...nderson's ALIENVS.PREDATOR project. We know Anderson stepped down as director on RESIDENT EVIL 2 so he could focus on the A VS. P project but that was months ago. Where does the project stand now? Is there even a finished script??According to our lat...
There hasn't been much news lately on Paul W.S. Anderson's ALIENVS.PREDATOR project. We know Anderson stepped down as director on RESIDENT EVIL 2 so he could focus on the A VS. P project but that was months ago. Where does the project stand now? Is ther...
Writer Mark Schultz cannot emphasize enough that his four-issue ALIENVS.PREDATORVS. TERMINATOR miniseries from Dark Horse Comics is, first and foremost, an exciting action-adventure that should appeal to fans of all three franchises. The reason for his...
Machiko Noguchi, the only human ever to become a Blooded Hunter in the Predator clan, has been traversing the universe with the clan for over a year. Although blooded by the fallen leader Broken Tusk, she is still considered an outsider: human, small, and...
With the imminent release of 20th Century Fox's ALIENVS.PREDATOR, McFarlane Toys has a new series of action figures inspired by the film available to fans. The five figure set features three Predator characters seen in the film (Elder Predator, Celtic P...
If you need a new dose of duelling extraterrestrials, then you should be informed that Apple is hosting the exclusive internet trailer for ALIENVS.PREDATOR. We've finally gotten our first looks at the Aliens, facehuggers, Predators and the human explore...
Dark Horse Comics has announced that they will publish a original companion comic story to this summer's ALIENVS.PREDATOR film. Titled ALIENS VS.PREDATOR: THRILL OF THE HUNT, the 96-page graphic novel takes the story elements of Paul W.S. Anderson's f...
We'll have to file this one as a story spoiler, but it's just a small one: the Coming Soon team has published masks and accessories offered by Rubies Costume Company for ALIENVS.PREDATOR. The photo on the CS site shows all sort of fine E.T. swag that yo...
So by now you should have heard the news that 20th Century Fox has given a greenlight to ALIENVS PREDATOR, the long-awaited meeting of two of sci-fi's biggest and baddest creatures. If you attended the San Diego Comic-Con last week you may have even spot...
IGN FilmForce checked with its trusty
sources about the rumor that Paul Anderson ('Aliens vs.Predator') might be the director of 'The Transformers' movie. Their sources advised them that the Anderson rumor is completely false. More...
Preparing himself to star in ALIENVS.PREDATOR, actor Lance Henriksen spoke with Fangoria about the upcoming project. Henriksen, who first faced one-half of the extraterrestrial foes in James Cameron's ALIENS, let go a slight story spoiler that fans have...
...ience for ALIENVS.PREDATOR.ALIENVS.PREDATOR, or AVP as it's known for short, brings together the title creatures from the four-movie ALIEN series and the two-film PREDATOR mythos, which have previously been blended in novels, comic books and a vide...
Bloody Disgusting got a report from a scooper regarding ALIENVS PREDATOR 2. Here is the basic gist:- None of the cast from ALIENVS PREDATOR will be returning.- Movie will be set in a different time.- Studio wants Sigourney Weaver to play a part.- Weave...
Yahoo Movies has posted a one minute snippet from ALIENVS.PREDATOR showing -- what else? -- an Alien and a Predator going at it...hard. The fighting prowess of both ETs is clearly shown in this teaser in a fight to the death somewhere inside the catacom...
McFarlane Toys has released images of their new 12-inch action figures based on characters from ALIENVS.PREDATOR.The SCAR PREDATOR, the last remaining member of a small hunting party sent to Earth to test their mettle against a horde of Alien attackers,...
... original ALIENVS.PREDATOR, each character class has advantages and disadvantages. As the Alien, you start off at what seems like a distinct disadvantage in that you have no ranged weapons. The closest thing you have is the pounce feature, which allo...
The second AVP feature film fared little better than the first film from a critical standpoint. Part of the problem with the AVP films is living up to the success and acclaim of the solo films. Fox seems almost in a no-win situation with the series i...
After Aliens in all three gestation forms run amok on a Predator ship (presumably the same one from the end of AlienVs.Predator), the whole caboodle crashes to Earth outside a small town in Colorado. A lone Predator is sent to deal with the infestation....
