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Rock Mourns Soul Asylum bassist and former Gong drummer
by Randall Larson (Mon 06-27-2005)
Two notable rock musicians have died within the last month. Soul Asylum's bass player and co-founder Karl Mueller died last Friday of throat cancer, one year after being diagnosed with the disease. Pierre Moerlen, the French drummer extraordinaire best kn... Karl Urban Causing Havoc in STAR TREK?
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sat 09-29-2007)
Apparently, Karl Urban has been offered the role of big villain in the upcoming STAR TREK, says IESB. If agreements are reached with the man who played Eomer in LOTR (also in Chronicles of Riddick, Doom), then Urban will be putting on some Romulan make up... HARLEY QUINN: Karl Kesel & Matt Idelson
by Edward Gross (Thu 11-02-2000)
How do you take an animated character and handle her in a `realistic way?` How do you take a character that’s a second banana and ask her to carry her own series? How do you take a character who is insane, and handle her on a monthly basis?These were amon... 
Doom
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Tue 10-12-2004)
Genre:Horror/Video Game Adaptation.Studio:Unknown.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:The Rock; Karl Urban; Rosamund Pike.Who's Making It:Andrzej Bartkowiak (Director); Dave Callaham (Screenwriter); Lorenzo Di Bonaventura,... Outlander
by Karl Schneider (Thu 10-05-2006)
Last Updated: October 5, 2006Genre: Adventure, Sci-FiProduction Company: Ascendant PicturesDistributors: Weinstein CompanyProject Phase: Pre-productionBudget: NAWho's In It: Jim Caviezel, Karl UrbanWho's Making It: Howard McCain (Director, Writer), Dirk B... DVD Review of Night of the Living Dead 40th Anniversary Edition
by Tim Janson (Thu 05-22-2008)
Like its zombies, Night of the Living Dead just seems to keep coming back from the grave. The latest DVD release of the classic is a 40th anniversary edition that comes with an outstanding set of extras. There’s no doubt that Night of the Living Dea... Lost in Translation
by Allen Divers (Fri 09-20-2002)
When it comes to making money in the Anime business, TV is king. When a wildly popular series manages to make it on the air, a company can expect to see its initial investment in licensing fees and dubbing expenses return quite quickly. It's probably wh... "LOST: Not in Portland"
by STEPHEN LACKEY (Fri 02-09-2007)
It’s been a long time, I mean a really long time coming but the new episode of LOST is finally behind us. I think I’ve made my thoughts on the first half of this season fairly clear, as have most fans here on the ol' interweb. ... Bourne Supremacy, The
by Development Heck (Mon 08-02-2004)
Genre:Action/Thriller/Sequel.Studio:Universal Pictures.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Matt Damon (Jason Bourne); Joan Allen (Helen Landy); Franka Potente; Julia Stiles; Karl Urban; Brian Cox (Ward Abbott); Tomas Arana; Tom G... "Lost: Stranger in a Strange Land"
by STEPHEN LACKEY (Fri 02-23-2007)
I’ve been complaining lately that the marketing campaign for Heroes over-hyped the episodes to a degree that while the episodes were good, they were underwhelming due to the promises of the promotions. Well, now Heroes and LOST have anothe... Chronicles of Riddick, The
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Thu 07-01-2004)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action/Sequel.Studio: Universal Pictures.Production Company: Radar Pictures/One Race Productions/Primal Foe Productions.Project Phase: In the Can.Who's In It:Vin Diesel (Richard P. Riddick); Colm Feore (Lord Marshal); Judi Dench (Ae... TIME AFTER TIME
by JEFF BOND (Wed 08-28-2002)
To me one of the great mysteries of the wacky world of cult movies is why Somewhere In Time has developed a Trekkie-sized fan following while Nicholas Meyer’s Time After Time hasn’t. Time travel movies have always had a terrific romantic appeal: the chanc... Ship of Ghouls Part One
by Marc Shapiro (Fri 10-25-2002)
Even though the cat is pretty much out of the bag on the nature of the ghostly occupants of GHOST SHIP, director Steve Beck is not going to give an inch."I've been having a whole lot of trouble answering the question of whether the ship is possessed," say... ROUTE 666 #1
by Tony Whitt (Thu 07-11-2002)
Despite my admiration for the CrossGen project and the enjoyment I got out of the first two monthly collected volumes of other CrossGen titles in FORGE and EDGE, I've wondered whether there would ever be a CrossGen title that didn't feel like it needed a ... DVD This Week: August 20
by John Thonen (Tue 08-20-2002)
VIDEO NEWSHELLRAISER: HELLSEEKER, which reunites stars Doug Bradley and Ashley Laurence from the first film in the series, will hit video stores this October. But FANGORIA.COM recently reported that a sequel to that sequel is already in the works. Apparen... Walk the Dinosaurs
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 06-03-2002)
This isn't Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's LOST WORLD, and it sure ain't JURASSIC PARK. On the mysterious continent of Dinotopia, humans and intelligent, talking dinosaurs live in harmony, but that peace is shattered when a plane crashes into this strange paradi... GHOST SHIP
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 10-25-2002)
There are times when GHOST SHIP recalls THE SHINING, which is all to the good, even though it takes place (per the title) on a ruined ocean liner rather than a hotel. The movie has a tendency to spell things out that will strike some viewers as endearing ... CrossGen Adds Colorist
by Rob Allstetter (Mon 02-18-2002)
CrossGen Comics has hired Nick Bell as a colorist. Bell will color a soon-to-be-named title in the horror genre.Bell has been coloring comics since 1995 when he got his start at WildStorm Productions. There he began as part of a team that worked on every ... MUTIES: THE CHANGELING #1
by Tony Whitt (Thu 02-28-2002)
Jared is your average, everyday kid, but only if you consider someone who's read the entire World Book Encyclopedia by age eight and who's skipped three grades "average." There's something different about Jared, and it's that difference that makes jocks l... NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: MILLENNIUM EDITION
by SCOTT COLLURA (Fri 03-29-2002)
George Romero's classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD has had a strange life on home video thanks to its public domain status. With every two-bit, fly by night distributor putting out a bargain bin version of NOTLD on VHS (and more recently, DVD), there has be... Comicscape - October 29, 2003
