Having trouble staying awake during movie sequels this summer? The 7-Eleven chain has created a new Slurpee energy drink with caffeine, taurine and guarana. It’s so strong, you can see The Thing drinking it in Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer. And that’s not all! You can drink yours in a special collector…
Well, here’s a crossover for you. According to a Marvel press release: The New Fantastic Four (Black Panther, Storm, Human Torch and The Thing) have faced Galactus and the Silver Surfer, but now they face an even larger threat in Black Panther #28: The Marvel Zombies! Imbued with the power of Galactus from their recent…
Long before an emerging Marvel Comics Group dared to hope its upstart super-hero funnybooks might attract the attention of corporate Hollywood, the comics fans had started speculating about how The Fantastic Four – the colorful exploits of a circle of powerful misfits, united by reciprocal affections and resentments – might weather a transplant to film….
Remember when I expressed surprise about the Silver Surfer quarters being retouched by the Franklin Mint, opining "one would assume the US Mint rather exempt from messing with our legal tender just to hawk a film" by 20th Century Fox? Turns out I was right. According to MSNBC, the mint "said in a news release…
The US Post Office has certainly stooped to movie promotions before, but one would assume the US Mint rather exempt from messing with our legal tender just to hawk a film. One would be wrong. The movie studio producing Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, 20th Century Fox, has cut a deal with The…
Let’s face it, until he hears that there’s going to be a sequel to the sequel, there just isn’t going to be much call for a silver guy in movies unless they make another Terminator film or they decide to start handing out runner-up awards at the Oscars. So if you’re stranded on Earth, how…
Now that Tim Story has confirmed that we will see the towering Eater of Worlds, Galactus, in this summer’s Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer, it is now on good authority that the voice will be lent by Laurence "don’t call me Morpheus" Fishburne. It seems after narrating the very popular TMNT Fishburne…
Variety has a three minute interview with Doug Jones, the man behind the Silver Surfer in the new Fantastic Four movie and Abe Sapien in the Hellboy live action and animated films.
David Honigsberg, the only science fiction and country music writing rabbi (and as such, the epitome of the sort of cross-culture we cover at ComicMix), died suddenly at his home yesterday. He was 48. Honigsberg contributed a story, "Sambatyon", to the 1994 anthology The Ultimate Silver Surfer. He wrote other science fiction stories over the…
The Car Connection has pictures of the Fantastic Four’s new car from their upcoming movie, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer. Although no one explains how they get through Manhattan’s traffic, the Fantasticar has a HEMI that allegedly will let them go at 550 miles per hour. Chrysler Group chief stylist Trevor Creed participated…
Yes, we can tell it’s that time of year, because photos start showing up of you with your friendly neighborhood Spider-Yam. Special thanks to Rebecca Badurina (she’s on the right) for providing photos and information.
