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Before the Dawn of the Planet of The Apes

With just over a week to go until the UK release of Dawn of The Planet of the Apes, the marketing machine at 20th Century Fox is really kicking into overdrive. Three short films have been released, bridging the ten year gap between Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, that have collectively been called Before the Dawn of the Apes.

Year 1 tells the story of…

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Tags: Film

New Vertigo 8 issue mini-series announced

From the mind of Hellblazer and Skreemer scribe, Peter Milligan and art from Wolverine's Leandro Fernandez, The Names looks to be an interesting new title from DC's Vertigo imprint. Set in New York City, forty-year-old Kevin Walker is a successful trader. He’s incredibly rich. He has a young, sexy wife and a son he adores. He has everything. Until…

The mysterious man known as the…

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Tags: Comic

BBC Three commissions zombie reality game show

I don't know about you guys, but I can't think of any better news to start off my week. Due to be produced by Tiger Aspect, I Survived A Zombie Apocalypse will see eight contenstants trapped together in a shopping mall during a full blown invasion of the undead.

I'm intrigued as to how the logistics of the show will play out, but apparently it's a case of one bite and you're out.…

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Tags: TV

Josh Trank for Star Wars spin off

Chronicle director Josh Trank has been confirmed as director for one of the proposed stand alone Star Wars movies to be released in addition to the new core trilogy. Details are few and far between for now, but I would expect the internet to be ablaze with news in the forthcoming weeks, especially as shooting continues on Episode VII.

Trank states, "The magic of the Star Wars Universe…

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Tags: Film

Sniper Elite v2 Goes Free!!!

Yup... You heard me. It's free. Until 10am PST/6pm BST on the 5th June you can download Rebellion's Sniper Elite v2 for free and own it forever. Just go to http://goo.gl/uPDuMo log in and install for free. So what are you waiting for? Get on over there! (edit: This offer has now expired.)

Reviews for Sniper Elite v2:

“The sniper gameplay is front-and-center here, and it's…

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Tags: Game

First ever Fighting Fantasy Fest set for September

Sunday 7 September 2014 will see the first dedicated Fighting Fantasy convention take place at the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel in Ealing, West London. Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone, co-creators of the publishing and gaming phenomenon that is Fighting Fantasy, will be Special Guests of Honour at the event, where they will be joined by legendary fantasy artists Russ Nicholson, Chris Achilleos…

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Tags: Event

New Netflix Original Series coming soon

Due to be released on Netflix on August 22nd, BoJack Horseman is a dark, irreverent animated comedy for adults starring The Lego Movie's, Will Arnett, Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul, Amy Sedaris, Alison Brie and more celebrity cameos during season one.

Will Arnett voices BoJack, the failed legendary 90's sitcom star from the favorite family sitcom “Horsin’ Around,” who has been trying to…

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Tags: TV

First Look at Foo Fighters: Sonic Highway from HBO

Fans of Captain Side Project, Dave Grohl, can now get a quick peek of the Foo Fighter's upcoming album as well as the accompanying documentary, Sonic Highway. Slated for broadcast in Autumn this year, the documentary chronicles "a journey to unravel the fabric of our musical identity… not only the making of our most ambitious album… this is ‘Sound City’ on steroids.” 

Premiering on the…

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Tags: Music, TV

Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham images released

This autumn, the next installment of Lego Batman will be hitting the shelves for Xbox One, Xbox 360 games, PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®3, PlayStation®Vita, Wii U™, Nintendo 3DS™ and Windows PC.

In LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, the Caped Crusader joins forces with the super heroes of the DC Comics Universe and blasts off to outer space to stop the evil Brainiac from destroying Earth…

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Tags: Game

What's that? 20 free comics you say?

Yup, that's right, ComiXology are giving away a free comic every day from the 26th May for 20 days as part of 'The ComiXology Summer Reading List' event. 

The event begins Monday, May 26th and will run until Saturday, June 14th with one new free comic released every day for download or to gift to anyone you choose. Check back each day starting Monday on comixology.com to find the new…

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Tags: Comic