Monday, April 12, 2010

TV NEWS: Smallville art for Upgrade - Brian Austin Green returns as Metallo!

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There are some awesome shots of Clark Kent and Metallo in the Fortress! Brian Austin Green returns as Metallo in this Friday’s episode of Smallville entitled “Upgrade.”


“SMALLVILLE” — (8:00-9:00 p.m. ET)
“Upgrade” (TV-PG, LV) (HDTV)

BRIAN AUSTIN GREEN RETURNS AS METALLO AND CLARK IS INFECTED WITH RED KRYPTONITE — Zod (Callum Blue) continues to pose as “The Blur” and asks Lois (Erica Durance) to investigate one of Tess’ (Cassidy Freeman) secret labs. An explosion rocks the lab, and Lois is rescued by John Corben (guest star Brian Austin Green) who was a subject of multiple experiments. While investigating the explosion, Clark (Tom Welling) is exposed to red kryptonite. And infected Clark takes Zod to the Fortress. Tess turns to Chloe (Allison Mack) for help and they send in Corben to stop Clark from revealing all his secrets. Mike Rohl directed the episode written by Andrew Landis & Julia Swift (#3X5268).

Smallville airs on Friday at 8pm EST.

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Photo: Marcel Williams/ The CW ©2010 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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COMIC NEWS: Red Fraggle to Make Live Appearance with Sam Humphries and Jeremy Love on Free Comic Book Day

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RED FRAGGLE™ MAKES LIVE APPEARANCE ON FREE COMIC BOOK DAY
TO CELEBRATE RELEASE OF ARCHAIA’S
‘MOUSE GUARD/FRAGGLE ROCK’ FLIP BOOK

WRITER SAM HUMPHRIES AND ARTIST JEREMY LOVE ALSO ON HAND TO SIGN COPIES FOR FANS



To celebrate the release of its widely anticipated Free Comic Book Day flip book featuring fan-favorite properties Mouse Guard and Fraggle Rock™, Archaia is excited to announce RED FRAGGLE will make a live appearance on Free Comic Book Day (May 1, 2010) at Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles, Calif. to lead a short sing-along of favorite Fraggle Classics, take pictures with fans and sign comic books. Red and world-renowned puppeteer, KAREN PRELL, appear courtesy of The Jim Henson Company, Lionsgate Home Entertainment, Archaia Entertainment and Meltdown Comics.

“This is such a nice treat for fans, and we couldn’t be happier to be able to work with the great folks at The Jim Henson Company, Lionsgate and Meltdown to make this possible,” said Archaia Marketing Manager Mel Caylo. “Karen and Red’s appearance at San Diego Comic-Con was highly anticipated and well attended, so we’re excited for them to come to Los Angeles and share their special magic in celebration of the release of our Free Comic Book Day issue.”

Archaia’s Mouse Guard/Fraggle Rock Free Comic Book Day flip book will feature a brand-new Fraggle Rock story by written by SAM HUMPHRIES (CBGB: The Comic Book) and drawn by Eisner Award-nominated artist JEREMY LOVE (Bayou). Humphries and Love will be on hand at Meltdown Comics with RED FRAGGLE to sign copies of the free comic for fans.

The pair join an already star-studded lineup between the covers of Archaia’s Free Comic Book Day flip book, which also features an original Mouse Guard story by David Petersen, and another never-before-seen Fraggle Rock story written by Nichol Ashworth and drawn by Jake Myler (Undertown).

In addition, Lionsgate Home Entertainment will display a collection of Fraggle Rock DVDs from the original series that started it all, including FRAGGLE ROCK: THE COMPLETE SERIES COLLECTION, which includes the entire award-winning series with over 47 hours of content on 20 discs, as well as FRAGGLE ROCK: THE ANIMATED SERIES, now available for the first time on DVD.

Free Comic Book Day is a single day—the first Saturday in May each year—when participating comic book shops across North America and around the world give away comic books absolutely FREE to anyone who comes into their stores. Fans at the Meltdown event will be able to sample some of the best talents and stories in the industry, free of charge!

Red Fraggle is one of the five main characters of the “Fraggle Rock” TV show, an award-winning television series launched by The Jim Henson Company in 1983 about an imaginary, colorful and fun world comprised of creatures called Fraggles, Doozers and Gorgs. The show ran for four seasons and became an international sensation. This global fan-favorite brand is as popular today as it was when it premiered more than 25 years ago with a robust consumer products plan featuring apparel, plush toys and even designer jewelry.

The fun starts at 11 a.m. local time on May 1, 2010 at Meltdown Comics (7522 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, Calif. 90046, 323-851-7223, www.meltcomics.com). Red Fraggle, Karen Prell, Sam Humphries and Jeremy Love will be ready to greet fans and sign autographs. As an added bonus, the fan-favorite Grilled Cheese Truck, a mobile kitchen that creates gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches, will set up outside of Meltdown Comics to sell its wares to fans during the Free Comic Book Day event!

In a few weeks, Archaia will announce additional Free Comic Book Day signings taking place all over the country. For more information on Free Comic Book Day, visit http://www.freecomicbookday.com.

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About The Jim Henson Company
The Jim Henson Company has remained an established leader in family entertainment for over 50 years and is recognized worldwide as an innovator in puppetry, animatronics and digital animation. Best known as creators of the world famous Muppets, Henson has received over 50 Emmy Awards and nine Grammy Awards. Recent credits include the Emmy®-nominated “Sid the Science Kid,” “Dinosaur Train,” “Wilson & Ditch: Digging America” and “Pajanimals.” Features include “The Dark Crystal,” “Labyrinth,” “MirrorMask,” and “Unstable Fables” and television productions include “Fraggle Rock” and the sci-fi cult series “Farscape.”

