Elijah Wood hints at big ‘Hobbit’ show for Comic-Con
PIYA SINHA-ROY
REUTERS
LOS ANGELES – Comic-Con International rolls into San Diego this week for its annual pop culture convention, and high on the list of must-see events is film footage of what actor Elijah Wood promises is a bigger Hobbit than fans can imagine.
Comic-Con, which kicks off on Thursday and is expected to attract more than 125,000 people, is the biggest event of the year for many fans of comic book superheroes and science-fiction lovers. And TV networks and Hollywood’s major studios stage elaborate promotions to showcase upcoming films and programs.
Actors Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner will […]
New Spider-Man more thoughtful
We live in an age of speed-up, which may explain why the Spider-Man franchise feels the need for a reboot only 10 years after its first picture, and five years after the most recent one. In its broad strokes, The Amazing Spider-Man is a remake of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man (2002), but it’s not the broad strokes we care about. This is a more thoughtful film, and its action scenes are easier to follow in space and time. If we didn’t really need to be told Spidey’s origin story again, at least it’s done with more detail and provides better reasons […]
N.B. artist ‘Marvels’ at career opportunities
X-Men | Moncton man says technology means you can be successful and still live in smaller communities
By SHANE MAGEE
magee.shane@dailygleaner.com
The aisles in the back of Fredericton’s Strange Adventures shop on York Street were crowded as people lined up to talk with Nick Bradshaw, a Moncton artist who illustrates one of Marvel Entertainment’s top X-Men comics, Wolverine and the X-Men.
‘It was cool,’ said Nichole Saunders. ‘I’m an artist myself so it was great to talk to someone in the indu st r y.’ She was one of about 20 people in the store just after 1 p.m. on Saturday […]