That was quick of 20th Century Fox: the new teaser trailer for ALIENVS.PREDATOR is now ready for download at Apple's website.Since it is just a teaser, there's no real footage from Paul W. S. Anderson's movie to show you yet. Instead, we've got some clo...
There's a new ALIENVS.PREDATOR internet exclusive trailer.It's got more Aliens.More Predators.More humans caught in the crossfire.More explosions, more chestbursters, more gunfire, more carnage. And something new: heavy metal rock music.Click to begin y...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Shareeka Epps, John Ortiz and Johnny Lewis have all signed on to play roles in 20th Century Fox's upcoming film ALIENVS PREDATOR: SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST.Epps will play Kendra, a young girl who must protect her little...
With Marvel and DC Comics having enjoyed so much success with their Essentials/Showcase Presents Omnibus reprints, Dark Horse Comics has jumped on the bandwagon with their own massive tomes of reprint material. One of the things that really made Dark...
Actress Sanaa Lathan (who can be seen playing opposite Denzel Washington in OUT OF TIME) has landed the role of Lex Kline in ALIENVS.PREDATOR, Paul W.S. Anderson's meeting of the 20th Century Fox extraterrestrials. Lathan's character is the lead in the ...
McFarlane Toys has been granted the license to create a series of action figures based on Fox's upcoming extraterrestrial ultimate fighting contest, ALIENVS.PREDATOR. McFarlane has already produced a line of ALIEN and PREDATOR figures that are out in st...
An anonymous scooper wrote in with a tip we looked into, and we got it confirmed: screenwriter Shane Salerno (SHAFT, ARMAGEDDON) will receive co-writer credit on ALIENVS.PREDATOR. Previously we believed that the film's director, Paul W.S. Anderson, was ...
Electronic Arts and Fox Interactive have shipped their latest chapter in the cosmic brawn between species, ALIENS VS PREDATOR EXTINCTION, for the Sony PlayStation 2. The Microsoft Xbox version will ship to stores on August 5.With 21 missions to go through...
An international trailer for ALIENVS.PREDATOR has surfaced on the website for the English tabloid The Sun. The trailer contains about 95% of the same footage seen in the domestic AvsP trailer but there is some new material in there, plus the internation...
The FilmJerk website has followed up on our ALIENVS.PREDATOR article posted earlier today and confirmed that the action does take place in Antartica and that the film's main character is named Lex. Furthermore, FilmJerk has posted detailed character des...
We've been hearing rumors on the grape vine that it's going to be a race to finish work on ALIENVS.PREDATOR in order for the film to meet its release date -- which is just three short days away from today. While it's not completely unusual (albeit stres...
After months of rumors, innuendo and vitriolic diatribes, it's been confirmed that the powers that be at Twentieth Century Fox have tapped RESIDENT EVIL and EVENT HORIZON director Paul Anderson to write and direct the years-in-development ALIENS VS. PREDA...
In anticipation of its imminent release, Apple's trailer website has added a new minute-long clip from ALIENVS.PREDATOR featuring a confrontation between three humans, two Predators and one smart Alien. Saying more than that would reveal the surprise, s...
...eening of ALIENVS.PREDATOR.Already we've heard from one spectator that was on hand, and judging from their feedback the audience seemed to really dig the movie in a big way. Unfortunately, before the survivor could tell us more of what they saw they ...
There's another new trailer for Fox's ALIENVS.PREDATOR available for download on Apple's website, and it's even better than the one that hit the 'net last week. This new preview presents more of the film's set-up: humans find mysterious pyramid buried u...
On display at the Master Replicas booth at this year's San Diego Comic Convention are a host of the company's new items for the next quarter including a number of replicas inspired by 20th Century Fox's ALIENVS.PREDATOR movie. One of the most impressive...
It seems that McFarlane Toys has another hit on their hands. After releasing the first assortment of action figures based on 20th Century Fox's ALIENVS.PREDATOR last month, the company has announced plans for a second wave of figures.Six new figures wil...
Deep under the ice shelf in Antarctica, two different groups of extraterrestrials are waging a war -- and we're caught in the middle. ALIENVS.PREDATOR is the long-awaited rumble in the interstellar jungle that fans of these two franchises have been wait...
