Three clips have appeared online for InTheNameoftheKing:ADungeonSiegeTale, courtesy of Youtube. The Uwe Boll-directed film, based on the best selling game, stars Jason Statham, Leelee Sobieski, John Rhys-Davies, Ray Liotta, Matthew Lillard, Burt ...
Director Uwe Boll has been finding ways to finance bigger budget films through the German tax shelter funds but he can do that no longer now that it's been banned, says the Hollywood Reporter. After his latest IntheNameoftheKing:ADungeon ...
... release, IntheNameoftheKing:ADungeonSiegeTale, debuted at No. 4. In rental revenue, Juno generated an estimated $8.4 million in its first week according to Home Media Magazine market research. "Requiem" finished close behind with $...
Uwe Boll has formed a new distribution company the upcoming INTHENAMEOFTHEKING:ADUNGEONSIEGETALEin two separate parts. The first part would hit theaters on Nov. 3, 2006, while the second part would arrive approximately a month later on Dec. 1, 2...
Aliens vs. Predator – Requiem arrives on DVD today. The meeting of two monsters squaring off toe to toe is far from an original concept. If we look back we will see a time before there was “vs.” movies, a time when monsters wo...
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IntheNameoftheKing:ADungeonSiegeTale (2,500 theaters)
First Sunday (2,000 theaters)
The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything (1,200 theaters)
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The Bucket List (2,80...
It seems that earlier press releases about Uwe Boll’s IntheNameoftheKing:ADungeonSiegeTale were a bit misleading. Sure, the film got 3,000+ theaters but only 1,605 of those theaters were in here inthe states in its opening debut. As such, ...
With over 550 stories to his name, genre grandmaster Stephen King is one ofthe most prolific writers in modern literature. For some, his body of work might be terrifying for all the wrong reasons, and daunting inthe extreme. Fortunately, Stephen J. Spig...
What They SayThey call it Seventh Heaven: an asylum ofa prison roasting on the lowest ring of Hell. Run by a psychotic warden and his army of hockey-masked guards, it’s a festering pit filled with thousands of hardened criminals… p...
Rising star Clive Owen (who made aname for himself in CROUPIER as well as behind the wheel as THE DRIVER for BMW's series of short films) has landed the part of KING ARTHUR. Jerry Bruckheimer is producing this new taleofthe legendary English king who ...
Anne Bishop jumpstarts the Ephemera series, Craig Gardner delves into Battlestar Galactica, and Star Wars’ theological motifs get the Gospel treatment in this week’s edition ofthe Buzz.
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In 2001 the Dabel Brothers founded a publishing company in search ofa niche. Under thename “Roaring Studios” Ernst, Les, Pascal and David Dabel took their love of comics and fantasy to a new height, capitalizing on the vacancy of book-to-com...
As Dreamworks and Paramount gear up to resurrect a franchise this Independence Day, Random House Publishing Group is capitalizing on the hype by printing theofficial prequel novel to the live-action film.
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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...
Jerry Bruckheimer's production KING ARTHUR purports to tell the "true" story ofthe legendary founder ofthe British Empire. As the opening text puts it, "Recently discovered archeological evidence sheds light on his true identity." Well, what the evidenc...
Inan overloaded release schedule of sci-fi, horror and fantasy book debuts a few reduxes by renowned authors George R.R. Martin, Robert A. Heinlein, Philip K. Dick, and Naomi Novik stand out amongst dozens of new titles.
The month of July has se...
Hey Gamers! Feeling buried under the veritable landslide of recent DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS releases? CINESCAPE is here to save the day with a brake-down of three recent D&D publications that every gamer should know about.D&D Publication #1: CITY OFTHE SPIDE...
It's wrong for a reviewer to walk into a movie with preconceptions. However, enjoyable as the two recent Stephen Sommers MUMMY films have been, a spin-off starring the secondary villaininthe second film whose onscreen history has been tweaked to make hi...
Dan Abnett releases a slew of Warhammer novels, Jeffrey Thomas continues the bizarre tales oftheinter-dimensional Punktown, and alternate historical fiction runs rampant in this edition ofthe Weekly Book Buzz.
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Some days you eat the bear. Some days, the bear eats you. So goes an old Russian proverb, which explains that some days are just better than others. It’s a simple bit of wisdom that would seem to apply also to the world of home video. Last Tuesday’s re...
What They SayInthe castle town of Midland, a new king has come to power through treachery and violence. His demonic agents victimize the citizens unchecked, until the night when a battle weary soldier approaches the city.
Covered ina slew of weapons a...
It’s with a heavy heart that I must inform you, the Mania readership, that this 111th edition ofthe Weekly Book Buzz will be my last as columnist. Due to a decrease in free time and one of those unfortunate things called a regular job I can no long...
Ofall 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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TheInternet has become an amazing source ofinformation on past, current and upcoming films, but, the net’s very nature has also made it a breeding ground for gossip and misinformation, particularly for actors and filmmakers with strong cult followings. ...
