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Legendary author Stephen King is no stranger to online banter. In his latest addition to the Twitterverse, King joined forces with comedian Patton Oswalt to champion the upcoming film Cocaine Bear. Yes, that’s the title of the movie. Slated for February of 2023, this tale of cocaine-fueled bear rage is already one of the new year’s most anticipated films. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DuWEEKeJLMI With a trailer as horrifyingly funny as this one, it’s no wonder guys like Stephen King and Patton Oswalt took to Twitter…

I Love My Dad SXSW 2022 Patton Oswalt is touting the newest dark comedy he stars in, I Love My Dad, as the cure you need for Netflix fatigue — or at least, that’s what you would gather from the comedian and actor’s latest post on Twitter. Oswalt shared an image for I Love My Dad juxtaposed with one of Netflix’s true crime documentary shows, I Just Killed My Dad, with the humorous caption, “It’s called COUNTER PROGRAMMING PEOPLE!” In all likelihood, this isn’t a genuine reflection of Oswalt’s dislike of…

Eternals sequel might be happening with Chloé Zhao returning to direct. Patton Oswalt accidentally spilled the beans in an interview with The Today Show, suggesting that an Eternals sequel has been "announced". The 53-year-old actor-comedian voiced Pip the Troll in the 2021 film, and hopes for more scenes with him and Starfox, played by Harry Styles. Both characters appeared in a mid-credits sequence attached to the Eternals, setting up a future for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.“They have announced there is going to be…

Image: Marvel StudiosOut of all the Marvel films, I feel like the internet is most divided over Eternals, the blockbuster superhero film directed by Oscar-winner Chloé Zhao. With a bit of a bonkers plot, an ensemble of 10 new superheroes, and convoluted MCU-ification of the timeline, there was a lot for fans to take in. But despite the naysayers, Patton Oswalt, who played Pip the Troll (a character introduced during an end-credit scene), has good news for Eternals fans.On The Today Show, Oswalt was able to nerd out about…

Plenty of movies have been pinned on seemingly foolproof plans that go catastrophically awry in execution; less common is the movie that hinges on a scheme so ill-advised, so rife with potential for disaster, so guaranteed to end in failure that one wonders why a character would even try it in the first place.The new film I Love My Dad falls into the latter category, which was precisely what drew star Patton Oswalt to it. His face-voice combo has that special something that makes a person a sought-after character actor…

| Thank FOC It's Saturday – Planned to coincide and cover the demands of Final Order Cut Off at Diamond Comic Distributors on Monday. And now Lunar Distribution and Penguin Random House on Sunday as well. So here's this week's comics product coming through that may need adjusting as demand slips and slides with the emerging economic bubble. Or somesuch. Traditionally FOC is the date when retailers have a last chance to amend their advance orders for comic books without penalty. A final opportunity for publishers to…

| M.O.D.O.K. showrunners Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum may have had their show canceled after one season, but that just frees them up to move from the unsavory world of television to the lucrative and foil-embossed realm of creator-owned comics. Oswalt and Blum are teaming with Scott Hepburn, Ian Herring, and Nate Piekos for Minor Threats, describe as "a genre-bending crime drama about superheroes and villains and the last gasp of the colorful innocent days of the silver and bronze era of comics before they are dragged…

Fans of Hulu series Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K. were dealt a blow last week when it was announced that the animated series was officially canceled after one season. Though the the cartoon has come to an end, perhaps fans can take some solace in the news that the M.O.D.O.K. showrunners Patton Oswalt and Jordan Blum are teaming up again for Minor Threats, their first creator-owned series from Dark Horse. Along for the ride is artist Scott Hepburn who previously worked with Oswalt and Blum on their M.O.D.O.K.: Head Games…