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BACK TO THE FUTURE DVD info finally coming
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 05-14-2002)

With the coming boxed set release of the BACK TO THE FUTURE series, more on the extras is slowly leaking out. Finally. And while the final date has not yet to be established, it has been set for sometime in September.So what are the extras going to be on ...

Disturbia Wins Back to Back
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 04-22-2007)

While it can be said that Disturbia wins this weekend, it should be noted first and foremost that the last 3 days, it’s clear the audiences of America were not going to the theaters. First place, Disturbia, gets only 13.4 mil in its top ranking s...

Back to BACK TO THE FUTURE
by Anthony C. Ferrante (Wed 12-18-2002)

If Marty McFly (Michael J. Fox), the hero of the BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy, traveled from 1985 (when the original was made) to 2002 to see the extras-packed DVD box set honoring this classic series, he would likely have turned to inventor Doc Brown (Chri...


BACK TO THE FUTURE TIME MACHINE
by JEFF BOND (Wed 09-04-2002)

Probably the most unusual time travel device ever seen in the movies is Doc Brown's Delorean from the Back to the Future trilogy. Designed to take advantage of the natural conductivity of the car's titanium body, the car gathered enough energy to activate...

"Back to the Future's" Wilson Offers Pop Fun
by News Editor (Wed 04-06-2005)

It's been exactly twenty years since the release of the blockbuster classic "Back To The Future," and what has actor Tom Wilson (Biff, Griff, and Buford "Mad Dog" Tannen) been up to? Surprisingly, a lot more than acting in classic shows like "Freaks and G...

Back to School Part One
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Sat 06-08-2002)

Skip Elsheimer is the curator of the A/V Geeks Educational Film Archive, consisting of over 11,000 films to date, which he runs out of Raleigh, North Carolina. A historian/exhibitor of classroom films, he presents shows of the movies in themed presentatio...

Divi-Chan Strikes Back: The Interview
by Roman Martel (Thu 03-25-1999)

3/25/99 - Well fellow Anime on DVD readers it seems that I was duped into thinking that this interview was with our beloved Divi-chan when in fact it was with an imposter who looked and acted much like her. This imposter's name is Diva and she has been ma...


Looking Back at the Future: '60s Sci Fi Heroine Saves 2001
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 10-16-2002)

This Week’s RecommendationSReleased on DVD a couple weeks ago, Roman Coppola’s CQ is as much a homage to such lovably quirky European ’60s sc-fi/spy films as BARBARELLA and DANGER DIABOLIK as it is an intriguing film in its own right. Taking place in 1969...

Future toon SPIDEY look unveiled
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 06-22-2007)

Spider-Man is coming back to the television airwaves next year and the first look for the animated version can be seen now. Toon Zone got a first look at a screenshot of the upcoming series. The Spectacular Spider-Man is set to debut on Kids WB hou...

Producer confirms BACK TO THE FUTURE disc
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 01-30-2002)

While talking to BTTF.com (that's BACK TO THE FUTURE, kids) FUTURE producer Bob Gale confirmed the time traveling trilogy will be hitting DVD stores in the later part of this year.What's more, he quelled rumors, sponsored by recent television edits of the...

Bright Future for Locke Lamora
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 06-25-2007)

While readers across the country quickly devoured Scott Lynch’s fantasy debut The Lies of Locke Lamora last year, they’ve got a lot more to chew on from the 29-year-old Wisconsin writer in the months ahead.   Hello all you Maniac reader...


Back in Black (and Browder)
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 07-25-2005)

..."deities."BACK TO THE FUTURE (7 PM CST, TCM) At least it actually deserves the "classic" designation, unlike pretty much everything aired on AMC.STARGATE ATLANTIS (8 PM CST, Sci-Fi) "Runner." The team discovers a mutilated Wraith corpse and meets a ne...

BACK TO THE FUTURE site up
by Christopher Allan Smith (Thu 02-14-2002)

Universal is gearing for the long, long, long awaited releases of the BACK TO THE FUTURE DVDs... sometime.A website for the project has already been established, but as of right now it's pretty bare bones. However, the site promises, "The groundbreaking B...

Back to the FUTURE
by News Editor (Thu 05-26-2005)

Agenda Pictures is currently producing a new documentary on the BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy. The film, directed by Darold Crotzer, features over 20 new interviews with cast and crew members and is being made to commemorate the series' 20th Anniversary, whi...

The Future Ain't What It Used To Be
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 06-19-2002)

This Week's RecommendationSJohn Williams' latest is at hand, and it's a Spielberg film at that - no little cause for interest and celebration amongst the film music world. MINORITY REPORT, released June 18th by Dreamworks (0044-50385-2), harkens back to t...


Sam Raimi's Future is Bright
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 04-22-2007)

Honestly, this week’s edition was going to be about somebody other then that title you see above. Last week, when talking about famous Italian director Dario Argento, the same very clear and a concise movie kept playing through my head, a fil...

BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)
by Frank Garcia (Sun 06-10-2001)

This film was a breath of fresh air in the SF/fantasy genre--a wacky time-travel comedy about a young man named Marty McFly who went back to 1955, in a gull-winged DeLorean transformed into a time machine, and met his parents as teenagers. Director Robert...

Back to the Future
by Oliver Chin (-)

Reprinted with permission by the author Now that anime has a firm foothold in America, we can revisit the groundbreaking manga that created the first modern generation of American fans. This entertainment has come full circle with Dark Horse's impressive...

Deleted scenes from BACK TO THE FUTURE detailed
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 05-29-2002)

With the much-delayed release of the BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy on DVD finally coming this September, more information is coming out about what deleted scenes fans might expect to see. While talking to the BACK TO THE FUTURE website, co-writer Bob Gale me...


Long Time Coming Back
by Matt Kamen (Sat 04-21-2007)

After further lengthy PC problems and unresponsive retailers not wanting to deal with their faulty product until legal proceedings are brought into the scenario – as a consumer warning, those of you in the UK should really avoid buying anything ...

BACK TO THE FUTURE animated TV show returns
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 03-13-2003)

Originally aired on CBS in 1991, the animated BACK TO THE FUTURE TV series is returning to the airwaves, this time as a part of Fox's Saturday morning lineup. The series will premiere on Fox at 8:30 AM (ET/PT) on March 22.The Emmy-award winning cartoon s...

Rob Hoegee goes back to the future with "Legion of Superheros" (Sat 10-14-2006)

If you're a comic book reader, you've heard of DC Comics' Legion of Superheroes, whether it be because of the rabid fanbase, the complex history, or the enduring popularity of the team. With their recent debut in the Kids WB animation block, Saturday morn...

BACK TO THE FUTURE DVD set released
by Mike Whybark (Thu 12-19-2002)

THE WICHITA EAGLE notes the release of Robert Zemeckis' BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy as a DVD set, incorporating director's commentary and additional features. Retail pricing for the set is $39.95.With a "making of" featurette, interviews with Zemeckis, wri...


BACK TO THE FUTURE DVD release update
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 06-19-2002)

The official release date for the boxed set release of the BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy has been set, and it's December 17. The release, as previously reported here, will sport cast and director (Robert Zemeckis) commentaries along with refurbished prints o...

Gale Dismisses BACK TO THE FUTURE 4 Talk
by Frank Kurtz (Tue 09-04-2001)

As far as scribe turned director Bob Gale is concerned, any talk that there is a fourth BACK TO THE FUTURE in the works happening, is just not true.While talking to BTTF.com, Gale gave his side of the issue explaining how recent ruymors of a fourth film j...

Ferrell wins gold back to back!
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 04-08-2007)

Paramount & Dreamworks scores another victory in the box office race this weekend with stars Ferrell and Heder still racing circles around the competition in their gold plated skating gear. The comedy took the top spot of Easter weekend bringing in...

More extras on BACK TO THE FUTURE release
by Christopher Allan Smith (Mon 06-10-2002)

More news is coming out now about the release this fall of the BACK TO THE FUTURE boxed set. Not only will the films all have deleted scenes and documentaries, but each one sports commentary by director Robert Zemekis, writer Bob Gale and star Michael J. ...


FARSCAPE: Directing the Future
by Anna L. Kaplan (Mon 01-01-2001)

... Back And Back To The Future,` and `Thank God It’s Friday, Again.` He did both of Crichton’s fantasy returns to Earth, `A Human Reaction` and `Won’t Get Fooled Again.` He introduced Wayne Pygram’s Scorpius in `Nerve,` directed `Taking The Stone` and `A...

The future of 'Spider-Man' and 'Fantastic Four' (Tue 07-10-2007)

An extensive article in the Hollywood Reporter discusing the future of film franchises touches on several comic book efforts. The fate of the 'Spider-Man' franchise may initially be decided in the near future according to the report. Producer Laura...

Dark Future Vol. #2
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 06-19-2007)

What They SayThe Relaxation Club\'s secret is slowly being revealed while they\'re doing everything they can to keep its dark secret from surfacing into the light... even if it means violating everyone... including the students and teachers.The Review!The...

The Future of TRON
by Frank Kurtz (Fri 07-27-2001)

Writer-director Steven Lisberger is talking about what lies ahead for the budding TRON franchise.The Walt Disney Co. has quietly been working on reviving their 1982 TRON, courtesy of a new video game, DVD and a developing sequel.While talking to the Holly...


Book Buzz: Star Wars: Back to Animation
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 07-21-2008)

It’s been five years since the first Star Wars: Clone Wars television miniseries debuted on Cartoon Network, yet the folks over at Lucasfilm Animation seemed to have held onto the idea of an anime-style Star Wars arc pretty tightly. This August will...

