DeathDealer #6 by Kurt Amacker, Columnist (Sat 02-02-2008)
Frank Frazetta’s DeathDealer has seen print in comics form before, via Glenn Danzig’s publisher, Verotik. But, given the lack of story behind Frazetta’s original series of paintings, Nat Jones, Jay Fotos, Joshua Ortega, and Jason H...
...a’s DeathDealer has long haunted our collective imagination as an icon of dark fantasy. Lurking somewhere between Conan and Count Dracula, the character appeared in a series of paintings by Frazetta that jumped off the canvas and inspi...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, John Goodman has signed on to star in 20th Century Fox's upcoming vigilante drama DEATH SENTENCE. He will join Kevin Bacon, Kelly Preston and Aisha Tyler in the cast of the film.The film centers on a father, played by ...
...Frazettas DeathDealer #2 (of 6) (MR) $3.99
Kurt: Well, this sold like hotcakes last issue, and it was actually pretty good. You might have to snap up a second printing of #1 to catch up, but it’s worth your time.
Hero By Night #3 ...
...Frazettas DeathDealer #1 (MR) $3.99
Frank Frazetta: Psst, hey kid, you ever tried death before? First one’s free.
Kurt: I think I’ll have to pick this up.
Nightly News #5 (of 6) $2.99
MARVEL COMICS
Amazing...
Long Awaited Debut Of Unique Action Crime Drama Will Delight Fans
San Francisco, CA, June 29, 2007 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, announc...
Music And Pop Culture Retailer To Offer Tickets To Attend
North American Premiere Of Film Based On Popular Manga
And Animated Supernatural Crime Thriller
San Francisco, CA, May 15, 2008 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's ...
This DVD double dose of horror in the Florida Everglades does double duty as a loving tribute to director/writer William Grefe, as damn well it should! (Geez, the way people talk nowadays, you’d think that the only good schlock directors in the ’60s &...
In the last two installments of our three-part look ahead at the future of Lady Death, we talked with writer John Ostrander about LADY DEATH: THE MOURNING, a story arc that will see the pallid sword-wielder dealing with the very real threat of AIDS in a r...
Hello, and welcome once again to the exciting and action-packed land of English voice acting. Join me a few moments as I discuss Lady Death: The Motion Picture (hereafter simply Lady Death), released by ADV Films. This is an interesting project because it...
From a press release
Centennial, Colo. – What will be the last name written in the Death Note? The drama and suspense surrounding that very question is brought to life when NCM Fathom and VIZ pictures once again team up to present 'Death Note II: T...
DEATH NOTE AND DEATH NOTE: THE LAST NAME Based On Popular Anime And Manga Series That Have Taken Japan And North America By Storm
San Francisco, CA, September 18, 2007 VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film ...
...Frazettas DeathDealer #3 (Of 6) (MR) $3.99
Kurt: The first issue was pretty good (and successful), but I’m waiting for the run to finish before I read it.
Invincible #43 $2.99
Kiss 4K #2 $2.99
Kurt: I don’t even want to...
...Frazettas DeathDealer #4 (Of 6) (MR) $3.99
Lions Tigers & Bears Vol 2 #4 (Of 4) $2.99
Lucha Libre #1 $5.99
Ben: Like Nacho without all the Jack Black.
Madame Mirage #2 $2.99
Ben: Hey Dini, how come you can do this and ...
Like goth? Like monsters? Like comic books? Like movies? Well, here's a movie that's all for you, bringing all these things together in one package. Selene (Kate Beckinsale of PEARL HARBOR) is a vampire warrior, a "deathdealer" assigned to protect a vamp...
...Frazettas DeathDealer #6 (Of 6) (MR) $3.99
Ben: He goes around selling marriage licenses and faulty birth control.
Kurt: I know what I’m doing this weekend – watching nudie movies! Actually, I’ll be reading through all six iss...
The Yotsuba arc comes to a close and the series shifts gears once again as Light regains his true sense of purpose.What They SayThe Yotsuba Group enlists an investigator to uncover L\'s identity, while Misa, who\'s been hired as their spokesperson, does s...
I had put off reading or watching Death Note, as everyone under the sun seems to be singing its praises. However, I finally decided to put down the cash and see if it really is a masterpiece, and I have to report, yes, it is.
The set-up is tailor...
If you're not a fan of either the FRIDAY THE 13th or NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET movie series, you will not be converted by this long-awaited crossover, but it delivers the bloody "goods" for the horror faithful. Effectively forgotten by his home town of...
... vampire "deathdealer," a warrior in the ancient combat between the vampire covens and the lycans, known to the rest of us as werewolves. The vampires are winning the war, despite the werewolves' ability to transform at will, not just under the full m...
...Frazettas DeathDealer Deluxe HC $49.99
Noble Causes #33 $3.50
Ben: Like buying all the copies of Countdown so no one else will chance upon them.
Proof #7 (MR) $2.99
Top Cow Summer Reading Set $10.99
Kurt: Is this like that thing they did at the p...
Last time, writer John Ostrander gave us the scoop on the new Lady Death story arc, THE MOURNING. In Part 2, he explains why Lady Death isn't just another "bad girl," chats a bit about his opinion of the so-called "mainstreaming" of the Chaos! Universe, a...
Dark is one way to put it. Bizarre... another. The new comedy DEATH TO SMOOCHY is about as weird as they come. And SMOOCHY director/co-star Danny DeVito wouldn't want it any other way."I thought it was really outrageous and far out and fun to do," says De...
... known as DeathDealers and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In the Dark Ages, a young Lycan named Lucian (Sheen) emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor (Nighy), the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them. ...
What They SayLight Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and he\'s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies,...
Not very long ago, 2000 AD represented all that was futuristic and fantastic within our common view of life. That far-off era was held for fantasies of high technology or tales of The End of All That We Know or, at the very least, showing humanity in its ...
... an adept deathdealer who makes use of gun and sword alike. She appears to be on a quest for vengeance as she dispatches her way through gun-toting clergymen in order to reach the church's Padre. Quick and to the point we'll just have to wait until ...
... known as DeathDealers and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In the Dark Ages, a young Lycan named Lucian (Sheen) emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor (Nighy), the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them. ...
OPINION: I had hoped to do a column this week on Free Comics Day or on SPIDER-MAN 2 - both of which I experienced yesterday (Saturday, July 3) but you had so much to say about last week's column on the Revolving Door of Death that instead I'm turning the...
... known as DeathDealers and their onetime slaves, the Lycans. In the Dark Ages, a young Lycan named Lucian emerges as a powerful leader who rallies the werewolves to rise up against Viktor, the cruel vampire king who has enslaved them. Lucian is joined...
As a young child, John Ostrander was forbidden from reading the kind of "offensive" comics that figures like the infamous Dr. Frederic Wertham railed against in public appearances and in print. Now he's a comic book writer himself, working on characters l...
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...
...Frazettas DeathDealer #5 (Of 6) (MR) $3.99
Jack Kevorkian: I’m suing for trademark infringement.
Madman Atomic Comics #5 $2.99
Popgun Vol 1 GN $29.99
Proof #2 (MR) $2.99
Dr. Rob: You start with certain "undefine...
Paris, FRANCE, April 8, 2008 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies and The Licensing Machine, a new division of Panini UK, engaged in TV, Home Vide...
The Death Note anime is quickly reaching the halfway point of its American run, and it is much-loved. The games of cat and mouse between serial killer Kira and the mysterious detective named L have reached a peak. The anime comes highly recommended: It lo...
First, the good news: next week is my first interview in a while. I'll be talking with the man...the legend...THE CHIN: Bruce Campbell. We'll be chatting about his new comic book and movie THE MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN. The first issue of the miniserie...
What They SayThe human whose name is written in this note shall die.
Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami suddenly finds himself holding the power of life and death in his hands, the power of the the Death Note! He decides to rid the wor...
Although most of the story has been reimagined for dramatic purposes, there's a real-life tragic weirdness at the heart of CITY BY THE SEA: a New York cop was not only the son of a convicted murderer but also the father of a killer.Unlike the tabloid hyst...
Three Of The Hottest Animated Action Series Sweeping North America Offered With Convenience, Flexibility And DVD Quality
San Francisco, CA, January 25, 2008 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and compr...
One of the refreshing thing about watching foreign films is the ways they diverge in their storytelling from American standards, which are so well-worn that, as audience members, we're programmed to respond to them, even as we yawn at their predictability...
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ADV Films has
announced that production on the long-awaited feature film adaptation of Chaos!
Comics' Lady Dea...
Innovative Agreement Will Provide Episodes On A Download To Own/Rent Basis Soon After They Air In Japan
San Francisco, CA, January 10, 2007 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Writer: Tsugumi Ohba / Artist: Takeshi ObataTranslated by:N/AAdapted by:What They SayLight Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note...
Hottest Anime Release Of The Year To Feature Notable Cast Of Veteran Voice Talent
San Francisco, CA, September 4, 2007 " Following on the heels of the announcement of the release of the DEATH NOTE anime series on DVD, VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of ...
