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Napoleon Dynamite is back. The sullen, inept, and improbably heroic midwestern teen has a new series from IDW Publishing, complete with provocatively topical cover art. The four-issue series takes place after the events of the 2004 cult comedy classic, but not that much after. Pedro is still school president, but his administration hits a speed bump when a student accuses him of election fraud. It’s up to Napoleon and Deb to clear his name before, according to IDW’s press release, “the principal can ‘Impeach Pedro.’” What happens next will be up to writer and sibling team Carlos Guzman-Verdugo and Alejandro Verdugo. They’re the writers behind the webcomic and the successfully Kickstarted physical comic, Time Cheetah. They’re joined by artist Jorge Monlongo (Over the Garden Wall: Hollow Town). “With this new story, we’re focusing on matching the movie’s unique tone,” Guzman-Verdugo said in the press release, … [Read more...] about Napoleon Dynamite comic threatens to ‘Impeach Pedro’

John Wick will return in 2021. Following Chapter 3 — Parabellum’s #1 box office debut — knocking Avengers: Endgame from the top after a three-week run — John Wick 4 has been confirmed. Not only that, the sequel has a release date: May 21, 2021. The first John Wick movie opened in 2014 and grossed just under $90 million total, while its 2017 sequel made $172 million lifetime. The third movie, which debuted last Friday, made $57 million domestically and another $36 million overseas ($93 million total), greatly outpacing John Wick 2. News of the sequel was announced via text message, using the same service that revealed the first trailer for Chapter 3: “You have served. You will be of service. John Wick: Chapter 4 is coming - May 21, 2021.” What started as a simple story of revenge — of Keanu Reeves shooting up a lot bad guys as revenge for the death of his dog — has turned into a full universe. … [Read more...] about John Wick: Chapter 4 confirmed for a 2021 release

Image Comics and Todd McFarlane will celebrate a major milestone for the seminal Spawn series this year, with Spawn #300. The 72-page comic will include work from both veterans and newcomers to the hell-touched hero. Spawn #1 hit shelves in 1992, the high-water mark of the comic artist rebellion that rocked the American comics world. And Spawn itself is still going — one of the 1990s’ biggest success stories that’s still around. “I created Spawn back when I was a teenager hoping to someday break into the comic book industry,” McFarlane, now president of Image Comics, said in a statement. “Now, over 40 years later, not only was I able to have a career drawing and writing comics, but Spawn has been by my side for most of that journey.” McFarlane has not always written or drawn Spawn, and Spawn #300 will see him return to the series, along with veteran Spawn artists Greg Capullo (Dark Nights: Metal) and J. Scott Campbell (Gen 13). Batman scribe … [Read more...] about Todd McFarlane returns to Spawn for special 300th issue

The sun has set on Westeros. Season 8 of Game of Thrones is finally over. And by that we mean that the spinoffs, books, and furious arguments will stretch until the end of time. But the television show itself, which began as an adaptation and is ending as source material, has ended after close to eight years. [Ed. note: This post contains major spoilers for Game of Thrones through the series finale.] As Cersei said in that first season, either you win, or you die. And Cersei died. So she didn’t win. But who did? Let’s begin trying to sort it all out. Drogon the Dragon won the Iron Throne The Night King killed Viserion, the first of Dany’s dragons to fall to her enemies. Then Euron killed Rhaegal with a scorpion shot that still looks more miraculous than plausible. But Drogon survived the entire series, and finally did what Dany was trying to do the entire time by destroying the Iron Throne and thus laying waste to a symbol of centuries of bloody battles over the … [Read more...] about The final winners of the Game of Thrones

Even if John Wick took them out of the box office’s No. 1 ranking, the Avengers still breached another earnings milestone this weekend. Avengers: Endgame booked $29.4 million, which put the Marvel finale at $771 million in North America, taking a solid No. 2 on the domestic all-time charts. Endgame officially passed James Cameron’s other behemoth, Avatar but is still more than $150 million behind Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the No. 1 domestic earner ($937 million). John Wick Chapter 3 — Parabellum broke the Avengers’ three-weekend grip on No. 1 with $57 million domestically and another $35 million overseas, good for $92 million so far. John Wick’s domestic take is better than the first two movies in the series ($14.4 million and $30.4 million, respectively). Globally, Avengers: Endgame stands at $2.6 billion, about $170 million behind Avatar’s worldwide take. Avengers: Endgame seems almost foreordained for blockbuster supremacy, especially after … [Read more...] about John Wick eliminates Avengers atop box office charts