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‘Comic Con’ Friday (7/22) Schedule Released ['Amazing Spider-Man,' 'Fright Night']

by on July 8, 2011

in Entertainment, movies, television

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Comic Con released their 2011 schedule for Friday, July 22.  If you’re headed to the event, you can also hit up the Comic Con website for all the information you could use.

Below I’ve added the “cliff Notes”-like version of some of the more popular events taking place at the 2011 Comic Con event taking place in San Diego this year.  Friday is definitely looking up and you can see at a glance, what’s taking place in Hall H and Ballroom 20, with select other events noted later.

Movies showing up on Friday include The Adventures of Tin-Tin, Raven, Haywire, Underworld 4, Fright Night, Ghost Rider – Spirit of Vengeance, Total Recall, The Amazing Spider-Man, Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, Pacific Rim, and a few more.

TV Shows being represented in panels and previews include Torchwood: Miracle Day, The Walking Dead, The Big Bang Theory, Bones, Eureka, Warehouse 13, True Blood, Thundercats, Locke & Key, The Nine Lives of Chloe King, The River, Falling Skies (which got renewed for a 2nd season recently), Spartacus: Vengeance, and Alphas.

And stay focuse RiffTrax fans…  there will be a 1 hour RiffTrax Live of a short film!  They’re still at the top of their game, so don’t miss out!

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This is not the complete listing, just what I thought my readers are interested in and the list is broken up into 2 sections!  The big rooms first, and then a slightly more comprehensive but not complete listing of events for Friday.  (You might notice that Legendary Pictures will not be in either huge room.  They’re in the second listing section.)

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Ballroom 20 Listings for July 22nd (Good Luck Picking!!!):

  • 10:00-11:00 Torchwood: Miracle Day — Ballroom 20
  • 11:15-12:15 AMC’s The Walking Dead – Ballroom 20
  • 12:30-1:30 The Big Bang Theory Screening and Q&A – Ballroom 20
  • 1:45-2:45 Bones — Ballroom 20
  • 3:00-4:00 Eureka — Ballroom 20
  • 4:15-5:15 Warehouse 13 — Ballroom 20
  • 5:30-6:30 True Blood Panel and Q&A session — Ballroom 20
  • 8:00-10:00 World Premiere: Batman: Year One — Warner Home Video, Warner Premiere, DC Entertainment, and Warner Bros. – Ballroom 20
  • 10:15-12:00 Encore Screening: Batman: Year One — Ballroom 20

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Hall H, for July 22:

  • 11:00-12:00 Paramount: The Adventures of Tin-Tin
  • 12:15-1:15 Relativity Media:
  • Raven
  • Haywire
  • 1:30-2:30 Screen Gems: Underworld 4
  • 2:45-3:45 DreamWorks: Fright Night
  • 4:00-5:30 Sony—
    • Ghost Rider-Spirit of Vengeance
    • 30 Minutes or Less
    • Total Recall
    • The Amazing Spider-Man
  • 6:00-7:00 At the Drive-In— offbeat genre films; Grave Encounters; Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

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    VIZ MEDIA Nabs Multiple Eisner Nominations

    by on April 11, 2010

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    Viz Media is having a great year…  having opened up a new website and generating new titles, Viz can now add 2010 Will Eisner Comics Industry nominations to their resume.

    To be exact, Viz Media was nominated for three of its manga titles and one creator was also nominated for the 2010 Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards.  The noms total up to 6 nominations.

    The nominated titles from VIZ Media are:

    OISHINBO by Tetsu Kariya and Akira Hanasaki

    * Best U.S. Edition of International Material–Asia

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    VizAnime.com Has Arrived!

    by on March 23, 2010

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    Viz Media is the main distributor to many of your favorite Anime programs.

    In the middle of March, they opened up a new resource for all the fans out there!  If you’ve enjoyed Bleach, Naruto Shippuden, Kekkaishi or other Viz Media distributed media is now available online at Vix Media’s newest endeavor, VIZANIME.com.  It’s YouTube for Anime!