With additional locations in New York and London, The Jim Henson Company is headquartered in Los Angeles on the historic Charlie Chaplin lot, complete with soundstage and postproduction facilities. Independently owned and operated by the five adult children of founder Jim Henson, the Company is also home to Jim Henson’s Creature Shop™, a pre-eminent character-building and visual effects group with international film, television and advertising clients, as well as Henson Recording Studios, one of the music industry’s top recording facilities known for its world-class blend of state-of-the-art and vintage equipment.

The Company’s Henson Alternative brand recently launched the New York run of “Stuffed and Unstrung,” a live puppet improvisational show at the Union Square Theatre. www.henson.com

About Archaia

Archaia has built an unparalleled reputation for producing meaningful content that perpetually transforms minds. With a slate including the popular Eisner Award-winning title Mouse Guard, as well as Awakening, The Killer, Gunnerkrigg Court, Robotika, Killing Pickman, Artesia and the Publisher’s latest additions of Titanium Rain; The God Machine; Roddenberry Productions’ Days Missing; The Jim Henson Company library; and Mr. Murder Is Dead and Lucid with Before the Door Pictures, Archaia has become synonymous with quality content.

For more information on Archaia or any Archaia titles please visit www.Archaia.com. Archaia can also be found on Facebook (facebook.com/archaiacomics), MySpace (myspace.com/archaiacomics) and Twitter (twitter.com/archaiacomics).
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TV NEWS: Art of Supernatural's 100th episode!

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This Thursday is the episode “Point of No Return” AKA the 100th episode of Supernatural. Don’t miss it. Supernatural airs Thursday at 9pm EST.


100th EPISODE
“SUPERNATURAL” — (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET)
“Point of No Return” (TV-14, LV) (HDTV)

SUPERNATURAL’S 100TH EPISODE STUNS WITH AN OLD FRIEND AND A SACRIFICE — Dean (Jensen Ackles) begins to think the only way to stop Lucifer is to say yes to Michael, but the angels decide they don’t need him anymore. Dean, Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Castiel (Misha Collins) are horrified at the angels’ new game plan and take on Zachariah (guest star Kurt Fuller) to prevent an all out war on Earth. Meanwhile, a familiar face returns. Phil Sgrricia directed the episode written by Jeremy Carver (#518).

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Photo: David Gray/The CW ©2010 The CW Network, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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TOY NEWS: Watch out! Here comes another Iron Man! (Iron Man 2 Mark IV teaser)

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Following the well-received collectibles of Mark I, II and III from the first Iron Man movie, guess which is coming next?


After the launch of War Machine and Whiplash collectibles, here comes another powerful Iron Man from the sequel!
The long-anticipated Mark IV character is coming in his 1/6th scale collectible figurine!

Ready for preview? Teaser is available now! More photos are coming. Stay tuned!

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TOY NEWS: Hot Toys - Iron Man 2: 1/4th scale War Machine Collectible Bust

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Hot Toys is proud to present the 1/4th scale War Machine collectible bust from the Iron Man 2 movie. It is specially produced based on the image of the well-received character War Machine in the movie, which is presented in fine sculpture, highlighting the light-up functions and highly-detailed weapon.


The 1/4th scale movie-accurate War Machine collectible bust specially features:
- Iconic character War Machine from Iron Man 2 movie in approximately 1/4th scale in fine sculpture
- Approximately 9 inches / 23 cm tall
- LED-lighted eyes and heart (red light, battery operated)
- Shoulder-mounted gatling gun
- Metallic grey flat colored painting on armor
- Specially designed square-shaped stand supporting the bust and featuring the War Machine nameplate and movie logo

**Prototype shown, final product may be slightly different
**Battery not included, 3A batteries (3 pieces) are required

Release date: Q3, 2010

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© 2010 MVLFFLLC. TM & © 2010
Marvel Entertainment, LLC & subs.
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TOY NEWS: Shocker Toys @ Anaheim Comic Con with Indie Spotlight taking over the West Coast!

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Shocker Toys Indie Spotlight brand will be ready to throw down at the Wizard show!



Wizard World hits Anaheim April 16th -18th and Shocker Toys will be continuing their Wizard World tour in full force at Booth# 320 with new products showcasing and bringing big announcements, sneaks and exclusives to the event.

Shocker Toys Indie Spotlight brand will be ready to throw down at the Wizard show and the line has proved to be a huge demand on the West coast. Shocker Toys will have on hand MTV’s the Maxx Wizard Exclusive action figure with all painted highlights and his suit cast in translucent purple plastic. Also more details will be given on our Wizard Tour exclusive toys (The Maxx, Gone Mallows 2 pack, The Lazerman Mallow and a Grendel Hunter Rose 6” Indie Spotlight figure).

Also on hand for sale will be the full set of Indie Spotlight comic book heroes the 6” scale action figure line everyone is talking about featuring pulp heroes to weapon wielding ladies. Series1 consists of ShadowHawk, ShadowHawk Variant, SCUD, SOL, Kabuki, Katchoo and The Maxx. Each comes with extra hands, accessories and an Isz from the Maxx’s world. Along with Mallows the new 5" designer collectible sure to warm the hearts of any toy collector featured in blanks and licensed versions. And much, much more you can’t miss out on. Many new announcements will be made leading into San Diego Comic Con 2010 along the Wizard Tour which started with Toronto. So make sure to stop at the Shocker Toys booth #320 for more info.

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