VIDEO NEWSProof, as if any was needed, that direct-to-video horror producers have no shame is the recent report (from CREATURE CORNER) ofa sequel to the dreadful BLOODY MURDER. That film was an unexpected video hit, probably due to its cover art ofa cha...
Now I know this is a little off topic and Uwe Boll is an extremely easy target, but this weekend I saw a trailer for the upcoming INTHENAMEOFTHE KING and I’ve gotta vent. It almost seems trendy now to hate the craptacular German director / produ...
What They SayFull of exciting adventure and great passion, this animated Japanese favorite tells the legendary taleofthe mythological hero Hermes. The creator ofthe world orders Hermes to defeat the evil King Minos, tyrant of Crete. With his beautiful ...
Universal Pictures has announced a definitive start to filming for Peter Jackson's remake of KING KONG. The film will start shooting this month in New Zealand for a worldwide theatrical release on December 14, 2005.The movie studio issued a press release ...
What They SayThe time for deliberation is over - the time of war is at hand. Youko and the rebels take Shoko\'s fortress and declare war against the corruption inthe Kingdom Kei\'s government. On the eve of battle, she talks with two other girls her age,...
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 intheArthurian Camulod Chronicles with The Eagle, and A...
With the start of 2008 comes news ofthe next round of book-to-screen translations, and if you’re like me this news is usually met with equal doses of boyish hope and fearful skepticism. Because as all of us readers know the translation ofa book in...
The Walt Disney Studios unveiled a diverse and ambitious slate of 10 new animated feature films from Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios to be released through the year 2012 at a New York press conference held today by Dick Cook, chairman ofThe Walt ...
Penguin Group USA unveils a powerful new anthology on hardcover featuring fantasy’s most prestigious character archetypes: thealmighty, all-ass-kicking wizard. Neil Gaiman, Kage Baker, Orson Scott Card, and many other established fantasy authors ro...
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...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hiro MashimaTranslated by:Brian DunnAdapted by:What They SayThe Continent of Song is in chaos. The sinister secret society known as Demon Card is using the power of Dark Bring to destroy everything intheir path. The only thin...
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 ofAlbion, and A Song of Ice and Fire series all get new installments this week. Koji Suzuki, the literary source for the ...
After a weekend highlighted by crappy weather and lousy Super Bowl adverts, I found something last night that turned my whole sub-par Sunday around: the news that Star Trek Books is finally releasing their very own “Guide to Women.”
It’...
VIDEO NEWSPOWERPUFF GIRLS: MEET THE BEAT-ALLS, a Warner Home Video compilation oftheinexplicably popular Powerpuff Girls cartoon TV series, finds the girls themselves to be the biggest threat, rather than their usual goofy super-villain. It seems that t...
VIDEO NEWSActor Val Kilmer has never really clicked with audiences and become the star his talent and looks once seemed to guarantee him. Part ofthe reason for this failure is that he so often comes across as an unlikable and arrogant ass, both on and of...
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The latest edition of Dark Horse’s Savage Sword of Conan collections reprints issues # 25 –36 ofthe Marvel Comics magazine series. Conan stories were never told more faithfully to Robert E. Howard’s original stories than in Savage ...
VIDEO NEWSOver the [IMG3R]past year, HBO has been broadcasting a series of moderately budgeted remakes of some trash classics from the '50s and '60s that were originally produced by American International Pictures, or AIP. The remakes were the brainchild ...
Hurray! It's winter! Time to unpack the sweaters and stow the Speed-o! Time to drag out your electric blanket, and curl up next to a fire with a big bowl of popcorn! Sure summer is long gone but we still got to thinking about it... Every summer, we're alw...
A slew of paperback releases this Tuesday offers everything from cheeky science fiction to dark, genre-crossing fantasy and dragon-riding mayhem (told by both man and mythical beast perspective).
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s powerhous...
`I`d wanted to write a doppelganger novel for some time,` Peter Straub says of his new novel, MR. X. `I tried it once before, inthe book that eventually became MYSTERY. But I got more interested inthe character ofthe old detective inthe story than I ...
Welcome to Book Buzz! I’m your new host, Tim Janson. I’d like to first thank Pat Ferrara, your previous MC, for all his help in making this a smooth transition and for all of his sage advice. Many of you may know me already as I...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kazuo UmezuTranslated by:Kumar SivasubramanianAdapted by:What They SayThe spine-chilling influence of Japanese horror cinema has taken hold of Western audiences, with many ofthese terrifying films being adapted from classic m...
With the 4th of July looming on the summer horizon, Transformers fans won’t have to wait the next seven weeks to find out what happens in Michael Bay’s film adaptation ofthe franchise giant. Random House Publishing Group and novelization guru...
Blizzard Entertainment unleashes their first novel surrounding the Ghost assassin Nova, Paul Kearney and James M. Ward blend good old-fashion magic with maritime warfare, and Mercedes Lackey debuts another novel inthe Scepter’d Isle sequence wi...
