MajesticStudios announces the release schedule for the first two 1/6th scale collectible figures from the Sci-Fi Channel's new BATTLESTAR GALACTICA series. Captain Lee Adama, known as 'Apollo' to his flight team, and, of course, the giant hulking metalli...
Later this month, MajesticStudios is heading back to the 70's with with 12" collectible figures from the original classic BATTLESTAR GALACTICA TV show.Majestic will be offering all your favorites: Richard Hatch as Capt. Apollo, Dirk Benedict as Lt. Sta...
MajesticStudios announced that a giant 13.5 inch Battle Damaged Cylon Centurion from the Battlestar Galactica TV series will be sold at the 2006 Comic Con."This will not be just a repaint of our regular version Cylon," says Majestic CEO Rick Phares. "It ...
All Online Manga/Book/Graphic Novel Orders Receive Complimentary USPS Shipping
RICHMOND, CA Â- September 18, 2006 Â- Infinity Studios, LLC will provide free USPS shipping for all online manga orders placed on the companyÂ's website-www.infinitystudios.c...
Fans Now Have Option To Obtain Hot New Manga Titles Sent Straight to Their Doors Before They Are Available at Retail Bookstores
RICHMOND, CA Â- July 31, 2007 Â- Infinity Studios, LLC announced today that in August 2007, manga fans will be able to purc...
From a press release
Platinum Studios, Inc. (OTCBB: PDOS), an entertainment company that controls an international library of more than 3,800 comic book characters which it adapts, produces and licenses for all forms of media including print, film, onlin...
The International Animated Film Society have announced the nominees for the 2008 Annie Awards.
Of interest to comics readers are the following:
Kudos to DC Comics and Warner Animation. 'Batman: Gotham Knight' and 'Justice League: The...
NOW is Back!
El Cerrito, CA – June 1st, 2005 Today, Infinity Studios LLC is proud to announce that it has acquired the rights for the entire NOW series by Park Sung Woo (currently 17 volumes).
NOW was first release up through volume 5 by its pre...
eigoMANGA STUDIOS announces partnership with VIZ Media.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - eigoMANGA STUDIOS has announced a new partnership with Viz Media to produce English versions of some of Viz Media's most popular manga titles beginning in the summer of 2006.
...
Columnist Stephen Galloway at the Hollywood Reporter has released a verifiable goldmine of information surrounding quite a bit of future movies inside Hollywood. With so many studios taking so many gambles on big budgeted projects which cou...
Beautiful Women Looking for a Male Housemate?!
El Cerrito, CA – September 7th, 2004 Today, Infinity Studios LLC announces they will be publishing The Missing White Dragon, a truly spectacular anthology worthy of calling a classic by Park, Young Ha....
What?! Bambi isn't a Story About a Reindeer..?!
El Cerrito, CA – August 30, 2004 Today, Infinity Studios LLC announces they will be publishing Bambi, a retelling of a classical Asian fairytale by a rising star of comics for girls, Park Young Ha....
AOL to offer movie downloads from four studiosAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, AOL has agreements in place with four major studios to offer downloadable movies and on-demand television.The movies will be available via a single Internet portal and the ...
Beautiful Women Looking for a Male Housemate?!
El Cerrito, CA – September 7th, 2004 Today, Infinity Studios LLC announces they will be publishing The Missing White Dragon, a truly spectacular anthology worthy of calling a classic by Park, Young Ha....
El Cerrito, CA – September 26th, 2005 Today, Infinity Studios LLC is proud to announce that it has acquired the rights for Blood Alone by Masayuki Takano.
There have been numerous vampire titles up until now, but none have ever been as beautiful ...
Comic-Con starts next week and it promises to be the biggest one yet! We're pleased to present this fourth episode of COMIC-CON PITCH 2006, in which Comics2Film endeavors to connect indie comics creators with Hollywood producers.
Today we break from ...
Marvel Studios announced today that the company has hired former Hollywood agency executive David Maisel as President and Chief Operating Officer. Maisel will help assist Avi Arad, the Chairman and CEO of Marvel Studios, by developing business deals to br...
The Beauty and Lots of Beasts!
El Cerrito, CA – September 8th, 2004 Today, Infinity Studios LLC announces they will be publishing Animal Paradise, an uplifting story by Yu Sue Mi, showcasing a young girl's love for animals.
One thing most girls wo...
Witches for Dummies!
El Cerrito, CA – September 7th, 2004 Today, Infinity Studios LLC announces they will be publishing Witch Class, a truly unique and hilarious love comedy by Lee Ru.
Whether it be owning a pet pony, becoming a princess, or marr...
The press release I got in the inbox this morning is the major reason that we have a WGA strike going on right now. It's also a reason that many people are holding off on buying a Blu-Ray or an HD-DVD player. Here's the press release folks..
Apple® t...
Richmond, CA ・ March 1st, 2008 Today, Infinity Studios LLC is proud to announce the introduction of our all digital ebooks.
Starting on March 1st 2008, Infinity Studios will be offering ebook editions of all new titles scheduled to be released; av...
From a press release
LG Mobile Phones, Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios Unite for Joint Partnership Supporting the Upcoming Film Adaptation of 'Iron Man' Tie-In With Star-Studded Action Film Underscores LG's Technology Leadership
LAS VEGAS, Jan. ...
Marvel Studios, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment Inc., and the striking Writers Guild of America Thursday said they have reached an interim agreement.
The comprehensive pact will put writers immediately back to work on the Marvel Studios development...
Funny thing about director Frank Darabont: When he's telling a story, he tends to do so by quoting back and forth dialogue just like in a script. Describing an exchange he had while directing Jim Carrey in the new romantic fable THE MAJESTIC, he put it li...
El Cerrito, CA – September 21st, 2005 Today, Infinity Studios LLC is proud to announce that it has acquired the rights for Zero; artwork by Mr. Sung-Woo Park and story by Mr. Dar-Young Ihm.
Zero is one of Mr. Sung-Woo Park’s most recent wor...
Wizard Magazine has named newly formed comic book publisher Boom! Studios "Best New Publisher." Boom! Studios has garnered critical attention as well, getting 17 out of 17 favorable website reviews for its initial launch title. Since then, Boom! has moved...
Sony Picutres in Culver City has started a new Twiligt Tour of their historic studio every Thursday through September 28th. “From The Wizard of Oz to Spider-Man 3, this is the lot where dreams are made,” said Pam Byrne, Director of Studio...
While today seems to be a rather slow news day, some interesting speculation is going on within Hollywood and the trades this morning. It seems that word has been leaked of some changes happening between Warner Bros. and DC Comics and their partnership in...
The folks at Infinity Studios are making an aggressive move into 2005 as they\'ve listed a good chunk of their upcoming slate via Right Stuf today. We\'ve got our hands on most of their January 2005 releases and should have some reviews prior to their rel...
According to this article at ICv2, the folks at Infinity Studios have signed up with Diamond Comics distribution in a non-exclusive deal that will allow their titles to gain much wider distribution than they have previously. To see what they have in store...
The folks at Infinity Studios have sent out a press release that announces that they\'ve licensed the prequel series to NOW called Chun Rhang Yhur Jhun (Sirius Wars) by Sung-Woo Park.
Infinity Studios has sent out a press release about their acquisition of the Sweety manga, noting that it will be out in April, and each volume feature an eye-catching dust jacket (slip cover) and bonus items such as collectable postcards.
Industry box office grosses in totaled $9.62 billion in 2007, or 5% more than a year earlier and 4% more than the industry's previous high from 2002. Ticket sales also were up from 2006, with 1.41 billion admissions marking a 1% year-over-year uptick and ...
Marvel Studios supremo Avi Arad gives another update on the status of X-Men 3, Spider-Man 3, Wolverine, Hulk 2, Sub-Mariner, Daredevil 2, Punisher 2, Silver Surfer and much more.
'Watchmen', the long awaited film adaptation of Alan Moore's classic graphic novel is already under full pre-production at Pinewood Studios in England. The Paul Greengrass helmed film will begin principal photography sometime this year. Click more info on...
Peering from the top of a New York skyscraper, Spider-Man casts his web across the cell-phone screen and swings to the ground as menacing music signals an incoming call. It's the adult equivalent of a movie-themed toy in your child's Happy Meal. Movie stu...
Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios today announced an agreement under which Paramount will distribute Marvel's next five self-produced feature films on a worldwide basis. The deal, an extension of the original agreement made by Brad Grey when he arrive...
According to sources, 'The Dark Knight' is currently being prepped at Leavesden Film Studios outside of London. It would make sense as all the 'Harry Potter' movies have been filmed there and those are also Warner Bros. films.
More...
Last year, you'll likely remember the constant worries and coverage of the pending WGA strike and how Hollywood was planning for the worse by kicking production into gear on a number of projects so their line-ups would be filled up. Well, we cut to a year...
Westwood Studios, known mainly for their COMMAND AND CONQUER series, has announced that it will expand it's beta test of EARTH AND BEYOND to 100,000 players.In EARTH AND BEYOND, players captain their own spaceships as they trade, explore and fight with th...
Nintendo announced today that it has completely acquired Retro Studios."Nintendo has become the majority owner of Retro Studios by purchasing shares from former owner Jeff Spangenberg. Spangenberg has recently decided to pursue other business interests an...
As part of its quarterly earnings report, Electronic Arts announced that it will be consolidating its Los Angeles, Irvine and Las Vegas studios. While the company plans to form a new studio in Los Angeles soon, the the closure in Las Vegas means that West...
The
latest addition to the prize package for Comics2Film's 5th Anniversary giveaway
comes courtesy of Universal
Studios Home Video & DVD. Uni has dropped off three of their recent
comic book adaptations on DVD a handouts for the C2F fan.
We'll be
...
Although there had previously been rumors that the filming of 'Wolverine' at Fox Studios in Sydney might be displaced by Baz Luhrmann's sprawling production of 'Australia', fans can breath a sigh of relief. The lot is now available for the mutant spin-off...
From a press release
CastleBright Studios has optioned the rights for The 10th Muse comic book series by Darren G. Davis and Blue Water Productions. CastleBright's Jay Douglas and Nav Gupta will produce.
Created by Darren G. Davis (The Legend ...
Comic book entertainment company Platinum Studios will develop live-action feature film "Unleashed," based on characters from Myatt Murphy's graphic novel and comic series "Two Over Ten."
Described as "The Fugitive" meets "Firestarter," story follows a m...
If the '60s were the "Marvel Age" of comics, this is the Marvel Age of movies. We exchanged some word balloons with the man behind it all about "Spider-Man 2" and the spate of coming films based on some of Marvel's most revered characters, Marvel Studios ...
Universal, Paramount, New Regency and MGM are in a high-stakes bidding battle for rights to a new video game from Electronic Arts that hasn’t even been publicly announced yet. The game, which is expected to be released late next year, involves a jou...
A feature with 1400 VFX shots is a super job by anybody's standards. It took 11 studios to do all that work on Superman Returns, a hero-sized project that pays homage to the work that won the original Superman: The Movie a Special Achievement Academy Awar...
Michael Helfant has ankled his post as chief operating officer of Beacon Pictures to join Marvel Studios as Avi Arad's No. 2. He comes to Marvel as the comicbook publisher is developing a slate of 10 films it will finance and produce internally with a $52...
Cinequest announced that Avi Arad, chairman/ceo of Marvel Studios, will receive Cinequest's Maverick Spirit Award and participate in a conversation with venture capitalist William R. Hearst III on the art of technology — an event culminating Cinequest's e...
Despite a top level shake-up in Sydney Cove Studios Superman Returns was able to film scenes this week in a modified building at the Kurnell-based facility.
vfxblog has up an excellent interview with Troublemaker Digital Studios' Rodney Brunet and Eric Pham who discuss their time-crunching design and previz work on Sin City.
Comics2Film
checked in with Scott Rosenberg at Platinum Studios to see what the status is on
their various projects.
Rosenberg, of
course, was responsible for bringing an obscure comic called Men In Black
to the big screen where it became, up until...
Digistor have opened an office at Fox Studios in Sydney as a response to the increased demand for skilled technical support personnel on the lot."Our recent engagement to provide high-level 24x7 support on the latest 'Superman' film franchise, coupled wit...
Serenity Cove Studios, Sydney's newest complex, is hosting its first major international production, Marvel's "Man Thing." Production began last week.
"This is great. We haven't even completed our soundstages and we have secured our first feature film," ...
When asked about the possibility of a 'Deadpool' movie in issue #151 of Wizard Magazine, Marvel Studios VP Kevin Feige replied, "'Deadpool' is one of our favorite characters. It'll definitely find its way to the screen in the near future." More...
According to this press release, Infinity Studios has acquired the license to release the NOW series that was previously released by ComicsOne. They intend to start from the beginning and produce the first five volumes in Limited Edition form which will f...
From Daily Variety:
Universal's "Hellboy 2" is the first major production to lense at Hungary's new Korda Studios mega-facility, which recently opened just outside the capital.
Pic is now shooting in two studios on the 84-acre complex.
With a cre...
With the aid of Kal-El and Eradicator, Majestros has returned to his own universe, only to find that every single human being on the planet is missing. On top of that, there are alien war machines hiding out all over the place. Time is running out for Sup...
Looks like War Heroes will be the next Mark Millar comic to get the big screen treatment, reports his official website. While director Matthew Vaughn is currently rolling production for Kick-Ass, the author says that studios have begun bidding for his six...
Platinum Studios, those cats that got 'Men In Black' on the big screen, have scored a first look deal with Disney and the studio's Scott Mitchell Rosenberg discusses their first look deal and what it means for comics.
This Week's RecommendationThe rhythmic structure of Danny Elfman's score for THE HULK, released this week on Decca (B0000633-02), is roughly similar to that of SPIDERMAN. In many moments, the two Elfman scores share a parallel pattern in their rhythmic de...
Members of the House of Representatives in Victoria, Australia are very pleased to see that the Ghost Rider has all the other studios packed to capacity. The wisdom of the Victorian government in seeing that there is an active film industry and that there...
Platinum Studios, the entertainment company that brought JEREMIAH to the small screen, has added two new comic book properties to their growing pool of possible film and TV shows. Steve Miller's RUST and Eman R. Torre's THE DARK FRINGE have both been opti...
Following in the footsteps of such studios as 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures and Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks and Warner Bros. have both announced their intentions to open new film distribution firms to release art house and independent motion pictures...
Boom! Studios has added a new comic strip to their website (www.boom-studios.com). The strip, titled NITROGLYCERIN will be new and totally exclusive to the web and appear weekly on the site's front page."This is about having fun, plain and simple," Boom!...
For the comic fans in the audience, let me toss at you five words: Saturday morning cartoon by Alan Moore. Interested?Platinum Studios, an entertainment company that specializes in bringing comic book properties to film and television (they brought the Fr...
Richmond, CA – December 26th, 2005 Today, Infinity Studios LLC is proud to announce that it has acquired the rights for Sweety; art by Ju-Ri Kim, and story by Jae-Sung Park.
How do you distinguish between the love from a cute neighborhood girl (...
Marvel Studios announced on Tuesday that Academy Award nominee Terrence Howard has joined the cast of Iron Man and will play Jim "Rhodey" Rhodes.
"When we first began to think about Iron Man, we always envisioned Terrence as Rhodey," said Marvel Studi...
Fintan Studios' first comic, THE FORGOTTEN, reaches stores in April.Set in gritty Philadelphia, THE FORGOTTEN introduces a mysterious vigilante investigating the murder of an exotic dancer while unknowingly becoming the topic of a university student's ter...
Universal Studios Hollywood kicked off the Halloween season early this weekend with its Friday the 13th horror fest, `Halloween Horror Nights.` To celebrate, the annual fright-fest began in style with the fourth annual `Eyegore Awards` ceremony, in which ...
The death last week of legendary film composer Elmer Bernstein, on August 18th, coming so close after that of Hollywood maestros Jerry Goldsmith (on July 21st) and David Raksin (August 9th), has robbed Hollywood of its last three connections with the film...
TiVo has often been decried as the devil by TV network executives, whose biggest fear is the undermining of their business model by users of personal video recorders zapping commercials. But now the networks, along with movie studios and a host of other t...
According to this press release from Infinity Studios, they\'ve acquired the rights to publish the series Zero which has artwork by Sung-Woo Park and story by Dar-Young Ihm.
Building upon their experiences with Peigenz, Infinity Studios has sent out their press releases for the four new titles they\'ve picked up for distribution in North America:BambiWitch ClassThe Missing White DragonAnimal Paradise
From now until September, MovieLabs is holding Technology Open Challenge which will "provide grants of up to $100,000 for technologists working on solutions to problems like improved security for Internet content, converting a single piece of di...
The folks at Infinity Studios have sent out a new press release that talks about their acquisition of the manga series Blood Alone by Masayuki Takano. The first volume is expected to have a January 2006 release date.
According to this press release, the Infinity Studios site has added some interesting features that can help people check out their releases, such as online serializations, a downloads section and a new fanart page.
A new press release from Infinity Studios marks the company\'s push into going the ebook route with their releases. This includes some titles that have been on hiatus for awhile for various reasons that they could never get published/printed. Reaction to ...
Comics2Film covers the Marvel Studios announcement of two more Marvel-based movie projects, with SUB-MARINER and PRIME both entering production. Both films will carry Stan Lee's imprimatur; the grand old man of comics will be serving as executive producer...
Some news about HELLBOY 2 came out of the recent Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors convention.Guillermo Del Toro, who was in attendance, told iFMagazine that the film was looking for financing and switching studios."We're moving studios right now," says Del T...
Setting up shop for a few of their 2007 releases, Infinity Studios has sent out solicitations for:A Kiss for My Prince Vol. #03 - $10.95 - 10/31/2007Blood Alone Vol. #03 - $10.95 - 04/30/2007Blood Alone Vol. #04 - $10.95 - 12/31/2007Chun Rhang Yhur Jhun V...
