline:  "Captain Marvel" is pounding the Internet trolls who attempted a boycott of the film by telling moviegoers to see "Alita: Battle Angel" instead.  The film's weekend box office debut is trending towards $155 to 160 million domestically.

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SPORTS - From Bloomberg:  Rapper-actor-businessman Ice Cube is seeking to buy the regional sports networks that the Walt Disney Company is selling.

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POLITICS-SCANDAL - From NYDailyNews:  Fox News harpy/personality, Jeanine Piro, apparently had a murder investigation between her legs.

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POLITICS-SCANDAL - From USAToday:  Chinese-American ho-house queen, "Cindy" Li Yang, offers access to President Trump and his family at Mar-A-Lago.

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POLITICS - From RSN:  In addition to plagiarism, Joe Biden has a history of making racist, anti-Black statements.

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SCANDAL - From THR:  A grand jury brings 16 felony counts against actor Jussie Smollet ("Empire") who faked a hate crime.


Chris Nolan's "The Dark Knight" Trilogy Returning to IMAX

Christopher Nolan’s Blockbuster “Dark Knight” Trilogy Returns to the Big Screen for Special Five-City IMAX 70mm Film Engagement

Spend All Day with the Dark Knight in Celebration of Batman’s 80th Anniversary, Including All Three Films in 70mm IMAX® and a Discussion with the Filmmaker

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Warner Bros. Pictures is returning all three films in Christopher Nolan’s $2.5 billion “Dark Knight” Trilogy to the biggest of the big screens—IMAX® film—in honor of the first-ever appearance of Batman in the comics. The announcement was made by Jeff Goldstein, President, Domestic Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures.

    “Christopher Nolan broke new ground with the ‘Dark Knight’ Trilogy, and this is a rare chance for today’s audiences to experience these extraordinary films as they were meant to be seen. To have the added privilege of hearing Chris’s insights firsthand makes this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

First, on Saturday, March 30,2019, the films—2005’s “Batman Begins,” 2008’s “The Dark Knight” and 2012’s “The Dark Knight Rises”—will screen back-to-back at the Universal Cinema AMC at CityWalk Hollywood, California. During an interlude between the second and third films, Nolan will join the audience for a moderated Q&A discussion on the movies.

Then on April 13, 2019, the Trilogy will screen at AMC Lincoln Square in New York City and AMC Metreon in San Francisco, followed by Cinesphere Ontario Place, Toronto, and IMAX Theatre at the Indiana State Museum, Indianapolis, on April 20, 2019 each accompanied by the footage of Nolan’s Los Angeles appearance.

In all five cities, all three movies will be seen in the director’s preferred format, IMAX® 70mm, providing an all-encompassing moviegoing experience. In fact, it was Nolan who, with “The Dark Knight,” was the first filmmaker to shoot the action sequences of a major feature film with IMAX® cameras, revolutionizing the integration of IMAX and standard formats. He again utilized IMAX cameras even more extensively in “The Dark Knight Rises.”

Goldstein stated, “Christopher Nolan broke new ground with the ‘Dark Knight’ Trilogy, and this is a rare chance for today’s audiences to experience these extraordinary films as they were meant to be seen. To have the added privilege of hearing Chris’s insights firsthand makes this a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

Tickets for all events will go on sale beginning Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at 9 a.m. PDT, and moviegoers who acquire tickets for all three films will receive a lanyard and special “Dark Knight” Trilogy collectible.

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