In the first part of our Ridley Scott profile, the director explained how the events of Sept. 11 affected the release of his new military drama, BLACKHAWKDOWN. The true tale of U.S. servicemen who were stranded in Somalia in 1993 and participated in the...
NovaLogic has announced that Delta Force® - BlackHawkDown®, for the Xbox® and PlayStation®2, has gone gold. The new game features an expansive single player campaign and allows up to 50 players to battle over Xbox Live®, or up to 32 players on PlayStati...
Director Ridley Scott was fine-tuning his modern-day war film BLACKHAWKDOWN with an eye toward releasing it this March when that plan, like so much else in the world, suddenly seemed to fall apart last Sept. 11.
American soldiers under siege in BL...
After a movie-going year in which a string of disappointing World War II pictures (PEARL HARBOR, ENEMY AT THE GATES, CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN) seemed even more irrelevant when the real bullets started flying post-Sept. 11, director Ridley Scott's BLACK ...
Though Ridley Scott's timely BLACKHAWKDOWN is currently scheduled to hit theater screens wide in 2002, the film will be released in limited distribution late this year in order to be eligible for Academy Award considerations.According to Variety, the fi...
Josh Hartnett, most recently seen in the summer's PEARL HARBOR, has been talking about a scene in the coming BLACKHAWKDOWN. Hartnett is one of the ensemble cast of the film which dramatically tells the true-life story of a 1993 American military operati...
Columbia Home Video has announced the June 11 release of Ridley Scott's BLACKHAWKDOWN.The DVD promises to be a special edition of the film, which tells the story of a vicious firefight in Mogadishu in 1993, though specifics of the release aren't quite r...
It looks like the special edition of Ridley Scott's BLACKHAWKDOWN won't be anything to write home about. While it was announced as a special edition, it now seems it won't be. While it will have the now requisite 5.1 Dolby Digital sound, as well as a sl...
Soundtrack album news of late: Hans Zimmer's soundtrack for BLACKHAWKDOWN has hit stores along with the film. For those of you having trouble placing Zimmer's style, he scored Ridley Scott's GLADIATOR, as well as HANNIBAL, THE THIN RED LINE, and THE LIO...
The trailer for Columbia Picture's release of Ridley Scott's BLACKHAWKDOWN has been posted online. The film's emsemble cast includes Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore, Jason Isaacs, Ewan McGregor, and Sam Shepard. The film is an adaptation of Mark Bowden's bo...
...a nod for BLACKHAWKDOWN. Tagging along was newcomer Christopher Nolan for his unique thriller MOMENTO.The nominations are usually a precursor to the directing nominations for the Oscars.
Beware of the black cat whether it be fat or not! For those who doubt the wisdom of those words they only need look at this latest Something Weird Video offering to be set straight. Featuring two lost "Cat-ssics" dredged out of cinema's litter box, this m...
Creepy, bloody, psychological and utterly enthralling – welcome back to Black Lagoon.What They SayFilled with scenes of heroic bloodshed, Black Lagoon is Action Incarnate! A recent string of murders is the talk of the town. Not that murder is anythi...
In parts one and two of CINESCAPE's discussion with Josh Hartnett and Tom Sizemore, the duo discussed their new war drama, BLACKHAWKDOWN. The film, which is based on the 1993 true story of U.S. soldiers who found themselves trapped in Somalia when two o...
...heir film BLACKHAWKDOWN in which they co-star, the two seem at one with their feelings on making the war film with Ridley Scott, the importance of what the film has to say and the responsibility each felt in portraying real life soldiers sent to the ...
In part one of CINESCAPE's discussion with Josh Hartnett and Tom Sizemore, the duo talked about their new war drama, BLACKHAWKDOWN. The film, which is based on the 1993 true story of U.S. soldiers who found themselves trapped in Somalia when two of thei...
Hollywood long ago drew the commercial skull-and-crossbones sign over any movie involving pirates, and the public's stubborn lack of interest in such modern-day spins as the 1995 Renny Harlin/Geena Davis vehicle CUTTHROAT ISLAND and last year's Disney pir...
After over a year of delays, Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier will hit comic shops next Wednesday, November 14th. The Black Dossier has been the source of controversy and speculation ...
What They SayFrom Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Metropolis, Astro Boy, and Kimba!
Episode 5:
While on vactation, Black Jack comes across a young man haunted by the vision of a woman who beckons him to return to a town he\'s never visited. He also has vi...
What They SayBlack Jack is an underground surgeon who, although he has no licence, has God-like skills which enable him to perform operations that are impossible for even the finest surgeons. Charging millions for secret operations, he is a man who is alo...
Volume 1 of Black Lagoon is a must-read for mature action manga fans.
Creative Talent:Writer/Artist: Rei HiroeTranslated By: Dan KanemitsuAdapted By: Dan Kanemitsu
What They Say:
Lock 'n' load with the baddest soldiers of fortune ever to hit the high s...
Black and White are Japanese monsters, as inexplicable and accepted by those that fear them as Gamera and Godzilla. Inseparable since birth, Black is the embodiment of chaos, darkness, uncontrolled rage and hatred, while White is the embodiment of good, l...
After rejecting initial treatments developed by Gene Roddenberry, Paramount studio`s search for the proper vehicle to launch the first STAR TREK film began The writers approached included science fiction veteran Robert Silverberg; famed author Harlan Elli...
The Review!Black Lion. Yet another Go Nagai classic.
Audio: Pretty standard. It\'s not 5.1 like ADV\'s recent titles, but both tracks sound good. I\'m not complaining.
Video: Given the age and budget of the anime, Black Lion looks pretty good. It didn\'...
OPINIONAmazing, the amount of responses that including a single controversial quote in a column can garner! I got a record amount of letters responding to last week's column about the ULTIMATES's Nick Fury, an African-American character. The responses wer...
The only show that I went into blind, and became a massive fan of. 2nd Barrage continuing into brilliance, with action, comedy, great characters, mystery, suspense - and even a little romance for the most unlikely character in the show.
What They S...
...k Bowden (BlackHawkDown). Mazeau will be revamping that story "based on an original story by Liman, Bowden and Simon Kinberg."Former Paramount co-president of production Alli Shearmur will produce with writer/producer Kinberg and Liman. Dav...
...Hartnett (BlackHawkDown), Ben Foster (X-Men: The Last Stand), Melissa George (Alias) and Danny Huston (Children of Men), '30 Days of Night' pits a small band of humans against blood-thirsty vampires in a frozen Alaskan town. Director David Slad...
Gabriel Casseus (BlackHawkDown, Bedazzled) has hopped on board producer Jerry Bruckheimer's G-FORCE, says Variety. Casseus will be portraying a NSA agent sent to hunt down the genetically enhanced animal commandoes. At the same time of the casting, the ...
...en Nolan (BlackHawkDown) will write the script.KJ's Take: Say what you want about how this film shouldn't be remade, it's a classic, yadda yadda. I never saw the original, I like the premise and it sounds like it has some good source mate...
... Kestner (BLACKHAWKDOWN), and Jon Huertas ("Sabrina, The Teenage Witch").Shot in Austin, Texas, THE INSATIABLE boasts a technological milestone being the first film shot with a special converter that makes it possible to record a CinemaScope size (as...
...URARI and BLACKHAWKDOWN, has been signed to compose the score for Scott's upcoming 1970s crime drama AMERICAN GANGSTER, starring Russell Crowe. Reportedly, Streitenfeld has also worked on Scott's recent film A GOOD YEAR, based on the Peter Mayles nov...
...en Nolan (BlackHawkDown) will write the script.KJ's Take: I'm afraid the original is a bit too dated for me. I only vaguely remember the 1996 sequel, Escape from L.A., and only watched bits and pieces at that. Regardless, if done ri...
Recent rumors suggest that Brit thesp Tom Hardy might be joining the cast of STAR TREK X look to be nearly true.According to TrekWeb, Hardy (BLACKHAWKDOWN, BAND OF BROTHERS) is currently in negotiations to take on the role of the coming film's main vill...
...ouise and BlackHawkDown) has gone back into post production to create the long-awaited definitive new version, which Warner Home Video will unveil on DVD December 18th in the U.S. "Blade Runner: The Final Cut," spectacularly restored and re...
...TA FORCE: BLACKHAWKDOWN available by next month.ON SHELVESThis week, Electronic Art's NCAA FOOTBALL 2003 comes out for the Playstation 2 and Xbox...CRAZY TAXI 3, from Sega, comes out for the Xbox....Also, C-12 FINAL RESISTANCE comes out is released f...
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SD: It's BLACKHAWKDOWN meets ALIENS. We've got the non-stop action, we've got the horror.
Q: Why do you think COMMON FOE would translate to film/TV/animation?
SD: It's the most frenzied and frenetically paced thing we've ever done. This thin...
...ne, "BlackHawkDown" writer Mark Bowden and Aaron Bowden via their Wild Eyes shingle.
Plot Concept: The project tells the true story of the riots and siege of Atlanta Federal Penitentiary in 1987. Cuban and American prisoners seized contr...
...arbor and BlackHawkDown.Friday we shot two CV-22's (Ospreys). They fly like aliens dropping out of the sky. We also shot stealth fighters and low attack missile runs (50 feet off the deck) A10 Warthogs. They look so deadly and mean.We also shot in an...
The latest issue
of Entertainment Weekly provides some
speculation about who will don the red cape and boots in the upcoming Superman
movie. An article in that magazine suggests that Josh Hartnett (BlackHawkDown) may be a contender.
