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 '30DaysofNight', ava...
From Producers Sam Raimi & Rob Tapert comes the terrifying thriller starring Josh Hartnett, Melissa George & Ben Foster in '30DaysofNight' available on DVD, Blu-ray High-Def & PSP February 26th.
Josh Hartnett (The Black Dahlia, Pearl Har...
I read '30DaysofNight' by Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith a few years ago, and I remember really liking it, though I can't, for the life of me, actually recall anything about it. So I figured that makes me a perfect candidate to review the film...
While no specifics were given on DVD extras, Sony Home Entertainment has announced a shipping date for 30DAYSOFNIGHT. The horror film will be hitting standard DVD and Blu-Ray on February 19, 2008. The film, based on the Steve Niles graphic novel, opene...
30DAYSOFNIGHT by Tim Janson, Columnist (Wed 02-20-2008)
When 30 Day ofNight first came out in comic form back in 2002, I was only reading comics casually. Still, I kept hearing more and more about the series. The first issue had already escalated ridiculously in value and I didn’t read it unti...
Just back from the premiere of '30DaysofNight,' 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 '30DaysofNight' come from?
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When I was told I was invited to a screening of '30DaysofNight' 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...
Last Friday, five years after Sam Raimi’s Ghost House purchased the film rights to Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith’s three-issue IDW miniseries, 30DaysofNight, the movie hit theaters and destroyed its box office competition. With a tal...
Check out the new Behind-the-Scenes video clip from the '30DaysofNight' in which co-Producer Aubrey Henderson reports from set as the crew embarks on five weeks ofnight-shoots.
When '30DaysofNight' 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...
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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, 30DAYSOFNIGHT. The vampire tale is based off of Niles creation and centers ...
With Halloween ready to strike so soon, we were expecting 30DaysofNight 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, 30Days had a lot...
When Steven Niles launched '30DaysofNight' 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...
From FEARnet.com:
Good news, FEARboys and FEARgirls! Remember last year’s bloody awesome vampire movie 30DaysofNight? Of course you do! Now remember our incredible online-series prequel Blood Trails, which adapted the chilling prologue of Stev...
The folks at Bloody Disgusting traveled to the American Film Market to discover that Mandate Pictures is shopping around a sequel to the comic-based vampire flick '30DaysofNight'.
Sequels and prequels have been discussed and rumored quite a bit...
Check out the trailer for '30DaysofNight: Blood Trails' from FEARnet and Ghost House Pictures.
For fans who can't wait for the highly buzzed about feature film event '30DaysofNight,' FEARnet will give them a glimpse of the terrorizing vampire w...
30DAYSOFNIGHT, a mini-series by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, will be collected into a trade paperback by IDW Publishing in January.Even though it was overprinted by 100 percent, 30DAYSOFNIGHT #1 sold out within two weeks and the second printing ...
The upcoming Vampire story 30DaysofNight may not be in theaters till this Halloween but that won't stop distributor Sony or producer Sam Raimi from planning ahead. An inside source/scooper over at Cinema Blend are passing along that both Sony and Raimi...
"There is a degree of responsibility to Ben Templesmith's artwork, which will be reflected in the production design, absolutely," Director David Slade says of his plans to film '30DaysofNight'. "There were three drafts written before I came to this pro...
Filming of "30DaysofNight" is at least a year away, probably longer, said Sue Binder, business manager of Ghost House, Sam Raimi's production company. The production company plans to release three other movies before 30DaysofNight, she said. Meantim...
Cinemablend reports an unsourced rumor about '30DaysofNight' sequel. Details are sparse so it's not certain whether or not their source is actually talking about the '30DaysofNight Prequel that's currently in development for Fearnet.
In 30DaysofNight, an isolated Alaskan town that is plunged into darkness for a month each year when the sun sinks below the horizon. As the last rays of light fade, the town is attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires bent on an uninterrupted orgy o...
The upcoming adaptation of30DAYSOFNIGHT hits theaters this Friday, October 19, 2007 so press for the film is kicking into overdrive. There's two interviews with two key parties of the film published this morning detailing their parts in the upcoming h...
The folks at FEARnet have provided Comics2Film with five new photos from the '30DaysofNight' prequel serial, along with the following bit of hype:
For fans who can't wait for the highly buzzed about feature film event '30DaysofNight,' FEARnet w...
The Comics Continuum reports that '30DaysofNight' 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 ...
"30DAYSOFNIGHT crossed the 30daysof shooting mark and everything I'm seeing and hearing makes me think the film will be great. I hope they start releasing some images soon because I think you guys are going to be very happy." Steve Niles wrote on his...