Jackie Chan Talks Future Projects
by Frank Kurtz (Tue 07-10-2001)

Jackie Chan's production plate looks to be pretty full for the near future. Among the projects he has lined up are HIGHBINDERS, THE TUXEDO and SHANGHAI KNIGHT, a sequel to 1999's SHANGHAI NOON. Now, the actor has given his take on each one.While talking t...

Yes Future in Doubt
by Randall Larson (Fri 04-28-2006)

The future of prog rock supergroup Yes looks shaky following news that a planned 2006 reunion tour has been scrapped. The oft-feuding group had scheduled to join up this summer, but guitarist Steve Howe has set solo dates instead after tiring of one unnam...

Looking Back at DTV in the '90s: Past, Present, and Beyond
by John Thonen (Tue 02-08-2000)

The arrival of the new century finds home video on the cusp of a new era as well. DVD digital technology has caught on and shows signs that it may one day supplant VHS. When home video was born (has it really been over two decades ago?), few would have pr...


Dark Future Vol. #1
by Chris Beveridge (Sat 12-23-2006)

What They SayTo the public eye, it looks like any other ordinary school; however, one club is secretly recruiting girls to make them their personal sex slaves and brainwashing the newly recruited males into enjoying one another. Which club is responsible ...

JACK's Back
by Eric Moro (Thu 10-25-2001)

As the Cartoon Network original series SAMURAI JACK continues to set records for the animation-oriented cabler (since its debut in August, all plays averaged together have shown a double-digit rating increase compared to the same time periods last year), ...

Drizzt Do’Urden Is Back?
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 09-24-2007)

Since his conception in the Icewind Dale Trilogy back in 1988, R.A. Salvatore’s Drizzt has grown from an initial side character to the most well-renowned persona of the Forgotten Realms universe.   Hello Maniac readers and welcome to this, th...

INKHEART Pushed Back by New Line
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 01-04-2008)

New Line has pushed back their upcoming fantasy Inkheart to an unknown future date at this time. No official word yet on reasoning but it could be because their previous date (March 19) had three other wide releases scheduled. Those films being two new co...


Wells Turns Back Time
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 07-25-2001)

Director Simon Wells, the great-grandson of THE TIME MACHINE author H.G. Wells, has the unique opportunity to collaborate with family by reaching back through time and adapting his antecedent's work for the big screen. THE TIME MACHINE was previously prod...

Spengler back in swing with comic-book lineup
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 07-14-2006)

Pierre Spengler, one of the original producers of "Superman," is returning to comic-book adaptations with a 12-picture slate drawn from titles in the catalog of French graphic novel publisher Humanoides Associes. The first to go into production will be...

SIMPSONS cast back to work
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 05-04-2004)

The six actors that provide the voices for THE SIMPSONS and their many familiar friends of Springfield are going back to work. Dan Castellaneta (Homer), Julie Kavner (Marge), Nancy Cartwright (Bart), Yearley Smith (Lisa), Hank Azaria (Moe the bartender, A...

The Future Is Vinyl
by JOHN DENNING (Sat 09-23-2006)

After last week's overview of urban vinyl, it's time for a few case studies on where this post-modern toy industry is taking us. The more urban vinyl grows, the more it's going to collide with the traditional toy market and the two will have to try and re...


Update: Bay Back on TRANSFORMERS 2
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 08-22-2007)

Update: I'm providing an update to yesterday's story of Michael Bay rejecting TRANSFORMERS 2 news. As I wrote in the original article's comments and hinted inside the article, a retraction was on the way from Bay. He was angry yesterday(leading all news s...

ROSWELL's future looks... grim
by Christopher Allan Smith (Mon 02-25-2002)

Majandra Delfino, who plays Maria DeLuca on ROSWELL, is talking on her website as though the show has been cancelled.In an online diary entry posted last week, Delfino told readers, "News is the UPN has ordered the sets to be struck (that means to be torn...

STRANGE DAYS of Future Passed
by Steve Biodrowski (Wed 01-12-2000)

For science fiction fans, it’s strange to think that we are, in a sense, living in the future. Ever since H.G. Wells’ THINGS TO COME, much of the genre has been dedicated to imagining brave new worlds set in years yet to come, but many of those seemingly ...

The Future is Square
by James Stevenson (Wed 05-26-2004)

The Monday before E3, Square Enix held its first pre-E3 media briefing at the Walt Disney Concert hall in downtown Los Angeles. I was invited to stay after the conference to see the "Dear Friends Music from Final Fantasy" concert performed by the Los Ang...


Hollywood Studios Ponder Future Franchises
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 07-10-2007)

Columnist Stephen Galloway at the Hollywood Reporter has released a verifiable goldmine of information surrounding quite a bit of future movies inside Hollywood. With so many studios taking so many gambles on big budgeted projects which cou...