EW says...
...en Nolan (BLACKHAWKDOWN) writing the scripts. The novels center on an alien invasion of Earth inspired by years of our radio signals bleeding into space. "It's a procedural step-by-step of what happens if the bad cousins of 'Close Encounters' realize...
...Hartnett (BLACKHAWKDOWN, PEARL HARBOR), from June 13 to August 8.3. LIL PIMP, featuring the voice talents of Mark Brooks and Carmen Electra (SCARY MOVIE), from July 11 to March 14.4. GIGLI, starring Ben Affleck (DAREDEVIL, SUM OF ALL FEARS)and Jennif...
The Hulk by Essex
Universal
Pictures announced Wednesday that it has begun principal photography on The
Hulk, the feature film based upon one of Marvel Comics' most memorable
and popular supe...
...ey Scott (BLACKHAWKDOWN). This was Howard's second DGA trophy. His first statue was awarded six years earlier for his work on APOLLO 13.After receiving his award, Howard applauded his fellow nominated directors and told the audience at the Century Pl...
Greetings Maniacs, and welcome to another edition of The No-Fly Zone. Hopefully, everyone had a fantastic (and filling) Thanksgiving. By all rights, we should run something about all of the things we’re thankful for. But, this column is a contrar...
...bery. (O) BLACKHAWKDOWN (Sony) UMD (O) BODY (Image) 2001 Bollywood erotic suspense thriller in the tradition of BODY HEAT. (O) BRUCE LE'S GREATEST REVENGE (EPI/Koch) 1978 knock-off of FIST OF FURY starring Bruce Le, the worst of the Leealikes. (O) BR...
...HANNIBAL, BLACKHAWKDOWN, MATCHSTICK MEN, SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON, THE RING, TEARS OF THE SUN, THUNDERBIRDS, SOMETHING'S GOTTA GIVE, KING ARTHUR and MADAGASCAR. Dooley has written music for short films as well as many theatrical trailers. His...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Miura KentaroTranslated by:Duane JohnsonAdapted by:Duane JohnsonWhat They SayThe once unbeatable Band of the Hawk is smashed, and their former leader, Griffith, has made an unholy pact with the demon lords of the Godhand, sacr...
Leave it to the comics industry to drop about three things at once in around one week, all worthy of discussion in this week’s Comicscape. DC’s Countdown reached its half-way point last week, World War Hulk wrapped today, and Marvel very ...
What They SayFrom Go Nagai, creator of Devilman and Cutey Honey, comes a savage tale of betrayal, vengeance and other-worldly forces. The year is 1580 and Nobunaga Oda is working to consolidate his power over Japan. In his army are weapons of great destr...
What They Say\"Filled with scenes of heroic bloodshed, Black Lagoon is Action Incarnate!
Rokuro Okajima is meek, mundane and metropolitan. His business trip to South East Asia turns from pleasure cruise to festival of pain when modern day pirates board t...
In an interview with UPI, action film legend Jerry Bruckheimer (BLACKHAWKDOWN, TOP GUN, PEARL HARBOR) revealed he's considering going where most in Hollywood fear for creative inspiration: the September 11th attacks."I love making pictures that make a d...
What They SayIn a world where the grim reaper can strike at any time, a brilliant renegade surgeon known only as Black Jack operates outside the law. For the rich and dying, he performs miracles of a macabre medical nature. Unafraid of mysteries that verg...
About a decade ago, television networks began absorbing and/or tying up independent animation studios. The payoff is it`s now much harder for independent animation studios to survive. Networks that used to be interested in buying new series from them are ...
What They Say\"Filled with scenes of heroic bloodshed, Black Lagoon is Action Incarnate!
Rokuro Okajima is meek, mundane and metropolitan. His business trip to South East Asia turns from pleasure cruise to festival of pain when modern day pirates board t...
After finishing season two of FARSCAPE, Claudia Black, who plays Aeryn Sun, along with the rest of her fellow actors flew to Southern California for the first official FARSCAPE convention. Black plays the strong but beautiful ex-Peacekeeper Aeryn, pullin...
...rak. (O) BLACKHAWKDOWN (Sony) Extended cut of Ridley Scott's hit Somalian war flick. (O) BLOOD BATH 2 (BCI Eclipse) Includes JACK THE RIPPER GOES WEST, LEGACY OF SATAN, THE BRIDE and BLOOD SONG. (O) BOOMERANG! (Fox) 1947 true crime thriller in wh...
...SSIBLE 2, BLACKHAWKDOWN, or even this year's MATCHSTICK MEN. If you like traditional Zimmer you'll like this score and I do find it quite likable in that context but you won't glean anything especially innovative about it. It's comprised of the sam...
