Update on the Marvel Experience - Thankfully, Not Cancelled

Yesterday, we ran an article questioning the seemingly up in the air status of the Marvel Experience's tour. From what we'd seen, it looked like the remainder of the tour had been cancelled. Happily, that's not the case. We were contacted by Tracy Mallozi, managing director of the Rose Group, who filled us in on the details.

The short version of what's happening is good news and bad news. The good news is good news if you live in the San Diego or Chicago area - the show is staying in Del Mar until March 1st, after which they're taking the show to a newly announced stop at Chicago's Soldier Field. During it's time in Chicago, the show will be "reconfigured to both double down on guest excitement and be able to better utilize existing infrastructure of stadiums and ballparks," and "retooled with more interactive games and upgraded content." After that, the show will finally come to San Francisco in the Spring of 2016.

So yeah - for those of you who were excited to see this one-of-a-kind event in San Francisco this spring, you will have to wait a year...but it does sound like it'll be a better show once it gets to you. Ticketmaster has announced that you'll have the option (not yet available, from what we can tell) to receive a refund, or reschedule for a 2016 date. We're anxious to check it out ourselves. Read the full press release after the jump.

Is the Marvel Experience Cancelled?

The Marvel Experience, a traveling theme park of sorts that Marvel has been taking around to different cities, has been generating a lot of buzz. The show has a 4D show, a simulator ride, and more awesome Marvel props and costumes from the MCU than you can shake a stick at. It looks like an awesome experience all around.

However, fans were dismayed this morning when they logged on to the main site and discovered that tickets and show times for any shows past the February stop in Del Mar, California were completely missing. Ticketmaster.com shows the upcoming shows for the San Francisco leg of the tour as "cancelled."

The show had been experiencing major technical difficulties in its early stops, but the official page has no announcement about any delays or cancellations. We've reached out to Marvel and Hero Ventures to see if we hear anything back.

Is the Legend of Korra Really Being Cancelled?

The internet was set ablaze today when rumors of cancellation circulated the web for the hit show “The Legend of Korra” on Nickelodeon. The show is currently in the middle of its third season, and is a sequel to the groundbreaking “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” which ran from 2005 to 2008. As of this writing, there has been no official statement or press release by the studio itself, although the creators of the show have made remarks regarding the show’s future.

Michael DiMartino, who created the Avatar series with Bryan Konietzko, posted on his Facebook community page “There is 1 new episode this Friday at 8, then the rest of the season will be available from various sites online.” Konietzko also posted an image to his personal Tumblr blog assuring fans that the series was not cancelled, but was simply “moving to digital.”

Speculation for the move has ranged from ratings concerns to demographics issues, but until an official statement is released, speculation is all we have. Korra was shown a great deal of support by the studio when it debuted in 2012, signing on for more content before the first season even finished. However, that support seems to have waned in the last two years, despite being contracted through a fourth season. Some have suggested that the rapid broadcasting over the last month was due to a leak of the first episodes earlier in the summer.

Regardless of Nickelodeon’s reasons, the DiMartino’s Facebook post indicates that at least one new episode will still broadcast this Friday (as opposed to the two new episodes everyone was expecting). Fans of the show eagerly await further news at this weekend’s San Diego Comic Con.

UPDATE: The Korra Nation Fan Page has come down with an official word. Korra is NOT cancelled, it's moving to digital as we already knew. Here's the full release:

"Hey Korra Nation! Phew. Some of you may have heard versions of this news elsewhere, but here’s the official word. After this Friday’s on-air premiere of Episode 8 “The Terror Within” at 8/7c, all remaining Book 3 episodes will move to a digital rollout. That means two things: 1) Korra is NOT cancelled, 2) the remaining episodes will roll out weekly on Nick.com and the Nick app beginning August 1, as well as on platforms like Amazon, Google Play, Xbox and Hulu.

Thousands of you have been asking to watch this incredible show online, so hopefully this news works in your favor. Mike and Bryan created a breath-taking season for us all…so get ready to watch it all go down!!!

Thanks for being the BEST fans in the industry and see you at Comic-Con."