{"id":60188,"date":"2018-05-11T09:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-11T16:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/?p=60188"},"modified":"2020-04-24T12:06:51","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T19:06:51","slug":"geek-headlines-black-panther-solo-pops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/geek-headlines-black-panther-solo-pops\/","title":{"rendered":"Geek Headlines: Black Panther Bonus Features, Solo Premiere, a Ton of Pop!s, and More!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Marvel digital downloads<em>, Solo:\u00a0A\u00a0Star\u00a0Wars Story <\/em>world premiere, and a bunch of new Funko Pop!s? That\u2019s right, people! It\u2019s Friday, which means it\u2019s time for another week of geek headlines.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>To <em>Infinity War<\/em> and Beyond!<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No surprise here &#8211; <em>Avengers:<\/em>\u00a0<em>Infinity War<\/em> maintained its current box office lead with an astounding $7.5 million in ticket sales. Meanwhile, <\/span><em>Overboard<\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> overtook <em>A Quiet Place<\/em> to be this week\u2019s number two box office pick. With <em>Deadpool\u00a02<\/em> premiering next week and <em>Solo<\/em> on the horizon, can the <em>Avengers<\/em> keep their lead for the fourth week in a row?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Bring the Black Panther Home (Now With Bonus Features)<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The King of Wakanda has finally returned. After one of the greatest stints in box office history, Marvel\u2019s<em>\u00a0Black Panther<\/em> is now available for digital download. With tons of bonus features, including an inside look at Marvel Studios\u2019 10-year anniversary, this is one movie you\u2019ll want to watch again, and again&#8230; and again.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b><em>Solo: A Star Wars Story<\/em> World Premiere<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cast and crew of the latest <em>Star Wars<\/em> anthology\u00a0film had an out-of-this-world premiere this week in Hollywood. <a href=\"http:\/\/variety.com\/2018\/film\/news\/solo-a-star-wars-story-first-reactions-1202806823\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The first reactions<\/a> are in and a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ccording to attendees such as IGN\u2019s Jacki Jing,\u00a0 she was \u201ccompletely floored\u201d by the film and was \u201con the edge of her seat.\u201d\u00a0Excited yet?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>The (Big) Boys Are Back in Town<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And in toy news, Funko celebrated its 20th anniversary with the totally awesome (and accurate)<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/2018\/05\/10\/funko-bobs-big-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0Bob&#8217;s Big Boy Pop!<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Fans know you don\u2019t mess with the Big Boy, and this updated vinyl figure offers a new take on the older classic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60178\" src=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/042f6f333aa44105a7cd70d914bbd901lg-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/042f6f333aa44105a7cd70d914bbd901lg-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/042f6f333aa44105a7cd70d914bbd901lg-380x380.jpg 380w, https:\/\/\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/042f6f333aa44105a7cd70d914bbd901lg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/042f6f333aa44105a7cd70d914bbd901lg.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But that wasn\u2019t all for Funko! We also got a look at the great new <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/news\/2018\/05\/07\/bullet-club-funko-pops\/\">Bullet Club figures<\/a> featuring<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kenny Omega, Cody Rhodes, and the Young Bucks in all their NJPW glory. Yup, the WWE has got some serious competition with these bad boys. If you haven\u2019t watched Omega in action, you\u2019re missing out.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">Hot Off the Truck + Twilight Zone Giveaway<\/h2>\n<p>And to celebrate Twilight Zone Day, we have a few giveaways plus tons of cool new items in stock, including a wicked<em>\u00a0Jurassic World<\/em> mask, a beautiful new DC Designer Series Batman statue,\u00a0 a few Weta goodies, and a whole lot more.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To see what\u2019s hot off the truck, check out our video below!<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script async=\"1\" defer=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v3.2\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-video\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/entertainmentearth\/videos\/10155512390657717\/\" data-width=\"620\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/entertainmentearth\/videos\/10155512390657717\/\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/entertainmentearth\/videos\/10155512390657717\/\">Hot off the Truck 5\/11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>DC Designer Series Batman by Mike Mignola Colored Statue http:\/\/eearth.us\/?l=m3s1vp Krampus Klaue Teddy Bear Plush http:\/\/eearth.us\/?l=v4c7pv Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Dino Mask with Sounds http:\/\/eearth.us\/?l=x3ph4k The Lord of the Rings Gandalf on Gwaihir Mini-Statue http:\/\/eearth.us\/?l=ysf32w Twilight Zone Action Figures http:\/\/eearth.us\/?l=81xgqk The Twilight Zone Pin Mate Wooden Figure Set of 6  http:\/\/eearth.us\/?l=zxd1th<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/entertainmentearth\/\">Entertainment Earth<\/a> on Friday, May 11, 2018<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s all for this week! Be sure to check out our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.entertainmentearth.com\/podcast?utm_source=ee-blog&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=product\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"broken_link\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">weekly podcast<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> page where we feature a new toy every week. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Marvel digital downloads, Solo:\u00a0A\u00a0Star\u00a0Wars Story world premiere, and a bunch of new Funko Pop!s? That\u2019s right, people! It\u2019s Friday, which means it\u2019s time for another week of geek headlines. To Infinity War and Beyond! No surprise here &#8211; Avengers:\u00a0Infinity War maintained its current box office lead with an astounding $7.5 million in ticket sales. 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