According to the Hollywood Reporter, Jason Lee has signed on to join the upcoming Fox live action and CGI version of AlvinandtheChipmunks.Lee will play theChipmunks' dad, Dave Seville, while chipmunksAlvin, Simon andTheodore will be computer generat...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Tim Hill (Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties) is in negotiations with 20th Century Fox regarding the director's chair for the upcoming live-action/CG film AlvinandtheChipmunks.The film would be based on the animated tr...
...eek after AlvinandtheChipmunks (April 1 release) sold 2.6 million DVDs and Blu-Ray units, the highest of any new release this year, reports Fox Home Entertainment. Disney's Enchanted, which narrowly beat "Legend" for the top sales spot la...
Variety reports that Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation plan to bring the 'Smurfs' to the big screen as a hybrid live-action and animated movie, (a la 'AlvinandtheChipmunks'). David Stem and David Weiss, who wrote the second and third instal...
Warner Bros. has announced their plans to develop a live-action/animated Yogi Bear for the big screen, reports The Hollywood Reporter. The move comes a year after 20th Century Fox banked at the box office with their adaptation of AlvinandtheChipmunks, ...
...de girls, AlvinandtheChipmunks, Meg's Aunt Judith, Victoria's Secret, and Handel's Messiah.
Dreamsongs: Volume II, George R.R. Martin (Spectra Books)
Dubbed “the American Tolkien” by Time magazine, #1 New York T...
If you can't get enough of divas' bratty antics on the news or in grocery store publications of the "Elvis Lives!" variety, maybe it's time to graduate to Divalicious, an Original English Manga recently released by Tokyopop. Of course, if yo...
...egend andAlvinandtheChipmunks. Warner Bros. continues its highly successful run with Legend pulling in 34.2 mil this weekend, which means the film has grossed 137.4 mil in only 10 days of domestic release. In its second week of release, Legend aver...
It looks like the success of GARFIELD has spurred on 20th Century Fox to begin work on another live-action/computer animation project. Fox 2000, Bagdasarian Productions and 20th Century Fox Animation are developing a movie based on ALVINANDTHECHIPMUNKS...
Twentieth Century Fox will release ALVINANDTHECHIPMUNKS II on March 19, 2010.
With the first film pulling in $217.3 million domestically and $141.1 million overseas, it was only a matter of time before Fox set a sequel into motion.
The movi...
Cartoon Jack Bauer premieres tonight online!
After you watch the exciting 2-hour season finale of 24 on Fox tonight, you might want to check out the first segment of the 24 animated prequel online. Day Zero is an original, flash-animated online saga fr...
It seems the family audience clearly won out this past week in the DVD department. Fox Home Entertainment's AlvinandtheChipmunks topped the national DVD sales chart in its first week in stores, beating by a wide margin fellow newcomer Sweeney Todd: The...
Tonight, at 7:00 p.m. Central time, the Marshall Public Library Board of Trustees will convene to vote on whether or not to remove two graphic novels from their shelves BLANKETS by Craig Thompson and FUN HOME by Alison Bechdel. Louise Mills, a resident ...
The Disney Treasures Collections have been a huge boon to fans of classic animation. This is the third set in the Chronological Donald Duck series. This series is presenting every Donald Duck short in Chronological order. The third volume p...
Who do you trust? Whose side are you on? What would you do with one more day? This summer, everything will change. Do you even care anymore? Public Enemy once said “Don’t believe the hype,” Maniacs. I’...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another web-slinging, wall-crawling edition of Comicscape, where we elevate Internet discourse above typing in “leet.” Last week, I offered my mixed review of Spider-Man 3. In short, while I thoroug...
Recently The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films held THE 31ST ANNUAL SATURN AWARDS at the Universal Hilton in Universal, California.Seen walking the red carpet: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Jeff Rector, Brian Henson with Mia Sara, Irwin Keyes, Si...
When we last heard from SPIDER-MAN director Sam Raimi about the latest on the third Spidey movie last month, Raimi still hadn't decided on what villain he would be using in the second sequel. It still looks like Raimi hasn't made up his mind, but at least...
