ACADEMY REVEALS 2016 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS
The Academy has voted 17 students as winners of the 43rd Student Academy Awards® competition. The Academy received a record number of entries this year – 1,749 films from 286 domestic and 95 international colleges and universities – which were voted by a record number of Academy members. The 2016 winners join the ranks of such past Student Academy Award winners as Pete Docter, Cary Fukunaga, John Lasseter, Spike Lee, Trey Parker and Robert Zemeckis.
The winners are (listed alphabetically by film title):
Alternative
“All These Voices,” David Henry Gerson, American Film Institute
“Cloud Kumo,” Yvonne Ng, City College of New York
“The Swan Girl,” Johnny Coffeen, Maharishi University of Management
Animation
“Die Flucht,” Carter Boyce, DePaul University
“Once upon a Line,” Alicja Jasina, USC
“The Wishgranter,” Echo Wu, Ringling College of Art and Design
Documentary
“Fairy Tales,” Rongfei Guo, New York University
“4.1 Miles,” Daphne Matziaraki, University of California, Berkeley
“From Flint: Voices of a Poisoned City,” Elise Conklin, Michigan State University
Narrative
“It’s Just a Gun,” Brian Robau, Chapman University
“Nocturne in Black,” Jimmy Keyrouz, Columbia University
“Rocket,” Brenna Malloy, Chapman University
Foreign Narrative
“Invention of Trust,” Alex Schaad, University of Television and Film Munich (Germany)
“Tenants,” Klara Kochanska, The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School (Poland)
“Where the Woods End,” Felix Ahrens, Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF (Germany)
Foreign Animation
“Ayny,” Ahmad Saleh, Academy of Media Arts Cologne (Germany)
Foreign Documentary
“The Most Beautiful Woman,” Maya Sarfaty, Tel Aviv University (Israel)
First-time honors go to Maharishi University of Management, DePaul University, Michigan State University, The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz.
All Student Academy Award-winning films are eligible to compete for 2016 Oscars® in the Documentary Short Subject, Animated Short Film or Live Action Short Film category. Past Student Academy Award winners have gone on to receive 49 Oscar® nominations and have won or shared eight awards in several categories, including Writing, Directing, Documentary Feature and Animated Feature Film.
Students will arrive in Los Angeles for a week of industry activities that will culminate in the awards ceremony on Thursday, September 22, at 7:30 p.m., at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The medal placements – gold, silver and bronze – in the seven award categories will be announced at the ceremony.
New this year, the Foreign Film category has been expanded to include separate awards for narrative, animation and documentary entries. Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards will be given in the Foreign Narrative category; Gold Medal awards will be given in the Foreign Animation and the Foreign Documentary categories. The U.S. competition categories remain the same: Alternative, Animation, Narrative and Documentary. Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal awards will be given in each.
The 43rd Student Academy Awards ceremony on September 22, 2016 is free and open to the public, but advance tickets are required. Tickets may be obtained online at oscars.org starting today. Any remaining tickets will be made available at the door on the evening of the event. The Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills.
The Student Academy Awards were established in 1972 to provide a platform for emerging global talent by creating opportunities within the industry to showcase their work.
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Sunday, September 18, 2016
Saturday, September 17, 2016
Image Announces Special "Outcast" for Local Comic Shop Day 2016
OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY HARDCOVER ANNOUNCED
Image Comics is pleased to reveal a special cover of the OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA Book One hardcover in celebration of this year’s Local Comic Shop Day.
The cover will be available to participating comic shop retailers with Diamond Code AUG168150 and on shelves on Local Comic Shop Day—Saturday, November 19th, 2016. The final order cutoff deadline for retailers is Monday, September 26th, 2016.
This hardcover features the first twelve issues of the hit comic book series, along with covers and a sketchbook, in one oversized volume. Perfect for long-time readers and fans of the Cinemax TV show.
The regular cover by series artist Azaceta and colorist Elizabeth Breitweiser will be available on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 and can be ordered with Diamond Code SEP160791.
About Local Comic Shop Day:
Local Comic Shop Day® will be held on November 19, 2016 this year.
For 2016, the date has been changed to the Saturday before Small Business Saturday. “We polled participating retailers if they preferred to have Local Comic Shop Day® on November 19th or November 26th,” said ComicsPRO President Peter Dolan (Main Street Comics, Middletown NY). “By a margin of 73% to 27%, our retailers wanted to change the date to the earlier Saturday so it would have a distinct identity separate from Small Business Saturday.”
Local Comic Shop Day® is the only Comic Book Industry event created and run by retailers for retailers. “Last year nearly 400 storefronts participated in Local Comic Shop Day®,” said ComicsPRO Executive Director Marco Davanzo (Alakazam Comics, Irvine CA). “Each and every one of these retailers has a voice in how we grow the day—that’s why we polled them and will continue to ask their opinions as we go forward.”
ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.
ABOUT SKYBOUND ENTERTAINMENT
Founded in 2010, Skybound Entertainment is a multiplatform entertainment company specializing in television, comics, film, digital content, interactive, gaming, and merchandise. The company is led by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and his longtime producing and business partner David Alpert.
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Image Comics is pleased to reveal a special cover of the OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA Book One hardcover in celebration of this year’s Local Comic Shop Day.
The cover will be available to participating comic shop retailers with Diamond Code AUG168150 and on shelves on Local Comic Shop Day—Saturday, November 19th, 2016. The final order cutoff deadline for retailers is Monday, September 26th, 2016.
This hardcover features the first twelve issues of the hit comic book series, along with covers and a sketchbook, in one oversized volume. Perfect for long-time readers and fans of the Cinemax TV show.
The regular cover by series artist Azaceta and colorist Elizabeth Breitweiser will be available on Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016 and can be ordered with Diamond Code SEP160791.
About Local Comic Shop Day:
Local Comic Shop Day® will be held on November 19, 2016 this year.
For 2016, the date has been changed to the Saturday before Small Business Saturday. “We polled participating retailers if they preferred to have Local Comic Shop Day® on November 19th or November 26th,” said ComicsPRO President Peter Dolan (Main Street Comics, Middletown NY). “By a margin of 73% to 27%, our retailers wanted to change the date to the earlier Saturday so it would have a distinct identity separate from Small Business Saturday.”
Local Comic Shop Day® is the only Comic Book Industry event created and run by retailers for retailers. “Last year nearly 400 storefronts participated in Local Comic Shop Day®,” said ComicsPRO Executive Director Marco Davanzo (Alakazam Comics, Irvine CA). “Each and every one of these retailers has a voice in how we grow the day—that’s why we polled them and will continue to ask their opinions as we go forward.”
ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.
ABOUT SKYBOUND ENTERTAINMENT
Founded in 2010, Skybound Entertainment is a multiplatform entertainment company specializing in television, comics, film, digital content, interactive, gaming, and merchandise. The company is led by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman and his longtime producing and business partner David Alpert.
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Negromancer News Bits and Bites from September 11th to 17th, 2016 - Update #34
Support Leroy on Patreon.
BOX OFFICE - From Variety: Looks like "Blair Witch" won't keep "Sully" from repeating as weekend box office champ.
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OBIT - From TheWrap: The author, W.P. Kinsella, has died at the age of 81. His 1982 novel, "Shoeless Joe," was the basis of director Phil Alden Robinson's 1989, Oscar-nominated film, "Field of Dreams," which starred Kevin Costner.
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OBIT-THEATER - From EW: Legendary American playwright, Albert Albee, has died at the age of 88, Friday, September 16, 2016. His best known play is "Who Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
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MOVIE - From GQ: See Shia LaBeouf as John McEnroe for the film, "McEnroe vs. Borg."
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MOVIE - From Variety: Classic Western, "High Noon," is being remade, but that remake will be set in the present day.
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MOVIE - From THR: After a dispute over Tom Cruise's money is resolved, "Mission: Impossible 6" resumes.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Newcomer Cailee Spaeny is the female lead in "Pacific Rim: Maelstrom."
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TELEVISION - From YahooTV: Remembering NBC's groundbreaking TV movie, "An Early Frost."
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SPORTS - From YahooSports: U.S. soccer National Team member, Megan Rapinoe, still taking a knee during the National Anthem.
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TELEVISION - From TVLine: Spike Lee's TV version of his debut film, "She's Gotta Have It" gets a 10-episode order from Amazon.
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MOVIES - From BuzzFeed: Leonardo DiCaprio has a new eco-movie, "Before the Flood."
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: Actress - pitch woman Sofia Vergara is getting paid, y'all.
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STAR TREK - From YahooNews: CBS' upcoming series, "Star Trek Discovery" has been delayed from its announced January 2017 release to May 2017. I thought this would happen, especially as no casting had been announced.
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COMICS-FILM - From ComicBookMovie: "Harley Quinn" spin-off from "Suicide Squad" moves forward.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: What the hell is "American Horror Story" Season 6 about? Try The Wrap's live blog.
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MOVIES - From THR: A young actress, Storm Reid (12 Years a Slave), is the lead in Ava DuVernay's adaptation of "A Wrinkle in Time."
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MOVIES - From ShadowandAct: Jordan Peele (of Key & Peele) has finished his directorial debut, which is a straight (not comic) horror film.
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MOVIE - From Deadline: Anne Hathaway has a sci-fi film, "Colossal," which has been bought by a mystery Chinese buyer.
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MOVIES - From Variety: Conrad Vernon, the co-director of the hit animated film, "Sausage Party," will helm a remake of "The Toxic Avenger."
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Fox Searchlight picks up the much talk-about "Jackie" with Natalie Portman.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Benicio del Toro in talks to star in "Predator" reboot.
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MOVIES - From ScreenRant: Rock legend Steven Tyler wants to be in "Guardians of the Galaxy 3."
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CELEBRITY - From YahooNews: "Sully" Sullenberg for president says Clint Eastwood.
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SPORTS - From YahooSports: A player can be penalized for "sexually suggestive" celebrations. That is what happened to to Antonio Brown of the Pittsburgh Steelers during a Monday Night Football game where the Steelers smashed the Washington Redskins.
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POLITICS - From TheIntercept: U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee's "No" vote on Sept. 14, 2001 is timeless and remains powerful.
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EMMYS - From ShadowandAct: RuPaul won his first Emmy Award for "Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program" for “RuPaul’s Drag Race" (Logo). This was announced at Saturday's 2016 Creative Arts Emmys.
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BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 9/9 to 9/11/2016 weekend box office is "Sully" with an estimated take of $35.5 million.
ECO - From DemocracyNow: The state of North Dakota has issued a warrant for the arrest of journalist Amy Goodman, whose work revealed private security and their dogs attacking protestors of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
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COMICS-FILM - From Patreon: I finally posted my review of "Batman v Superman."
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MUSIC - From YahooMusic: Katy Perry wants Taylor Swift to apologize.
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OBIT - From Variety: Transgender star, Alexis Arquette, has died at the age of 47, Sunday morning, September 11, 2016. She was the sister of Oscar-winning actress Patricia Arquette and actor David Arquette.
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EMMYS - From Variety: A complete list of winners at the 2016 Creative Arts Emmys, which "Game of Thrones" led with 7 wins.
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FESTIVALS - From TheWrap: At the 2016 / 73rd Venice Film Festival, the best picture prize goes to director Lav Diaz's "The Woman Who Left."
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MOVIES - From IndieWire: Brad Pitt calls Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" a propaganda film.
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COMICS-FILM - From EW: Voice actor, Ryan Potter (Big Hero 6) really wants to be Robin, so he made a video for Ben Affleck.
TRAILERS:
From YouTube: Kim Burrell and Pharrell Williams perform the song "I See a Victory" from the upcoming film, "Hidden Figures" live at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
BOX OFFICE - From Variety: Looks like "Blair Witch" won't keep "Sully" from repeating as weekend box office champ.
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OBIT - From TheWrap: The author, W.P. Kinsella, has died at the age of 81. His 1982 novel, "Shoeless Joe," was the basis of director Phil Alden Robinson's 1989, Oscar-nominated film, "Field of Dreams," which starred Kevin Costner.
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OBIT-THEATER - From EW: Legendary American playwright, Albert Albee, has died at the age of 88, Friday, September 16, 2016. His best known play is "Who Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
---------------
MOVIE - From GQ: See Shia LaBeouf as John McEnroe for the film, "McEnroe vs. Borg."
---------
MOVIE - From Variety: Classic Western, "High Noon," is being remade, but that remake will be set in the present day.
----------
MOVIE - From THR: After a dispute over Tom Cruise's money is resolved, "Mission: Impossible 6" resumes.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Newcomer Cailee Spaeny is the female lead in "Pacific Rim: Maelstrom."
----------
TELEVISION - From YahooTV: Remembering NBC's groundbreaking TV movie, "An Early Frost."
