Newsarama is reporting that legendary UNCANNY X-MEN writer ChrisClaremont and EXCALIBUR artist Alan Davis will become the new creative team on Marvel's UNCANNY X-MEN. Claremont rose to fame writing UXM in the mid-70s and was a direct component of transfo...
In the last few weeks, I've had the honor of getting to speak with not one, but two voice actors from ADV. This time around I did a little email sparring with Chris Patton. (Ah, gotta love the Internet as even interviews take on a whole new approach tha...
...e this is ChrisClaremont at his most manipulative and over-wrought, but in the confines of a graphic novel--literally, here, a novella broken up into chapters--he manages to tell a sensitive tale that at times rises above its cartoonish trappings and ...
Marvel Comics, which has declared October as "Claremonth" in honor of writer ChrisClaremont, has released a preview of X-TREME X-MEN #19.Here's how Marvel describes the issue:"With the quick pace of life, it's not often that old friends get to take a bre...
...itle) and ChrisClaremont giving us EXCALIBUR (which makes those of us who remember the last title under that name shudder uncontrollably). I'd like to hear from those of you who are fans of the X-Universe about whether you think the "ReLoad," as it's ...
...CS WRITER CHRISCLAREMONT ALWAYS CALLED HIM THE FALLEN SAMURAI.Yeah. That’s exactly what he is. And I think where Hugh’s input comes in is, Hugh has a great sense of humanity. A friend of mine came up to me in Toronto and said, `This isn’t the comic bo...
...EN writer ChrisClaremont to the book that made him a legend. Claremont will take over writing duties on UNCANNY X-MEN with issue #444, joined by EXCALIBUR artist Alan Davis.AVENGERS writer Chuck Austin will be taking over as writer on X-MEN #157 (form...
... today is ChrisClaremont. He`s a good writer, but when he does X-Men he`s a great writer. About 10 years ago he had creative differences with Marvel and departed the X-Men titles after many years. He really defined all those characters and their relat...
...en writer ChrisClaremont let it slip in an X-Men panel that the upcoming Maximum Security crossover will have lasting ramifications in the X-titles. What kind? Nothing less than a Kree-Shi’ar War 2, which will pit the X-Men and Avengers against each o...
...nged when ChrisClaremont came in when he worked with the character, is that his natural instinct as Wolverine was to take those claws and gut you. His first response to things was, ‘I will just kill you.’ But what would make him a hero is that about a...
... ghost of ChrisClaremont) in NEW X-MEN #8 ($2.99); and Craig Kyle & Christopher Yost continue the story of the character who (surprise, surprise) has ties to Wolverine from NYX in X-23 #1 (OF 6, $2.99).Show your buying power! Boycott ALPHA FLIGHT toda...
...r $24.99; ChrisClaremont ends "The End of History" in UNCANNY X-MEN #447, while simultaneously bringing us another of those damn "End" epics with X-MEN: THE END - BOOK ONE: DREAMERS & DEMONS #1 (of 6); X-MEN UNLIMITED #4 features that rarest of mutant...
...d of when ChrisClaremont and Wolverine showed up and made everybody care.Exiles #80 $2.99Fantastic Four 2nd Ptg Hitch Var #536 (PP #711) $2.99Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #8 $2.99Fury Peacemaker #4 (of 6) $3.50Hulk Visionaries Peter David Vol 3 TP...
... was when ChrisClaremont was still writing it and John Byrne was still drawing it. Some fans speak of that time as the X-Men's "golden age." Personally, I think NEW X-MEN is ushering in a new "golden age" right now.NEW X-MENGrade: A-Issue: No. 118Auth...
...ohn Byrne-ChrisClaremont "epic" that came before that only to discover that it was an extended lead-in to the new DOOM PATROL. Poor bastards. Issue #2 is out this week, if anyone cares.A final showdown with the new and horrifyingly more sadistic Frigh...
...a’s ChrisClaremont without all the loose plot ends. Millar’s intent seems to be to constantly re-invent the superhero genre with his own fatalistic vision. You can’t question his enormous successes with books like The Ulitm...
...series by ChrisClaremont and Frank Miller was a watershed moment for the psycho midget. It's breathtakingly awesome. Also includes Uncanny X-Men #172-175, featuring Wolverine's wedding and the beginning of Storm's punk phase, which was pretty much the...
...guy".Like ChrisClaremont and his X-MEN 2 novelization early this year, Peter David decided to do the novel version of the film based from a comic that he popularized. In all honestly, it took this reviewer by surprise that David, who is such an invent...
...rly since ChrisClaremont was still writing good X-Men stories back in the mid-80s. Thank you, Grant Morrison, for restoring my faith in mutation.I know I must be missing one or two, but since my comic shop requires a minimum of ten titles for a folder...