Suspenseful Mystery To Debut On October 20
San Francisco, CA, September 26, 2007 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, has licensed the Shonen...
What They SayOnly in death does she find the will to live. Her legend begins in the 15th century. Stripped of her innocence by her father\'s betrayal, a pious, young woman, Hope, is sentenced to a trial by fire. She reluctantly accepts her father\'s offer...
Lady Death has never looked healthier, although she could probably stand to eat a sandwich now and again. Eating is something she might have to learn all over again, however, particularly since she's only just become human after an eternity as a Hellish b...
Discovery of a notebook which can cause people to die of any kind of causes imaginable throws the world into chaos.
What They SayLight Yagami is an ace student who finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god named Ryuk. Any h...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Writer: Tsugumi Ohba / Artist: Takeshi ObataTranslated by:Alexis KirschAdapted by:What They SayWhiteout
After a week locked up with no one but Ryuk for company, Light is ready to give up his Death Note and all memories of it. ...
Last week's Mumbling Kitsune took an in-depth look at Light Yagami, the twisted genius at the head of Death Note. Was his ambitious desire to wipe out the scum of the world by writing their names in a bewitched notebook a worthy endeavor, or was he just p...
VIZ PICTURES ANNOUNCES CANADIAN THEATRICAL DEBUT OF LIVE ACTION FEATURE FILM — DEATH NOTE
Company Also Announces Special DEATH NOTE Advance Ticket Bundle That Includes A Ticket To Screening And DVD Of The Film
San Francisc...
Secure Downloads Of Highly Anticipated Action Series Available To Domestic Audiences
San Francisco, CA, June 26, 2007 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing...
From a press release
San Francisco, CA, April 14, 2008 – VIZ Pictures, an affiliate of VIZ Media, LLC that focuses on Japanese live-action film distribution, has announced that it will team with NCM FATHOM, the entertainment division of National Ci...
VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES ONE-TIME DOWNLOAD EXCLUSIVE OF DEATH NOTE ANIME TRAILERS AT NEW YORK COMIC-CON
Visitors To VIZ Media Booth (#619) Invited To Screen Two Trailers Of Hit Series On Web-Enabled Cell Phones
San Francisco, CA, February 15, 2007 " VIZ Me...
Tickets Now on Sale to DEATH NOTE Sequel in Nearly 400 Select Theatres Nationwide
Centennial, Colo. (Sept. 8, 2008) – What will be the last name written in the Death Note? The drama and suspense surrounding that very question is ...
With plenty of action, backstory, and evenhanded perspective, authors Michael Reaves and Steve Perry flesh out the Star Wars universe and realistically capture the zeitgeist of the Death Star era in Star Wars: Death Star.
At its core Death Star e...
When the Death Note manga and anime hit North America, it quickly became a fan favourite. It was refreshing to latch onto a series that was based so heavily on mystery, intrigue and psychology.
A Death Note live-action movie was inevitable. Sure...
The battle of wits between L and Light heats up, as one tries to keep Kira’s identity and the other struggles to unmask him. As if they didn’t have enough to deal with, a second Kira then enters the fray...What They SayEpisodes 9 - 16!
A new ...
HOUSTON, January 7, 2005 – The game of death begins February 8, 2005 as the shocking thriller too hot for Japanese television makes it way to America with the volume one DVD release of the uncut and unedited Gantz.
Gantz is a mega-violent mind ben...
Summer! Yay for Summer! The only problem with Summer is that the Pink iPod of DOOM occasionally overheats during recharging! It doesn't need to reboot or anything, it just gets super hot in its little rubber case. The one thing the DOOMPod likes is ne...
What They SayThe net begins to tighten around Light when the enigmatic detective L brings in FBI agents to assist on the case. Light becomes rattled when he meets a woman who may have information that could lead to his arrest. But Light holds the ultimate...
Complete Seasons of Action-Packed NARUTO And BLEACH And All 37 Episodes Of DEATH NOTE Available on iTunes
San Francisco, CA, JULY 15, 2008 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishin...
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...
What began as a crusade for justice by eliminating the worst criminals in the world evolves into a severe abuse of power, one that no human should wield. No one can hold this much power without ultimately abusing it, even someone as brilliant as Ligh...
Broadband Availability Of Episodes Soon After Broadcast In Japan Sets A New Benchmark For The Anime Industry
San Francisco, CA, May 3, 2007 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, a...
Lady Death Leads Nielsen VideoScan Top Ten List
HOUSTON, December 13, 2004 – Continuing its reign of success, Lady Death: The Motion Picture, the original animated production from ADV Films, has been listed by Nielsen's Top Ten VideoScan as the num...
New Line Cinema is the new rights holder for Neil Gaiman's DEATH: THE HIGH COST OF LIVING comic book mini-series. To make it a little less wordy to say, the movie adaptation of the Vertigo series has been retitled DEATH'S DAY. Creator Neil Gaiman adapted ...
This fifth and final issue of Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America concludes the miniseries with Captain America’s funeral at Arlington National Cemetery. The issue focuses on Tony Stark’s final acceptance of the death of his one-time...
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...
What They SayFor genius detective L, Light\'s behavior is too perfect to be true, and to get closer to him, he enrolls at the same university and even invites Light into the investigation. The murders continue, but with a new twist - there appears to be a...
The official cause of the Dark Knight star's death has been issued by the NYC Medical Examiner. Here's the official AP report:
Heath Ledger died of an accidental overdose of painkillers, sleeping pills, anti-anxiety medication and other prescription drug...
From a Press Release
Winner of two 2007 Thailand National Film Awards, '13: Game of Death', the latest Dimension Extreme release arrives on DVD March 18 from Genius Products and The Weinstein Company.
When a desperate man loses his job and finds himself...
Spoiler Alert! The following review of the live action movie adaptation of Death Note contains references from the manga and animated series. If you plan on reading or watching the original Death Note, please do not read until you have had a chance to at ...
Occasionally Peter Lorre would give a demonstration of jiu-jitsu in his Mr. Moto B-movie series, but before Bruce Lee came out swinging in the GREEN HORNET television show, most of the American public had never heard of Asian martial arts of any kind. The...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Story by Tsugumi Ohba & Art by Takeshi ObataTranslated by:Tetsuichiro MiyakiAdapted by:Tetsuichiro MiyakiWhat They SayWith Near openly suspecting the new L of being Kira and sowing doubt in the hearts of the taskforce members,...
What They SaySoundtrack composed and produced by Bill Brown.The Review!Oooooh, this disc is a really fun one to have on hand during long trips. Lady Death, while not selling within the anime market, sold extremely well in the comic book arena, where they ...
What They SayDeath & Rebirth contains excerpts of the first 24 episodes of the Neon Genesis Evangelion original series with some additional material edited-in (yes added in instead of edited out!), and contains the first 3rd of the new ending (episode 25)...
This first issue of Fallen Son: The Death of Captain America shows Wolverine in the throes of the first stage of the Kübler-Ross model of loss – denial. Subsequent issues will showcase a different character in the ensuing stages &ndash...
Little old ladies and their peculiar pets. Truckers facing death—man and machine versus the supernatural. Redneck zombie killers. A man obsessed with baseball scores. A vampire wrestler. A superhero who gets cancer. These are some of the characters you`ll...
In addition to designing Lady Death's new look. J. Scott Campbell will be providing the cover to the first issue of the LADY DEATH: THE GAUNTLET mini-series in March.The mini-series, from Chaos! Comics, is written by John Ostrander, with art by Carlos Mot...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Story by Tsugumi Ohba, Art by Takeshi ObataTranslated by:Alexis KirschAdapted by:Alexis KirschWhat They SayAfter a high-speed chase, Light and the taskforce apprehend the newest Kira. Light regains his Death Note and his memor...
When I ordered this audiobook, I did so because I'd read a short story Robbs had written in OUT OF THIS WORLD. I liked her writing and the fact that the new book followed the main characters from that short story, Eve Dallas, and her husband, Roarke. So w...
The first issue of Batman: Death Mask begins a manga miniseries by Togari creator Yoshinori Natsume. It considers an often explored idea in the Batman’s world and brings it to literal, vicious life. Other writers have examined the idea tha...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Tsugumi Ohba / Takeshi ObataTranslated by:Pookie RolfAdapted by:What They SayConfluence
Light thinks he's put an end to his troubles with the FBI - by using the Death Note to kill off the FBI agents working the case in Japan!...
It's a good time for anime fans to be alive, which is ironic considering the latest hot news is about Death Note.
Ah, but maybe the expression still stands: There's also good news about Osamu Tezuka's epic Phoenix series.
The first volu...
Flower Mound, TX - May 16, 2008 - FUNimation® Entertainment today officially announces that it has acquired DVD, digital and broadcast rights to the 12 -episode Edo period drama anime series Shigurui: Death Frenzy from Mad House Inc.
The storyline...
There are two types of manga fans in this world: Those who gave up on Death Note halfway through the series and those who stuck it out to the very end. The final volume, number twelve, is relevant to both groups.
No matter what you thought of ce...
May the worst team win! FEARnet, the world’s premiere horror and thriller website and video on demand service, continues to break new ground with the chilling new slam dunk of an interactive tournament called Death March: Tournament of Blood. Forget...
Welcome back! In part II of our Comic-Con interview with director Paul W.S. Anderson we discuss the pitfalls of futuristic movies, the nature of modern action film editing and the Castlevania movie!
Q: Why do we never see the audience that’...
Frank Miller's Sin City, the live-action movie based on Miller's comic and from Dimension Films, caused quite a splash at the recent Comic-Con International in San Diego.
Lady Death creator Brian Pulido said that Andy Orjuela, producer/director, of AD...
Sci Fi Wire found out some intersting information regarding two upcoming films:Producer Jeremy Bolt told SCI FI Wire that he and his frequent collaborator, writer/director Paul W.S. Anderson, are well into development on a new movie based on Death Race 20...
I was originally going to sing the praises of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA this week, but that was before this Creeping Lovecraftian Death Cold set up shop in my head and turned my respiratory system into an industrial-grade snot factory. And so, as I lay here fe...
Ryuk, a bored shinigami (death god) creates a Death Note book which possesses the power to kill those whose names are written into it. He later accidentally drops the book into the human world. In spite of knowing that he could be stuck on Earth...
By Robert Stanton (rstanton@uiuc.edu)
Boogiepop Phantom is an animated series based upon the acclaimed written work of Kouhei Kadono. Set somewhere in common, urban, contemporary Japan, the dark science fiction premises of the show quickly take over and...
By Robert Stanton (rstanton@uiuc.edu)
Boogiepop Phantom is an animated series based upon the acclaimed written work of Kouhei Kadono. Set somewhere in common, urban, contemporary Japan, the dark science fiction premises of the show quickly take over and...
DAY OF CELEBRATION FOR U.S. RELEASE OF DEATH NOTE MOVIE DVD
Norwalk, CT, September 3, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced it has partnered with VIZ Pictures to hold Death Note Day at the largest Japanese bookstore in No...
Brian Pulido, publisher at Chaos! Comics, revelaed that his company will be publishing a crossover between THE CROW and LADY DEATH. It could be the first of several comics from Chaos! involving James O'Barr's characters."We are doing a CROW/LADY DEATH cro...
100. MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH (1965). This film offers the Merchant of Menace, Vincent Price, in one of his finest roles as the Devil-worshipping Prince Prospero in producer-director Roger Corman`s adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe`s short story. The film is s...
TVGuide's Mike Ausiello posted this scoopage earlier today about Smallville's May finale: "It's true; there's a "death" in the Smallville finale on May 17"
More...
It’s too early to tell if history will only remember Alex Cox as the director of REPO MAN and SID & NANCY, but judging by his subsequent films it wouldn’t come as a surprise. That’s not to say that Cox, post-SID, has descended into hack work; no, Cox ...
Kevin Bacon has agreed to star in the upcoming film DEATH SENTENCE for 20th Century Fox. The vigilante drama centers on a father, played by Bacon, whose family is attacked as part of a gang initiation. The father is out for revenge and enacts a death se...
ADV Films, a 12-year-old distrib of anime, will launch "Lady Death: The Motion Picture" on DVD this week.
The film also will premiere on the Anime Network, which is debuting as a 24-7 digital linear network on Insight, the ninth-largest MSOMSO in Amer...
Please note: If you have not watched the most recent episode of Lost, this article will contain spoilers.In an interview with TV Guide's Michael Ausiello, Lost executive producers Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof discussed the death of Mr. Eko (Adewa...
According to Variety, Rogue Pictures is currently developing a remake of the series of gory videotapes that became cult favorites in the 70's and 80's called Faces of Death. J.T. Petty has signed on to direct the film.
The films depicted the grueso...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Aisha Tyler has signed on to star in 20th Century Fox's upcoming vigilante drama DEATH SENTENCE. She will join Kevin Bacon in the cast of the film.The film centers on a father, played by Bacon, whose family is attacke...
Before the end of the year, NECA will be offering a deluxe figure Death Row Marv with special action features. Flick the switch and he says the first line, "Get a move on, I haven't got all night!" As he gets the juice, the figure vibrates and shakes, and...
Coming out next month is a brand new video game based on the popular law officer from the pages of Britain's 2000 A.D. magazine. JUDGE DREDD: DREDD VS. DEATH was made by video game developer Rebellion and is a first-person shooter that combines fast-pased...
What They SayAfter fifty days of confinement, the killings continue, and Light and Misa are released, only to face the ride of their lives with a seemingly crazed Soichiro. Then Light rejoins L in the investigation and notices a strange connection between...
Making sure that it\'s completely clear since their previous announcement was interpreted a bit liberally by some, Viz Media has told ICv2 that they will be providing a Death Note DVD release eventually. Right now, the download version will be subtitled o...
Initially we weren\'t going to review this, but Mike Dungan offered up to take the task with a focus a bit more on the English casts performance since it\'s done by the familiar talent pool of many ADV Films voice actors, so without any further ado, here\...
It looks like Hideo Nakata (Ringu) will be having his next manga adaptation hitting North American cinemas soon. The New York Asian Film Festival has announced that Nakata's live-action L change the WorLd will be hitting New York cinemas at their June 20-...
Universal Pictures has moved the release date of its remake of DEATH RACE 2000 from September 26th to August 28th, 2008.
DEATH RACE stars Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Tyerse Gibson and Ian McShane. Paul W.S. Anderson wrote and directed.
The story is set i...
What They SayIt\'s nice to unwind, but unfortunately for Conan Edogawa, crime never takes a vacation! When murder strikes during a ski trip, the truth can get snowed over. And spending a little time at the pool seems like fun until justice takes a dive un...
While Grindhouse may have failed at the box office by being released on Easter weekend against so many family comedies, that's not stopping them from thinking of creative ways to still make money out of it. Weinstein and Dimension Films have already relea...
Andy Orjuela, producer/director of ADV Film's Lady Death: The Motion Picture, told The Continuum that the film will arrive in stores on Oct. 5.
Eric Canete, storyboard artist for The Batman animated series, told The Continuum that the show is in good ...
Production-management shingle Circle of Confusion and videogame development company Backbone Entertainment are developing film and comicbook versions of "Death, Jr.," a Backbone property being developed as a videogame for Sony's forthcoming PSP (a portabl...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kana TakeuchiTranslated by:Ikoi HiroeAdapted by:What They SayOnce upon a time there was a king who ruled by fear. Upon discovering the existence of the Goddess of Destruction he resurrected her, but this only lead to the destr...
ADV Films has begun its promotional campaign for Lady Death: The Motion Picture, officially announcing the Oct. 5 street date for the DVD and releasing new images.
Teen Titans will be in the 9 a.m. time period for its new season on Kids' WB, which star...
ICv2 is reporting a story out of Alabama where a couple of tweens have been inspired by Death Note to create their own similar notebook. This isn\'t the first time such things have happened since that property became a bit famous, but it is the first time...
ADV Music has announced a street date of Oct. 5 for the soundtrack to Lady Death: The Motion Picture, the first animated feature produced by the company's original content division.
ADV Films has announced an Oct. 12 release date for Mutant X: Season ...
Christine Auten, who portrays Brian Pulido's signature character in ADV Film's upcoming Lady Death animated series, first encountered the character by working on the scratch track of all the female parts early in the film's development.
The series prem...
"Well, on Thursday night we showed the Sony Execs what there is of 'Mirrormask,'" writes Neil Gaiman in his blog, reporting from Comic-Con. "'That was like Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast... on acid... for kids...' said one slightly stunned exec at th...
From an interview at Penguincon, Neil Gaiman says, "'Mirrormask,' the movie I'm doing with Dave McKean is progressing very well. Principal shooting has been completed and we are in post-production. Of course, with a project like Mirrormask, post-productio...
Director Christopher Nolan is about three weeks away from completing his first cut on Batman Begins, screenwriter David Goyer reported last weekend at Wizard World Texas. "I've been watching the dailies, and it's going along really well," Goyer said.
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Allison Mack talks about the possible future of her character considering her place in the Superman mythos. She also talks about her "death" in last season's cliffhanger...
Sean Bean (Fellowship of the Ring), Lena Heady (300, "Sarah Connor Chronicles") and Rupert Friend will be having some supernatural medieval surprises in BLACK DEATH, says the Hollywood Reporter. Geoff Sax will direct, based on a screenplay ...
Giving an update on the movies based on his works, Neil Gaiman announced that Guillermo Del Toro just signed to be the executive producer on the "Death: The High cost of living" movie.
"It's more a matter of because it's Sandman, which is under option by Warner Bros, 'Death' cannot go very far from Warner Bros," Neil Gaiman explained of his long-gestating movie. "So we started making it at Warner Bros. We developed a script that everyon...
Smallville Executive Producer Alfred Gough speaks to KryptonSite about the character death in episode #100, how it fits into the plan, and also talks about a scene that was deleted from the episode...
In his blog, Neil Gaiman writes: "Lots of cool things happened today, all 'Death' the movie related, but you'll have to take my word for it because I'm not telling you what they are. (Which, every now and then, is the frustrating thing about having a jour...
A new article at ICv2 has revealed Viz Media\'s plans for Death Note. The 37 episode series will see its bilingual release on DVD starting on November 20th and will have a monthly release thereafter. Each release will be in both a regular and limited edit...
Viz has something of a new event here as they\'ve announced that they\'ve secured the right to provide a download-to-own/rent version of Death Note available while the show is still airing in Japan.
With the recent release of the Death Note 2 live action movie and its seemingly ready to do better business than the first, ICv2 has a new article up on it to raise retailer awareness on it. In it they mention how well the manga is doing here but also the...
Alan Ball is the man behind HBO’s critically acclaimed series Six Feet Under. That series was a surreal drama centered around a family that has to come together after the father’s death to continue running the family business - a funeral home....
The English language adaptation for Death Note from Viz Media has had its cast list announced today. The series is due out in November in both regular and limited editions.
What They SayThis is the French release.The Review!Picture quality is very grainy, especially in dark scenes. I don\'t know all the technical terms for dvd artifacts, but these 2 discs seem to have nearly every flaw in the book. Lots of jitter, rainbows...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Tsugumi Ohba / Takeshi ObataTranslated by:Tetsuichiro MiyakiAdapted by:Tetsuichiro MiyakiWhat They SayThe battle ends here!The ReviewI\'m not going to spoil the ending outright; you\'ll have to read the book to find out exactl...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Writer: Tsugumi Ohba / Artist: Takeshi ObataTranslated by:Pookie RolfAdapted by:What They SayHard Run
Light is chaffing under L's extreme surveillance, but 64 microphones and cameras hidden in his room aren't enough to stop L...
The Review!Absolutely perfect...
Audio:
Audio is identical to the other DBZ TV discs, English stereo, Japanese mono. The Japanese track was solid as usual. My only experience with the horribly-dubbed English track occurred by accident, as after the last...
What They SayLight becomes the hunter when he\'s forced to track down Misa, the second Kira. When she finds him first, Light realizes he has a valuable asset on his hands and asks Misa to dispose of L. But Misa\'s focused on other matters--in addition to ...
Actor Kevin Bacon and director James Wan (he helmed the original SAW) sat down and talked with Bloody Disgusting over their upcoming thriller, DEATH SENTENCE. I'm passing it along because it was a decent interview and a good read. The horror fans ove...
The Psi Phi website has posted the cover artwork for DEATH IN WINTER, the first STAR TREK novel to be set after the events in STAR TREK: NEMESIS. The hardback will be written by Michael Jan Friedman and arrive on store shelves on September 20, 2005.What l...
Thanks to a reader, we were told to check out the latest update by fantasy author Piers Anthony to his website, and there the author told his readers about a new development with one of his properties. "The option contracts with Disney for ON A PALE HORSE...
Everyone loves Joel because he was the first host, and came up with the idea, but for my money Mike was the best... Sure, he had to deal with those later years when the hilarious Dr. Forrester gave way to rather pointless Pearl... but his references were ...
With quite a few releases delayed this week, it gives us a chance to chat a bit. DVD Shopping List has been running for about two months now, and we’re mighty curious to know more about how the feature is working for You, our wonderful readers. Are you pr...
Lady Death will meet The Crow in September, but before the crossover Chaos Comics! will offer a preview book in August. The preview book offers first-look artwork, sketches, interviews with talent and plot points. It will also come in a limited premium v...
With the news that Fox might be adapting Hack/Slash into film, it’s time to give readers who may be unfamiliar with the comic a little background as I review the latest trade paperback, Death By Sequel. The book is published by Devil’s Du...
His Rambo character has certainly dealt out death on many occasions, including the upcoming fourth film, but it looks like he may be handling a DEATH WISH as well. Variety reports that Sylvester Stallone is in talks to direct and star in the MGM...
The sensible thing would be to start this week's column up front with a big fat SPOILER WARNING … I somehow neglected to do so with last week's Harry Potter manga extravaganza, and it was pretty weak of me. I am sorry, and I hope you all find it in...
STAR WARS: POWER OF THE JEDI -- Collections 1&2 (Hasbro) Let's start this look at Star Wars toys with Hasbro's latest Star Wars 3-3/4-inch figures in sets and in sealed cases. Set 1 features six figures, primarily from Episode I. These figures are grouped...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Tsugumi Ohba / Takeshi ObataTranslated by:Alexis KirschAdapted by:Alexis KirschWhat They SayAlthough they\'ve collected plenty of evidence tying the seven Yotsuba members to the newest Kira, Light, L and the rest of the taskfo...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Story by Tsugumi Ohba, Art by Takeshi ObataTranslated by:Alexis KirschAdapted by:What They SayWith two Kiras on the loose, L asks Light to join the taskforce and pose as the real Kira in order to catch the copycat. L still sus...
Ah, Groo. There are few things in this world as predictable as the pleasure and professional silliness to be found within the pages of this long-running humor title. Hmm, now wait a minute, there is too something that is that reliable... wait for it, wait...
Welcome to the second day of 2001: A Space Vidiocy. The new video selections are slim this week, but, with the holidays behind us, better days loom just ahead. Meanwhile, let’s take a look at the third misfire in a row from one time genre master, Paul V...
What They SayEpisode 70: The Renewed Goku
Despite his new powers, Vegeta proves to be no match for the all-powerful Frieza. With each painful punch, Vegeta's dreams of becoming a Super Saiyan fade away, and Piccolo, Gohan, and Krillin can do nothing but w...
Want to die a horrible death in the upcoming DVD release of Universal's remake Death Race? Want to win a trip to the San Diego Comic Con where you can meet the cast and crew? Well, Universal Pictures has sent out a giveaway to online media informing fans ...
Greetings fellow comic fiends, and welcome to another exciting installment of COMICSCAPE. By the end, I'll be hanging off of a cliff and you'll have to tune in next week to find out if I survive or not. Actually, I'll run my in-depth and hyperbole-free ...
Death by Chocolate: Redux includes almost all of author David Yurkovich’s self-published stories of Agent C. Swete – a confectioner-turned-chocolate-man that works for the FBI’s Food Crimes Division. After a tragic accident involvin...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Tsugumi Ohba / Takeshi ObataTranslated by:Tetsuichiro MiyakiAdapted by:Tetsuichiro MiyakiWhat They SayLight\'s latest machinations are putting a strain on even his formidable intellect as Near flies to Japan to beard Kira in h...
Neil Gaiman made a recent appearance at New Dimension Comics in Pittsburgh. The author talked about his 'Death: The High Cost of Living' movie and reported 'Death' is going through at New Line Cinema. Neil just got notes from the studio. Some big stars ar...
While browsing the production notes for Universal's 'The Strangers', ShockTilYouDrop discovered that plans are afoot for a U.S. remake of the uber-popular manga-to-anime-to-film 'Death Note'.
According to said production notes, writers Vlas and Charles P...
Neil Gaiman says the movie version of 'Death: The High Cost of Living' continues to make gradual progress.
"Everything is moving, slowly, but it's moving," said Gaimain, who would direct the film from his own screenplay. "Guillermo del Toro is executiv...
The two "Death Note" pics, which have together grossed nearly ¥7 billion ($60 million) in Japan, have generated a spinoff featuring the pics' eccentric detective, according to local press reports.
The first "Death Note" pic, distribbed by Warners Japan...
Amazon.com has added a clip from "The Transformers - The Movie" (20th Anniversary Special Edition) called the "Death of Optimus Prime" and exploring the death of this beloved character.
Brian K. Vaughan began the "Smoke, Smoke" arc three issues ago as he often does by slowly uniting apparently disparate, almost non-sequiter subplots to a striking conclusion. Unfortunately, the arc continues for another couple of months, so you'll have ...
Every now and then an import item catches our attention and one that Death Note fans shouldn\'t miss out on is listed at AAA Anime Distribution today. The \"DEATH BOX\" Special Edition Boxed Set for the manga is coming out priced at $180. There\'s a lot i...
Iron Maiden's new live DVD, Death on the Road, will receive big-screen debut on Tuesday, February 21 in select cities across the U.S. This will be the North American premiere of Death on the Road, captured live during their 2003 Dance of Death Tour and fi...
The Los Angeles coroner's office has ruled the death of SEAQUEST DSV actor Jonathan Brandis a suicide. The findings were released yesterday.Brandis' body was found November 12 by friends. A former teen star who headlined the feature films THE NEVERENDING ...