Netflix is adding another feather to its cap, its very own Comic Book.
Mark Millar today announced the name of the first franchise he will be working on, since Netflix bought out Millarworld back in the Summer. Titled "The Magic Order" it will be the first comic book for Netflix, and the first new comic created by Millar since the Netflix acquisition.
Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures announced yesterday that Spiderman will become a part of Marvel's Cinematic Universe. Those of you who listen to our NerdVsWorld show will know that we've been musing over this possibility for some time and it now looks like this particular door has finally been opened.
At this week's Time Warner Investor Conference it was announced, amongst other things, that the company would be massively expanding on it's DC branded content. As a part of this a slate of movies due to be produced by Warner Brothers and New Line Cinema was detailed that will see TEN new super hero tales hit the big screen between 2016 and 2020.
The full line up of releases is as follows:
DC's Suicide Squad gets a relaunch this month with the release of New Suicide Squad #1. Written by Sean Ryan with art by winner of DC's Harley Quinn talent search Jeremey Roberts, The New Suicide squad follows the exploits of the to secret government strike force, Task Force X. Better known by its team members as the Suicide Squad, this task force is made up entirely of inmates serving time in Belle Reve Prison. Thier missions are dangerous and potentially deadly but, if successful, can reduce the remaining sentences for the team members.
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…
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 free ComiXology Summer Reading List comic!
As a lot of the attention recently seems to be focusing on Constantine, Arrow and The Flash, here's a little bit of a preview of one of this year's other new series from The CW, iZombie.
This is the official blurb from The CW about the show: