Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have announced most of the voice cast for their adaptation of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns. Robocop actor Peter Weller will star as Batman/Bruce Wayne and Modern Family’s Ariel Winter will play Robin. The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 will be available on DVD/Blu-Ray/Digital Download later this year, while Part 2 will be released early next year. Simon Daoudi Simon@ComicImpact.com

Hey Everyone how’s it going? This has been a packed week in the comic blogosphere. So let’s get right into it. Marvel Reveals The First X-Men. Courtesy of Bleeding Cool. This week Marvel revealed the creative team and premise of The First X-Men mini-series they teased last week. Co-written by Neal Adams and Christos Gage and featuring art by Adams. The series will deal with Charles Xavier assembling the first team of mutants featuring Wolverine, Magneto, and several other new and familiar characters.  While talking...

Hey Everyone. Last weekend was glorious  with the wonderful combination of Free Comic Book Day/Avengers/Dark Knight Rises trailer/ Amazing Spider-Man trailer.How is everyone doing now that the second nerdiest weekend of the year (the first being San Diego  Comic Con) is over? My weekend was pretty wonderful. Avengers Dominates the Box Office Biggest Opening Weekend of All Time. While it was no surprise the The Avengers were number one at the box office I do think people were genuinely surprised to see just how much it made....

So here it is the the third trailer for the highly-anticipated July 20 release. For The Dark Knight Rises hits theaters in July and stars Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Michael Caine as Alfred Pennyworth, Gary Oldman as Jim Gordon, Tom Hardy as Bane, Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as John Blake and Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate. You can watch the trailer using the player below. I’m officially excited about this film. Also You can see the trailer on the big screen in front of The Avengers. Simon...

Hey Everyone, Matt here, as another week comes to a close we start another all new, all exciting installment of The Impact. It’s another slow week but I get the feeling this is the calm before the storm. Next week we get The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises Trailer, another Amazing Spider-Man Trailer, and next Saturday is Free Comic Book Day!!! Woohoo!!! Avengers Pre-Sells More Tickets Than All Previous Marvel Movies Combined!!! As Avengers is opening internationally this week MovieTickets.com is reporting it has already...

BURBANK, Calif. – April 23, 2012 –Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced Batman: Arkham City™Game of the Year Edition.  The expanded version of the award-winning blockbuster videogame developed by Rocksteady Studios is scheduled for release in North America starting May 29, and in Europe, Australia and other global territories in September, for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system. Batman: Arkham City is...

Say what you want about the DC Animated films. I know some people love them and some people hate them. My personal two favorites are All-Star Superman and Justice League New Frontier. Other ones have been hit or miss with me. So here is my review of  the new animated film Justice League: Doom. Justice League: Doom is based on the Mark Waid Justice League story arc “Tower of Babel.” The film opens with Batman (voiced by Kevin Conroy) finding a playing card. Our minds go immediately to the Joker, but it is not; it is the Royal...

Hey everyone! I am Matt and I am here to give you all the news making its way around the comic blogosphere. I hope everyone has had a chance to check out all the awesome news and announcements that made their way out of  New York Comic Con. If not, I included the link to NYCC news round up below. So sit back, relax and enjoy the latest installment of The Impact. Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons Announce The Secret Service. The Impact: New York Comic Con Edition The Impact October 10th-15th 2011 Marvel Lays Off 11 Staff Members....

Hey everyone! Matt here, to give you all the news making its way around the comic blogosphere. Sit back, relax and enjoy the latest installment of The Impact. ….In case you missed any of the previous news from the week you can check it out at the links below. First Look at Russell Crowe as Jor-El Avenging Spider-Man, Marvel to Offer Free Digital Copy with Purchase of Print Copy. Courtesy of Bleeding Cool. Because they know we love our comics polybagged, Marvel announced that fans who buy a print copy of Zeb Wells and Joe...

Courtesy of ComicBookMovie. Check out our first look at Russell Crowe in his complete Jor-El costume from Man of Steel. Crowe is a great actor and I am interested to see what he will bring to the role If you look closely you can see the blue Superman suit underneath his armor. I get the feeling that Zod will be wearing something very similar. This not at all what I was expecting. It’s very different from any previous version of Kryptonian garb we have seen before, it’s surprisingly very alien looking. I think its...

