...AX STEEL, JACKIECHAN ADVENTURES, MEN IN BLACK and the upcoming HEAVY GEAR. In the past it`s also given us such solid entertainment as ROUGHNECKS: STARSHIP TROOPERS, JUMANJI and GODZILLA. We`ll look at JACKIE and MEN IN BLACK this column, with more on ...
...ut merely JackieChan, international man of action/adventure. And so it is a bit of a shock that his return to the series is so humorless. What's more, there's hardly any hand-to-hand combat in the first hour of the picture, as if Chan wants the audie...
What are the odds of Jet Li and JackieChan teaming in a future film? Though Chan has mentioned it as a possibility in the past, Li is suggesting that we might not want to hold our breath waiting. While promoting this week's upcoming KISS OF THE DRAGON, L...
JackieChan had every reason to be pleased with himself at the Television Critics Association meeting last week. His animated series, JackieChan Adventures had just gotten a greenlight for a second season by the Kids WB. As far as he was concerned, this ...
JACKIE BROWN by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Tue 08-20-2002)
Quentin Tarantino’s junior effort didn’t bring in the box office like PULP FICTION, nor did it spawn an insufferable movement of incessant quoting that had many a film hipster getting a well-deserved punch in the face, but it did provoke a declaration fro...
...ored star JackieChan. The producers have been courting Chan to star in this film, but his schedule has left him with little free time for the remaining year, as he has just began filming his newest film HIGHBINDER.The film is currently on schedule for...
JackieChan's production plate looks to be pretty full for the near future. Among the projects he has lined up are HIGHBINDERS, THE TUXEDO and SHANGHAI KNIGHT, a sequel to 1999's SHANGHAI NOON. Now, the actor has given his take on each one.While talking t...
The trades are being a big vague here with not giving us a lot to detail but it seems that action star JackieChan is moving back in time for an upcoming adventure called Junior Soldiers. Ding Sheng (Underdog Knight) will direct while Chan will produce, s...
According to the Associated Press, a movie that will star both JackieChan and Jet Li is moving forward. "All the hurdles have been overcome. The only problem left is the script," Chan told The Associated Press. "We need a script that he approves and I ...
Add four more for JackieChan's next project The Spy Next Door, a family focused action comedy from Ryan Kavanaugh's Relativity Media. George Lopez, Billy Ray Cyrus, Amber Valletta and Katherine Boecher have joined the feature which is already in producti...
I was visiting my Grandparents over X-Mas up in Syracuse and found myself wondering: What is JackieChan up to right about now? No, seriously, it was bothering me.Stop giving me that look ...Well anywho, it didn't take much searching to find o...
Jackie Earle Haley, who plays Rorschach in 'Watchmen' to MTV Movies Blog that the experience of making the movie was "awesome" and he can't wait to see the finished product.
"Zack [Snyder] did such an awesome job. Matthew [Goode] is just a...
JackieChan has a new action-comedy on the horizon, months after recently starring alongside Jet Li in The Forbidden Planet. Relativity Media and veteran director Brian Levant have hired the martial arts icon to star in The Spy Next Door, says The Hollywo...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, JackieChan re-injured his chest filming a fight scene for the upcoming Rush Hour 3.Chan said that the injury, which was caused when Chan was hit by a steel-reinforced wooden table, wasn't major in a recent blog entry ...
On his message boards actor Paddy Considine ('Hot Fuzz') confirms news that Comics2Film readers have known since March: Jackie Earle Haley has been offered the part of Rorschach in Zack Snyder's 'Watchmen'
C2F first reported on the casting development ...
Since the death of Bruce Lee, no performer has represented the face of martial arts more prominently than JackieChan. Starting with Asian films like Drunken Master and Fearless Hyena, he quickly established a unique onscreen style emphasizing comedy and ...
JackieChan's latest martial arts extravaganza, THE MYTH, had been sidetracked for some time due to concerns from an archeological group. But what's a little red tape to a man who once broke his foot doing a stunt, then had his cast painted like a shoe so...
Once again, JackieChan is talking about what lies ahead in his film work future.While promoting RUSH HOUR 2 with Zap2It.com, the action-comedy actor gave a list of what lies ahead ob his production plate, saying, "When I look at my schedule, there's not ...
...or costar JackieChan.Hewitt is quick to point out that she was immediately drawn to the project upon reading the script, but it was the inclusion of Chan as her leading man, she says with a giggle, that ultimately sealed the deal from her end.
R...
JackieChan may be teaming on screen with Bugs Bunny.While talking to Entertainment Weekly magazine, the comedy-action action revealed that he might be jumping on board Warner Bros. developing SPY JAM, a sequel to the studio's 1996 SPACE JAM.Regarding the...
CNN.com provides coverage of JackieChan's star-setting ceremony. The actor is quoted as saying, "I want to be a real actor," in the context of reflecting upon the career choices available for an aging action star.He is said to be interested in good drama...
