Holy Lord It's Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars This July 26

Hide yo Jedi...Hide yo Sith...Phineas and Ferb take on the Star Wars Universe!! An adventure and action-filled television special, "Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars" is set to premiere SATURDAY, JULY 26 (9:00-10:00 p.m., ET/PT) on Disney Channel. The story is set a couple summers ago in a galaxy far, far away when Phineas, Ferb and the gang are in a parallel universe during Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. Iconic Star Wars characters Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Han Solo, Princess Leia, Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2 are featured in this special event programming.

Marvel Universe LIVE Finds Their Heroes

After scouring the country to find the best of the best in live action performers with an amazing array of disciplines and skills, Feld Entertainment, Inc., the worldwide leader in live touring family events, today reveals the final cast of more than 50 performers ready to bring its most ambitious live event experience to life in Marvel Universe LIVE!.  Debuting this July in Tampa, FL, before having its world premiere at New York City’s Barclays Center on Wednesday, August 13, the show will be the most physically demanding in Feld Entertainment’s storied history and will stop in 85 cities nationwide.

Prepare for BIRDMAN

Incredible cast, dark tone with possible hilarity in the stark blackness of it all and one killer super hero suit. What's not to love? This one jumps very near to the top of my "must see" list.

BIRDMAN or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance is a black comedy that tells the story of an actor (Michael Keaton) – famous for portraying an iconic superhero – as he struggles to mount a Broadway play. In the days leading up to opening night, he battles his ego and attempts to recover his family, his career, and himself.

NY Comic Fest This Saturday in White Plains, NY

Citizens of Westchester County and beyond...NEW YORK COMIC FEST is coming to the Westchester County Center, Saturday, June 14th, 2014!

It’s all about comics, creators, collectibles, cosplay -- and fans!
New York City’s northern suburbs are going to experience their first comic convention in at least a decade next month -- the NEW YORK COMIC FEST! This family-friendly, one-day event features some of the biggest writers and artists on the planet -- from DC, Marvel and dozens of independent publishers. Plus it wouldn’t be a comics show without toy & collectibles dealers; original art dealers; panel discussions, two costume contests, a trivia contest ...and the BATMOBILE! The convention hours are 10 am – 6pm.

Spider-Man Joins Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes

Disney Interactive is officially announcing the latest Play Set to appear in Disney Infinity: Marvel Super Heroes (2.0 Edition) – Marvel’s Spider-Man Play Set.

The Spider-Man Play Set will feature a storyline which follows the Green Goblin as he tries to destroy S.H.I.E.L.D. once and for all. After capturing Venom to extract and clone symbiotes from him, he hires Mysterio to be his second in command and wreak havoc on the Marvel universe. Players will fight the spreading symbiotes and face Mysterio and Green Goblin in in the sewers, labs and skies above Manhattan.

Adult Swim Announces King Star King

Adult Swim announced today that King Star King, a new original animated series, will premiere all six episodes at once exclusively online on AdultSwim.com on Sunday, June 15. Adventurous fans will also have the chance to win an original piece of art from series creator JJ Villard.

King Star King follows the exploits of King Star King, a well-muscled fry cook/space prince and his group of strange heroes: Pooza the perverted duck wizard, Gurbles the bear and Hank Waffles, a living waffle-headed mascot. Watch as they travel through the vast and unstable Gigantiverse in their beloved waffle restaurant, The Waffle Zone. See their unending psychotic and hallucinatory quest to help good things and kill bad things.

A New Boxtrolls Trailer!

A family event movie from the creators of “Coraline” and “ParaNorman” that introduces audiences to a new breed of family – The Boxtrolls, a community of quirky, mischievous creatures who have lovingly raised an orphaned human boy named Eggs (voiced by Isaac Hempstead-Wright) in the amazing cavernous home they’ve built beneath the streets of Cheesebridge. When the town’s villain, Archibald Snatcher (Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley), comes up with a plot to get rid of the Boxtrolls, Eggs decides to venture above ground, “into the light,” where he meets and teams up with fabulously feisty Winnie (Elle Fanning). Together, they devise a daring plan to save Eggs’ family.

AnimeNext 2014: ALL THE COSPLAYS

I am guilt ridden. Always. It's part of my genetic anxieties..and my charm. For AnimeNext, I am guilt ridden because I feel I could cover the show more completely, and so with this thought driving me, I created a schedule that included cosplay meet-ups, pannels, time in the vendor room and live music...and as I exited my vehicle to dive into the day's activities, I left that lil schedule shoved into my air vent.

