One:12 Collective Batman Ascending Knight PX Action Figure

From Mezco Toys. A PREVIEWS Exclusive! Every Knight has a beginning and the One:12 Collective's Batman starts here. Batman: Ascending Knight is part of a trilogy: A beginning, a middle and an end. The Ascending Knight is Batman in his first year; designed to be contemporary but still have a first appearance feel. The design pays homage to Batman as he first appeared in Detective Comics.

The shape of his cowl, the shorter gloves and the smaller symbol on his chest are all inspired by his original debut in the comics. The One:12 Collective Batman: Ascending Knight features: An alternate unmasked head, a One:12 Collective body with over 30 points of articulation featuring hand painted, authentic detailing. Batman stands over 6" tall and comes with seven interchangeable hands and plenty of accessories! More on the One:12 Collective Batman Ascending PX Exclusive Blue Version Action Figure at Movie Replicas Direct.

Star Trek, Batman The Dark Knight Rises, AMC's The Walking Dead News

Stories for December 1, 2010:
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• In an Entertainment Weekly interview, director Christopher Nolan confirmed that he plans for The Dark Knight Rises to be his last Batman film and discussed an Inception-based video game that’s being developed. ‘I must say that I’m glad — I’m very, very glad — to be embarking on the last chapter of our Batman saga without any sense of obligation or duty to the studio,’ Nolan told Entertainment Weekly. ‘They did very well with Inception. So I’m able to go into finishing our story in a very enthusiastic way.’


• Deadline.com is reporting that Frank Darabont, the director, executive producer, and writer of AMC’s The Walking Dead has fired the show’s entire writing staff and, rather than filling the staff positions, is considering using all freelance writers for the second season. Darabont wrote two of the first season’s six episodes and co-wrote/re-wrote the other four. Executive producer Robert Kirkman and freelance writer Glen Mazzara wrote two episodes as well.


• Over at the Los Angeles Times’ Hero Complex blog, Star Trek writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci provide Complex’s Geoff Boucher with an interview in which they discuss the upcoming sequel (scheduled for 2012) to director J.J. Abrams’ blockbuster.

Stories For November 10 2010 MRD Media Watch

Stories For November 10 2010 MRD Media Watch
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The next comic part of DH: HD, the initiative from Dark Horse, Toshiba, and USA Today, is Serenity: Downtime, an all-new, eight-page story exclusive to USAToday.com that comes from writer Zach Whedon and artist Chris Samnee.

After the second episode of The Walking Dead brought in 4.7 million viewers, AMC announced that it had renewed the show for a 13-episode second season via a press release. No details about when those episodes might begin airing were provided. Click here for more information.

Warner Bros. Consumer Products, DC Entertainment and Nick Grace of Water Lane Productions Ltd. have announced that the live show entitled Batman Live will begin touring the United Kingdom and other cities in Europe beginning summer 2011 before coming to North America in 2012. Details from the press release are as follows:

"Opening in Manchester on July 20, 2011 and visiting Newcastle, Glasgow, Sheffield, Birmingham, London, Liverpool, Nottingham, Dublin and Belfast, tickets for “Batman Live” go on sale on Friday, November 12, 2010. 'Batman Live' is a visually stunning production, complete with a brand new original storyline. The live show will feature Batman, his trusty counterpart Robin, tireless butler Alfred and a host of other favouriteBatman characters, including Villains such as The Joker, The Riddler, Catwoman and The Penguin. The story will take place in several settings from the famed DC Comics stories, including Gotham City, Wayne Manor, the Batcave and Arkham Asylum." Click here to read the official press release in full.

In a Wall Street Journal interview, Robert Iger, the chief executive of Walt Disney Co., provided his views on where Disney is going as a company and confirmed that the integration of Marvel Entertainment into the greater Disney family will involve three live-action TV series for ABC/ABC Family. Source: WSJ.com.

The Examiner is reporting that current WWE star John Cena and actor/former WWE star Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson are among those in the running to play Clark Kent/Superman in the upcoming film from Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment. Source: Examiner.com.

Captain America, Batman The Dark Knight Rises, Battlestar Galictica: Caprica

This week's Entertainment Weekly (on sale October 29) features a cover giving us a first look at actor Chris Evans in his red, white, and blue Captain America costume that will be seen in Marvel Studios' Captain America: The First Avenger. The issue will feature a story giving readers more details about the movie and the actor's thoughts on bringing Cap to the big screen. You can see the cover now at Popwatch.ew.com.

As reported yesterday, director Christopher Nolan told the Los Angeles Times' Geoff Boucher that his third Batman film will be titled The Dark Knight Rises and not feature The Riddler. Today, Nolan is back and discusses his decision to not shoot the film in 3-D. Source: Herocomplex.latimes.com.

SyFy has announced that it has cancelled Battlestar Galactica: Caprica, with the last five episodes of its first and only season to air in Q1 2011. Earlier this week it was announced that the network had greenlit Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, apparently Caprica's successor. Source: Deadline.com.

Tom Hardy Given Role In 3rd Batman Installment

Deadline is reporting that actor Tom Hardy has been given a role in director Christopher Nolan’s third Batman film. Hardy recently appeared in Nolan’s Inception. The role Hardy will play has not yet been revealed. Source: Deadline.com.

Batman Dark Knight Director Christopher Nolan to Direct 3rd film

Batman Dark Knight Director Christopher Nolan to direct 3rd film
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The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan has now confirmed that he’ll be back to direct a third Batman film for Warner Bros./DC. Source: Empireonline.com.

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New York Post Reveals DC’s Plans for Batmen & Robin

New York Post Reveals DC’s Plans for Batmen & Robin
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For decades, DC Comics’ Dynamic Duo have battled the super-villains of Gotham City, striking fear into the hearts of cowardly, superstitious criminals and carting them off to jail and Arkham Asylum. Over the years, numerous heroes have donned the cape & cowl of the Dark Knight, most recently Dick Grayson, the world’s first Robin the Boy Wonder, who assumed the "Mantle of the Bat" when his mentor was "killed." Now, the original is back, as Bruce Wayne returns to the DC Universe and Gotham City. But, who will be Batman now?


As it turns out, both Wayne and Grayson will operate as Batman (Batmen?), according to a report published in the August 30th edition of The New York Post. In writer Jeremy Olshan’s “Now two Batmen,” The Post provides several “spoilers” for events in upcoming DC titles like Batman and Robin and Batman, Inc., including the possibility that there may be more than two Batmen running around before everything’s done.

DC Comics Co-Publisher Dan DiDio revealed that former Robin Dick Grayson will continue to guard the streets of Gotham with the new Robin, Bruce Wayne’s son Damian, while the multibillionaire behind internationally connected Wayne Enterprises will take a more “global” approach to crimefighting.

You can read the original article here, and glean further details from The Source, the official blog of the DC Universe.

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