What They SayA young woman is poisoned by toxic waste and begins to deform...or transform. Black Jack operates and discovers that she might be transforming into a mermaid. Is there a connection between the victim\'s illness and the ancient myth? Episode 1...
...Sizemore (BLACKHAWKDOWN) attached to star in it.Jane and Sizemore starred together in the Lawrence Kasdan adaptation of DREAMCATCHER a couple of years ago, which may be how they came to be involved in this new picture. There's also another connection...
In a special one episode edition of THE TWILIGHT ZONE, Jeremy Piven (BLACKHAWKDOWN, RUSH HOUR 2) stars as Tyler, a kind and modest telephone linesman, who acquires the ability to hear people's thoughts after being struck by lightening. He uses his power...
...SSIBLE 2, BLACKHAWKDOWN, and last year’s acclaimed New Zealand drama, WHALE RIDER. She continues to provide richly compelling work. With Perry, the musical duo released nine Dead Can Dance albums between 1984 and 1985, works refusing categorization a...
What They SayA desperate man is plagued by a tumor shaped like a human face. When the tumor begins to talk and think, renegade surgeon Black Jack is the one man who can free the victim from its grotesque tyranny. Meanwhile, a serial murderer is on the pro...
Claudia Black is best known as former Peacekeeper Aeryn Sun on the popular Sci-Fi Channel series FARSCAPE. The beautiful, raven-haired Black is the epitome of the genre super-chick: she's smart, she's strong, she's stunning, and she kicks butt.But when Ms...
Only days after Disney and Revolution Studios announced tentative plans for a live action remake of PETER PAN, comes word that Jason Isaacs (THE PATRIOT, BLACKHAWKDOWN) is in the running for the role of Hook.Filming is already slated for late summer in ...
The action continues to be intense as Roanapur is the central stage for much of the fighting, at least until the gang heads to Japan.What They SayFilled with scenes of heroic bloodshed, Black Lagoon is Action Incarnate! What\'s better than earning money? ...
What They SayFilled with scenes of heroic bloodshed, Black Lagoon is Action Incarnate!
The Black Lagoon Company gets into a brutal head to head battle with a bunch of neo-nazi freaks after the same sunken booty. Revy and Dutch blaze a trail full of blood...
What They SayFilled with scenes of heroic bloodshed, Black Lagoon is Action Incarnate!
Dirty jobs are a part of life for the Black Lagoon but things seem to be getting worse by the minute. Their latest problem is a maid from Columbia. She\'s a killing m...
What They SayFilled with scenes of heroic bloodshed, Black Lagoon is Action Incarnate!
Dirty jobs are a part of life for the Black Lagoon but things seem to be getting worse by the minute. Their latest problem is a maid from Columbia. She\'s a killing m...
What They SayFilled with scenes of heroic bloodshed, Black Lagoon is Action Incarnate!
The Black Lagoon Company gets into a brutal head to head battle with a bunch of neo-nazi freaks after the same sunken booty. Revy and Dutch blaze a trail full of blood...
What They SayFilled with scenes of heroic bloodshed, Black Lagoon is action incarnate! Dirty jobs are a part of life for the Black Lagoon but things seem to be getting worse by the minute. Their latest problem is a maid from Columbia. She\'s a killing mac...
The Review!Black Heaven sort of sprang up out of nowhere, at least as far as I can tell. I heard very little about it, except that people seemed to hate the preview that Pioneer had served up a few months ago. Then, I heard that the preview was just the ...
What They SayA sinister tree lurks over a village, sheltering the inhabitants for a terrible price. Victims are plagued by voices, then driven to madness and death. When renegade surgeon Black Jack operates on the latest casualty, he discovers a horrifyin...
The hidden treasure in this collection is the English voice cast.hat They SayLetter of Marque
The saga continues… As the Straw Hat pirates find themselves in a battle between good and evil, between right and wrong, the gratitude of those involved ...
A glossy high value production, Darker than Black takes a look at the world through an interesting prism with a lot of hints as to what’s to come.
What They Say:
A new and deadly breed of covert agent walks the streets. Known as Contractors, these...
What They SayIn a war zone devastated by minefields and strife, a dying child is missing. She fights a foe more deadly than any terrorist. Her heart is a time bomb that will kill her even as the explosions annihilate her home. Can renegade doctor Black Ja...
Nerds the world over rejoiced last year when Sideshow Toy launched a series of 12" action figures from the cult film MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL. The idea was insane, but so was the filmand Sideshow had set a precedent by making action figures from Ro...
You never know what's going to
show up next in the C2F
Cinema. Just when it seems as is budding filmmakers are completely obsessed
with Batman, a fan film based on a less-popular Marvel hero springs into action
and rises to the tops of the Cinema Ho...
