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By The Hoary Hosts Of Hoggoth, It’s The First Trailer For Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange’!

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After releasing a teaser poster for it earlier today, Marvel Studios has finally conjured up a trailer for their fourteenth(!) film, Doctor Strange!  Directed by Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose, Sinister), this mystical extension of the Marvel Cinematic Universe arrives in theaters this November 4th.  Without further adieu, I give you the first cinematic glimpse of the Sorcerer Supreme himself…

By the hoary hosts of Hoggoth indeed!  While it entirely fits within the Marvel aesthetic, the magical and mind-bending (as well as reality-bending) imagery looks pretty damn great.  We’ve been told the script had an almost pseudo-Lord of Illusions vibe, so it will be interesting to see if any such darker elements have made it into the final film. Judging off of what is shown here, the possibility is certainly there, at least.

There’s not much to go on in the way of plot still, aside from Dr. Stephen Strange’s (Benedict Cumberbatch) maiming-accident and first encounters with Baron Mordo (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and The Ancient One (Tilda Swinton), but that’s all we need at this stage.  The point of this trailer is to intrigue audiences and I suspect this trailer will do just that.  For now, this looks like a winner.

Still, many questions remain.  Is McAdams playing Clea or Night Nurse, as both have been rumored.  Hell, perhaps she is both!  Will Mordo turn on Strange and The Ancient One before the end of the film?  Exactly which big Strange nemesis is “Hannibal” star Mads Mikkelsen portraying?  Nightmare?  The Dread Dormmamu?  Someone else entirely?  Who is B-movie action star Scott Adkins playing?  A friend or a foe?  I guess we’ve got a ways to go before any of these (and other) questions are answered.

Doctor Strange arrives in theaters on November 4th, 2016.  The film is directed by Scott Derrickson, from a screenplay by Jon Spaihts and C. Robert Cargill.  It stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rachel McAdams, Tilda Swinton, Mads Mikkelsen, Michael Stuhlberg, Benedict Wong, Amy Landecker, and Scott Adkins.

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‘The Toxic Avenger’ Returns with Cover Artwork for First Issue of New Comic Book Series [Exclusive]

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With a remake on the way and a new 4K restoration of the original classic now streaming, it’s a good time to be a fan of Troma’s The Toxic Avenger. Additionally, Matt Bors — the founder of The Nib and a political cartoonist who has twice been named a Pulitzer Prize finalist —and acclaimed artist Fred Harper (Snelson) are collaborating on an all-new 5-issue comic book series starring the satirical superhero of the Troma Films cult classic films!

TOXIC AVENGER #1 will land in stores on October 9, 2024.

While you wait, you can exclusively check out the issue #1 cover art from Fred Harper below, along with a set of emojis designed by Harper for the extremely online teens of Tromaville.

“The Toxic Avenger delivers what Troma fans want,” said AHOY Comics Editor-in-Chief Tom Peyer. “The series has violent action, gross mutations, bursting pustules, eye-popping visuals, and trenchant humor.” 

“If there was ever a superhuman hero for these toxic, miserable times, Toxie is the one!” said Lloyd Kaufman. “Only AHOY Comics and Bors & Harper could pull this off…er…mop this up! Toxie and the Troma Team can’t wait ‘til you read -no, experience – the art and stories that the Toxic Avenger Comic Book will explode in your brain, your soul, and your heart. Above all, remember – Toxie loves you and so do I.”

“This series will combine elements of the original films with the Toxic Crusaders cartoon and characters in familiar ways, updated to tell a story of environmental devastation, corporate control, and social media mutation,” said Bors. “The Toxic Avenger is first and foremost an environmental satire, one about a small town and its unremarkable people trapped and transformed by circumstances they don’t control. The story Fred Harper and I are telling is about people frustrated by authorities telling them not to worry about their life, that things are fine, even as their dog mutates in front of their eyes. And at its core it is about a powerless boy, Melvin, who finds out he can be incredibly strong, hideously mutated, well-admired, and incredibly heroic… but still ultimately powerless over human behavior.”

In The Toxic Avenger, teenager Melvin Junko helps run his parent’s junkyard in Tromaville, a small town in New Jersey where nothing much ever happens — until an ill-timed train derailment of toxic waste transforms Melvin into a hideously deformed creature of superhuman size and strength: the Toxic Avenger!

Under a media blackout imposed by Biohazard Solutions (BS) and their PR-spewing Chairwoman Lindsay Flick, Melvin emerges as a hero fighting against BS and the mutated threats that keep popping up around Tromaville.

Eventually Melvin uncovers a vast conspiracy more far-reaching than he could have ever imagined — but he knows if everyone is simply made aware of the crisis, they’ll act to stop it. Right?

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