SUBWAY SURFERS ADVENT CALENDAR REVEALS FIRST LOOK AT NEW ANIMATED TV SERIES

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SUBWAY SURFERS ADVENT CALENDAR REVEALS FIRST LOOK AT NEW ANIMATED TV SERIES

COPENHAGEN (December 4, 2017) – The #1 most downloaded mobile game in the world for 2017, Subway Surfers, is counting down to Christmas with a special snack-sized digital gift for its millions of fans. SYBO Games will debut content from its highly anticipated and upcoming Subway Surfers animated TV series by unveiling new images each day in December with the brand’s very first Advent Calendar – Subway Surfers: The Winter Mystery.

Each day leading up to Christmas, fans can surf their way to a new piece of art to build and reveal a fun holiday scene. In true Subway Surfers style, SYBO rewards their fans with first-look peeks of their new animated series scheduled to launch Summer 2018, with a big reveal on Christmas Eve, when the Golden Mystery Box will showcase “The Winter Mystery” animated surprise.

Fans can find the advent calendar at: wintermystery.subwaysurfers.com.

Subway Surfers is one of the most successful mobile games of its genre, being crowned the number one most downloaded game across all platforms of 2017. With 1.6 billion downloads to its name, it’s not surprising the game has such a huge fan base – fans have fallen in love with the chase and lead characters Jake, Tricky and Fresh.

The animated series will premiere next Summer with 10 x 4 minute episodes, followed by a long form series of 22 minute episodes. It will give fans a chance to actually hear the characters they’ve grown to love speak for the first time and delve into the lore of the Subway Surfers universe as they follow their adventures.

In Subway Surfers, dash as fast as you can! Dodge the oncoming trains! Help Jake, Tricky & Fresh escape from the grumpy Inspector and his dog. How long can you keep surfing in this slick, exciting endless runner? Available on Google Play, Apple’s App store, Windows 10 and Amazon.

TITAN ANNOUNCES THE FOREVER WAR COMIC BOOK SEQUEL ADAPTATION!

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Sci-Fi Master Joe Haldeman’s Interstellar War Intensifies With New Comics!

December 4, 2017 – With the much-anticipated The Forever War graphic novel adaptation being released in bookstores tomorrow, Titan Comics is excited to announce the next installment in novelist Joe Haldeman, Gay Haldeman, and Marvano’s epic science-fiction comic book series, The Forever War: Forever Free!

Based on Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War novels – adapted by Joe and Gay Haldeman and legendary artist, Marvano – Titan’s new comic series adapts the Hugo, Nebula, Locus, and World Fantasy Award-winning series.

Inspired by Haldeman’s own Vietnam War experiences, The Forever Warseries tells the story of William Mandella – survivor of a catastrophic interstellar war. Mandella, together with a small group of human survivors, returns to Earth to find the human race greatly changed.

Evolved into a group mind called Man, society is now intrusive and autocratic, denying all individuality. The veterans plan to escape by means of space travel, but, when their ship starts to fail, Mandella’s team begins to search for the enigmatic entity responsible – The Unknown.

Since the original publication of The Forever War, Joe Haldeman – a Vietnam veteran and Purple Heart recipient – has produced a continuous string of SF classics.

Besides winning the Hugo Award, Nebula Award, Locus Award and the World Fantasy Award, the series has garnered praise from literary powerhouse,

Stephen King: “If there was a Fort Knox for science-fiction writers, we’d have to lock Joe Haldeman up.”

The Forever War: Forever Free #1 hits comic shops and digital platforms in April 2018 and is available to order from the February edition of Diamond PREVIEWS catalogue.

The Forever War TPB (144pp, $19.99,ISBN: 9781785860898) is available at all good bookstores from December 5, 2017. Check out the trailer here.

Pai Technology Wins Multiple Awards for its Ed-Tech Toys

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PAI TECHNOLOGY NAMED WINNER OF MULTIPLE AWARDS

HONORING ITS KID-FRIENDLY ED-TECH PRODUCTS

SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA, November 29, 2017 — Pai Technology, a technology company that partners with parents to enhance their children’s education and development through fun and imaginative STEAM-based play, has won multiple awards this holiday season for a variety of its kid-friendly connected products.

The winning products from Pai Technology include Augie – the first premiere coding robot equipped with augmented reality; Circuit Conductor– an interactive learning kit that teaches children about electricity, currents, and magnets through fun, imaginative play; Ocean Pets – which uses augmented reality and special putty to create your own virtual aquarium and Cube-tastic! – an app-connected toy that uses AR technology that offers step-by-step tutorials to solving the cube.

Pai Technology’s notable awards include:

Augie

· CES 2018 Innovation Awards Honoree. This is an annual competition honoring outstanding design and engineering in consumer electronics products.