The Future is Blu? (Fri 02-01-2008)

As the format war seemingly dies down with retailers marking HD DVD decks as \"HD Upconverters\" and slashing prices or dropping them altogether, it\'s little surprise to see the anime side starting to get a touch more serious. FUNimation had some early t...

Looking Back Darkly
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 12-17-2001)

The first issue of Frank Miller's new Bat-epic, THE DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN, has been on shelves for a little while now (although to be honest, how likely is it that any copies are just sitting anywhere?), and the comic book community is still deciding ...

Erica Durance On Lois Lane's Future (Wed 12-29-2004)

"I would be interested in coming back, of course," said actress Eric Durance of her turn as Lois Lane on 'Smallville'. "That would be wonderful, to be able to be on this show for another season. I think they're working on that right now and deciding h...


Eckhart on his future with the Batman franchise (Thu 09-04-2008)

Aaron Echkart talked with Ain't It Cool about his plans for future Batman installments with Chris Nolan. SPOILER: If you haven't seen 'The Dark Knight' yet you may want to avoid Echart's comments in which he talks about the resolution to the movie. Not ...

Craven Talks Future Projects
by Frank Kurtz (Fri 12-21-2001)

Wes Craven has been talking briefly about a number of his upcoming projects.While talking to syndicated columnists Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith, Craven gave word on what he's up to, saying, "We just signed to do a film called PULSE for Dimension Fil...

Will Chris Columbus return to direct future installments of HARRY POTTER?
by Jennifer H. Tomooka (Tue 11-05-2002)

While director Chris Columbus has already announced he will not be returning to direct the third installment of the HARRY POTTER series, THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN, it doesn't necessarily mean he won't be back at all to direct future installments.In a recent...

Daredevil Interview: Duncan: The Once and Future Kingpin
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 02-07-2003)

Continuing our coverage of Twentieth Century Fox's Daredevil press junket Comics2Film presents this transcript of the round-table  interview with Michael Clarke Duncan, who plays Kingpin in the movie. Q: What's your typical breakfast? ...


Punktown and Good Omens are Back to Mix Things UP
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 12-05-2006)

A slew of paperback releases this Tuesday offers everything from cheeky science fiction to dark, genre-crossing fantasy and dragon-riding mayhem (told by both man and mythical beast perspective).  Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s powerhous...

THE X-FILES' Future
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 07-18-2001)

During the TCA gathering in Los Angeles this week, Fox big shot Sandy Grushow took questions regarding what lies ahead for THE X-FILES.When asked about what would bring Chris Carter back for one more season, Grushow would only say, cryptically, "I'm not g...

JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK
by Eric Moro (Fri 08-24-2001)

Impressive and fun are the two words that can be used to describe Kevin Smith's JAY AND SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK. The last of the writer/director/actor's Jersey-based slacker films, the View Askew/Dimension Films production sets out to accomplish what its t...

DEATH RACE 2000: Days of Future Passed, Part 2
by Frederick C. Szebin (Thu 01-27-2000)

Preproduction for DEATH RACE proved to be an intense experience. Getting the cars was easy enough; five junkers were bought, and designs by James Powers were turned into customized killing machines by Dean Jeffries (of Jeffries Auto Stylings, also respons...


The Remaking of STAR TREK, Part 6: Back to the Small Screen
by Edward Gross (Thu 12-16-1999)

And the Earth shook. If it didn`t, then it must have been a movement of damn near equal proportion to the fans of a little television series they had had refused to let die. They had taken `control` of the show`s destiny by generating an unprecedente...

Prog Rockers Starcastle back with a new CD
by Randall Larson (Thu 04-19-2007)

Progressive Rock is alive and well and living at California-based label ProgRock Records with the release of the new Starcastle CD Song Of Times . It's the band's first new release in over two decades making this an even more historic event!   F...

Battle of the ‘Star’ Series: Star Wars, Star Trek, & Starship Troopers
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 01-30-2007)

A screw-you-Pat amount of books came out this week with a little something for everyone: several anthologies for the SF reader, new fantasy / horror stand-alone novels and series installments, and even a widely neglected, early novel from George R.R. ...

SCOOP: Is there a future for FUTURAMA?
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 08-18-2003)

Two weeks ago the final new episode of FUTURAMA was broadcast by the Fox network, bringing a close to the zany interplanetary adventures of Fry, Bender, Leela and the rest of the Planet Express crew.Maybe, maybe not.With FUTURAMA producing solid ratings o...


Zuda and the Future of Web Comics
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 07-11-2007)

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...

Screenwriter John Logan writes a ticket to the future for THE TIME MACHINE
by ARNOLD T. BLUMBERG (Wed 03-13-2002)

John Logan, screenwriter for GLADIATOR and the upcoming STAR TREK: NEMESIS, had to think for about five seconds when offered the chance to adapt the classic H.G. Wells' SF novel, THE TIME MACHINE, for Dreamworks. Offering a new take on the original novel ...