----------
SPORTS - From YahooSports: U.S. soccer National Team member, Megan Rapinoe, still taking a knee during the National Anthem.
----------
TELEVISION - From TVLine: Spike Lee's TV version of his debut film, "She's Gotta Have It" gets a 10-episode order from Amazon.
----------
MOVIES - From BuzzFeed: Leonardo DiCaprio has a new eco-movie, "Before the Flood."
----------
TELEVISION - From TheWrap: Actress - pitch woman Sofia Vergara is getting paid, y'all.
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STAR TREK - From YahooNews: CBS' upcoming series, "Star Trek Discovery" has been delayed from its announced January 2017 release to May 2017. I thought this would happen, especially as no casting had been announced.
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COMICS-FILM - From ComicBookMovie: "Harley Quinn" spin-off from "Suicide Squad" moves forward.
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TELEVISION - From TheWrap: What the hell is "American Horror Story" Season 6 about? Try The Wrap's live blog.
----------
MOVIES - From THR: A young actress, Storm Reid (12 Years a Slave), is the lead in Ava DuVernay's adaptation of "A Wrinkle in Time."
----------
MOVIES - From ShadowandAct: Jordan Peele (of Key & Peele) has finished his directorial debut, which is a straight (not comic) horror film.
----------
MOVIE - From Deadline: Anne Hathaway has a sci-fi film, "Colossal," which has been bought by a mystery Chinese buyer.
----------
MOVIES - From Variety: Conrad Vernon, the co-director of the hit animated film, "Sausage Party," will helm a remake of "The Toxic Avenger."
----------
MOVIES - From Deadline: Fox Searchlight picks up the much talk-about "Jackie" with Natalie Portman.
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MOVIES - From Deadline: Benicio del Toro in talks to star in "Predator" reboot.
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MOVIES - From ScreenRant: Rock legend Steven Tyler wants to be in "Guardians of the Galaxy 3."
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CELEBRITY - From YahooNews: "Sully" Sullenberg for president says Clint Eastwood.
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SPORTS - From YahooSports: A player can be penalized for "sexually suggestive" celebrations. That is what happened to to Antonio Brown of the Pittsburgh Steelers during a Monday Night Football game where the Steelers smashed the Washington Redskins.
----------
POLITICS - From TheIntercept: U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee's "No" vote on Sept. 14, 2001 is timeless and remains powerful.
----------
EMMYS - From ShadowandAct: RuPaul won his first Emmy Award for "Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program" for “RuPaul’s Drag Race" (Logo). This was announced at Saturday's 2016 Creative Arts Emmys.
----------
BOX OFFICE - From BoxOfficeMojo: The winner of the 9/9 to 9/11/2016 weekend box office is "Sully" with an estimated take of $35.5 million.
ECO - From DemocracyNow: The state of North Dakota has issued a warrant for the arrest of journalist Amy Goodman, whose work revealed private security and their dogs attacking protestors of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
----------
COMICS-FILM - From Patreon: I finally posted my review of "Batman v Superman."
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MUSIC - From YahooMusic: Katy Perry wants Taylor Swift to apologize.
----------
OBIT - From Variety: Transgender star, Alexis Arquette, has died at the age of 47, Sunday morning, September 11, 2016. She was the sister of Oscar-winning actress Patricia Arquette and actor David Arquette.
----------
EMMYS - From Variety: A complete list of winners at the 2016 Creative Arts Emmys, which "Game of Thrones" led with 7 wins.
----------
FESTIVALS - From TheWrap: At the 2016 / 73rd Venice Film Festival, the best picture prize goes to director Lav Diaz's "The Woman Who Left."
----------
MOVIES - From IndieWire: Brad Pitt calls Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" a propaganda film.
----------
COMICS-FILM - From EW: Voice actor, Ryan Potter (Big Hero 6) really wants to be Robin, so he made a video for Ben Affleck.
TRAILERS:
From YouTube: Kim Burrell and Pharrell Williams perform the song "I See a Victory" from the upcoming film, "Hidden Figures" live at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
Friday, September 16, 2016
Amazon Announces Release Date for New Series, "The Grand Tour"
Amazon Prime Video to Launch the Highly Anticipated New Series The Grand Tour on Friday, November 18, 2016
New episodes starring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May—the three celebrated hosts from one of the world’s most popular TV shows—to be released every Friday for 12 weeks, only on Amazon Prime Video
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Today, Amazon has announced the highly anticipated launch date of the new Amazon Original series The Grand Tour with Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May. New episodes will be released weekly on Amazon Prime Video, every Friday beginning November 18, 2016, exclusively for Prime members.
“The guys have been having a blast filming the show around the world and we can’t wait for fans to see it weekly beginning November 18, only on Amazon Prime Video.”
The first episode of The Grand Tour will feature Jeremy, James and Richard in their first studio tent recording in California, which is being filmed later this month.
“Customers have been desperate to find out when they can watch their favorite team back on screen, so we are very excited to announce the launch date of one of the most globally anticipated shows of 2016,” said Jay Marine, Vice President of Amazon Prime Video EU. “The guys have been having a blast filming the show around the world and we can’t wait for fans to see it weekly beginning November 18, only on Amazon Prime Video.”
Prime members can watch The Grand Tour via the Amazon Video app for TVs, connected devices including Fire TV, mobile devices and online at www.amazon.com/thegrandtour. For a list of all Amazon Video compatible devices, visit www.amazon.com/howtostream.
Jeremy, Richard and James have committed to three series of The Grand Tour as part of a landmark global TV deal and for the last year, the team have been traveling the world filming this first series in exciting locations across the globe. Their Grand Tour also includes studio audience recordings filmed in front of a live audience in their giant traveling tent. The team has already brought the tent to Johannesburg and will be heading to California later this month. Stay tuned for more worldwide tent locations, coming soon.
Fans can follow The Grand Tour on Facebook (www.facebook.com/thegrandtour) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/thegrandtour) and at www.amazon.com/thegrandtour to be the first to get news about the show and future locations.
The Grand Tour joins Prime Video’s lineup of award-winning and critically-acclaimed TV shows and movies, which includes series like Mr. Robot, Downton Abbey, The Americans, Orphan Black, and Amazon Original Series and Movies from Amazon Studios like Transparent, The Man in the High Castle and kid series Tumble Leaf, and Chi-Raq. Prime members can choose to stream or download from Prime Video, to make keeping up with their new favorite shows effortless, whether on the move or at home.
About Amazon Video
Amazon Video is a premium on-demand entertainment service that offers customers the greatest choice in what to watch, and how to watch it. Amazon Video is the only service that provides all of the following:
- Prime Video: Thousands of movies and TV episodes, including popular licensed content plus critically-acclaimed and award-winning Amazon Original Series and Movies from Amazon Studios like Transparent, The Man in the High Castle, Chi-Raq and kids series Tumble Leaf, available for unlimited streaming as part of an Amazon Prime membership
- Add-on Subscriptions: Dozens of subscriptions to networks like SHOWTIME, STARZ and more, available to Amazon Prime members as add-ons to their membership
- Rent or Own: Hundreds of thousands of titles, including new-release movies and current TV shows available for on-demand rental or purchase for all Amazon customers
- Instant Access: Instantly watch anytime, anywhere through the Amazon Video app on TVs, mobile devices, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, and Fire tablets, or online. For a list of all compatible devices, visit www.amazon.com/howtostream
- Premium Features: Top features like 4K Ultra HD, High Dynamic Range (HDR) and mobile downloads for offline viewing of certain content
In addition to Prime Video, the Prime membership includes unlimited Free Two-Day Shipping on millions of items across all categories, more than one million songs and thousands of playlists and stations with Prime Music, early access to select Lightning Deals all year long, free secure, unlimited photo storage in Amazon Cloud Drive with Prime Photos, one free pre-released book a month with Kindle First, and more. To sign up for Prime or to find out more, visit: www.amazon.com/prime.
About Amazon
Amazon is guided by four principles: customer obsession rather than competitor focus, passion for invention, commitment to operational excellence, and long-term thinking. Customer reviews, 1-Click shopping, personalized recommendations, Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, AWS, Kindle Direct Publishing, Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Amazon Echo, and Alexa are some of the products and services pioneered by Amazon. For more information, visit www.amazon.com/about.
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Image Comics Announces a Hit "Eclipse"
ECLIPSE: A BLINDING SUCCESS
The first issue is rushed back to print
Image Comics and Top Cow Productions are pleased to announce ECLIPSE #1 by Zack Kaplan and Giovanni Timpano is being fast-tracked for a second printing in order to keep up with customer demand.
