Comic-Con

Interview: Todd Lasance on crossing over from television to film, dream projects and attempting comedy

From the beaches of Home and Away to starring opposite Michael B. Jordan in Without Remorse, by way of the acclaimed sword-and-sandals epic series Spartacus, Australian actor Todd Lasance is another homegrown success story carving his own international career. In the lead up to the Brisbane and Adelaide legs of the Supanova Comic Con &…

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Interview: Lincoln Lewis on auditioning, career aspirations and surviving Hollywood

Whether it was his tenure as sensible teen Geoff Campbell for 567 episodes on long-running Australian soap series Home and Away, his turn in the acclaimed Tomorrow When the War Began, or his recurring role as the love interest to one of the country’s most notorious underworld figures in Underbelly: Razor, the fourth season of…

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Supanova Adelaide 2019 Round Up: John Travolta, Deborah Ann Woll, Jason Isaacs and more brought the star power

Every year, in November, the Adelaide Showground springs to life with colourful characters when the Supanova Comic Con & Gaming Expo rolls in and offers a chance for Adelaide’s creative community to come together, show their art or cosplay and meet some of the biggest Film & TV stars out there. Sunday morning began with Julie Benz of Buffy the Vampire…

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The five biggest and best trailer reveals from San Diego Comic-Con

Another Comic-Con, another year of rumours, superstars and a whole lot of trailers. Over the last handful of years, Comic-Con has summated itself as the prestige event when it comes to inviting us to unchartered blockbuster worlds. This year has proved no different, with a plethora of trailers to salivate over with a slew of…

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Jesse Eisenberg will return as Lex Luther

Taking the stage at the MCM London Comic Con, Jesse Eisenberg confirmed that he would again assume the role of glabrous villain Lex Luthor in the upcoming Justice League film. With the production now underway, Eisenberg has stated that he’s just waiting on the call. “They just started filming Justice League, so I’m kind of…

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Xena: Warrior Princess journeys to Oz Comic-Con in Perth and Adelaide

Xena Warrior Princess is set to take on Oz Comic-Con Perth and Adelaide this April. Lucy Lawless, best known as Xena on cult-favourite series Xena: Warrior Princess is making an exclusive appearance on the Saturday of each event. Lawless is a sci-fi and fantasy fan favourite and is sure to have Australian fans preparing their Warrior inspired…

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The Iris Opinion: Warner Bros’ reaction to trailer leaks is bizarre and fan-hostile

Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. have very different opinions on what makes a good superhero movie. To date, Marvel’s formula has worked out a lot better for them than Warner’s, but then again the WB is only now getting the ball rolling on their DC Cinematic Universe. On the topic of how successful Warner’s strategy…

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The dramatic Comic-Con trailer for Fantastic Four is here

Just when you thought Comic-Con was done with superhero trailers, Fox went and screened the brand new trailer for the forthcoming Fantastic Four at their recent panel. That trailer has now been officially released, giving us a deeper look into “huge, multipower slugfest” that Director Josh Trank promised would be one of the major talking…

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Someone leaked the Comic-Con trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse

Don’t you just love Comic-Con? Someone has went and recorded the big reveal at the 20th Century Fox panel, Bryan Singer showing the audience a three-minute trailer for next year’s huge X-Men: Apocalypse. The trailer leaked onto the internet in a speedy fashion, and while it’s slightly off-centre and terrible quality (he/she obviously didn’t want…

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Comic-Con trailer for Heroes: Reborn reveals more returning characters

The “Heroes Reborn” panel at Comic-Con over the weekend saw a very insightful trailer released for the revival series, revealing that Jack Coleman (Noah Bennet) and Masi Oka (Hiro) weren’t the only original characters returning to help the mini-series maintain continuity. In this full trailer we catch glimpses of Jimmy Jean-Louis (“the Haitian”), Cristine Rose…

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Watch the official trailer for AMC series Fear the Walking Dead

Fear the Walking Dead the anticipated spin-off series that was inspired by The Walking Dead is almost here, and San Diego’s Comic-Con became the platform for the first full trailer from AMC. Details already leaked earlier this year indicate that the series will be a prequel of sorts to The Walking Dead, detailing the spread…

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JJ Abrams releases new behind-the-scenes reel for Star Wars: The Force Awakens during San Deigo Comic-con panel

We were told prior to yesterday afternoon’s panel not to expect a new trailer for the upcoming seventh film in the Star Wars saga, The Force Awakens. While Disney were good to their word on that one, we did end up getting a quick look at the film anyway. The behind the scenes reel gives a quick…

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Watch the Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer

“You don’t owe this world a thing…you never did” A three-plus minute trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has debuted at this year’s Comic-Con and it’s a revealing look into the wider DC universe and just how they are going to make this whole thing work. There’s a bleak landscape, a cynical outlook,…

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Someone leaked the Comic-Con trailer for Suicide Squad, and it looks incredible

Of course someone was going to leak the trailer for the highly anticipated Suicide Squad, which screened at the San Diego Comic-Con recently. It seems all the hype around the cast, especially Jared Leto as Joker, will only get more frenzied as the release date looms closer, with a chilling trailer that reveals this flock…

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Comic-Con 2014: 8 biggest bits of film and TV news from San Diego

San Diego Comic-Con took place over the last weekend. The biggest pop-culture convention in the world has become the best place for film and TV studios to make their biggest announcements, and fan response within the halls can often gauge how anticipated a certain project is. While there was no massive bombshell dropped this year…

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Comic-Con: Only the mad survive in first footage from Mad Max: Fury Road

It’s been almost 30 years since Max Rockatansky last appeared onscreen in 1985’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Ever since then, rumours popped up every few years that director George Miller was planning a fourth entry in the groundbreaking Australian series. The fourth film, Mad Max: Fury Road, was confirmed to be shooting in 2011 in Broekn Hill. After rains left…

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Comic-Con: The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 teaser trailer is a refreshingly spoiler-free affair

Now this is more like it! Trailers these days have an unfortunate habit of showing audiences too much of the film, resulting in a lack of suspense and anticipation when they finally see the full product. Even teaser trailers are becoming too revealing. It’s a big relief then that the teaser trailer for the hugely…

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