The official website for ALIENVS.PREDATOR has thrown up a second behind-the-scenes featurette, this time examining the crafting of the creatures for the film. In the short film we get to see Tom Woodruff, one of the principals at Amalgamated Dynamics, s...
Actor Lance Henriksen, who portrayed the android Bishop in ALIENS and then Bishop's human creator in ALIEN 3, is getting another face-to-face encounter with the extraterrestrial bugs. Henriksen is the first to be cast in Paul Anderson's ALIENVS.PREDATOR...
"The Magic 8-Ball" (who was 100% right about when we'd see the teaser trailer for RESIDENT EVIL: APOCALYPSE) knocked on our door late last night to tell us another scoop. Are you ready to see your first look at Paul Anderson's ALIENVS.PREDATOR next mont...
Two new collectibles will be hitting the market sometime in late 2007-early 2008 from the ALIENS VS PREDATOR series. Each of the two items are Kotobukiya Japanese Imports based off the first film but timing in release with the sequel. The alien and predat...
...y popular ALIENVS.PREDATOR miniseries), and novels. `The truth is,` Cavalieri muses, `it’s nice to see a really good, really well-thought-out science fiction concept that’s worked out well. They don’t violate the concept; they don’t make it silly; th...
Hot off the success of his zombie/videogame movie RESIDENT EVIL, writer/director Paul W.S. Anderson is gearing up to make the long-rumored fanboy wetdream ALIENS VS.PREDATORmuch to the chagrin of many of those same fanboys the world over who hold a grudg...
...sp;Though AlienVs.Predator: Requiem was not my favorite film in the Alien/ Predator saga, these figures are incredible and a welcome edition to any fans collection”.
Check out NECA’s other lines at Toy Fair in my Next for NECA in 2008 a...
...) was the Alienvs.Predator of its day. The film was the fifth installment of the (then) ongoing Frankenstein soap opera. It was a shot in the arm to a dying series. Bela Lugosi would accept the role of the monster and Lon Chaney Jr. wo...
A first look at the upcoming sequel, ALIENS VS.PREDATOR: REQUIEM, has appeared online courtesy of IGN Movies. This is the follow up the 2004 film from Fox that pitted the two sci-fi icons in combat while humans tried to get out of the way. The sequel lea...
...inema) -- Alienvs.Predator- Aliens vs.Predator -- Requiem (20th Century Fox) BEST KISS -- Shia LaBeouf and Sarah Roemer -- Disturbia (DreamWorks SKG) -- Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey -- Enchanted (Walt Disney Pictures) -- Daniel Radcliffe and Katie...
Years ago, the word “bust” had a very different meaning for comic and sci-fan fans. Y’see, there was the whole “Bad Girl” craze going on where just about every company and their brother was putting out a comic, action figure or statue of some grossly disp...
IGN FilmForce has been breaking a nice load of exclusive story material on the ALIENS VS.PREDATOR, CATWOMAN and CONSTANTINE movie projects thanks to the industry resource Showfax, a resource used by casting agents to audition actors for possible roles.Fo...
...: Aliens, Alienvs.Predator, Pumpkinhead, X-Files, The Terminator
If you end up surrounded by aliens and you're worried about your hide, relax, this guy is a beacon of death.
18. Karl Urban
Notable Work: Chronicles of Ri...
...ere be an Alienvs.Predator match-up there, or at least a Pred going up against Joey Buttafuoco?CSI (9 PM, CBS) "Fur and Loathing" A man in a raccoon suit is found dead on the side of the road, but upon closer investigation the CSIers find he's been s...
Leonard Nimoy and John De Lancie have teamed up to laucnh their new audio book, STAR TREK: SPOCK VS Q, with a major promotional push at the Las Vegas Hilton’s Star Trek: The Experience on November 19. Alien Voices--the science fiction, multimedia, product...
... with the ALIENVS.PREDATOR score, released last week on Varese 302 066 605 2. Composer Kloser, fresh from his eloquent and very satisfying debut score for THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW, starts out this score along similar lines, with an eloquent and powerfu...
...04 - With Alienvs.Predator about to be unleashed in theaters, Ronald Shusett, co-creator of the Alien series, is tackling another sci-fi/horror project. Shusett, who also was a producer and writer on Total Recall, has teamed with comic book specialis...