by Tony Whitt (Wed 10-29-2003)
OPINION: First, a brief rant: Marvel has one of the worst websites in the comics world in terms of up-to-date info. Last week, the site was promoting (and is still promoting as of this writing, October 26, by the way) X-STATIX #13 as the first part of the... THE LIVING CORPSE
by Brian Thomas (Fri 10-31-2003)
In his book MONDO MACABRO, author Pete Tombs introduced fans of psychotronic cinema to weird and wonderful film oddities from distant corners of the world. Unfortunately, an introduction was all the reader was likely to get, as most of these films still r... Monster hunter Hugh at the VAN HELSING movie premiere
by Sue Schneider (Mon 05-10-2004)
VAN HELSING opened Friday May 7th to sold-out crowds nationwide. VAN HELSING is a fun movie and the action never stops. You could almost say it's campy! Hugh Jackman makes the most handsome VAN HELSING I've ever seen, but then again what woman wouldn't th... THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
by Rachel Reitsleff (Fri 06-11-2004)
Although it's a sequel to 2000's PITCH BLACK, THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK switches genres somewhat: while the earlier film was sci-fi action/adventure creature horror, the new release is sci-fi action/adventure aspiring epic saga. Writer/director David Twoh... THE BOURNE SUPREMACY
by Abbie Bernstein (Mon 07-26-2004)
Poor Jason Bourne (or whatever his name really is). Still suffering from nightmares about a life he cannot remember two years after the events of THE BOURNE IDENTITY, the former CIA Black Ops assassin (Matt Damon) wants nothing more than a peaceful life w... FANTASTIC FOUR #51 (480)
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Thu 01-24-2002)
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 ... Big Fish
by Coming Attractions (Wed 10-08-2003)
Genre:Comedy/Drama.Studio:Columbia Pictures/DreamWorks SKG.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Post-production.Who's In It:Ewan McGregor; Albert Finney; Billy Crudup; Jessica Lange; Danny DeVito; Helena Bonham Carter; Steve Buscemi; Robert Guillaume;... INVISIBLE INVADERS / JOURNEY TO THE SEVENTH PLANET
by BRIAN THOMAS (Thu 04-17-2003)
MGM continues their terrific Midnight Movies series presentation of worthy genre programmers on DVD with this John Agar double feature.Today, INVISIBLE INVADERS is better known as a direct inspiration for George Romero’s NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (or even ... EMMA FROST gets her own comic book
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 04-17-2003)
The Pulse website has broken news about a new spinoff X-Men book from Marvel Comics based on the White Queen character. EMMA FROST will be an ongoing series written by Karl Bollers with art by Randy Green and covers by Greg Horn.According to the Pulse's ... NEW MUTANTS # 1
by TONY WHITT (Wed 05-28-2003)
In Venezuela, a violent political protest claims the life of the mother of Sofia, a mutant girl with the ability to control the wind. Her uncle can't handle the idea of raising a mutant, so she is sent to America to live with her father, a rich businessma... THE JUNGLE BOOK 2
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 02-14-2003)
Unless your childhood was completely finished by 1967, you've never had kids of your own, you grew up in a Disney-hating household and/or you spent your formative years away from Western culture, it is almost a certainty that at some point, you've encount... Busiek Talks DEFENDERS, POWER COMPANY
by Rob Allstetter (Mon 08-27-2001)
Kurt Busiek let loose with a barrage of news over the weekend at the Canadian National Comic Book Expo in Toronto, including a new direction for Marvel's DEFENDERS and a DC event in January.On the Defenders front, Busiek said that artist Erik Larsen's las... Top 20 Famous Fantasy/Sci Fi Faces With Unfamous Names
by Rich Kuras (Mon 10-20-2008)
Here is the ultimate list of the familiar faces that you always see in your favorite fantasy, Sci-Fi and comic book movies and television series, but thanks to their B-Celebrity status, have no idea who these actors are.
When these people&... Slew of New STAR TREK Photos Appear
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 10-16-2008)
Other than director J.J. Abrams and William Shatner going back and forth on the Shatner snubbing, it's been virtually quiet on the Star Trek news front. Until now, that is. You subscribers of Entertainment Weekly will have noticed their latest issue with ... NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD: 30th Anniversary Edition
by Dan Cziraky (Wed 10-27-1999)
Well, here`s something else we can blame on George Lucas and his STAR WARS Trilogy Special Editions. This atrocity is actually a full year late for NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD`s 30th anniversary. What John Russo has done is taken a horror classic and, in the... 14th Annual Gemini Awards Nominations
by Frank Garcia (Wed 11-03-1999)
There was once an era, decades ago, when science fiction television shows were not popular and had little or no legitimacy--an era when the genre was looked down upon by the mainstream media and within Hollywood. In today’s climate of a thousand channels,... Gerard Butler to be 'Wolverine''s Sabretooth? (Fri 12-07-2007)
CHUD has an interesting rumor about the 'Woverine' movie. According to one of their "closely placed and highly trusted" sources, Karl Urban has dropped out of the movie. Urban was to play Creed, who eventually becomes Sabretooth. CHUD's s...Static Shock update
by Rob M. Worley (Sat 02-21-2004)
Kids' WB! has released a new image from "Hoop Squad," the episode of Static Shock airing next Saturday.
The episode features National Basketball Association players Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets, Karl Malone of the Los Angeles Lakers, Steve Nash of th... Paul Newman Passes Away at 83
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sat 09-27-2008)
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... X-Men 2 Prequel Comics
by Dave Richards (Mon 12-16-2002)
X-Fan
reported that Marvel is planning two prequel comic books to coincide with
the release of X-Men 2 next year. The first comic features Wolverine
and is written by Brian Vaughn with art by Tom Mandrake. The comic is called
X-Men 2 Movie Prequel: Wo... Marvel Comics Prepped For April/May X-Citement!
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 01-22-2003)
X-Men 2
is due in theaters May 2nd and Marvel is poised to capitalize on the excitement
generated by the event in a way they failed to when the first movie came round. The comic publisher held a conference call on Tuesday to discuss plans surrounding ... GEN13/FANTASTIC FOUR
by Trent D. McNeeley (Wed 01-10-2001)
It has taken more than two years to produce, but Gen13/ Fantastic Four 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 ... MISSION TO MARS
by Steve Biodrowski (Thu 03-09-2000)
It`s incredible that Walter Hill would take his name off of SUPERNOVA and Brian DePalma would leave his name on MISSION TO MARS. Although M2M arrives in theatres without the pre-release baggage warning of imminent disaster, it is actually a far bigger dis... Oni Plans Relief Auction
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 09-14-2001)
Oni Press has already lined up more than two dozen creators for a charity auction to benefit the American Red Cross relief fund.According to Oni, the plan is to offer materials only comics professionals can provide. This means original art, signed comics,... Oni, Komikwerks Merge Charity Efforts
by Rob Allstetter (Thu 09-20-2001)
Oni Press and Komikwerks have merged their disaster relief efforts into one focused fundraiser. Last week both publishers independently announced that they had started efforts to create auctions that would benefit the American Red Cross relief fund.Oni's ... ICONS: ICEMAN #1 (of 4)
by Tony Whitt (Thu 10-18-2001)
Bobby Drake takes off for Hong Kong to confront his ex-girlfriend Opal Tanaka. (Good grief, almost the whole team is over there this week...see X-MEN ANNUAL 2001, and you'll see what I mean.) Seems she's been keeping from him the fact that he now has a so... Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
by Coming Attractions (Thu 12-18-2003)
Genre: Fantasy/Adventure/Sequel. Studio: New Line Cinema. Production Company: Wingnut Films. Project Phase: In the Can. Who's In It: Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn); Ian McKellen (Gandalf the White); Elijah Wood (Frodo Baggins); Sean Astin (Sam Gamgee); Orlando... An Urban, Rock-filled DOOM
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 09-15-2004)
After starring in two of Universal Pictures summertime films, Karl Urban (who also starred in the latter two LORD OF THE RINGS pictures) will receive another paycheck from the same studio for starring in DOOM along with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. Urban, w... SWAMP THING
by Rich Handley (Wed 07-05-2000)
What`s old is new again. Vertigo, DC Comics` adult imprint, is offering a different spin on some of its oldest titles, and it`s looking to the Louisiana swamps to do it. Since its January 1993 launch, only Hellblazer has escaped cancellation out of the im... The Best Monster Movie Music of the Millennium, Part 1
by Randall Larson (Sat 04-15-2000)
Having already evaluated the best fantasy soundtracks of 1999 and assessed the best fantasy scores of the 1990, it’s time to cast an ear back over the last hundred years of fantasy, horror, and science fiction film music. Which scores were the trendsetter... X-MEN PREQUELS
by Matthew F. Saunders (Wed 06-28-2000)
To prepare for this summer`s X-Men movie, Marvel Comics has released three X-Men movie prequel comics: X-Men Movie Prequel: Magneto, X-Men Movie Prequel: Rogue and X-Men Movie Prequel: Wolverine. And who can blame them? If all goes well, the movie could f... THE RISE OF APOCALYPSE
by Jason Henderson (Thu 06-29-2000)
In many ways, the story told in The Rise of Apocalypse reminds me of the sort of comic stories that Marvel published before the launch of the Silver Age. In telling the origin of the X-Men`s powerful enemy Apocalypse, Rise gives us something like in Amazi... SAVAGE DRAGON Back-Up
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 01-08-2002)
SAVAGE DRAGON creator Erik Larsen has announced that cartoonist Chris Giarrusso will be doing a new comic strip in the back of his comic series beginning with issue #93.Giarrusso is the creator of Marvel's Bullpen Bits and the recent GIANT-SIZE MINI-MARVE... Urban to Walk PATH
by News Editor (Mon 08-15-2005)
Phoenix Pictures is in talks with actor Karl Urban to star in PATHFINDER. The films is a remake of the 1987 Norwegian film. The new version is set in North America around the same time, when Vikings inadvertently discovered the continent 500 years before ... Girl Got Game (aka: POWER!!) Vol.#01
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Fri 07-16-2004)
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Seino ShizuruTranslated by:Aya MatsunagaAdapted by:What They SayLet The Games Begin
Some people will do anything to realize their dreams... even if it means disguising a girl as a boy so she can play on a famous boy's basketba... Edumanga (aka: Atom Pocket Jinbutsukan) Vol.#03 - Ludwig van Beethoven
by Sakura Eries (Wed 10-25-2006)
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Takayuki Kanda/Naoko TakaseTranslated by:Sachiko SatoAdapted by:What They Say true genius for the ages, Beethoven has left an indelible mark on the music world with such famous works as Symphony No. 5 (\'Fate,\') Symphony No. ... 'Heroes Anonymous' heading to Sci Fi (Thu 04-14-2005)
A new project detailed during the presentation at Sci Fi's New York headquarters were 'Heroes Anonymous,' a live-action drama that focuses on twentysomething superheroes who form a support group. Based on the comic book series by Scott Gimpel and Bill Mor...More casting rumors for the Batman sequel (Tue 02-14-2006)
The latest 'Batman Begins' sequel rumors have Karl Urban up for the role of Roman Sionis a.k.a. Black Mask and Vanessa Redgrave for that of a person close to Bruce Wayne and Alfred. Leslie Thompkins?Death Note Vol. #1 (also w/Deluxe Edition)
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 11-19-2007)
What They SayLight Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and he\'s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies,... Castle of Cagliostro (-)
What They SayA long awaited Ghibli release of the 2nd \"Lupin III\" movie on DVD. The classic film was directed by none other than maestro Hayao Miyazaki! Disc 2 contains the main feature + animated storyboard (played by selecting one of the alternate mul...Tyler Perry Heads to STAR TREK
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sun 12-30-2007)
Playwright/actor/director/producer Tyler Perry will be appearing in the next STAR TREK, says Ugo's Back Row Chatter. Our friend Pat also scored some impressive plot information about his character in the film, which revolves around Kirk (Ch... Forte Beams Crew in STAR TREK
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 01-28-2008)
A new actress has been pegged by Paramount to perform the transporter duties in their upcoming adventure of Star Trek, reports Variety. The trade says that Marlene Forte ("CSI", "Lost") will become the "Chief Transporter"... And The Nominees Are...
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 02-25-2008)
Hello Maniacs and welcome to this week’s hootenanny of science fiction and fantasy skullduggery. Though I try to pace content on these columns as best I can, sometimes the publishing side of the business just doesn’t want to oblige. After seve... Lichtenstein Leading Urban in RELENTLESS 3-D
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 04-30-2008)
Karl Urban better put on some decent running shoes and learn lessons from Apocalypto because he's about to have to take flight from some homicidal natives in the new 3-D action flick Relentless. Director Demian Lichtenstein, who's been following Cameron a... Book Buzz: Latest Star Wars Novel Hits Shelves This Week
by Tim Janson (Mon 10-20-2008)
The biggest star this week isn’t an alien, or wizard, or vampire but a space ship! Specifically it’s the Millennium Falcon and Star Wars’ most famous ship is the subject of the latest novel in the SW universe from Del Rey Bo... Update: New STAR TREK Scenes Online, Trailer Available Monday
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 11-11-2008)
Update #2: And the Star Trek items keep on coming in. Maniac Flint has passed word that Entertainment Weekly has unveiled a new external glimpse of the Enterprise that you will see in J.J. Abrams' upcoming film. As you'll likely remember from the first te... Collins Suggests More TOS Surprises in TREK
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 08-19-2008)
It seems that the whole "Is Shatner appearing in the new film" question will continue circulate for J.J Abrams' upcoming Star Trek, the latest rebirth of this rumor coming from co-star Clifton Collins Jr. Fellow Maniac Joeybaloney has passed alo... LAIR OF THE BEASTS: In Search of the Death-Worm
by Nick Redfern (Sat 09-13-2008)
As someone who spends pretty much his entire life chasing, investigating, and writing about mysterious beasts and diabolical monsters, I have to admit that I have come across some extremely wild and far-out stories in my time – and that’s putt... Mark Ryan endorses depiction of Bumblebee in 'Transformers' (Wed 06-27-2007)
From voice actor Mark Ryan's official website: I know there's been a lot of speculation about this issue online, so Paramount Pictures has given me official permission to now confirm that I am voicing Bumblebee in the new Transformers Movie. I was a...Official HD STAR TREK Trailer now online
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 11-17-2008)
Maniacs can now check out the new trailer for Star Trek which is now online in High Definition today at the official website. Most of you have seen the new trailer attached to most Quantum of Solace showings this weekend.
