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Thursday, March 12, 2009

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Sony Pictures Entertainment to Launch Summer, 2011 with Release of SPIDER-MAN 4 (May 6, 2011)

Marvel Studios Presents Continuous Story Arc on the Road to The Avengers with New Release Dates for THOR (June 17, 2011), CAPTAIN AMERICA (July 22, 2011) and THE AVENGERS (May 4, 2012)

New York, New York – March 12, 2009 – Paving the way for the production and release of its multi-character superhero film, THE AVENGERS, Marvel Entertainment, Inc. (NYSE: MVL), announced today an adjusted release pipeline for its self-produced feature film properties that reflects the first time individual Super Hero characters and story arcs will be inter-woven and culminate in a multi-character motion picture. Separately, Marvel Studios confirmed today that Sony Pictures Entertainment will release SPIDER-MAN 4 on May 6, 2011. Additionally, Marvel Studios has revised the release dates for THOR and CAPTAIN AMERICA as part of its release strategy for an uninterrupted road to THE AVENGERS, now debuting May 4, 2012.

A Marvel character-based film will now launch the summer box office season for three years in a row, from 2010 through 2012.

“This new schedule strongly sequences Marvel’s movie debut dates, big screen character introductions and momentum. It maximizes the visibility of our single character-focused films, leading to the highly anticipated release of the multi-character THE AVENGERS film in 2012,” said David Maisel, Chairman, Marvel Studios.

Sony Pictures’ and Marvel Studios’ SPIDER-MAN 4 is slated for May 6, 2011. To date, all three motion pictures in the phenomenally successful SPIDER-MAN franchise have generated nearly $2.5 billion worldwide theatrically.

Below is Marvel Studios’ 2010-2012 updated release schedule for its slate of self-produced and financed feature films:

Marvel Studios Feature Film Pipeline

Film/Character Prior Release Date Current Release Date

IRON MAN 2 May 7, 2010 May 7, 2010

THOR July 16, 2010 June 17, 2011

THE FIRST AVENGER: CAPTAIN AMERICA May 6, 2011 July 22, 2011

THE AVENGERS July 15, 2011 May 4, 2012

The release date for IRON MAN 2 remains unchanged. IRON MAN 2 is the sequel to the blockbuster film, IRON MAN, which has grossed nearly $600 million worldwide.

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Wolverine, The Most Legendary Of All X-Men, Takes The Lead In Reuniting The World’s Most Unstoppable Heroes When The All New Animated Series Comes To DVD For The First Time!

Street Date: 4/21/09
Order Date: 3/25/09
DVD SRP: $14.98

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
This April, Marvel Animation and Lionsgate team up to unveil the first DVD release of the all-new animated series Wolverine And The X-Men. In the debut release, Wolverine And The X-Men: Heroes Return Trilogy, the world has spiraled out of control and it’s up to Wolverine to reunite the broken heroes formerly known as the X-Men to prevent the world’s destruction and save the future. The trilogy includes the first three-story arc of the Nicktoons series that began broadcasting regularly on January 23, 2009. The DVD is loaded with special features that include audio commentaries, a featurette and character profiles and will be encased in an embossed O-Card. Wolverine And The X-Men: Heroes Return Trilogy will appeal to fans of all ages when it becomes available on DVD on April 21, 2009 for the suggested retail price of $14.98.

With 45 years of best selling comic books, a massive fan base spanning all ages and three feature films grossing over one billion dollars at the box office, the franchise is a proven phenomenon. Wolverine And The X-Men: Heroes Return Trilogy will be released just before the highly anticipated new Fox summer blockbuster live-action film X-Men Origins: Wolverine starring Hugh Jackman.

SYNOPSIS
In the late 20th century, mankind began to change. Suddenly, teenagers developed incredible abilities that science classified as the next stage in human evolution. In response, Professor Charles Xavier created The Institute for Gifted Youngsters so the young “mutants” could learn to control their uncanny abilities and live in harmony with the non-mutant members of society. From then on, Xavier’s students – the X-Men – intervened to protect the peace until a mysterious explosion devastated Xavier’s school. Leaderless and without direction, the X-Men disbanded and the man known as Wolverine struck out on his own.

One year later, the once fiercely independent Wolverine must reunite the X-Men to prevent a horrible vision of the future where the X-Men have given up on Xavier’s mission and the world has fallen into chaos. With great tragedy in their past and their future, Wolverine must lead Xavier’s disillusioned heroes against the forces of fate and destiny. Only together can the X-Men steer the course of history away from catastrophe and save us all.