...n Davis ('Alienvs.Predator') will produce the live-action feature alongside Boom co-founders Andrew Cosby and Ross Richie via their Boom Entertainment banner. DiGilio will exec produce.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen movie will premiere on HBO on Saturday, Aug. 14 at 8 p.m. Other genre programming on HBO during August includes Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero, Alienvs.Predator: HBO First Look, Steel and The Crow: City of Angels.
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Alec Gillies is a special effects guy who recently worked on 'AlienVs Predator', and is now working on the 'Superman' suit for the upcoming movie.
"Fans of the comic book will not be disappointed," says Gillies.
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...ted smash Alienvs.Predator. For his next number he tackles the revered 1975 cult classic Death Race 2000. Mr. Anderson sat down with Mania recently at Comic-Con and talked about CGI, the origin of the Death Race and adapting existing properties to th...
The notion of an ALIENVS.PREDATOR team-up has long thrilled fans, and it has come to fruition in a variety of mediumsthough the film version has yet to materialize (Paul W.S. Anderson is reportedly at work on a script for such a film right now, however)...
In the second installment of a two part interview, Ghost Rider screenwriter, Shane Salerno speaks to Screenwriter's Voice about working on such #1 films as Armageddon and Shaft, plus more on his upcoming projects Alienvs Predator, Ghost Rider, and more.
With the comic to film translation of Marvel's Ghost Rider looming on the horizon, Screenwriter's Voice recently sat down with screenwriter extraordinaire, Shane Salerno, co-writer on the highly anticipated Alienvs Predator film.
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSFrom La-La Land Records comes The Fantasy Film Music of George Pal (LLLCD 1016), a new limited edition collection of more than an hour's worth of music from the famed sci-fi producer's last seven films, much of which has never b...
...) UMD (O) ALIENVS.PREDATOR / ALIEN (Fox) Single disc 2-pack. (O) ALL OVER TOWN (Alpha) Ole Olsen & Chic Johnson, who became sensations on Broadway with their smash show HELLZAPOPPIN, in a 1937 comedy about a jinxed theater. While Universal is iss...
Just one day after IGN revealed the first photo of Fox's upcoming ALIENS VS.PREDATOR:REQUIEM sequel, they have released the first trailer online as well. The trailer is a Red Band/ Rated-R trailer. I realize a lot of our readers cannot view them at...
Released in the summer of 1987, John McTiernan’s PREDATOR was an important point for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s film career. It came at a time when the former Mr. Universe was carving out a name as an action star, but most importantly is was precisely the ri...
Now in his second week at the Page One, Panel One editorial helm, Scott Taylor explores two highly anticipated comic to film projects in the much talked about Transformers film, and Marvel's Iron-Man. Also included is talk about Paul W. S. Anderson's Alie...
20th Century Fox has cast Reiko Aylesworth and Steven Pasquale to star in ALIENVS.PREDATOR 2.Greg and Colin Strause will direct. The script is by Shane Salerno. Davis Entertainment's John Davis and Robbie Brenner will produce.Filming begins next week in...
... to score Alienvs.Predator 2 (AVP2) and John Rambo, the fourth Rambo film. The latter has a Spring 2008 release date.
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THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Danny Elfman's first orchestral composition written for the concert hall, Serenada Schizophrenia, has been released this week by Sony Classical. The piece received its world premiere on February 23, 2005 at New York's famed C...
Special effects creature designer and sculptor Don Lanning has worked on more than 40 motion pictures. His work can be seen in films like Hellboy, Underworld, Team America, Blade Trinity, Fantastic Four and Alienvs.Predator. Recently he created a muscle...
...story?
ALIENVS.PREDATOR (FX, 8:30am PST)
OK, so, well, I hated this film and thought it was the worst of both franchises. The only good scenes are the ones with no humans in them (of which there aren’t enough). But hey if you dig ...
A commenter here at Mania believes that I don’t like holiday episodes of TV series based on my review of the Christmas Special episode of Supernatural. Well, I didn't actually hate that episode, I just thought it was sub-par compared to the res...