The next Trek adventure star... Four New Character Posters for STAR TREK
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 08-11-2008)
Paramount Pictures has unleashed four new posters for their next adventure of Star Trek at the VegasCon '08 event and TrekMovie.com was on hand to pass them along. The posters feature the top stars of the film and when put together, form the Star Trek del... Paramount Adds Onto First STAR TREK Trailer
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 11-26-2008)
Just two weeks after revealing the first trailer for J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, Paramount and company have done some tinkering around and added a small tweak to the first video clip. Well, it's small and at the end of the trailer but it's still a major tweak... Eigo Kudasai Monthly Roundup: Vampires, Schoolgirls, and Otaku, Oh My!
by G.B. Smith (Fri 11-28-2008)
So, it's Black Friday today. Time to get out to the stores, if you dare. While you are there, why not pick up a nice new dub? To help you decide, I have put together some thoughts on several recently released dubs, which I plan to make into a regular feat... Abrams Explains Shatner Snub in STAR TREK
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 09-09-2008)
Well, we can finally put an end to the William Shatner-cameo rumors that have raged back and forth this past year. There were rumors that the creators just couldn't find a place to fit the actor into the next Star Trek adventure and director J.J. Abrams h... Gentle Giant provides digital figures for 'Spider-Man 3', 'X-Men 3' (Mon 12-12-2005)
After completing work on King Kong Gentle Giant President Karl Meyer revealed at the film's premiere that his Gentle Giant studio next creates great acting from digitally-controlled figures in the upcoming "X Men-3," "The Da Vinci Code" and "Spider-Man 3.Ben Cross as Sarek in STAR TREK
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 11-19-2007)
Ben Cross has been cast in the upcoming STAR TREK, reports the official website for the franchise. Cross will be portraying Sarek, the Vulcan father of Spock, while Winona Ryder will be playing Amanda Grayson, the human mother of the famed Enterprise ... First Images of Quinto's SPOCK Online
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 11-13-2007)
JFX Online has become the first site to publish production photos of the upcoming STAR TREK film, publishing the first look of Zachary Quinto dressed up as Spock. The site also published a slew of other photos in regards to a scene involving Spock and oth... Comicscape - August 24, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-24-2005)
Preface to the PrefaceThe following is a rant. As such, I expect some readers to agree wholeheartedly, and others to write unkind things about me and my family. For next week, feel free to step in the ring: e-mail me at comicscape@cinescape.com or at ku... New DOOM Trailer Online
by News Editor (Sat 08-27-2005)
Yahoo! is offering the new trailer for the upcoming feature DOOM.The film stars Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Karl Urban, Rosamund Pike, Ben Daniels, and Dexter Fletcher. It hits theaters October 21, 2005.Click here to watch the Windows Media or QuickTime tr... Classic Rock Cornucopia
by Randall Larson (Tue 10-18-2005)
You know it's just got to be a good month when brand new CD's from McCartney,
Eric Clapton's "Back Home"
© Reprise
Clapton, Neil Young, Dylan, and Cream all show up in your local Tower Records. Eric Clapton's Back Home (Reprise 49395-2) is a ... Disc Wars continue
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 02-07-2006)
Last month's Consumer Electronics Show revealed just how muddy the waters have gotten in the war for High Definition home video. Though High Definition television, now available via cable and satellite, has been slow to creep into homes, indications say t... First Trailer for Clive Owen's THE INTERNATIONAL
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 09-12-2008)
The first trailer for Clive Owen's upcoming terrorist thriller The International has popped up online courtesy of Columbia Pictures' official website. Owens will co-star alongside Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Brían F. O'Byrne. Director Tom ... Four Birthday Wishes
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 06-13-2005)
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 of four things that would make my birthday ... Star Trek
by Karl Schneider (Mon 06-19-2006)
Release Date: May 8, 2009 Studio: Paramount Pictures Director: J.J. Abrams Screenwriter: Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci Starring: Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, Zoe Saldana, John Cho, Bruce Gree... The Thing's soundtrack finally comes to CD
by Randall Larson (Mon 03-07-2005)
One of the most famous science fiction scores of all time - which astonishingly has never been released in its original soundtrack form – comes to CD for the first time as Film Score Monthly’s Golden Age Classic for March: Dimitri Tiomkin's amazing score ... Urban Looks to be the OUTLANDER
by News Editor (Fri 05-13-2005)
DOOM's Karl Urban is in discussions to star in the Weinstein Company's epic science fiction project OUTLANDER. The story centers on a man from another galaxy who crash-lands on Earth at the time of the Vikings, bringing with him an alien predator.Howard ... Musical Menace & Texture: Tyler Bates’ Journey from Slither to 300 and on to Halloween
by Randall Larson (Thu 11-02-2006)
If Tyler Bates is any evidence of the current state of the art of music for horror films, cinema of the macabre is in very good hands. The composer of Zach Snyder’s Dawn of the Dead, Rob Zombie’s The Devil’s Rejects, and James ... Cross Country Weekender
by Matt Kamen (Thu 11-30-2006)
Welcome to the newly branded UK Cine, as named by Mark Humphreys of Northampton. Your copy of Elfen Lied volume one is in the mail. For regular readers, the column will be running on Wednesdays for the foreseeable future – be sure to update your ... Chris Pine is Kirk in STAR TREK
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 10-16-2007)
One has to wonder how director Joe Carnahan feels about being snubbed twice by J.J Abrams. First, he had the directing gig set for MISSION IMPOSSIBLE III only to lose the gig, something Abrams eventually was awarded from Paramount. Now, he has his lo... Urban Confirmed as Bones for STAR TREK
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 10-18-2007)
After weeks of rumors, the latest press release from Paramount confirms that Karl Urban is set to play Dr. McCoy (aka "Bones") in the upcoming STAR TREK. This has been widely reported by sites such as Trekmovie and IGN but no confirmation h... ROUGH WORK: Concept art, doodles, and sketchbook drawings by Frank Frazetta
by Tim Janson (Wed 10-31-2007)
I think like a lot of people, my first exposure to the art of Frank Frazetta was the old Lancer/Ace Conan paperback book covers. I think I was around 12 or 13 and had never heard of Conan and bought one of the books, I think Conan of Cimmeria, just b... STAR TREK Teaser Hitting Soon?
