Mania is happy to announce our latest contest, a giveaway of the Steve Niles graphic Novel, 28DaysLater: The Aftermath.28DaysLater: The Aftermath features four original, inter-connected stories all written by Steve, with art by Dennis Calero, Diego Ol...
28DAYSLATER is a gift for horror fans even those of us who've found a lot to enjoy lately who have hoped for awhile now that the genre could yield up something that takes itself seriously while maintaining a high quotient of scares and gore. This is p...
... thriller 28DAYSLATER. Renner has been cast as Sgt. Doyle, one of the heroes of the sequel.June 21, 2004 - Variety is reporting that Fox Searchlight, the domestic film distributor of 28DAYSLATER, is hungry for a sequel to Danny Boyle's apocalyptic...
Screenwriter/novelist Alex Garland has sold a spec script titled SUNSHINE to Fox Searchlight, the same company that picked up American distribution of his last project, 28DAYSLATER. English film production company DNA Films will produce the film and Gar...
On October 9th, 20th Century Fox Home Video will release 28 WEEKS LATER on DVD. The sequel to Danny Boyle's 28DAYSLATER, picks up six months after the rage virus has annihilated the Mainland Britain. The U.S. Army declares that the war against inf...
According to today's Variety, 28DAYSLATER star Cillian Murphy has been cast in Christopher Nolan's BATMAN film as an unspecified villain. As you may recall, last month we were told by a source that another actor from 28DAYSLATER, namely Christopher Ec...
On Friday July 25, Fox Searchlight is adding the original, darker ending to its hit horror film 28DAYSLATER. After the film's credits have finished rolling, the words "What if..." will appear on the screen followed by the alternate ending."The alternate...
Can you survive six minutes of attacking undead from Danny Boyle's 28DAYSLATER? If so, Apple's trailer website has got a preview for you. The website has the first six minutes from the zombie movie ready for download, as well as the film's first trail...
Yahoo! Movies has a look at the virus responsible for destroying the world. Actually, it's a preview of Danny Boyle's horror film 28DAYSLATER focusing on the deadly virus dubbed Rage, the culprit that turns all it infects into homicidal maniacs. Previou...
... year and 28DaysLater creator-executive producer Danny Boyle may have been one of them. There have been whispers that we could see a third installment in the franchise ever since 28 Weeks Later hit theaters May 11, 2007. Before that release even. The...
...requel to 28DaysLater and 28 Weeks Later. The pitch never panned out and was eventually scrapped by the producers.
Macdonald went on to tell Fangoria that creator and executive producer Danny Boyle has a concept planned for 28 Months Later but it'...
Storywise, I was not that impressed with 28DaysLater. It’s your basic big outbreak horror movie ala Gearge Romero’s The Crazies – an easily transferred, fast acting virus turns people into raving, bloodthirsty berzerkers. The plague of...
The Infected are returning.Variety is reporting that Fox Searchlight, the domestic film distributor of 28DAYSLATER, is hungry for a sequel to Danny Boyle's apocalyptic horror flick. To satisfy its desire, the studio has commissioned writer Rowan Jaffe t...
As previously reported, Danny Boyle's current film project is the post-apolcalyptic thriller 28DAYSLATER. Now, some brief details have surfaced on how the film will depict some of the story's grisly events.While talking to Fangoria, Boyle revealed that ...
According to Variety, Jeremy Renner has signed on to play a lead role in the upcoming Fox Atomic film 28 WEEKS LATER. The film is the sequel to the zombie thriller 28DAYSLATER.In the film, the story will pick up six months after the end of the first fi...
What They SayThe journey begins when Professor Kaneda creates the ultimate soldier robot, Tetsujin, as a substitute for his son, Shotaro, whom he mistakenly believed died in a bomb raid on Tokyo during World War II. To prevent the army from using Tetsujin...
...ul ‘28DaysLater’ was a disappointment when it came to scares and character development. The film started off great with Robert Carlyle’s opening back story which was just as scary and chilling as the original film. The rub...
OPINION: Last week, I asked for your opinions about whether the comics companies are doing enough to interest the next generation of comics readers and what approaches they should take. On the one hand, there weren't that many responses, but on the other ...
Steve Niles, author of the graphic novel 28DaysLater: The Aftermath, has dropped by Mania to do a bit of guest blogging!His first blog went live on Friday afternoon, you can find it over here, and he will post another four blogs next week before we fina...
Series creator Danny Boyle had to bow out of directing 28 Weeks Later due to a very schedule at that time but when the second installment was hitting theaters, the co-writer and director of the first film mentioned briefly that he would be interested in c...
Steve Niles, author of the graphic novel 28DaysLater: The Aftermath, has dropped by Mania to do a bit of guest blogging!So far three blogs have been posted. You can find them at the following links:First BlogSecond BlogThird Blog28DaysLater: The After...
Batman Begins by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 02-28-2005)
.... Murphy (28DAYSLATER), Bailey (MINDHUNTERS) and Jackson are new to the mix. Dancy's name was first mentioned late last month on Dark Horizons and IGN FilmForce.Reporter also provides a new morsel for us to chew on: according to their sources, the ne...
...tting and 28DaysLater, is known for his frenetic directing style. For this film he’s reunited with sci-fi wunderkind writer Alex Garland, who wrote 28DaysLater, and producer Andrew Macdonald, of 28 Weeks Later and Last King of Scotland f...
...ear Dark, 28DaysLater, or Night of the Living Dead. You won’t pick out your next outfit for the Bauhaus concert from these vampires. As in Niles and Templesmith’s miniseries, these vampires feel more like indifferent consumers w...
...ccleston (28DAYSLATER) portrays this new incarnation of the Doctor. The Beeb has ordered 13 episodes of the show to test the waters and see if interest is there to make more. At the present time the show is slated for Broadcast on the British channel...
...ccleston (28DAYSLATER) as the latest incarnation of the Gallifreyian Time Lord. Billie Piper will play the Doctor's companion, Rose Tyler. If ratings are good for the new WHO it's entirely feasible the BBC will order additional episodes.Got a scoop? ...
Stellan Skarsgard (EXORCIST: THE BEGINNING) and Naomie Harris (28DAYSLATER) are the new blood joining the cast of the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN sequels.Skarsgard will play Orlando Bloom's character's father while Harris will play a gypsy queen. Shooting ...
...ormation--28DaysLater, Resident Evil, I Am Legend, et al. This is most immediately linked to our own exponential advancements in science and technology, where a viral outbreak seems more believable than reanimation from an electrical storm. We're con...
Batman's next adversaries are starting to line up. "28DaysLater" star Cillian Murphy has landed the role of one of the Caped Crusader's villains in the fifth installment of Warner Bros.' "Batman" franchise. The young Irish actor would become the fourth ...
"28DaysLater" star Cillian Murphy has signed on to play an unnamed villain in the "Batman" movie. The 29-year-old Irish actor won't reveal which meanie he's playing, saying only "The characters that are a bit darker, a bit more ambiguous, appeal to me."
... tie with 28DaysLater as the best British films of this decade so having him onboard would be amazing. But at this stage I can't even give you a little wink, except to say that the director is already in place and we're looking to rapidly go into pro...
... Garland (28DaysLater) wrote the previous draft.DB Weiss is the author of 2003's Lucky Wander Boy, a critically acclaimed fictional story dealing with obscure video games.You can read Game Set Watch's interview with him here.
...t you see 28DAYSLATER? Seriously, WTF? "And Katie Holmes is a D.A.? This is as good as Denise Richards being a rocket scientist (or whatever she was) in THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH. For a film trying to ground itself in reality this was a rather ridiculo...
...tie with '28DaysLater' as the best British films of this decade so having him onboard would be amazing. But at this stage I can't even give you a little wink, except to say that the director is already in place and we're looking to rapidly go into pr...
... Murphy ('28DaysLater'), Henry Cavill ('I Capture the Castle') and Eion Bailey, who stars in the upcoming HBO feature 'And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself.' Meanwhile, sources say Hugh Dancy, may test if his schedule permits.
...ccleston (28DaysLater, The Others) stars as the Doctor. Billie Piper stars as Rose Tyler, the real star of the show and that's saying something given Eccleston's revelatory performance. There are thirteen episodes of the first season and fourteen m...
... tie with 28DaysLater as the best British films of this decade so having him onboard would be amazing. But at this stage I can't even give you a little wink, except to say that the director is already in place and we're looking to rapidly go into pro...
...n Begins, 28DaysLater, Red Eye
Creepy looking eyes with Kool Aid lips. Keep your children away from this guy.
12. Brad Dourif
Notable Work: Dune, Lord of the Rings, Child’s Play, Exorcist III
He is the voice of Chuc...
...ed up for 28DAYSLATER.The cast is led by Rose Byrne (TROY), Cliff Curtis (WHALE RIDER), Chris Evans (FANTASTIC FOUR), Troy Garity (AFTER THE SUNSET), Cillian Murphy (28DAYSLATER), Hiroyuki Sanada (THE LAST SAMURAI), Benedict Wong (DIRTY PRETTY THIN...
...music for 28DAYSLATER (XL Records, XLCD 168) retains a thoroughgoing rock and roll sensibility while meeting the demands of film scoring. He doesn't try and morph rock and roll into something that represents or imitates traditional film scoring but ...
.... Murphy (28DAYSLATER), Bailey (MINDHUNTERS) and Jackson are new to the mix. Dancy's name was first mentioned late last month on Dark Horizons and IGN FilmForce.Reporter also provides a new morsel for us to chew on: according to their sources, the ne...
In a million dollar deal, Microsoft has hired Alex "28daysLater" Garland to adapt their highly successful videogame "Halo" into script.Once the screenplay is done it will be shopped to studios as an all in one package: script & rights.Peter Schlessel wi...
