...ian Way's LeonardoDiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson. Plot Concept: Each feature will be comprised of three of the books in Otomo's series. The drama takes place in "New Manhattan," a metropolis that was rebuilt after being destroyed 31 years ag...
LeonardoDiCaprio's Appian Way will develop and produce a feature film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's CAT'S CRADLE. James V. Hart and Jake Hart, his son, will adapt.The story is an apocalyptic tale about the planet's ultimate fate and a race to recover th...
YAHOO! Entertainment News reports that LeonardoDiCaprio is hoping that director Martin Scorsese will see at least a nomination for GANGS OF NEW YORK on Tuesday when the final contenders for the Academy Awards are announced.The actor says, "It's almost a ...
CINESCAPE spoke with LeonardoDiCaprio recently concerning his upcoming role as Howard Hughes in Martin Scorsese's THE AVIATOR, which will focus on the early part of Hughes life when he was a young, glamorous millionaire who built his fortune on aerospac...
... Pitt and LeonardoDiCaprio to co-star in his homage of the classic Dirty Dozen. Pitt has some experience working with Tarantino from their experience on True Romance, where he played a small role as a stoner who couldn't give proper directions. Since ...
Director Michael Mann is shopping around a script to the studios for LeonardoDiCaprio to star in.
The script by John Logan is a thriller which is set on the MGM lot in the 1930's and centers on a private detective hired to investigate whether a starlet ...
Riding high from the pos-release success of COLLATERAL, director Michael Mann is gearing up to work together with LeonardoDiCaprio on a period picture for Universal Pictures. The studio purchased the rights to Bryan Burrough's PUBLIC ENEMIES, a non-ficti...
After just wrapping up their political thriller Body of Lies, director Ridley Scott and LeonardoDiCaprio will be back together again for a new dark thriller called The Low Dweller, says the Hollywood Reporter. The project is a spec from first-time writer...
While it's still early into development with story pitches yet to commence, HR is reporting that a new Twilight Zone is on the horizon, based around one or more episodes of the classic series. LeonardoDiCaprio's production shingle Appian Way and Warner B...
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tGenre:Drama/Historical.Studio:Warner Bros./Miramax FilmsProduction Company:Forward Pass/Appian Way/Cappa Productions/Initial Entertainment Group.Project Phase:Post-production.Who's In It:LeonardoDiCaprio (Howaard Hughes); Barry Pepper (Glenn Odekirk); C...
Genre: Historical/Drama.Studio: Universal Pictures/DreamWorks.Production Company: Bazmark Films/Dino De Laurentiis Productions/DreamWorks/Universal.Project Phase: In Development.Who's In It: LeonardoDiCaprio (Alexander the Great).Who's Making It: Baz Lur...
...d Hughes (LeonardoDiCaprio) and recounts the years of his life from the late 1920's through the 1940's. Both the film and Leonardo are nominated for Golden Globes.Seen on the carpet were the stars of the film: LeonardoDiCaprio, Kate Beckins...
...tegory as LeonardoDiCaprio. A lot of people equate these two actors with “former Teen Magazine buff balls” but to me, that aspect was never in their control. In point of fact, neither liked that whole Teen Girl Fantasy image branded them a...
Filipino news site ABS-CBNNEWS.COM runs an interview with Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, and LeonardoDiCaprio on CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, the trio's recent hit chronicling the life and times of teenage con man Frank Abagnale Jr.Spielberg says he identified wit...
...msterdam (LeonardoDiCaprio) returns to the Five Points, bent on avenging his father's death. To that end, he works his way into Bill's confidence. Bill, not knowing the intelligent and brave young man's true identity, comes to look upon Amsterdam as a...
...TOR stars LeonardoDiCaprio as a young Howard Hughes and follows the eccentric millionaire's exploits in Hollywood and in setting aviation records. Scorsese wants to cast modern-day celebs in the roles of the superstars of yesterday, such as Spencer T...
CINESCAPE spoke with LeonardoDiCaprio recently concerning his upcoming role as Howard Hughes in Martin Scorsese's next project, THE AVIATOR. DiCaprio notes that preparing for a role such as this takes commitment. He says, "My examples are people that I'v...
... lot like LeonardoDiCaprio? Something's fishy here, by god... Phil Jimenez handles the artistic chores in NEW X-MEN #139, and while the "Murder in the Mansion" story arc may draw some new readers, it won't be half as interesting as finding out whether...
Arriving today on DVD and home video is Steven Spielberg's last film, the cat-and-mouse drama CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. Starring LeonardoDiCaprio as charismatic check con artist Frank Abagnale Jr. and Tom Hanks as FBI Agent Carl Hanratty, the movie came out ...