... Authors: ChrisClaremont, John Byrne, Terry AustinAs the rest of the X-Men head out for Christmas Eve, they leave their youngest new recruit, Kitty Pryde, alone in the mansion. She's never spent Chanukah away from her family before, and she's a bit ho...
...Byrne and ChrisClaremont and drawn by Byrne and Jerry Ordway. It seemed like the very recipe for success that this book has been needing. But in retrospect, so did Denny O'Neill's contribution to the book, and I haven't heard any hurrahs about that, e...
...Byrne and ChrisClaremont, will be all that exciting to read.CrossGen, home of that eminently filmable series RUSE, brings us other potential film properties by way of SOJOURN #33, NEGATION WAR PART ONE, and LADY DEATH: THE WILD HUNT #1. OK, maybe not ...
...R #1 have ChrisClaremont, it has Professor X, too! That should make some folks halfway happy, anyway...Psimon is back in OUTSIDERS #12 but is Roy ready? Hell, are any of us ready?The EXILES are in the regular Marvel Universe in #47, but they see it a...
...ot a line ChrisClaremont would write, that's for sure.) Of course, making Emma so alarmingly catty towards Kitty may lead us to question - again - why Scott would end up with Emma in the first place, but I imagine that Whedon will end up giving us the...
...Byrne and ChrisClaremont are writing the issue. That's more than enough. Meanwhile, in JSA #60, the team goes looking for the killer of a new hero in the Deep South. There are so many things I could say here that I'll just shut up and suffer in silenc...
...er of the ChrisClaremont and Frank Miller WOLVERINE #1. And I've observed that many readers are a fickle bunch, myself included, unless the story is really worth the annoyance." And how often is that? "Sometimes in the rush to create the best possible...
Diamond Select Toys has announced a 2006 San Diego Comic Con exclusive A Storm bust featuring the X-Man's classic punk-styled mohawk!Based on her appearance during ChrisClaremont and John Byrne's famous Uncanny X-Men run, this all-new exclusive Storm bu...
... ran into ChrisClaremont who recalled my letters, also. He asked if I wanted to interview Roy Thomas for FOOM magazine and I agreed. So, suddenly, I had a reason to come back to Marvel. And, as Roy was such a busy guy, it was weeks before I actuall...
...eread the ChrisClaremont and Frank Miller miniseries, and the Barry Windsor-Smith Weapon X.”
What do we know is likely happening but not a confirmed fact?
Tyler Mane (the new Michael Myers) may be reprising his role as Victor Creed/Sabertooth...
...s Batman; ChrisClaremont, Dave Cockrum, and John Byrne’s X-Men; and others that set the popular understanding of these characters. That popular understanding appears most often in licensed stuff, with some exceptions. Action figures se...
... (no, not ChrisClaremont) appears in EXILES #52 ($2.99); the other living planet with an ego to match is writing UNCANNY X-MEN #448 ($2.25); GAMBIT and JUBILEE both begin this week with issue #1 of ongoing series for each of the eponymous heroes (at $...
...#160; and ChrisClaremont figurative (rather than literal, this time) attempt to off the team in X-MEN: THE END - BOOK ONE: DREAMERS AND DEMONS #2 (OF 6). Honestly. What's next - HOWARD THE DUCK: THE END? (God, forget I said that...it'll probably be ou...
Marvel Comics has released a preview of MEKANIX, the new mini-series starring Kitty Pryde, by ChrisClaremont, Juan Bobillo and Marcelo Sosa.Following her appearance in X-MEN UNLIMITED #38 , the story picks up with Kitty tending bar at the University of...
Marvel Comics on Tuesday released the cover and preview pages from X-TREME X-MEN #16, which goes on sale on July 24. The issue is written by ChrisClaremont, with art and cover by Salvador Larroca. Here's how Marvel describes the issue: "With the worl...
...ritten by ChrisClaremont and drawn by John Byrne. Byrne's cover is the inspiration for the new diorama."I don't think there's a comic fan alive that doesn't recognize this image," comments Nick Barrucci, President of Dynamic Forces. "It's one of my pe...
...fact that ChrisClaremont is writing it. The first of six issues ships this week - inevitable collected edition to follow a month later, no doubt.Speaking of inevitable collected editions, somehow I don't think we're going to have to wait too long unti...
...ke to see ChrisClaremont do 'The Last X-Men Story.' But again, it doesn't take much imagination to try to figure out which creators would work in these kinds of scenarios. So it's definitely something that's always there and ready to go, but there's n...
...tion, the ChrisClaremont era, the original fab five and the animated series. The clash between Xavier and Magneto plays center stage with each leader striving for mutantkind`s survival. Xavier dreams of peace and harmony between the two races, and Ma...
...own-right ChrisClaremont. But art is all over the map. Wherever it lands, though, it`s dark, even in background; when was the last time you saw more than two or three pages in a comic with white borders? Color and ambience provide the only light in co...