Thanks to Apple.com, the newest trailer for Fox Atomic's upcoming horror film, 28 Weeks Later, is now online. You can find it here.The film is set six months after the rage virus has annihilated the British Isles, the US Army declares that the war a...
Steve Niles and co-writer Kelly Sue DeConnick fill in a chapter of the 30 Days of Night saga that lands squarely between the second miniseries, Dark Days, and a later sequel, Return to Barrow. At the end of Dark Days, Stella Olemaun attempted to resu...
A full international trailer for the upcoming film, 28 Weeks Later, is now online.You can find it here.The film is set six months after the rage virus has annihilated the British Isles, the US Army declares that the war against infection has been won, and...
Just back from the premiere of '30 Days of Night,' Steve Niles took a few minutes to speak with us about how happy he is with the film adaptation and what else he's working on.
C2F: Where did the original idea for '30 Days of Night' come from?
St...
What They SayDo you have what it takes to win the high school national championships? Kazuhiko Aikawa does, and at 5\' 8\" he can slam dunk that ball like there is no tomorrow. But winning the national championships isn\'t enough for Kazuhiko. He soon tra...
For science fiction fans, its strange to think that we are, in a sense, living in the future. Ever since H.G. Wells THINGS TO COME, much of the genre has been dedicated to imagining brave new worlds set in years yet to come, but many of those seemingly ...
When Steven Niles launched '30 Days of Night' at IDW Publishing in 2002, it became an instant sensation. Six years later, the franchise has continued as a feature film, in numerous comics and graphic novels, and also as a series of original "webisode...
Harold Perrineau, known best from ABC's LOST, has signed on to play a role in the upcoming film 28 WEEKS LATER.Perrineau will play an upbeat American Special Forces pilot who documents and leads to safety the families returning to London after the viral o...
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28DaysLater: Director's Cut
Released to coincide with the imminent release of 28 Weeks Later – which may or may not end up suffering from 'unwantedsequelitis' – the original non-zombie zombie movie from Danny Boyle stil...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Inoue KazurouTranslated by:JN ProductionsAdapted by:What They SayThe continuation of this unique romantic comedy in which our bickering couple become attached in more ways that one...
Midori has disappeared! Seiji's hand is n...
There`s one in every crowd...As Linda Blair sets herself in front of this crowd of semi-friendly reporters, one member of the press kicks the entire interview session off with an obviously smart-mouthed query regarding pea soup. He barely gets the two wor...
Last week, I asked everyone to send me their thoughts on story pacing decompression versus compact and the "talking heads" trend versus balls out action. Sometimes things just come together, because I got a lot of compliments on the column and some real...
What They SayThe journey begins with a rumor that a small robot is responsible for the arson of a treasured Kyoto temple. Meanwhile, people involved with a clandestine artificial human project called Robby are murdered one by one, and somehow Professor Sh...
What They SaySo far; so good. The DAI-GUARD pilots have beaten back the enemy. They\'ve saved mall after mall from certain destruction. They even found time for a tune-up. But the battle for the human race is about to enter its final stage and all of huma...
Quirky Romantic Tale Of An Otaku Who Finds Love To Make North American Debut On DVD and As A New Manga Series
San Francisco, CA, June 28, 2006 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing...
What They SayThe danger keeps getting worse. The pressure from the bosses is too intense. The DAI-GUARD pilots have more than enough reason to look for new jobs. But a real hero never lays down his robotically enhanced weaponry until the last foe falls. A...
After the hustle and bustle following the smash debut of Abominable (2006) this past May in theaters and early April on the Sci Fi channel, I got a chance to speak with writer and director Ryan Schifrin from his southern California home.
This u...
After the shoot, DEATH RACE found itself on the rocky road of executive prerogative with an impassable detour in the shape of Roger Corman. Bartel says the producers uncertainty of what exactly the film should be, either a comical action film or a pure a...
In 1974, the DeFeo home in Amityville, Long Island was the scene of a grisly crime scene: The entire DeFeo family had been murdered while they slept, and one of the sons, Ronald DeFeo, confessed to the crime, claiming that "voices" drove him to it. We'll ...
Timothy Hutton has been cast as the lead in Sci Fi Channel's new original mini-series 5 DAYS TO MIDNIGHT. Described by the channel as a fusion between D.O.A. and 24, Hutton will play a physics professor who is sent a police report from the future for a mu...
Fox Searchlight Pictures is giving horror fans a chance to see 28DAYSLATER two weeks earlier than the film's official release date. The studio plans on showing the film in 28 cities on Friday, June 13 -- just for one night only -- before releasing the ...
The Comics Continuum reports that '30 Days of Night' premieres on Starz on Saturday at 9 p.m. Additional upcoming viewing times include Sunday, Sept. 28 at 4:40 a.m. and 5:35 p.m.; Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 3:35 a.m., 1:15 p.m. and 9 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 3 at 9 ...