Prior to reading the 52 series, I really had little knowledge of Black Adam as the entire Marvel Family of characters were ones that I simply never cared for. His interactions with the DC Universe certainly go back a long way and the way they brought him ...
What They SayRokuro Okajima is a meek, mundane and metropolitan man on a business trip to South East Asia. But things quickly go from pleasure cruise to festival of pain when modern day pirates board the ship and take him hostage! Revy, Dutch and Benny ar...
What They SayTwo victims thrash in agony, scarred by war. Once again, renegade doctor Black Jack is caught in the crossfire. With Death breathing down his neck, he braves bullets and deadly biohazards to save the afflicted. Will the detective doctor preva...
If Adam West had been a busty Playboy centerfold who fought crime in a leather thong, television’s Batman might have been Black Scorpion. People who think Xena under-dresses for battle only need to glance at Black Scorpion for the warrior princess to seem...
What They SayIt\'s been a decade since the sacred war between humans and vampires. The rise of the Kowloon Bloodline, a new breed of monsters bearing an infectious bite, set the streets ablaze under the reign of their king. Humanity had never witnessed su...
Losing not a bit of momentum, the second season of Black Lagoon is more pure violent joy.What They SayA recent string of murders is the talk of the town. Not that murder is anything unusual, but the twin killers are targeting Hotel Moscow! The delicate ba...
For those watching closely over the past two episodes, the symbiote-induced black suit worn by Spider-Man has already undergone some evolutionary changes – and there are more coming in "Intervention," an all-new episode of ' 'The Spectacul...
The Review!One of the biggest sleeper hits of the year is Pioneer's new anime series, Black Heaven. Suffice to say that there was very little marketing done on this title; the only reason this reviewer found out anything about it was due to mention of it ...
In my review of "Resurrection Ship Part 2," I noted that Lee Adama was still somewhat of an enigma as far as the audience is concerned. "Black Market" provided an integral piece of the puzzle posed by the character's seeming death wish with the revelatio...
A few years ago, Jack Black was set to star and help develop a big screen adaptation of the comic superhero. Judging by the interview with MTV, his GREEN LANTERN would have been vastly different than the GL we may see in the upcoming JUSTICE LEAGUE f...
As sequels go, MEN IN BLACK II is a very good one. After an amusing prologue that both sets up and sends up the plot we'll be seeing, it hits the ground running or rather, hits the underground slithering, as our hero Agent Jay (Will Smith) must subdue a ...
What They SayFrom the creative team behind El Hazard comes a mid-life crisis of cosmic proportions!
Back to basics! Oji and the new members of Black Heaven struggle to come together as a group as the aliens\' new weapon devastates the armada protecting w...
The Sci Fi Channel's original movie, THE BLACK HOLE, was released on DVD this past Tuesday.In THE BLACK HOLE an atomic research experiment goes awry in St. Louis, Missouri unleashing not only a big black hole, but also a creature from beyond that feeds on...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Wing Shing MTranslated by:Yun ZhaoAdapted by:Matthew A. ScrivnerWhat They SayAs a child, Hero\'s family was attacked and killed by a practitioner of Northern Mantis kung fu. This assassin was tasked by the affluent head of a l...
A PT Boat Packed with Mercenary Couriers Lands on North American Shores
San Francisco, CA, SEPTEMBER 16, 2008 — VIZ Media, LLC, one of the entertainment industry...
FROM A PRESS RELEASE
NEW YORK, July 15 /PRNewswire/ -- BET Networks and Marvel Animation are teaming up to produce an animated series based on the legendary superhero, 'The Black Panther'. Casting is already underway for the series that is slated to prem...
What They SayIt is the eve of the battle between the Chronos Numbers and the Apostles of the Star, and an understudy has stepped onto the stage. This stray alliance follows the code of the Sweeper. Creed Diskenth has unleashed new and terrible forces onto...
What They SayTerror and chaos reign in the land of Chungwon. Camellia Blossoms, the most powerful of the Warring gangs, use this time of unrest to wrestle control of the country from ailing peoples government, while producing counterfeit gold coins to cri...
With good characters and great action scenes, this gothic action tale has a lot going for it.
What They Say:
Eternal Ronin. Final Vengence.
It's been a decade since the sacred war between humans and vampires. The rise of the Kowloon Bloodline, a new br...
According to an update at Anime News Network, Manga Entertainment confirmed to them that several of their licenses have expired. Including the two Patlabor movies we already knew about that went to Bandai Visual USA, they list Guyver (OAV), Fist of the No...
THE MASK OF SATAN(1960) is widely regarded as a classic of the horror genre, filled with wonderfully atmospheric effects and punctuated by moments of brutality quite grizzly for their time, yet the film has been known to U.S. fans only through a truncate...