Hey everyone! Matt here, to give you all the news making its way around the comic blogosphere in this installment of The Impact. In case you missed any of the previous news from the week you can check it out at the links below EW Gets the First OFFICIAL Look at the Avengers. DC’s New 52 Sell Out Casting news: Justice League Doom And now onward and upward… Marvel lays the Ground Work for 2012 With Point One. This week Marvel has been releasing a series of teasers promoting their Point One one-shot. Each teaser highlights...

Courtesy of TV Guide. Fans of the animated DCU it’s time to REJOICE!!! Today we learned the voice cast for the next DCU animated movie, Justice League: Doom, and it is amazing!!! Kevin Conroy and Tim Daly are returning as Batman and Superman respectively. Green Lantern: Emerald Knights star Nathan Fillion returns to the role of Hal Jordan. Michael Rosenbaum is back as the Flash, Susan Eisenberg reprises her role of Wonder Woman, and Carl Lumbly is Martain Manhunter. Talk about an A-List voice cast. I’m really...

Are you going to watch  Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. this weekend? I am not, but I would love to see  the first teaser trailer for The Dark Knight Rises. Guess what? ComicImpact readers, you can now watch it with me on this fine website. Let’s all watch it together. Starring Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Tom Hardy, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard and Morgan Freeman, The Dark Knight Rises is set to hit theatres on July 20, 2012! Simon Daoudi Simon@ComicImpact.com

Wow, never has a comic book movie divided fans like Green Lantern!  Some enjoyed it, some said that it’s the worst comic book movie ever, a bold statement considering the level of quality of such films as Catwoman, Jonah Hex and Steel. So, it’s time for our podcast crew to let you know just what they thought about this summer’s latest superhero movie.  Find out who liked it and who didn’t.  Hear about our theories as to the possibility of sequels, how we rate Green Lantern against the other comic book...

The time has come, friends. This weekend marks the theatrical release of Green Lantern and we at Comic Impact are definitely excited. To get some insight on Green Lantern, Ian braved the untamed wastelands of Van Nuys, CA to go to Galaxy of Comics and ask some comic fans what they know about the emerald warrior. What gives a Green Lantern his power? What’s Hal Jordan’s space sector? Are those nude pics of Blake Lively for real? All will be answered! So give our video a watch to find out once and for all, Who is Green...

2012 will be bringing us a number of exciting comic book movies, one of them is the new Superman reboot, Man of Steel, directed by Zack Snyder. Variety reported today that in the forthcoming Superman film, the role of Jor-El, Superman’s birth father, will be played by Academy Award winner Russell Crowe. Crowe will be joined by Henry Cavill in the titular role, Amy Adams as Lois Lane, Diane Lane as Martha “Ma” Kent, Kevin Costner as Jonathan “Pa” Kent and Michael Shannon as General Zod. The role of...

Did you all know that Green Lantern: Emerald Knights comes out this week on Blu-Ray and DVD? Well, you do now! Lucky for me, I was able to get a copy of it in advance, so I can share with you all the awesome that is Warner Brothers Animation Studios. I have a lot of fun every time I watch one of these, and this story is no different. It’s basically story time with Hal Jordan (voiced by the all too talented, Nathan Fillion). He goes through the origin stories of all the most important characters in the Green Lantern universe. You...

The Dark Knight returns, and in keeping with a Brit in the cape Gotham City is back in London. The Dark Knight Rises has begun filming by resuming the regular location for Gotham City Police Headquarters in Farringdon, London. The Farmiloes Building is an empty warehouse and offices that is regularly used for location filming and events. It has stood in for Gotham City in the two previous Chris Nolan movies Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Christopher Nolan returns to the directors chair and Christian Bale dons the cowl for...

It looks like director Christopher Nolan and the people over at Warner Bros. are up to their old tricks again when it comes to advertising. Warner Bros. launched their new viral campaign this morning for next summer’s sequel to The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises.  With this morning’s launch of the official website for the new movie, thedarkknightrises.com, fans got to play along with the new viral campaign.  The official website for the movie is a black screen that contains the sound of people chanting, which...