You see, while I fully intended wider coverage of AnimeNext, my ADHD addled brains are assaulted with a SEA of cosplayers on a beautiful lawn, surrounded by twisting trees, on a cloudless summer day with the tiniest breeze to kiss our sweaty faces...and so all dissolved away and I wanted to take ALL THE COSPLAYER PEEEECTURES. You could not blame me. AnimeNext boasts a range of skill level across the board when it comes to cosplaying, with zero attitude from anyone, anywhere, and so it's all great fun. What did I have to compete with this spectacle?

Get Ready for Sailor Moon Crystal

SXSW 2014: A Heather Buckley Adventure

Prologue: After much adventure through these past weeks, these notes were written on the way to a shattered city—a pile of rusted steel known as Detroit. If it is one thing we can say, to keep adventuring, is to keep the spirit alive at its fullest and fan the fire which will always hunger for more. I have not stopped moving since the film shoot went down in Odessa, TX.

It was first brought to my attention that a 4k restoration of Texas Chain Saw Massacre was to be premièred at SXSW 2014. A relentless classic. Imitated. Worshiped. And Tobe Hooper was going to be there. Austin: the hometown of the saw. And the saw has always been family.

It was too late for press sponsorship at that point— I was off in Upstate New York doing FX shop coordination for We Are Still Here— when the deadline hit on February 5^th. I asked about 12 of my peers: Was it worth it, could you do it with a pass? All agreed this was possible...but the madness of it all! I booked my flight, found a place to stay though my beloved Texas crew and off I went without a badge. To Texas.

What’s All This Then?: DC’s Weekly Addiction

WARNING: This article contains spoilers so if you are catching up and don't want some plot points revealed, go do your reading and come back later!!

By: Andrew O’Brien

This October I will be giving 9 dollars to DC Comics every week until April without even purchasing a monthly ongoing title from them. "Why Andy", you ask with anticipation. DC has decided to try and capture lightning in a bottle again by going back to their old tricks. What? You just started reading DC with the New 52? Well sit down and let me teach you about DC and their weekly addiction. In 2006 DC was coming off their highly regarded Infinite Crisis crossover, and decided to follow it up with a weekly series called 52. This was a high risk move because the series revolved around a year without Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, instead focusing on many “B and C List” characters like Booster Gold, Black Adam, and Steel. To hedge their bets, the creative tour de force of Geoff Johns, Grant Morrison, Greg Rucka, Mark Waid, and Keith Giffen (plus the excellent editing skills of Steve Wacker) made the entire venture much less perilous and 52 was a tremendous success.

BEA 2014: The Star Wars Report: Rebels, LEGOS, Jeffrey Brown & More

If you've read our last two articles plucked from the labyrinthian alleys of Book Expo America, you are starting to get the idea of how intensive this show gets, especially if you are looking for fun news to bring back home and share with the masses! We keep a running list in our heads of the topics we are gunning for, but we always make sure to scan everything we can, as there are surprises everywhere. It's like a live DVD Easter Egg hunt. One topic we have NO PROBLEM spotting around the show is Star Wars, which has no signs of slowing down, what with the new Rebels cartoon getting ready to air, and Jeffrey Brown's emencely popular children's book series (read mostly by adults I'm sure) going strong, as just 2 examples. With new films on the horizon, publishers know where to put their time and effort! We've got a lot to show you so let's get started...

The Origins of Maddie and The Four Horsies of the Pocalypse

They made a ton of noise across the internets when some art of Maddie, the lovable Cthulhu-esque pony was discovered. This snowballed into the Kickstarter currently picking up steam and set to make this Horsie of the Pocalypse a force for destruction among your toy collections! We grabbed Klim Kozinevich to find out how it all began.

Adventure Time's Fiona and Cake are BACK!

Fionna and Cake, stars of the much-loved special gender switching episodes of Adventure Time are back for a third installment on Cartoon Network.  What would it be like if Lumpy Space Princess were a boy? Find out in the episode, entitled “The Prince Who Wanted Everything,” slated to air Thursday, June 26 at 7:00 p.m. (ET, PT) as part of the Emmy® award-winning series sixth season.

Orphan Black: Season Two on DVD & Blu-ray July 15th

BBC AMERICA’s hit original dramatic conspiracy thriller Orphan Black: Season Two  is back and cloning itself onto Blu-ray and DVD June 24, 2014 (click to pre-order for 20% off!).  In addition to all 10 episodes from the new season, BBC Home Entertainment is giving the audience even more to explore with extra features and exclusive content including an extended version This behind the scenes vignette shows how the 4-clone scene from the the season two finale was conceived and created, providing an exclusive look at never-seen-before on-set footage with running commentary from co-creator and writer Graeme Manson and co-creator and director John Fawcett sharing their vision of the scene.