FOX has announced that martial arts action man JackieChan (THE TUXEDO, RUSH HOUR) will be guest starring on the satirical sketch comedy show, MAD TV.On the show, Chan finds he is the latest victim of a reality television series. As cameras follow him, th...
YAHOO! Entertainment News covers remarks by JackieChan to the AP in which he discusses his use of stunt doubles. The Hong Kong action star is well known for performing his own stunts in movies throughout his career.Chan is quoted from an email as saying,...
SHANGHAI NOON screenwriters Alfred Gough and Miles Millar are revealing some info about their coming sequel, SHANGHAI KNIGHTS.While talking to Fred Topol of About.com's Action-Adventure Movies page, scribe Alfred Gough cut to the chase giving the next fil...
What They SayEchoing the whimsical mood of the animated series, this collection takes some of the most playful vocals from the OVAs and tosses them together. Revisit a future of fast paced fun with both memorable versions of Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko\'...
...Yen, like JackieChan and Jet Li
before him, is an accomplished martial arts super-star in Asia who is poised to
break out in the America.
He's starred in over 30 features in Hong
Kong and directed a
number of films there as well. Now, Yen is now ...
JUDGMENT OF TEARS has a lighter tone than THE BLOODY RED BARON, an element that author Kim Newman decided upon early. `Needing a rest after the war-torn Red Baron book, I decided to skip the obvious World War II setting and relax a little by enjoying `la ...
Believe it or not, Chris Tucker wasn't in a rush to make a sequel to RUSH HOUR, the 1998 blockbuster that vaulted both him and co-star JackieChan onto Hollywood's A-list. Tucker turned the idea down "lots of times," he says, and had to do the deepest kin...
12 Days opens with a reflection from its main character, Jackie. "In four years, we loved as much as one could love for twelve years," she says about herself and her ex-girlfriend, Noah. The tangled sentence is a fitting prelude for Ju...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS THE MYTH is JackieChan's latest Hong Kong film, and an unusual departure as he plays a Qin Dynasty General in a film that mingles the epic spectacle of films like HERO with the kind of humorous kung-fu action that Chan is know...
...ns of two JackieChan action features. (O) FRANKENSTEIN REBORN (Asylum) Modern adaptation of the classic novel in which a mad doctor kills a patient just to see if he can re-animate him, only to unleash a rampaging monster. (O) FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTER ...
...the first JackieChan knock-offs stars "Jackie Chen" and "Simon Yune" versus the Black Mask Ninja Gang.(O) SAMURAI FICTION (Media Blasters) Wonderful 1998 samurai action takes a modern viewpoint to classic swordplay.(O) &nb...
... the wild JackieChan action comedy CITY HUNTER, and the sexy assassin epic NAKED KILLER, but the best of the bunch is arguably the earliest as well: this energetic collaboration between director Yuen Woo-ping (IRON MONKEY) and star Sammo Hung (HEART O...
SUPERMAN III by Andrew Hershberger (Tue 07-24-2001)
SUPERMAN III is not a bad movie, in fact it’s somewhat good. A major component in its lackluster approval ratio is the two films that preceded it - the superb SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE, and the good for its day but horribly dated now SUPERMAN II - and the inclu...
JackieChan told the Associated Press that Chris Tucker is holding up RUSH HOUR 3 by being too demanding."He's still a new actor. How many movies has he made? Two movies have already made him very famous and made him a lot of money," JackieChan stated. C...
`What if...?` A ton of good horror stories boil down to this question. `What if...a vintage car were possessed?` asked Stephen King`s CHRISTINE. `What if...a man of science created a living creature?` asked Mary Shelly`s FRANKENSTEIN. `What if...that nice...
The Forbidden Kingdom is the martial arts movie equivalent of an All-Star game. It teams two of the genre's biggest stars, JackieChan and Jet Li, sharing the screen for the first time ever, with Hong Kong's premiere action choreographer, Woo-Ping Y...
Welcome to another Countdown, where summer makes you glad that you are inside and beating the heat by playing games in your basement. This week we have a surge of games to keep us busy as the temperature continues to rise. In my hometown I have swapped je...
Bruce Campbell may have arrived at stardom in an unusual way, flailing and mugging his way into the pop culture consciousness of a generation via the independent horror sensation THE EVIL DEAD, but there's no denying that his star power is genuine. Lurchi...
What They SayAlthough ZAFT has conquered the Earth Alliance stronghold of Heaven\'s Base, Lord Djibril has escaped the battlefield and taken refuge in the Orb Union. Determined to continue his campaign against Logos, Chairman Durandal mobilizes the ZAFT f...
...s such as JackieChan, Michelle Yeoh, Chow Yun Fat and Sammo Hung. Each of the five films has been remastered and restored and delivered in 5.1 Dolby Digital audio. As well, viewers can select between English and Chinese subtitles. Add to that cool bon...
Genre:Action/Adventure.Studio:Paramount Pictures.Production Company:Walden Media/Paramount Pictures.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:JackieChan (Passepartout); Steve Coogan (Phileas Fogg); Jim Broadbent (Lord Kelvin); Johnny Knoxville; Cecile de Fran...
... opposite JackieChan. During a stint at D&B films, she was known as Michelle Khan before adopting her current name Michelle Yeoh. In her first film, OWL VS BUMBO (1985) she played a subdued, shrinking violet character, but later that year, Sammo Hun...
Contrary to what you may have heard, JackieChan did not invent the kung fu comedy. Humor had been combined with martial arts many times before Chan became a star – just look at Bruce Lee’s funny business in RETURN OF THE DRAGON. As he’s related in countl...
What They SayJourney to the breathtakingly beautiful planet Yietta, where colonists - living on a floating artificial continent - make their living by exploiting tourists. But no paradise is perfect!
A secret organization within Yietta’s military i...
...D of this JackieChan adventure compared to the new Dimension release to see that something is amiss. On Universe, a serious Jackie worries over some problem over the Istanbul skyline. On Dimension, Jackie looks like he’s the grinning guest star on an ...
What They SayPlastic Little has it all, from epic undersea battles and entire cities collapsing, to a ruthless villain to end all villains and the roughest, toughest, tomboy heroine to ever strut her stuff in a spandex wet-suit!
Plastic Little is set on...
The Review!Intro:
I went into Plastic Little hoping for a story like the original Sol Bianca OVA combined with the beautiful and bouncy character designs of Satoshi Urushihara. The show delivers on both counts... but not in the ways I'd hoped.
Technica...
The Review!I suppose I should start with the DVD's packaging. Same as the VHS, but with a different font for the title. A poor screen cap for the cover, a very misleading picture of Captain Ginyu and Gohan flying on Kintoun. The bottom of the cover reads ...
...th he and JackieChan bring, individually, to the film's proceedings. He says, "[Jackie is] "really good at dreaming up the action stunts. My forte is thinking up new lines of dialogue. "The thing that makes Jackie and I a pretty good team is that we'r...
...of seeing JackieChan and Chris Tucker taking down a room full of opponents is something that is rarely experienced in a game. THE MARK OF KRI changes that."I don't think you ever got the energy, more specifically, there were a lot of guys around you a...
...ucker and JackieChang versus the Hong Kong gang, RUSH HOUR 2 Best Musical Sequence: -- Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman, MOULIN ROUGE Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at feedback@cinescape.com.
...tyle with JackieChan’s RUMBLE IN THE BRONX and the Wesley Snipes-versus-Stephen Dorff finale from the original BLADE—which reminds me, those who don’t want the endings to some of these films spoiled had best not rent ULTIMATE FIGHTS. Next is the suita...
The teaser trailer for December's period action sequel (how many of those do you see?) SHANGHAI KNIGHTS. The film picks up with cowboy Owen Wilson and martial arts warrior JackieChan after 2000's SHANGHAI NOON as they venture to England to help the queen...
...STAL.When JackieChan does his take on James Bond in THE TUXEDO later this year, he will do so not only to the accompaniment of a Christophe Beck (BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, WOLF GIRL) score, but the music of John Debney (THE SCORPION KING, SPY KIDS 2, ...
JackieChan's new action film, THE TUXEDO, has hit the web. Co-staring Jennifer Love Hewitt, it tells the story of a chuffer who is shanghaied into stepping into the shoes of a secret agent. Hewitt plays his newbie partner, a spy on her first big case, wh...
...d of like JackieChan in WHO AM I?, only with zombies. In fact, Milla is a secret agent working in a super-secret underground lab complex called the Hive, where the residents have been creating an evil zombie virus. But we (and she) don’t know whether ...
Singapore model-actress-singer Fann Wong has been signed to the cast of the SHANGHAI NOON sequel, SHANGHAI KNIGHTS. Wong, who will make her American acting debut in the film, will take on the role of JackieChan's sister, Chon Lin. The role will require h...
New Line's massive hit, RUSH HOUR 2, is hitting DVD on a disc packed with extras. Besides the expected outtakes and deleted scenes, the DVD will contain a documentary on the careers of JackieChan and Chris Tucker, a tour of Hong Kong conducted by Chan; a...
JackieChan has loads of projects on his plate, but it may well end up with his NOSEBLEED project getting pulled off of it.According to USA Today, MGM is currently rethinking the project and looking to start from scratch. The project, as initially develop...
SCARY MOVIE helmer Keenan Ivory Wayans is in talks to helm the remake of Jerry Lewis' 1960s comedy THE BELLBOY.The remake will feature JackieChan filling the title role with a script by Bradley Allenstein. Mark Steven Johnson, Gary Foster, Jerry Lewis, a...
The pundits wondered if RUSH HOUR 2 had what it took to bump PLANET OF THE APES from the top spot. Boy, did it ever.No one really expected the JackieChan/Chris Tucker starring sequel to do as well as it did, once again setting a record for a movie openin...