... Hughes. LeonardoDiCaprio will play the eccentric millionaire who commissioned The Spruce Goose opposite Pepper's role as engineer Glenn Odekirk.As well, Barry is talking with his agents about starring in RIPLEY UNDER GROUND, based on Patricia Highsm...
... starring LeonardoDiCaprio. She'll be seen
next in About A Boy with Hugh Grant and Toni Collette.
Finally, our source confirms that Mako appears in the movie as a theater owner who befriends young Kar (Seann William Scott).
Bulletproof Monk is ...
...coop that LeonardoDiCaprio, who has previously been mentioned only as a producer, may also star in the movie as Kaneda.
Finally, AIC confirms that Ruairi Robinson is the director of choice for the project.
A terrorist bombing in Casablanca has resulted in the Baz Luhrmann production of ALEXANDER THE GREAT being pulled out of Morocco. The movie, slated to star LeonardoDiCaprio as the famous conqueror, will leave behind a studio and set up its shop in Austr...
... starring LeonardoDiCaprio and Russell Crowe is already down to 6th place with a weekend haul of only $6.8 million. Not a very good position to be considering its weak debut performance last weekend. At this point, it has a domestic gross of $24.4 mil...
Stephen Spielberg has pushed off his long developing MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA project again, with word of having signed on to produce and direct DreamWorks' CATCH ME IF YOU CAN.The film, which will star LeonardoDiCaprio, will tell dramatically tell the true l...
... CAN with LeonardoDiCaprio and Tom Hanks, all three said "Yes."Ford added, "It was always about getting the right script, and now we have it." Here's hoping that's the case.Finally, Spielberg reportedly has stopped trying to bring the long fabled proj...
Martin Scorsese and LeonardoDiCaprio are moving to reunite on another film, this time telling the story of ALEXANDER THE GREAT. According to the Hollywood Reporter, the two principals will work with Initial Entertainment Group, with who they worked on th...
...rsal with LeonardoDiCaprio set to star from a script by BEING JOHN MALKOVICH's Charlie Kaufman. The movie is being contemplated as some sort of animated film, so it is not known if Soderbergh will direct or Clooney will star.
... starring LeonardoDiCaprio and Cate Blanchett. 2-disc widescreen & fullscreen editions include Scorsese commentrak, deleted footage, Making-Of and more. (O) BAA BAA BLACKSHEEP Volume 1 (Universal) Robert Conrad as "Pappy" Boyington in the TV explo...
What was originally a single movie is now a two part feature that according to sources will be executive produced by LeonardoDiCaprio who has a rather good starting set of credits for that position. The film is undergoing some changes as Neo Tokyo will n...
... starring LeonardoDiCaprio and Russell Crowe. After that, he plans to move onward to the Robin Hood revision Nottingham, starring Crowe as well. The trade reports this supernatural thriller won't enter production until after the strike issues are...
In our Prize Closet this week, we have two copies of The Hunt, courtesy of Image. To enter, just send an email to which includes your name and address DVD Shopping List, and in the subject line put the words “BE VEWY QUIET”.
Not to be out...
...r Ferris (LeonardoDiCaprio), who uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan. When Ferris devises a plan to infiltrate his network, he must first win the backing of cunning CIA veteran Ed Hoffman (Russell Crowe)...
... starring LeonardoDiCaprio and Russell Crowe would be a sure bet for Scott and the WB. But apparently, that’s just wrong this time around. The thriller pulled in only $13.1 million in its debut, not a good opening for a film that has a price tag...
Robert Rodriguez is packing up a U-Haul with a host of top talent in hopes that they'll move into "Sin City," which he is directing for Dimension Films. According to multiple sources, LeonardoDiCaprio, Bruce Willis, Elijah Wood, Mickey Rourke, Brittany M...
...film with LeonardoDiCaprio and Ridley Scot.
Plans for a 'Sleeper' movie were announced a few months back, with Sam Raimi firmly attached as producer. At the time Tom Cruise was also said to be on board, most likely as a producer but possibly as an ac...
...featuring LeonardoDiCaprio and Daniel Day-Lewis. Directed by Martin Scorsese.
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John is back with his news crew ready to bring their own hilarious spin to current events and other news it...
...ion stars LeonardoDiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg and Alec Baldwin. In this version, the story focuses on an Irish-American gangster who infiltrates the Massachusetts police force while, simultaneously, a young police officer infil...
...TOR stars LeonardoDiCaprio as movie mogul and pioneering industrialist Howard Hughes. The film focuses on Hughes' life between the 1920s to 1940s, when the millionaire directed and produced movies, built the world's largest aircraft and had numerous r...
...trayed by LeonardoDiCaprio. Additional casting includes Cate Blanchett as Katharine Hepburn and Kate Beckinsale as Ava Gardner. As Music from the Movies revealed in May, Howard Shore will also score Peter Jackson's upcoming KING KONG film.At
20...
The Moviefone website has your exclusive first look at the trailer for Martin Scorsese's THE AVIATOR. Set during the 1920s and 30s, LeonardoDiCaprio stars in the film as millionaire Howard Hughes, the legendary industrialist who dreamed of conquering the...
An attempt to salvage a film titled THE GOOD SHEPHERD is underway, with the plan being to entice Matt Damon (THE BOURNE SUPREMACY) to step into the lead role. Previously the project had been gestating as a starring vehicle for LeonardoDiCaprio (THE AVIAT...
PLANET OF THE APES remake star Mark Wahlberg is in negotiations to join the cast of Martin Scorsese's THE DEPARTED. If a contract can be reached Wahlberg will join Matt Damon and LeonardoDiCaprio in the movie, which is an American remake of the Hong Kong...
...s biopic. LeonardoDiCaprio, survivor of THE BEACH but not of TITANIC, will play the eccentric millionaire/industrialist.Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it to us!
...eens that LeonardoDiCaprio has, it might have, but the sad truth is that a surprising number of people don't even know KONG is a remake. For the majority, the lower priced single disc widescreen or (god help us) fullscreen edition will be the only KON...
MTV.com covers the simultaneous productions of Alexander the Great biopics expected to feature, respectively, LeonardoDiCaprio and Colin Farrell in the lead role. The dueling productions are to be directed by Baz Luhrmann and Oliver Stone. DiCaprio is in...
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER covers the final release date announcement for GANGS OF NEW YORK. The LeonardoDiCaprio historical pic, directed by Martin Scorcese, takes a look at 19th century ethnic rivalry in, um, New York.The film had been previously projected...
...that star LeonardoDiCaprio. DreamWorks's DiCaprio film, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, is slated to open on December 25. Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at feedback@cinescape.com.
...sist from LeonardoDiCaprio, have succeeded in a fairly remarkable feat. If this isn't really a definitive biography, it feels like one. More impressive still, it's a great character study that works wonderfully as cinema.A brief prologue gives us a ta...
Michelle Williams joined the cast for Martin Scorsese's upcoming SHUTTER ISLAND, based on the Dennis Lehane novel. Variety reports the actress joining LeonardoDiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo and Sir Ben Kingsley in the period thriller. The trade says Wi...
... starring LeonardoDiCaprio. Warners is finishing up shooting on Steven Soderbergh's "The Informant," its Seth Rogen starrer "Observe and Report" and the action pic "Ninja Assassin." Universal is racing the clock on "...
...as Leo's [LeonardoDiCaprio's] production company that came to me with that. And it's a big challenge, in fact. Because when you look at the two players or visionaries in the field, at that moment [it] would be Huxley and it would be Orwell and that wa...
Sir Ben Kingsley has joined the cast for Martin Scorsese's upcoming SHUTTER ISLAND, based on the Dennis Lehane novel. Variety reports the actor joining LeonardoDicaprio and Mark Ruffalo in the period thriller. Scorsese will be helming the film from a scr...
Actor Mark Ruffalo will be joining LeonardoDiCaprio for Martin Scorsese's adaptation of SHUTTER ISLAND, based on the Dennis Lehane novel. The trade reports the thespian taking up the role of U.S Marshal Chuck Aule for the production. Scorsese's Sikelia P...
The trailer for the upcoming LeonardoDiCaprio drama/thriller BLOOD DIAMOND has mad it's way online.You can find the trailer here.In the film, directed by Ed Zwick, LeonardoDiCaprio stars as a South African mercenary who teams with a fisherman (Djimon Ho...
...hat stars LeonardoDiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Carice Van Houten and Vince Colosimo. Scott directed the thriller, based on a screenplay by William Monahan and Steve Zaillian.To see the new trailer, click here.Plot Summary: Based on Washington Post columni...
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LeonardoDiCaprio to Play Captain America?
Rumor: One of the wildest rumors of the past week is the one that has LeonardoDiCaprio possibly grabbing a shield for Marvel Studios and donning the Captain America costume in the near future.
Sou...
The second official trailer for Ridley Scott's upcoming CIA film Body of Lies has appeared online courtesy of Warner Bros. The film, which stars Russell Crowe and LeonardoDiCaprio, was adapted from Washington Post columnist David Ignatius' 2007 novel. Wi...
Steven Spielberg's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, which has already snagged Tom Hanks, LeonardoDiCaprio and Christopher Walken, has also managed to catch Frank John Hughes (BAND OF BROTHERS). The thriller stars Hanks as an FBI agent on the trail of the youngest pe...
LeonardoDiCaprio will star in and produce an untitled action thriller about mercenaries for hire, and their employment by corporations and governments for war. Writer Scott Burns has been hired to pen the screenplay for the new project which isn't set up...
...th Frank (LeonardoDiCaprio) appearing on the TV game show TO TELL THE TRUTH. Jeff Nathanson's script then flashes back a few years to Frank's attempt to escape from police custody in France, even as dogged, decent FBI agent Carl Hanratty (Tom Hanks) t...
...that star LeonardoDiCaprio is interested in the project. The actor
filmed a TV commercial with Cunningham which was produced by Sulichin.
Reportedly DiCaprio is looking to work with the director
again. However, if he comes on board the project it w...
...Damon and LeonardoDiCaprio, two actors who have also been whispered for the role. Barrowman confirmed that his agents have entered discussions about the role.
Source: SHH
Mania Verdict: TRUE—The actor confirms that there have been talks betwee...
...t, it was LeonardoDiCaprio. That's the guy we need! And then over time, the actors that are appropriate in that age range just drastically shifts in a short period of time.J. MACKYE GRUBER: And we were trying to figure out when we were going to shoot...
...out Jack [LeonardoDiCaprio]. It’s got nothing to do with Jack. It was the other guy’s diamond, and I have no idea why she’s throwing it in the water. But in this episode, it makes perfect sense for him to destroy the ring. Can he be trusted? That is t...
EXTRA TV chats with LeonardoDiCaprio about Martin Scorsese's GANGS OF NEW YORK. "It was a whole world I never knew about," the star says.DiCaprio notes, "Cameron was absolutely that little drop of sunshine in a really dark and muddled world," regarding c...
... BABY and LeonardoDiCaprio and Cate Blanchette taking the stage for THE AVIATOR. 'Female Actor in a Supporting Role,' presented by Rosario Dawson and Keifer Sutherland went to Cate Blanchette for her portrayal of Katherine Hepburn in Miramax's THE AVI...
...rcenary (LeonardoDiCaprio) on a quest to find a priceless diamond, with the help of a fisherman (Djimon Hounsou) and an American journalist (Jennifer Connelly). Newton Howard recorded the score in Studio 1 (aka "The Hall") with a 60-piec...
Making headlines in recent anime-related news is reports of a live-action version of Akira is coming to theatres courtesy of Warner Brothers and LeonardoDiCaprio. The studio is looking at making it a two-parter, thus hopefully remaining closer to the man...
...airs with LeonardoDiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Martin Sheen and Alec Baldwin is still playing in some theaters as the crime thriller stalks Oscars, but you can already enjoy it at home via widescreen and “fullscren&rdq...
VARIETY reports that Universal Pictures has signed Lasse Hallstrom to direct BOMBSHELL, a Cold War thriller centering on an A-bomb. LeonardoDiCaprio may star in the film and is executive producer.DiCaprio's slate is crowded, and includes Robert DeNiro's ...
... film has LeonardoDiCaprio attached to it but isn't as far along as Stone's. Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it to us!
... Luhrmann-LeonardoDiCaprio-Claire Danes version of ROMEO AND JULIET. The bad news is, it still sacrifices a lot to make the transition from medieval Denmark to modern-day New York.After the death of the CEO of the Denmark Corporation - not so euphemis...
...one time, LeonardoDiCaprio was set to play New York stock broker, and misogynistic serial killer, Patrick Bateman, but its hard to imagine Leo could have delivered any better a job than Christian Bales delivers here. Sadly, the DVD offers scant extra...
...D and the LeonardoDiCaprio-starring THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK did. Is there any way (short of drafting Ridley Scott, that is) of restoring one of the richest traditions of popcorn action fare to its rightful place of glory on the big screen? THE MUSKET...
...ted list. LeonardoDiCaprio will play Frank Abagnale Jr. in a story based on the real-life Abagnale's book CATCH ME IF YOU CAN.As it turned out, the cat-and-mouse hunt between the two men resulted in Shaye having a grudging respect for Abagnale. Years ...
It looks like ALIAS' Golden Globe winner, Jenifer Garner, is getting even more busy. Not only is she going to work May 1 as Elektra in DAREDEVIL, but she's just been tapped for a role in Steven Spielberg's CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, opposite Leonardo DiCa...
More news in that LOS ANGELES TIMES profile on legendary composer John Williams. According to the piece, Williams is up, not surprisingly, for scoring not only Steven Spielberg's MINORITY REPORT, but also his Tom Hands, LeonardoDiCaprio thriller CA...
