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If you're going to San Diego Comic-Con this year and want to celebrate your "Man of Steel" fandom with something extravagant, MTV Geek's got just the thing for you! Our sister site's announced that a variant Superman Icon statue will be available exclusively at this year's convention. Featuring a dark take on Kal-El, the statue can be seen in all its glory (along with some other awesome exclusive DC collectibles) in the video below.

Be sure to check out MTV Geek for the rest of the details!

by Brett White

Comic Book Resources has a great new interview with Archie Comics CEO Jon Goldwater. The interview further dispels any lingering zombie nonsense that initially surrounded the film, and goes on to shed some light on just what the creative team has in mind.

The film will be written by "Glee's" Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, and directed by Jason Moore. Moore recently helmed the young adult comedy "Pitch Perfect," making him an inspired choice to bring the Archie gang to life for the first time on the big screen.

"Our vision creatively is a very John Hughes-ian Archie film," says Goldwater. "It's in the spirit of 'Ferris Bueller' and 'Sixteen Candles,' and I know Roberto and Jason share that exact same vision. To hear them discuss their vision for the movie is so inspiring to me. It's unbelievable."

After citing those two John Hughes movies as potential touchstones for the upcoming film, Goldwater mentions that Hughes had an affection for Archie Comics.

"Hollywood lore is rife with the fact that John Hughes was a huge Archie fan," reveals Goldwater. "A lot of what he did was inspired by Archie history and Archie IP. So we're going to embrace his genius and hopefully make our own movie that's unique, interesting and fun with its own flavor. But it'll be very 'Ferris Bueller.' That's the vision we have for the movie."

With Warner Bros. behind the film, the next step towards getting it made is getting the script ready, Goldwater states. "I think really right now the most important thing is Roberto putting the pen to paper and having the most genius script we can have. After that, it is the casting process. But for now, Roberto is doing his thing, and as soon as that's done, then the next step is assembling a cast. But the script comes first and foremost."

Be sure to check out the rest of CBR's interview, complete with details about the upcoming "Afterlife With Archie" series and the new "Sabrina" animated series.

[via Comic Book Resources]

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by Brett White

"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" may already have a packed cast, with Mary Jane Watson, Electro, the Rhino, Norman and Harry Osborn all popping up in the film. There are also a few actors whose roles are still a mystery; Colm Feore's one of them - although IMDB now includes what was previously a rumor in its listing.

The other mystery actor is Felicity Jones, who joined the cast alongside Paul Giamatti back in late January. The actress' role has yet to be confirmed, but people have pegged her to be Black Cat. While interviewing the actress, Flicks and the City tried to trick her into admitting she's donning a catsuit in the superhero film.

When asked if she was looking forward to everyone seeing her as Black Cat, Jones replied: "Um, well, uhhh... possibly. I don't know, yeah. I kind of, it's umm...yeah, if that happens, that would be wonderful, yeah." Check out the full video below.

It's important to note that she doesn't say yes and she doesn't say no about playing Black Cat. In fact, this kind of guessing game is played all the time, especially after actors make vague statements in interviews. When they're held to such strictly enforced non-disclosure agreements, it's a wonder the actors involved can even form a sentence.

Even if Felicity Jones is playing Felicia Hardy, it's unlikely she'll play a big part. The film's packed with characters as it is! If anything, she'll be set up to play a larger role in one of the next two Spider-Man films.

[via Comic Book Movie]

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by Brett White

As Anthony Mackie continues shooting "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" in Cleveland, a new Entertainment Weekly interview with the man behind Falcon has been released. The article dives deep into the classic character's comic book past and his notable role as the first African-American superhero. Falcon's important place in comic book history is one that Mackie respects.

"I'm really proud of that history," Mackie tells EW. "The biggest thing for me, the most exciting thing for me, is to come out on Halloween and see all the little black kids dressed up like the Falcon. There are so many parts of our society that are not catered to or represented fully and this will give a new generation of our society someone to look up to and identify with. That's why I am so intensely focused on bringing the character to life in a special way."

Mackie talked a little bit more about his character, revealing that he's a colleague of Black Widow and Hawkeye and is every bit as competent (as shown in these set photos), saying that he's "a really smart guy who went through major military training and becomes a tactical leader, he's not some guy that fell into this."

Mackie adds: "The most important thing I got from everybody at Marvel about the Falcon was the need to show that he's a very righteous, man-forward kind of guy. He would do anything to protect the man next to him and to protect his country. That's the integrity of the character and the integrity of the man and that that's what I have focused on."

Sure sounds like the Falcon to us. Mackie's already revealed that Falcon will play a major role in the film, so it sounds like 2014 could be Falcon's big year.