...news that ChrisClaremont is doing a sequel to GOD LOVES, MAN KILLS in May within the pages of X-TREME X-MEN. "We don't have a title yet," notes Quesada. "The idea, of course, started kicking around when we heard that the movie itself was loosely based...
...ritten by ChrisClaremont to be even harder to understand? Why, get Chris Bachalo to draw it! I expect this to be completely impenetrable.X-MEN COLOSSUS BLOODLINE #1 (OF 5) $2.99I'm pretty leery of this puppy. Written by David Hine, whose so-so resume ...
...he latest ChrisClaremont X-series and the one-shot bringing together the Man of Steel and the...well, the Thundercats, written by no less than Judd Winick. The fact that these books show up at the low end of the list just goes to show that even good w...
When brought together in one book, the names "ChrisClaremont" and "X-Men" cause one of two reactions: either outright joy that someone's finally back to do the mutants right, or grim mutterings about overblown continuity rearing its ugly head once again....
"I always wanted to do an X-Men novel, but Marvel never wanted to produce one," admits comics legend ChrisClaremont. "[X-Men novels] were always done by outside licensors, and the deals were never right with those companies."Because of unfulfilled X-nove...
... run with ChrisClaremont just as the Brood took over Professor X and just before the continuity went totally berserk - it was the relationship between Peter and Kitty that provided the series with heart. Forget Scott and Jean - Scott was pining for a ...
...h hooray, ChrisClaremont gets to resurrect Excalibur yet again. This time they've given him Captain Britain, Juggernaut, Pete Wisdom, a pink-haired Dazzler and what's-her-name, the chick Nightcrawler. Man, Marvel isn't even pretending to give Chris an...
...e, writer ChrisClaremont decides to tell two light stories in a row, giving us `Ladies Night Out` followed by `Men.` In `Ladies Night Out,` the very 80’s, Sheena Easton-ish foursome of Storm, Psylocke, Rogue and Dazzler tire of their then-current Aust...
Marvel Comics has released a preview of X-TREME X-MEN: X-POSE #1, the two-issue mini-series that launches on Nov. 13.X-TREME X-MEN: X-POSE is written by ChrisClaremont, with art by Arthur Ransom and covers by Rodolfo Migliari. It involves two TV reporter...
...of ersatz ChrisClaremont stories and into new and interesting territory. Alan Moore revamped Swamp Thing in the 1980s to great acclaim. It can happen. But, more often than not, a publisher takes a series out into left field to generate ...
...ritten by ChrisClaremont with art by Steve Rude and Mark Buckingham; "Night After Night," written by Kelley Puckett with art by Tim Sale. The new volume also features a new cover illustration by Mike Mignola, along with stories by Warren Ellis and Jim...
ChrisClaremont returns to one of his favorite characters, Kitty Pryde, in MEKANIX #1, a six-issue mini-series that starts in October. The mini-series picks up with Kitty and her schooling at the University of Chicago. The art for the mini-series is by ...
...ritten by ChrisClaremont, which I'm told is a good thing. Claremont also writes X-TREME X-MEN #19, also shipping this week, in which Jean Grey guest-stars. Good grief. How many more puns on the X can they do, anyway? At this rate, we'll be getting a t...
...er-editor ChrisClaremont from the core X-Men books, the expansion of the Ultimate line of comics and the hiring of fan-favorite J. Michael Straczynski as the new scribe on The Amazing Spider-Man.`From day one that I landed here, [it was] ‘We’re going ...
...s: writer ChrisClaremont and artist Ale Garza. The issue introduces a new threat to the WildStorm Universe, one that DC says "will change the concept of Gen13 forever." The series will feature new characters, locales and villains. "Chris and Ale hav...
...ond is by ChrisClaremont, with a to-be-determined artist, though I have a few strong candidates. The third is also up in the air, with two finalists."The one-shots are on a six-week release schedule.
...een since ChrisClaremont and company paired up the X-Men and Teen Titans. (The DC characters got far less to do than the Marvel ones that time, as I recall, but I don't recall a similar backlash from DC fans on that occasion - and that book was well-w...
...ked up by ChrisClaremont and John Byrne is, so I won't. I'll only say that #99 is out this week, and that this is the end of it. Can I at least say "Hallelujah," then?Speaking of reasons to shout "Hallelujah"... THE LIGHT BRIGADE miniseries ends this ...
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...
...tic Four; ChrisClaremont and John Byrne with the X-Men; Frank Miller with Daredevil; and the list goes on. Hence, as comic readers age and move on, the publishers usually care less about their opinion than that of younger readers weaned on the Te...
Everyone can now breathe a sigh of relief, not only because Voyager was on the air this week in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Minneapolis, Phoenix, Orlando, Portland and Baltimore, but because people in those cities will still have many months of ...
Opening Ceremonies
Hosted by: Adam Ferraro
The opening ceremonies for Anime Boston took place in a grand theatre room. Crystal chandeliers hung from the ceiling and an upper level let some special guest sit from above and watch the people who were seate...
Just when I thought of lumping virtual reality stories into the same cliché dump as `…and then I woke up!` and cyberpunk, along came THE MATRIX. Shook things up a bit, as far as my acceptance of VR fiction. Now, thanks to Chris Carter, I’m back to the b...
Chris Wedge (Ice Age) will direct the upcoming animated film THE LEAF MEN AND THE BRAVE GOOD BUGS for 20th Century Fox Animation.The film is described as an epic adventure centering on ancient elfin magic, the book follows a troop of brave bugs who march ...
Chris Weitz (ABOUT A BOY) is executive producing 55 HOLLY STAR for Exodus Film Group, with Michael A. Nickles (THIS IS NOT A FILM) writing and directing. Nickles' tale concerns a salesman near the end of his rope who has a near-death experience, and invol...
Chris Rock's next film will be for Universal Pictures and called SICK DAY. Teaming up with Imagine Entertainment and producer Brian Grazer, Rock will play a lazy guy who phones in sick to his job and then causes trouble with the next-door neighbors. The r...
With the quirky animated feature ICE AGE currently taking the box office by storm, first time director Chris Wedge takes a moment to reflect on the obstacles, challenges, and joys of working on this chillingly funny CG feature.
Ray Romano, John Legu...
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...
According to Moviehole, Chris Durand (Halloween H20) will play a role in the upcoming sequel RESIDENT EVIL: EXTINCTION.The site says Durand will play one of the film's foremost villains and "will be a hard peach to squash."Moviehole also reported that Jen...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Chris Moore, known for ripping into novice directors on Project Greenlight, will make his own directorial debut on the horror-action film Killers.The script, written by Kelly C. Palmer, revolves around a group of close...
Chris Klein was pretty excited about signing on board John McTiernan's upcoming ROLLERBALL remake.While talking to Chicago Sun-Yimes columnist Cindy Pearlman, Klein spoke of his enthusiasm for the vehicle, saying, "It was a movie where I read the script a...
Plus an Ohayocon 2008 preview, Wii workouts, reviews & more in episode 57.
GRIMES, IA, January 4, 2008 – Anime producer and mega-online anime retailer Right Stuf, Inc. is pleased to welcome Chris Beveridge – the founder and webmaster of Anim...
While this isn\'t the Ten Year Anniversary article that I had originally intended to write, it actually works well as a piece to talk about the future of AnimeOnDVD.com. Please take a few moments to read a Special Announcement from Chris Beveridge about t...
One has to wonder how director Joe Carnahan feels about being snubbed twice by J.J Abrams. First, he had the directing gig set for MISSION IMPOSSIBLE III only to lose the gig, something Abrams eventually was awarded from Paramount. Now, he has his lo...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Chris Columbus is in negotiations to direct the upcoming fantasy adaptation, The Lightning Thief.Based on the first book in the "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series by Rick Riordan, the story centers on a...
A Fantagraphics Books email update notes that 826 Valencia, a young writers' resource in San Francisco that provides tutoring, workshops, and English as a second language classes, sports a two-story mural designed by award winning comics artist and book d...
Chris Evans' primary claim to fame these days is Johnny Storm in the Fantastic Four movies. His other genre ventures include the criminally underrated Sunshine and the recent CG-animated version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He returns to science ficti...
SCARY MOVIE 2 by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Sat 01-05-2002)
Lying awake at Christmas camp, I tapped the upper bunk and awoke a fellow councilor. "Hey Greg, you know I was just thinking. That movie SCARY MOVIE 2, it had some funny moments. In fact, I think it might be Chris Elliott's finest hour." Greg, awoken, jum...
THE X-FILES creator Chris Carter is currently toiling with his team on the conclusion of the cult series turned pop culture phenomenon, but he had a few spare moments to look back on the season that provided the mythology connection between the TV show an...
The first season of Chris Carter's MILLENNIUM has finally been given a Region 1 street date of July 20. This disturbing thriller debuted on Fox in 1996 and contained storylines that were even more darker than Carter's other creation, THE X-FILES. MILLENNI...
X-Files creator Chris Carter made a rare convention appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con International 2000 on Saturday, July 22. Following a brief, introductory video clip that featured scenes from The X-Files` past seven seasons, several X-Files bloope...
We`ve seen tons of sci-fi films set in outer space, where our brave, spacesuit-clad explorers visit far off places, battle alien beings or even get lost. Each of these shows feature some kind of spacesuit that you know a real astronaut could never actuall...
Though this latest press statement of a new Chris Carter movie goes out of its way to say it's "not supernatural", it's hard to say whether the film will not have some genre aspects. After all, it's Chris Carter, series creator of "The X-Fi...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Chris Palmer is attached to direct the upcoming film A Spell for Chameleon for Warner Bros Pictures.Chameleon is based on the Piers Anthony novel that kicked off his incredibly popular and long-running Xanth novel seri...