· 2017 Tillywig Toy & Media Brain Child Award. Tillywig’s mission is to provide retail buyers, news media, parents, and consumers with product information and reviews of superior children’s products available in today’s marketplace.

· Awarded by The Toy Insider via inclusion in their 2017 Holiday Gift Guide. Featuring the best toys, games, and electronics for every child on your holiday shopping list, Toy Insider’s guide is packed with a brand new selection of toys for children of all ages.

· 2017 Academics’ Choice Award™ Winner. A prestigious seal of educational quality, reserved only for the best mind-building media and toys.

Cube-tastic!

· Awarded by Creative Child for 2017 Toy of the Year in the Puzzle Toys category.

· Also awarded by The Toy Insider via inclusion in their 2017 Holiday Gift Guide.

Ocean Pets

· Awarded by Creative Child for 2017 Product of the Year andCreative Play of the Year.

Circuit Conductor

· Finalist for Toy of the Year (TOTY) Awards, also known as the “Oscars” of the toy industry, presented annually by the Toy Industry Association. Circuit Conductor is currently open to receiving votes for the Rookie of the Year category, which recognizes a new company (created within the last 2 years) that has brought to market an outstanding toy. The winner will be announced February 16, 2017.

The above named award-winners along with a variety of other products from Pai Technology are all available for the holiday shopping season via the company’s website, Amazon and select major retailers.

To learn more about Pai Technology please visit www.pai.technology.

New Music Video Released for ‘My Little Pony: Equestria Girls’

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The excitement around My Little Pony continues throughout the year! On November 17, 2017, Hasbro is premiering the first episode of its brand new My Little Pony: Equestria Girls series on YouTube.

Fans can expect more than 45 new, fun and exciting episodes from the series starting Nov. 17, with a new episode rolling out each Friday following the premiere.

The magic of Equestria cannot be contained! It’s found its way into the world of the all new My Little Pony Equestria Girls Digital Series and it’s turning everything on its head. From afterschool clubs to beach days, music festivals to theme parks, and a rockin’ Spring Break on a yacht, magic is sure making things interesting. Join Sunset Shimmer, Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Rarity as they learn what it means to be superheroes while they take on their biggest challenge yet: high school.

In addition to the new TV series, Hasbro is releasing a brand new line of My Little Pony: Equestria Girls fashion dolls. In partnership with Laura Shuffman, the official My Little Pony: Equestria Girls celebrity stylist, Hasbro revamped the dolls’ looks from the previous collection, adding new, highly fashionable outfits for all of the Mane 7! The look of these new fashion dolls inspired the look of the characters seen in the upcoming My Little Pony: Equestria Girls series. The new Equestria Girls fashion dolls line will be available for purchase in the U.S. in December 2017 and globally beginning in January 2018.

Blue Ribbon Content & Ashley Tisdale’s Blondie Girl Productions Announce Feature-Length Live-Action DAPHNE AND VELMA Project

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JINKIES! WARNER BROS. TELEVISION GROUP’S DIGITAL STUDIO

BLUE RIBBON CONTENT DIVES INTO ALL-NEW MYSTERIES

AND LAUGHS WITH DAPHNE AND VELMA

Live-Action Feature-Length Movie Currently in Production in Atlanta and Will Be

Released by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment in 2018

BURBANK, Calif. (November 28, 2017) — Warner Bros. Television Group’s digital studio Blue Ribbon Content is currently in production on “Daphne and Velma,” a live-action feature-length film reimagining the origins of Mystery Inc.’s fierce female duo, Daphne Blake and Velma Dinkley. From Ashley Tisdale and Jennifer Tisdale’s Blondie Girl Productions, the film, currently shooting in Atlanta, will be released by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment in 2018.

Sarah Jeffrey (Shades of Blue) and Sarah Gilman (Last Man Standing) star in the title roles as Daphne and Velma, respectively.

“Blondie Girl is committed to telling stories from a female perspective and we could not be more thrilled to give Daphne and Velma their own story,” said Ashley Tisdale and Jennifer Tisdale, producers and founders of Blondie Girl Productions. “It’s so exciting to partner with Warner Home Entertainment and Blue Ribbon Content to introduce a new generation to the smart, charismatic, fearless females that we all know and love.”

“We wanted to give the audience a new take on these two familiar faces, who are fan favorites in the Scooby-Doo universe,” said Peter Girardi, Executive Vice President, Blue Ribbon Content & Executive Vice President, Alternative Programming, Warner Bros. Animation. “Daphne and Velma are two iconic and strong female characters, and this latest adventure of theirs will be both inspiring and entertaining for the audience.”

