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The #Binquirer: Apr. 14 Edition

By Zak Edwards
April 14, 2014 - 19:38

Hello and welcome to the latest edition of the #Binquirer, where we give you the news roundup you want about your favourite TV, Movies, and of course Comic Books. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, we'll provide you with the biggest news in easily digestible chunks. Want to know more? Just click on the links provided!

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Film
Paul Bettany has confirmed he will be playing the Vision in The Avengers: Age of Ultron. Bettany also voiced J.A.R.V.I.S. in every Iron Man film. More on Youtube.

A TV spot for the next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has the first glimpse of Splinter, the Turtles' rat mentor. Watch it below:




X-Men: Days of Future Past director Bryan Singer has started talking about the next X-Men movie, Apocalypse. The film will "somewhat" follow the Age of Apocalypse series and star the First Class cast. More at Entertainment Weekly.

Comics
Grant Morrison's long-awaited mini-series The Multiversity now has a release date. The 9-issue series will debut in August, with each issue being 40 pages long. More at CBR.

Young Avengers took home a GLAAD award for its depiction of LGBT characters over the weekend. More at GLAAD.

Valerie D'Orazio's scathing insight into the treatment of women in the comic industry, An Occasional Superheroine, is available online for free right now. Read it here.
 
Designs changes for Cyclops have been released. The redesign comes with his new ongoing series, written by Greg Rucka, which debuts in May. More at CBR.

Marvel Comics has started soliciting their landmark series Hawkeye at $3.99, starting with issue #19. This represents a full dollar increase in price. More at Bleeding Cool.

A Kickstarter has begun to fund a comic book anthology of "woman-centric comic book smut." Smut Peddler 2014 will collect female comic artists and their pornographic material. More on Kickstarter.

Television
The opening for tomorrow's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been released. It contains spoilers for Captain America: The Winter Soldier and last week's episode, so watch out. Watch it below:




Syfy has ordered 10 episodes of a new show based on James S.A. Corey's book series The Expanse. The series starts with the popular Leviathon Wakes novel and is described as Game of Thrones in space. More at Entertainment Weekly.

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