SPECIAL FEATURES*
· Character Profiles: Wolverine and the X-Men
· “Making of Wolverine and the X-Men” featurette
· Audio commentary with Supervising Producer Craig Kyle and Head Writer Greg Johnson
· Audio commentary with Lead Director Boyd Kirkland and Director Steven Gordon
· “Nicktoons Network Going InScene” Wolverine and the X-Men
*special features subject to change

PROGRAM INFORMATION
Year of Production: 2009
Title Copyright: MARVEL, Wolverine, The X-Men, and all related titles, logos, characters and the distinctive likenesses thereof are the trademarks of Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Wolverine and the X-Men animated series and images: © 2008 Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries. Licensed by Marvel Characters B.V. All rights reserved. http://www.marvel.com/
Nicktoons: TM 2008 Viacom International Inc.. LIONSGATE: TM & © 2009 Lions Gate Entertainment. All rights reserved.
Type: DVD Premiere
Rating: Not Rated
Genre: Television, Animation, Action, Adventure
Closed Captioned: English Closed Captioned
Subtitles: English and Spanish
Format: Widescreen
Feature Run Time: Approximately 68 minutes
DVD Audio Status: English and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
Website: http://www.areyouamutant.com/

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Sir! The Cylons are Taking Massive Damage!

The Battle Damaged Cylon Centurion two-pack from Diamond Select Toys includes two of Battlestar Galactica's deadliest machines fresh from the battlefield with the damage to prove it! Each seven-inch Cylon Centurion features all-new sculpted battle damage, multiple points of articulation and interchangeable hands - all combining to deliver the coolest killing machines in the frakkin' universe!

Limited to 1,000 sets, head over to Action Figure Xpress now and place your pre-order before it's too late! Expect to see the menacing Battle Damaged Cylon Centurion two-pack invading your collection this April!

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Marvel Entertainment launched a brand new online casual game today based on the upcoming “Iron Man: Armored Adventures” animated series on Nicktoons. The game, named Iron Man Armored Popper, is available to be played now at MarvelKids.com [http://marvelkids.marvel.com/games/Iron_Man_Armored_Popper]

Iron Man Armored Popper is a challenging, fun, puzzle type game that uses Iron Man's repulsor beams to knock down his enemies and clear each stage in this wildly entertaining game. Defeat the likes of Mandarin, Madame Masque, Whiplash, Count Nefaria and more—and gain new powers while doing it!

Iron Man Armored Popper joins a slate of five other online casual games already launched on MarvelKids.com including Wolverine MRD Escape, Iron Man Flight Test, Hulk Central Smashdown, Iron Man Armory Assault and Hulk Bad Altitude. All six casual games are currently available to play free of charge on MarvelKids.com.

“Iron Man: Armored Adventures” is the second all-new animated series produced by Marvel Animation. The series is set to air on Nicktoons on April 24, 2009. It follows the widely successful “Wolverine and the X-Men” series which premiered on the Nicktoons Network in January.

Head over to MarvelKids.com [http://marvelkids.marvel.com/games/Iron_Man_Armored_Popper] and help Iron Man defend the world from evil!

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News from Toy Guru:

Please note that the Guardian figure will indeed be the Classic Guardian and not the modern Guardian as shown at NYCC and in Toy Fare. (this was due to the fact that we did not have tooling available to do both and vintage version was farther along in the process).

Also note that we will have a second variant of Wildcat but have not confirmed what that is yet.

Finally, we are working very hard on getting the MattyCollector Facebook page back up and running. There were a few one-time-only problems but we are working these out with Facebook right now and hope to either restore the original page or get a new permanent page up by the end of the week. We did want to announce that the DCUC Ultraman and Alex Luthor 2 pack will go on sale April 15th and the JLU LOSH pack will go on sale May 15th.

Faker will be on sale this Tuesday March 16th and will be limited to 4 per person due to his availability at NYCC.

Thank so much, please feel free to let me know if there are any other pressing questions from fans we can answer until we get the Facebook page back up

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Acclaimed creative team, writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and artist Mike Perkins, reunite for the highly anticipated The Stand: American Nightmares #1, on sale TODAY! Lauded for their collaboration on the acclaimed series The Stand: Captain Trips, this fan-favorite team returns with their second arc to their adaptation of Stephen King’s seminal novel The Stand! Randall Flagg continues his journey amidst the ruins and destruction that surrounds him. He travels through the devastated landscape of America while the few survivors of the deadly super flu, Captain Trips, fight for their survival. Featuring variant covers from superstars Lee Bermejo (The Stand: Captain Trips) and David Finch (Ultimatum), this is the issue you can’t miss!