In a recent interview to promote the release of HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS, director Chris Columbus commented on the concerns he has about the three young stars of the film -- Daniel Radcliffe (Harry Potter), Emily Watson (Hermione Granger) a...
Chris O'Donnell has been cast in one of the lead roles for TNT's upcoming limited series, THE COMPANY.The series is from Sony Pictures Television and is based on Robert Littell's best-selling book. The series will be six hours long and trace the history ...
Chris Carter, who wasn't able to attend the TCA gathering in L.A. did get in his take on signing on to another season of THE X-FILES via a letter to Fox.The letter, which was distributed to the press had Carter addressing his signing, saying, "The decisio...
Funnyman Chris Tucker is standing on the verge of making big bucks for coming back in a sequel to MONEY TALKS for New Line Cinema. Tucker stands to make $20 million dollars guaranteed for starring in the sequel, with more profit participation (his salary ...
Genre:Adventure/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio:20th Century Fox.Production Company:1492 Pictures.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Ioan Gruffudd (Reed Richards/"Mr. Fantastic"); Michael Chiklis (Benjamin J. Grimm/"The Thing"); Jessica Alba (Susan "Sue" Sto...
All right, lets get this little shindig on the way.
Good evening everyone. :)
This being our first official studio chat, we're finding our way in how we're doing things, so please bear with us tonight.
Charles McCarter of Bandai has been gracious enou...
The Lookout marks the feature directing debut of Scott Frank, who wrote the delightful Kenneth Branagh vehicle Dead Again and did the screenplays for the adaptations of Elmore Leonard’s Get Shorty and Out of Sight. The Lookout is every bit as na...
Well after returning home to find that an imposter had given an interview in her stead, Divi was pretty upset. As it turns out the imposter is not only someone who knows Divi well enough to impersonate her but has also caused trouble in the past. With som...
Some movies divide their audiences in two. SOLARIS is more likely to create three camps people who are totally baffled, people who respond ardently to director/scenarist Steven Soderbergh's mixture of sincere inquiry into issues of identity, memory and i...
Watch out sci fi and fantasy fans we've got some work to do with a slew of new titles being released today. The 1632, Diablo, Ghosts of Albion, and A Song of Ice and Fire series all get new installments this week. Koji Suzuki, the literary source for the ...
Release Date: December 7, 2007 Studio: New Line Cinema Director: Chris Weitz Screenwriter: Chris Weitz Cast: Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Sam Elliott, Eva Green, Dakota Blue Richards, Ian McKellen, Ian McShane, Freddie Highmore, Kathy Bates, Tom Cour...
OPINION: Before I embark on this column, I want to indulge in a bit of CYA: the ideas herein are not all that original, nor are they all my own. Firstly, I am not the first (nor will I be the last) comics critic to note that death is a far more mutable co...
Months of acrimony between Viacom, Inc. and Chris-Craft, who jointly owned UPN until Viacom forced Chris-Craft to sell earlier in the year, came to a head this week when Chris-Craft shocked Viacom by revealing a deal with another media giant, Rupert Murdo...
Happy Thanksgiving to you all! I wish I could say I'm thankful for all the responses I got regarding last week's question, but because of the snafu that afflicted last week's column the one from the previous week went out first, along with a blank templ...
After a quarter of a century of terrifying audiences worldwide, THE EXORCIST recently went under the knife and recovered 13 minutes! Opening in over 800 theatres across America on September 22nd, THE EXORCIST: THE VERSION YOU’VE NEVER SEEN contains an ent...
The time has come for all truths to be known and fans to believe once again as Fox Home Entertainment exposes the complete world of “The X-Files” with the remarkable 61-disc DVD collection THE X-FILES”–THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR’...
What an excellent day for an extended exorcism! Come September 22nd over 800 theatres across America will exhibit the definitive edition of the 1973 classic THE EXORCIST that contains 13 minutes of restored footage!When the movie initially opened on Decem...
...hing with ChrisClaremont's name on it is worth selling. With JLA: SCARY MONSTERS, they're wrong on both counts. The problem isn't Claremont's handling of the team, though - any reader of the X-MEN in the mid-'80s knows that Claremont arguably underst...
...-MEN with ChrisClaremont's classic DARK PHOENIX SAGA in UNCANNY X-MEN. However, the script lifts the two most defining features of those stories -- the mutant cure and Jean Grey as Dark Phoenix, respectively -- and, save for a couple of scenes, ignor...
When Cannon Films offered Sidney J. Furie the opportunity to direct Superman IV, he considered it a no-lose situation. `Without being catty,` says Furie, `Superman III screwed up, and it screwed up because a brilliant director had full reign and he didn`t...
POOTIE TANG by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Fri 12-21-2001)
It’s a crazy world we live in, filled with all sorts of corruption: vice, murder, stealing, gorillas – we need a contemporary savior, a belt-wielding super hero… We need Pootie Tang. While reality would never, ever be able to provide such an incoherent sm...