... may star LeonardoDiCaprio, out of New Line. Other Hughes vehicles in various states of developement include Warren Beatty's long developing, possibly stalled project, as well as THE HOAX from Mutual Film. The latter project focuses on Clifford Irving...
Martin Sheen is the latest big name to sign on to Steven Spielberg's next thriller CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. He'll play the father of LeonardoDiCaprio's girlfriend in the story of a con-man (DiCaprio) whose skill shoots him through life and lands him as the y...
While the first pairing (Gangs of New York) of the two didn't produce any awards, the last teamwork did give Martin Scorsese that long awaited statue for The Departed. This time around, they're joining together to adapt a Dennis Lehane thriller calle...
Actor Russell Crowe has joined aboard BODY OF LIES. Hey, it's a Ridley Scott film so of course actor Russell Crowe will be cast. The film is an adaptation of the David Ignatius novel in which Ridley Scott is directing & LeonardoDiCaprio is starring.
...
The cast continues to grow for Martin Scorsese's upcoming thriller Shutter Island, says the Hollywood Reporter. Max von Sydow, Emily Mortimer and Jackie Earle Haley are joining fellow cast members LeonardoDiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Michelle Wi...
'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' is an undeniably amazing phenomenon. It's no wonder. Hatched as a self-published black and white comic book, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird intentionally mated three of the most commercially viable comics concepts with lova...
ComingSoon.net/Superhero Hype! was invited to visit Imagi's headquarters in Sherman Oaks where we got to see about 10 minutes of clips from the upcoming film. The first scene that we saw was of Splinter narrating the movie. "'A family is a bond that canno...
Okay, so this is how I ended up at Mania. After solving the internet quest by decoding the clues in the paintings devised in the style of Leonardo da Vinci, I went underground. But I didn't stay off the internet completely, as the police had advised.
Oc...
Meanwhile, Sophia poured us another glass of Corbieres rouge. Her daughter is on the computer in my office reading pithy comments by the Maniacs about the relative merits of their virility. We crank up the volume so that Kate Bush's tribute to Joan of Arc...
Genre:Thriller/Mystery.Studio:Columbia Pictures.Production Company:Imagine Entertainment.Project Phase:Script stage.Who's In It:Unknown.Who's Making It:Ron Howard (Director); Brian Grazer (Producer); Akiva Goldsman (Screenwriter); based on the novel The ...
Like a bad penny, the demon Nergal keeps showing up and making John Constantine's life difficult. Actually, that's not quite accurate, in this case (but it sure sounded good). This time, it's Nergal's daughter that's mucking about a few issues ago, she...
... NEVERLANDLeonardoDiCaprio in THE AVIATORClint Eastwood in MILLION DOLLAR BABYJamie Foxx in RAYBEST ACTRESS:Annette Bening in BEING JULIACatalina Sandino Moreno in MARIA FULL OF GRACEImelda Staunton in VERA DRAKEHilary Swank in MILLION DOLLAR BABYKate...
Shell-shocked that's about the only way to describe toy collectors these days. And that's largely due to the return of one of toydom's most beloved lines, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, courtesy of Playmates.To say the Turtles took the toy world by st...
Before I launch into a special Halloween edition of COMICSCAPE, featuring an interview with George A. Romero about the new TOE TAGS series for DC, allow me to introduce a new name to the Comics Section of CINESCAPE: Kurt Amacker is a graduate of Loyola Un...
...; Drama LeonardoDiCaprio, “Blood Diamond” LeonardoDiCaprio, “The Departed” Peter O’Toole, “Venus” Will Smith, “The Pursuit of Happyness” Forest Whitaker, “The Last King of Scotland...
Plot:
The game takes place in a New York City plagued by secretive villains and strange, otherworldly creatures. Faced with these perils, the Turtles will experience their most trying time as heroes and as a family, as Raphael, Donatello and Michelang...
When I first started writing about the comic book industry, one of the first people in the industry that I became fast friends with was colorist Laura Martin. She was working with the online magazine, Sequential Tart and coloring a multitude of proj...
On Monday, Marvel announced a special three-issue limited anthology series entitled 411. Debuting April 11, 2003 (get it? 4-11!) and shipping monthly thereafter, this special anthology series pays tribute to the world's least-heralded heroes peacemakers....
The trailer for the upcoming film TMNT has hit the web. You can find the trailer here.In the film, strange events are occurring in New York City, and the Turtles are needed more than ever, but Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo have become lost and dir...
The Brittany Murphy-Ashton Kutcher comedy JUST MARRIED knocked hobbit head this weekend, delivering $18 million in revenue over the fantasy epic THE TWO TOWERS, which slipped substantially to $15 million this weekend. CATCH ME IF YOU CAN slipped less than...
The comic book medium has certainly been susceptible to the same trends as other entertainment forms over the years, and one of the most prevalent pop culture gimmicks is, of course, the "sequel." We've seen them come and go in comics, from the second Sec...
As we saw last time, there aren't that many other TV-to-comic properties from the 1980s that lend themselves as well to a revival as G.I. JOE, TRANSFORMERS, and THUNDERCATS do. While many animated series (and far fewer live action series) were adapted as ...
APACHE SKIES, Marvel Comics' sequel to BLAZE OF GLORY, will launch in July.Like BLAZE OF GLORY, APACHE SKIES will be written by John Ostrander, with art by Leonardo Manco. However, APACHE SKIES will be part of Marvel's MAX mature readers imprint."Leo's fu...
OK, so we all know the wall-crawler's big screen debut was a monster smash, yadda yadda yadda. Thanks to the efforts of director Sam Raimi, stars Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe and the many men and women behind the scenes of this summer's firs...
There was a time, many decades ago, when Marvel comics churned out a respectable number of western titles. Folks like Larry Lieber (Stan Lee's brother, dontcha know) and Jack "King" Kirby himself drew tales of cowby derring-do with six-guns, galloping hor...
This is one of those reviews that needs to be started with a disclaimer. I’m no stranger to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I spent about five years drawing and writing for Mirage Studios, so I logged a lot of hours thinking about the adventure...
In Martin Scorsese's holiday release, GANGS OF NEW YORK, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo Di Caprio, and Daniel Day-Lewis depict residents of Manhattan in the early 19th century. Universally praised for production design and admired for its place in Scorsese's care...
For Ray Harryhausen, the ’50s were stage one of his career as a special effects ace whose stop-motion-animation effects were far more important to the success of the movies he worked on than any actor or director. Harryhausen had gotten his start working ...
YAHOO! Entertainment News notes Martin Scorsese and LeonardoDiCaprio's comments on a gala showing of GANGS OF NEW YORK in Italy, where the film was shot.Scorsese says, "I cannot express in words the impact and the appreciation I have for Italian cinema a...
...d France. LeonardoDiCaprio was up for the role of SS Col. Hans Landa but Tarantino nixed the idea, instead preferring to get a German actor for the part. Production for the Weinstein and Universal film will begin in Europe this fall for a 2009 release...
What's got 5 heads, 20 limbs, 4 shells, 1 rat tail, kicks bad-guy behind, is digital, and is only 3 inches across? It's Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael, Michaelangelo, and Master Splinter...on mini-DVDs that Funimation is launching this coming Tuesday!
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Norwalk, CT, September 17, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced Who Wants To Be A Voice Actor?, a voice acting contest produced by leading New York City reco...
"What you're seeing is the rebirth of the franchise," writer/director Kevin Munroe said recently, getting ready to unveil the 21st-century incarnations of Donatello, Leonardo, Michaelangelo and Raphael. "The over-the-top-ness worked for [a while], in the ...
Welcome to the latest edition of the DCG Artist Spotlight.
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Writer/Director Kevin Munroe, hot off of TMNT, was on hand to promote the heroes in a half shell up in San Francisco this weekend. He reveals which voice over actors were cast as the famous ninja turtles including James Arnold Taylor, aka Obi Wan Kenobi i...
Boston, MA -- Anime Boston 2007 is pleased to announce its second round of guests. From Japan, the convention welcomes Junji Nishimura, director of "Ranma ½" and the "Violinist of Hamelin", and also Yasuhiro Imagawa, the creator of "Giant Robo" and chie...
Los Angeles, CA (April 19, 2004) Synch-Point has announced the ADR director and cast for their latest acquisition, Aquarian Age the Movie.
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ADR Director: Michael Sinterniklaas
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Producer: Shizuki Yamashita
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Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Minoru MuraoTranslated by:Duane JohnsonAdapted by:N/AWhat They SayIn the kingdom of Exkuld witches run rampant, having abandoned faith and disgraced God to live instead as hated devil-worshippers. Judged guilty by the clergy i...
They hooked you up in CLERKS. They busted up the mall in MALLRATS. They offered wisdom in CHASING AMY. They saved all of Creation in DOGMA. And only recently, they Struck Back. Now, finally, Jay and Silent Bob make their graphic novel debut in the recent ...
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Kids Entertainment, Inc., a global provider of children's entertainment and merchandise licensing, announced today an exciting new setting for the fifth season of the popular 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' television series scheduled for fall 2006 on 4Kid...