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 11-02-2007)
Production on the new STAR TREK film hasn't begun but that's not stopping Paramount from planning a new teaser, says Latino Review. The next Trek adventure stars Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Chris Pine, Karl Urban, Simon Pegg, Anton Yelchin, ... Resident Evil Returns
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 07-30-2007)
Arguably a much better game series than a movie franchise, RESIDENT EVIL is back with the novelization of the third film, Resident Evil: Extinction due out in theatres this fall. G’day all you Maniac readers and welcome to the Buzz. We’ve got ... PATHFINDER Finds Its Way to DVD
by News Editor (Tue 07-24-2007)
The action-adventure film Pathfinderwill debut on DVD July 31st from Fox Home Entertainment, the mythic clash will be available in its theatrical R-rated version and in an unflinching and brutal two-disc unrated extended edition, packed with extreme ... The Saga Continues
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 05-22-2007)
In light of the biggest gaming news of 2007 (thus far), this Tuesday’s schedule reinforces the fact that some of the best genre narratives don’t have to originate from the traditional literary form. Greetings all you Maniac readers and welcome... Cute Animals Get Canned
by Stephen Lackey (Sun 06-24-2007)
Creature Comforts, a series I had recently added to the TV Wasteland schedule, just got the big bump by the networks. Last week’s episode came in fourth place in its time slot. If you haven’t watched it, and apparently you haven&rsqu... Tyler Aboard BLACK WATER TRANSIT
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 07-09-2007)
Actress Aisha Tyler has jumped aboard the action thriller BLACK WATER TRANSIT. Tyler will play a police detective in post-Katrina New Orleans tracking down a man trying to free his junkie son from prison. The film stars Laurence Fishburne and Karl Urban a... Producers find HUMAN ROMANTIC INTERACTION together
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 12-20-2004)
One of the producers of the HARRY POTTER films and Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston are teaming up on a new movie in development for Warner Bros. Heyman's Heyday Films and Plan B Entertainment are collaborating on a screen adaptation of ON THE NATURE OF HUM... McMurtry's COMANCHE MOON Hits CBS January
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 11-22-2007)
Val Kilmer (Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang), Steve Zahn (Rescue Dawn), Academy Award and Emmy Award nominee Rachel Griffiths (Hilary and Jackie, "Six Feet Under"), Karl Urban (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King), Linda Cardellini ("ER"... HAMLET
by Tony Whitt (Mon 04-22-2002)
While it's doubtful that Shakespeare was spinning in his grave over this most recent film version of his best-known play, he probably was doing a pirouette or two. The good news is that this update of HAMLET isn't nearly as poorly executed as such disaste... WEAPON X One-Shots
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 05-17-2002)
Marvel's ongoing WEAPON X series will be preceded by five WEAPON X one-shots. The one-shots feature WILD CHILD by Matt Nixon, Ethan Van Sciver and Norm Rapmund; KANE by R.A. Jones and Pablo Raimondi; MARROW by Christina Z., Brandon Badeaux and David New... MUTIES #4
by Tony Whitt (Sun 05-26-2002)
I suppose it was only a matter of time before the excellent MUTIES series written by Karl Bollers produced an issue than was...well, less than excellent. Each month, this anthology series has focused on the story of a different mutant living in various co... A New FANTASTIC Voyage
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 09-02-2002)
First 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 FANTASTIC FOUR #60 the "World's Cheapest Comic Magazine" at a miraculous 9 cent... FRAY #6
by Tony Whitt (Sun 04-07-2002)
Melaka's finally ready to take the war against the Lurks-and against her own brother Harth, now a vampire-to the next level, but she needs the help of those living in the Warren to do it, and she's hardly an upstanding member of the community. Meanwhile, ... Shi at Avatar Press
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 02-27-2002)
Avatar Press has announced that it will be publishing a series of mini-series featuring Billy Tucci's Shi. Shi launches at Avatar with SHI: POISONED PARADISE, a full-color mini-series written by Tucci and featuring artwork by Karl Waller... SILENT SCREAMERS DELUXE: THE GOLEM
by SCOTT COLLURA (Tue 10-30-2001)
Since picking up the license to the “Silent Screamers” toy line, Mezco Toyz has given us action figure versions of such silent era cinematic icons as “Maria from METROPOLIS,” “Edison’s Frankenstein” and “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde.” But now they’ve taken t... JUST IMAGINE STAN LEE'S THE FLASH
by Tony Whitt (Mon 12-03-2001)
Mary Maxwell's not your typical student. She reads comic books and longs for an exciting, action-filled life, something she's not likely to get while living with her boring scientist dad. But you know what they say: "Be careful what you wish for..." Soon,... The Man Who Was There
by MICHAEL TUNISON (Tue 12-04-2001)
For a guy who's married to Lara Croft, Billy Bob Thornton doesn't seem to have the highest opinion of today's mainstream Hollywood cineplex fare. "Movies have become two-hour rock videos made by a marketing machine," drawls the Arkansas-born actor, writer... Superboy #100
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 02-13-2002)
SUPERBOY #100 hits stores in May with an extra-sized issue that features a painted cover by Bill Sienkiewicz."This will be a turning point for Superboy," said Jimmy Palmiotti, who co-writes SUPERBOY with Dan DiDio.Here's how DC describes the issue:"Issue ... A New Fantastic Voyage, Part 1
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sat 08-17-2002)
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 FANTASTIC FOUR #60 - the "World's Cheapest Comic Magazine" - at a miraculous ... VAMPIRELLA update
by Rob Allstetter (Fri 09-13-2002)
Amanda Conner returns as new regular cover artist of Harris Comics' VAMPIRELLA beginning with #15. Conner's association with the title character goes back into the late 1990s when she illustrated, along with her regular inker Jimmy Palmiotti, a series ... Focus on TWO TOWERS details
by Mike Whybark (Wed 01-08-2003)
YAHOO! Entertainment News runs an AP story that relays Miranda Otto and Karl Urban's appreciation for the attention to detail in THE TWO TOWERS props and settings.Urban, who plays Eomer in the film, notes, "On my helmet it says engraved around the rim, 'T... Two more for RIDDICK
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 04-03-2003)
Karl Urban (THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS) is locked and Thandie Newton (MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE 2) is in talks to join the cast of RIDDICK, the sequel to PITCH BLACK. They join Judi Dench and Colm Feore who have already been cast in the film, now sc... HUMAN TORCH #1
by Tony Whitt (Mon 04-14-2003)
Right off the bat, I can identify two problems with the new HUMAN TORCH series from Marvel Comics. First, it touts itself on the very first page as being "the first solo story in far too long" of the Human Torch, ignoring Johnny's brief but fun solo run... GLOBAL FREQUENCY # 8
by TONY WHITT (Tue 06-03-2003)
Miranda Zero, head of the Global Frequency organization, has been captured by a white supremecist group and threatened with death if she does not give them access to the names of all her agents. They dare not risk letting her live longer than that, as her... THE TWO TOWERS premiere pics
by Sue Schneider (Tue 12-31-2002)
In early December, New Line Cinema held the Los Angeles premiere of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS at The Cineramadome Arclight Complex in Hollywood, Calif.Seen on the red carpet were stars Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Dominic Monagha... THE TWO TOWERS: New Players
by Mike Whybark (Wed 12-18-2002)
THE BBC runs a piece offering a bit of time with each of the four most notable additions to the LORD OF THE RINGS cast in THE TWO TOWERS (psst the film opened at midnight, but keep it hush-hush, OK? I want to get a seat!), Andy Serkis (Gollum), Miranda O... THE WEIGHT OF WATER
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 11-01-2002)
THE WEIGHT OF WATER, like many of director Kathryn Bigelow's films, juxtaposes powerful, shocking violence with emotions that are so delicate and complicated that they almost defy definition by the characters who experience them.WEIGHT takes place in two ... SF Stocking Stuffers
by Chris Wyatt (Wed 12-11-2002)
If you're into SF, but your friends and family still aren't, there's a high probability they'll buy you another Christmas bookstore gift certificate. The sad truth is that the squares in your life don't know good SF from bad. They realize this and that's ... Peter Jackson Straddles THE TWO TOWERS Part Two
by SCOTT COLLURA (Wed 12-18-2002)
Director Peter Jackson has changed the face of genre filmmaking with the success of his LORD OF THE RINGS movie trilogy. Based, of course, on J.R.R. Tolkien's ever-popular book series, THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE TWO TOWERS and THE RETURN OF THE KING ... Chelsea Quinn Yarbro: The Countess of Saint-Germain
by Denise Dumars (Fri 12-08-2000)
Come Twilight is Chelsea Quinn Yarbro`s thirteenth novel based on the adventures of the vampire Saint-Germain, first seen in Hotel Transylvania. A far cry from the satanic Count Dracula, Saint-German seems based on the idea that with age comes wisdom. Tho... Stardate 0010.09: Of Nightingales That Weep
by Michelle Erica Green (Mon 10-09-2000)
My Anonymous Source Who Is Very Close To Several Star Trek: Voyager Actors said this week that Roxann Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill and everyone else involved with the Tom Paris/B’Elanna Torres marriage still claim it will take place in the episode `Drive... VAN HELSING
by Rachel Reitsleff (Fri 05-07-2004)
In VAN HELSING, writer/director Stephen Sommers is to be commended on finding a way to weave together a mythology in which Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster and the Wolfman (several Wolfmen, actually) all have an integral connection. Moreover, the film has ... THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK Unrated Director's Cut
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 12-08-2004)
Five years after surviving a harrowing night on a sun-baked planet, escaped convict Richard P. Riddick finds his life growing interesting yet again. After imposing himself to self-isolation on a U.V. drenched ice planet, Riddick discovers that a bounty ha... By Grand Design, 5th Edenbridge CD Due Next Spring
by Randall Larson (Fri 10-14-2005)
The fifth studio album by female-fronted progressive band Edenbridge is called The Grand Design and will be released in Spring 2006. The follow-up to 2004's Shine will be recorded at The Farpoint Station studio in Austria and the Thin Ice facility in Engl... Grandly Designed New Album from Edenbridge
by RANDALL LARSON (Wed 07-05-2006)
The Austrian progressive "angelic bombast" metal band Edenbridge has released their latest (and fifth) studio album, The Grand Design, a lavishly arranged and extremely dynamic and powerful prog metal album. Just released in Germany by Massacre Records i... CrossGen's Route 666
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 02-19-2002)
CrossGen Comics will launch ROUTE 666, a horror title, in June. The book is written by Tony Bedard, penciled by Karl Moline, inked by John Dell and colored by Nick Bell.Here's how CrossGen describes the book:"ROUTE 666 tells the story of Cassie, an escape... FRAY #5
by Tony Whitt (Wed 01-02-2002)
Melaka discovers that her brother, the one she'd seen killed by the Lurker and whose death she's blamed herself for all this time, is not dead at all. Worse: he's a Lurker now, one of the most powerful of them all. He shares her Slayer heritage and has re... 15th Annual Gemini Awards Nominations
by Frank Garcia (Wed 09-20-2000)
Yesterday, five popular science fiction television series filmed in Canada were nominated in nine categories for Gemini Awards, the country`s version of `Emmy Awards,` recognizing the best of Canadian television in 74 categories. STARGATE SG-1 and THE OUT... Fray #2
by Carl Cortez (Thu 07-12-2001)
As Joss Whedon has proven with his BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER television show, he's one of the best writers working today. BUFFY and its spin-off show ANGEL are two of the most tightly woven, intricately plotted and always surprising genre efforts. When THE... FRAY #3
by Tony Whitt (Mon 08-06-2001)
Melaka's had a hard time lately. Unbeknownst to her, her sister in the Laws has just found out about her criminal activities. In the meantime, a sarcastic goat-like creature named Urkonn has informed her that she is the latest Slayer, and that it will soo... More classic Astro Boy
by Brian Thomas (Sat 08-26-2006)
Some readers may have noticed some fresh material on Cinescape.com, specifically Janet Houck's column American Otaku, which by default is residing each Wednesday in the Video & DVD section of the site. To clarify, Janet will be covering Japanese anime and... DVD News & Notes for July 10, 2001
by John Thonen (Tue 07-10-2001)
Universal's Golden Age Of Horror will soon be coming our way when Universal Studios unleashes a host of DVD double-features sure to whet the cinematic appetite of any classic-era horror movie fan. Not wanting to miss out on the interest generated by their... LOST: Greatest Hits
by Stephen Lackey (Fri 05-18-2007)
Well I’ll be, if it’s not Rose and Bernard! I’ve been wondering about these two for a long time. I think it’s a mistake for the show creators to not at least include them in the background here and there even if they aren... THE MUMMY (Universal Legacy Series-1932)
by Robert T. Trate (Wed 07-09-2008)
For those of you that are too young to remember or haven’t discovered this classic, The Mummy is a tale about an Egyptian Priest that comes back to life to seek out his true love. Boris Karloff plays Im-ho-tep, a man whose secret desires were discov... Blood+ Vol.#02
by Matthew Alexander (Fri 07-25-2008)
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Asuka Katsura (Original Story: Production I.G. + Aniplex)Translated by:Camella NiehAdapted by:N/AWhat They SayThe deranged Charles takes center stage - and traumatizes Riku, Saya\'s sweet, adoptive brother. With only vague mom... Book Buzz: Year of the Spaceship
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 08-04-2008)
From Star Trek’s FTL warp drive to Carl Sagan’s concentric-ringed, space-tearing Machine, spaceships have been as much a staple of science fiction as aliens or any other concept that has helped define the genre. Within the fictional SF univers... Witch-Hunting, Mercedes Lackey, Dietz, & More
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 10-03-2006)
Mercedes Lackey hits the shelves today with continuations of both her Elemental Masters and The Dragon Jousters series, Koji Suzuki's final installment of the Ring trilogy gets its stateside paperback debut, and Dietz releases his new hard SF thriller fre... TSUNAMI sweeps ashore in April
by Eric Moro and Mike Whybark (Thu 01-23-2003)
On Wednesday, Marvel announced the creation of a new manga-inspired line of books titled TSUNAMI. There are six books within the line, all launching in April."Every couple of years Marvel does something like this," says Marvel Comics Editor in Chief Joe Q... STRAIGHT TO HELL