With the release of Green Lantern less than two months away, Warner Bros. has really revved up their advertising machine. Yesterday we got not only two new posters for the upcoming film, featuring Sinestro (played by Mark Strong) and Kilowog  (a CG character being voiced by Michael Clark Duncan), but also a new two minute TV spot.  The TV spot doesn’t feature much new footage, but it’s still pretty cool looking.  Check it out below! Personally, I want a 50 foot tall version of that Kilowog poster.  And I want...

This morning, “Heat Vision” courtesy of The Hollywood Reporter announced the casting for the animated adaptation of Batman:Year One. This series by Frank Miller has become a staple in the Batman universe, including its story being referenced in Batman Begins. Warner Bros. Animation has been having a lot of success recently with their animated features and with Bruce Timm producing, this should be no exception. Ben McKenzie of Southland will be taking the helm as Bruce Wayne/Batman. Joss Whedon’s girl, Eliza...

It’s been a long time since we’ve seen any new footage from the upcoming Green Lantern film starring Ryan Reynolds as the emerald crusader. In fact, the last time was in November of last year. This weekend at Wondercon, fans got to see some brand new footage and thanks to the great people over at Apple, you can watch an abridged 4-minute version of this footage in 1080 HD, that was also shown at CinemaCon. The film looks like there’s still a little too much CGI in it, but I am not going to lie. I did dork out...

Speculation has been crazy over the past few months as to who will portray Lois Lane in Zack Snyder’s upcoming Superman reboot, Superman: Man of Steel.  Names such as Natalie Portman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and even Twilight’s Kristen Stewart have been rumored to be in the running for the role. Yesterday, the LA Times’ Hero Complex provided confirmation that Academy-Award nominee, Amy Adams will be playing Lois Lane in the upcoming superhero reboot.  Adams will be joined by Henry Cavill in the title role...

It has been less than a month since actress Adrianne Palicki was cast as Wonder Woman in the upcoming TV show of the same name, but apparently, they’ve already begun filming. According to Andy Mangels on Comic Book Resources’ boards, today  is the first day of filming.  It is taking place from 7:00 AM to 10:00 PM at 555 S. Flower Street in Los Angeles. Mangels goes on to show a schedule that lists filming on March 29-30 on Hollywood Blvd. between Highland Ave. and Orange Ave from 4pm - 7am.  The schedule also...

And so it has come to pass that we have a new Wonder Woman. Her name is Adrianne Palicki. I have to start by saying she definitely looks the part. Dark hair? Check! Light eyes? Check! A body that is going to make every woman on the planet insecure? Double check! If we’re casting on looks alone, the way Hollywood so often does, then at least we can say they got one thing right. I’d like to throw in that according to imdb.com, she is 5′11″ so yeah - with or without the title Ms. Palicki is definitely an...

In Green Lantern #62 (available today) we get a closer look at Kilowog from this summer’s live action Green Lantern film! Check out these amazing images from the fine people over at Bleeding Cool. Green Lantern will be released in 2D and 3D on June 17. Ian Candish Ian@ComicImpact.com

This summer will bring us the very first live action Green Lantern feature film.  With any big, summer blockbuster, merchandising can’t be far behind, and Green Lantern is no exception.  Get ready for Green Lantern: Rise of The Manhunters! Set for a June 1, 2011 release, Green Lantern: Rise of The Manhunters is a video game based on the upcoming film and features the film’s star, Ryan Reynolds, as Hal Jordan.  The game will be about the Green Lantern Corps battling the Manhunters, an army of robots that were the...

Warner Bros has just send out this press release about there next animated original movie call Green Lantern: Emerald Knights. BURBANK, CA, (February 8, 2011) – Primetime television stars Nathan Fillion (Castle) and Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men) lead a diverse array of performers as the voices behind Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, the next entry in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies. Building up to the release of the highly anticipated live action film, Green Lantern, in theatres June 17,...

After months of speculation following the announcement of plans for a Superman reboot, Warner Bros. revealed today who will be donning the  iconic blue and red costume in director Zack Snyder’s upcoming film. Playing the titular role in Superman shall be Henry Cavill, who has also appeared in Showtime’s The Tudors.  The film is a reboot, which will be taking Superman back to his origins, that has been masterminded by the Christopher Nolan and David Goyer, the creative team behind Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Cavill...