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I had a strange feeling that Klaus Badelt’s new score was going to be a good one. For Premonition, the third effort from actor-producer-director-random hyphenate Mennan Yapo, the composer noted for Cat...
Doom is still up to his old tricks, desperately trying to remake the world in his image. In this case, however, it isn't Earth that's in danger of falling under his thrall, but the creation of Franklin Richards that has been dubbed, humbly, Planet Doom. T...
Sci-Fi Wire spoke with director Ron Howard and is reporting that the filmmaker told them he will direct the movie adaptation of THE DA VINCI CODE. According to the site, Howard will begin CODE after finishing work on his next movie, CINDERELLA MAN, starri...
It's a reunion of Oscar-winners who'll work on THE DA VINCI CODE, the religious-themed thriller in development at Columbia Pictures. Director Ron Howard, producer Brian Grazer and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman, who all won Oscars for A BEAUTIFUL MIND, will ...
Columbia Pictures has picked up the movie rights to THE DA VINCI CODE, the bestselling novel written by Dan Brown. In fact,the studio has purchased the rights to all of Brown's novels that star DA VINCI professor Robert Langdon. CODE is the second book to...
THE TWO TOWERS passed $200 million in total box office revenues since opening with $49 million this weekend, totaling about $100 million for the week; the previous film, THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, has earned $313.4 million. Leonardo Di Caprio's other hol...
...arrell or LeonardoDiCaprio.CYRUS is an ambitious project that has the Sultan of Brunei participating as one of the film's investors. Still in the development phase, the film is reportedly seeking Sean Connery to commit and play the 6th century B.C. Ac...
Greetings, COMICSCAPE faithful. This is my last column before San Diego Comic Con. After the con, I'll have a lot to write about, depending on what I catch while there. Most of the time, I'll talk to publishers about my own proposed miniseries (IMMORTALS)...
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown is one of those publishing phenomena that authors and publishers dream of. It sold millions of copies in its first year and is about to be released as a major film. But why did it become so huge? After all, as a murder-myste...
"This is my first PG-rated movie!!" yelped a tyke in glee as his dad tried in vain to get him to settle down on opening day in a theater showing THE INCREDIBLES. That comment has been echoing in my head ever since, and came up again last week when I mista...
Last week's column on the industry's reliance on old characters and the need for new blood garnered a lot of mail. Some weeks COMICSCAPE really resonates with people and my inbox groans under the weight of responses, criticism, praise, and the occasional ...
REUTERS notes the impending debut of the much-delayed GANGS OF NEW YORK, which opens nationally on Friday, with some thoughts on the film from director Martin Scorsese and star LeonardoDiCaprio.Scorsese says the film depicts "a world that's lawless, almo...
Titanic Tacos! It's 15 more episodes of ROGER RAMJET, that do-gooder, daredevil, flying ace and inventor of the proton pill "which when taken as directed by a physician, gives him the strength of twenty atom bombs for a period of twenty seconds." When we ...
By the time Soph and I got to Chartres Cathedral, we were getting the hang of navigating through increasingly labyrinthine layers of reality. On the external level, we had decided to spend a few days in Chartres to look at a potential property to move the...
Comic book publisher CrossGen has announced plans for a new ongoing horror title, scheduled to be launched in June. Drawing inspiration from the work of Edgar Allen Poe and the classic gothic TV series DARK SHADOWS, RAVEN HOUSE will be written by Chuck Di...
Due out this November from the Marvel Comics line of hero books: INCREDIBLE HULK #34Cover by Kaare AndrewsWritten by Bruce Jones; art by John Romita, Jr. and Tom PalmerBeginning a new era as legendary horror comics' writer Bruce Jones (Creepy, Eerie), pen...
Back in the early 1990s, I happened to catch a performance by a very serious artist. Swirling classical music played over a bare stage with a painted backdrop showing a cloudy sky. A woman walked out on stage dressed in red tights and a loose red tunic wi...
INTACTO wins points for a deceptive, captivating opening shot that makes us first believe we're looking at a lunar landscape before directing our eyes to a casino that's improbably planted out here in the middle of nowhere. Thereafter, the movie is dotted...
Comic book publisher CrossGen has announced plans for a summer launch for a new horror series. Written by Chuck Dixon and with art by Leonardo Manco, RAVEN HOUSE draws inspiration from the gothic works of Edgar Allan Poe and TV's DARK SHADOWS. Here's how ...
Blackadder: Back and Forth, just released on British video, was originally made for the big screen at London`s Millennium Dome. (Cynics might say it therefore qualifies as a hitherto unseen work, but that`s quite enough of that!) The thirty-minute adventu...