This sizzling new series asks the question: what if sunlight burned you alive? In the near future, a mysterious solar event has transformed the sun’s light into deadly immolating rays. The world’s few survivors now live in nocturnal cities. But a killer emerges who uses sunlight to burn his victims, and when he targets the daughter of a solar power mogul, it falls to a disillusioned solar engineer to protect her.
ECLIPSE #1 remains available for purchase across all digital platforms, including the Image Comics website (imagecomics.com), the official Image Comics iOS app, Comixology’s website (comixology.com), iOS, Android, and Google Play.
ECLIPSE #1, 2nd printing (Diamond code: AUG168286) will be available on Wednesday, October 12th, 2016. The final order cutoff deadline for retailers is Monday, September 19th, 2016.
ECLIPSE #2 (Diamond code: AUG160623) will hit comic book stores on Wednesday, October 5th, 2016.
ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.
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Image Comics' "Reborn" is Born with Eight Covers
The comics titans team up for the smash-hit of the season
Mark Millar (HUCK, Kick-Ass, Kingsman: The Secret Service) and Greg Capullo (Batman) join forces for one of the most talked about and highly anticipated series of the year in REBORN, set to launch from Image Comics this October 2016.
A sprawling, science-fiction/fantasy epic, REBORN explores a jaw-dropping world of possibility. Where do you go when you die? Not heaven or hell; somewhere else. Somewhere you have to fight to survive. Somewhere the people from the past are waiting for you—the good and the bad.
REBORN #1 hits stores on Wednesday, October 12th, 2016. Final order cutoff for comics retailers is Monday, September 19th, 2016.
A special New York Comic Convention variant of REBORN #1 will also be available for sale at the Image booth (#1444) at the show, Thurdsday, October 6th - Sunday, October 9th, 2016.
- REBORN #1 Cover A by Capullo can be pre-ordered with Diamond Code AUG160565.
- REBORN #1 Cover B by Capullo can be pre-ordered with Diamond Code JUL168775.
- REBORN #1 Cover C (incentive) Capullo Sketch cover can be pre-ordered with Diamond Code AUG160566.
- REBORN #1 Cover D by Jock can be pre-ordered with Diamond Code AUG160567.
- REBORN #1 Cover E by Cho can be pre-ordered with Diamond Code AUG160568.
- REBORN #1 Cover F by Cassaday can be pre-ordered with Diamond Code AUG160569.
- REBORN #1 Cover G Blank cover can be pre-ordered with Diamond Code AUG160570.
- REBORN #1 Cover H (incentive) McFarlane cover can be pre-ordered with Diamond Code AUG160571.
ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.
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Image Comics Yells "Mayday" to Comic Book Readers
A thrilling new series that won’t let you down
Critically-acclaimed writer Alex de Campi (NO MERCY, Grindhouse) teams up with artist Tony Parker (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, This Damned Band) and colorist Blond (Red Hood and the Outlaws, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?) for the Cold War thriller MAYDAY, an all-new series launching this November from Image Comics.
It's 1971, and two young Soviet operatives are sent to California to kill a defector and recover top-secret information. As the mission dissolves into a mess of good sex, bad drugs, and ugly violence, the young Russians face a new problem: they’ll need to rely on each other to escape America, but to survive Russia they’ll have to betray each other.
“MAYDAY is a very fast-paced, violent, 5-issue miniseries with a lot of sex and drug use (hey, they always say "write what you know"). But it's also got that early-1970s thriller thing going,” said de Campi in an interview in Image+. “You can tell a lot about an era by its criminals.”
“It's not the ‘70s that most people envision,” said Parker in the same interview. “Most people picture the late ‘70s and the Disco era. This was a disillusioned, dark, distrusting, dirty, and angry time.”
Blond aptly summarized: “the band is back."
MAYDAY is a Cold-War action-thriller unlike any other. Get ready.
MAYDAY #1 Cover A by Tony Parker (Diamond code: SEP160631), as well as Cover B, also by Tony Parker (Diamond code: SEP160632), will hit comic book stores Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016. Final order cutoff deadline for retailers is Monday, October 10th, 2016.
ABOUT IMAGE COMICS
Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of best-selling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has five partners: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri and Jim Valentino. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline, Skybound and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit www.imagecomics.com.
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