    As they put it:

    VIZ Anime kicks off with over 400 episodes from hit series BLEACH, BUSO RENKIN, DEATH NOTE, HIKARU NO GO, HONEY & CLOVER, INUYASHA INUYASHA: THE FINAL ACT, NANA, NARUTO, NARUTO SHIPPUDEN and THE PRINCE OF TENNIS.

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    Naoki Urasawa's Monster Comes to DVD Box Set [Cinema Static]

    by on December 6, 2009

    in Entertainment, television

    VIZ Media is bringing Naoki Urasawa’s MONSTER to DVD in a Box Set scheduled for release on December 8th.

    Based on the manga creator’s tense psychological masterpiece, MONSTER Box Set 1 features 3 DVDs/15 episodes (episodes 1-15), is rated ‘M’ for Mature Audiences. The DVD box set will also include an exclusive digital booklet, which is a digitized version of the original Japanese booklet.

    An Animated Crime Drama Based On Smash Hit Manga Series Weaves An Intricate Tale of Conspiracy, Political Intrigue and Murder

    What would you do if a child you saved grew up to be a Monster? An ice-cold killer is on the loose, and Dr. Kenzo Tenma is the only one who can stop him! Tenma, a brilliant neurosurgeon with a promising future, risks his career to save the life of a critically wounded young boy named Johan. When the boy, now a coldhearted and charismatic young man, reappears nine years later in the midst of a string of unusual serial murders, Tenma must go on the run to uncover the story of Johan and stop the Monster he set loose upon the world. Conspiracies, serial murders, and secret government experiments set against the grim backdrop of the former East Germany are masterfully woven together in this compelling psychological drama. The critically acclaimed MONSTER manga series is also published in North America by VIZ Media and was nominated for a prestigious Eisner Award in 2009.

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    Naruto Shippuden, Bleach DVD January Releases [Cinema Static]

    by on December 6, 2009

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    VIZ Media announced their list of DVD titles scheduled for release in January 2010.

    This includes the first box set of NARUTO SHIPPUDEN in regular and special editions, the next installments in POKÉMON ELEMENTS, as well as the latest episodic releases of the popular BLEACH and NARUTO SHIPPUDEN series. VIZ Media DVD titles are distributed (in English) in the U.S and Mexico by Warner Home Video and in Canada by Allegro.

    SHONEN JUMP releases include:

    NARUTO SHIPPUDEN Special Edition Box Set 1 · Rated ‘T+’ for Older Teens · Available January 26

    Naruto Uzumaki is back! After two and a half years of training on the road with Jiraiya of the Sannin, Naruto is back in the Village Hidden in the Leaves, and he’s ready to show off his new skills. He and Sakura team up to take on their old master Kakashi, who’s pretty impressed with their progress. They’ll have plenty of opportunity to put it into action when news arrives from the Sand Village that Gaara, Naruto’s former rival and now Kazekage of the Sand, has been kidnapped! And the culprits are the very same group who are after Naruto–the Akatsuki! The Special Edition Box Set features 13 episodes on 3 discs and also includes a collectible NARUTO Shippuden Mininja figure.

    DVD-only collection featuring 13 episodes from the hit series on 3 discs; (collectible figure is not included.)

    Naruto: Shippuden – Box Set 1 on Amazon

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    Viz Media Releases Unique New Manga Series, "Butterflies, Flowers" [Cinema Static]

    by on December 6, 2009

    in Entertainment

    VIZ Media previously announced the North American debut on December 1st of BUTTERFLIES, FLOWERS, a new manga series that takes place against a backdrop of office romance and social class.

    BUTTERFLIES, FLOWERS, published under the Shojo Beat imprint, is rated ‘M’ for Mature Audiences will be available December 1st.

    What’s BUTTERFLIES, FLOWERS About?

    Choko Kuze is the sensible daughter of a venerable family who went bankrupt. She joins a real estate company as an entry-level office worker, but her eccentric boss is harder on her than anyone else in the company! After hearing him inadvertently call her “milady,” she realizes he was the young servant boy she knew as a child. At work he’s a tyrant, but after hours he insists on treating her like a lady of the nobility. Is romance even possible for a couple locked in such a crazy role reversal?

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