Writer and BET TV President Reggie Hudlin was just supposed to pen a six-issue miniseries returning the Black Panther to the forefront of the Marvel Comics Universe, but the response to the first few issues was so overwhelming that the House of Ideas ...
OPINIONHonestly, I'm starting to think I should just head this column with "Mea Culpa" in big bold letters every week, the amount of apologizing I end up doing. It seems that not only did I completely get the JLA's current minority line-up wrong (John Ste...
What They SayAs all attempt to hide and heal, Train\'s conscience grows deep... Deep enough to make the decision to leave Chronos for good. Unfortunately for him, the life he has left proves unwilling to let him go. Creed is sent out to retrieve their bes...
It's anniversary time at Marvel as many of the characters celebrate landmark moments in their comic book careers. The FF is celebrating its 40th year in print, and now a character who first appeared in their pages, the Black Panther, is celebrating his 35...
Cartoon Network's JUSTICE LEAGUE really hit its stride in last year's second season. Bruce Timm and his writers seemed to really be getting handle on characters such as Green Lantern and Hawkgirl, who didn't have the benefit of their own prior animated se...
Ah, first week back, another Comic-Con in the rearview, and even a week later, I'm somehow still slightly jetlagged and hung over. But I can only rely on the mensch-like generosity of Mr. Davis for so long, so I guess I'd better get back on the proverbia...
What They SaySven is your run-of-the-mill sweeper (aka bounty hunter) - down on his luck, haunted by the perpetual grumbling of his stomach and looking to make enough cash to get by. Oh, and he can see the future, but only about five minutes into it. When...
Genre: Crime/Suspense/Drama.Studio: Columbia Pictures.Production Company: Unknown.Project Phase: In Development.Who's In It: Mark Wahlberg, Josh Hartnett; Scarlett Johansson (Kay).Who's Making It: Brian De Palma (Director); Josh Friedman (Screenwriter); b...
The Review!Yay! Let's just leave the silly exclamations at "Yay!" and suffice it to say that Black Heaven is definitely one of my top 5 series lately, even with all the rather good stuff coming out lately.
This volume doesn't change that, as it's a bit ...
What They SayAs all attempt to hide and heal, Train\'s conscience grows deep... Deep enough to make the decision to leave Chronos for good. Unfortunately for him, the life he has left proves unwilling to let him go. Sought by both the Chronos Numbers and ...
What They SayFar, faraway, back in the era of dreams...
We once burned as brightly as the sun.
Life can crush your dreams. Oji is a middle-management drone whose only grip on sanity in the drudgery of his corporate lifestyle, are the few shreds of hope s...
DC Direct has released an image of their upcoming BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE: BATMAN statue. It was sculpted by Jonathan Matthews.This original creation, inspired by Steve Rude, is painted in monochromatic tones, which reflect the mood of Batman: Black and ...
With the latest Masters of Horror DVD release, you don’t just get one Master of Horror, but three: Director Stuart Gordon, Actor Jeffrey Combs, and early master of the macabre tale Edgar Allan Poe. The three combine to bring you one of Poe...
Zakk Wylde And His Band Black Label Society Prepare To Release Shot To Hell On September 12th Legendary Grammy winning guitarist Zakk Wylde and his band Black Label Society (BLS) are preparing to release their new studio album Shot To Hell on September ...
What They SayThe wicked Badiyanu has come to capture all the children to gain enough power to absorb the earth into her Black Dream Hole. The Black Dream Hole is located in the center of Badiyanu’s castle and absorbs all the dream energy from the ch...
What They SayAn erotic camping trip takes a turn for the wild when Seiya discovers a mystery mansion in the woods. Excitement turns to thrills of terror as her friends begin to disappear. Too late, they realize they are trapped in the clutches of the Blac...
Updated July 4th
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Did you miss out on the swell black 'Hellboy' T-shirt last week. It's co...
Leaping from the pages of Marvel Comics' SPIDER-MAN, the supporting character Black Cat enters the third dimension in an all-new resin statue produced by Dynamic Forces. The company has just announced plans to produce only 1,978 of these busts, scheduled...
As reported Tuesday, Men In Black II is due out
later this year with a plethora of features. Today, online vendors or soliciting
the movie for a November 26th release.
The DVD will include a never-before-seen alternate ending,
blooper reel, and al...
What They SayOne of the most graphic adult titles in Kitty Media history returns!
To have all the sex and power he could ever want, Minase made a pact with the demonic university nurse, Miss Kitami. Through their special induction ceremonies, the two con...
Black is the new red this weekend when an alien symbiote causes a metamorphosis of Spider-Man's suit in "Persona," an all-new episode of 'The Spectacular Spider-Man"'premiering this Saturday, May 17 at 10:00 a.m. ET/PT on Kids' WB! on The...
