Horror Highlights: SPELL ON WHEELS #1, INTO THE BADLANDS Blu-ray / DVD, THE ICE CREAM TRUCK Poster

2016/09/22 14:58:45 +00:00 | Tamika Jones

Powerful witches go on a mission to confront a thief and get their magical items back in Dark Horse Comics' Spell on Wheels #1, hitting shelves on October 19th. Also in today's Highlights: AMC's Into the Badlands Blu-ray and DVD release details and a new The Ice Cream Truck poster. "Suburbia can be a killer."

Spell On Wheels #1 Cover Art and Preview Pages: From Dark Horse Comics: “Kate Leth and Megan Levens team up for a magical new series!

Three young witches are robbed of their magical items, and they’ll have to hit the road to track down the mysterious thief before he does any damage to—or with—their possessions.

*Supernatural meets Buffy and The Craft!

CREATORS

Writer: Kate Leth

Artist: Megan Levens

Colorist: Marissa Louise

Cover Artist: Ming Doyle

Genre: Crime, Fantasy

Publication Date: October 19, 2016

Format: FC, 32 pages; Miniseries

Price: $3.99”

Into the Badlands Blu-ray and DVD: Press Release: "BEVERLY HILLS, CA – (September 13, 2016) AMC’s hit martial arts series “Into the Badlands: The Complete First Season” arrives on Blu-ray™ + Digital HD and DVD on November 8, 2016, from Anchor Bay Entertainment. “Into the Badlands” was created by showrunners/executive producers/writers Alfred Gough (Spider-Man 2) and Miles Millar (Spider-Man 2) and executive produced by Oscar®-nominated producers Stacey Sher (The Hateful Eight) and Michael Shamberg (Django Unchained), director David Dobkin (The Judge) fight directors Stephen Fung (Tai Chi Zero) and Daniel Wu (Warcraft).

Set in a world, centuries from now, “Into the Badlands: The Complete First Season” focused on the spiritual journey of Sunny (Wu) and M.K. (Aramis Knight), a teenage boy who harbors a unique ability, and their growing relationship as teacher and student. Both discover their true purpose and decide to explore what lies beyond the borders of the Badlands, but as their Baron Quinn continues to battle against his own family as well as his rival Baron The Widow, Sunny and M.K.’s journey to a more peaceful existence seems further out of reach.

Including featurettes delving deeper into the world of the Badlands, the making of the fight scenes, the characters of the series, the digital comic and more, the Blu-ray and DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $49.99 and $39.98, respectively.

In addition to Wu and Knight, “Into the Badlands” stars Marton Csokas (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King) as Quinn, Oliver Stark (“Luther”) as Ryder; Emily Beecham (28 Weeks Later) as Widow, Orla Brady (“Dr. Who,” “Fringe”) as Lydia, Sarah Bolger (“Once Upon a Time,” “The Tudors”) as Jade, Ally Ioannides (“Parenthood”) as Tilda, and Madeleine Mantock (Edge of Tomorrow) as Veil. “Into the Badlands” Season 2 will return to AMC in 2017.

Bonus Features

Inside “Into the Badlands”

Anatomy of a Fight

Building the World of “Into the Badlands”

The Characters Of “Into the Badlands”: The Barons

The Characters Of “Into the Badlands”: The Clippers

The Master: “Into the Badlands” Fight Camp Episode 1

Creating Real Kung Fu: “Into the Badlands” Fight Camp Episode 2

Bringing It All Together: “Into the Badlands” Fight Camp Episode 3

“Into the Badlands” Digital Comic"

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New The Ice Cream Truck Poster Revealed: "Mary's husband gets relocated for work which allows her to move back to her suburban hometown. As her family ties up loose ends back home, Mary moves into their new house all alone and ....waits. Although her familiar suburb is a constant reminder of her youth, something seems strange. A local Ice Cream Man with a love of nostalgia starts to kill some of her neighbors. Mary is torn between her mature instincts that something is wrong and the distracting memories of her younger days."

Directed by Megan Freels Johnston, The Ice Cream Truck stars John Redlinger, Emil Johnsen, Hilary Barraford, Jeff Daniel Phillips, and Lisa Ann Walter. Horror fans can expect The Ice Cream Truck to be released sometime in 2017.

About the Author - Tamika Jones

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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