Jason and the Golden Fleece (as Jason and the Argonauts was titled during pre-production) was not produced in a cinematic vacuum. The `Dynamtion` team had competition on several other fronts. The most obvious inspiration was Edward Small`s pastiche of Th...
What They Say\"The Last Wish\" - While a newly enraged Goku resumes his onslaught against the evil Frieza, Dende races to make the final wish of King Kai\'s plan. But Frieza has his own wish in mind, and he too speeds toward the dragon! \"Duel on a Vanish...
There\'s a rather good selection of varied titles due out at the end of this month as you can see below with some top tier titles, an expected powerhouse and overall a good range of collections for those who\'ve been waiting:
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Hello fellow Maniacs. Normally, I’m restricted to the weekend content but since it’s the summer, I’ll be trying to update everyone on current activities and updates of the industry. My weekly box office report is sometimes not accurate a...
OPINIONNo death threats this time, thank goodness, and a few extra votes for new heroes, as well as some repeat votes for Matter Eater Lad and Dazzler. One anonymous fan even put in a vote for Phoenix, stating that "she upset the balance of the Marvel Uni...
What They SayEver wonder how the cretins of this world typically get the nice girls? Aiwa certainly falls into that catagory: he spends his days endlessly obsessing over a girl named Kozue whom he can never have and runs every chance encounter with her th...
Held annually in the ski resort city of Park City, Utah, the 2002 Sundance Film Festival was a strangely louder (the construction for the upcoming winter game Olympics), but quieter (more serious films, less blowout parties and a distinct 9/11 hangover) e...
It\'s a big release week as the companies try to get some more big titles out before Anime Expo so they can sell them there to the crowds, bring in the people behind them and so forth. July is a busy month itself and looking ahead there\'s a lot of new se...
OPINION: Don't let the title to this column fool you: I'm well aware that the difference between Marvel and DC is actually huge, to the point that, even now, there are still people who are avid fans of one company and who refuse to buy any books published...
The holiday weekend played out exactly as expected for the most part with Disney’s Enchanted weaving its magical fairytale straight into 1st place above the rest of the pack. It was a weekend for the family as this box office report will point, spel...
After a two-year absence training under Jiraiya, Naruto returns to Konoha Village stronger and ready to search for his former comrade, Sasuke. For now, he reunites with Sakura, Kakashi and some of his old friends in the village. Naruto lea...
When '30 Days of Night' debuted as a comic, it featured a startling cover by co-creator Ben Templesmith, dominated by a bloody mouth filled with jagged, razor-sharp teeth. Two weeks ago those teeth bit into moviegoers across the country as the film vers...
Spider-Man 2 by Corona's Coming Attractions (Thu 07-01-2004)
Genre:Action/Superhero/Comic Book Adaptation/Sequel.Studio:Columbia Pictures.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Tobey Maguire (Peter Parker/"Spider-Man"); Kirsten Dunst (Mary Jane Watson); Alfred Molina (Dr. Otto Octavius/"Doc...
In celebration of the release of LAND OF THE DEAD and for ZOMBIE-lovers who can't get enough, MONSTERS HD, a VOOM Channel available on the DISH Network, will unleash the walking dead with WEEKEND OF THE DEAD on Friday, June 24 and Saturday, June 25. The ...
OPINION: First of all, you're probably wondering why this week's comics reviews are so far out of date. Well, there's a good explanation for that, and it all has to do with an itty bitty hurricane named Ivan. I've occasionally mentioned the fact that I'm ...
The science fiction & fantasy genres may have been taking a hit these past few months but that is not the case this weekend. The latest genre film to hit the market, I Am Legend, has come in and won big for Warner Bros. The film, based on the novel by...
Reports are coming out that DVR use is rising at an astronomical rate with at least one DVR in nearly 30% of U.S. homes. Time shift means simply that shows are recored when they air and watched at a later date. This kind of viewing can be deadly f...
Warner Bros. Pictures is springing the Man of Steel two days early, moving up the release of Bryan Singer's "Superman Returns" from Friday, June 30, to Wednesday, June 28.
The change in dates, designed to maximize grosses over the July Fourth holiday -...
Two years ago, Daniel Craig became the new Bond when Casino Royale rolled into theaters with a debut of $40.8 million. With his second effort two years later, MGM has nearly doubled that mark with Quantum of Solace by grabbing the best Bond openin...
Superman Returns by Corona's Coming Attractions (Fri 04-22-2005)
Genre:Superhero/Comic Book Adaptation/Action.Studio:Warner Brothers.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Brandon Routh (Clark Kent/Kal-El/"Superman"); Kevin Spacey (Lex Luthor); Kate Bosworth (Lois Lane); Hugh Laurie (Perry ...
Preproduction for DEATH RACE proved to be an intense experience. Getting the cars was easy enough; five junkers were bought, and designs by James Powers were turned into customized killing machines by Dean Jeffries (of Jeffries Auto Stylings, also respons...