A ton of new ALIENS VS.PREDATOR:REQUIEM images have appeared online courtesy of Clint Morris/Moviehole. Along with the images provided by Fox, the Brothers Strause have shed some light on the new Predalien. Here's the details on the new creature;
The cr...
In our last two feature installments, we presented a chat with artist Jon Bogdanove focusing on the new Superman/Aliens match-up, SUPERMAN/ALIENS II: GODWAR, a sprawling cosmic epic co-starring Darkseid and the New Gods. This mini-series, courtesy of comi...
It makes sense that when Sigourney Weaver mentioned that she had been talking about a fifth ALIENS film, there might also be somebody toying with the previously believed to be dead ALIENS VS.PREDATOR as well.While talking to 13th Street, producer Joel Si...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSGraeme Revell (PITCH BLACK, TOMB RAIDER, MISSION TO MARS) inherits the musical mantle inaugurated by Harry Manfredini in 1980 with the first FRIDAY THE 13TH movie. Whereas NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET had no real musical signature, w...
Last week we revealed the first figure in Aliens Vs.Predator: Requiem Action Figures Series 3, the Open Mouth Predator, and today we unveil the second half of the series: the Stealth Mode Predator! Masked, cast in translucent plastic with surges of elect...
Genre: Science Fiction/Horror/Sequel.Studio: 20th Century Fox.Production Company: Brandywine.Project Phase: Movies Rumored.Who's In It: No one confirmed as yet, but both Sigourney Weaver (Ripley) and Winona Ryder (Call) have voiced their interest to retur...
...9.99, the ALIENVS.PREDATOR chess set will be available in late August/early September from specialty stores. Click on any of the photos on this page to see larger views of the set.Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it ...
A new trailer for the upcoming sequel, ALIENS VS.PREDATOR: REQUIEM, has hit the web courtesy of IGN Movies. The new trailer features more bloody carnage and sequences including a shot of a Predator holding 2 Aliens at once, a scene involving some swimmin...
...d. Alienvs.Predator 2 (Fox) Directed by the Strause Brothers f/x team. Amazon – Scarlet Johansson as a gladiator warrior?!? Bat Boy – Musical horror comedy directed by John Landis. Be Kind Rewind (New Line) Come...
Galactus versus Aunt May. The Kingpin versus a box of Dunkin Donuts. The JLA versus a Predator squadron. What do these pairings have in common? Simple: none of ’em would be much of a fight.Think about the matchup—the third one, that is. The first two are ...
...hit "Alienvs.Predator," the iconic monsters from two of the scariest film franchises ever, wage war in an American Midwestern town – with the residents caught in the middle
To see the first 5 minutes (it will be longer in t...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONSA perhaps forgotten short-lived TV series from 1977 has been mined as this month’s Silver Age Classic from FSM. A thoroughly satisfying compilation of all the original music written for the 14-episode TV series, LOGAN’S RUN (FSM...
Fangoria is now confirming the earlier rumor (first published by Creature Corner this past August) that New Line Cinema is actively contemplating a FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH film. While earlier reports were at first dismissed by actor Bruce Campbell, in re...
Spartan sequel planned for 300?
The Rumor: A sequel is on the horizon for Zack Snyder’s adaptation of the Frank Miller comic 300.
The Source: Producer Mark Canton to SOSHollywood
The Mania Verdict: TRUE---Warner Bros. lists the budget for 3...
Hot Toys has released images of the upcoming 14" Elder Predator Model Kit.The realistic based 1/6 scale (14 inches tall) Predator, has been sculpted to scale to 16 inches tall Alien Warrior figure.The figure comes with highly detailed body armor and weapo...
That's right, fans it's October! The season of spooky pranks, ghoulish doings, colorful costumes and tasty treats is upon us. Of course you know what I'm talking about: Canadian Thanksgiving is just around the corner! Everyone who claims to be Canadian c...
A new photo and interview for the sequel ALIENS VS.PREDATOR:REQUIEM has appeared online courtesy of Usa Today. The photo is a close-up look of the featured "Predalien", an Alien hybrid of the Predator warrior. The article also features some wor...
Last week's mixed-bag review of X-MEN: THE LAST STAND generated a small truckload of mail. The reactions ranged from complete agreement with my review, to total disagreement from fans that thought the film met or exceeded the previous two. Regardless, t...
