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WonderCon 2011: ThunderCats Panel – Exclusive Trailer NOW ONLINE

THUNDERCATS, HO!

The new ThunderCats trailer that premiered today at WonderCon is now online! Check it out by clicking the image below (note: you must be logged into Facebook to view):

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WonderCon 2011: Green Lantern Movie Footage from panel NOW ONLINE!

Blake Lively, Ryan Reynolds and Geoff Johns at WonderCon 2011 (Photo by Mike Kaldani)

A shortened version of the Green Lantern Movie Footage that was shown at WonderCon 2011 is now online! Check out the footage by clicking the image below!

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WonderCon 2011: Focus Features: HANNA

 

Here are some of the highlights of the Hanna movie panel at WonderCon 2011, followed by the transcripts of the press-only roundtable interview session that followed, with actress Saoirse Ronan and director Joe Wright. 

 

WonderCon 2011: Green Lantern: Emerald Knights Screening and Panel


 

DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation have consistently given the fans a sneak preview of their new animated movies at conventions over the last few years, and this year at WonderCon we are given a new treat. With DC pimping out the new Green Lantern live action movie, there is no better  time for the DC Animated Film series to dive deep into Green Lantern mythos and lore by bringing us a series of short stories taken from the comics over the years in Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (available to own on June 7th).

WonderCon 2011: Dark Horse Panel

Here are some of the highlights from the Dark Horse panel at WonderCon 2011:

-On the Dark Horse panel this year were Jeremy Atkins, Sierra Hahn, and Scott Allie, who shared some interesting developments in the world of Dark Horse world. 

-Among them was the revelation that Dark Horse has acquired all the Joss Whedon franchises under one Dark Horse roof!

-IDW is wrapping up all current titles before Dark Horse “takes over”, so to speak.  

-Sierra Hahn, editor of the new Dollhouse mini-series to be released in July, offered up some tidbits about the series: it’s an expansion of the already released one-shot, and is based on the “Epitaph” episodes of the series. 

WonderCon 2011: Spotlight on Robert Kirkman

Here are some highlights from the Spotlight on Robert Kirkman panel at WonderCon 2011:

Update on Season 2 of The Walking Dead:
-Kirkman will do more writing for the upcoming season

-He has relocated to LA with his family so he can be there everyday to work on the scripts.

-TWD filming to continue in Atlanta.

-Still in talks with Joe Hill and Stephen King for individual episode development, but they are not on board yet.

-On diverging from the comic: “To do what happens in the comic would bore me to tears…let’s do THIS (something else) instead.”

-Hopes to gain experience in the editing room and other areas of working on a TV show like this.

WonderCon 2011: DC Nation Panel

Here are some of the highlights for the DC Nation Panel at WonderCon 2011:

-DC has always been committed to giving the readers what they ‘like, what you don’t like, and what gets you excited about comics’.  

-Glad to hear people like how things are going, and always listing to input from the fans, including restarting the letters from fans sections at the back of issues, which helps give the creators a boost and keeps them connected on a personal level.

-Fan question: ‘So War of the Green Lanterns, what’s that about?’ Didio: “Well, the Green Lanterns… are at war”.

-Fan question: Deadman: Is he still alive or is he dead right now?  Answer: Yes.