[via Entertainment Weekly]

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The creative minds behind "The Walking Dead" have shown time and again that they're happy to deviate from the comic book source material, especially where prominent deaths are concerned. Shane stuck around longer on the show, Dale had a much earlier exit … and yet another fan-favorite character from the comics bit the dust much sooner than expected during the season three finale.

It was a death that some die-hard "Walking Dead" fans weren't exactly pleased about. Season three's showrunner Glen Mazzara opened up about the development in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, defending the choice to kill the character off.

Spoilers after the break.

According to Mazzara, the decision to kill Andrea was made over the course of season three's development. He said that someone had to make "an ultimate sacrifice" for the season to have a proper impact.

"I knew Rick was going to finally open up the gates of the prison after a season in which he's trying to hide away from the world and lock everybody away and keep them safe," said Mazzara. "At the end of the finale, he brings in these women, children and elderly people and the group is going to transform. There needed to be a blood sacrifice for that, and there had to be a price that was paid."

"Andrea paying that price was important," he continued. "She is unable to re-enter the group. In a way, a lot of what she did was bring the two groups together. But she's never able to enter the prison and be reunited in a full way with Rick's group. That was an ultimate sacrifice that was worthy of the season finale."

Mazzara, who is not returning for the fourth season of "Walking Dead," added that he's heard both positive and negative feedback to Andrea's death.

"There's a very vocal group saying that they're dissatisfied with Andrea's death, which shows that her death meant something; it affected people emotionally," he said.

As for how Andrea's death deviates from the comic books, where she remains very much alive, Mazzara defended the choice. "I don't give people credence if after running the show for 29 out of 35 episodes people are surprised that I deviated from the comic book. I've never once said I was sticking to the comic book. The show has never struck closely to the comic. In episode 35, if we have a surprising death, it's in line with everything I've always delivered."

What do you think of Andrea's death? Sound off in the comments section below or let us know on Twitter!

Fans eagerly awaiting a "Justice League" adaptation will be pleased to know that they don't have to wait anymore! That is, if your definition of "Justice League" adaptation is broad enough to include an animated commercial for Target. No, it's not the big screen, live action adaptation fans have been waiting decades for, but it is nice to see the wide world of DC heroes getting some attention in the wake of "Man of Steel's" colossal success. And if rumors are true, a live-action "Justice League" could hit theaters as soon as 2015.

Until then, we'll just have to make do with this Target commercial, which unites the Justice League's New 52 lineup (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman and Cyborg) in their New 52 uniforms (so many seams!) for one cause: save Alex's birthday! It's a fun spot, one that raises the question, "Where do heroes keep their wallet?"

[via Super Hero Hype]

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Don't cry for Loki. He's already gone from "Avengers 2." Instead, jump for joy because Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch are on the way.

"Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch are very close to my heart because they were Avengers the whole time I was reading the book as a kid," director Joss Whedon tells Empire of his new "Avengers 2" characters. "Sometimes they were evil but sometimes they were good."

"They're very... textured, they're very different from everybody else in the mix," he added. "They're not there to make things easier on The Avengers but what we do with the group once we've got them is squeeze. The fun I'm having doing that is probably unseemly."

Indeed, it sounds like Whedon isn't the only one having fun with the "Avengers 2" script. The writer spoke about Marvel's reaction to his first draft, saying that "everybody's on board with the exact movie I'm trying to make, which is what worked the first time."

"I said, 'I want to make this movie, a Marvel version of this movie,'" Whedon said. "And they said 'Yay' and never looked back. Well they said 'Maybe the tone' or 'Maybe this structure' but once we had it, we had it. And I feel like we're there with Avengers 2 which is really important."

Whedon briefly touched on the recent revelation that Quicksilver will also be in "X-Men: Days Of Future Past," saying: "He's in our movie and he's going to be dope."

Are you psyched for Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch? Let us know in the comments section below or on Twitter!

The "Sin City" sequel might be a movie to kill for — but you won't be killing for it until next year.

Dimension Films have announced that "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" won't hit its previously announced October 4, 2013 release date as originally expected. Instead, the film has been delayed by nearly a full year. It's now arriving on August 22, 2014.

The release date shift is just the latest setback in a long line of delays surrounding the "Sin City" sequel. Co-directors Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller have been trying to get "A Dame to Kill For" off the ground since shortly after their first "Sin City" movie landed as a fan-favorite comic book adaptation.

On the bright side, we can be reasonably sure that we'll actually get to see "A Dame to Kill For" some day, as various roles have been cast, and numerous actors have already finished filming their portions of the movie.

Josh Brolin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Eva Green are just a few of the newcomers to "Sin City" this go around. They join returning players Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis and more.

Are you disappointed by the "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" release date shift? Let us know in the comments or on Twitter!

by Ryan Rigley

As anticipated, Zack Snyder's "Man of Steel" soared high above the box office this weekend with a record-breaking $125 million debut, not including the additional $71.6 million grossed overseas. This, of course, makes "Man of Steel" the highest grossing film ever to be released in June, with the 18th highest opening weekend ticket sales of all time.