E. Elias Merhige isn`t your typical horror movie director, and Shadow of the Vampire isn`t your typical horror film. It`s debatable as to whether it`s horror film at all, really, for the true villain of the story isn`t a bloodsucking fiend but a modern-ag...
Each week, Mania special correspondent Damon Brown, author of Porn & Pong: How Grand Theft Auto, Tomb Raider and Other Sexy Games Changed Modern Pop Culture, offers his unique take on society, entertainment and other issues of critical concern to Mani...
A new trailer for the upcoming turtles movie TMNT has made it's way online via MTV.You can find it here.In the film, strange events are occurring in New York City, and the Turtles are needed more than ever, but Raphael, Donatello, and Michelangelo have be...
IGN.com has posted a series of Preview Clips from the upcoming TMNJ movie due to be released on March 23rd. This eleventh preview features Leonardo fighting some soldiers in the joungle...
IGN.com has posted a series of Preview Clips from the upcoming TMNJ movie due to be released on March 23rd. This eight preview features Leonardo who has just returned back apolgising to Master Splinter for his behaviour...
In an exclusive intervew Todd McFarlane talked about the 'Torso' movie:
"I think they are leaning towards in Matt Damon [for Elliot Ness]. Matt Damon [is] sort of young enough and he has that boy charm that would work. I mean if you are sort of talking...
VAs Attending: Greg Ayres, Mariela Ortiz, Vic Mignogna, Mike Sinterniklaas, Rikki Simons
The panel started off with much fiddling with the microphones and the rearrangement of seats. After everyone introduced themselves, it jumped straight into Q&A from t...
Yes, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are back, with a new big-screen movie and TV series to delight The Kids. And Dutch developer Overloaded is releasing two mobile games based on the Turtles to celebrate.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is based on the ...
The folks at LatinoReview.com float this rumor today: actor Leonardo Di Caprio tops the list to star in the 'Captain America' movie. Word comes from unnamed sources.
The site cautions that they are merely reporting Marvel wants Di Caprio. They are NOT re...
I usually hate X-titles with a passion, and for much the same reasons I've heard other X-phobes give: they're too hard to get into; there's far too much backstory; and they crossconnect with so many other titles that nothing ever stands on its own. Lately...
Take away Iron Man`s armor, and you`ve got a brilliant but alcoholic playboy. Take away King Arthur`s armor, and you`ve got a charismatic but naked Brit. Take away Doctor Doom`s armor, and you`ll just make him mad…and brother, that`s never a good idea.But...
Death Note and Fullmetal Alchemist leads head an impressive group
Boston – Anime Boston, the largest anime convention in New England, announced its second round of guests today. Guests include voice actors Colleen Clinkenbeard, Aaron Dismuke, Todd ...
Tom Hanks has a new female lead for his next project Angels & Demons, reports Entertainment Weekly. Israeli actress Ayelet Zurer (Munich, Vantage Point) will be playing the role of Vittoria Vetra in the upcoming Da Vinci Code prequel. Naomi Watts was...
...including LeonardoDiCaprio’s The 11th Hour and In the Shadow of the Moon - 3D presentations, Q&As, and HD-remastered editions of original Star Trek episodes - Festival emcee will be Malcolm McDowell
Anime fans have a lot to say about censorship. Namely, it sucks. Everyone mouths off when their favourite anime or manga is massacred when it comes to America. I'm hardly innocent; I complain about censorship all the time in this column, outside this colu...
...2. Actor: LeonardoDiCaprio, "Blood Diamond"; Ryan Gosling, "Half Nelson"; Peter O'Toole, "Venus"; Will Smith, "The Pursuit of Happyness"; Forest Whitaker, "The Last King of Scotland." 3. Actress: Penel...
...he film. LeonardoDiCaprio is circling the lead role of an ex-cop who goes on the warpath trying to find a missing girl. The girl, who may or may not be alive, is being used by a serial killer to taunt the police. Leo also received critical acclaim fo...
So, where were we? Ah, yes... in the weeks immediately after I solved the dodgy internet quest by decoding the clues in the paintings in the style of Leonardo da Vinci, everyone completely ignored me. But, out in the real world, I carried on snooping with...
Auntie Stella and my Mum have been at the accountants all week for Year Rend, so Stella said that I can write the column this time as long as I behave myself and don't bloody swear, else Dark Jedi will delete me. Whatever.
I tried to register on...
As the director of such fare as STRICTLY BALLROOM and ROMEO + JULIET (the modernized, MTV-tinged, Leo DiCaprio version), Baz Luhrmann is clearly no stranger to musical cinema. And while the two earlier films were hugely imaginative and inspired, it is las...