Central Park Media has begun offering downloadable content for iPod, so now you can get trailers and even full episodes of selected series and watch them on your video iPod. Okay, so I have mixed feelings about the whole handheld video deal. On the one ha...
Welcome to the all-new, all-different relaunched Mania Entertainment website. I hope everyone likes the new design. After you read this week’s column, take a second to look around and check out a few of the new features. I migh...
Happy Wednesday, Maniacs, and welcome to another exciting installment of Comicscape, where I’ll drag you through the soul-wrenching depths of moral inquiry and sequential art psychoanalysis. This week, I want to revisit an issue I touched ...
Greetings, Comicscape faithful, and welcome to another week of four-color spills, thrills, chills, and kills. Last week, I went back to the well and ran a pretty well-received column about politics in comics. After two failed attempts at a...
The Pulse website has learned that comic book scribe Gail Simone will return to the pages of AGENT X. Earlier this year Simone left the book after experiencing creative differences with the book's editor. Shortly thereafter Marvel made the decision to c...
Revenge crazed Indians and pathetic rockers, two great tastes that taste great together? Well, no, but for David F. Friedman completists, Something Weird Video has joined together two films from the legendary producer’s ’70s period that boast something so...
Spider-Man 2 won a total of five trophies at the 31st Annual Saturn Awards in Los Angeles on May 3, including best fantasy film, the most for any movie this year. The Marvel Comics adaptation also garnered awards for best actor (Tobey Maguire), best direc...
Thetheme is a familiar one. The mighty, stalwart chords of brass, the trilling woodwinds, the driving rhythm of the violins, the strident siren of electric guitar… Wait a minute? Electric guitar? What’s that doing in the middle of the STAR WARS theme?...
The screenplay credit for Columbia’s SPIDER-MAN has gone to the Writers Guild of America for arbitration, in order to determine whose name or names will appear on the final film. When Columbia-TriStar submitted its suggestion for the credit to the WGA ear...
James Pickens Jr. has been talking about the new status of his role of FBI Deputy Director Alvin Kersh as a regular gig on THE X-FILES. While talking to SCIFI.COM, Pickens spoke of the new full-time gig, saying, "The character got such a reaction on a lot...
Marvel Comics has released book-by-book details for its Marvel Mangaverse event in January, which puts a manga twist on its characters.Following is a rundown of the titles, with synopses from Marvel.MARVEL MANGAVERSE: NEW DAWN #1Written, art and wraparoun...
...ators of AlvinandtheChipmunks) was chosen as the studio, andthey got to work. The cartoon lasted for about three seasons, which isn't a bad run for a kid's show. The plots were pretty standard and episodic; Dr Wily did something bad, and Mega M...
Diverse New Titles To Kick Off The New Year
San Francisco, CA, January 8, 2008 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has announced the laun...
Marvel discussed its plans for the coming months at the Diamond Comics Distributors' retailer summit in Las Vegas on Monday. Brian Michael Bendis arrived as a surprise guest and detailed some of his upcoming projects, including a third Avengers serie...
Exclusive Street Fighter® Comics, Hardcover Art Book and Art Prints at SDCC
Toronto, ON – July 17, 2008 – The 2008 San Diego Comic-con is only a week away, and UDON is preparing for the studio’s biggest year ev...
From Variety:
Warner Bros.’ Will Smith starrer “I Am Legend” scored the best December opening of all time with $76.5 million over the weekend, while Fox’s live-action/CGI hybrid “AlvinandtheChipmunks” surpassed al...
After handling Doc Ock, director Sam Raimi is now wrestling with several more of the webhead's famous foes, looking for those worthy of Spider-Man 3, expected in the summer of 2007. Having finished the Spider-Man 2 DVD, Raimi is set to begin work on a scr...
"Writers Sam Raimi, Ivan Raimi andAlvin Sargent as well as the entire cast and crew deserve all the respect and admiration they're sure to receive for 'Spider-Man 3,' as it is easily the most complex and deftly orchestrated superhero epic ever filmed."
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have announced the UK Region 2 DVD release of Spiderman 2.1: Extended Cut for 23rd April 2007 priced at £12.99. In the build up to thetheatrical release of Spider-Man 3, SPHE brings you this limited two-disc release which...
