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Dynamite to Develop Comics and Game Based on Fire and Ice


Dynamite Entertainment is teaming up with the Frazetta Girls brand and Bakshi Productions to produce comics and tabletop games based on the 1983 film Fire and Ice, which was developed from the art of Frank Frazetta and animated by Ralph Bakshi.

Written by Gerry Conway and Roy Thomas, both veterans of Conan the Barbarian comics, Fire and Ice followed the adventures of Princess Teegra, who was kidnapped by the ice queen, and the barbarian Larn, who helps her after she escapes and follows her through a series of adventures involving a giant squid, a mysterious masked warrior, and a climactic battle that unleashes a volcano against the ice queen’s glacier fortress.

The comic series will be a prequel to the film, picking up on the themes and ideas and perhaps some of the characters as well. While the creative team has yet to be announced, the cover will feature Frazetta’s original painting that was used to develop the visuals for the film and later became the movie poster. The comics will debut in 2023, to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the film's release.

Dynamite also plans a tabletop RPG that will be based on the film.




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Ra said:
Snyder Cut Campaign Was Fueled by Bots, WB-Commissioned Study Finds

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A study from WarnerMedia reportedly found that the bulk of support from the fan-led #ReleasetheSnyderCut social media campaign was fueled by bots.

Snyder's four-hour cut of Justice League was released on HBO Max in March 2021, after a viral fan-led campaign calling for Warner Bros. to #ReleasetheSnyderCut. The original 2017 Justice League was completed by Joss Whedon after Snyder left the project. As reported by Rolling Stone, two reports commissioned by WarnerMedia found that a disproportionate number of the social media accounts that participated in the campaign were fake or "inauthentic."

The WarnerMedia reports found that 13 percent of the accounts participating in the online campaign demanding the release of Snyder's Justice League were fake. According to experts, the reported normal amount of bots seen on trending topics ranges from three to five percent. Twitter's own public reports found that less than five percent of active accounts on the platform can be considered "false or spam." While this doesn't diminish the amount of real, human fans that bolstered the release of Snyder's Justice League, the campaign was disproportionately pushed by inauthentic accounts.

Multiple sources involved with both the 2017 Justice League and Snyder's version have also stated their belief that Snyder helped to manipulate the overwhelming online response, with one source claiming, "Zack was like a Lex Luthor wreaking havoc." Apparently, the reports were commissioned by Warner Media from a third-party cyber security firm in January 2021. The decision was reportedly in response to an increasing amount of disturbing social media posts directed at WarnerMedia employees, including Geoff Johns, DC Films president Walter Hamada and former Warner Bros. Pictures Group chairman Toby Emmerich.

"After researching online conversations about the Snyder Cut of the Justice League‘s release, specifically the hashtags ‘ReleaseTheSnyderCut’ and ‘RestoreTheSnyderVerse’ on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, [the analysts] detected an increase in negative activity created by both real and fake authors," the report stated. "One identified community was made up of real and fake authors that spread negative content about WarnerMedia for not restoring the 'SnyderVerse.' Additionally, three main leaders were identified within the authors scanned on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram — one leader on each platform. These leaders received the highest amount of engagement and have many followers, which gives them the ability to influence public opinion."

Notably, it was reported in May that Twitter bots helped in two Snyder films, Army of the Dead and Zack Snyder's Justice League, winning the fan-voted categories of Oscars Fan Favorite and Oscars Cheer Moment at the 94th Academy Awards. According to reports from analytics tracking tool Tweetbinder, "the most active contributors to both polls were autonomous web programs," which "cast thousands of fake votes" for the two movies.

There is currently another call from fans to #RestoreTheSnyderVerse, demanding Warner Bros. bring Syder back to helm the subsequent Justice League movies he had initially planned. Snyder has directed three DCEU films, including Man of Steel, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Zack Snyder's Justice League.
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Yeah, I’m taking this with a grain of salt. But, if I were to take this article at face value, there are two very important takeaways, here:

1. 87% of the #ReleaseTheSnydercut fandom engagement was real and organic. Considering how much of Twitter are actually bots, that’s an impressive number.
2. For once, despite a big corporate conglomerate’s best efforts, the artist beat the mega-corp at it’s own game. And, I’m never going to have a problem with that.

With all of that said, even though I didn’t think Snyder’s take on the DC’s heroes was a particularly good one, the Snydercut was objectively the superior film. By a long way. I thought, while not great, it was good (especially if one can get over their attachment to the source material).

I really think the execs fucked themselves over and are looking for some kind of retribution against Snyder. Which, hopefully, backfires on them as well.
 
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Clever, but I disagree with some of the choices. Eddie Murphy never would have taken a role where he wasn't in the top billing in the 90s. Leonardo DiCaprio was kind of scrawny in the 90s, Brad Pitt as well. Also Denzel Wahington as Black Panther? C'mon whoever did that wasn't even trying.

Falcon would have been Will Smith, he wasn't so big in the 90s that he would have to be top billed. Thor would have been Dolph Lundgren, there really wasn't any other choice for a large blonde tough guy in the 90s. Lastly, Captain America would have been some tall, well-built, all-American-looking actor, like the guy who played the rocketeer, Billy Campbell. And there was a severe lack of Black actors who could have pulled off an African accent in the 90s, so the obvious choice would have been Djimon Hounsou as T'Challa.
 
Paramount+ dropped the teaser trailer for "Teen Wolf: The Movie" yesterday at SDCC:


A terrifying new evil has emerged in Beacon Hills calling for the return of Alpha Werewolf Scott McCall (Tyler Posey), to once again reunite the Banshees, Werecoyotes, Hellhounds, Kitsunes, and other shapeshifters of the night. With new allies and trusted friends like Derek Hale (Tyler Hoechlin), Lydia Martin (Holland Roden), Jackson Whittemore (Colton Haynes), Malia Tate (Shelley Hennig), and the return of a long lost love, Scott and his pack just might stand a chance.

Stayed tuned for more on Teen Wolf: The Movie streaming soon, exclusively on Paramount+.
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TVLine.com breakdown:

Paramount+ has dropped its first teaser for the ‘Teen Wolf’ reunion movie. And somehow, in only 60 seconds, they gave fans a ton to dissect. Let’s break down the most jaw-dropping and game-changing moments
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THR breakdown & info on upcoming spin-off series "Wolf Pack" starring Sarah Michelle Gellar:

Tyler Posey and Tyler Hoechlin discussed returning to the franchise and bringing back fan favorite Allison (Crystal Reed) for the upcoming Paramount+ film.
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