by ANDREW HERSHBERGER (Wed 11-21-2001)
After directing two bona fide cult classics, REPO MAN and SID AND NANCY, it seemed like director Alex Cox could do no wrong. His next cinematic venture, 1987’s STRAIGHT TO HELL, looked like the perfect vehicle, a punk comedy homage to spaghetti westerns. ... ICEMAN #2 (of 4)
by Tony Whitt (Sat 12-29-2001)
After Bobby Drake goes to Hong Kong to discover he has a son with serious genetic problems, he's attacked by the Augmen, a group of genetically-altered children sent by his ex-girlfriend's boss to capture him. But help comes in the unlikely form of an old... GREEN (aka WHATEVER)
by Tony Whitt (Sat 06-15-2002)
Give a recent film school graduate a camera and a group of actors, and the result can be a surprisingly fresh and innovative piece of work. Or it can be something like GREEN, a film by Karl T. Hirsch available for rental only at Hollywood Video stores acr... THE ANIMATRIX
by Mike Whybark (Thu 06-05-2003)
The home-video release of THE ANIMATRIX shorts on DVD June 3 comes on the heels of the theatrical release, to mixed critical reaction, of THE MATRIX RELOADED. The disc contains nine animated shorts, many by veterans of Japanese anime; four of the shorts w... Comicscape - September 10, 2003
by TONY WHITT (Wed 09-10-2003)
OPINIONBefore we launch into this week's discussion, I must apologize to the reader who brought up the Nick Fury question in the first place - seems I called him "Brian" when his name is actually "Chris." That being said, I must remind everyone that if yo... Legends of horror
by Brian Thomas (Tue 10-03-2006)
Critical whipping boy Uwe Boll recently gave us yet another reason to dislike him: He's a bully. He recently made good his offer to let his critics get in the boxing ring with him. Boll selected four young men who have been extremely critical of his work ... Hollywood Legends of Horror Collection
by Brian Thomas (Thu 10-26-2006)
Universal Studios was the House of Horror during the 1930s, but they weren�t the only studio to produce tales of terror. Following the success of DRACULA and FRANKENSTEIN, MGM tried to get in on the action with a commitment to shock aimed at reprising ... Towers, Two
by Randall Larson (Thu 11-23-2006)
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS
Reinvest your appreciation of the second component of the finest film score of the last quarter century in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – The Complete Recordings, released this week by Reprise R... What the hell is this?!
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sat 03-03-2007)
Hello, you Maniacs. Welcome to the first edition of Superficial Slobber! I know what you’re thinking…
What the hell is this?!
I’ll come right out and tell you. Here at Mania.com, we can be a pretty serious bunch of gen... Pollak, Cho, Christopher and Bremnet join THE LOST ROOM
by Karl Schneider (Thu 08-31-2006)
Kevin Pollak, Margaret Cho, Dennis Christopher and Ewan Bremner have all signed on to join the cast of the SCI FI Channel's six-hour series THE LOST ROOM.Julianna Margulies, Roger Bart, Peter Krause and Elle Fanning have also been cast in the series.The s... THE DEAD ZONE - The Inside Man
by Jason Davis (Fri 07-21-2006)
Every once in a while, THE DEAD ZONE hits a home run and "The Inside Man" is the second in as many weeks. Springing from the mind of former series showrunner Karl Schaefer, the episode concerns an exhibit of spiritual relics assembled by Reverend Purdy t... Comicscape - December 21, 2005
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 12-21-2005)
Last week, I proposed an interesting solution to the crossover and continuity issue that plagues the comic reading experience. In short, I suggested that Marvel and DC drastically reduce titles per character and any in excess of, say, two, should occur ou... Mother's Day gifts
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 05-02-2006)
Somewhere in between the DVD debut of a new title and its re-release as a super new extended limited special edition, a distributor sometimes finds itself with thousands of unsold DVDs in the warehouse. It's not necessarily a reflection on that titles pop... The Threshold of a New CD for UK Metal Band
by RANDALL LARSON (Thu 06-01-2006)
U.K. progressive metallers Threshold are currently working on material for a new studio album. No firm details are available at the moment, but the band hope to record sometime over the summer. Meanwhile guitarist Karl Groom is currently completing produc... New Phantasm discs
by Brian Thomas (Tue 04-10-2007)
We’ve got a full list this week, so let’s get right into it!
SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK
Though a deluxe edition was released in 1999, a new edition of Phantasm is overdue. Here ya go:
(O) PHANTASM (Anchor Bay... Epic score for Pathfinder due out next week
by Randall Larson (Fri 04-20-2007)
Next Tuesday Varese Sarabande will issue Jonathan Elias’ powerful score for Pathfinder, a new historical epic directed by Marcus Nispel (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, 2003).
An action-adventure set in the time when Vikings tried to conq... Official STAR TREK Site Online
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 01-17-2008)
With the first teaser trailer premiering alongside the debut of Cloverfield tomorrow, it was only a matter of time before Paramount launched its official online campaign. The new website is now up and running but unfortunately, it has nothing worthwhile t... HD STAR TREK Teaser Online
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 01-21-2008)
As expected, the first teaser trailer for Star Trek has come online Monday courtesy of Paramount's official site. No more youtube wars between bootlegs and the distributor. The upcoming next installment of the franchise will star Zachary Quinto, Leonard N... WAR IS HELL #1
by Kurt Amacker (Mon 04-07-2008)
Lieutenant Karl Kaufmann flies a Spad and dresses strangely, with a flamboyant scarf that trails behind him in the air. He appears to be an American, but he reports into the Royal Flying Corps’s Eighty-Eight American Squadron with a set of ques... NINJA ASSASSIN Begins Production for McTeigue
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 05-30-2008)
The team behind V for Vendetta are back in action and one has to wonder if the Wachowski brothers will have better luck as producers this time around than they did as directors for Speed Racer, the lowest cash producing film of May. Warner Bros. has sent ... Kirk's Father & Nero's General Cast in TREK
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 11-14-2007)
Third consecutive day in a row with STAR TREK news hitting the wire. Variety is reporting that Chris Hemsworth and Clifton Collins Jr. are now attached to the next adventure aboard the Enterprise. Paramount and JJ Abrams have placed Hemsworth in the role ... Possible STAR TREK Plot and TOS Writer Responds
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 11-12-2007)
I tend to ignore most script treatments reportedly leaked on the internet because the majority of them are downright lies, false information or old treatments that the director no longer uses for his film. Still, if something comes from a reliable so... Remarkable Best-Of CD from Edenbridge to be Released on Friday
by Randall Larson (Thu 05-31-2007)
Austrian symphonic metal band, along with Nightwish one of the leaders of the female-fronted metal band trend of the last half dozen years, will released their first raries/best of compilation CD on Friday. Noted for their melodic intensity and their... The Genesis Code
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 08-20-2007)
Apparently riding the success of fast-paced, clue-glue plots of novels like The Da Vinci Code and films like National Treasure, Christopher Forrest steps up this week to tackle the greatest code of them all.