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 ...
Since its announcement and showcase at the San Diego Comic Con Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe has gotten fans from both camps pumped. There really hasn’t been a good straight up fight game in a long time. Having played the game I found myself...
Greetings, and welcome to another edition of Mania.com’s Comicscape. Before reading this week’s column about Marvel’s Secret Invasion, know that the issue is spoiled down to the last detail. If you haven’t read it yet, th...
The site Alien Experience recently interviewed Andrew Li the Assistant Art Director for Alienvs.Predator 2.
Li revealed, "We used A LOT of locations on this movie, so I won't go into details here to bore you. We shot in an old hospital for the men...
OPINION: The phrase "If you build it, they will come" never resonated for me more than this week: after printing what I had of the somewhat tepid response to my first call for titles you wish had never been cancelled last week, the amount of mail this wee...
...Codigo=32 ALIENVS.PREDATOR 2 will be scored by Brian Tyler, who has been hired to provide the musical accompaniment to the 20th Century Fox sequel to the 2004 sci-fi horror picture scored by Harald Kloser. The second film is directed by Coling and Gr...
PitofHorror.com recently caught up with Robert Englund to talk about his upcoming projects. And in the interview Englund revealed some updates on a NIGHTMARE prequel and the rumored FREDDY VS. JASON VS. MICHAEL MEYERS project. In regards to a NIGHTMARE pr...
Throughout the week I have been focusing on several different toy lines showcased at Toy Fair. The event at the Jacob Javitz Center was enormous. I could probably write one article a day for the next three weeks. Instead, I thought would gi...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSThe latest limited edition soundtrack release from Perseverance Records (www.perseverancerecords.com) is the premiere 25th Anniversary CD release of Denny Zeitlin's remarkable score for Philip Kaufman's 1978 remake of INVASION O...
Drat! In my list of seasoning-worthy TV series in last week’s column, I forgot to include the ultra-strange ‘60s Japanese science fiction series ULTRA Q, which has never been released in the USA. SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEKNot since Godzilla and King Kong faced...
Leonard Nimoy and John De Lancie have teamed up to laucnh their new audio book, STAR TREK: SPOCK VS Q, with a major promotional push at the Las Vegas Hilton’s Star Trek: The Experience on November 19. Alien Voices--the science fiction, multimedia, product...
Alter Ego is taking orders for V-Rex vs. Kong Statue.As described on their site, "the fiercest creature of Skull Island, the V-Rex is the only dinosaur brave enough to challenge the mighty Kong. An awesome predator stalking the tangled jungle in search of...
Those investing in switching to the DVD format several years ago of course grumbled that they'd probably have to switch again before long, repurchasing their favorite movies whenever technology brought a new improvement. Well, that new format is just arou...
The sequel to FREDDY VS. JASON was so close to happening back in 2005. How close? At one point, the FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH script had approvals from New Line executives and actor Bruce Campbell brought on board to co-star in the film. Then everything fe...
According to Variety, DreamWorks Animation will make all it's films in 3-D starting in 2009.The first all 3-D film produced will be the 2009 release of Monsters vs.Aliens, which starts production this spring.Monsters vs.Aliens follows an alien invasion ...
Paul W.S. Anderson's ALIENVS.PREDATOR will arrive on home video on January 25, 2005. The film, which has grossed $80 million dollars domestically, will be priced at $29.98 USD and come available in fullscreen and widescreen versions on DVD. The film its...
Happy anniversary to me, as this column marks the end of my third year writing this column, making this my 156th without taking a break. All for some free DVDs and a few Canadian Tire Dollars, but look at what I've accomplished. That's right, every movie ...
Greetings, and welcome to another week of COMICSCAPE, where I make sequential art matter. Last week, I expounded upon the relative merits (and lack thereof) of Marvel and DC's new plan to accept advertiser money for ostensibly discreet product placement i...
In just five days, when a lot of people will be opening Christmas presents from their loved ones, ALIENS VS.PREDATOR:REQUIEM will be invading theaters. With the marketing aspect of this film reaching its climax, Ryan Rotten had a chance to sit ...
DreamWorks Animation has released their first teaser trailer for their next adventure Monsters vs.Aliens courtesy of Yahoo Movies. The film features the voices of Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Seth Rogen, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Kie...
...hit "Alienvs.Predator," the iconic monsters from two of the scariest film franchises ever, wage war in an American Midwestern town – with the residents caught in the middle.
For a Redband Trailer, click here.
For the 2nd Internation...
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Alienvs.Predator- Aliens vs.Predator -- Requiem (20th Century Fox)
BEST KISS
Shia LaBeouf and Sarah Roemer -- Disturbia (DreamWorks SKG)
Amy Adams and Patrick Dempsey -- Enchanted (Walt Disney P...
Of all the genre collections that hit bookshelves daily, this week’s release schedule’s got one with the coolest unifying element I’ve ever encountered: one that pays homage to the stand-up citizens who provide death for hire.
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Keeping in mind that producer John Davis was just speaking his mind in a roundtable discussion over the weekend, he still had something interesting to pass along to Frosty over at Collider. It seems that the Aliens vs.Predator franchise may be put on hol...
In breaking with tradition this week, a Pocket Star release has given me an excuse to spend most of my discourse on something I positively love: WARCRAFT.
Ever since playing a demo version of the original Warcraft (on a Shuckysoft shareware CD) a...
3. ALIEN 3: Giving a second chance to Ripley’s last stand Eleven years after ALIEN 3 erupted on the screen David Fincher’s bleak, nihilistic farewell for Ellen Ripley, last survivor of the Nostromo, is getting a shot at redemption. The ALIEN QUADRILO...
The rumors about FREDDY VS. JASON VS. ASH are true. Today's Hollywood Reporter confirms that New Line Cinema has entered discussions with director Sam Raimi, the fellow who helmed the three EVIL DEAD pictures and who owns the copyright to Ash, the sarcast...
As I was gazing lovingly at my growing stacks of DVDs the other day, I was pondering what sort of technology was bound to come along to make them all obsolete. Digital movies aren't even the wave of the future anymore they're the wave of the present. As ...
With remade versions of Battlestar Galactica and Knight Rider enjoying great popularity and a big screen A-Team movie in the hopper, it appears there’s still a public demand for cheesy TV entertainment. With that in mind, we present our list of clas...
For many a horror fan, Halloween is amateur night, when the whole world wants to party in the graveyard we live in. But the holiday has its distinct advantages, and pretty high on the list is the accessibility of horror movies on TV. In between parties an...
Hey! It's Al Brown, filling in for Kurt Amacker this week. I'm filling in because Kurt lived in New Orleans. He'll live there again, but right now he doesn't because New Orleans got the Aquaman treatment.Hey, listen, I ain't rich. You ain't either. If you...
This week there are two, count them, two DC Comic live action TV properties being released on DVD. There is not one Marvel release this week. The two comic book powerhouses have been battling each other for decades. The battle has spilled over from the co...
The
Man of Steel will be flying back to the big screen soon, and when he returns
he will not be battling DC's other flag ship hero Batman. A New
York Times article by Laura M. Holson indicated that the decision to
make a new Superman film instead of ...
As mentioned last week, we have a slew of new releases in every category. There’s going to be some tough purchasing decisions that need to be made. We have two anthologies of the best fantasy literature of the year, one from St. Martin&rsq...
Over at Marvel.com they've announced a January 27, 2009 release for the 'Hulk Vs' animated double-feature, which comes with two short films pitting Marvels Green Goliath against Wolverine and Thor.
These dark and violent showdowns have been seen in vario...
...hit "Alienvs.Predator," the iconic monsters from two of the scariest film franchises ever, wage war in an American Midwestern town – where the residents and the military are caught in the middle.
ALIENS VS PREDATOR: REQUIEM hits...
...'s champ, ALIENVS.PREDATOR, had, it's still significant for a picture that had some bad buzz to overcome.Taking second position was Paramount's comedy WITHOUT A PADDLE, which had a nice net of $13 M and change. The PRINCESS DIARIES sequel took third ...
Everyone loves zombies. They scare the hell out of you. They serve as a perfect metaphor for, well, “us.” And, best of all, they eat people. With those sterling qualities, I see very little not to like about our lumb...
San Francisco DJ/mix master Mike Relm has mashed up a treat for fans looking forward to Lionsgate's upcoming releases.