Book Buzz: Puttin’ the Folk Back in Hellboy
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 06-17-2008)

Guillermo del Toro’s first Hellboy film wasn’t exactly the strongest of foundations for a blockbuster comic book franchise. Its reviews were generally positive, yet still fairly mixed. Its domestic gross of $59 million, against a budget of $66...

Mainstream Readers and Future Formats
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 03-19-2008)

Marvel will adapt Stephen King’s 1978 post-apocalyptic novel, The Stand, into a 24-issue maxi series. Details remain scant, but we’ll know more soon enough. Dark Horse has signed a three-year “first look” deal with Univer...


Spotnitz: X-Files Future (Fri 01-19-2001)

XFiles executive producer Frank Spotnitz is talking about the latest additions to the cast of the series, Robert Patrick and Annabeth Gish...as well as what may lie ahead for a potential ninth seaon. While talking to Melissa Perenson at Horror Online, Spo...

STARGATE SG-1: Looking Back at Season Three
by Frank Garcia (Mon 07-10-2000)

With Showtime`s recent broadcast of `Nemesis,` Stargate SG-1`s third season finale, we can now look back and evaluate one of the cable network`s most successful, original science fiction television series, joining a club that includes The Outer Limits and...

Noxon Talks BUFFY Future
by Frank Kurtz (Mon 07-30-2001)

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER co-executive producer Marti Noxon has been talking about the upcoming UPN launched season of her series.While talking to Zap2It, Noxon addressed if setting up shop through a new network was all that different, saying, "Feeling dif...

JET SET RADIO FUTURE
by Troy Roberts (Thu 03-28-2002)

The predecessor to JET SET RADIO FUTURE, JET GRIND RADIO, was released in 1999 for the Sega Dreamcast and sported unique cel-shaded graphics, an original gameplay engine, and a tremendous soundtrack. We're now in the year 2002, and the Dreamcast is but a ...


Michael Bay Talks TRANSFORMERS & Future
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 07-05-2007)

I read this interview over at Entertainment Weekly earlier this morning and honestly debated putting it up here. Since coming back, I've seen some news sites saying "Michael Bay says yes to a Transformers sequel" in the headlines. Okay, that's n...

Manga Review: Tower of the Future (Fri 06-23-2006)

Jarred\'s stepping back into things today with a look at a new series that started up in November 2005 with Tower of the Future Vol. #1 (of 11) from CMX.

Jackie Chan Talks His Future
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 08-02-2001)

Once again, Jackie Chan is talking about what lies ahead in his film work future.While promoting RUSH HOUR 2 with Zap2It.com, the action-comedy actor gave a list of what lies ahead ob his production plate, saying, "When I look at my schedule, there's not ...

Moore talk on the future of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 04-05-2004)

BATTLESTAR GALACTICA producer Ronald D. Moore is the subject of an extensive interview at Hollywood North Report's new "Flight Deck", their sub-section devoted to tracking the new GALACTICA series slated to run on The Sci Fi Channel next year. In the five...


Time Trips - The Top Ten Time Travel Flicks
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sun 05-26-2002)

...[IMG7R]4) BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985)We really need to acknowledge this one as the stunning, convoluted trilogy of fun that it is. The two sequels, shot back-to-back and released in 1989 and 1990, introduced some of the most mind-bending temporal conundr...

TV Review: LOST: Something Nice Back Home
by Stephen Lackey (Mon 05-05-2008)

Brian K. Vaughn’s name is sadly absent from the list of writers that worked on this episode of Lost. That doesn’t promise a bad episode, but Vaughn has done some of his best work ever on the series, so not seeing his name is disappointing.&nbs...

TV Wasteland: More Shows Coming Back This Week
by Stephen Lackey (Mon 09-29-2008)

This week finds a handful of shows returning plus one new one to check out. Chuck, another of those shows that didn’t feel like it would find its way back for a second season, premieres on an already busy Monday night. Since when did Monday get to b...

Own your own piece of mutant future history
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 02-11-2004)

Collectible manufacturer Dynamic Forces is making a diorama statue based on one of the most famous comic book covers ever: the cover of UNCANNY X-MEN #141 depicting the future versions of Wolverine and Kitty Pryde, cornered with their backs against a wall...


DVD Now for the Future
by Brian Thomas (Tue 01-04-2005)

Remember that scene in George Pal’s THE TIME MACHINE where George goes to the library and listens to the Talking Rings? Just spin ‘em on the magic mirror and they tell a story. That seemed pretty far fetched in 1960, but not anymore. Let me whip out my cr...

Al Gough on the Future of "Smallville" (Fri 10-28-2005)

Q: What about those Disciples of Zod from the season premiere? Will they be back? A: We can expect an encore performance from those Kryptonian thugs who Clark sent into an extradimensional prison (one that seemed a lot like the Phantom Zone of Superman...