Josh Hartnett, who once starred in '40 Days and 40 Nights', is now in final talks to topline '30DaysofNight' for Columbia Pictures.
The film is based on the Steve Niles graphic novel, illustrated by Ben Templesmith and published by IDW. David Slade ...
The adaptation of Steve Niles' breakout graphic novel '30DaysofNight' dropped to #3 on the weekend box office. The film took in another $6.7 million in its second week of release, representing about a 58% loss of audience.
It ranked behind horror fr...
On the set of30DaysofNight Raimi kept his distance, contributing greatly to the casting decision of Hartnett and providing notes throughout production, but mostly tending to his commitments to everyone's favorite wall-crawling superhero, an experience...
30DAYSOFNIGHT, a three-issue mini-series written by Steve Niles and illustrated by Ben Templesmith, is set to begin in June from IDW Publishing.Here's how the book is described:"Have you imagined living in total darkness? They have... In the sleepy, se...
Sony has sent us links to the '30DaysofNight' trailer for your viewing enjoyment:
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According to weekend box office stats posted by Box Office Mojo, '30DaysofNight' has slipped to #14 in its fifth week of release. The film took in another $950k bringing its domestic gross to $39.1 million.
Making its debut this week is the comics-rel...
Producer Rob Tapert brings us along with the 30DaysofNight crew on a location scout in the mountains of Queenstown, NZ. Unfortunately, he was sidetracked by the camera and got left behind.
"Brian Nelson's writing the script [for '30DaysofNight'], so that means we have a very original take on the genre," says David Slade, who has been tapped to direct the movie. "Indeed, I don't believe there's much of the genre left in what we've written...
David Slade has signed on to direct horror film "30DaysofNight" for Columbia Pictures. The film, based on the Steve Niles graphic novel, is the latest production from Ghost House Pictures, the production company launched by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert. Ra...
'30DaysofNight' slipped three more spots on the box office charts this week, giving ground to three new releases and hanging in at #9.
The film took in another $2.1 million in its fourth week, bringing the total bank up to $37.3 large, making it a mod...
Hollywood Reporter has a round up of this weekend openers, lead by the comic-based '30DaysofNight'. Movie theaters have suffered for weeks of soft numbers (compared to this time last year) and with lots of movies opening this weekend, hopes are high fo...
"After recent pics 'Into the Wild' and 'The Last Winter,' Alaska is once again the go-to place for premature death in '30DaysofNight.' Horror opus derived from a graphic-novel series charts the mayhem that ensues when vampires invade an isolated far-No...
"I feel really excited about the film. It is in the place I hoped which is a kind of netherworld between a harsh reality and the beautiful stylistic artwork of Ben Templesmith," says director David Slade of the '30DaysofNight' filming. "It has great dr...
From his myspace blog, comics creator Steve Niles showed off the movie poster for '30DaysofNight'.
The film, directed by David Slade is due out in October.
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Josh Hartnett, taking a timeout from press on his current movie stops to talk about '30DaysofNight' with Shock Til You Drop. The website asked Hartnett why he wanted to do the film.
"Well, because it's a vampire movie, and I just think that vampire ...
"Spider-Man" guru Sam Raimi is aboard to produce the first two original series for Fearnet, the multiplatform horror/thriller site launched five months ago by Sony, Comcast and Lionsgate.
Second project, penned by Ben Ketai, will serve as a prequel to ...
The official video blog for '30DaysofNight' has been updated once more with a clip of director David Slade expressing his happiness to have editor Art Jones on their team.
Producer Rob Tapert checks in from the set of '30DaysofNight' via the film's video blog.
"The little vampire girl was absolutely fantastic with her doggy teeth and her bloody mouth and the attacks in the general store...something that fans of the g...
Ghost House Pictures has posted a behind-the-scenes clip for the big screen adaptation of Steven Niles' '30DaysofNight'. In it carpenter Steven Key explains the process of building Barrow.
Looks like China's getting stoked for "30DaysOfNight" just as much as horrorfiles in the States are. Here's the cover from the Chinese edition of World Screen magazine, along with scans of the two-page article.
Steve Niles allegedly reported that screenwriter Stuart Beattie has just turned in a final draft of the script for '30DaysofNight'. In other developments, the prolific comic writer may be teaming with Thomas Jane on a movie version of 'Lurkers'.
Mor...
Fango has learned that Academy Award-winning Kiwi FX workshop Weta ('Lord of the Rings', 'King Kong') has aligned with director David Slade to provide '30DaysofNight' its array of ferocious bloodsuckers.