Due out on 06/28/2005 from Bandai Entertainment, we\'ve got a nice early look at one of their new series for the summer with a review of Hoop Days Vol. #1 (of 6).
Halle Berry is in the news everyday now it seems (about as much as Anna Nicole Smith), from suicide attempts over a decade ago to shooting down rumors of Catwoman that doesn’t even exist! Anything in the name of the celebrity publicity, right? S...
VIDEO NEWSMGM will make the small army of John Carpenter fans happy this summer when they finally bring J.Cs semi-classic ghost tale THE FOG to DVD. Jamie Lee Curtis, Adrienne Barbeau and Tom Atkins will be onboard with Rob Bottins waterlogged ghosts. T...
What They SayAfter the disappearance of Naraku, Kagome and Inuyasha spend a day in Kagome’s time for a much needed rest from the days of battling demons and searching for the shards of the Shinkon Jewel. Now, if only Inuyasha would stop visiting the...
What They SaySet in an alternate universe, this sci-fi story centers around three teenagers, a rip in the space-time continuum, and the perseverance to keep a promise against all odds. The film captures slice-of-life beauty between three friends, while e...
Greetings Maniacs, and welcome to another week of Comicscape calamity! This week’s column will touch on a few happenings in the comic world and give them their due credit—or seething contempt, as needed. We’re all smiles here at Comics...
Ever since that famous rocket carrying its oh-so-precious cargo was launched from the doomed planet of Krypton back in 1939, it seems that death and superheroes have been constant companions. Most didn’t have to endure the demise of an entire plane...
If you think Wolverine`s creator enjoyed the great outdoors and beauty of the backwood trails of Canada while growing up, you`re wrong. Len Wein was born and raised in the Bronx in New York City, attended college out on Long Island, Farmingdale specifical...
What They SayThe kingdom of Kuruda has known many warriors, but none greater than the Sevalle, an elite breed whose mastery of martial arts has made them legendary. But for the 59th Sevalle, Elle Ragu, a.k.a. Shadow Skill, being a legend is shaping up to ...
With the STAR TREK II writer/directors bible having been written, producer Harold Livingston began contacting writers and agents in an effort to get the first thirteen scripts in motion. `I wanted to make STAR TREK more universal,` explains Livingston m...
What They SayThe guys in charge said it would never work. Then they did everything they could to make sure they were right. Some days the Dai-Guard crew just wants to call in sick. But defending the world is a full-time job and there\'s no time off availa...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another rip-roaring Comicscape! Two important things happened in comics this week: the new Captain America premiered and Y The Last Man concluded after a very well-regarded run. Each deserves their own Comicsca...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another exciting Wednesday with Comicscape! Last week’s column about DC’s new web-only Zuda imprint ran later in the day, for which I apologize. Then again, it also ran next to the review of the new...
Barry Hoffman is the author of several horror and psychological suspense novels, but he might be best known as the editor and publisher of Gauntlet Press, which is dedicated to publishing horror, having sprung out of his anti-censorship magazine, also cal...
What They SayJuggling numerous part-time jobs by day and an existence as a superhero by night isn\'t easy for Mai. However, despite her already packed schedule, she still manages to find time to help Natsuki with her investigation of the mysterious Divis...
What They Say\"I\'m going to pursue the mystery of the Blade Children.\" With these words Kiyotaka Narumi vanished without a trace. Two years later, Kiyotaka\'s disappearance still haunts his younger brother Ayumu.
The wheel of fate turned when Kiyotaka ...
What They SayIn 13-year-old Aoba Tsuzaki\'s world, everything seems normal. An over-the-top modeling fanatic, she spends her days locked in her room, happily building plastic robots.
But rumbling beneath the surface, an evil enemy of mankind (the Ancient...
What They SayThe merciless criminal Kain has escaped from his sub-space prison and has destroyed the Galaxy Police Headquarters! Deprived of his freedom by the Jurai royal family and the Galaxy Police, Kain\'s first priority is to exact his vengeance on t...
What They SayIf you want to challenge the ultimate humanoid fighting machine, be sure to bring him some chocolate!
Robotics expert Dr. Otoi built Signal to be a powerful companion for his young grandson, Nobuhiko. However, a mishap during Signal\'s progr...
What They SayShuji and Chise, young and in love, find themselves caught in the midst of a cataclysmic international conflict. What Shuji does not realise until it is too late is that his new girlfriend has been turned into \"The Ultimate Weapon\", an engi...
The Review!Greetings to you Tenchi enthusiasts all across The Fruited Plain (and The True North Strong and Free, and The Land of the Rising Sun, and wherever else you have the Internet). The views expressed by the writer of this review may not be those of...
ADV Films is proud to announce the home video and DVD release of Orphen: Supernatural Powers, the second installment of the newest fantasy anime series from the #1 distributor of Japanese animation in North America.
Based on the popular series of Japa...