Director Zack Snyder spoke briefly about progress on the "Watchmen" feature film - which we should note is still a long way from production and/or a scheduled release date. Apparently, a script has been handed into the studio to look over and it also incl...
With Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith reportedly looking for $20 million each to do MEN IN BLACK 2, this new series of novels by sci-fi author Dean Wesley Smith (STAR TREK, SPIDER-MAN, X-MEN, ALIENS, PREDATOR, SHADOW WARRIOR, etc) might be as close as we ge...
OPINIONBefore we start, my apologies for stating that 1602 was coming out last week. I am an idiot. We knew this. Anyway...A few weeks ago, my comment that casting a black actor as the Kingpin in the DAREDEVIL movie promoted stereotypes rather than creati...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Youn In-wan/variousTranslated by:Woo Sok ParkAdapted by:N/AWhat They SayLovers meet under strange circumstances and experience the romance of a lifetime... only to watch it all come to a tragic end. Yet each of the stories in ...
Ladies and Gentlemen, this one sounds sweet. Universal Pictures has locked David Twohy into three more sequels to the 2000 sleeper hit PITCH BLACK. Now we already knew Vin Diesel was coming back for PITCH BLACK 2, called THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK, but it ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Miura KentaroTranslated by:Duane JohnsonAdapted by:Duane JohnsonWhat They SayRenegade devil-slayer Guts, the Black Swordsman, may be the bane of the demonic realm, but the citizenry of Midland, the kingdom he formerly served, ...
What They SayWhen Guts first joined Griffith and the Band of the Hawk, the wheels of fate were set in motion. Since that time, Guts has learned the lessons of the battlefield and embraced his own path. Griffith has tasted ultimate victory and ultimate d...
The modern postal employee has achieved a measure of infamy most commonly reserved for the odd and unsociable an idiosyncrasy of the American workforce. What Kevin Brown (a.k.a. a neuralized MiB Agent K) doesn't realize, however, is that there is more tr...
Black Cat in on the prowl this Saturday, May 17 in "Persona," an all-new episode of 'The Spectacular Spider-Man' airing at 10:00 a.m. ET/PT on Kids' WB! on The CW.
In the episode, Spider-Man learns the hard way not to judge a book by its cover,...
Updated September 4th
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A black feline, black space goo and a potential dark shift in a super hero's attire spotlight several new challenges for 'The Spectacular Spider-Man' in an all-new episode entitled "Persona" premiering this Saturday, May 17 at 10 a.m. ET/PT on K...
Updated July 24th
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Did you miss out on the swell black 'Hellboy' T-shirts we gave away earlier during the every-extending Hellboy month? Don't fret, youngling. We've ...
In a interview with The
Calgary Sun's Louis B Hobson, Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire revealed
that the scene in Spider-Man where Peter Parker gains his powers was more
dangerous to film than it looked.
Apparently, director
Raimi was looking for a S...
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment announced Men In Black II will be coming to VHS and DVD in the fourth quarter of 2002 with a number of DVD extras including a never-before-seen alternate ending, blooper reel, and alien creature featurettes.
Other ...
Why simply watch
Men in Black when you can be one?
Infogrames, Inc.
announced Friday that they've shipped the PlayStation 2 game Men In Black
II: Alien Escape to stores. According to the press release the game is a
fast-paced third-person act...
Fans breathed a sigh of relief when they learned plans for 'Green Lantern' movie featuring Jack Black had been scrapped. Nobody wanted to see that eventuality...except maybe Black himself.
“I was going to be making all kinds of stuff,” Black ...
ChubbChubbs
are invading the Earth and the Men In Black are helping them! At
least that's the story The Hollywood
Reporter is telling.
According to the
trade publication the computer-animated short The ChubbChubbs will
appear as bonus materi...
The Review!Revolutionary Girl Utena is a wonderful series, and since this is the review I had to do, the preceding "Student Council" Saga, which is the previous 13 episodes, or first 2 DVD's will come later. I will though make many references to the first...
What They SayBringing new meaning to Back in Black! Time has past since the Night of Walpurgis, and the girls of the Witchcraft Club have all graduated and made their way in the world. Imari has become a police woman, who serves as a psychic investigator...
Just a warning: if you've never been exposed to the GRENDEL mythos before, this may not be the book to begin with. It's far too complex to explain here, or else I'd give it a try - besides, I have a feeling I'm missing part of the story myself. The main t...
With Kevin Smith set to appear on NBC'S THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JAY LENO on June 24 to promote his upcoming Marvel mini-series, SPIDER-MAN/BLACK CAT: THE EVIL THAT MEN DO, more art is coming out from the books. "I'm as proud of my work in comics as I am of...