Taking FARSCAPE Into the Future
by Anna L. Kaplan (Fri 09-21-2001)

Brian Henson, executive producer of the Sci-Fi Channel's top-rated original series FARSCAPE, cannot yet definitively answer questions about the show's renewal for a fourth and fifth season. However, he has obviously given much thought not only to future t...

SUPERMAN VS. TERMINATOR: Comic Book Coverage
by Edward Gross (Fri 01-28-2000)

...erminator back to the future, and transported into the hideous time period where the resistance thinks he’s a Terminator. He arrives naked, by the way. He meets up with Steel, and for Steel this solves a mystery because it was 1999, thirty years in the...


History That Wasn't!
by Andrew Hershberger (Wed 01-01-2003)

While basking in the sun here in glorious Mexico, I received an e-mail from my editor asking me for a little New Year's something. Now, I was feeling a bit under the weather, pretty much dead weight mentally, after hitting the tequila bong heavy the night...

The Remaking of STAR TREK, Part 4: The Search for a Script
by Edward Gross (Tue 12-14-1999)

`During the early ‘70s,` explains David Gerrold, `NBC was the villain, because they had cancelled STAR TREK, and Gene made sure that everybody knew that NBC was the villain. Gene was this man who wanted to change the world for the better, and NBC wouldn`t...

STAR TREK: Ronald D. Moore, Part V
by Anna L. Kaplan (Mon 01-31-2000)

Ronald D. Moore asks pointedly, `What is STAR TREK exploring? What are the things it’s trying to make the audience think about? What relevance does it have to you and me? If it doesn’t have a relevance to you and me, in our lives, what’s the point? Why am...

DVD This Week: July 2
by John Thonen (Tue 07-02-2002)

...ideo game.BACK TO THE FUTURE 1, 2 & 3 will, in the future, be back again. Got that? The hugely popular time travel trilogy of the adventures of teenager Marty McFly will hit DVD December 17. Just in time for an obscure gift-giving holiday some of y...


Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 10-24-2008)

When you have the word “Bludgeoning” in the title, you know exactly what you’re going to get in a release. What They Say Imagine a world where the secret to immortality has been discovered, causing women to stop aging by the time the...

DNA2 Vol. #5: Epiphany
by Chris Beveridge (Thu 10-16-2003)

...d send it back to the future, essentially leaving them stranded. The two of them have plans though, and the first is going to get Ryuuji out of the hospital. Ryuuji’s really out of it after all of his experiences from the DCM bullet, but the str...

Comicscape - July 21, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 07-21-2004)

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...

FARSCAPE: VOLUME 3
by SCOTT COLLURA (Mon 08-13-2001)

Volume Three of ADV Films’ FARSCAPE discs brings us to the fifth and sixth episodes produced for the series, “Back and Back and Back to the Future” and “Thank God It’s Friday… Again.” This combination of somewhat uneven episodes makes for a less compellin...


DEATH RACE 2000: Days of Future Passed, Part 3
by Frederick C. Szebin (Thu 02-03-2000)

After the shoot, DEATH RACE found itself on the rocky road of executive prerogative with an impassable detour in the shape of Roger Corman. Bartel says the producer’s uncertainty of what exactly the film should be, either a comical action film or a pure a...

ADV Films UK Talks Autumn and Winter Releases (Tue 09-12-2006)

LOAD UP SAMURAI GUN! TAKE A RIDE TO THE WILD, WILD EAST FROM 16th OCTOBER 2006 LONDON, UK, 12TH SEPTEMBER 2006 ADV Films, the leading producer-distributor of anime in the U.K., are proud to bring you on 16th October 2006 a new kind of justice: Samurai ...

Comicscape - October 13, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 10-13-2004)

OPINION: As I write this, I'm on a train to visit a friend in Atlanta, my laptop perched on a pillow on my knees, a techno version of the 60s SPIDER-MAN theme blaring in my headphones, and a huge picture of a Dalek from DOCTOR WHO staring out at me from t...

Miller talks DARK KNIGHT STRIKES BACK
by Christopher Allan Smith (Mon 06-25-2001)

In the new issue of Entertainment Weekly comic book legend Frank Miller, while being chosen as one of the magazines It creators of the moment, talked about two upcoming BATMAN projects: the sequel to his groundbreaking 1986 mini-series BATMAN: THE DARK KN...


Comicscape - October 20, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 10-20-2004)

Hello, all... I'd originally intended this week to simply print the remaining responses to the Hal Jordan question and to move on to something else equally irrelevant to real life. (If you'd rather skip what follows and go directly to those responses, cli...

Updated Again: 'The Spirit' trailer is back online (Wed 07-16-2008)

UPDATE #2: 'The Spirit' trailer is back online. Watch the easy download below or click through for HD options... New trailer for 'The Spirit' UPDATE: 'The Spirit' trailer was removed from this site at the studio's request. A high resolution quailty ver...