Critics are raving about the creative team behind The Stand: Captain Trips:

“Aguirre-Sacasa deserves a lot of credit for so aptly weaving various chapters together into a cohesive narrative. The writer has covered a lot of ground in a short time, and I'm not sure there has ever been a point where the comic has come up lacking.” Jesse Schedeen, IGN.Com

“Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa does such a phenomenal job capturing the tone and the spirit of the book it’s hard to believe King isn't whispering in his ear as he writes the scripts. The art by Mike Perkins and the coloring by Laura Martin could not fit the story better if they tried.” Jeff Dixon, iFanboy.com

Pick up The Stand: American Nightmares #1 – in stores TODAY!

For more on The Stand, please visit www.marvel.com/thestand or www.marvel.com/thestand.

The Stand: Captain Trips Premiere HC is also on-sale today, exclusively at comic shops and online comics retailers.

Published by arrangement with The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc. This graphic novel is produced under license from The Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group and Stephen King..

THE STAND: AMERICAN NIGHTMARES #1 (OF 5) (JAN092439)
THE STAND: AMERICAN NIGHTMARES #1 (OF 5) BERMEJO VARIANT (JAN092440)
THE STAND: AMERICAN NIGHTMARES #1 (OF 5) PERKINS VARIANT (JAN092441)
THE STAND: AMERICAN NIGHTMARES #1 (OF 5) LINCOLN TUNNEL VARIANT (DEC088100)
Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA
Art & Cover by MIKE PERKINS
Variant Cover by LEE BERMEJO
Lincoln Tunnel Variant by DAVID FINCH
Sketch Variant by MIKE PERKINS
Parental Advisory...$3.99
ON SALE NOW!

THE STAND: CAPTAIN TRIPS PREMIERE HC (DEC082308)
THE STAND: CAPTAIN TRIPS PREMIERE HC LIMITED EDITION VARIANT (DEC082309)
Written by ROBERTO AGUIRRE-SACASA
Penciled by MIKE PERKINS
Covers by MIKE PERKINS & LEE BERMEJO
Parental Advisory SLC …$24.99
ON SALE NOW!

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Fans have been anxiously awaiting the all new ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X and now you get to hear straight from the man behind the series-- acclaimed writer Jason Aaron! That’s right, Senior Art Director Jeff Suter chats with Aaron, and series editor John Barber, in episode 73 of the Mighty Marvel Podcast! Don’t miss this intriguing new podcast as Suter, Aaron and Barber discuss everything from Wolverine’s future to his choice of attire!

So what are you waiting for? Check it out at the Marvel Podcast Central (http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.1622) and go behind the scenes of this exciting new series!

You can also download it right here: http://www.marvel.com/rss/podcasts/Jason_Aaron_Podcast.mp3

Stay abreast of Mighty Marvel Podcasts past, present and future right here on Marvel.com at Marvel Podcast Central (http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.1622) or subscribe to the Mighty Marvel Podcast on iTunes (that way you never miss any of the action packed installments)!

WOLVERINE: WEAPON X #1 (FEB092579)
WOLVERINE: WEAPON X #1 COIPEL VARIANT (FEB092580)
WOLVERINE: WEAPON X #1 DAVIS VARIANT (FEB092581)
Written by JASON AARON
Pencils & Cover by RON GARNEY
50/50 Variant Cover by ADAM KUBERT
Sketch Variant Cover by ADAM KUBERT
Variant Cover A by OLIVIER COIPEL
Variant Cover B by ALAN DAVIS
Parental Advisory …$3.99
FOC—3/19/09, On-Sale—4/8/09

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Witchblade #125
(W) Ron Marz (A) Stjepan Sejic (Cov) Chris Bachalo, Stjepan Sejic

One of the longest-running series in comics reaches a milestone: 125 issues and still going strong! There’s no better way to mark this occasion than with the start of the biggest Witchblade story arc ever!
For more than a year now, the Witchblade has been split between two bearers—NYPD Detective Sara Pezzini and dancer Danielle Baptiste—and they have coexisted peacefully. But that’s all about to end.
Beginning in this issue, the six-part “War of the Witchblades” arc will change Sara, Dani and the Witchblade forever. Sara has been Dani’s friend and mentor, but now she becomes her bitter enemy. By the end of the storyline, only ONE bearer will remain.
The critically acclaimed team of writer Ron Marz and artist Stjepan Sejic is joined by cover artist Chris Bachalo (Uncanny X-Men, Amazing Spider-Man), who contributes a two-part cover of Sara and Dani.

Cover A – Chris Bachalo
Cover B – Chris Bachalo
Cover C – Stjepan Sejic

Full Color 40 pages $3.99 ongoing series