Welcome to Cinescape's new UK column. Each week, I'll be reporting on events of note to the UK genre scene, be it television, conventions, set reports or whatever else picks my fancy. However, we're a small island nation, so "UK genre scene" will encompas...
What They SayUnbeknownst to the general population a war against aliens is going on. Rei Fukai, a pilot in the elite Special Air Force (SAF) unit, flies the Yukikaze, an advanced fighter with an almost sentient computer system. One day, Yukikaze designate...
What They SayIn our society, there are creatures with paranormal power known as Witches. For years, a secret organisation known as \"Solomon\" has been hunting them down. This organisation, based in Italy and run by priests, has a branch in Japan - the ST...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONCarlo Siliotto's score for THE PUNISHER, one of the latest unique super heroes to make the transition from the comic page to the big screen, is a thoroughly eloquent and richly melodic orchestral score. Siliotto has composed the ...
Writer-director Craig Mazin had a burgeoning career as a comedy screenwriter in the late ‘90s when he found himself in a room with David Zucker (Airplane!, Naked Gun!), bandying about ideas. Their collaboration led to series redeemers Scary Movie...
What They SayReturn to the world of RahXephon, where humans and Mu fight for dominance over a shattered Earth, and giant statues are the ultimate weapons. Where music forms the fabric of the universe and the link between two hearts is the thread upon whic...
What They SaySpike and Vicious conclude their reunion with a deadly duel. And after that, more mayhem and hilarity await as the crew of t Bebop continues to try and make a living as bounty hunters. As they travel, they will meet a feisty space trucker, ...
A couple of days ago Warner Home Video put up an online survey asking for feedback from DVD owners: would they be interested in purchasing LOONEY TUNES cartoons on DVD? Warners presented surfers with four item descriptions each with two different version...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yuzuha OugiTranslated by:C PellikkaAdapted by:What They SayReona is a college student, working hard at the Kaizaki family's Tokyo castle. Ruling over this castle is the young master, Kaizaki-sama. Amidst chores and strict obed...
Nobuhiro Watsuki
WARNING! The last question listed at the bottom of this page contains a major Kenshin spoiler. Do not read past question number 31 if you haven\'t seen the second Kenshin OVA series
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In 2003, Manga hit one or two high points but otherwise spent the bulk of the year under the radar of most fans. A good part of the year was spent with people waiting for releases that were announced but never came, only to be eventually canceled. Macro...
Once upon a time, cartoons were on TV only at certain times. Oh, there were a few prime time exceptions like THE FLINTSTONES that wandered into the earliest slot of the schedule, but even these were later rerun in the cartoon ghettos. Network and local pr...
The horror movie genre has gained incredible speed in recent years, with many modern films taking notes from their classic counterparts of yesteryear. But while filmmakers conjure up the next new plot twist or horrid character to make you jump out...
Opening Ceremonies
Hosted by: Adam Ferraro
The opening ceremonies for Anime Boston took place in a grand theatre room. Crystal chandeliers hung from the ceiling and an upper level let some special guest sit from above and watch the people who were seate...
While it can be said that Disturbia wins this weekend, it should be noted first and foremost that the last 3 days, it’s clear the audiences of America were not going to the theaters. First place, Disturbia, gets only 13.4 mil in its top ranking s...
To no one`s surprise, the most successful horror video release this Halloween was THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT, which racked up tape sales in the millions and easily dominated the rental charts. However, the most interesting chiller to hit the video superstore...
Universal has made yet another strange decision for one of their future films. It's about as crazy as releasing too many movies in the December 21-25 corridor, something we've discussed in our weekly box office reports. Universal has d...
While shopping at a local supermarket recently I came upon something new installed right outside the exit doors – an automated DVD rental vending machine. Video vending machines have been around in Japan (where you can get just about anything fro...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS While the song soundtrack for Bruce Hunt's underground horrorshow, THE CAVE, is also on Lakeshore Records, I suggest you pass it by and grab the true score soundtrack instead. The sinewy orchestral strands that open the Johnny ...
You would have to be living under a rock the last week to fail noticing that New Line has acquired the rights to remake Escape From New York this week and they already have a casting for Snake Plissken (300’s Gerard Butler). This announcement h...
ANIME
AIR MASTER VOLUME 3 DVD
ANGELIUM DVD
1ANIMEPLAY: ISHIKA & HONORI INTERACTIVE DVD
ARC THE LAD VOLUME 2 DVD
ASTRO BOY: THE COMPLETE SERIES DVD
BEYBLADE SEASON 3 VOLUME 6: SAME OLD DIRTY TRICKS DVD UNCUT
BUBBLEGUM CRISIS VOLUME 2 DVD
CASE CLOS...
What They SayMai has discovered her HiME powers, but the burden of taking care of her brother and the responsibility of being a HiME are taking a heavy toll. Mai is especially afraid of using the powers of Kagutsuchi, because the beast unleashes such des...
Digital Manga Inc. Announces New Title Acquisitions at Anime Expo 2006!
