Wild Eye Releasing has announced the December 16th DVD release of Hi-8: Horror Independent 8. The eight-part anthology brings together some of the most recognizable names in home video horror of the past 30 years, capturing the creative essence of low budget, shot-on-video filmmaking.  

Serenity: Leaves on the Wind has soared to the top of the New York Times bestseller list! In the film Serenity, outlaw Malcolm Reynolds and his crew revealed to the entire ’verse the crimes against humanity undertaken by the sinister Alliance government.  

When they signed with one of the world’s biggest record labels, Rye Coalition was primed to finally get their glory, or so it seemed. Like countless rockers before them, childhood best friends started a band in a basement with a couple simple goals in mind: have fun and play good music. Rye Coalition’s first recording was a demo cassette tape backed by a tour in a beat up school bus long before most of them had their driver’s licenses.  

Just in time for his silver-screen debut, the Astonishing Ant-Man is making the leap to prose fiction! Prepare for Marvel’s smallest hero in his biggest story yet as he breaks new ground and charts new territory in ANT-MAN: NATURAL ENEMY – an all-new, full length prose novel! Debuting in 2015 from critically acclaimed crime writer Jason Starr (Twisted City, Wolverine MAX), ANT-MAN: NATURAL ENEMY brings all the action of Marvel Comics to the exciting new world of prose fiction!  

Check it out comic book geekers…Marvel/Disney has released a second extended trailer for the up coming Avengers: Age OF Ultron movie coming in May…  

The comic book/movie industry has just been rocked by the announcement of the next wave of Marvel comic book movies coming in the next 5 years. No surprise at the Civil War reference for Captain America. but the shocker may be the splitting of the Avengers movie and Thor : Ragnarok. As all Thor enthusiast know, Ragnarok is the end of the gods as we know it, the final battle in Asgard. More to come as  

Good news for fans of 2012’s Dredd film; a mini-series is on the way. Spearheaded by executive producer Adi Shankar and available for free online; this series will focus on the Dark Judges. That’s right, those Dark Judges. Read more after the cut.  

An Official Selection of the Sundance Film Festival, this “eccentric and absorbing” drama from director Christopher Munch, follows Sarah Smith (Rabe), who post-break-up, embarks on a post-fire stream survey for the Forest Service in southern Oregon. A journey down a wild and scenic river leads her to a remote wilderness surrounded by scorched landscapes.  

Metallica today announced they would release a ten-year anniversary 2-disc Blu-Ray of their long out of print, groundbreaking movie, METALLICA:  Some Kind of Monster on November 24, 2014.  

VIZ Media expands its roster of original titles based on the popular action/adventure brand BRAVEST WARRIORS with the release of BRAVEST WARRIORS: THIS WAY OR THAT – THE GREAT CORE CAPER on October 7th.  

Noisey, the music arm of VICE, is proud to present NOLA: Life, Death And Heavy Blues From The Bayou, a seven-part series examining the people and the culture that helped foster bands like Down, Eyehategod, Crowbar, Acid Bath, Goatwhore and many others. Launching on September 16th, the series features appearances from names like Philip H. Anselmo (Housecore Records, Down, ex-Pantera), Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod), Jimmy Bower (Eyehategod, Down, Superjoint Ritual), Kirk Windstein (Crowbar, ex-Down), Pepper Keenan (Corrosion Of Conformity, Down), and Sammy Duet (Goatwhore, ex-Acid Bath) amongst others, discussing the bands, Hurricane Katrina, drugs, suicide, murder, and records that helped shape the New Orleans sound... 

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has made his choice when it comes to playing in the DC Comics movie sandbox. Not that it was any surprise who he would be playing in the up coming and in the long works SHAZAM movie that is sure to be in the slate of all things DC movies…