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...
It’s been five years since the first Star Wars: Clone Wars television miniseries debuted on Cartoon Network, yet the folks over at Lucasfilm Animation seemed to have held onto the ideaofan anime-style Star Wars arc pretty tightly. This August will...
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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Since the dawn of speculative literature, fiction has held the power to exemplify facets of our world and shed light on the complexities of human nature. Orchestrating truth through lies, SF, fantasy, and horror have become some ofthe strongest vessels f...
Hello Maniac readers and welcome to the Buzz, where information on tomorrow’s batch of new sci-fi, fantasy, and horror lit are brought to light today. Ina slow week of genre releases Dr. Who hardcovers and a couple original tales of speculative fic...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Range MurataTranslated by:Duane JohnsonAdapted by:What They SayFrom Range Murata\'s picturesque portrayal ofa long and hot motorcycle ride through the countryside to Yoshitoshi Abe\'s taleof dark fantasy resembling a D&D cam...
What They SayEnslaved by an army of rebellious super-robots originally designed to help civilization avert a complete ecological cataclysm, mankind\'s only hope is CASSHAN, a legendary hero who wages a solitary war to defeat these NEOROIDS and restore the...
What They SayContains episodes 1-2. Terrorists have attacked the US military base in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. When it\'s discovered that the culprits are two ofAesap Suzuki\'s friends, Aesap is also mistakenly hunted by US forces and the Japa...
There`s a phrase that used to appear a lot in reviews of books and movies, a phrase that always made me cringe. Consequently, I`ve never used it. But at the end of this review, I will use it for the first time. For the first time, it fits.But that`s the e...
Good day to all of you Maniac readers and welcome to this week’s edition ofthe Buzz. After a staggeringly huge release last week, the genre book schedule is settling back into its usual pace with a relatively light load this Tuesday.
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VIDIOCY NEWS LORD OFTHE RINGS information is starting to come out regarding the DVD release ofthe film on August 6th. First up will be a two-disc "Theatrical Edition" with disc one offering the film as seen during its highly successful theatrical run. D...
It’s a good Tuesday on this the first week in November as we’ve got a handful of series sequels, a couple promising, original new novels, and a Star Trek Enterprise guide in this Penguin Group- and Wizards ofthe Coast-dominated Weekly Book...
Neal Asher releases the newest Polity novel, McKenna continues theAldabreshin Compass series, and Black Library author Ben Counter takes over the reins ofthe newest Horus Heresy installment this week. Happy Tuesday everyone! A handful of fantasy sagas a...
Premiere Event For North American Comic and Manga Fans Set The Stage For Announcements Of More Than Twenty New Titles For 2008
San Francisco, CA, August 8, 2007 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one ofthe entertainment industry's most innovative and compre...
The Sword of Truth series debuted in 1994 with Wizard’s First Rule and has been chugging on ever since. Translated into 20 foreign languages with 10 million copies in print, Terry Goodkind’s leviathan ofan epic clocks inat over 7700 pages an...
NBC unveils the Fall 2008 series premiere dates for new programs and returning favorites including a three hour launch ofthe hit drama "Heroes" on Monday, September 22, the Thursday night debut ofthe new comedy "Kath & Kim" (9:30...
With Timur Bekmambetov’s latest Night Watch film adaptation smashing box office records in Russia (yet again) and the film still fresh inthe states from its US debut this past June, author Sergei Lukyanenko has officially put Russia on the map for ...
A big hello out there to all you genre book enthusiasts. Before we get underway, I want to ask for some help. Next month I'd like to start off Wordscape with a few reader recommendations.What have you read lately? What have you liked? What have you hated?...
When LucasArts came up with the premise for THE CLONE WARS, the company must have been giddy with excitement; they were going to be able to tell thetaleofThe Clone Wars, from which the game gets its name. In other words, the most fascinating story in t...
Sony Pictures Animation has unveiled its future plans for animated feature length projects, which includes thetalents of several acclaimed animation veterans from directing and writing divisions.First up is OPEN SEASON, based on the cartoons of Steve Moo...
I begin this week`s worth of books already in horror saturation...I tried very hard to come up with some science fiction books, but—alas—every one I touched turned out to be either (a) hard SF espousing some right-wing ideology; (b) cyber-bunk espousing J...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:You HiguriTranslated by:Christine SchillingAdapted by:What They SayKeita, your average male high school student, suddenly gets an invitation from the prestigious all-boys school Bell Liberty (BL). He\'s approached by two good-...
In 20th century terms, the legend of Jason and the Golden Fleece might be sold as a giant superhero crossover story. See! Fifty Heroes (at least!) on a quest to the end ofthe world! See! A lineup of monsters, kings, and strange new realms! See! The beaut...
Sometimes there’s no happily ever after. Last year’s Earth X maxi-series from Marvel Comics presented a future continuity in which battered and altered versions