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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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...
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 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...
For horrormovie 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...
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...
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 ofNiles creation and centers ...
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...
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 ...
David Slade, director of the upcoming vampire movie30DaysofNight, 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ofvampires invades a tiny town in northernmost Alaska, where the sun goes down for a month in m...
BLOODSUCKER TALES is the newest title in IDW's wildly successful 30DAYSOFNIGHT series (or "series of miniseries," I suppose). The brainchild ofhorror maven Steve Niles, the first series was released in 2002 and it depicted the invasion of Barrow, Alas...
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...
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 –...
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 ofmovies opening this weekend, hopes are high fo...
IDW published Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith’s vampire miniseries, 30DaysofNight, in 2002. Launched with little fanfare, the book turned into a sleeper hit with sequels, spin-offs, and word of a film adaptation following shortly thereafter....
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 horrormovies.
'Punisher' star Thom Jane repo...
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...
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 ...
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
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...
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.
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 screenwriters specializing in the horror genre gathered recently outside the gates of Warner Bros and got a bit creative in terms of the on-going WGA STRIKE. Ryan Rotten at Shock Til You Drop reports that a group ofhorror scribes showed up ...
Comic Con 2007 in San Diego has listed their full lineup. I'll be posting the movie and television sections of the COMIC CON event.. This will include lots of information for you to judge on what to see if you happen to go to it.
Another thing, if ...
VIDEO NEWSSTAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION - SEASON 3 had previously been announced by Paramount, but now the company is sharing info on the supplemental features that the twenty-six episode set will include. “Mission Overview” will be a featurette, with in...
You think your life sucks. You think your job sucks. It feels like it will never end. But for Dave Miller, it’s all true. Dave is a vampire, but he owes his allegiance to Lord Radu Arisztidescu, the vampire owner of the Last Stop convenience store i...
We've got a huge list this week so let's get right to the Prize Closet. We have 2 copies of FAILURE TO LAUNCH for you, courtesy of Paramount. To enter, send one email containing your name and mailing address to psycho@psychotronic.info with the word "FAIL...
Since his conception in the Icewind Dale Trilogy back in 1988, R.A. Salvatore’s Drizzt has grown from an initial side character to the most well-renowned persona of the Forgotten Realms universe.
Hello Maniac readers and welcome to this, th...
It’s been a strange month at the box office for October 2007. Films with high box office expectations either flopped or had average results. Films with moderate-low box office expectations surprised analysts with higher results. Ben Stiller’s ...
Welcome to the new site everyone for the Weekly Book Buzz’s first new edition on mania.com. I won’t waste your time with comments on the new design or site features because frankly, we’ve got too much to do with so many releases comin...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to the second part of the Comicscape’s 2007: The Year-in Review. Last week, I touched on five of the biggest stories in comics from the past year. This week, we’ve got a few more. Thankfully, the ...
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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 ofmovies that should offer something for almost any fan. The cream of the video crop for the week is far remov...