The nominees for the 2004 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been announced. The Eisners are held every year at the San Diego International Comic Convention and are the comic industry's equivalent of the Oscars. Simply put, these are the best of the b...
What They SayYesterday, Chris\' biggest problem was getting into a good college. Now, his spirit has been hijacked by wings of light, and transported into an ancient world! Summoned by an enslaved tribe to lead a bloody revolution, Chris must quickly adap...
It's kind of boring when a columnist says something like "2003 proved to be the year of the great dubs!" What happens when 2004 proves that statement wrong? Ignoring all that, 2003 did prove to be a spectacular year for dub fans with many studios puttin...
It’s six in the morning. What on God’s green earth would get someone like me to wake up so early? The Dark Night, the long anticipated sequel to the wildly successful Batman Begins. Believe it or not, there are showings for the newest Christop...
We're approaching the final months of development for Capcom's next installment into their Award-winning franchise with Resident Evil 5 ready to hit both the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 either later this year or 2009, depending on different sources. Capcom...
Batman Begins by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 02-28-2005)
Genre:Action/Comic Book Adaptation/Sequel.Studio:Warner Brothers.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Christian Bale (Bruce Wayne/"Batman"); Michael Caine (Alfred); Katie Holmes (Rachel); Liam Neeson (Henri Ducard); Morgan Freeman...
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 ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Shimizu Aki (Original Concept: Konami)Translated by:Patrick CoffmanAdapted by:What They SayEnter a world filled with adventure, love, bravery and courage.
Enter the world of Suikoden!
As a young girl, Chris Longfellow lost he...
For the last eight years, THE X-FILES has been mesmerizing its television audiences with its mysterious entities, government conspiracies, alien abductions, malevolent mutants, and whimsical creatures, all wrapped up in a detective-show type format. Among...
Before I get to my interview with THE SURROGATES creator Robert Venditti, there's some movie madness to take care of first. I just saw BATMAN BEGINS at an early screening. While not perfect, it is still very, very good. I'm still gathering my thoughts and...
It seems that the very mention of the word "reboot" was enough to rile many of you and for good reason though it seems that's not all you were worked up about this week. And speaking of being worked up about something in comics...isn't page four of IDEN...
Straight continuity. That`s the way director Richard Lester describes the genesis of Superman III, a sequel that had to be produced given the worldwide success of the first two entries in the series. The question, however, was where to take the Man of Ste...
It is almost impossible to miss the signs if you know what to look for. From the framed Ghost in the Shell and Naussica prints in the family room to the stuffed Totoro and Kero-chan in her bedroom, it becomes clear. My daughter is being raised in an anime...
Well, it's been a few weeks, so it's about time for another installment of everyone's favorite Dub Column, Lost in Translation. (Well, it's my favorite Dub Column, so that makes it all right.) Now that summer is here, many of you are probably making you...
Greetings; my name is Luis Cruz, one of the official AoD minions that joined the ranks this past year. Prior to my official involvement, I was involved (read "lurked a lot") in the forums, wrote the AnimeOnDVD.com Recommends "Akira" piece, and w...
Recorded at: Anime Central '05
Caitlin Glass may be relatively new to anime dubbing, but she's already played some fantastic characters. She's probably best known for her role as Winry in Fullmetal Alchemist. Her other characters include Hiyono in Spiral...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Chigusa KawaiTranslated by:Sachiko SatoAdapted by:What They SayAs Georges and Robert continue to become more at ease with each other, Georges\' long-time friend Henri begins to question his own relationship with Georges. Henri...
Here is a list of Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Oscar Winners. Included are both obvious genre films and borderline efforts perhaps more commonly thought of as dramas (e.g., HAMLET, SONG OF BERNADETTE). Inevitably, this kind of judgment call leaves...
Warning! Spoilers ahead!This week my Source Who Is Often Though Not Always Right said he`d heard intimations of some of the rumors I reported a few weeks ago from the Voyager`s Delights web page, which I had dismissed as outrageous. I still find them hard...
For this 52-minute mail-order documentary videotape that details the X-Files fan phenomenon, documentary filmmakers Maria Bowen and Chris Clements, along with producer Julie Goldman, connected with the fans at the roving X-FILES Expo conventions in 1998. ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yu WataseTranslated by:JN ProductionsAdapted by:Lance CaselmanWhat They SayNew allies Mei Lin and Billy come to the aid of Alice, Kyo, Nyozeka, Frey, and Chris in their fight against the dark forces of Mara. Together, they con...
Trek News, Trek Spoilers, Trek TV, Trek People, Trek Awards Due to the mid-season Television Critics Association press junket held last week in California, Trek news and rumors have been flying fast and furious. UPN struggled for survival, Voyager hyped i...
Like many filmmakers today, McG got his start in music videos, producing work for the likes of Sublime, Korn and Cypress Hill. He then scored a huge success with the 2000 feature film version of Charlie's Angels followed by a less-then-well-received seque...
What They SayAfter the successful international release of her first solo album, \'sweets,\' anime fans simply couldn\'t get enough of Yoko Ishida, whose upbeat personality and sweet, alluring melodious vocals have highlighted such fan-favorite series as ...
Even before he began his prolific run as the composer for THE X-FILES, Mark Snow had racked up an impressive array of television and feature film scores since emerging into Hollywood television music in 1976. With more than 200 features, TV-movies, minise...
Normally, what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, but when TV's favorite dysfunctional cartoon family comes to Sin City, the results are too hilarious to keep quiet. Peter Griffin, wife Lois, kids Meg, Chris and baby Stewie and dog Brian will all be there w...
This is both the best and the worst time of year for a TV writer. It's the best because a new season is in bloom, with promising new entertainments across the dial. It's the worst because I suddenly have even less of a social life than normal. I've seen s...
This is probably one of those items that you either want or you don’t. Presenting every episode from Season Two of The X-Files, this DVD box set is clearly aimed at fans and collectors whose long-term goal is to have a complete collection resting on their...
Alright readers, I'm going to warn you now that this "memo" should be taken with a grain of salt. The reasoning behind that warning is we don't know how old this memo is..It could have been pulled together by the various studios rather quickly a...
Remember that "Pre-Strike Priority List" we discussed last month? It had a laundry list of high profiles films which the studios wanted in production prior to the impending June 2008 strike. Well, it seems as time has rolled onward since Septemb...
The Review!As some of you from the chat may know, I run a website at http://senshitv.dhs.org called SenshiTV, and if any of you look at it, you can tell what a flaming Moonie I am, so you can bet your life I'm scrutinizing this disc as best I can. I went ...
What They SayHigh school, archery club, and boys were the things that filled Juna\'s daily life. But when an accident leaves her clinging tenuously between life and death, fate intervenes as she becomes the sole witness to scenes of Earth\'s destruction a...
What They SayEver wanted to learn more about the faces behind the voices of your favorite anime? KyleHebert.com is proud to launch a new, unique, and just plain fun DVD series devoted exclusively to anime dub voice actor interviews. Its new and unique bec...
The first teaser trailer for Warner Premiere's upcoming sequel Lost Boys: The Tribe has premiered online courtesy of MTV. The upcoming sequel to the 1987 cult classic will star Corey Feldman, Jamison New Lander, Angus Sutherland, Tad Hilgenbrink, Autumn R...
The Review!After 7 years of rumor, guessing and unwilling to continue the series from the producer, the new Sol Bianca series has finally made to my house. ^_^ As a huge fan of the original Sol Bianca Movies from ADV, I have very high hope and expectatio...
Following up the recent releases of Blue Gender and Yu Yu Hakusho, FUNimation shows quite a bit of confidence with the dub for their first release from the popular Lupin the 3rd series. Just how popular is Lupin the 3rd? Lupin started out in 1971, endin...
What They SayFrom the creative pinnacle of two of Japan’s most beloved anime creators, Shoji Kawamori (Macross, Escaflowne) and Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne)!
High school, archery club, and boys were the things that filled Juna’s dai...
The full schedule for this year's Comic Con has been released here but as always, we're going to sift through the press releases and give you the panels covering Movies, DVD and TV events. You can check out the first two days below.Wednesday, July 23, PRE...
Looks like another beach babe is about to bite the dust in Lost Boys 2, judging from the first vampire photo released online over at Shock Til You Drop. The sequel to the 87 cult classic stars Tad Hilgenbrink, Autumn Reeser, Angus Sutherland, Corey Feldma...
Who needs speculative spewing gossip rags when the actual production staff—executive producers, directors and stars--- will do the dirty work themselves?
Welcome back Maniacs to our second installment of the Top Maniacal Rumors of the We...
The Review!Anyone who frequents the forum on a regular basis has come across, at one time or another, my moaning at Dan Rockwell about the delays in even announcing a date for this title. If you've seen those posts, you know that ADV's announcement of thi...
The Review!The Lodoss OVA was my first anime purchase, let alone my first anime DVD purchase. That was almost 2 years ago now. And, though I don't exactly remember why I chose it of all the anime out there, my ICQ history log tells me I should thank Chris...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Christopher Young has come full circle. Despite notable attempts to shed his well-worn cloak as a master of horror film music (Young has frequently described himself as "The Larry Talbot of Film Music"), Young has continue...
Hello, and welcome to yet another foray into the exciting world of anime dubs. This time we're taking a look at the second volume of the Giant Super Robot series Gravion, being released by ADV Films. This second volume puts the Gravion robot and the fight...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Shin MidorikawaTranslated by:Elina IshikawaAdapted by:Elina IshikawaWhat They SaySince ancient days, the Gaius School of Witchcraft and Wizardry has trained the fiercest swordsmen and the most powerful wizards. Now one boy cou...