Before their eventual team-up with Scooby and the gang, bright & optimistic Daphne and whip-smart & analytical Velma are both mystery-solving teens who are best friends but have only met online — until now.Daphne has just transferred to Velma’s school, Ridge Valley High, an incredible tech-savvy institute with all the latest gadgets provided by the school’s benefactor, tech billionaire Tobias Bloom. And while competition is fierce among the students for a coveted internship at Bloom Innovative, Daphne and Velma dig beyond all the gadgets and tech to investigate what is causing some of the brightest students in school to disappear — only to emerge again in a zombie-fied state.

“Daphne and Velma” is produced by Blue Ribbon Content and Blondie Girl Productions with Production Services provided by Lifeboat Productions Inc.Ashley Tisdale (High School Musicalfranchise), Jennifer Tisdale (Bring It On: In it to Win it), Amy Kim (Confess, Alive in Denver), Jaime Burke (The Pact) and Suzi Yoonessi (Olive and Mochha: FirstKiss) serve as producers, with Yoonessi also directing from a script written by Kyle Mack & Caitlin Meares.

Fandango Celebrates Cyber Monday with “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” GWP

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It’s Cyber Monday and Fandango is celebrating with an exclusive gift-with-purchase! Starting today fans buying Fandango tickets to “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” will get the brand-new “Last Jedi” poster from Fandango FanShop, the online movie merchandise marketplace from Fandango, while supplies last.

Voted by moviegoers in a Fandango survey as the most anticipated movie of the year, “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” hits theaters on December 15.

QUARRY’S WAR #1

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Titan Comics and Hard Case Crime’s new Quarryseries marks the first time that the Quarry franchise explores the comic book medium. The comic follows the lead character from the critically acclaimed Cinemax TV show, which The Washington Post said had “a heart-breaking sense of soul.”

Penned by Collins, whose other work includes Batman, Dick Tracy, Ms. Tree, and the groundbreaking graphic novel Road to Perdition, which inspired the Academy Award-winning film starring Tom Hanks and Paul Newman, Quarry’s War Issue #1 is illustrated by artist Szymon Kudranski (Batman: Streets of Gotham, Spider-Man, Spawn).

In Quarry’s War, former U.S. Marine sniper Quarry has recently returned from the horrors of the Vietnam War, and has found a new vocation as a professional assassin. But when his latest contract turns out to be an old acquaintance from his military days, the fresh-faced hit-man finds himself battling against his own conscience as secrets from the past begin to reveal themselves.

“I’m very excited to bring my Quarry character into the world of comics — it’s the first time I’ve transferred one of my mystery series from prose to graphic novels, though I’ve made the opposite trip with Road to Perdition,” said Quarry writer Max Allan Collins. “I am particularly pleased to be able to explore Quarry’s Vietnam experiences — often referred to in the novels, but never directly depicted, and so well handled on the Cinemax TV series — in this visual medium. Szymon has really delivered on my concept of telling two storylines — homefront and war zone — in alternating pages, which I think makes Quarry’s first graphic novel appearance something special.”

QUARRY’S WAR #1
Writer: Max Allan Collins

Artist: Szymon Kudranski

FC – 32pp – $3.99 – On sale: November 29, 2017

Written by renowned comic writer and author of the Quarry Hard Case Crime novels, Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition, Batman, Action Comics Weekly) and illustrated by Szymon Kudranski (Batman: Streets of Gotham, Spider-Man, Spawn)

Cover A: Alex Ronald

Cover B: Fay Dalton

Cover C: Ricardo Drumond

Beat Bugs: All Together Now

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Josh Wakely’s BEAT BUGS is getting a brand new Netflix special that will feature an original cover of “Here Comes the Sun” by Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens. The 48-minute special called BEAT BUGS: ALL TOGETHER NOW will debut on Netflix Nov. 21 http://nflx.it/2mqWHGD. Viewers will see the Beat Bugs go on an incredible journey outside their usual garden to perform in a talent show. In addition to “Here Comes the Sun,” other tracks that are covered in the special include “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” “All Together Now,” and “Ticket to Ride.” The special will also feature a new character called The Queen Bee

Beat Bugs: All Together Now

2017 TV-Y 50m

After winning a local talent show, the Beat Bugs journey to compete on “The Bug Factor,” a televised singing contest held in faraway Rocket Ship Park.
Starring: Ashleigh Ball, Lili Beaudoin, Charles Demers
Genres: Children & Family Movies, Movies for ages 0 to 2, Movies for ages 3 to 4, Movies for ages 5 to 7, Family Features, Family Adventures, Family Feature Animation, Kids Music, Animal Tales, Musicals
Director: Josh Wakely

THUNDER WILL STRIKE THE DC UNIVERSE IN JULY 2018 WITH NEW DC COLLECTIBLES BLACK LIGHTNINGSTATUE!