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Seven clips, behind the scenes footage and a new featurette from the upcoming horror film "30DaysofNight" starring Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Ben Foster and Danny Huston, based on the comic-book by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith.
Rob Tapert, who is producing the film adaptation of Steve Niles' supernatural graphic novel '30DaysofNight,' told SCI FI Wire that the author has read the script and was pleased with its faithfulness to the original story. "Steve has read [screenwriter...
A fan reports from the Dallas Comic Con.
'30DaysofNight' creator Steve Niles allegedly told fans that Columbia Pictures has put a rush on his vampire movie in the wake of the recent wave of successful horror movies.
'Punisher' star Thom Jane repo...
Sony Pictures sent along a couple of exclusive shots from their upcoming vampire epic '30DaysofNight'. The first is one of the bloodsuckers who descend on the town of Barrow, Alaska for a month-long feeding frenzy as the place is plunged into nonstop d...
"I don't know if any of you guys picked this up, but there's '30DaysofNight' article inside with a first time interview with Director David Slade and the first picture of Eben and Stella from the film," writes Steve Niles in his MySpace blog.
He als...
Unfortunately for cast and crew of '30DaysofNight' the shoot is scheduled to last much longer than the horrific struggle endured by the citizens of Barrow.
As we published here on July 25, a special prequel to the Steve Niles graphic novel adaptation, 30DAYSOFNIGHT, will be airing as a web exclusive series on Fearnet beginning on September 13 leading up to the movie being released in t...
Ghost House Productions and Fearnet have released a teaser trailer to their upcoming prequel web series, 30DAYSOFNIGHT: BLOOD TRAILS, for the horror and Steve Nile fans eagerly it. This 7 part special web series, centering on a man named George ba...
Ben Templesmith’s 30DaysofNight: Red Snow relates a wartime vampire story, in which an uneasy alliance of Germans, Russians, and an Englishman hide in an underground tunnel, as the piranha-jawed vampires of the series wait for them above. Wh...
Danny Huston has signed on to the Columbia Pictures film 30DAYSOFNIGHT, an adaptation of a horror comic book. He will join Josh Hartnett and Melissa George.The story takes place in an Alaskan town where 30daysof continual winter darkness attracts a ...
From SCI FI Wire:
Josh Hartnett, who stars in the upcoming horror film '30DaysofNight', told SCI FI Wire that he's never been a fan of comic books, but he was impressed with Steve Niles' graphic novel on which the film is based.
"I'm going to ge...
'30DaysofNight', based on the IDW Publishing graphic novel by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, was #1 at the box office this weekend. The film took in an estimated $16 million in 2,855 theaters.
This marks the sixth comic-based film to hold the #1 s...
Josh Hartnett is in negotiations to star in 30DaysofNight for Columbia Pictures.The script, written by Stuart Beattie and Brian Nelson, follows a local sheriff (Hartnett) and his wife who is also a sheriff. It is set in Barrow, Alaska, the northernmos...
Columbia Pictures has hired David Slade to direct 30DAYSOFNIGHT.The story, adapted from Steven Niles' comic book, is set in Alaska, during the middle of winter when the sun does not rise for 30days, and an evil force strikes terror into the residents ...
David Slade, who directed the upcoming vampire film 30DaysofNight, told SCI FI Wire that he wanted the look of the film to closely match the look of the graphic novel by writer Steve Niles and artist Ben Templesmith.
"I loved Ben's illustrations," S...
Josh Hartnett, who stars as sheriff Eben Oleson in the upcoming horror film 30DaysofNight, told SCI FI Wire that he tried to talk the producers into giving him a beard at the beginning of the film, but he was overruled.
"The turmoil of the beard re...
Based on the first in what has become a series of graphic novels by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, 30DaysofNight is the story of what happens when a band of vampires invades a tiny town in northernmost Alaska, where the sun goes down for a month in m...
David Slade, director of the upcoming vampire movie 30DaysofNight, told reporters at a special preview screening that the movie appealed to him because it made bloodsuckers scary again. The movie, based on Steve Niles' graphic novel of the same name, t...
Sam Raimi, who produced the upcoming feature-film adaptation of the vampire graphic novel 30DaysofNight, told reporters that he is waiting to see how the first film does before moving on to adapt the next story in the series, Dark Days.
"I only rea...
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For horror movie fans, this is one of their favorite times of the year. You will be hard pressed to flip the channels on your satelite without finding a good horror classic on one of the channels. I found one myself earlier tonight with the letterbox edit...
