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2017-08-29T06:43:50-07:00Evangeline Lilly is Sleek and Fierce in Wasp Costume

At the end of Ant-Man, we got a tease of Evangeline Lilly's alter-ego, Wasp, but not until now have we seen what she'll look like in costume. Frankly, we think she looks pretty great.

Via The Hollywood Reporter.

Evangeline Lilly‏ on Monday suited up to celebrate late comic book artist Jack Kirby's 100th birthday.

Lilly shared the first photo of herself wearing her Wasp costume for 2018's Ant-Man and the Wasp, in which she stars opposite Paul Rudd, who plays Ant-Man.

Kirby co-created Janet van Dyne (the original Wasp) along with Stan Lee back in 1963. Lilly plays Hope, the daughter of Janet van Dyne and Hank Pym (the original Ant-Man), and though her character was actually created by writer Tom DeFalco and artist Ron Frenz in 1999, like most things in the Marvel Cinematic Universe,...

Formed by five robotic lions, the mighty warrior known as Voltron returns after 10,000 years to protect the universe from evil. Explore the infinite reaches of space when Voltron: Legendary Defender debuts on Netflix, June 10. Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for this exciting new animated series. We also have new photos from the small screen event of the summer.

From days long ago, from uncharted regions of the universe comes the Netflix Original Series, Voltron: Legendary Defender! DreamWorks Animation reimagines one of the most popular fan-favorite shows of all time in this all-new comedic action-packed show from executive producer Joaquim Dos Santos (The Legend of Korra, Avatar: The Last Airbender) and co-executive producer Lauren Montgomery (The Legend of Korra).

Five unsuspecting teenagers, transported from Earth into the middle of a sprawling intergalactic war, become pilots for five robotic lions in the battle to protect the universe from evil. Only...

Mondo is excited to unveil the lineup of artists, panels and exhibitors for MondoCon 2015, taking place October 3rd - 4th at The Marchesa Hall & Theater in Austin, TX the weekend following Fantastic Fest.

The convention brings together unique guests from a variety of areas to celebrate film, music, art, and toys with the world's finest artists, designers, toy creators, directors, composers and more. This year, the convention will be taking advantage of additional exhibitor & event space in the neighboring Holiday Inn Midtown Conference Center.

Below, please find panel descriptions, a mind-blowing live score event, guests in attendance and a preview of Mondo items that will be at the convention including the Army of Darkness LP and a "Lil Mikey" collectible variant only available at MondoCon. Artwork available here.

Mondo Talk

Mondo Creative Directors discuss the creative process behind Mondo's work, showing how the team works with artists to arrive at final images.

Welcome back to our weekly look at the new podcasts available at our “partners in podcast crime” the GeekCast Radio Network. As usual here’s our weekly look at the podcasts from Gcrn, This Week in Geek and the latest toy review videos from Baltmatrix, with descriptions and links to each and every podcast for your audio/visual pleasure!

Interviews – Imari Williams

In the first Roll To The Rescue Bots interview, PecanCtMichael talks with Imari Williams. TFG1Mike interjects every now and then, but this is essentially Michael Wilson’s interview. We talk about Imari’s being a slight newbie in Voice Acting, TRansformers Rescue Bots, Kevin Michael Richardson stories, Steve Blum stories, and so much more. Towards the end of the interview we just ended up talking with Imari. Tangents are good people! So check out this first Roll To The Rescue Bots interview, brought to you by All Things Transformers.

Batman-News spotted a Tweet from actor, Christopher Judge in which he revealed his involvement in 'The Dark Knight Rises.' From his official Twitter account, he Tweeted: "I can finally confirm: I have been cast in 'The Dark Knight Rises'." He didn't accompany the announcement with whom he will be playing in the film. A veteran of both live-action and animation, he has had roles in such television shows as 'MacGyver,' 'The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,' 'Action Man,' 'Andromeda,' 'X-Men: Evolution,' 'He-Man and the Masters of the Universe,' 'Stargate Sg-1,' and 'Stargate: Atlantis.' Not quite as established in film,. Judge has appeared in 'Out of Line,' 'Snow Dogs,' 'Stargate: The Ark of Truth,' 'Stargate: Continuum,' and 'Dead Space: Aftermath.' The teaser trailer for 'The Dark Knight Rises'...

Christopher Judge is in London today for the launch of Dead Space: Aftermath, the new animated feature from Manga/Anchor Bay in association with EA Games.

It arrives on DVD and Blu-ray on Monday, January 24. 

Judge is perhaps known best for his role as Teal'c in Stargate Sg-1, which ran for ten seasons and led to numerous spin-off shows and TV movies.

The 46-year-old voices Nick Kuttner in Dead Space: Aftermath. Peter Woodward (Babylon 5, The Patriot, Stargate: Atlantis, Fringe, Batman: The Brave and the Bold) voices the Lead Interrogator.

Prior to Dead Space: Aftermath, Christopher portrayed Magneto in the animated series X-Men: Evolution (2000-2003) and Zodak in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (2003-2004).  Earlier in his career, he appeared in 21 Jump Street, House Party 2 and Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.

Part of the trans-media Dead Space franchise, Aftermath follows up on the first-responder mission to Aegis VII...

Here’s a list of some of the new movie and TV shows coming to DVD and Blu-ray this week that we’re looking forward to seeing. Also, there’s some classic, and not-so-classic, movies hitting Blu-ray for the first time this week as well.

Of all the new releases, we’re particularly interested in the Blu-ray versions of movies and TV shows like The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Monsters vs. Aliens, The Guild Seasons 1 & 2, Superman/Batman: Public Enemies and Life on Mars: The Complete Series. There’s also a new DVD box set that made us laugh out loud in its awesomeness: Cagney & Lacey: The Menopause Years. Yes, that’s real.

Check them out.

Movies

Away We Go ~ John Krasinski (DVD and Blu-ray)

The Dark Crystal ~ Jim Henson (Blu-ray)

The Girlfriend Experience ~ Sasha Grey (DVD and Blu-ray)

Labyrinth ~ David Bowie (Blu-ray)

The Lost and Found Family ~ Lucas Till,...

Veteran comics artist Ron Frenz was honoured with a lifetime achievement award by the ToonSeum at its annual fundraiser. Frenz is best known for his art on Amazing Spider-Man and Superman in the 1980s. He was responsible for the redesign of Superman's costume when DC Comics decided to change his powers. He has also worked on Ka-Zar, The Mighty Thor, Thunderstrike, A-Next and He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe. He is currently working on Spider-Girl and The Black (more)...

LONDON -- U.K. children's programming producer Entertainment Rights said Tuesday that it has extended its DVD distribution deal with BCI for the U.S. and Canada. BCI will now handle the DVD release of all of ER's animation catalog, which includes about 230 hours of programming including She-Ra: Princess of Power, Ghostbusters, The New Adventures of Zorro, The Lone Ranger and several live action series like The Secret of Isis. A Navarre Corp. company, BCI recently handled the U.S. DVD release of ER's He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

LONDON -- Entertainment Rights reported Thursday that it has cut pretax losses by more than half to £417,000 ($754,842) on sales of £29.5 million ($53.4 million), compared with a year-earlier loss of £1.14 million on sales of £24 million. The firm also unveiled plans to move aggressively into the U.S. market through the purchase for £11 million ($19.9 million) of Hallmark's 500-hour Filmation library of animated children's series, including He-Man, The Lone Ranger, She-Ra, Ghostbusters, My Favorite Martian and other classics from the 1970s and 1980s.