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Lego DC Super Heroes: The Flash

Since the release of the hilarious Lego Batman on 17 February 2017, the fans clamoured for another Lego flick to hit the silver screen. And now, the wait is almost over as DC released the trailer of its upcoming comic caper Lego DC Super Heroes: The Flash.

The trailer teases plenty of elements with numerous superheroes, traditional DC locations and sidekicks all involved, though the story shares some resemblance to the comic Flashpoint. But that’s not all, the trailer also features two formidable villains, the Joker and the Reverse Flash.

The synopsis of the movie is: The Reverse-Flash manipulates the speed force to put the Flash into a time loop that forces him to relive the same day over and over again, with progressively disastrous results, including losing his powers and being fired by the Justice League. The Scarlet Speedster must find a way to restore time to its original path and finally apprehend his worst enemy, before all is lost for him…and the world!

The Lego world has been created to be as detailed as possible with the addition of the Justice Society of America (JSA).

A Warner Bros. Home Entertainment distribution, Lego DC Super Heroes: The Flash is slated for a release on 13 February 2018 on digital HD and 13 March 2018 on Blu-ray combo pack and DVD.

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Xilam Animation is further boosting the Oggy and the Cockroaches brand into gaming with the appointment of Nazara Technologies, in a deal brokered via Xilam and licensing agent Dream Theatre.

Nazara will launch a raft of new mobile games for younger audiences that caters to the brand values of Oggy and the Cockroaches. The first game is expected to be available in the first quarter of 2018 in Asia Pacific, Latin America and Middle East.

The series has a strong following on Facebook with more than 3.5 million fans and 1.2 million subscribers on YouTube.

Xilam founder and president Marc du Pontavice said, “Xilam is eager to expand the presence of its properties in the digital domain. Nazara is one of the leaders in the mobile gaming arena and we’re thrilled to be working together to take Oggy and his friends to new heights in gaming. We’re excited to give kids yet another avenue to become immersed in his cheeky world as we celebrate 20 years of Oggy and the Cockroaches.”

Cartoon Network Asia has scooped up seasons five, six and seven of the series for its channels this year, with previous seasons of Oggy currently running on Nickelodeon, Youku in China and Netflix Asia Pacific (outside China and India).

Nazara Technologies CEO Manish Agarwal says, “With Oggy and the Cockroches, Nazara will continue to deliver high quality games for the global market.”

He further adds, “We have built a strong portfolio of successful games targeting the younger audience in India over the last two years and now with the partnership of Oggy and the Cockroaches IP, Nazara is aiming to tap the younger audience segment across the emerging markets beyond India by leveraging the global appeal of the IP.”

In India, Oggy and the Cockroaches airs on Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and on Amazon Prime. The series is also available on Cartoon Network Latin America and on Cartoon Network Middle East and Africa (MENA), and Gulli Bil Arabi. The series is distributed in more than 160 countries around the world and is watched in 600 million homes.

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We first got the first glimpse of a strong and sexy woman who knocked down Tony Stark’s bodyguard Happy Hogan in the boxing ring, in Iron Man 2. And well, uh, Tony Stark too met the woman for the very first time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the woman named Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) a.k.a. Black Widow.

Reports confirm that Marvel is finally serious about giving Black Widow a standalone film, though an official announcement has not been made yet.

Marvel Studio has roped in screenwriter Jac Schaeffer to pen the script for the yet untitled Scarlett Johansson film, which is now in the nascent stage of development.

After Iron Man 2, we saw Romanoff in other Marvel movies like The Avengers, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War, and will now be seen in the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War.

Considering the fact that Black Widow has quite a back story in the comicverse, it will be interesting to see how Marvel spins the story around for her solo feature. Also, if Black Widow makes to theatres, it will be second in the line of Marvel’s woman-centric movies, following its Captain Marvel in 2019.

This will be Schaeffer’s first Marvel project. Previously, she has written Disney’s animated short Olaf’s Frozen Adventure as well as the upcoming Nasty Women, a remake of the comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. She has also written and directed the romantic science-fiction film TiMER (2009).

We have always wanted to know what more is to Agent Romanoff other than her kicks and curt speech. All we can say right now is, if she can steal hearts of Marvel fans and non-fans even as a sidekick, she’d definitely be our favourite hero, to say the least!

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Let horses out to play in the snow. Horses have other ideas

Blu-Ray discs available here: http://mikeolbinski.com/shop/ Follow me: http://twitter.com/mikeolbinski / http://facebook.com/mikeolbinskiphotography / http://instagram.com/mikeolbinski Music: Breathe by Ex Makina licensed through the Music Bed: https://www.musicbed.com/artists/ex-makina/43678 ——- The moment I heard the opening thump of bass…I knew I would be using this song for my film. But then those haunting vocals hit my ears…and blew my mind. It was like a punch deep in my soul. It’s hard to explain that feeling when you first hear a song and you immediately fall in love with it. Almost like you’ve known it all along. I hadn’t even planned to start working on this film yet, but I was so inspired that I furiously began to lay down time-lapse clips. I couldn’t stop pouring over it. It was last September and I was supposed to be working on Monsoon IV, but I forgot all about it once I heard Ex Makina’s “Breathe.” It almost felt like it was made for a black and white storm film. About halfway through editing, I knew the song title would be my film title as well. It was so perfect I couldn’t believe it. Sometimes for me…when I’m chasing or watching an amazing storm…I’ll realize I haven’t taken a breath in awhile. Never really thought of it until I heard this song. I love being inspired by other artists. I love soundtracks. I can’t imagine the movie Interstellar without that powerful pipe organ soundtrack by Hans Zimmer. Music is so important to what I do and I’m so incredibly thankful to husband/wife duo Iain and Rebecca Campbell for writing this amazing song. Thanks to the MusicBed as well for having such fantastic musicians and artists. In early 2017, I put together a film called Pulse that was my first ever black and white time-lapse movie. It was so different and fun, I wanted to do a follow-up this year before the next chase season begins. Breathe is made up solely of storm clips from 2017…either from the spring across the central plains or from the monsoon here in the southwest. Some are favorites, some are just ones I knew would be amazing in monochrome and others I used because they fit the music so well.  I also went with a wider aspect ratio on these films to give it more of a cinematic feel. This is also the first film I’ve ever done in full 8K resolution. I’m super excited about that. You may not be able to watch it in that resolution, but it’s there if you can. Otherwise, 4K is a must if you can! I truly hope you enjoy this. For me, I needed something to pass the time and bridge the next few months as I wait for supercells to return to the plains. But honestly, I truly love putting these together. Thanks for all your support in the past and feel free to share! Technical Details: I used two Canon 5DSR’s along with a Canon 11-24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 135mm and Sigma Art 50mm. Manfrotto tripods. The final product was edited in Lightroom with LR Timelapse, After Effects and Premiere Pro.