...aracter), FORBIDDENPLANET found a unique way to take the primordial terror of the horror genre and relocate it in an interstellar, futuristic setting: in the invisible monster stalking Altair IV is actually a subconscious projection from the mind of M...
...ollow is ForbiddenPlanet (1956). An imaginative and influential film, Warner has restored this classic and released it both as a two disc set and in an Ultimate Collector's Edition which has some neat bonus items.
The United Planets ...
Plot: The original film was a futuristic adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest that tells the story of a human colony on the distant planet of Altair-4. The crew of a military spaceship sent to check on the colony's progress learns that a terrible unkno...
The long in the works remake of the classic 1956 science fiction film FORBIDDENPLANET is moving forward once again, thanks to DreamWorks' Michael de Luca.The project had previously been in development at New Line Cinema, where it had been in development ...
What They SayIn an attempt to save my mother\'s Kingdom back on my home planet, I\'m here on planet Earth to awaken the ultimate weapon our people hid here years ago. Our weapon was made in the form of a girl and its powers can only be activated by sex! M...
...."For the ForbiddenPlanet ship White took the same approach of trying to come up with a striking and unusual color scheme for the box art. "I had a lot of time to think about it and I watched the movie a bunch of times and took notes," he says. "I've ...
What They SayMy name is Mayuka and, although I look like any college schoolgirl, I\'m really a princess from another planet! With the help of my dear Yoshizumi, we are on a quest to restore earth\'s most powerful weapon to help save our mother. Unfortunat...
Not every hit film demands a sequel. Sure, there's been talk over the years about THE GRADUATE 2, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE FOURTH KIND, and PRETTIER WOMAN, but so far the filmmakers of many big hits have managed to resist the lure of another cash-in. Not s...
...MGM movie ForbiddenPlanet in particular, the C-57D is legendary. It's the disc-shaped starship that brings Commander J.J. Adams (Leslie Neilsen) and his crew to Altair IV, where they discover Professor Edward Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter Alt...
Composer Danny Elfman and director Tim Burton have collaborated nearly consistently since the director's first feature film, PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE, in 1985. Elfman, who gained popularity as one of the members of the eclectic rock group Oingo Boingo, had...
...ade, say, FORBIDDENPLANET? `FORBIDDENPLANET?! It doesn`t need it,` he says. `I think Trek does. Trek in itself always has been changing. I remember fans bringing up the same fears when TNG started. ‘This is not Trek!’ they said. Oh well. I liked it....
...lities of FORBIDDENPLANET, GODZILLA 2000, and HIGHLANDER: ENDGAME. The company also produced first releases of such classic science fiction TV music as John Williams’ LOST IN SPACE (and other Irwin Allen TV scores by Williams and others) and the orig...
...primarily ForbiddenPlanet stores, then traveling to Wales, Scotland and Ireland for more book signings and meetings with fans. It was a very successful tour, in which approximately 1,100 copies were sold. `Fans came out and they were standing in the r...
...rscore in FORBIDDENPLANET (1956) gave cinema its first wholly electronic accompaniment. The Barrons’ collage of music effects, achieved through a variety of electronic circuitry, was a breakthrough in musical approach, and gave the film a unique soni...
... from the FORBIDDENPLANET soundtrack album. Meanwhile, a crewman picks up a doll floating in the water, which we’ve already seen in the opening was lost from a sailing ship 100 years before. The doll is adopted by Diane, who starts acting creepier and...
Jackie Chan has a new action-comedy on the horizon, months after recently starring alongside Jet Li in The ForbiddenPlanet. Relativity Media and veteran director Brian Levant have hired the martial arts icon to star in The Spy Next Door, says The Hollywo...
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HD: Yes, ForbiddenPlanet placed a re-order within a week! It made HMV's DVD Chart DVD as well.
PJ: How do see the market broken down in the UK?
HD: Well we see three clear areas. The older market, which includes you and I, who came through the 80's...
Tom Jane will make an appearance at the ForbiddenPlanet store in London, signing copies of 'The Punisher Movie' graphic novel. Jane will be in the hizzy on Tuesday, June 8th from 6 - 7pm. Click for details...
...online at ForbiddenPlanet, or through me.
E: How can folks learn more about you and your work?
GA: An interview at The Comics Reporter specifically about ELMER:
http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/resources/interviews/6314/
ELMER Trailer:
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On March 28, 2006, Fox Home Entertainment will release all-new DVD Singles of the Original Planet of the Apes Series Mastered in Anamorphic Widescreen and featuring THX Certified 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound. In addition to the original film series P...
...2003) 34. ForbiddenPlanet (1956) 35. Babe (1995) 36. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) 36. Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) 38. King Kong (2005) 39. Planet of the Apes (1968) 40. Fantastic Voyage (1966) 41. Jaws (1975) 41. Ghostbusters (198...
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ForbiddenPlanet – 179 Shaftesbury Avenue
If ForbiddenPlanet were a band, they'd be a low-budget garage rock group whose fans accuse them of selling out when they signed their first record contract. Having moved to larger pr...
...Excepting FORBIDDENPLANET as electronic effects rather than `music,` Gil Melle’s THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN (1971) ranks as cinema’s first true electronic musical score. Using a battery of electronic instruments combined with reprocessed musique concrete s...
...ctronics (FORBIDDENPLANET, THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN) as well as some unexpected choices (BLADE RUNNER, EQUUS, HOFFA, SLEUTH). AFI's voters are allowed five write-in votes, allowing room for some of the major scores not included on their list such as THE B...
... rejected FORBIDDENPLANET as a candidate for a facelift as being unnecessary. But will studios look at any of their assets and find `classic` properties with bad SFX and give them special editions with the hopes of reaching a new audience? And would a...
... discount FORBIDDENPLANET which many feel was the first all-electronic film score, because it was more circuitries than electronic music.Melle: I'm very familiar with FORBIDDENPLANET. FORBIDDENPLANET was not a score. FORBIDDENPLANET was described,...
... as Them, ForbiddenPlanet, The Incredible Shrinking Man, and others, which only a few years earlier were widely held to be little more than kiddie fare from the 1950s and seldom seen outside of TV Creature Feature showings. Offering an emphasis on the...
...st year`s FORBIDDENPLANET reunion, George Takei.`Applause quickly turns to pandemonium as the Sulu man himself makes an unscheduled appearance, sharing, `Thank you. It`s a great to be here tonight for this year`s Last Remaining Seats sponsored by the...
‘Grindhouse Presents: Robert Rodriguez’s Planet Terror’ is a cinematic experience. Opening with a faux trailer that sets a mood, a great mood, I knew that ‘The Grindhouse’ was going to be something different. It is ...
It's one of the strangest rules of the industry, but also one that publishers have sworn by for decades ever since it was virtually defined by DC and editor Julie Schwartz. There are, inexplicably, two elements that, when included in a cover illustration,...
What They SayOnce, the planet Quent was home to the most advanced race in the galaxy...until they unleashed a power so terrifying that they destroyed their own civilization. This power now lies at the heart of Chirico Cuvie's destiny. When he finds it, th...
Many authors of young people`s books dream of having their works adapted into movies—but if their character is not named `Harry Potter,` the chances are slim. In 1997 Francess Lantz wrote a comedic science fiction book, STEPSISTER FROM THE PLANET WEIRD, i...
In the previous entry, ESCAPE FROM THE PLANET OF THE APES, the series was established as a vicious circle. Seemingly, the apes' trip back in time was destined to make the future planet ruled by them come to pass. However, we can see that it didn't have to...
The holidays are whipping up a frenzy of new sci fi, fantasy, and horror book releases: Eric Flint propels the 1632 series with Grantville Gazette III, Jack Whyte unveils the ninth and final volume in the Arthurian Camulod Chronicles with The Eagle, and A...
The `90s was the decade that told us men and women have difficulties in relationships because they`re different from each other. Hardly a new concept, but it received a certain intellectual cache thanks to the popular works of Ph.D.`s like Deborah Tannen ...
When it comes to remakes, it's almost better if the film in question is really obscure or not very good to begin with. No one is going to pick apart a big budget remake of AMERICAN NINJA, however critics everywhere will be sharpening their axes for the "r...
When Tim Burton first announced that his version of PLANET OF THE APES would be a "re-imagining" and not a remake of the 1968 classic, many fans were outraged. I imagine now that we've seen the results of that "re-imagining," they're even more upset the ...
C`mon—`fess up. You really think your stepfamily is from outer space, right? I mean, they talk funny; they eat strange foods and seem waaaay too interested in dumb TV shows like Wheel of Fortune. Well, if your name is Megan and your mom is a former surfin...
As Dreamworks and Paramount gear up to resurrect a franchise this Independence Day, Random House Publishing Group is capitalizing on the hype by printing the official prequel novel to the live-action film.
Hello everyone and welcome to this Tues...
Hello Maniacs and welcome to this week’s hootenanny of science fiction and fantasy skullduggery. Though I try to pace content on these columns as best I can, sometimes the publishing side of the business just doesn’t want to oblige. After seve...
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 ...
While over the past few weeks I've been writing about bargain box sets of (most often) public domain titles, there's one way you can see a lot of these features for even less money. To be specific, for free. Sites like Veoh [http://www.veoh.com/] speciali...
From a new fantasy series opener by renowned horror author Douglas Clegg to a De Haven Superman novel and a comprehensive behind-the-scenes tome on the beloved Dune series, this Tuesday brings some red-hot goodies that are sure to burn through the shelves...
What They SayEclair and Lumiere are sent to oversee the proper passage of power of the powerful Rosenfelt Financial Group to young Timothy Constance, the group\'s rightful heir. But they soon learn that something is amiss amongst those in power. As one pa...
With Thanksgiving already a few days cold, the holiday season (along with all of its consumer-driven trappings) has officially arrived and though economists predict lean shopping numbers for the end of this year, you wouldn’t know it by the sheer vo...
Although John Scalzi’s original Old Man’s War novel got served by Robert Wilson’s Spin in the 2006 Hugo competition for Best Novel, the online blogger turned sci-fi master snagged his first silver rocket as 2008’s Best Fan Writer, ...
Caution: Spoilers ahead!The upcoming Voyager episode `Shattered,` which filmed last week at Paramount, promises to be a treat for long-time series fans. Visitors to the Paramount lot last week noticed Kazon, Vidiians and other species long gone from the s...
In a tradition of our lovely capitalistic society and feeding the need for cheap goods for poor anime fans, we got word that Planet Anime is doing a couple of specials to partake in the holiday bonanza that\'s going on:All ADV, Rightstuf, and Urban Vision...
`They say there`s no devil, Jim, but there is, right out of hell -- I saw it,` Commodore Matt Decker told Captain James T. Kirk in the classic episode `The Doomsday Machine.` The titular devil, a massive weapon that powered itself by destroying planets, w...
We\'ve gotten a lot of email and questions this week about what\'s been going on with Planet Anime, especially with all those who have preorders with them. We\'ve been following their situation this week and Alex Lafoso, the CEO of Planet Anime, has sent ...
Comic book writer James D. Hudnall attracted some attention last month when his co-creation with artist Dan Brereton, namely THE PSYCHO, was optioned by Universal Pictures. Now Hudnall is preparing to kick new things off in the comic industry with the for...
Brian Levant has landed on New Line Cinema's planet and will direct the family film "Planet Terry." Neal Moritz is producing via his Original Film banner. "Planet" tells the story of a science fiction enthusiast who finds out that he is actually an alien ...
What happens when we find life outside our own planet? Discovery Channel brings viewers on a virtual mission of the future. Right now, the search for planets with "life signatures" goes on. These efforts are global, and experts tell us on camera how this ...
MGM continues their terrific Midnight Movies series presentation of worthy genre programmers on DVD with this John Agar double feature.Today, INVISIBLE INVADERS is better known as a direct inspiration for George Romero’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (or even ...
Kim Hunter, who fleshed out one of the genre's favorite characters in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Dr. Zira from THE PLANET OF THE APES films, died in New York at the age of 79. Hunter played Zira, the chimp with a heart of gold, in the original APES, ...
Since we keep hearing that some people don't have any anime backlogs, it looks like the folks at Planet Anime have devised a sale to help remedy that situation. All In Stock DVDs Now 30% Off! We know what you want. And Planet Anime aims to please! All in...
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of PLANET OF THE APES, Fox and the American Movie Classics channel produced this feature length documentary which covers the entire series of films - plus whatever Apes spin-offs followed - in as much depth as 127 minutes...
The combination of Jet Li, Jackie Chan and a classic tale proved to the best one-two-three punch for this weekend’s audiences. Liongate’s The Forbidden Kingdom fought its way into first with an average April 20.8 mil tally. The distributor ope...
I'm not the kind of critic that likes to give away too much, but for once I'm not going to worry about it. In fact, I'll go out of my way to type SPOILER WARNING in extra small type, just to mock the concept. The PLANET OF THE APES Charlton Heston finds h...
While Fox's PLANET OF THE APES DVD box set is a great collection and a must-have for true fans, one noticeable element of the set is lacking: extra features. Aside from little more than trailers, the only real extra in the box set is a sixth disc which fe...
(WARNING: SPOILERS)Astronaut Leo Davidson blasts off from the research station Oberon into a zone of unstable space to rescue a trained chimpanzee. His ship gets caught in a wormhole and ends up crash-landing on a planet where humans are hunted by super-i...
A world of ice awaits you in Lost Planet. Frozen in time by the galaxy, a frigid wasteland awaits all that wish to step forth onto the tundra. The world is known as E.D.N. III, and was a site hoping to be colonized by humans, though unfortunately upon ...
With the world apparently destroyed at the end of BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES (Oops! Um… spoiler!), no one thought it likely that there would be another sequel. The box office tally, however, disagreed with them. The filmmakers came up with a brilliant...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hinako AshiharaTranslated by:Takae BrewerAdapted by:What They SayAfter a serious and discouraging injury, Aya - an accomplished ballet dancer - is inspired to dance again by the all-male COOL troupe. In fact, she's never wante...
With a handful of Oscar nominations under his belt (and one win for 1967`S THE GRADUATE), Mike Nichols might seem an odd choice to direct a light-hearted comedy about aliens from outer space impregnating human women. After all, this is the man who brought...
Though the box office returns for CONQUEST OF THE PLANET OF THE APES didn't break any records, by this time Ape fandom was growing ever larger. Theaters all over the country were hosting Ape marathons, showing all four films in one day. This assured Fox t...
...ery pals, FORBIDDENPLANET, the lusty world of Hammer horror, and dozens of cut-rate black and white Roger Corman features. Around seventy percent of these movies (particularly the Corman ones) turned out to be huge disappointments, always promising so...
Part one of CINESCAPE's PLANET OF THE APES comic book coverage retraced the lineage of Earth's smartest monkeys through their various four-color incarnations. With the 20th Century Fox/Tim Burton remake poised to take the summer movie-going audience by st...
The latest in FSM`s series of preserved `Silver Age Classics` soundtracks is this laudable restoration of a lost classic, Leonard Rosenman`s score to BENEATH THE PLANET OF THE APES. This score has never truly released before, despite the presence of a so...
You want horror? Open your eyes and take a look at the world around you. That seems to be the message behind Brutal Planet, the first studio album from Alice Cooper since 1994’s The Last Temptation. In that previous recording, the Coop dealt with themes o...
Sara Douglass’ The Wayfarer Redemption series chugs ahead with another volume, Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files gets another action-packed installment, and science fiction anthologies run amok in this week’s Book Buzz.
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This year’s second `Mission to Mars` isn’t quite as ridiculous as the previous journey to the angry red planet, but in some ways that is a liability: without the derision factor, there isn’t as much fun, and there just aren’t enough thrills and excitement...
What They SayKeith, Lance, Hunk, Pidge and Princess Allura have successfully awakened the legendary robot guardian, Voltron. After countless battles, they\'ve pushed back the forces of evil King Zarkon, freeing the Princess\'s home, planet Arus, as well a...
Reading and enjoying epic genre literature requires, unfortunately, a great deal of patience. Though we love our favorite authors for their mind-expanding work, their creation of new worlds and imaginative storytelling ability, we can be the first to bran...
`Into the Fire` (#301) - Written by Brad Wright. Directed by Martin WoodPart 2 of Season 2`s `Out of Mind.` In this exciting season opener, the SG-1 team are being held prisoner by their old Goa’uld foe Hathor (Susanne Braun), who threatens to insert a Go...
What They SayThe evil Prince Lotor of Planet Doom has come to destroy Planet Arus and take Princess Allura to be his slave. The Voltron Force, Keith, Lance, Pidge and Hunk pilot the Black, Red, Green and Yellow Lions to defend the peacful planet. With Pri...
For those needing to fill their hentai itch, especially after the article about it yesterday, you may be interested to know that Planet Anime is running a NuTech sale:That\'s right Planet Anime is having a sale on all NuTech Hentai DVDs! You save 40% on a...
What better gift for an anime fan than more anime? We got this missive in this afternoon from our friends at Planet Anime:Christmas is rapidly approaching, and you need to start thinking about gift giving! Planet Anime has a big shipment of Mediablasters ...
Bryan Singer's 'Superman Returns,' one of the most heavily anticipated films of the summer, is chuck-full of mystery, lust and heart-pounding excitement ... and that's just at the office (Rimshot.) Production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas narrates our exclusi...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kataoka Jinsei & Kondou KazumaTranslated by:Toshifumi YoshidaAdapted by:T. LedouxWhat They SayRenton and Eureka encounter the female pilot Anemone, who is the pilot of the Federation LFO and is Eureka\'s opposite in every way....
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yuri NarushimaTranslated by:Gabi BlumbergAdapted by:What They SayI see the tarot cards in my dreams. I turn them over in hopes of finding all the answers - Who am I? Where do I come from? Why are these people after me? But whe...
...(O) FORBIDDENPLANET (Warner Bros.) 2-disc 50th anniversary edition of the science fiction classic that inspited Star Trek. Includes the bonus feature The Invisible Boy, an episode of The Thin Man with guest star Robby the Robot, three docume...
The reports and rumors of reports are true: Lucasfilm has announced a November 1 re-release of a spiffed up STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES in IMAX theaters. Spiffed up because the film has been put through the same process that translated Ron ...
Current CD Soundtrack ReleasesA big disappointment is the first soundtrack release of HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS (ISC 490765). Of the CD’s 76:51 minutes, less than 45 contain James Horner’s rousing and playful orchestral music. As expected in today’...
Following the successful IMAX releases of FANTASIA 2000 and the special edition BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, Disney Studios has announced it will release its next major animated feature, the sci-fi adventure TREASURE PLANET, in both normal and IMAX editions.This...
During an interview to promote their newest Disney animated feature, TREASURE PLANET, directors Ron Clements and John Musker (both directed THE LITTLE MERMAID, ALADDIN and HERCULES) had this to say about the possibility of directing another animated scien...
TREASURE PLANET is a perfectly serviceable and diverting yet uninspired animated rendition of TREASURE ISLAND that is and is not set in outer space. On the one hand, ships fly the solar seas in search of astral bodies rather than landmasses, and on the ot...
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has picked up U.S. distribution rights for the CG-animated Planet 51 with TriStar Pictures set to release the film, reports Variety. The upcoming Sci-fi film will star Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, S...
Updated: A new video has appeared over at Yahoo UK featuring the intro to the movie. I'm told that the clip was shortened down to around 5 minutes but the scene may be a bit longer in the film version. In basics, this is the beginning of the film where yo...
The Weinstein Co. has picked up the rights to Tony Leech and Cory Edwards' pitch ESCAPE FROM PLANET EARTH.The CG animated family comedy centers on a prison break from Area 51, a mysterious government facility where the inmates are a ragtag group of impris...
We got word in from the folks at Planet Anime that they\'re not out of business, though you couldn\'t tell by their now non-existent website. It looks like the network gods have decided to remove their domain account from existence, and it\'ll be a few da...
According to Variety, Handmade Films and Ilion Animation are teaming to finance and produce the upcoming CGI film, Planet One.The film, written by Joe Stillman (Shrek), is an alien invasion story about the inhabitants of Planet One, and who have two anten...
With Resident Evil and Street Fighter already being a franchise of films, there have been hints of a Lost Planet film on the horizon, based on Capcom's best selling 2006 property. Variety's confirming that it is indeed on the way and Warner Bros. has reac...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kataoka Jinsei / Kondou KazumaTranslated by:Toshifumi YoshidaAdapted by:What They SayRenton Thurston is a young 14-year-old who is tired of his monotonous life. The only thing that makes him happy is when he lifts, and extreme...
Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long and Seann William Scott have joined the new sci-fi fantasy Planet 51, says the Hollywood Reporter. The four thespians are the first casting announcements for the new CGI animation for New Line and Ilion ...
Andrew Nemeth has announced that he is doing a multi-node, high-resolution cubic VR shoot of the 'Superman Returns' "Daily Planet" movie set, at Fox Studios Sydney, for Warner Brothers Theatrical Interactive Marketing.
There are rumblings that suggest that Tim Burton's PLANET OF THE APES isn't done yet, while time quickly runs out to its release date. According to Inside.com, the project is still going through last minute effects work and cutting, allegedly resulting in...
"The original script, the character's name is Stanford, and he had a subplot that's about 20-minutes long in the rough cut that I saw," says actor Kal Penn of his role in 'Superman Returns'. "Part of his plot was that he and Lex Luthor are in cahoots, and...
New Line has acquired the rights for the upcoming fantasy adventure PLANET 51, says the Hollywood Reporter. The trade reports the studio purchasing the rights for the 60 million dollar animation, currently in development by Ilion Animation Studios. The st...
According tot he Hollywood Reporter, Lionsgate has acquired the domestic distribution rights to the Jackie Chan and Jet Li action epic, The Forbidden Kingdom.The film is based on the Chinese legend of the Monkey King and is based on an original screenplay...
YAHOO! NEWS runs a Reuters story which takes a peek at the items on sale from Planet Hollywood's large collection of show biz memorabilia. The items are to be sold at auction by Sotheby's and a portion of the material is available online through Monday."W...
The World Premiere of Walt Disney Pictures' TREASURE PLANET, the futuristic retelling of TREASURE ISLAND, was recently held at the Historic Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, Calif. and the stars were out in full force to catch a glimpse of this latest animated ...
During an interview promoting the latest addition to the Disney animated pantheon, TREASURE PLANET, Thomas Schumacher, President of Walt Disney Feature Animation discussed the possibility of future direct to video releases of TREASURE and a possible telev...
INTRADA Announce its Special Collection Vol. 25: the first-ever soundtrack CD release of Lalo Schifrin's music for the PLANET OF THE APES television series. In addition to Schifrin's title and episode music, the release also includes Earle Hagen's music f...
After about a year of anticipation, delays, and a change of publisher, BAD PLANET finally arrives. For those still reading X-FORCE in their parents' basement and hoarding copies of SPAWN #1, BAD PLANET is the first comic released by Raw Entertainment a j...
According to MNightFans.com, M. Night Shyamalan recently finished his latest script, Green Planet, and went shopping it to studios. Universal, Paramount, Warner Brothers, and Sony have all passed.The story is rumored to center on an alien invasion o...
When films cross over between genres, it's often because the director doesn't know what type of movie he wants to make, or the producers wanted him to change the focus sometime after filming has begun. These films often end up being a mess. ...
Considering the lack of a soundtrack release for his terrifically spooky score for PITCH BLACK, the soundtrack CD for Graeme Revell`s RED PLANET (Pangæa 186-810-063-2) comes as a bit of a disappointment. There are only three instrumental score cues, hidde...
The teaser poster for the spacey-spin on Robert Louis Stevenson's TREASURE ISLAND, Disney's TREASURE PLANET, has been released by the studio and it looks promising. While most films sporting traditional cel animation have not held up well in recent years,...
Star Wars: Rogue Planet, available in hardback, is the first Lucas tie-in to be set around the time of Phantom Menace (not counting Terry Brooks' book of the film). As such, it occupies an interesting position in spin-offery. Most such books are written w...
March 20, 2008 - tokyo pinsalocks new CD "Planet Rita" will be released next week in Japan on March 26, 2008, but JapanFiles.com has the new 7-track EP already available for fans as of today! In cooperation with the band's management, the CD is being rele...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kim Tae-HyungTranslated by:Woo Sok ParkAdapted by:What They SayNoodles and his band of fighters are intent on taking back the Horai kingdoms of Gaia and Pratria from his twin brother overlord Zetsos. To do so, they must quest ...
It’s very difficult not to compare this and all other "new" PLANET OF THE APES material to the far more familiar (and in my opinion superior) continuity of the classic series and its many media spin-offs. In that light, nothing Dark Horse does with this B...
J. Lee Thompson, who directed the classic (and original) stalker-thriller CAPE FEAR, as well as two of the original PLANET OF THE APES films, has died in British Columbia at the age of 88. Thompson also brought to the screen the classic World War II missi...
Mania is happy to announce our next contest, a giveaway of the Capcom game Lost Planet for the Xbox 360.Combining a gripping single player campaign and intense multiplayer modes with support for up to 16 players via Xbox Live online game service, Lost Pla...
It's easy enough to look back at the first season of a long running genre series to speculate how and why it might have failed had the gods of ratings and viewer attention not been good to it, but it's much harder sometimes to figure out why a series that...
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Seems like a lot of turning points last year and this year, and the folks at Planet Anime are no exception:Planet Anime is 9 years old! In celebration of our 9th anniversary, we are going to be having some great deals over the next few weeks. None of Plan...
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...
Of all the genre collections that hit bookshelves daily, this week’s release schedule’s got one with the coolest unifying element I’ve ever encountered: one that pays homage to the stand-up citizens who provide death for hire.
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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...
In light of the biggest gaming news of 2007 (thus far), this Tuesday’s schedule reinforces the fact that some of the best genre narratives don’t have to originate from the traditional literary form. Greetings all you Maniac readers and welcome...
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...
Publisher Larry Young has announced that AiT/Planet Lar's September offerings will include ABEL, by William Harms and Mark Bloodworth. AiT/Planet Lar book designer and cover artist Brian Wood works his 11th AiT cover for ABEL. "Abel's a hard book to cla...
WHAT PLANET ARE YOU FROM? is not without its virtues, but considering the stellar talent involved it must be reckoned a disappiontment of cosmic proportions. The basic premise (an alien comes to Earth to impregnante a human woman) seems like fertile groun...
The Forbidden Kingdom is the martial arts movie equivalent of an All-Star game. It teams two of the genre's biggest stars, Jackie Chan and Jet Li, sharing the screen for the first time ever, with Hong Kong's premiere action choreographer, Woo-Ping Y...
In the midst of preproduction announcements on Paramount’s and Peter Berg’s upcoming Dune remake, Frank Herbert’s God Emperor of Dune is getting the audiobook treatment from Macmillan Audio. Read by Simon Vance, Scott Brick and Katherine...
The year 2001 is the big one for those within the genre universe, seeing as it's the setting for Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick's landmark film 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. It is perhaps surprising that more attention has not been paid to this classic of ...
Knowing the excitement that \'studio\' sales generate, I wanted to pass along this bit we got from our friends over at Planet Anime this morning:Media Blasters Sale - Save 33%!!
That\'s right! That is not a misprint! Planet Anime is having a sale on all ...
What They SayThe galaxy is a strange and dangerous place, and there are times when even the United Space Force can\'t help. That\'s where the Crushers come in - skilled troubleshooters who will deal with any problem, large or small, for a fee (large only!...
Now, this is a little more like it! After the widespread disappointment that greeted George Lucas' fun-idea-packed but dramatically underwhelming STAR WARS: EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE three summers ago, a reviewer would like nothing better than to shou...
So, the networks are announcing their new fall schedules this week.I've got a couple of shows whose fate I'm really concerned about, but I learned a long time ago that the shows I love are usually the ones that get cancelled.For every SIMPSONS that surviv...
Mercedes Lackey hits the shelves today with continuations of both her Elemental Masters and The Dragon Jousters series, Koji Suzuki's final installment of the Ring trilogy gets its stateside paperback debut, and Dietz releases his new hard SF thriller fre...
The weird tales of Howard Phillips Lovecraft are among the most potent horror stories of the last century. Told through a careful and precise narrative ambiance, H.P. Lovecraft's tales of the undying manifestations of monstrous, cosmic evil and arcane sor...
The first volume in the new Heroes print collection may be debuting this week, but Heroes: Origins, the NBC hit’s next TV incarnation, isn’t faring nearly so well. This Halloween saw the expiration of the WGA’s contract with the Alliance...
What They SayMysteries and surprises! To get money for repairs to their space ship, the girls all compete in a swimsuit competition, but no one expects the shocking swimsuit on the surprise competitor! Later, Mihoshi\'s blundering results in chaos at a Ju...
Planet-es, the adventures of diaper boy and diaper girl in space! Although... it doesn't seem like they're out there long enough to need them. -_-
After mankind started venturing out into space in a bigger way, a disaster alerted them to a great probl...
Swords clash, elemental battleships go to war, and long-dead dragons rise again in this week's buzz of science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction. Making big waves in the fantasy arena is Tor Book's publication of Terry Goodkind's Phantom. A long-awaite...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kim Tae-HyungTranslated by:Woo Sok ParkAdapted by:What They SayIn the year Universal Century 0091, Sinan is a mecha pilot for the Mars colony in its war with the Moon colony over re-patriation rights over the newly restored Ea...
As the Fall season rapidly approaches, one of fiction’s most popular manifestations of the Other is lurking from the shadows and sizing up your jugular in a slew of new horror, fantasy, and even science fiction literature.
Hello Maniac read...
So I figured this anime would be like another Lord of the Flies, but less violent or something. However, they don't even get to the deserted planet in episode one, since they have to set up all the relationships between the students, so I can't really tel...
No matter what holiday you celebrate there’s always one constant during the winter season: terrible gifts. Because of a schedule / travel conflict with the fam I happened to celebrate Christmas early this year. Did I get Subterranean Press’ li...
Ever since its conception in 1978, Battlestar Galactica has been offering viewers a layered SF universe, one that manages to stay grounded with the world around us and in sync with contemporary American society. Like any good sci-fi series BSG explores th...
Penguin Group USA unveils a powerful new anthology on hardcover featuring fantasy’s most prestigious character archetypes: the almighty, all-ass-kicking wizard. Neil Gaiman, Kage Baker, Orson Scott Card, and many other established fantasy authors ro...
Kicking off her first review with us today, Sakura Eries has used a tweaked version of the review she submitted to us in order to be considered for a spot here with the August 2003 release of Forbidden Dance Vol. #1 (of 4) from TOKYOPOP.
What They SayPiyoko is the princess of Planet Analogue and leader of the evil Black Gema Gema Gang. But she’s a poor royal figure, with little food to eat.
When Piyoko’s Upchuck Bazooka destroys a whole city, she’s forced to flee the...
Sakura\'s checking in this morning with a look at one of the series that TOKYOPOP finished up awhile ago with the October 2003 release of Forbidden Dance Vol. #2 (of 4).
Torrance, CA (December 13, 2007) - Aurora Publishing, Inc., the fully-owned U.S. subsidiary of Japan's manga powerhouse, Ohzora Publishing Co., launches three new websites for their three manga imprints - Aurora, Luv Luv & Deux.
Aurora ~ Experience the A...
While he hasn’t scored any summer blockbusters this year, the shadow of Jerry Goldsmith has hung over two of the year’s biggest releases: Universal’s THE MUMMY RETURNS and Fox’s PLANET OF THE APES. Goldsmith scored Stephen Sommers’ 1999 remake of THE MUMM...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hinako AshiharaTranslated by:Takae BrewerAdapted by:What They SayAya sneaks out of the all-important National Ballet Competition to see her best friend Nachan. It's a race against the clock as Aya searches for her distraught f...
Before I dig into what happened in the spring premiere I have to comment on the poor ad campaign running for the series. The ads are like a schmaltzy Smallville rip off with some horrible pop balad that just makes the series appear flaccid and s...
A first look at the teaming of Jet Li & Jackie Chan has appeared online for their collaboration FORBIDDEN KINGDOM. The fight choreography was handled by Yuen Wo Ping (Kill Bill films, Matrix trilogy) while Rob Minkoff directed the project for Lionsgat...
Producer Richard Zanuck has been talking about a sequel to Tim Burton's PLANET OF THE APES.While talking to syndicated columnists Marilyn Beck and Stacy Jenel Smith, Zanuck suggested that a sequel might come in 2003. Zanuck explains, saying, "We don't wan...
As you can tell by the return of the banner, the folks at Planet Anime have been able to extend their 5$ discount to readers here and the preorder cutoff has been moved from the end of August to the end of September. Check out the calendars!
The folks at Planet Anime passed along that they\'re running a sale this week to celebrate their return to operation, which means when you deal in their in-stock items, you can get 40% off All In-stock DVDs, 35% off All In-stock Books - Manga, Graphic Nov...
As our manga forum continues to grow and we eye expanding some additional bits in that direction, it\'s worth noting this sale we learned about today:Save 33% on All Graphic Novels!That\'s right ALL Graphic Novels. Not just in-stock graphic novels, not ju...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kataoka Jinsei / Kondou KodamaTranslated by:Toshi YoshidaAdapted by:Trish LedouxWhat They SayRenton must face the inevitable truth about Eureka as tensions mount between Gekkostate and the Federation and things near their fier...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Story by: BONES/Kataoka Jinsei / Art by: Kondou KazumaTranslated by:Toshi YoshidaAdapted by:T. LedeouxWhat They SayHolland and Dewey clash, and Holland is forced to confront a past that he\'d rather forget. Do Renton and Eur...
Mania's Lost Planet contest has now come to an end and the lucky winners have been selected!The winners are:Lisa (Grand Prize Special Edition)ChrisRyanCombining a gripping single player campaign and intense multiplayer modes with support for up to 16 play...
What They SayA Saiyan warrior has arrived on Earth. His name is Paragus and he seeks the rightful ruler of the Saiyans, Vegeta! Confessing his loyalty to his new king, Paragus pleads with the powerful warrior to vanquish a rampaging Super Saiyan who is th...
Disney has released the first trailer to it's animate re-imagining of Robert Louis Stevenson's TREASURE ISLAND, called now, of course, TREASURE PLANET. The film, sporting the voice talents of David Hyde Pierce, Martin Short, Emma Thompson, centers on a gr...
The first images are out from Disney’s secret shrouded re-imagining of Robert Louis Stevenson’s TREASURE ISLAND. This animated adaptation sets the story in the future, and recasts the adventure as a space opera. What’s it called? TREASURE PLANET of course...
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER covers Disney's $47 million dollar writedown on previously reported earnings in the wake of Thanksgiving weekend's unexpectedly poor opening for TREASURE PLANET.The same announcement also acknowledged an ongoing financial investigat...
Scribes Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio have been hired by New Line Cinema to adapt an as-yet unpublished comic called PLANET TERRY. Created by Rob Liefeld, one of the original founders of Image Comics and former superstar artist of Marvel Comics' X-FORCE, Lief...
Mike Dungan\'s taking the wayback machine a few years into the past this morning with a look at the March 2002 release of Planet Ladder Vol. #1 (of 7), one of the first round of titles TOKYOPOP put out under their 100% Authentic Manga line-up.
FORBIDDEN #0 begins a fantasy epic about a prince named Sinn, recently escaped from his father's underground kingdom that dwells religiously in darkness. An ancient curse lain upon the Nocturnals forces them to avoid sunlight, and thus, combustion (they'...
Only a few short months after Tim Burton vociferously swore off a second film in the PLANET OF THE APES re-imagined series, comes word the film might be dead altogether. According to several industry columnists, Marilyn Beck among them, Twentieth Century ...