Columbia TriStar has acquired the worldwide rights to JackieChan's HIGHBINDERS.The film, which at a budget of $34M is the higest of any Hong Kong production, will be distributed worlwide (including Asia) by Columbia TriStar.The film, which has been shoot...
...ucker and JackieChan to go to New York, then "Somewhere where they're both fish out of water." That part gets a little gray, it seems, since the film is still in the treatment phase, and should be scripting soon. Questions? Comments? Let us know what ...
Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner are collaborating on a story for X-MEN UNLIMITED #35.Palmiotti wrote and inked the story, with Conner providing pencils."The story is a 10-page Rogue story, with Wolverine in it later in the story," Palmiotti says. "It's ...
At the behest of the Supreme Intelligence, Jenis and the homicidal Una-Rogg go into the Negative Zone to retrieve a special type of radiation that will reverse Rick Jones' premature aging. But what would a trip to the Negative Zone be without a visit from...
...g hit for JackieChan and Chris Tucker. The buddy-cop/fish-out-of-water hybrid comedy turned the tables on the first film's premise by switching the action from America to Hong Kong where this time it's Tucker's turn to not fit in. The "Infinfilm" DVD...
...arming as JackieChan, so beware.ROCK STAR is one of those big budget, high concept Hollywood projects that looked like it couldn't fail. You just pair up-and-coming hunk Mark Wahlberg with TV super-cutie Jennifer Aniston in a plot about a starving, ba...
RED DRAGON eats 'em all up, bumping Reese down a notch in SWEET HOME ALABAMA just a week after she was crowned box-office queen. JackieChan's TUXEDO fared the same, while MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING became the highest grossing indie flick of all time and h...
H.B. “Toby” Halicki lived for cars. One of a dozen children in a large Polish family, he grew up helping out in the family auto repair and junkyard business in Dunkirk, New York, before hitch-hiking to Los Angeles with an uncle, where he set up his own bu...
...na Vista) JackieChan and Owen Wilson return as the Knights Who Say Hai-yeee! in this sequel that takes them to adventures in London. With deleted scenes, bonus fight footage, music video action montage, 2 commentraks, and more.(O) &nb...
... Wenders. JackieChan and Steve Coogan play the film's heroes, Passepartout and Phileas Fogg, who are trying to win a bet by circumnavigating the globe in a hot air balloon in 80 days. Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send ...
Variety reports that comedian Chris Tucker is finally in talks with New Line Cinema about making a third RUSH HOUR movie. New Line has been wanting to get cranking on RH3 for a while now but Tucker and his co-star, JackieChan, and RUSH HOUR director Bret...
...of a jam. JackieChan’s kung fu remake of LADY FOR A DAY is one of his best directorial efforts. Previously known as MIRACLES, MR. CANTON & LADY ROSE and CANTON GODFATHER, CTHE here adds another needless new alternate title to the list. Also availa...
...lways see JackieChan or Jet Li hitting the enemies coming up behind them. In gameplay this works pretty well the large fights are quite a bit of fun. I don't like it as much against the bosses it's almost like a more traditional fighting system migh...
Word has it that the long rumored, and often denied, on screen teaming of JackieChan and Jet Li has finally taken the first crucial step. According to Variety columnist Michael Fleming, Revolution Studios has made a deal with the two stars to team in a f...
...tars like JackieChan and Sylvester Stallone spoof their own images.(O) CHARADE (Criterion) Stanley [IMG2R]Donen’s 1963 suspense and romance favorite in which Audrey Hepburn is an American in Paris trying to escape a trio of crooks after the loot her l...
...uest star JackieChan as a helpful paramedic. Needlessly missing at least six minutes from the original HK release as TWINS EFFECT.(O) VAMPIRE JUNCTION (Sub Rosa) Jesus Franco tale of a doctor who discovers that a vampire has taken over a New Mexi...
Although the magazine doesn't state what roles they will be playing in the picture, today's Variety reports that Arnold Schwarzenegger and John Cleese will provide cameo appearances in AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. The Jules Verne story, which stars Jacki...
Actress Kathy Bates will soon find herself queen for a day...well, make that 80 DAYS. Bates has been hired to play Queen Victoria in the remake of AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS, currently filming in Thailand. The flick also stars JackieChan as Passeparto...
...score for JackieChan's THE TUXEDO and the Don Davis/electronica score to BALLISTIC: ECKS VS. SEVER. Coming up is Graeme Revell's score for the thriller BELOW, reuniting the composer with his director from PITCH BLACK. Although not announced officially...
...NOON with JackieChan, the weapons training required for BALLISTIC was something new."I've never had a part where I've used guns like this. It's a totally new experience. I was told that we had to find the perfect weapon for me, so I was taken to this ...
...ople like JackieChan, the only wonder is why this series wasn't revived sooner.The first issue of the new MAX series might easily have started "Five years later..." as an unspecified amount of time has gone by since Shang-Chi last worked for MI6, know...