Showcase Of The Newest VIZKIDS Format Introduces The Exciting World Of Ninja To Young Readers In Booth #1647
Los Angeles, CA, May 30, 2008 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, ani...
What They SayMix Juice, a hot new girl band, is managed by Michael Hanagata… a man who would do anything for success! But he’s underestimated how serious the girls are about making their dreams come true! No matter what he throws at them, they...
...ight with AlvinandtheChipmunks. Thetheatrical adaptation of the famous toon opened up this weekend in 2nd place by pulling in 45.0 million. This means the top 2 films for this weekend pulled in a combined 121.5 mil while the other 8 films grossed o...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another week of Comicscape calamity! All you aspiring creators raise your hopes and put the coffee on, because DC Comics will open the golden gates to comic book professionalism in October. On Monday, The New Y...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another swan dive into the shallow end of the pool with Comicscape! Because of the Christmas holiday, UPS won’t deliver the comics to the shops until today. I imagine a few of you have already succumbed ...
...m Legend, AlvinandtheChipmunksand National Treasure: Book of Secrets. Paramount & Dreamworks also plans to release Sweeney Todd in wide distribution on January 11. Basically, we still have a good month to go before 2007 films officially close t...
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...x’s AlvinandtheChipmunks follows behind in 8th place, taking in another 7.0 million in receipts over the last three days. I mentioned above how NT2 will hit the 200 mil mark tomorrow? Well, Fox is doing the very same most likely with this film...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another weekly web of Comicscape wonder. For the past couple of weeks, we talked about Spider-Man 3 in lieu of discussing the end of DC’s weekly maxiseries, 52. The film came out the same week as the final issue of...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another catastrophic adventure into Comicscape. My scheduled interview for this week fell through, so I’ve reduced myself to one of those pithy observational columns. Fortunately, Wizard World Chicago wra...
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...
Brian Smith, Editor of the new Marvel Mangaverse titles and co-creator of that line's GHOST RIDERS, wasn't a huge anime/manga fan before he began working on the project devoted to translating the classic Marvel Universe into a manga reality, but things ha...
Part one of CINESCAPE's profile on SPIDER-MAN director Sam Raimi delved into Raimi's vision for the eagerly anticipated comic book adaptation andthe director's choice of actor Tobey Maguire to play Peter Parker/Spider-Man. Part two chronicles the directo...
Director Adrian Lyne has made some fairly overwrought movies about sexual passion and its consequences these include FATAL ATTRACTION, NINE ½ WEEKS, INDECENT PROPOSAL andthe remake of LOLITA so a movie entitled UNFAITHFUL suggests something along simil...
SPIDER-MAN 2 is one of those happy sequels (for the audience the characters are as angst-ridden as ever) that builds on rather than merely repeats the original. 2002's SPIDER-MAN was a very good and spiritually faithful adaptation of the Marvel comic boo...
... OCTOBER 2ALVINANDTHECHIPMUNKS MEET THE WOLFMAN (8 pm, DISN) It's a sad day when the Disney Channel can't afford its own product. BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (8 pm, WE) Features Audrey Hepburn in her prime, a top notch Henry Mancini score and that old gu...
Last time, we began our feature review of the six one-shots that comprise the initial foundation of the Marvel Mangaverse with a look at SPIDER-MAN, THE PUNISHER, andTHE X-MEN. This time we explore the remaining three single issue debuts: AVENGERS ASSEMB...
THE GLASS HOUSE has a promising premise: It's sort of a Victorian-heiress-with-an-evil-guardian type of thriller, updated for the 21st century. It's also blessed with the presence of Leelee Sobieski, a completely natural and beguiling young actress, in th...
Last Updated: July 17, 2006Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, ThrillerProduction Company: Columbia Pictures, Marvel Enterprises, Laura Ziskin ProductionsDistributors: Sony PicturesProject Phase: Post-ProductionBudget: 300,000,000 [IMDB]Who's In It...
They deserved so much better.The Fantastic Four's fortieth anniversary has been celebrated in a variety of ways this year, ranging from the overblown and confusing (FANTASTIC FOUR 1234) to the overblown and amazingly entertaining (FANTASTIC FOUR: THE WORL...