Gardena, CA July 3, 2006 " Juné by Digital Manga Publishing, the industry's largest yaoi publisher, has announced the debut of 5 new yaoi titles!
The titles include:
1. Loveholic
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What a weird and fun ride this has been.
Tomorrow, March 3rd, is the 5th anniversary of the start of the site. Our first full real news posting was just a few dayslater on March 5th, 1998 where we mentioned some new Image titles coming out. Our next p...
What They Say2075. Space has been invaded by debris of all kinds: broken down satellites, parts lost by spaceships or space stations. They all pose a potential threat to the spaceships travelling through space. To collect them, teams or space debris sa...
What They SayExperience the supernatural action, forbidden lust and conspiracy of this futuristic thrill ride! Death is in the hands of a photographer, assassinations are running rampant and all answers revolve around a beautiful and unimaginably powerful...
What They SayBased on the original futuristic story, Paprika was written by the great master of Japanese literature, Yasutaka Tsutsui, in 1993 and is the psychedelic story of a female detective who investigates criminal cases by entering the dreams of her...
2004’s “Best Animated Film” In Theaters May, On DVD This Summer
HOUSTON, May 4, 2005 – ADV Films, the number one producer-distributor of anime in North America, is proud to announce the acquisition of The Place Promised in Our Ea...
There have been quite a few FINAL FANTASY games released over the years, but one seems to keep popping up everywhere these days (yes, I'm talking about FINAL FANTASY VII). Sure, it took fans of the series years to get any type of real "sequels" to it, but...
What They SayHaruka, Takayuki, Mitsuki and Shinji are four high school friends. Life\'s promise shines brightly on them until an accident leaves Haruka in a coma and her boyfriend, Takayuki, can\'t forgive himself. Mitsuki dedicates her life to helping th...
With Hayao Miyazaki`s PRINCESS MONONOKE expanding into more cities this weekend, American audiences will be getting a chance to look at a kind of animated epic that many of them have never seen before. To most Western viewers, the subject of Japanese anim...
Genre: Action/Adventure/Sequel.Studio: Paramount Pictures. Production Company: Cruise-Wagner Productions. Project Phase: In Pre-production. Who's In It: Tom Cruise (Ethan Hunt); Michelle Monaghan, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Ving Rhames, Keri Russell, Philip Se...
Last month, Lucasfilm Licensing and Del Rey confirmed that they renewed their Star Wars Expanded Universe contract through the year 2013. Along with the contract renewal, they announced 45 new novels (35 fiction, 10 non-fiction) being prepped as part of t...
What They SayTo combat the terrorist organisation known as the Underwater Silence Revolution (USR), eleven countries combine their naval forces to form the Peace Keeping Navy (PKN). However, all hell breaks loose when Admiral Red and his USR submarine UX ...
... project, 28DAYSLATER. English film production company DNA Films will produce the film and Garland's collaborator on 28DAYSLATER, director Danny Boyle, is attached to direct SUNSHINE.The only description of Garland's science fiction idea is that it...
E. Elias Merhige isn`t your typical horror movie director, and Shadow of the Vampire isn`t your typical horror film. It`s debatable as to whether it`s horror film at all, really, for the true villain of the story isn`t a bloodsucking fiend but a modern-ag...
In the final thoughts of last weekend’s box office report, I put up the January-opening record holder as only being 35 million, which clearly seemed ripe for the taking. Seven dayslater, we have a new January-record holder, a new MLK holiday record...
Mike McFarland has been a part of the English dubbing industry for a while now. He has worked on projects ranging from Dragonball to Case Closed and voiced several characters, including Roshi in Dragonball and Goemon in several Lupin the 3rd releases such...
`During the early 70s,` explains David Gerrold, `NBC was the villain, because they had cancelled STAR TREK, and Gene made sure that everybody knew that NBC was the villain. Gene was this man who wanted to change the world for the better, and NBC wouldn`t...
When Adrian Paul signed on as Duncan MacLeod for the Highlander TV series, he brought his own distinct flavor and talents to the role. Unlike Christopher Lambert, who portrayed Connor MacLeod in the Highlander film series, Paul was a skilled martial artis...
It was a weak weekend for the genre at the box office. AMERICAN PSYCHO disappeared from the Top 10 in only its second week of release, and science fiction, horror, and fantasy films were shut out of the Top 5 positions, which were held by U-571, LOVE AND ...
...ombies in 28DAYSLATER - and almost failing completely. Imagine the grunts from ALIENS taking on those 28DAYSLATER zombies, and you have some idea of the feel of this issue.The only real flaw is the unevenness of Greg Scott's artwork. Scott has an e...
Let us say up front that GOTHIKA is fine bump-in-the-night horror fun. Director Mathieu Kassovitz, in his English-language helming debut, sets up some expert jump scares and some very disconcerting imagery, including a ghost that jerkily disappears from s...