...e for the JackieChan/Jennifer Love Hewitt action-comedy THE TUXEDO can be heard on Debney’s web site at http://www.johndebney.com/projects.html. Debney's latest assignment is for Jim Carrey's new movie BRUCE ALMIGHTY, about a guy who complains about G...
Top Cow and Dynamic Forces are teaming up for THE DARKNESS PRELUDE, a comic that sets the way for DARKNESS #1 in November."When Dynamic Forces president Nick Barrucci approached us about creating an exclusive lead-in story to the new DARKNESS #1, it seeme...
ANANOVA reports that Steve Coogan has been cast in the lead role for an upcoming film version of Jules Verne's AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS one Phileas Fogg.Coogan will be starring opposite JackieChan as Passepartout, and the flick is set to be directed ...
VARIETY reports that action star JackieChan is going to be working with his long-time director Stanley Tong in the upcoming TITANIUM RAIN. Tong previously directed Chan in SUPERCOP and RUMBLE IN THE BRONX.RAIN is to be shot in Hong Kong, India, and China...
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER has word that Michelle Yeoh (CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON, TOMORROW NEVER DIES) will be taking up a dual role as actress and producer on THE MASKED CRUSADER. Jingle Ma (JACKIECHAN'S FIRST STRIKE, RUMBLE IN THE BRONX) will trade i...
...ilson and JackieChan, has been shifted back three months from it's original December release to February of 2003. No word from Touchstone on reasons for the KNIGHTS shift. Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at feedback@cinescape.com.
...sible and JackieChan Adventures. TOKYOPOP television properties include Reign: The Conqueror and the upcoming Rave Master, both airing on Cartoon Network. As a licensor, TOKYOPOP represents merchandising rights for Rave Master, Initial D, Stray Sheep ...
...sible and JackieChan Adventures. TOKYOPOP television properties include Reign: The Conqueror and the upcoming Rave Master, both airing on Cartoon Network. As a licensor, TOKYOPOP represents merchandising rights for Rave Master, Initial D, Stray Sheep ...
...sible and JackieChan Adventures. TOKYOPOP television properties include Reign: The Conqueror and the upcoming Rave Master, both airing on Cartoon Network. As a licensor, TOKYOPOP represents merchandising rights for Rave Master, Initial D, Stray Sheep ...
...sible and JackieChan Adventures. TOKYOPOP television properties include Reign: The Conqueror and the upcoming Rave Master, both airing on Cartoon Network. As a licensor, TOKYOPOP represents merchandising rights for Rave Master, Initial D, Stray Sheep ...
...sible and JackieChan Adventures. TOKYOPOP television properties include Reign: The Conqueror and the upcoming Rave Master, both airing on Cartoon Network. As a licensor, TOKYOPOP represents merchandising rights for Rave Master, Initial D, Stray Sheep ...
...sible and JackieChan Adventures. TOKYOPOP television properties include Reign: The Conqueror and the upcoming Rave Master, both airing on Cartoon Network. As a licensor, TOKYOPOP represents merchandising rights for Rave Master, Initial D, Stray Sheep ...
... starring JackieChan as an impetuous lad who is mistaken for a fugitive criminal.(O) YOUR KUNG FU IS NO GOOD! 2-pack (Image) Lo Lieh stars in and directs the 1986 Korean action flick in DEADLY KICK, bundled with KILL LINE, starring Robert Kim as "Bone...
Paul Newman never much cared for what he once called the "rubbish" of Hollywood, choosing to live in a quiet community on the opposite corner of the U.S. map, staying with his wife of many years and — long after he became bored with acting...
Update #2: The first trailer for Watchmen is now online over at Apple. Click here to watch the first look at the upcoming Zack Snyder-led comic adaptation of the Alan Moore graphic novel. You can also watch the production blogs via our "Watchmen"...
...sible and JackieChan Adventures. TOKYOPOP television properties include Reign: The Conqueror and the upcoming Rave Master, both airing on Cartoon Network. As a licensor, TOKYOPOP represents merchandising rights for Rave Master, Initial D, Stray Sheep ...
...otome and JackieChan team up for the comedic, action-packed martial-arts movie: Drunken Master 1/2.
Studio Ghibli announces its foray into the automobile industry, stunning the world with the presentation of its first and innovative model: the Nekobu...
With yet another obstacle in their way, will Mi-Ha and Seung-Suh ever find the time to be happy together?
Creative Talent
Writer/Artist: Baek HyeKyung
Translated by: Jackie Oh
Adapted by: Oliver Strong
What They Say
Everything seemed peaceful.....
Contrary to previous reports, it seems that there will be a special Watchmen DVD release hitting shelves around the same time that the movie hits theaters next March. Snyder reported that the "Tales of the Black Freighter" storyline wouldn't be ...
