One of the original X-men comes out as Gay in All New X-Men #40

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Original Story: The X-Men have been described as "uncanny," "astonishing," "all-new" and "all-different" - but a leaked issue of Wednesday's All-New X-Men #40 shows off a new side of a founding X-Man that might not be too much of a surprise for long-time fans.

**SPOILERS AHEAD FOR ALL-NEW X-MEN #40 **

The Advocate was one of many sources Tuesday morning to report that in this week's All-New X-Men #40, founding X-Man Bobby Drake/Iceman - at least the one pulled from the past in All-New X-Men's launch - is revealed as gay. The news comes by way of leaked pages from the book that

Marvel later confimed with Newsarama to be legitimate.

"There are thousands if not millions of stories of people who, for many different reasons, felt the need to hide their sexuality. The X-Men, with the conceit of time travel, give us a fascinating platform in which to examine such personal journeys,” Bendis said. “This is just the first little chapter of a much larger story that will be told.”

The scene in question shows Jean Grey pulling Drake aside to call him out on comments made to female X-Men. When pressed, Grey reveals she used telepathy to invade his mind to discover that Drake was overcompensating to disguise the fact that he is gay. After initially denying it and pointing out that his older, modern-day self has not come out, Drake and Grey come to some terms with it. Below are the pages in question, again confirmed by Marvel to be legitimate.

All-New X-Men #40 is scheduled for release April 22, 2015.

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Source: Newsarama and Marvel
 

Sony and Valiant comics agree to a 5 picture Deal starting with BloodShot and Harbinger

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Acccording to The Hollywood Reporter, Valiant Entertainment has signed a five-picture deal with Sony Pictures to make five films based on their comic book properties Bloodshot and Harbinger. Each property will get two films as early as 2017, culminating with a crossover movie titled Harbinger Wars based on the comic book crossover. The acting producers will be Valiant Entertainment's Dinesh Shamdasani, Original Films' Neal H. Moritz and Toby Jaffe, and Sony's Andrea Giannetti.

For 2017's Bloodshot, Sony has secured John Wick directors David Leitch and Chad Stahelski, with an already-written screenplay by Kick-Ass 2's Jeff Wadlow and The Thing's Eric Heisserer. Matthew Vaughn and Jason Kothari are on-board as executive producers.

The Harbinger movie as no directors attached just yet, but Bloodshot co-writer Eric Heisserer is writing the screenplay. This comes on the heels of the March announcement that Valiant had secured nine-figure funding from DMG Entertainmnt for feature and TV project development. Valiant has previously announced movie projects for Archer & Armstrong and Shadowman.

source: Newsarama and The Hollywood reporter

Stan Lee and Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Launch Convention

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Steve Wozniak
 

Legendary writer Stan Lee has joined forces with Steve Wozniak to create a new comic con in California's Bay Area. Situated in the San Jose Convention Center, Silicon Valley Comic Con aims to combine pop culture and technology for the largest convention in the region.

The inaugural convention is set for March 19 and 20, 2016. SVCC, as it's being called, will have a booth at Big Wow ComicFest this weekend hosting celebrity guests Tom Felton, Daniel Cudmore, and Jake Lloyd.

New Jurassic World Trailer

Steven Spielberg returns to executive produce the long-awaited next installment of his groundbreaking Jurassic Park series, Jurassic World.  Colin Trevorrow directs the epic action-adventure from a screenplay he wrote with Derek Connolly.  Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley join the team as producers. Check out the brand new trailer and posters for the film below.

Justice League Gods and Monsters Trailer

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has unveiled via IGN the first trailer from the upcoming animated movie Justice League: Gods & Monsters. The official synopsis describes the film as set in a alternate universe with a starkly different Justice League who use brute force to enact justice on Earth. Take a look: