My headline continues the "bad Houseof M pun" tradition I began last month, but I promise this is the last one. However, the FantasticFour as readers know them appear nowhere in this issue. Apparently, they all died years before the formation of the F...
This week is a perfect time to reflect on the 40th anniversary of the FantasticFour, and indeed, the 40th birthday of the Marvel Universe in general as well. A few days ago, just in time to commemorate this landmark in the history of the First Family of ...
Imagine if Stan Lee and Jack Kirby had created The Practice. Granted, it’s a bizarre idea, but one that hints at the changes which plotter/artist Carlos Pacheco is making in the lives of Lee and Kirby’s family super-team, the FantasticFour. Combining cla...
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...
Now that Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada has helped to restore the luster to the Marvel reputation, fans are eagerly awaiting all of the spectacular new adventures set to debut in the months to come. CINESCAPE has the scoop on all the hot new projects about t...
Marvel Comics has announced that they have signed TEEN TITANS artist Mike McKone to an exclusive two-year contract with the company. It's a return to the Houseof Ideas for McKone whose previous Marvel work includes stints on THOR, EXILES, THE PUNISHER an...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another Comicscape adventure at the movies! I rarely see movies in the theater these days. Between the incessant chatter, the rising ticket prices, the ridiculous levels of air conditioning, and the overpriced ...
A group of young people want to have sex and get drunk, and the perfect place to do this is at an all-weekend-long rave being held on a remote island. When they get to the island they find that nearly everyone who was already at the rave is dead, killed b...
Marvel Comics has announced FANTASTICFOUR: UNSTABLE MOLECULES, a four-issue mini-series that presents the "cartoon biography of the real-life inspiration of comics' first family."James Sturm, creator of GOLEM'S MIGHTY SWING, is writing and thumb-nailing ...
This is a tale of two Big Towns. FantasticFour: Big Town, the much-talked about four-issue mini-series, tells the story of a world where the advanced technology of Marvel’s superheroes has filtered down to the street-level everyday society. But in recent...
It's my birthday tomorrow, so I'm giving myself an early birthday present: a shorter column. Many happy returns. And in keeping with the birthday theme -- namely, focusing on me, myself, and I -- here's a list offour things that would make my birthday ...
Marvel is pleased to announce that FantasticFour #544, the first issue to feature the new team lineup, has sold out at Diamond. In the aftermath of Civil War, Marvel’s first family must re-evaluate their place in life, leaving the team without Mr. ...
John Ottman has risen to an impressive prominence over the last several years, while also avoiding that traditional Hollywood pitfall typecasting. He's managed to score a continual variety of films from scary horror films like URBAN LEGENDS: FINAL CUT a...
Anyone hanging out on the CINESCAPE web site should know just who and what the FANTASTICFOUR are, but on the off chance you don't, here's a bit of history.Background:In 1961 the publisher of Marvel Comics, Martin Goodman, told his editor and head writer ...
FantasticFour: World’s Greatest Heroes is the fourth animated TV series for Marvel Comics’s flagship title. Premiering on the Cartoon Network the show has had a bit of a spotty broadcast history but now you can see the complete firs...
As many of you know by now, I generally lead off my reviews by giving a plot synopsis of the book in question, but in this case it's hardly necessary to do so. Most of those interested in reading MARVEL AGE: FANTASTICFOUR#1 are already familiar with the...
They deserved so much better.The FantasticFour's fortieth anniversary has been celebrated in a variety of ways this year, ranging from the overblown and confusing (FANTASTICFOUR 1234) to the overblown and amazingly entertaining (FANTASTICFOUR: THE WORL...
FantasticFour: Rise of the Silver Surfer is a case of a sequel that’s better than the original. Granted, the first FantasticFour didn’t set the bar all that high, but it was good-natured fun. FantasticFour: Rise of the Silver Surfer runs wi...
It has taken more than two years to produce, but Gen13/ FantasticFour finally hits comic racks today. And you thought waiting for an issue of Battle Chasers to be published was bad.`I did the project like two years ago,` admits Kevin Maguire, who writes ...
While speaking to the assembled press converging on the set ofFANTASTICFOUR this past weekend, producer Ralph Winter was asked if his team had already begun thinking about the sequel possibilities for this new superhero film franchise. "Funny you ask," ...
As Valeria Von Doom, Franklin Richards, Saturnyne, and Roma watch, the FantasticFour work in four different universes to find the location of the Ultimate Nullifier, locked in the mind of each world's Johnny Storm. The weapon which once stopped Galactus ...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, NIP/TUCK star Julian McMahon is in negotiations to play Doctor Doom in the FANTASTICFOUR movie. The role of Doom, the picture's villain, is the final major part that the 20th Century Fox film is left to fill.In the co...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another controversial edition of Comicscape! Last week’s review ofFantasticFour: Rise of the Silver Surfer sparked a hellacious debate on the comment section unlike few we’ve seen on the site. It ...
Careful the first soundtrack album for THE FANTASTICFOUR movie won't be the actual film score, but the obligatory exploitative song compilation release. Released on Wind-Up records on July 5th, the "various artists" soundtrack, entitled FantasticFour -...
According to WENN, the giant planet devouring character Galactus will show up toward the end of the FANTASTICFOUR sequel."I don't want to give too much away but I will say this: Galactus will appear and fans will not be disappointed," said Fox chairman T...
Sideshow Collectibles and Marvel Comics have announced details of their upcoming FantasticFour Diorama. The sculpture reflects the best of each character; Mr. Fantastic's talent for stretching, the Human Torch's gift for flame and flight, The Invisible W...
For all those who felt the so-called "anniversary" issue last month was a virtual catalogue of mistakes and opportunities missed, this first regular issue since the big celebration manages to recapture much of what makes the FF work so well these last 40 ...
As I said in last week’s box office report, Ocean’s Thirteen had very little chance to make a repeat appearance at the top spot. With FantasticFour: Rise of the Silver Surfer clocking in at 1 hr & 29 minutes and it appearing in 3,959 thea...
Ain't It Cool News has published a review of a recent draft of Simon Kinsburg's FANTASTICFOUR screenplay. While it's not the shooting draft of the project, Moriarty's review of the superhero flick does fill in some of the story gaps that fans have been w...
DARK HORIZONS posts a couple of quotes today from a DREAMWATCH magazine interview with BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER's Doug Petrie on his FANTASTICFOUR movie script.Among other things, the writer notes he's fiddled with the origin story to link the origins of...
Anonymous has returned with a new photo from last night's on-location filming of the FANTASTICFOUR movie. This latest image shows the FF crew preparing to film the scene where The Thing walks down a New York street and spots a sculpture of his head/torso...
A new animated television series featuring the FANTASTICFOUR is in the works from Marvel Enterprises and the French animation firm Antefilms Productions. 26 half-hour episodes are being made for broadcast sometime in the latter portion of 2006, approxima...
Today at the WizardWorld comic book convention Marvel Comics announced that the next title in their popular Ultimates line will be ULTIMATE FANTASTICFOUR. The book will be co-written by Mark Millar (THE ULTIMATES) and Brian Michael Bendis (ULTIMATE SPIDE...
Even with all the bad reviews 20th Century Fox's FANTASTICFOUR still managed to claim the number one spot at the box office this weekend by early estimates. WAR OF THE WORLDS slipped to the number two spot with a take of $31.3 million, while BATMAN BEGIN...
It's fair to say that Marvel's flagship title has not been what it once was for a very long time now. The last positive shakeup FANTASTICFOUR had was the much maligned HEROES REBORN run some years back (which I will readily admit I enjoyed, if only becau...
Mark Millar begins his run on FantasticFour with a pitch-perfect, if somewhat decompressed, introduction. It opens with the team on a time-travel vacation gone horribly awry, with Ben Grimm somehow left in – and then rescued from – the y...
Is this supposed to be a "grim 'n' gritty" take on the venerable FantasticFour, a sort of backhanded celebration of their 40th anniversary meant to pay tribute to the team by dirtying them up a bit? That's how it appears, and as darker superhero stories ...
I thought my crossover critique in last week's COMICSCAPE would garner mail a plenty, but to no avail. My rant about the FANTASTICFOUR movie must've driven away my readership or something. Fortunately, I received a few thoughtful, lengthy letters that co...
The Tuesday edition of USA Today has published all four character photos of Fox's FANTASTICFOUR, giving everyone their first true look at Mr. Fantastic (Ioan Gruffudd), The Human Torch (Chris Evans), The Invisible Woman (Jessica Alba) and The Thing (Mich...
When it comes down to it you have to ask yourself, “Which one do I buy?” Is it the DVD titled “Special Edition” or do I save a few bucks and just get the movie? How many times will I watch those special features? &nb...
As principal photography on 20th Century Fox's FANTASTICFOUR winds down, we've been hearing stories about a last-minute change of plans that happened with the film -- and it's all due to another superhero movie called THE INCREDIBLES.Two sources have now...
If you missed the Tuesday broadcast of Entertainment Tonight and the on the set preview ofFANTASTICFOUR, the internet is coming to your rescue. The segment is being hosted as a video file on a website, though for how long that will last we're unsure. Th...
Last summer's sequel FantasticFour: Rise of the Silver Surfer may have been the last in that particular franchise, so says co-star Chris Evans. While we've had quotes about the confidence of a third film from co-stars Jessica and Michael in terms of what...
Marvel Comics on Tuesday released the cover to FANTASTICFOUR #60, the 9-cent issue and the first from the new creative team of Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo. Here's how Marvel describes the issue: "The FF's new all-star creative team debuts in this, the...
Superhero Hype has the first group photo of the FANTASTICFOUR -- The Thing, Human Torch, Mr. Fantastic and the Invisible Woman -- officially released by the movie studio. Strike a pose, cosmic powered heroes!Got a scoop? Know something that you need to ...
UNSTABLE MOLECULES sets out what may be one of the most interesting FANTASTICFOUR-based premises to date: what if Marvel's First Family were based on a real family whom creators Stan Lee and Jack Kirby happened to meet back in the 60s? Not a superpowered...
Tim Story recently updated his blog with some news on the upcoming sequel FANTASTICFOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER. The film is set to hit theaters on June 15, 2007.Story writes, "Well here we are. Exactly two weeks til this all gets under way. Seeing a...
Apple.com has now posted the QuickTime version of the FANTASTICFOUR trailer, providing us four sizes of presentation (small, medium, large and fullscreen.)Take a look and see what the FF movie is shaping up to look like.Got a scoop? Know something that ...
Superhero Hype has published the first image of Julian McMahon as Dr. Victor von Doom in FANTASTICFOUR. The profile shot of the NIP/TUCK actor is of Doom as he first appears in the film and not in his metal mask or hooded green costume which comes later....
A new poster has hit the web for Fox's upcoming film, FantasticFour: Rise of the Silver Surfer.In the film, the Silver Surfer comes to Earth to prepare it for destruction. As the Silver Surfer races around the globe wreaking havoc, Reed, Sue, Johnny and ...
If you hadn't caught on yet, COMICSCAPE didn't run yesterday because of the Fourth of July holiday. As UPS doesn't deliver on federal holidays, the new comics didn't hit the shops until today. I hope everyone had a happy holiday and didn't lose any finger...
The site Filmz has got their hands on 5 international character posters for the upcoming film, FantasticFour: Rise of the Silver Surfer.You can find all 5 posters here.In the sequel, the enigmatic, intergalactic herald, The Silver Surfer, comes to Earth ...
A couple of weeks ago, a COMICSCAPE reader asked me to do a column about breaking into comics. Here, I present the first of a couple of columns on the subject. Many comics professionals began their career in self-publishing they created their own books, ...
Both The Hollywood Reporter and Variety break word today that three of the FANTASTICFOUR have been cast. They are:Ioan Gruffudd, probably still best remembered for playing Horatio Hornblower in a number of A&E movies, has landed the role of brilliant sci...
A fairly typical encounter with some nasty elementals each assigned to annihilate one specific member of the fabled FantasticFour (now in the midst of celebrating their 40th anniversary in comics) ends predictably, as the team changes opponents and easil...
The trailer for the upcoming film FantasticFour: Rise of the Silver Surfer has made it's way online via Apple.You can find it here.Directed by Tim Story, the anticipated sequel stars Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMah...
At first it sounds like a dream book: Grant Morrison (current writer of NEW X-MEN and former writer of JLA) working with hot artist Jae Lee (SENTRY) to tell a story about the FF's greatest foes teaming up to bring the family to its knees. Morrison promise...
Los Angeles Magazine's March 2005 issue has an article by Robert Ito discussing the first "FantasticFour" film made in 1993.Ito interviewed Roger Corman, German producer Bernd Eichinger who bought the rights cheap from Marvel, Stan Lee and members of the...
Last time, writer Mark Waid and artist Mike Wieringo began to give us an idea of where the FantasticFour will be headed in the next year with the new creative team at the helm. And now, the dramatic conclusion!While Waid will be guiding the new adventure...
The Yancy Street Gang have done it again, and Ben's hopping mad - or as "hopping" as someone who weighs two tons can get. He finally has a lead on who's been sending those anonymous packages all these years, and Johnny's off to stop him before he does som...
According to Superhero Hype, the upcoming sequel to 20th Century Fox's FANTASTICFOUR has received another title change.The movie was previously known as FantasticFour and The Silver Surfer, but will now be known as FANTASTICFOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SUR...
The Halloween holiday, from its “pagan” origins, has been all about confronting one’s fears. A traditional way to celebrate is a spook house – a combination of performance art and carnival attraction stocked with supernatural sights and sounds meant to in...
20th Century Fox's FANTASTICFOUR "will benefit from an innovative and extensive cross-marketing program that leverages how important music and video games are to each other." It has been announced there will be "games from Activision, a soundtrack from W...
Via his website, comic book scribe Peter David has revealed that he will write the Pocket Books novel adaptation of 20th Century Fox's FANTASTICFOUR movie. In David's November 7 blog entry he states this fact and adds (no pun intended, we're sure) that ...
Hollywood North Report has reported that additional photography, with the entire cast, for the FANTASTICFOUR has wrapped up in Vancouver.David Gorder, the associate producer, stated that, "We shot some excellent new scenes which will augment the story an...
First the Batman was featured in a 10 cent comic book intended to entice lapsed readers and new fans alike to return to the DC fold, and now Marvel has upped the ante by pricing FANTASTICFOUR #60 - the "World's Cheapest Comic Magazine" - at a miraculous ...
ComicBookMovie.com recently did an interview with the FANTASTICFOUR's Ioan Gruffudd (Mr. Fantastic/Reed Richards) regarding the soon-to-be released film.Here's what Gruffudd had to say in regard to sequels:ComicBookMovie.com: Speaking of sequels, you kno...
High quality views of the FANTASTICFOUR character photos that first appeared in the pages of USA Today earlier this week have finally sprouted online courtesy of 20th Century Fox. If you've been waiting for better resolution shots to see if there's grey ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Tony Wong/Andy SetoTranslated by:Yun ZhaoAdapted by:What They SayThe epic kung fu whodunit continues as Master Zhuge and his four Imperial Constables come ever-closer to solving the decades-old mystery behind the 13 masked ass...
Hey, I apologize for the lateness of this more detailed Box Office Report. On Sunday, I had the pleasure of screaming my lungs out a very lively LinkinPark concert/festival from noon-midnight. While this has my vocal cords currently inoperable and my skin...
At the ShoWest, the cast and crew ofFANTASTICFOUR told the AP about the superpowers they wish they had. Ioan Gruffudd and Julian McMahon dream about the power to fly. Director Tim Story wishes he had healing superpowers. Producer Avi Arad craves telepat...
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The FantasticFour return with this third-person action video game featuring Marvel Comics' legendary super-powered foursome. The game is based on both the comic book series as well as Twentieth Century Fox/Marvel Entertainment's movie sequel.
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It seems the FantasticFour are no match for a bunch of toys. Transformers and FantasticFour had both been staking claim to the July 4th, 2007 release date, a game of chicken if you will. The FantasticFour swerved first.Bumping the release up two week...
Jessica Alba has won the role of The Invisible Woman in the FANTASTICFOUR movie. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Alba beat out other potential candidates Rachel McAdams (MEAN GIRLS) and Elizabeth Banks (SPIDER-MAN 2) for the part.The DARK ANGEL actr...
ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT reporter Maria Menounos has won a small part in Fox's FANTASTICFOUR film, playing a nurse that catches the eye of Johnny Storm/The Human Torch. The movie is underway in Vancouver, Canada and stars Chris Evans as the Torch, Ioan Gruf...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Beau Garrett and Andre Braugher have both signed on to play roles in the upcoming 20th Century Fox sequel FANTASTICFOUR: THE RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER. They will join Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Mich...
Julian McMahon has revealed to iF Magazine that he will be back as Dr. Doom for the FANTASTICFOUR sequel. Though McMahon will be back in some form, he is not sure of his exact role in the film."We haven't got a script yet. The script hasn't been put out...
Marvel Comics has fired the writer of their FANTASTICFOUR comic series. Last Friday writer Mark Waid was told that his services would no longer be required, and that his final issue as writer would be #508 (published with a January 2004 cover date.) Waid...
According to Blackfilm.com, Andre Braugher has left an episodic role on the TV show ER so he can play a part in the upcoming sequel FANTASTICFOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER.Braugher will be playing the role of a military general in the sequel.The film wi...
A scooper for Latino Review has dropped off word that actress Kate Bosworth (BLUE CRUSH) is also up for the role of the Invisible Woman in Fox's FANTASTICFOUR film. That now makes it three actresses rumored by movie websites to be in the running to play ...
Tim Story posted a new entry in his myspace blog and it deals with the upcoming FANTASTICFOUR film.Story writes:Sorry guys,I've been going crazy prepping this thing. Just got back from Vancouver, which is of course where we will be filming the movie, and...
As we we the first to report, today the long-anticipated trailer for 20th Century Fox's FANTASTICFOUR film arrives in theaters attached to ELEKTRA. It doesn't appear that Fox will be releasing the trailer to the Web before the weekend starts, but they di...
With the cast for 20th Century Fox's FANTASTICFOUR now signed, and production slated to start on the film today, word has reached us of an important and rather large set that's been constructed inside an off-limits sound stage somewhere in Vancouver. Ins...
Another day, another pair ofFANTASTICFOUR casting rumors to add to the pile. Yesterday we broke the scoop that Christina Milian was one of the rumored actresses up for consideration for the role of Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman. Today another FF castin...
With filming well underway on 20th Century Fox's FANTASTICFOUR movie, our network of spies have been hard at work digging up whatever facts we can land about the production. We were the first to tell you about a set that was to be constructed at a parkin...
Confirming the scoop first reported by FilmForce, BARBERSHOP helmer Tim Story has been cited as the new director of the FANTASTICFOUR movie by the trade magazines. While speaking with Variety, Story said that the principal idea that attracted him to the ...
It looks like a new RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER trailer has landed on Apple.com. The film rides into theaters on July 15th.
So if you haven't seen it yet or downloaded it to your iPod, click here to check it out.
Reed continues to try to justify his take over of Latveria to his teammates, to the rest of the world - and to the Latverians themselves, who seem not to appreciate the fact that they're now free of Doom's tyranny. The border countries want the team out s...
On a marginally-unrelated-to-comics note, REVENGE OF THE SITH will kick your ass and those of your children. It's the best of the STAR WARS prequel trilogy and better than RETURN OF THE JEDI. I've already seen it twice and I'll probably see it again befor...
Sometimes the scoops that we receive aren't exactly big and beefy. By that, the sender tells us a piece of important information but it's just a sentence worth of news, a small piece of newsworthy gossip but is it enough to write a whole article about?Wel...
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEADHaving gone beyond the veil into Heaven and finding Ben locked out by a door of Reed's design, the team attempt to solve the problem and soon find they have an appointment with God. No, really.Whether you'll enjoy FANTASTICFOUR #51...
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...
Due out this November from the Marvel Comics line of hero books: INCREDIBLE HULK #34Cover by Kaare AndrewsWritten by Bruce Jones; art by John Romita, Jr. and Tom PalmerBeginning a new era as legendary horror comics' writer Bruce Jones (Creepy, Eerie), pen...
Marvel Enterprises will distribute a six-week lesson plan for 2 million second- through fourth-graders at 6,000 predominantly public schools that will promote the upcoming "FantasticFour" which hits theaters nationwide on July 8th.The campaign is called ...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATION The taut science fiction score for the 1996-97 TV series, DARK SKIES, has been released as a limited edition 10th anniversary soundtrack CD by Perseverance Records. The CD contains almost an hour's worth of Michael Hoenig's sco...
A source has told us that the production company working on 20th Century Fox's FANTASTICFOUR movie is looking at filming the production in Canada, with their focus being centered on either Toronto or Vancouver. For the moment it appears that Toronto has ...
Comic Con 2007 in San Diego has listed their full lineup. I'll be posting the movie and television sections of the COMIC CON event.. This will include lots of information for you to judge on what to see if you happen to go to it.
Another thing, if ...
On the night of Friday, October 13th, at the recently restored Vista Theater (where Hollywood meets Los Feliz), fans converged for the 30th Anniversary Celebration ofHOUSEOF DARK SHADOWS, the feature film version of the Gothic soap opera from the ‘60s. ...
Writer and BET TV President Reggie Hudlin was just supposed to pen a six-issue miniseries returning the Black Panther to the forefront of the Marvel Comics Universe, but the response to the first few issues was so overwhelming that the Houseof Ideas ...
Well kids, here we are with another comic movie column. For those of you that never leave the house and still think your copy of SPAWN #1 is worth $80, BATMAN BEGINS opened on Wednesday last week. Critics have rightfully praised it as both an engaging cha...
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End sailed into the number one spot for its second weekend, pulling in 43.1 mil here in the states. The 3rd installment in the franchise averaged $9,900 per showing on it’s 4,362 theaters around the world. ...
It's official: Baby Val is in the control of Doctor Doom. Seems that when he helped Sue deliver the baby, he also managed to make her his familiar, a conduit for his sorcery to attack her family. None of this is known to the team, of course, since they ha...
Ben Grimm should know better than to go back to Yancy Street, the tough little area of town where he grew up. After all, as FF fans well know, the Yancy Streeters don't care how many world-eaters and aliens and armor-wearing power-crazed nutcases he's fou...
Over the past two weeks a pair of sharp-eyed scoopers sent word of a interesting fragment of news found on E! Online: the mention that pop superstar Jessica Simpson has been apparently cast in a new Marvel Comics film project due out in the summer of 2004...
Marvel has provided six black-and-white sample pages of artist Steve McNiven's work from the upcoming FANTASTICFOUR Marvel Knights series. Scheduled for release in February 2004, the book is written by playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and will showcase ...
There's been two new developments to report about 20th Century Fox's long in gestation superhero flick, FANTASTICFOUR.Movie website JoBlo spoke with DOWN WITH LOVE director Peyton Reed, who's also attached to helm the FOUR movie, and uncovered a surprisi...
MTV runs an article on the story ideas and creative approach being employed by screenwriter Doug Petrie in crafting the script for the upcoming FANTASTICFOUR movie. Petrie discusses the film's opening scene, and how his creative approach differs from oth...
Marvel Masterworks Editor Tom Brevoort wasn’t worried that his new volume of Silver Age reprints, containing FantasticFour #51-#60 and Annual #4, would ship late. And the hardcover’s appearance in late October, two weeks earlier than its solicited Nov. 8...
Gentlemen,I greatly enjoyed Steve Ryfle`s witty feature article of 10/9/00, `BLACK SCORPION debuts Big, Bad Car at Peterson Automotive Museum.` Just for the record, however, I`d like to point out that the reference to `...Corman`s disastrous, legally supp...
A Galaxia, a Brazilian website specializing in genre entertainment, landed a pretty big exclusive today with their interview with LORD OF THE RINGS star Sean Astin. The man who brought Samwise Gamgee to life in three RINGS films spoke with a reporter from...
First confirmed on Ain't It Cool News last week by Marvel Studios CEO Avi Arad, today's The Hollywood Reporter reiterates that director Peyton Reed has exited Fox's FANTASTICFOUR movie project. According to the Reporter, Peyton's departure was due to "cr...
Given the widely reported, tangled history of this production, it's sort of impressive that the version ofFANTASTICFOUR that made it to the screen is respectably coherent and moderately enjoyable. Director Tim Story, credited writers Mark Frost and Mich...
Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo, who once teamed on DC Comics' THE FLASH, are the new creative team of Marvel Comics' FANTASTICFOUR. Waid is ending his exclusivity with CrossGen Comics but recently reached a long-term agreement to continue writing the compan...
The internet. It's both a powerful tool for pushing the frontier of human civilization and communication ahead as well as a means to give ulcers to producers and studio executives working in Hollywood. Better grab the Tums fellas, we've got another scoop ...
Continuing their spy coverage of the FANTASTICFOUR movie while it films in Vancouver, Hollywood North Report has a new series of photos up showing the production shooting at the Plaza of Nations, an outdoor venue that's usually the site for concerts. The...
Did Stan Lee ever dream of the day when he might star in the FANTASTICFOUR movie when he and artist Jack Kirby created the world's greatest comic magazine? If Lee ever did, that dream has come true already: the legendary writer of some of Marvel Comics' ...
With three of the FANTASTICFOUR's quartet signed, sealed and delivered, all that remains is the announcement as to which actress will play the part of Sue Storm, a.k.a. The Invisible Woman. Names have been swirling around for weeks, but this past weekend...
Rumors continue to swirl about which actors may be leading candidates for roles in the live-action FANTASTICFOUR movie, to be directed by Tim Story (BARBERSHOP). We ourselves have contributed to the cyclone by publishing a report last April that actress ...
A number of new exclusives have popped up on the Web concerning the FANTASTICFOUR movie, and we need to fill you in on what's been happening.First up, Hollywood North Report has landed the best spy photo yet of Michael Chiklis as The Thing, snapped on th...
Mean. That's the only way to describe the comments from last week. Just mean! I thought you could have some respect for your fellow comment posters, whether FARSCAPE or STARGATE fan, but no, I was wrong. Instead, we've been reduced to name-calling, an...
Last week’s episode was probably the best of the season, so when this week lacked the momentum and energy of that episode, I was a little surprised, considering it was the second to last episode of the season. It wasn’t a bad episode, not...
I left my first experience at San Diego Comic Con behind a bit sadly. Aside from a few awkward moments with editors and comics professionals (never underestimate my ability to say the wrong thing at the wrong time), I had a great time and will likely retu...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONHans Zimmer, who produced Klaus Badelt's masterful score for the original PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (but who, as Badelt's immediate protégé, was also believed to have had more than a slight hand in its co...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another dive into the shallow end of Comicscape! Last week’s none-too-scientific analysis of the many 1990s throwbacks plaguing the industry generated a lot of comments, but little mail. I intended to run...
In visual terms, HOUSEOF FLYING DAGGERS is the kind of movie for which superlatives were invented. Sure, it's clichéd to say it's gorgeous, stunning, brilliant but it's also true. Director Zhang Yimou uses bright colors and contrasts in ways that feel j...
From where I stand, the publication of a bimonthly magazine as explicit and diverse as AG is something of a change in the winds. Until very recently, the majority (what little that actually was) of erotic manga published in the US was done so by Eros Co...
Or, anyway, I think they do. I can't be sure because the catalyst here is a person who can completely control reality. We've already seen that Scarlet Witch has the ability to rewire a person's life, bring back the dead and turn Nightcrawler into a lepre...
HOUSEOF 1000 CORPSES originally achieved a bit of notoriety as being the feature film writing/directing debut of rocker Rod Zombie. The movie subsequently garnered more ink when initial financier/distributor Universal Pictures backed out of the releasing...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS UK film composer David Julyan, noted for his moody scores for Christopher Nolan's FOLLOWING, MEMENTO, and INSOMNIA (the latter two scores issues on Thrive and Varese Sarabande CDs, respectively) has taken a dark swing into horr...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another exciting journey into the darkest reaches of Comicscape. I, your stalwart and steady captain, will take us careening into one of the greatest mysteries to plague the comic industry as we ask, “Whatever...
OK, so 2001 didn't exactly herald the arrival of a mysterious alien Monolith or the beginning of the next stage in human evolution, but for comic book fans, and Marvelites in particular, there was an Earth-moving moment of revelation and a joy no less cos...
OPINION: First off, my thanks to Justin Campbell, who wrote in to tell me that the silent classic THE GOLEM has indeed been released on DVD. I'll have to get Brian Thomas to review that sometime... On the subject of parallel continuities, or the idea that...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another mail-filled Comicscape maelstrom. Last week’s column on Marvel’s Civil War garnered some thoughtful letters – more than the paltry couple I seem to receive lately. For whatever r...
OPINION: Wow, talk about varied opinions! After my extended review of SPIDER-MAN 2 a couple of weeks back, I got people agreeing with me, people disagreeing with me, people kinda disagreeing with me, and people strongly disagreeing with me. (I even got on...
Cartoon Network has landed exclusive domestic TV rights to a new half-hour animated series based on Marvel's FANTASTICFOUR. The show is a co-production of Marvel Studios and Moonscoop.The program will premiere as a weekly series on the network this fall....
Greetings, COMICSCAPE faithful, and welcome to another week of editorial content to keep you sane at work. Talking about men in long underwear beating the hell out of each other always trumps filling out TPS reports. For those of you checking in again, th...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATION John Ottman's score to SUPERMAN RETURNS, which will be released on June 27th by Rhino Records, merges the bombastic resplendency of late '70s John Williams with the mid 2000's sensibility of John Ottman. Williams' stalwart, swa...
I stared at the sporadic Uptown traffic on Oak Street through the open, boarded-up door of More Fun Comics that overcast Sunday afternoon. Two months ago Hurricane Katrina decimated the Gulf Coast, leaving hundreds dead and even more homeless, displaced, ...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another swan dive into the shallow end of the pool with Comicscape! Because of the Christmas holiday, UPS won’t deliver the comics to the shops until today. I imagine a few of you have already succumbed ...
One can say little about The Dark Knight that other reviewers haven’t already uttered a thousand times. The film has received an overwhelmingly positive critical response, along with the record for the most financially successful opening weeken...
Being that this is my first regular column for Comicscape, I've decided to devote an entire column to my favorite subject: me. That's right this column is all about yours truly. Settle in while I recount my earliest memories of sitting in a hospital wi...
Although American publishers have no problem churning out movie novelizations on time and en masse, some great genre literature is falling through the cracks, getting too little publicity or attention to garner the widespread praise it rightfully dese...
OPINION: I knew I should have stayed out of the Thor/Superman conflict. Several of you had quite strong responses to last week's column, and in the last week I've been labeled both a Superman-hater and a Thor-hater (neither of which is true, by the way). ...
Before we dive in, there's a new, official-type e-mail address you can reach me at. You can still get me at kurtamacker@yahoo.com, but now comicscape@cinescape.com is up and it comes directly to me. It mostly just makes me look slightly official when I'...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS With his distinctive violin writing and his flair for fluidly atmospheric and scarily weaving scores, Pino Donaggio was the horror score maestro during the 1970s, providing such now classic scores as DON'T LOOK NOW, CARRIE, DRE...
What They SayAs the Children of Befort continue their centuries long search, the investigation over their reappearance has drawn Detective Cooks into the depths of the mysterious Ged Group. Meanwhile Thoma, Helga and Chitto continue to develop their frien...
You probably noticed that my colleague of questionable esteem, Al Brown, wrote last week's column. I had to return to New Orleans for a few days to help my parents with their house (hurricane, flooding), so I called Al and told him I'd turn over more evid...
The New Year looms on the horizon yet again, and I find myself lacking inspiration for a column in between the twin drinking binges of Christmas and New Year's Eve. As such, you'll have to make due with my ramblings about the state of the comic industry i...
Writer-director Mitch Marcus seems to have adjusted to the idea that his period adaptation of `The Ghostly Rental,` a story by Henry James (Turn of the Screw), has somehow been retitled The Haunting of Hell House for it`s recent video release on Roger Co...
Dan Abnett releases a slew of Warhammer novels, Jeffrey Thomas continues the bizarre tales of the inter-dimensional Punktown, and alternate historical fiction runs rampant in this edition of the Weekly Book Buzz.
Greetings Maniac readers and wel...
Marvel Comics has pulled a shocker on fans of the world's greatest comic magazine, FANTASTICFOUR. Settling the controversy that erupted four months ago when FF writer Mark Waid was dismissed from the book (followed shortly thereafter by artist Mike Wieri...