As Star Trek: Voyager heads toward the end of its final season, Roxann Dawson has been busy both in front of and behind the camera. The writer-producers of the show finally decided that her character, BElanna Torres, and Robert Duncan McNeills characte...
Almost every writer that mentions this summer's sleeper hit 28DAYSLATER has linked it to the cannibal zombie movies of George Romero. Let's get one thing straight: there are NO zombies in 28DAYSLATER. However, Danny Boyle's horror shocker about psycho...
Interviewer: Way Jeng
If you're a fan of New York dubs, you've probably seen some of Jeff Thompson's work. He has worked on many shows, including Boogiepop Phantom, The Irresponsible Captain Tylor, and His and Her Circumstances. I had a chance to speak w...
AMC will start airing the UK series HUSTLE on Saturday nights at 10pm. The series stars Robert Vaughn, Adrian Lester, Marc Warren, Robert Glenister and Jaime Murray. The program is already popular on the BBC, where it premiered in 2003. (This year it will...
No matter what your views of the film or of its subject matter, taken on its own merits, the film score to THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST is a remarkable composition. John (THE RELIC, END OF DAYS, SPY KIDS, THE PRINCESS DIARIES, etc) Debney has crafted an inte...
During the 1980s, a lot of studios that had been producing exploitation films for grindhouse and drive-in venues saw these films gradually finding a home only on home video. This meant that more money could go toward the production, but instead of taking ...
What They SayCheerful Mimiko has a very strange family for a little girl - a Panda for her Papa, and his son Panny calls her Mom! Join this happy family in many adventures! When Panny follows Mimiko to school, he must pretend to be a teddy bear so Mimiko ...
Christopher Eccleston has been crowned the new Doctor Who.Eccleston, perhaps best known to North American audiences as Major West in 28DAYSLATER, will become the ninth incarnation of the Doctor when the new DOCTOR WHO television series begins filming la...
What They SayMasato is a college student studying and aspiring novelist, but with all the beautiful women in his life, it\'s hard to get studying done. Between the tough Rie, the cute Miku, the faithful Kanna and his high school sweetheart, Chihiro, there...
Each year the Hollywood presence at Comic-Con International has gotten bigger and bigger, with Marvel and DC showing off major motion pictures to comics fans. But not all comic based movies are glossy, superhero affairs and one of the best trailers we s...
It was to be Danny Boyle's next film after 28DAYSLATER, but it's no more. Warner Bros. and Imagine Entertainment have issued a press release stating that filming will not occur for 3000 DEGREES, the fact-based telling of a tragic fire that claimed the l...
When I was told I was invited to a screening of '30 Days of Night' I certainly did not expect to be scared nor did I expect to actually enjoy this adaptation of the graphic novel written by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith.
I was wrong.
Within th...
Last Updated: September 15, 2006Genre: Horror, ThrillerProduction Company: Columbia Pictures, Ghost House PicturesDistributors: Columbia Pictures, Senator InternationalProject Phase: FilmingBudget: NAWho's In It: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Manu Bennet...
From a press release:
Culver City, CA (12/17/07) – From producers Sam Raimi (director, Spider-Man trilogy, producer, The Grudge) and Robert Tapert (producer, The Evil Dead series) and director David Slade (Hard Candy), comes '30 Days of Night', ava...
It seems that FEARnet, Columbia Pictures & Graphic Novelist Steve Niles are joining forces to bring all you horror fans something in connection with their upcoming release, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT. The vampire tale is based off of Niles creation and centers ...
OPINION: I've only recently become familiar with John Constantine, the lead character in Vertigo's longest-running series to date, HELLBLAZER. Even so, I was appalled to hear the changes that were being made to the character to bring him to the screen - a...
With Halloween ready to strike so soon, we were expecting 30 Days of Night to pull this victory but the question was “How much?” For four consecutive weeks, the box office report has turned in dismal results and this weekend, 30 Days had a lot...
There's something about the words "to be continued" that TV audiences simultaneously love and hate. On one hand, it means the story is going to have at least another hour to unfold its hitherto unexpected complexities before us. On the other hand, it me...
"There were tons of guys at the audition," recalled Bender. "I really didn't think I'd get a call-back. Then two dayslater I got the call-back at Bryan Singer's house. We talked a lot and I did a lot of jumping around.
"A couple days after that I foun...
What They SayIt is Sasahara\'s first day of college, and a fateful choice awaits him. Which college clubs will he choose to join? But Sasahara is no ordinary young man; a dark secret lurks within his soul. For one thing, he knows what \"cosplay\" is, and ...
What They SayThe Review!The show hits its stride as two characters discover the empowering beauty of love, two characters learn of the pain of love?s disappointment, one character remembers the love of her past, one glimpses the love of her future, and on...
What They SayComputer engineer Otaku is an average young man, dressed in unstylish clothes and dorky glasses. But as luck would have it, he encounters a pretty young woman on a commuter train and saves her from a lecherous molester, falling in love with h...