... Hoffman, JackieChan and Ian McShane. The project was overseen by directors John Stevenson and Mark Osborne, based on a screenplay by Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab. To check out the new clip, see below.Plot Summary: "Kung Fu Panda" features Jack...
The combination of Jet Li, JackieChan 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...
A fourth video journal has popped up online for the coming adaptation of the graphic novel Watchmen, courtesy of UGO. This clip has the comic author Dave Gibbons talking about working on the set of the Zack Snyder film. The WB film stars Patrick Wilson, ...
What They SayAfter defeating Frieza on Namek, Goku returns to a peaceful life on Earth with his family and friends. But the heroic Saiyan’s world is turned upside down when a routine camping trip turns into a desperate struggle for life! Who is this...
The Review!Already FUNimation has released their second two-disc set of the Dragon Ball TV series, just a few weeks after the first. Not much has changed since last time, but the first set was very well done, so that\'s not necessarily a bad thing.
Audio...
The Review!The first thing that caught my attention with this particular DVD was the fact that this particular release marks the first ever commercially available Japanese TV episodes (the movies were released subtitled some time ago). This came as quite ...
What They SayMany years have passed since that shining example of knightly virtue, Takeru, performed his heroic deeds. Now it falls to his son, Kakeru, to save the kingdom from encroaching evil. The forces of Lucifon, ruler of the eastern realm of Reimlin...
...e Willis, JackieChan, Jet Li,
and many more. Other new packages will include "Saturday Action Zone"
(an action- packed film every Saturday at 10:00 p.m.), "Martial Arts
Mayhem" (the best of the best martial arts films), "Dimension X"
(featuring sc...
In the few months since the C2F
Cinema came online, fans have seen a varied mix of short movies based on
comic books and superheroes, including studio trailers, fan films (both
big-budget and no-budget), flash animations and more.
The two animated t...
On the current ballot for the Bram Stoker Award, Douglas Clegg`s THE NIGHTMARE CHRONICLES is a collection of horror stories you won`t want to miss. Clegg begins the book with what is called a `frame story,` a common device used in anthologies to bind the ...
...y held by JackieChan. After this record-breaking run in its native land, the film played at U.S. theatres in Chinese-American neighborhoods in late 1998; it is now available on DVD from Universe Video in subtitled form, and an English-dubbed version i...
...en latest JackieChan film. Earlier this year South Korea produced its own version of the story, THE RING VIRUS. As is common practice among hit films in this post-STAR WARS age, RING goods have been storming the nation putting Japan squarely in the mi...
Every reader knows that you can`t judge a book by its cover. Certainly, the rather drab holographic cover of FOUNTAIN SOCIETY would not, alone, sell the book. And, at least in this case, you also can`t judge a book by its first few pages--although this is...
....EVEN FOR JACKIECHAN NOW.Yes, even for him. So when we did the shot, I was so scared, and I couldn`t bear to watch the monitor; I had to close my eyes and wait for him to do it and pray to God. I didn`t want him to get hurt, and it`s 2,000 feet high...
...KERS LIKE JACKIECHAN AND, RECENTLY, YUEN WOO PING, JET LI AND SAMMO HUNG ARE FINDING MAJOR INROADS INTO HOLLYWOOD. BUT WHAT THEY`RE DOING HERE IS NOTHING COMPARED TO THEIR HONG KONG FILMS; THEY’RE JUST REPEATING THE SAME THINGS. HOW ARE YOU AVOIDING...
...rned from JackieChan and was a fight directing apprentice on MARTIAL LAW, so believe me, I’ve seen great fights. I’ve watched some of the fights on SHEENA, and frankly they just don’t cut the cake. But it’s not Nolan’s fault. Whoever is staging the fi...
...orites as JackieChan, Pam Grier, Wes Craven, John Waters, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Clive Barker, Stuart Gordon, José Mojica Marins, Abel Ferrara, Gary Oldman, and even the late Herk Harvey (Carnival of Souls). He announces his Phantom Video `B`wards for...
The 12th Annual Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards ceremony was held Friday night during the San Diego Comic-Con 2000 Convention. The awards are named after comics legend Eisner, creator of The Spirit. Considered by many to be the `Oscars` of the comic bo...
...eacher in JackieChan`s SNAKE IN THE EAGLE`S SHADOW (1978) and DRUNKEN MASTER (1978). `I started working on films since I was a kid because my father was also in involved in film. He`d take me to his sets and I ended up being a stunt double for all th...
The official website for 'Watchmen' has been updated with character features on Nite Owl II and Dr. Manhattan.
Click through for wallpapers, posters, buddy icons and more featuring these two characters.
Dr. Manhattan Wallpaper from the official...
Phil Morris is playing the Martian Manhunter in The CW's Smallville, The Continuum has learned.
Morris, 47, has dozens of television roles in his resume but perhaps is best known as Jackie Chiles, the Johnnie Cochrane-like laywer, in several episodes o...
