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Tuesday, March 11, 2014
Marvel expands Infinite with ‘Ultimate Spider-Man’ Associated Press Writer
Two years after launching its Infinite line of digital comics, Marvel Entertainment said it intends to expand the line’s offerings with its first all-ages titles as it moves to attract younger readers familiar with characters like Spider-Man from animated television shows. Announced Sunday at the annual South by Southwest event in Austin, Texas, Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso and Kristin Vincent, the vice president of its digital products, called the new “Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man” digital title the publisher’s first for kids in the Infinite format. “We’re trying to reach the next generation of comics fans,” Vincent said. “These stories resonate with kids.” By taking tales from the television series of the same name, the publisher hopes the digital comics will find an audience in kids who are more used to reading on a tablet than traditional paper.
“The story telling just lends itself naturally to a tablet . images replace the other images,” she said, adding that while it’s not animation, the pages and story are bright, vivid and redolent of what kids see on television. With the Infinite format — a digital-only medium that features stories and art native to digital readers — Alonso believes kids will get their first hands-on experience with comics in a way more akin to what they’ve experienced with TV. “It will excite them and it’s in a format they understand,” he said of the title, which is due out later this year and will eventually be available in more than 10 languages around the globe. The stories feature writers known to readers of traditional comics, including Eugene Son, Matt Kindt, Cullen Bunn and Tim Seeley, along with artists Luciano Vecchio and Soutchey Leimetry and storyboards by J.L. Mast and Geoffrey Beaulieu.
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This image released by Marvel Comics shows a scene from the first all-ages Infinite Comics series, “Marvel Universe Ultimate Spider-Man,” airing Sunday mornings inside the Marvel Universe on Disney XD.
NEW YORK — The shirtless warriors of the “300” sequel “Rise of an Empire” ravaged the post-Oscars box-office weekend with a domestic debut of $45.1 million but an even bigger international haul of $87.8 million. Seven years after the original “300” became an unlikely, ultra-stylish, bloodsoaked sensation, Warner Bros.’ 3-D follow-up showed considerable might at the box office. While “300: Rise of an Empire” didn’t come close to the North American debut of Zack Snyder’s 2007 original ($70.9 million and without the benefit of 3-D ticket prices), it performed like a blockbuster overseas. “Rise of an Empire,” which with flexed torsos and lots of bloodshed further chronicles the ancient battles of the Greeks and Persians, led a busy box-of-
fice weekend that also saw an Academy Awards bump for “12 Years a Slave” and one of the highest per-screen averages ever for Wes Anderson’s European caper “The Grand Budapest Hotel.” Though “300: Rise of an Empire” is excessively macho, Eva Green — the film’s fiercest presence — may have drawn females for what was always going to be a male-centric release. Whereas the female audience for the first “300” was only 29 percent, it was 38 percent for “Rise of an Empire.” “Talk about female empowerment,” said Jeff Goldstein,
head of domestic distribution for Warner Bros., of the “Casino Royale” actress. Noting the popularity of 3-D and IMAX screenings for the movie, Goldstein credited the visual panache of producer Snyder (Noam Murro took over directing), who drew directly from Frank Miller’s graphic novels: “He brings a lot to the screen that mesmerizes you.” Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak, said the “300” franchise “translates to virtually every culture. Every country can appreciate the visuals of these movies.” The week’s other new wide release, 20th Century Fox’s animated “Mr. Peabody & Sherman,” opened in second with $32.5 million. Though the performance was better than some expected, it’s a relatively low total for a film that cost about $140 million to make. The film is based on the cartoon about a timetraveling boy and his brilliant dog from “The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.” Some of the family film market was likely taken by Warner Bros.’ hit “The Lego Movie,” which added $11 million in its fifth weekend. This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Sullivan Stapleton in “300: Rise of an Empire.”
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Three potential tourism markets of Bali down Bali Post
DENPASAR - Tourist arrival from a number of Bali tourism potential markets such as Japan, South Korea and Russia decreased. Central Statistics Agency (BPS) of Bali Chapter noted that by nationality, the most travelers visiting the Island of Gods were from Australia, China, Malaysia, Japan and South Korea, with the respective percentage of 25.53 percent, 18.64 percent, 5.61 percent, 5.10 percent and 4.38 percent. “The arrival of tourists from Australia, China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, the United States and the UK has increased. Meanwhile,
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the tourist arrival from Japan, South Korea and Russia has decreased,” said the Head of BPS Bali, Panusunan Siregar, in Denpasar.
He said the number of foreign travelers who came to Bali in January 2014 reached 292,257. This figure increased by 19.89 percent compared to the same month in the previous year. When, compared to December 2013, the number of travelers decreased by 6.61 percent. In January 2014, the majority of foreign tourists coming to Bali were through the Ngurah Rai Airport reaching 278,685 people or 99.80 percent, while through seaport amounted to 572 people. “Compared to the same month
in the previous year, the number of tourists who came through the Ngurah Rai Airport has increased by 21.40 percent. Meanwhile, when compared to condition last December, this figure was down 4.87 percent,” he said. According to him, slowing down of tourist arrival also had implications on the room occupancy rate at the beginning of 2014. Evidently, the room occupancy rate of star hotel in Bali in January reached an average of 57.76 percent, down 4.77 points compared to the room
occupancy rate in December 2013 which amounted to 62.53 percent. “The highest occupancy rate was in Tabanan, amounting to 71.80 percent and the lowest was 33.05 percent in Buleleng. Compared to December 2013, the occupancy rate in Tabanan, Badung, Gianyar, Karangasem, Buleleng and Denpasar showed a decrease respectively by 1.33 points, 4.54 points, 5.49 points, 5.97 points, 7.76 points and 0.63 points,” he explained. Continued on page 6
Tourist arrival from a number of Bali tourism potential markets such as Japan, South Korea and Russia decreased.