Watchmaker Romain-Jerome has announced a new Batman-themed watch that looks like something Bruce Wayne would wear to the club. The watch, which is based on R-J’s Skylab design, features a meticulous reproduction of a map of Gotham City cut into the rear sapphire glass and a glowing Bat Signal that lights up in the dark and/or in times of danger. R-J is famous for making high-end watches… Read More
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Original Content podcast: Marvel’s ‘Runaways’ looks like an all-around good time
Lord of the Rings as a streaming TV series? It might happen. Also, Netflix is releasing a comic book with Mark Millar, and Harry Potter is getting its very own Pokémon Go. Plus, TechCrunch’s Darrell Etherington and Anthony Ha enjoy an early look at Marvel’s Runaways, coming to Hulu later this month. We also get into some off-topic chat around the Now You See Me film franchise,… Read More
‘Thor: Ragnarok’ set a box office record for Marvel – it made that much money
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‘Thor: Ragnarok’ broke records for Marvel— coming in at $121 million its opening weekend, domestically. The Disney-owned studio is the first to produce 3 $100 million-plus domestic openings in one calendar year— following the success of “Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2” and “Spider-Man: Homecoming.” Read more…
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Netflix is publishing comics now because streaming sites will inevitably own us all
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Netflix may be known for urging us to stare at a screen for hours on end, but the streaming giant wants you to gaze at paper, too – with its first-ever comic book.
The original book, called The Magic Order, will be created by comics legend Mark Millar, who’s responsible for popular titles like Kick-Ass and Kingsman: The Secret Service.
When Netflix acquired Millar’s company, Millarwold, back in August it seemed like the deal would start a new kind of collaboration for Netflix’s original series and reputable creators in other industries. But this announcement means that Netflix is interested in creating different kinds of content all together. Read more…
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View More Netflix is publishing comics now because streaming sites will inevitably own us allNetflix’s first Mark Millar project is a comic called ‘The Magic Order’
Netflix is launching its first project with Wanted creator Mark Millar, since acquiring Millarworld, the publishing company he owns and operates with Lucy Millar. The plan is to develop TV, films and even kids’ shows based on Millarworld properties, but the first thing Netflix will release from the team is actually a comic, to be sold both in digital and print formats, called… Read More
An Avengers, X-Men and Fantastic Four reunion is all we want from a Disney/Fox deal
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Much ink will be spilled about the potential financial and cultural impact of Disney buying out 21st Century Fox – an impossibly complex proposal that’s reportedly still in whisper stages – but if you’re anything like us, your mind immediately went there.
Not to surging stock prices. Nor federal regulatory hurdles. Not even the inevitable implosion of Western popular culture into a black hole of corporate monolithism.
Nope, it went right here:
Round 1, FIGHT
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Yes, true believers, we just want our Avengers and X-Men (and Fantastic Four) together on the big screen. Is that too much to ask? Read more…
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View More An Avengers, X-Men and Fantastic Four reunion is all we want from a Disney/Fox dealDoctor dressed like The Joker delivers a baby and nightmares
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On a dark night — err, knight? — a baby entered the world into the hands of the Joker.
Dr. Paul Locus, an OB at the Henry County Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, didn’t let work impede his Halloween fun. Locus had dressed like the Heath Ledger version of The Joker, and opted to stay in character to deliver Justin and Brittany Selph’s baby daughter, Oaklyn.
We’ll just assume he said “why so serious” once the baby started crying because if you’re going full-on Halloween you have to go full-on.
Sure, little Oaklyn could grow up with a petrifying anxiety about scalpel-wielding, green-haired comic book villains, but who doesn’t suffer that fear really? Read more…
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View More Doctor dressed like The Joker delivers a baby and nightmaresAmazon is giving away Thor graphic novels and nobody noticed
Considering the ridiculous amount of money you may be about to drop on watching Thor: Ragnorak in IMAX 3D, it’s about time you got something for nothing. For one day only, Amazon has you covered.
In a little-noticed “Thorsday” promotion, part of a wi…
Even these rats can’t stomach pumpkin spice
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The season is so thick with pumpkin spice flavored-everything, you can almost taste it in the air.
It’s in coffee, tea, Jamba Juice, Cheerios, Cliff bars, Oreos and dozens of other abominations.
Where does all that pumpkin spice flavoring end up? We have at least one disgusting idea.
Blech! What’s wrong? Pumpkin spice.
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The season is so thick with pumpkin spice flavored-everything, you can almost taste it in the air.
It’s in coffee, tea, Jamba Juice, Cheerios, Cliff bars, Oreos and dozens of other abominations.
Where does all that pumpkin spice flavoring end up? We have at least one disgusting idea.
Blech! What’s wrong? Pumpkin spice.
Image: Lance Ulanoff/mashable
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