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Marvel Universe LIVE to tour the UK
Marvel families unite! For the first time ever, iconic Marvel Super Heroes and villains will be brought to life in a spectacular live-action family arena show, when “Marvel Universe LIVE! Super Heroes Assemble” tours the UK from September.
Taking live entertainment to a whole new level, Marvel Universe Live will become one of the most epic nights of 2016. Bringing together the largest assembly of Marvel characters in a live production, audiences will be able to watch some of their favourite Marvel Super Heroes step out of the silver screen and onto the stage – bringing the action to life right before their eyes.
Having already entertained almost 2 million families in over 65 US cities to date on its first tour, the show will include some of the biggest names from Marvel comics, such as Spider-Man, Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, Black Widow and more, with promises that they will all battle Loki and some of Marvel’s most sinister villains in a live, action-packed arena performance for the whole family. Being hailed as the most technically advanced live shows ever, with cutting-edge special effects, pyrotechnics, aerial stunts, martial arts, motorcycles and more, this is an event not to be missed by both adult and children fans.
Feld Entertainment Inc are the creative team behind some of the previous years biggest live action family events, such as Disney On Ice, and are known as the world’s leading producers of touring live entertainment. This arena stunt spectacular will begin touring the UK from September. Dates and venues are listed below.
8 September – 11 September 2016 at the Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham
16 September – 24 September 2016 at The O2, London
26 December – 30 December 2016 at the Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham
5 January – 8 January 2017 at The SSE Hydro, Glasgow
19 January – 22 January 2017 at Sheffield Arena, Sheffield
26 January – 29 January 2017 at Manchester Arena, Manchester
Steven Armstrong, VP of Europe North at Feld Entertainment, Inc. stated, “We are delighted to bring Marvel Universe LIVE! to the UK, giving families an opportunity to enjoy this spectacular live show for the very first time. The audience will feel like they’ve been transported into a jaw-dropping Marvel blockbuster film, with an engrossing storyline and non-stop stunts.”
Tickets will be going on general sale on Friday 4 March at 9am, and are available from Ticketmaster. The video below is a highlight of the American tour, and what you can look forward to when the show hits the UK.
Guardians Of The Gallery: The Force Awakens Is Calvinised, The Simpsons Vice & More
••• Groot artist Brian Kesinger has channeled Bill Watterson in a series of illustrations that merges the galaxy far, far away with the world of Calvin and Hobbes.
••• You must have heard the phrase “too good to eat”. That’s certainly the case with this Wonder Woman cookie created by Dolce Sentire.
••• Is Hugh Jackman experiencing claw envy? Or suggesting that Wolverine 4 is a possibility? Nope, just checking out a prop from Enter The Dragon.
4??????? #Wolverine pic.twitter.com/ebIdogzWJT
— Hugh Jackman (@RealHughJackman) January 6, 2016
••• Homer Simpson as you’ve never seen him before in one of the most elaborate couch gags ever created for The Simpsons.
••• Not much good ever came out of Spaceballs, Mel Brooks’ lame Star Wars parody but these poster may gave finally redeemed the film.Nakatomi Inc and Joshua Budich have teamed up to produce these Force Awakens/Spaceballs mash-ups. (In case you haven’t seen the Brooks film – congratulations – Schwartz is its version of the Force). You can buy them on on Nakatomi Inc’s website.
••• It’s not a Guardians Of The Gallery without a bit of Lego, and this week’s MOCer genius is Luc (not, sadly, Skywalker) for these amazing Han, Leia and Darth Vader figures.
Guardians Of The Gallery: Harry Potter, Flash, Arrow, Spider-Gwen & More
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••• We don’t know which multiverse these guys come from, but we love ’em. A cute spin on characters from The Flash and Arrow by Bosslogic.
••• Fed up with the lack of female-led superhero movies? Then this brilliant portmanteau video, made up from bits of Easy A, Birdman, The Amazing Spider-Man and specially shot footage, brings to life Marvel’s current Spider-Gwen title. Genius
••• The next Wolverine film is rumoured to be based on the Old Man Logan storyline from the comics – set in the future with an aged Wolverine. But what might Hugh Jackman look like in that role? ComicBook.com commissioned Bosslogic (hang on… that sounds familiar?) to envision it.
••• Artist Matt Rhodes has been busily designing characters for an animated Dune movie, if anybody at Disney is interested? The aesthetic is based on the films of Tarsem Singh (The Fall, The Cell, Immortals) and you can find more detailed descriptions on Blastr.
••• Just in case you’re the only genre fan on the internet who didn’t see Tyler Stout’s awesome Avengers: Age Of Ultron poster, commissioned by Marvel to mark the Blu-ray release of the film, here it your. Yours for… oh hang on, they all sold out quicker than Glastonbury tickets.
••• Even if you love the film this latest “Honest Trailer” for Avengers: Age Of Ultron will have you nodding in agreement on more than one occasion. “We broke Joss Whedon!” indeed.
••• Ready for Halloween? This US supermarket is with this amazing Jack Skellington display made from Cola multipacks. [via Geeks Are Sexy]
••• Entertainment Weekly has revealed four images from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Philosopher’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition which is published on Tuesday with art by Jim Kay. You can buy it here.
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