Check out this funky mash-up trailer for 'Punisher' vs 'The Spirit' vs 'Transporter'.
'Transporter 3' opens in theaters November 26th....
The Review!For my initial viewing I watched it in the dubbed version. I am not a fan of subtitles. The audio was nearly perfect and the dubbing was some of the best dubbing I have seen. The voices were good, some of the adults sounded kind of funny. The p...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another exciting adventure into the dark soul of American comic books! This week, I’ll expound upon a recent and controversial announcement by Diamond Comic Distributors. For those of you that may not kno...
None of the films released on Christmas day had any print distribution over 2,800 so this weekend’s numbers reflect that. This translates to the top 5 films being returning movies from previous weekends. The top 3 films have at least 3,484 thea...
Regular readers know of our enthusiasm for the adventures of Beatrix Kiddo, so our spotlight item this week should come as no surprise. You may be wondering if we're giving away copies of the DVD, just as we did on the release of KILL BILL Volume 1. Yes w...
Quadrilogy by Robert T. Trate, Columnist (Tue 01-29-2008)
...sp;‘Alienvs.Predator’ and its dull follow up will never deliver the thrills and chills of Ridley Scott’s ‘Alien’ or James Cameron’s ‘Aliens’. The more I think about Quadrilogy it is almost the kiss...
Updated: International numbers have been added...
The box office cash for this weekend was spread out as expected. With so many new releases this weekend (and this week), audiences chose a bit of everything making for some big moneymakers in the t...
The Strause brothers made it clear to the media that they had a plan for a third installment in the Aliens vs.Predator franchise being solely in space and it seems they may get their wish very soon. STYD is reporting that a fly on the wall at 20th ...
Variety is reporting that Amalgamated Dynamics, the creature effects shop, will craft the critters for ALIENVS.PREDATOR. The firm, led by Alec Gillis and Tom Woodruff Jr., created the creature designs for the previous two ALIEN pictures, ALIEN 3 and ALI...
...ersion of Alienvs.Predator, the Arnold Schwarzenegger action film Commando, and the Tim Burton version of Planet of the Apes. While some of those are big titles, there’s nothing there that would make me run out and buy a Blu-ray playe...
Before I begin my review of the ALIEN QUADRILOGY, first let me give you a primer so you'll understand what kind of fan I am of these movies: I consider Ridley Scott's ALIEN and James Cameron's ALIENS two of my favorite films ever, and Scott's work perhaps...
Strange things are going on with Fox lately. First, earlier in the week, the Chicago Film Critics Association began a boycott on all Fox movies due to what they call "unfair" treatment. You can read that right here.
Now, Fox Studios is pulling ...
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Two movie websites are reporting different stories about this fall's re-release of Ridley Scott's 1979 horror movie ALIEN. One site backs up yesterday's report from FilmJerk that Scott's film will now include deleted scenes not seen in the original '79 r...
A new international trailer has appeared online for Fox's upcoming installment of ALIENS VS.PREDATOR: REQUIEM courtesy of Filmweb. The new trailer puts more of an emphasis on the town in Colorado where the Predator ship goes down. As the trailer progress...
May the worst team win! FEARnet, the world’s premiere horror and thriller website and video on demand service, continues to break new ground with the chilling new slam dunk of an interactive tournament called Death March: Tournament of Blood. Forget...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another week of cutthroat Comicscape action! Late as usual, I realize the furious spell of controversy over the statue of Mary Jane Watson-Parker leaning over a laundry hamper wound down last month, but the storm ov...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONBig news for film music fans is the first ever, legitimate release of the oft-requested soundtrack to PREDATOR (VCL 0803 1022), John McTiernan's 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger Rambo-Meets-Alien monster thriller. The music never ...
Part 2: Restorations & ReissuesApart from new soundtrack releases, archival restorations have played an important part in perpetuating a lot of film music (especially in the fantasy, science fiction, and horror genres) that would otherwise have been lost ...
There are SPOILERS inside the link in this article but the genre fans who hated the original ALIENS VS PREDATOR will enjoy this bit of news. The directors behind the sequel, ALIENS VS PREDATOR: REQUIEM, have spoken to MTV about quite a...