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THUNDER WILL STRIKE THE DC UNIVERSE IN JULY 2018 WITH NEW

DC COLLECTIBLES BLACK LIGHTNINGSTATUE!

New DCTV Statue Featuring Actor Cress Williams as Black Lightning Will Debut Alongside New DC Gallery: Two-Face Coin Replica,

DC Essentials Action Figures and More!

DC Collectibles’ electrifying July 2018 lineup will include a stunning DCTV 12-inch statue starring Jefferson Pearce as Black Lighting. The statue is based on the character appearance in the highly anticipated CW show and showcases actor Cress Williams’ likeness. Black Lightning is the latest character to join DC Collectibles bestselling DCTV statue line which already includes figures from hit DC shows The Flash, Arrow, Supergirl and Gotham.

DC Collectibles will also debut a Two-Face Coin prop replica as part of its DC Gallery line of collectibles. The new line brings to life the most iconic prop and accessories sported by DC’s most popular characters in three-dimensional form. The new Two-Face coin will follow the recently announced Joker Cane replica that hits stores in June 2018 and the already released Wonder Woman Bracelet With Lasso and Tiara set and Bat-signal.

See below for the full lineup of DC Collectibles’ July 2018 releases and above for imagery.

DCTV: BLACK LIGHTNING STATUE

  • Sculpted by Alterton
  • Size: 12.42’’ tall
  • MSRP: $130.00

DC GALLERY: TWO-FACE COIN PROP

  • Sculpted by Steve Kiwus
  • Size: 1.8’’ wide
  • MSRP: $30.00

DC ESSENTIALS: BATMAN, DEATHSTROKE, THE FLASH AND REVERSE-FLASH ACTION FIGURES

  • Size: 1:11 scale/ Average height 6.75”
  • MSRP: $26.00

DC BOMBSHELLS: WONDER WOMAN DELUXE STATUE

  • Designed by Ant Lucia
  • Sculpted by Chris Dahlberg
  • Size: 17.58’’ tall
  • MSRP: $200.00

GOTHAM CITY GARAGE: SUPERGIRL STATUE

  • Tattoo designed by Katherine Brannock
  • Sculpted by James Marsano
  • Size: 13.9’’ tall
  • MSRP $125.00

BATMAN BLACK & WHITE BATMAN BY BECKY CLOONAN

  • Designed by Becky Cloonan
  • Sculpted by Irene Matar
  • Size: 9.38’’ tall
  • MSRP: $80.00

“Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters – ‘Superheroes of Charter City’

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Primer on the Flex Power system:

Flex Power is an innovative technology that really delivers the “action” in action figures! Each of the Flex Fighter figures has a fleeeexible body that can be stretched like a rubber band, storing energy that can be then be released to power different things (vehicles, disc launchers, rocket launchers, etc.).

The Flex Power Heroes are the core of the “Flex Power” line. The three Flex Fighter figures are Jake “Stretch” Armstrong, Ricardo “Omni-Mass” Perez and Nathan “Wingspan” Park, each with stretchable bodies that power their equipment. These three are available in the basic opening “Flex Power Heroes” assortment with a very unique flexible “TRY ME” package and select figures are available in the Flex Power vehicles, which include two motorcycle-type Flex Power vehicles and the Flex Power Mobile HQ.

In addition to the core Flex Power Heroes, most every other product in the Stretch Armstrong product line has stretchable and flexible elements to it, delivering authentic flextastic fun.

Product Details:

Stretch Armstrong Flex Power Heroes

Each Flex Power Heroes figure has accessories and a signature action. The three core Flex Power Heroes (Stretch Armstrong, Omni-Mass, and Wingspan) have flexible bodies that allow them to “power” their Flex Power gear, enabling them to streeetch, release, and launch discs and missiles. Stretch Monster throws boulders, while Quick Charge and the ultra-mysterious and ninja-like Blind Strike each have flexible projectiles that launch from their unique accessories. It’s flextastic fun!

Stretch Armstrong Stretch Power Vehicle Assortment

Each Flex Power Vehicle comes with a unique vehicle powered by streeeetch action provided by the Flex Power hero. Just strap the character in, pull back to activate, and release the power of flexibility. Stretch Armstrong’s FLEXYCLE zooms across the floor, while Omni-Mass SMASHCYCLE can pound enemies into submission. It’s flextastic fun!

Stretch Armstrong Flex Power Mobile HQ

The Flex Power Mobile HQ comes with a Stretch Armstrong figure and a whole lot of flextastic action that can be activated in and around the vehicle. By putting the figure into position, kids can streeetch and release to activate the boulder-launcher on the top of the vehicle, the removable disc launcher in the cockpit, or practice their targeting ability on the flip-down doors.