Clive Owen and Benicio Del Toro play Dwight and Jackie Boy, respectively, in Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's Sin City. ComingSoon.net talked to both actors about their roles in the film, based on Miller's graphic novels.
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...'ve got a JackieChan camp. And I just love him for all those little details that he put into the vampires. I hadn't realized, honestly, until people started asking me, I didn't realize how silly vampires had gotten. I was sitting there and I'm not goi...
A challenging casting task involving look-alikes is under way for Warner Bros.' "Watchmen" adaptation of Alan Moore's 1980s graphic novel set in an alternative universe's United States. Names include Richard Nixon, Henry Kissinger, H.R. Haldeman, Ted Kopp...
Comics2Film broke the news earlier this year that Jackie Earle Haley is the lead contender for the role of Rorschach in Zack Snyder's 'Watchmen' movie. Last month actor Paddy Considine told his fans that an offer had gone out to Haley.
Now sources for ...
Having already discussed mutilation, copulation and the process of making CGI look hand drawn in part one of our interview we now resume our conversation with Tony Millionaire and Eric Kaplan, creators of the new Adult Swim animated series 'The Drinky Cro...
(NOTE: SPOILER ALERTS ARE IN FULL EFFECT. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW, DO NOT READ FURTHER.)
Director Zack Snyder unveiled a series of completed clips from his upcoming adaptation of 'Watchmen' on Wednesday to select members of the press. They include...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Carla Gugino ('Sin City') has joined the cast of Zack Snyder's 'Watchmen':
Gugino joins Patrick Wilson, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew Goode, Billy Crudup, Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Malin Akerman in the movie, which is s...
...ctor with JackieChan. Kamen points out that this possible project is only in development stages with neither actor signed, as yet.You can read a lot more about what Kamen has to say about Jet Li's KISS OF THE DRAGON, currently in theaters, by clicking...
We’ve all seen how studios decide to release some underperforming theatrical features to DVD earlier than planned in order to maximize their marketing efforts. Well, that practice has finally begun to have negative repercussions. Theater chains i...
... I wanted JackieChan in Arnold Schwarzenegger's body." Lee added that in order to achieve believability, he has add more details than real actors would have.
It's a
back-to-back Smallville next week with encores airing Monday,
August 5th and August 6th!
Monday's
episode is "Rogue" in which Clark makes a deal with the devil.
Clark's (Tom
Welling) secret identity is at stake when a bad cop (guest star Ca...
The Inglorious Bastards (1978), known internationally as Quel maledetto treno blindato or in some circles as G.I. BRO, has been given a Criterion Collection quality release by Severin Films. A three disc DVD packed with multiple documentaries, a soundtrac...
Empire Magazine have posted their interviews with actors Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Matthew Goode and Jeffrey Dean Morgan of 'Watchmen' from Comic-Con International in San Diego...
Apparently while we were away at Comic-Con a few weeks back, G4 ran their behind-the-scenes footage of 'Watchmen'. Contained with in are your first look at Jackie Earle Haley, in makeup as Walter Kovacs, the man beneath the morphing Rorschach mask:
Director Zack Snyder and the cast of the highly anticipated Watchmen adaptation assured journalists that their work would be faithful to the classic Alan Moore/David Gibbons graphic novel. The director of 300 was joined by Gibbons at the San Diego Comic C...
In celebration of Halloween week the Book Buzz is leading off with the week’s new releases and horror and inviting you to share with Mania’s readers the scariest book you ever read! Just use the comments below to tell us the book ...
He's betrayed The Count of Monte Cristo, waged war in the Australian outback (The Proposition) and dealt cannibals a bloody blow in Ravenous. Guy Pearce is now set to take on crime in the Animal Kingdom, says The Hollywood Reporter. The trade reports the ...
I caught up with Gen Fukunaga, CEO of FUNimation, the afternoon of July 5th at Anime Expo 2008. He was busy with the line of people anxiously waiting to meet the recently announced cast of Ouran High School Host Club. We found space to intervi...
...le Dubuc (JackieChan Adventures, Dragontales), Ben Townsend, (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and one of Spain’s well known film and videogame producers, Javier Martínez (Medal of Honor, The Wacky Adventures of Ronald MacDonald).
IRON KID ta...
...g. dubbed JackieChan movies) and low-budget home recording.
Implications for Fandom
The animé market is moving inexorably toward DVD and away from VHS, impelled by the body of fans who either have already switched to DVD or else soon will be. The...
The Review!The second season of Kenshin, the one people say "You've gotta watch!" is here. So, I watched. (I've seen the first five discs already; number six is in mail order limbo). I must say I enjoyed the first season, which die-hards will tell you is ...
What They SayThe Akira Toriyama epic!
Deep within the core of the Earth a fire rages. Within the heart of this fire dwells the Eternal Dragon, a magical beast of limitless power that can be summoned from his fiery lair only when the seven magic Dragon B...