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films handed out their 31st Annual Saturn Awards on May 3 and two films dominated the accolades for the evening: SPIDER-MAN 2 and KILL BILL: VOL. 2 SPIDER-MAN 2 walked away with a total of five Saturn ...
I was discussing the upcoming weekend's new theatrical releases with some friends last week, and inevitably OVER THE HEDGE was mentioned. Someone said that they definitely wouldn't be seeing it, because they "don't watch cartoons". Some tried to sway him ...
Sitting in Stage 27 on the Sony lot, a webshoot away from the actors and filmmakers of the upcoming Spider-Man film, I`ve been continually humming to myself that jazzy song from the 1967-1970 animated TV series Spider-Man. `Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does w...
Greetings, Maniacs. Welcome to another week of comic shopping on Thursday. I hope you didn’t break down sobbing at the counter yesterday afternoon when you tried to pick up your books. I remember one Internet journalist describi...
OPINION: Just a warning if you have not seen SPIDER-MAN 2 yet (though that simply boggles the imagination at this point), and you don't want the plot spoiled, read only the next full paragraph, then come back up and click hereto be taken immediately to t...
Alvin Sargeant will earn a seven-figure paycheck for writing the screenplay for SPIDER-MAN 3. Columbia Pictures has closed a contract with the writer, who had sole screenwriting credit for SPIDER-MAN 2 and also contributed (but received no on-screen credi...
...ture with AlvinandtheChipmunks, something which has their own executives tongue tied lately. Alvin, with its low 60 mil budget, has now pulled in 187.7 mil domestically after grabbing another 9.1 this weekend. The family blockbuster is still showing...
...rmance of AlvinandtheChipmunks. Fox executives have been quoted in the trades as being surprised about this film’s success rate and I can see why they’re a bit shocked. The film only has a budget of 60 million and yet has already pulled ...
Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Dorff and Jason Clarke have all become Public Enemies for director Michael Mann, reports Variety. The five actors join already cast thespians Johnny Depp and Christian Bale. The script was pe...
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...
... charts. AlvinandtheChipmunks, the nation's top DVD seller for the last two weeks, slipped to No. 3 on First Alert, while a third new release, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, debuted at No. 4. In rental revenue, Juno generated an es...
Where's Batman when you need him? Christian Bale has two more gangsters to track down in Michael Mann's crime thriller Public Enemies, says the Hollywood Reporter. Thespians David Wenham and Stephen Graham have joined the gang that will feature the alread...
...x. I knew AlvinandtheChipmunks would be a success for the studio because it has a small budget (60 mil) and it seems to be the only straight-up children-focused film out this week other than the debuting Water Horse tale. That said, not even I expec...
Another Trip to the Buffet
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another exciting installment of Comiscape! Your faithful correspondent finds himself sent by his day job to Alexandria, Virginia for a conference, where he has enjoyed walking aro...
In Japan, CASTLE IN THE SKY recently marked its 200th week on the Top 300 sales charts, joining Hadao Miyazaki's other hit MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (at 242 weeks) in the Over 200 club. KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE and SPIRITED AWAY should both pass the 200 mark in t...
While Japan debates extending child pornography laws to include anime, the first arrest has been made in Canada. An Edmonton man was arrested when officials in Vancouver discovered Japanese "Tijuana Bibles" underground sex comics featuring illegal use of...
Don't get me started on a rant about all the Christmas DVDs coming out already or the fact that most of them are just repackaged versions of stuff that came out last year. Just don't. That doesn't mean I'm not in the Spirit of Giving. In our Prize Closet...
Now both animation innovators Joseph Barbera and his partner William Hanna are dead, and last week a key creative force in their studio followed them into the Great Beyond. January 15 marked the passing of Iwao Takamoto, a character designer responsib...
Greetings, Comicscape faithful, and welcome to another edition of Wednesday weirdness. My friend and confidante, D.C. Harbold of New Orleans’s More Fun Comics, inadvertently gave me the idea for this week’s column. He remarked t...
... by Fox's AlvinandtheChipmunks, still a strong seller in its fourth week in release. Also bowing in the First Alert top 10 was Warner's One Missed Call at No. 7. In rental venues, Cloverfield generated an estimated $7.5 million, according to Home M...