Superman has always been one of the most recognizable, and widely celebrated, American superheroes. Since his first appearance in 1938, the Last Son of Krypton has been featured in a countless number of comic books, video games, movies, and TV series. Since we've already discussed 'Smallville,' this week's edition of Comics on TV will focus on a different Superman series: "Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman."

Series Statistics
Network: ABC
Broadcast Date: 1993 - 1997
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 87

Starring Teri Hatcher and Dean Cain as Lois and Clark, respectively, "Lois & Clark" revolves around the budding relationship between Lois Lane and Clark Kent as well as the everyday adventures of Clark's alter-ego, Superman Known for its campy nature and melodramatic tendencies, this Superman series was actually quite popular with its demographic and, in fact, spawned several spin-off novels aimed at young adults.

"Lois & Clark" stuck mostly to DC Comics canon, with a few slight alterations - the most notable being Lex Luthor with hair. The series features several big Superman villains from the comic books, including Deathstroke, Mr. Mxyzptlk, Toyman, and Metallo. There's also an episode where Lois Lane gains all of Superman's powers via red kryptonite!

Notable Episodes

Foundling
In a similar fashion to "Man of Steel," this episode of "Lois & Clark" sees Kal-El discovering a small globe in the remains of his spaceship which contains a message from his biological father, Jor-El. Soon, the globe is stolen by a teenage thief and eventually falls into the hands of Superman's arch nemesis, Lex Luthor.

That Old Gang of Mine
A mad scientist by the name of Professor Emil Hamilton clones notorious criminals John Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, and Al Capone. After Al Capone forces Hamilton to clone the rest of his gang, the criminals wreak havoc on Metropolis with Clark having to fake his own death as a means of protecting his true identity.

Twas the Night Before Mxymas
In this "Lois & Clark" Christmas special, a mischief-making imp from the 5th dimension, Mr. Mxyzptlk, traps the entirety of Metropolis in an infinite "Groundhog's Day" time-loop forcing the city to relive Christmas Eve over and over again. Also, Superman learns the true meaning of Christmas.

Metallo
Guest starring Superman's kryptonite-fueled cyborg villain, Lois' sister's shady new boyfriend, John Corben, turns out to be a wanted criminal. After Corben is shot during an armed robbery, Lexcorp scientists take his deceased body and turn him into an evil cyborg named Metallo.

Tempus Fugitive
Legendary sci-fi author H.G. Wells teams up with Lois and Clark in an attempt to stop a madman named Tempus, who has stolen Wells' fabled time machine, from killing a baby Superman. This time-traveling epic of an episode sees Lois and Clark visiting the old west and also the crash-landing of Kal-El's spaceship in Smallville.

Still not convinced that "Lois & Clark" is worth a watch? Well then, here's a clip of Superman and Lois Lane's honeymoon in which the two of them get busy mid-air. Caution: This clip is hotter than Superman's heat vision!

This is Comics On TV, the column that celebrates the classic comic book TV series that blazed the trail for modern day hits like "Arrow," "The Walking Dead" and "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." If you have any favorite episodes of this week's series, let us know in the comments below or hit us up on Twitter!

by Brett White

In this age of never-ending sequels, frequent reboots, and expanding cinematic universes, is the good ol' fashioned trilogy done for? Sony seems to think so, as they just secured dates that guarantee that the new "Amazing Spider-Man" franchise will at least be a quadrilogy.

According to Deadline, "The Amazing Spider-Man 3" will arrive on June 10, 2016; it'll be followed by "The Amazing Spider-Man 4" on May 4, 2018. Of course these movies could deviate from tradition and receive subtitles, like "The Amazing Spider-Man: The Sinister Six" and "The Amazing Spider-Man: Ben Reilly And The Menace Of Cardiac."

This might seem a bit hasty, but movie studios have started planning out their franchises years in advance. It's rumored that Warner Bros.' has fast-tracked "Man of Steel 2" and "Justice League" for releases in 2014 and 2015, thanks to "Man of Steel's" stellar performance after four days in theaters.

Just last week, Marvel confirmed two more dates for their Phase 3 films, even though there are still 4 more Phase 2 movies to release first. There's already speculation that one of those dates belongs to "Dr. Strange," while the other had better belong to a female superhero movie.

But what do these sequels mean for Spider-Man? One thing, it means that Sony has no intention of ever letting the film rights revert back to Marvel. They're keeping Andrew Garfield busy with new "Spider-Man" movies until 2018. As for the plot of the films, there's already speculation that "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" will set up the Sinister Six. By announcing these two dates so early, it does seem like director Marc Webb could be building to a conclusion of some sort, possibly with the Spider-foe super-team.

Expect more announcements to come at San Diego Comic-Con this July.

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