Horror isn't just blood and gore. Dark Places, based on Gillian Flynn's novel of the same name, will arrive on Blu-ray and DVD this October. Also in this morning's round-up: details on The Walking Dead #1 variant for purchase at Wizard World San Jose and a new Mad Max video game trailer.
Dark Places: Lionsgate will release Gilles Paquet-Brenner's Dark Places on Blu-ray and DVD on October 6th:
Blu-ray.com reports that "Libby Day (Theron) was only seven years old when her mother and two sisters were murdered and her brother Ben (Tye Sheridan, Joe) was jailed for the crime. Now, twenty-five years later, Libby discovers shocking evidence that Ben may be innocent and the real killer is still at large. Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road), Chloë Grace Moretz (If I Stay), Sterling Jerins (World War Z), Corey Stoll (Ant-Man) and Christina Hendricks (TV's "Mad Men") costar in this ingeniously plotted thriller based on the best-selling novel by Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl).
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The Walking Dead #1 Variant: Press Release: "SAN JOSE, Calif., August 17, 2015 -- Wizard World, Inc. (OTCBB: WIZD) and Skybound, Robert Kirkman 's imprint at Image Comics, today announced that Sandman illustrator, “The Vampire Diaries” writer, and four-time Eisner Award winner Colleen Doran has drawn the 15th in a yearlong series of Limited Edition Exclusive Variant Covers of The Walking Dead #1 comic, to be provided free to all full-price attendees at Wizard World Comic Con San Jose, September 4-6. Skybound’s The Walking Dead created by Kirkman, the groundbreaking, Eisner-Award winning comic book series, continues to captivate audiences worldwide.
The exclusive The Walking Dead #1 edition will be produced in extremely limited quantities and is available at registration to fans at the San Jose Convention Center only while supplies last. VIP attendees will receive an additional black & white sketch version of the comic.
Doran is the artist for a new Neil Gaiman graphic novel from Dark Horse, The Book of Lost Souls with J Michael Straczynski, Big Nemo with Alan Moore for Electricomics, and projects with Stan Lee, Matt Hawkins at Top Cow/Image, and Marvel Comics.
Doran’s recent works also include “The Vampire Diaries” as writer and artist for DC, as well as art for Red Sonja, script for the Korean/American fusion anthology Komacon, and the award-winning graphic novels Mangaman and Gone to Amerikay.
Doran’s hundreds of credits also include work for Lucasfilm, Random House, Scholastic, Houghton Mifflin, Simon and Schuster, and Disney. She has illustrated Amazing Spider-Man, The Teen Titans, Wonder Woman, Captain America, Superman, Sandman, and she is the sole creator of the graphic novel series A Distant Soil for Image Comics.
The artists for future books will be announced as they are selected. A similar series in 2013 featuring exclusives of The Walking Dead #1 proved to be wildly popular with fans. The full schedule of 2015-16 Wizard World shows is available at http://www.wizardworld.com/wizcon.html.
“The Walking Dead” stars attending the second annual Wizard World Comic Con San Jose include Michael Cudlitz (“Sgt. Abraham Ford”), Emily Kinney (“Beth Greene”), Josh McDermitt (“Dr. Eugene Porter”), Michael Rooker (“Merle”), and Scott Wilson (“Hershel Greene”). The celebrity roster also includes Bruce Campbell (The Evil Dead, “Burn Notice”), Billy Boyd (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy), Dean Cain (“Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” Vendetta), WWE® Diva Paige , Scott Wolf (“Party of Five,” “The Night Shift”), Toby Kebbell (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Fantastic Four), Brett Dalton (“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D”), Jason Mewes ( Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) and many others.
In addition to Doran, Artist Alley in San Jose will feature Harvey Tolibao (“Green Arrow,” “Silver Surfer”), Phil Ortiz (“The Simpsons,” “Muppet Babies”), Michael Golden (“Spider-Man,” “Daredevil”), James O’Barr (creator, “The Crow”), Arthur Suydam (“Marvel Zombies,” “Army of Darkness”), Ethan Van Sciver (“Justice League,” “Batman: The Dark Knight”), Miguel Sepulveda (“Green Lantern: Red Lanterns”), Peter Bagge (“Hate,” “MAD”) and more.
Wizard World Comic Con events bring together thousands of fans of all ages to celebrate the best in pop-fi, pop culture, movies, graphic novels, cosplay, comics, television, sci-fi, toys, video gaming, gaming, original art, collectibles, contests and more. The 16th of 24 events currently scheduled on the 2015 Wizard World calendar, San Jose show hours are Friday, September 4, 3 p.m. - 8 p.m.; Saturday, September 5, 10 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Sunday, September 6, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
For more on the 2015 Wizard World Comic Con San Jose, visit http://www.wizardworld.com/home-sanjose.html."
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Mad Max Video Game: "Play as Mad Max, a lone warrior who embarks on a dangerous journey after his Interceptor is stolen by a deadly gang of marauders lead by the warlord, Scabrous Scrotus. A reluctant hero with an instinct for survival, Max wants nothing more than to leave the madness behind and find solace in the storied “Plains of Silence”."
Created by Avalanche Studios, Mad Max will be released by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on September 1st for the PS4, Xbox One, and PC.
Tamika hails from North Beach, Maryland, a tiny town inches from the Chesapeake Bay.She knew she wanted to be an actor after reciting a soliloquy by Sojourner Truth in front of her entire fifth grade class. Since then, she's appeared in over 20 film and television projects. In addition to acting, Tamika is the Indie Spotlight manager for Daily Dead, where she brings readers news on independent horror projects every weekend.
The first horror film Tamika watched was Child's Play. Being eight years old at the time, she remembers being so scared when Chucky came to life that she projectile vomited. It's tough for her to choose only one movie as her favorite horror film, so she picked two: Nosferatu and The Stepford Wives (1975).
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