Outnumbering paperback releases three ... Winona Ryder is SPOCK'S Mother
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 11-09-2007)
That's what Variety is reporting at any rate. Winona Ryder has joined the cast of STAR TREK to portray the Vulcan mother of Spock in the Paramount production. Young Spock is being portrayed by Zachary Quinto. Ryder joins a cast that also includes Leonard ... Doom's Day
by Randall Larson (Tue 12-06-2005)
Varèse Sarabande Records has released the score for the new film, DOOM, based on the popular shoot-em-up computer game that debuted from ID software back in 1993. Doom has transfixed gamers worldwide for over a decade and have sold millions of copies. The... DOOM
by Rachel Reitsleff (Fri 10-21-2005)
Movies based on videogames are a varied lot that come under suspicion. Some critics sneer at the whole concept, ignoring not only substantial differences in quality between various adaptations, but the fact that current videogames and certain types of fil... Comicscape - March 31, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 03-31-2004)
OPINION: Before I begin this week's discussion of the comic books you most wanted to see made into movies, I'd like to share one e-mail in particular that made a very deep impression on me, sent by no less than the producer of LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENT... 13 GOING ON 30
by Abbie Bernstein (Fri 04-23-2004)
In 1988, Tom Hanks starred in BIG, a movie about a child whose wish causes him to become adult overnight. 13 GOING ON 30, which has more or less the same premise, begins in 1987, when 13-year-old Jenna Rink has a disastrous party during which she is humil... ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #627
by Tony Whitt (Mon 04-26-2004)
Clark Kent has been picked to ride along with the newly reformed S.C.U. But it's a less than quiet night as Replikon attacks the city. Meanwhile, the U.S. invasion of Umec begins, and Lois decides that the best way to get the real story is to be there in ... SCOOP: One reader's review of THE BOURNE SUPREMACY
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 07-16-2004)
While the news department tries to leave the job of reviewing movies up to our able professional film critic, from time to time we're fortunate enough to receive a "man on the street" advance review of a film, be it from a test screening or early preview ... Cinescape covers the 10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards
by Sue Schneider and Marcia Groft (Tue 03-09-2004)
The last two months here in Tinsletown have been absolutely crazy. Award Show after Award Show...premiere after premiere. This next week Cinescape will catch you up on some of the events that have been happening. First up is the 10th Annual Screen Actors ... ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #624
by Tony Whitt (Wed 01-28-2004)
Metropolis has a new hero: Mr. Majestic, a strange new visitor from a neighboring dimension who looks like Superman (except for the costume), sounds like Superman, and acts like Superman. But the time storm which may have brought him to our universe in th... Bourne of the Rings
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 10-07-2003)
LORD OF THE RINGS co-star Karl Urban is in talks to play the principal baddie in THE BOURNE SUPREMACY, set to start filming before the year's out. Urban, who played Eomer in THE TWO TOWERS and will be seen again in THE RETURN OF THE KING, is currently fil... PREVIEW: ROUTE 666 #17
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 11-03-2003)
Halloween may be over but don't tell that to readers of CrossGen Entertainment's ROUTE 666. Every month the fans of CrossGen's ongoing horror book are given another scarefest delivered by the team of writer Tony Bedard, penciler Karl Moline, inker Drew Ge... UPDATE!: BOURNE SUPREMACY starts rolling
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 11-11-2003)
Universal Pictures has announced that principal photography on THE BOURNE SUPREMACY has begun. In addition to the previously announced returning cast members such as Matt Damon, Julia Stiles and Brian Cox, Franka Potente is also coming back in the sequel.... Yune to MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 09-21-2004)
Actor Karl Yune, who can currently be seen on-screen helping to feed giant snakes in ANACONDAS: THE HUNT FOR THE BLOOD ORCHID, has joined the cast of MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA. The film, which is now under development by director Rob Marshall (CHICAGO), also st... Bond beauty gets DOOMed
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 09-22-2004)
Former Bond girl Rosamund Pike, who played Miranda Frost in DIE ANOTHER DAY, has landed a part in Universal's DOOM movie. Pike will play a scientist named Samantha in the action flick, working with special ops soldier John Grimm (to be played by Karl Urba... Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza
by Matt "SixShooter" Leyendecker (Thu 04-18-2002)
I don't know what it is. The movie can be the most awesome videogame concept ever made: Take one skyscraper in downtown LA, throw in 30 hostages, a few foreign terrorists, a couple of plot twists, and one man to stop them all. Mix thoroughly; add a fe... Sex & Sci-Fi & Rock 'n Roll
by Randall Larson (Tue 04-19-2005)
Get out your Parental Advisory stickers – Warp 11’s new CD has been assimilated from all things STAR TREK into a massive powerblast of sex, sci-fi, and rock ‘n roll. Based in Sacramento, California, Warp 11 has made the rounds of science fiction conventio... ALIAS - Before the Flood
by Jason Davis (Fri 05-27-2005)
Picking up moments before the end of "Search and Rescue," "Before the Flood" opens with Sidney Bristow, her father, her mother, her half-sister, and her fiancé plummeting into the Russian city of Sevogda, which is under the influence of the mysterious Mue... Toons and BONES
by David Michael Wharton (Mon 08-22-2005)
It's the last week before the new season begins (some would claim that PRISON BREAK marks that boundary, but ROME seems like a better dividing line to me) and we're in week two of our tour of the new season. Below I'll mouth off about FOX's returning "Ani... Before You Die, You Hear The Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 03-10-2005)
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Decca Records has releases Hans Zimmer's first true horror score, that for Gore Verbinski's remake of the 1998 Japanese ghost story, RINGU. Paired on this recording with Zimmer's score for the American sequel, THE RING TWO, (bo... Comicscape January 19, 2005
by Tony Whitt (Wed 01-19-2005)
Before I begin this week's column, I have an announcement to make: my last COMICSCAPE column will be Wednesday, February 2, and my last review for CINESCAPE for the time being will also appear that week. I'm sure there's at least one or two readers who wi... Jerry Lewis Classics Hit DVD
by Brian Thomas (Tue 10-12-2004)
It was a bit surprising to hear that former rivals Bandai and Manga had teamed up to produce the anime series GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX, which is being distributed through Anchor Bay. Now three other anime importers have formed a partnership... Halloween Chopping List
by Brian Thomas (Tue 10-26-2004)
As you may have noticed, Halloween is coming up this week and- what, you didn’t know? Well take a look at a calendar, genius! Now that you’re way behind in making a costume, let me offer a couple Shopping List suggestions. Cut a big circle out of cardboar... Comicscape - January 5, 2005
by Tony Whitt (Wed 01-05-2005)
Welcome to a brand new year and what better way to start off that brand new year with a shiny spanking new controversy brewing in the world of comics? A little while ago, Marvel announced that Orson Scott Card, Hugo Award-winning writer of such works as ... Master Keaton Vol. #6
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 03-22-2004)
What They SayKeaton starts by rescuing an East German Olympian from depression and skin-heads before interfering in a KGB hit on a Russian attending an air show in the UK. Later, after a trip to Spain?s islands where he learns about passion and betrayal ... 