What They SayThe Review!An \"alternate angle\" review of the codefree version by Henschel
Since Dustin Blaine Javier already did a fairly comprehensive review of this player, I’ll focus mainly on the codefree aspect of this unit, as well as any oth...
...sible and JackieChan Adventures. TOKYOPOP television properties include Reign: The Conqueror and the upcoming Rave Master, both airing on Cartoon Network. As a licensor, TOKYOPOP represents merchandising rights for Rave Master, Initial D, Stray Sheep ...
...sible and JackieChan Adventures. TOKYOPOP television properties include Reign: The Conqueror and the upcoming Rave Master, both airing on Cartoon Network. As a licensor, TOKYOPOP represents merchandising rights for Rave Master, Initial D, Stray Sheep ...
...sible and JackieChan Adventures. TOKYOPOP television properties include Reign: The Conqueror and the upcoming Rave Master, both airing on Cartoon Network. As a licensor, TOKYOPOP represents merchandising rights for Rave Master, Initial D, Stray Sheep ...
...ovie star JackieChan.
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City Hunter's back! Ryo Saeba and his long-suffering partner Kaori are out to make the streets of Shinjuku safe for the weak, the poor, the down-trodden, the... Well, actually, Ryo's just hoping for a little nookie f...
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After a generous hour of interviewing on July 5th, he returned to the FUNimation booth for some quality time with the cast of Ouran High School Host Club. Jackie Smith, Senior Public Relations Manager also took part in the interview. This interview ...
A fifth video journal for Zack Snyder's upcoming adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon's Watchmen has appeared online courtesy of Yahoo Movies. This latest featurette takes a look at the Owlship, which you can see on the left. The film stars Patrick Wi...
It's another double shot of fun this Saturday on 'World of Quest' airing on Kids WB! on The CW. Like all episodes, this week's 'Quest' is two adventures in one!
First up, rash behavior gets clear results when a red-herring is fed the flakes in "Rash...
Compared to the filled-to-the-brim Paramount panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego, the Warner Bros. Panel felt oddly slim. That's probably because they didn't premiere the expected trailer/any footage for 'The Dark Knight'. (Instead, said trailer...
With the movie's release still in doubt, we didn't think the Video Journals would continue but they have. Warner Bros. has unleashed a sixth video journal for their highly anticipated adaptation of Watchmen online courtesy of IGN Movies. You can check out...
...n '300.' JackieChan's team for the spear, which is unbelievably difficult to use. I tried to do everything. There was some of the stuff I wasn't capable. It takes three to four years to learn.
"A lot of credit has to go to those guys because...
Scooper writes, "As some folks may already know the guy in charge of all the art on the show is Jeff Matsuda. He was the lead character designer on the JackieChan animated series, also on WB."
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What They SayWhen E-Soh issues an ultimatum to Kum-Ji, she has to choose him on the spot or watch him walk away for good! The fledgling couple hits some rough patches as Yo-I goes on the road for their comeback tour, and Kum-Ji spends a lot of time follow...
...se series JackieChan Adventures and ¡Mucha Lucha! Gigante, and breakout hits Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get A Clue! and Legion of Super Heroes, among other favorites. Kids and their parents can find more information about Kids' WB! programmin...
Robert Rodriguez, who co-directed the upcoming comic-book adaptation Sin City, told reporters that behind-the-scenes footage of "special guest director" Quentin Tarantino helming a portion of the movie will appear in the DVD. Tarantino came in to direct a...
The latest Empire Magazine is covering the upcoming Watchmen adaptation for Warner Bros., one of the highlights of this year's SDCC event. As such, the outlet has provided media with some new images and two covers for fans awaiting the adaptation of the A...
Warner Bros. have issued a fleet of banners to hang in a movie theater near you promoting 'Watchmen'.
Each poster depicts one of the core characters, in costume, from the story. 'Watchmen', directed by Zack Snyder and starring Malin Akerman. Patrick Wils...
Declassified Production Records Reveal Covert Casting of Popular Japanese Animated Series
New York, NY, September 26, 2008 – As New York Anime Festival kicks off today, top ranking officials at the secretive U.S. anime house FUN...
Something that flew right by the radars of a lot of us during this slow news week was just thrown into my inbox by fellow Maniac Joeybaloney. Apparently, director M. Night Shyamalan and leading star Samuel L. Jackson are still interested in returning to t...
...arrow and JackieChan’s drunken master Lu Yan, are directly derived from that 1966 pioneering Kung-Fu film. Minkoff however adds an element of fantasy and even tosses in a sprinkle of The Karate Kid.
The film opens in modern day B...
...e in from JackieChan's organization to work with us here
as one of our stuntmen. Our fight coordinator works with Jet Li
and comes from Hong Kong," Shea told SCI FI.
"So what we've decided is that when
...
...team with JackieChan and Chris Tucker
on Rush Hour 3.
The rumor mill
continues to percolate on the story as well. Corona Coming Attractions has followed up on their
report from last week with some additional information. However, the site wa...