Filmmaker/comics writer Kevin Smith says that his new Marvel Comics mini-series will be called SPIDER-MAN/BLACK CAT: THE EVIL THAT MEN DO. As announced by Marvel last week, the mini-series didn't have Black Cat in the title. Smith says th...
Well, this story certainly supports the theory of casting against type.Ain't It Cool News reports that funnyman Jack Black (SCHOOL OF ROCK) has been signed to play GREEN LANTERN in a Warner Bros. movie of the same name. "Jack Black has closed his deal. He...
Hand Picked Films has paid a mid-six figures for the rights to Dawn Barnes children's graphic novel series, THE BLACK BELT CLUB. Hand Picked looks to develop a multiplatform franchise based on the series. The producers plan to make an animated television ...
What They SayBlack Jack is an underground surgeon, who, although he has no license, has God-Like skills which enable him to perform operations that are impossible for even the finest surgeons.
Charging millions for secret operations, Black Jack is a man...
DC Direct is now offering the BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE statue. It was designed by Andy Kubert and sculpted by Jon Matthews.
Painted in monochromatic tones, this limited-edition statue reflects the mood of BATMAN: BLACK AND WHITE, the stunning collections ...
The publicly unsolved murder of Elizabeth Short, a.k.a. the Black Dahlia, is one of the most famous (and gruesome) crimes ever to occur in Los Angeles. In 1947, the body of pretty 22-year-old would-be actress Short was found cut in half, drained of blood...
BLACK HOLE #9 by Arnold T. Blumberg (Thu 12-13-2001)
BLACK HOLE is one of those excessively strange series that I just can't avoid. For some reason, although there is something in Charles Burns' work that I find very unappealing in both his illustrative and storytelling styles I somehow can't pull myself ...
Ah, the holiday season. The sweeps are long gone, and cool genre TV viewing must give way to the likes of A Charlie Brown Christmas. Things can get so bad that the Sci-Fi Channel`s rerun of Stephen King`s The Stand mini-series, which starts tonight, actua...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kentaro YabukiTranslated by:JN ProductionsAdapted by:What They SayTrain and his partner Sven go after a huge bounty, attempting to track down a weapons smuggler who is dealing dangerous new technology on the black market. They...
What They Saynwelcome and unwanted, Jiro decides to flee the Special Zone with his brother. But Kotaro goes missing and chaos is fast breaking in the city. Cassa\'s nefarious plan is revealed at last: to search out the rumored Eleventh Yard under cover of...
What They SayAs the world rejoices in its newfound freedom from terror, their celebration is short-lived as an even greater threat reassembles from the wreckage: The Zero Numbers. Led by traitors from both sides, this new enemy is bent on establishing a \...
Declassified Production Records Reveal Covert Casting of Popular Japanese Animated Series
New York, NY, September 26, 2008 – As New York Anime Festival kicks off today, top ranking officials at the secretive U.S. anime house FUN...
...hits like BlackHawkDown,
Panic Room, Mr. Deeds, Men in Black 2,
XXX and Maid in Manhattan ringing up sales as well.
Adding to the
overall picture where highly anticipated features like Lord of the Rings:
The Two Towers, Star Wars: Episode II: A...
Longtime Comics2Film readers have been clamoring for this exact casting for many years now. This week Variety makes it official.
Djimon Hounsou has been cast in the lead role of BET Networks and Marvel Animation's 'Black Panther' animated series.
...
In an article posted last week,
Gotham Clock Tower revealed that casting notices had been sent out for the role of Black Canary in Birds of Prey. For those who prefer ignorance in matters
of the upcoming WB series, you may want to skip the rest of th...
What They SayFrom the director of Sailor Moon and the key animation supervisor of Neon Genesis Evangelion! A haunting and surreal coming-of-age fairy tale: Utena has always protected her shy friend Anthy from jealous bullies. But now, mysterious forces ar...
Crime novelist Victor Gischler pens a vicious Punisher one-shot with Little Black Book, in which the line between sex and violence becomes perilously blurred. After buying the services of Vette, a high-end prostitute, for a few sessions, Frank Castle...
What They SayAs an average student, Kosaka always wondered what it would be like for girls to fight over him. But now his girlfriend Shizuka and his friend Kasumi are fighting over him...with swords. His school has a secret, a black gate that can only be ...
If the folks behind Black Scorpion know how to do a TV show as well as they know how to do a press conference, then look out. Sure, their soiree at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles last week was all about shameless self-promotion and photo op...
Updated August 10
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Hell666boy won one of our awesome black 'Hellboy' T-shirts earlier during the every-extending Hellboy month.Wouldn't you like to win one too? Here's another chance!
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What They SaySaeki, Shiraki, Miss Takashiro, Doctor Kitami and Ito all had important parts to play in the deadly conspiracy to summon a demon on Walpurgis Night. But even when they weren\'t part of the action, they were still getting plenty of action. The...