The Review!Tenchi in Tokyo: A New Friend is the second domestically released volume of the Shin Tenchi Muyo TV series which aired on Japanese TV in 1997
Episode 5 is "Money, Money, Money." My all-time favorite Tenchi episode is episode #6 of the first TV...
Say goodbye to any reference to the long running mythology plotline for X-Files 2, says Chris Carter. In an article over at Usa Today, the creator confirmed about what not to expect in this upcoming sequel from 20th Century Fox. It was already leaked and ...
Playwright/actor/director/producer Tyler Perry will be appearing in the next STAR TREK, says Ugo's Back Row Chatter. Our friend Pat also scored some impressive plot information about his character in the film, which revolves around Kirk (Ch...
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented the 2002-2003 Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards, for programs and individual achievements, at the 55th Annual Emmy Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on Saturday, September 13. Highlights of the pr...
VIDEO NEWSHELLRAISER: HELLSEEKER, which reunites stars Doug Bradley and Ashley Laurence from the first film in the series, will hit video stores this October. But FANGORIA.COM recently reported that a sequel to that sequel is already in the works. Apparen...
In the May issue of CINESCAPE magazine, X-FILES agent Gillian Anderson is joining in on the reflection on and mad flurry of work to finish the last hours of the show. "It's the end and it brings with it many different feelings and emotions," Anderson tol...
... $2.99Al: ChrisClaremont goes on the Michael Jackson Team for me. See, it makes me happier to pretend that Michael Jackson was killed in a tragic accident right after he released "Dangerous". Thus his brilliance was never tempered by creepiness and Je...
Fox Home Entertainment's Ice Age Super-Cool Edition arrived on DVD this week. From Academy Award®-winning* director Chris Wedge (Robots), the Ice Age Super-Cool Edition two-disc DVD set is mammoth-sized entertainment, featuring an all new "Extreme Co...
Have you ever found yourself walking down a Hong Kong street when all of a sudden you find yourself on the set of a sci-fi thriller in the middle of production? No? Well, one of our oldest scoopers, Flyboy, found himself on the set of PUSH last week ...
Some facts and details have emerged online lately over the sequel, LOST BOYS 2: THE TRIBE, which hits DVD next year. Previous reports had both Coreys (Feldman and Haim) & the other Frog brother, Jamison Newlander, also set to appear in ...
Last Updated: September 4, 2006Genre: Action, Fantasy, Sci-FiProduction Company: Rogue PicturesDistributors: NAProject Phase: Optioned PropertyBudget: NAWho's In It: NAWho's Making It: Chris Kirby (Writer), Daniel Alter (Producer), Adrian Askarieh (Produc...
Wow. I thought I was the only person on the planet with deep emotional scars from season-ending cliffhangers. Clearly, I am not alone. The last week has seen a deluge of e-mail and postings enumerating the heinous narrative hooks that have drug we hapl...
Chris Carter has signed a deal to stay on board THE X-FILES for one more season. He will continue as the showrunner working alongside executive producers, Frank Spotnitz, Vince Gilligan and John Shiban.Regarding the deal, Fox Broadcasting prez Gail Berman...
For reasons left unsaid, the character of Sam Emerson (Corey Haim) is coming back for Lost Boys 2, reports Shock Til You Drop. Initially, his character was said to be returning in the sequel but was ultimately cut out of the script. Now, director P.J. Pes...
THE EXORCIST was--and remains--a galvanic theatrical experience, one in which each individual`s reaction to the film is enhanced by the kind of group psychology that takes over in crowded rooms, by the communal sense of shared experience, by the chorus of...
William B. Davis is making an argument, laying out his analysis. He`s comparing his own character on Fox` The X-Files, the minimally-named Cigarette Smoking Man (or `CSM,`) to David Duchovny`s hero, Fox Mulder. `Let`s start with outcomes,` he says, hands ...
On the Big Screen!
On December 2nd, 2001, Anime on DVD presented the Boston area
DVD premier of Bandai's upcoming release of Love Hina Vol. #1 in its original
Japanese language with English subtitles. Our e...
What They SayThe Biggest Jpop Hits! Your Favorite Theme Songs Now available on one disc! All your favorite Jpop and Anime Theme songs, released for the first time in the US! 15 tracks, plus phonetic (Romaji) Lyrics in the booklet, so you can sing along! L...
Capcom has been virtually silent up to now about their upcoming fifth installment in the Resident Evil franchise. Little-to-no information has been relayed other than a few trailers at various gaming conventions over the last two years. Not anymore. The l...
After twenty-eight years, William Peter Blatty is finally happy with the film version of The Exorcist that he scripted and produced. Ever since the initial release, the author has expressed his disappointment with William Friedkin`s final cut, even going ...