Matt D. Wilson

Matt Wilson is a reporter, podcaster and author of The Supervillain Handbook: The Ultimate How-to-Guide to Destruction and Mayhem. He lives in Chicago, where the frigid wind preserves his cold heart.

ComicsAlliance Recaps 'Arrow' Episode 1.20: Home Invasion

The CW's new superhero series Arrow re-imagines Green Arrow for a TV audience as a tough, often ruthless vigilante bent on setting things right in his home of Starling City by punishing the wicked. ComicsAlliance's Matt Wilson will be following along all season to see how he fares. In this week's episode, a bad guy makes a return appearance, Laurel sort-of adopts an orphan and Arrow's ...

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David S. Goyer: Wonder Woman Is 'A Difficult Character To Crack' In Movies

David S. Goyer, the screenwriter who has emerged as Warner Bros.' go-to guy for DC Comics adaptations, with credits including all three of Christopher Nolan's Batman movies and the new Superman film Man of Steel, answered an eager fan's question about why Wonder Woman hasn't made the jump to the big screen in a Thursday "Ask Me Anything" thread on Reddit. Regarding moving her to film as ...

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Guillermo Del Toro To Bring 'Monster' Manga To HBO

Eight years after the end of the anime based on writer/artist Naoki Urasawa's acclaimed horror manga Monster, the story is coming back to TV under the guidance of Hellboy and Pacific Rim director Guillermo del Toro. Along with screenwriter Steven Thompson, whose credits include The BBC's Sherlock and Doctor Who, del Toro will bring Monster to HBO. Thompson will write the pilot episode, ...

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Apple Patents Tech That Turns Video Game Choices Into Comics

Ever finished a video game and then immediately wanted to read a comic about that game -- not just the one you bought, but the one you played, with all the choices you made? Way back in 2009, Apple developers apparently wanted the same thing, filing for a patent on a technology that would do just that. The company illustrated the concept with the image above, among others, presumably under ...

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Dynamite Entertainment Comics Now Available Through Dark Horse Digital

Dark Horse Comics' digital store is celebrating its second anniversary this weekend, and it's kicking off the party with a bang. As of today, 38 single issues and eighteen collections from Dynamite Entertainment are available through Dark Horse Digital, with more to come each week, according to a news release from Dark Horse. Dynamite's upcoming comics will be available through the Dark ...

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'Daredevil' Movie Rights Come To Marvel Studios

The movie rights to Daredevil have reverted back to Marvel and Disney, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige told reporters at Tuesday's Iron Man 3 press junket. 20th Century Fox, the studio responsible for 2003's Daredevil with Ben Affleck in the title role and its 2005 Elektra spinoff starring Jennifer Garner, failed to meet an Oct. 10, 2012 deadline to get a Daredevil movie in ...

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Snyder And Murphy On 'The Wake': A Vast But Claustrophobic Sci-Fi & Horror Adventure [Interview]

Next month, writer Scott Snyder and artist Sean Murphy team up for the new Vertigo mini-series The Wake. Early promo materials are short on details, but they say this much: The series is a "thrilling new underwater horror adventure" in which the U.S. Department of Homeland Security calls marine biologist Lee Archer to the arctic to investigate something wonderous, yet terrifying. ...

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Olly Moss Illustrates Wrap-Gift Posters For 'Thor: The Dark World' [Art]

Artist Olly Moss has been drawing Mondo posters for Marvel's movies for a few years now, so it's no big surprise that Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige and Thor: The Dark World co-producer Craig Kyle took notice of his work. They asked Moss to whip up four posters featuring four of the new movie's lead characters -- Thor, Loki, Odin and Heimdall -- to give the cast and crew as wrap ...

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New 'Iron Man 3' Featurette Reveals Details Of Mandarin's Plot [Video]

What exactly is Ben Kingsley's The Mandarin going to be up to in Iron Man 3? According new 90-second featurette from Marvel Studios, he's going to be weaponizing an invention that'll be quite familiar to readers who have kept up with Shellhead's adventures over the past decade or so. Check out the video, which contains minor spoilers about the plot of the movie, after the jump. ...

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Lois Lane And Supergirl Take Charge In New 'Superman: Unbound' Clip [Video]

Anyone worried that Supergirl and Lois Lane wouldn't get their due in the new DC animated feature Superman: Unbound can lay their burdens to rest. A new clip from the movie shows Lois (voiced by Castle's Stana Katic) and Supergirl (Molly Quinn) teaming up to take down a rocket-launcher-wielding kidnapper who is well beyond his depth. Check it out, along with a handful of new ...

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