Tonight, the official website for the upcoming horror, 30DAYSOFNIGHT, was launched. The movie (based off graphic novelist Steve Niles' comic series) is showcased tomorrow at Comic Con in Sony's presentation. The site has wallpapers to download, informa...
Steve Niles and co-writer Kelly Sue DeConnick fill in a chapter of the 30DaysofNight 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...
When the film rights to the horror comic 30DAYSOFNIGHT first sold last summer, anticipation started to swell. Attached to possibly direct the movie was none other than SPIDER-MAN helmer Sam Raimi (who was most definitely involved as one of the film's ...
A new tv spot and a ton of images have hit the net for the upcoming vampire horror, 30DAYSOFNIGHT, courtesy of Shock Til You Drop & iKlipz. The horror thriller is based off Steve Niles graphic novel of the same name and is set for an October 1...
The red band trailer (meaning you have to be 18 years old to see it) of30DAYSOFNIGHT has hit the web courtesy of the official site. The trailer shows graphic depictions of the vampires killing townsfolk in Barrow, Alaska. It also has an "exclusiv...
Melissa George will star opposite Josh Hartnett in the upcoming film 30DAYSOFNIGHT for Sony.Based on a Steve Niles graphic novel, the story is set in a sleepy, secluded Alaska town called Barrow, the sun sets and doesn't rise for over thirty consecutiv...
Danny Huston, who plays the villainous vampire Marlow in the upcoming 30DaysofNight film, told SCI FI Wire that he began to live the bloodsucker's life while shooting in New Zealand last year. "We shot a lot at night, [and] it was perfect: When you're ...
Spreading the Disease stands as the first sequel to the original 30DaysofNight series written by somone other than Steve Niles. Co-owner of the property, Ben Templesmith, contributed one of the three covers available, but Dan Wickline –...
Sam Raimi sat down with Ryan Rotten to discuss 30DAYSOFNIGHT which hits theaters today. Despite the fact that Sam Raimi has absolutely no directing gigs lined up, he still has a busy schedule as a producer alongside Rob Tapert and&n...
BLOODSUCKER TALES is the newest title in IDW's wildly successful 30DAYSOFNIGHT series (or "series of miniseries," I suppose). The brainchild of horror maven Steve Niles, the first series was released in 2002 and it depicted the invasion of Barrow, Alas...
According to a
recent press release from IDW Publishing, Steve Niles' 30DaysofNight
is scoring as a hit on several fronts.
As readers at
this site know well, the movie garnered almost instantaneous interest from
Hollywood with the motion picture...
"While it was a good movie, I think that it fell a bit short as a horror film. It just wasn't scary - it was very intense, extremely suspenseful, and very, very bloody - but it's not going to keep me up at night."
"The vampires look great. And the story line sticks closely enough to the comic book by Ben Templesmith and Steve Niles to please their large fanboy following. But dramatically, the film is a shambles, with whiplash-inducing lurches in tone and pacing tha...
For years, The Video Beat (www.thevideobeat.com) has been providing rare '50s and '60s era videos to fans and collectors, and they now join the List with their own high quality DVD-R titles that include menus and specially selected extras.SPOTLIGHT OF THE...
Josh Hartnett, star of the upcoming 30DaysofNight, joins producer Sam Raimi to talk about the vampire movie, which is based on Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith's graphic novel
A new clip has been posted on the official production blog for '30DaysNight' and Director David Slade brings us news from the Snow Farm and begs for spare change.
Danny Huston is sharpening his teeth for "30DaysofNight," Columbia Pictures' adaptation of the horror comic book. The story takes place in an Alaskan town where 30daysof continual winter darkness attracts a horde of hungry vampires. Josh Hartnett and...
The summer is over and with the fall in front of us it means only one thing. It is time to add those summer movies to the collection. Summer movies are not the only releases that we Maniacs look forward to though. Horror movies will start to populate the ...
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Hollywood Reporter turns the spotlight on '30DaysofNight' director David Slade, creator/screenwriter Steve Niles and producer Sam Raimi. The pair talks about why vampires have lost their teeth and how they aim to sharpen those fangs again.
"They jus...
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The post-Halloween horror doldrums are still keeping the release of new terror titles to a minimum, but mid-November has a nicely eclectic mix of movies that should offer something for almost any fan. The cream of the video crop for the week is far remov...
A day after the announcement Sam Raimi would be directing the big screen version of Steve Niles' vampire tale, 30DAYSOFNIGHT, Niles contacted our own Editor-In-Chief Anthony C. Ferrante about his joy at the developments. "I couldn't be more thrilled," ...
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