Images of the Past and Future
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 07-30-2001)

During the San Diego Comic-Con, Image Vice-President and Publisher Jim Valentino announced several new projects for the publisher often seen as the third most influential comic book company after the "Big Two," DC and Marvel. Coming up in the first half o...

Governor Killer Cyborg from the Future
by Brian Thomas (Tue 11-11-2003)

Why does everyone have a great big plasma HDTV but me? Well, not really, but that's the impression you get if you flip through a few nights of network television lately. Manufacturers of high end entertainment electronics are doing their best to place pro...


New ENTERPRISE showrunner sees green slave girls in show's future
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 07-22-2004)

The new showrunner on STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE is taking the series back to its roots -- namely, drawing on ideas from THE ORIGINAL SERIES and expanding upon the rich mythology of the long-running science fiction franchise in order to develop stories for ENT...

Kaleido Star: New Wings Vol. #6
by Chris Beveridge (Wed 10-18-2006)

What They SayIt all comes down to this...Leon pushes Sora to new extremes as he continues her special training to perfect the Angel's Maneuver. After experiencing new lows, she soars to new heights. Just when it seems that Sora's dream will finally beco...

'Sky Captain': Embracing the Past
by Rob M. Worley (Sat 09-18-2004)

An interview with Sky Captain director, Kerry Conran By Dean Kish (a.k.a. Soothsayer) Director Kerry Conran's "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow" is a look back at how people of 1940s and 1950s saw the future through comic books, pulp novels an...

Science Fiction Meets Religion…Round One
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 01-02-2007)

Mordred maneuvers for power in Douglas Clegg’s darkly reimagined Arthurian saga, Stephen Baxter unleashes his new time-shifting alternate history thriller with Emperor, and Pamela Sargent’s beloved Ship is back to sow the seeds of humanity&...


Generator Gawl Vol. #2
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 12-05-2000)

What They SayOvercome with guilt about his involvement in generator creation, Ryo breaks rank and confronts Professor Nekasa in order to stop the discovery that led to Gawl’s transformation and the future calamity. Though Koji and Gawl are unaware o...

ADV Films to release Generator Gawl Volume 2 (Fri 07-21-2000)

HOUSTON - ADV Films is proud to announce the release of Future Memory, the second video in the action-packed Generator Gawl home video series. Overcome with guilt about his involvement in generator creation, Ryo breaks rank and confronts Professor Nekasa...

Sailor Moon Vol. #13: Time Travelers
by Chris Beveridge (Sat 10-26-2002)

What They SayAs the Negamoon\'s attacks on the city continue, Rini comes to a decision. The time has come for her to lead Sailor Moon and the Sailor Scouts back into the future Crystal Tokyo to confront the evil Prince Diamond and his Dark Crystal! But fi...

Harlan Ellison: Writer On the Edge of Forever - Part Two
by Edward Gross (Mon 03-20-2000)

...idea was, BACK TO THE FUTURE II uses BACK TO THE FUTURE, except you see it from a different angle. Using the original `City on the Edge of Forever`, you have the people from NEXT GENERATION going back to the same time, because what was changed was okay...


MANIA REVIEW- TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES: Complications
by Stephen Lackey (Wed 11-19-2008)

  Last week’s episode of The Sarah Connor Chronicles was stellar, featuring great drama and solid action. That episode also felt like the end of an era in the series and sure enough this week feels like a start to a new story arc. Cromartie is...

Land of the Blindfolded Vol.#01
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Wed 02-16-2005)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Tsukaba Sakura Translated by:Sheldon DrzkaAdapted by:What They SayA high school girl has the power to see glimpses of the future. Now she must learn how to live in a world of people \"blindfolded\" to everything but the presen...

The Grand Slam Show VIII: Celebrating Sci-Fi and Star Trek
by Anna L. Kaplan (Mon 04-10-2000)

Creation Convention’s eighth Grand Slam STAR TREK and Sci-Fi convention, held the weekend of March 31st through April 2nd, 2000, offered something for everyone. In the main auditorium, actors from every incarnation of TREK appeared. This included VOYAGE...

Gasaraki Vol. #2
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 11-28-2000)

What They SayGiant robots meet in fierce combat for the first time as betrayals and bloodshed tear the allied coalition apart. Friend and foe become meaningless words as brother sacrifices brother in a desperate battle for control of the secrets behind th...


Dragon Knight: The Wheel of Time
by Justin Rich (Thu 04-21-2005)

What They SayMany years have passed since the shining example of knightly virtue, Takeru, performed his heroic deeds. Now it falls to his son, Kakeru, to save the kingdom from encroaching evil. The forces of Lucifon, ruler of the eastern realm of Reimlin...

SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE - The Making of the Motion Picture
by Edward Gross (Fri 02-18-2000)

...llowed by BACK TO THE FUTURE Part II and Part III and the forthcoming LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy.'You never realize how big and impossible a job it is to tackle a picture, because if you did you'd probably never do it,' proclaims Richard Donner, the dir...

FARSCAPE's D'Argo: Anthony Simcoe
by Anna L. Kaplan (Mon 06-19-2000)

... Back and Back to the Future,` the audience learns that D’Argo’s real crime is not why he was imprisoned. Later, in `They’ve Got a Secret,` a disoriented D’Argo reveals the truth. He was married to a Sebacean, Lo’Laan (Alison Fox), against all laws a...

Tenchi in Tokyo Vol. #8
by Steve Brandon (Mon 02-18-2002)

...sappeared Back to the Future style ("Erased... from existence") from the picture in the previous episode! Unfortunately, my fears about the storyline, which I outlined in my reviews of the previous two volumes, seem to have come true: Ryoko killed a w...


Wells Enough to Travel
by ARNOLD T. BLUMBERG (Fri 03-08-2002)

...toiled on BACK TO THE FUTURE II & III, and collaborated with two other directors on the animated Biblical epic, PRINCE OF EGYPT. Now it's time heh heh to head back to the future. 800,000 years in the future to be exact."It struck me as the kind of mo...

FARSCAPE's Zhaan: Virginia Hey
by Anna L. Kaplan (Mon 06-26-2000)

... Back and Back to the Future’ was one of my all-time favorites, just because I loved the twisted plot and the way it keeps going back on itself. I loved Maldis as well. I loved working with Chris Haywood, [in] ‘That Old Black Magic,’ so I loved ‘That...

Future Comics' Future
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 01-16-2002)

Future Comics has made changes concerning its publishing plans.Co-founders Bob Layton and Dick Giordano have switched artistic duties on the upcoming series FREEMIND. Giordano will now be the regular penciler of the series with Layton providing the finish...

The Remaking of STAR TREK, Part 2: Life After Trek
by Edward Gross (Wed 12-08-1999)

... `yanked` back to the future. Larry Alexander, who supplied the story for another episode called `The Dream Machine, took this story and adapted it for the proposed STAR TREK II series of 1977. His teleplay was called `Tomorrow and the Stars,` and had ...


Sebastian Spence's Next Wave -- Part Two
by Miwa Hirai (Sun 09-16-2001)

In part one of CINESCAPE's profile of Sebastian Spence, the actor discussed his disappointment over the cancellation of his Sci-Fi Channel series FIRST WAVE as well as some of his current plans. In Part two, Spence delves deeper into the series' story arc...

FARSCAPE's D'Argo: Anthony Simcoe
by Anna L. Kaplan (Mon 06-19-2000)

... Back and Back to the Future,` the audience learns that D’Argo’s real crime is not why he was imprisoned. Later, in `They’ve Got a Secret,` a disoriented D’Argo reveals the truth. He was married to a Sebacean, Lo’Laan (Alison Fox), against all laws a...

A Brief History of Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy at the Oscars
by Steve Biodrowski (Mon 03-27-2000)

...S (1986), BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985), E.T. (1982), and RADIERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981). Prior to that year, the award was not given out every year; winners included CLOSE ENCOUNTERS (1977) and GOLDFINGER (1964).In the somewhat overlapping Sound category,...

A Brief History of Science Fiction, Horror & Fantasy at the Oscars
by Steve Biodrowski (Sat 03-25-2000)

...S (1986), BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985), E.T. (1982), and RADIERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981). Prior to that year, the award was not given out every year; winners included CLOSE ENCOUNTERS (1977) and GOLDFINGER (1964).In the somewhat overlapping Sound category,...


MEDIUM: Partners in Crime
by Stephen Lackey (Fri 04-18-2008)

It’s been a while since Agent Cooper (no, not that one) was first on Medium and he’s been missed. If you don’t remember, he’s the FBI profiler that tracks down killers and distributes his own brand of justice upon them. Alison was ...

Comicsacpe - January 11, 2006
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 01-11-2006)

Greetings and welcome to yet another edition of COMICSCAPE, where I give you something to read in your cubicle when the boss isn't looking. This week, rather than delving into the metaphysical implications of the influence of Thelema upon the inner-workin...

RETURN OF THE JOKER - A Batman Beyond All Expectations
by Steve Fritz (Wed 12-06-2000)

When it comes to creating direct-to-home animated videos, you`d think producers would have a lot more freedom than when they contend with Saturday morning fare. Bruce Timm, who`s been with the Batman animated shows since they started back on Fox in the ea...

Comicscape - August 2, 2006
by KURT AMACKER (Wed 08-02-2006)

When Boom! Studios published the first issue of WAR OF THE WORLDS: SECOND WAVE in March, the cover offered a quote from writer Mark Waid, who called the series "a sci-fi WALKING DEAD