Yesterday
afternoon Marvel Studios announced finalized agreements on two motion picture
deals with Universal Pictures. The deals were for Sub-Mariner and Prime.
These deals come as post-production continues on the first project being jointly
develop...
Just as more and more original film scores are captured on disc despite the ongoing proliferation of song collections masquerading as "film music" the increasing market for classic and forgotten film scores being fully restored either through archival r...
Messengers outfitted as the space marine from Microsoft's HALO visited the various studios in the Los Angeles area to deliver copies of the script based on the bestselling videogame.Microsoft paid screenwriter Alex Garland $1 million to write the draft an...
THE MAJESTIC by Anthony C. Ferrante (Fri 12-21-2001)
Frank Capra made a career out of movies following small town protagonists who faced great odds trying to make a difference for themselves and the people around them. In that same vein screenwriter Michael Sloane and director Frank Darabont (THE SHAWSHANK ...
The Walt Disney Studios unveiled a diverse and ambitious slate of 10 new animated feature films from Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios to be released through the year 2012 at a New York press conference held today by Dick Cook, chairman of The Walt ...
Screenwriter Michael Schiffer THE FOUR FEATHERS, CRIMSON TIDE) has been hired to write a new military thriller that's being called FIRST CLASS for Revolution Studios. The movie tells the story of a group of Navy first class midshipmen who discover there i...
While Westwood Studios did not show off many games at their small booth this year at E3, the two they showcased are shaping up and looking extremely good.COMMAND AND CONQUER GENERALS - December - PCUnlike the other COMMAND AND CONQUER games, GENERALS take...
While 'Hellboy' packs quite a punch (from a giant stone fist, no less), he sometimes gets by with some help from his friends, like Liz Sherman, whose paranormal skills include the ability to barbecue bad guys in seconds, compliments of visual effects hous...
After adding a number of bimonthly titles yesterday, Right Stuf has a few more new listings from them today:Fighting!! Guidance Vol. #01 - $9.99 - 04/15/2005Fighting!! Guidance Vol. #02 - $9.99 - 06/15/2005Fighting!! Guidance Vol. #03 - $9.99 - 08/15/2005...
In the first part of CINESCAPE's profile on THE MAJESTIC director Frank Darabont, the filmmaker discussed the casting of A-list funnyman Jim Carrey as his romantic lead. In part two, Darabont talks more about Carrey, the film's Oscar chances and the possi...
The classic horror films of the 30’s and 40’s have never been as popular as they are today. Baby Boomers who grew up watching the old Shock Theater packages in the 50’s and 60’s hold a tremendous fondness for the films that te...
This isn\'t terribly surprising in some ways but it is in that they\'re taking over a couple of already running series. According to this press release, the folks at eigoMANGA will be taking over the work needed on Basara and Flame of Recca from Viz Media...
Tippett Studio, the renowned Northern California film effects facility, is currently completing production on Matrix Revolutions and beginning work on Stepford Wives, Hellboy and Starship Troopers 2.
Variety reports on the intense studio competition to stake out prime summer release dates in advance, with current turf wars extending out to summer 2010 already.
According to the article Sony is laying claim to dates in that year for 'Spider-Man 4'. W...
Lengthy article discussing what's at stake for Fox and Warner Bros. with this summer's dueling superhero flicks, 'Superman Returns' and 'X-Men: The Last Stand'...
In a cautionary Hollywood tale, U.S. producer Bill Todman Jr. told Aussie producers Thursday his last three films -- 'The In-Laws,' 'Wild Wild West' and 'X-Men' were all compromised by the U.S. studio system.
"I inherited partners and I didn't know who...
The last prizes Comics2Film readers will ever need were delivered to our doorsteps this
week. Platinum Studios has shipped
us a box of great prizes to pass on to you, the loyal reader in our 5th
Anniversary Giveaway!
Platinum
Studios produced this...
Cinescape's
Christopher Allen Smith reported today on an article appearing in the New
York Times. The article was about the tracking number the Spider-Man film
is receiving. Tracking number are what a studio uses to gauge people's
anticipation for a ...
Director James Gunn (Dawn of the Dead, Slither) gave an update on the status of his projects now that the WGA strike is in full gear. While explaining to his fans why he had to lay down his pen for the PETS project, a sci-fi comedy about a man abducted by...
Hello, and welcome to another look at anime in English. This time the topic of discussion is centered on Hello Kitty's Animation Theater (hereafter simply Hello Kitty), released by ADV Films and dubbed by ADV Studios. Though this show isn't everybody's cu...
Hello, and welcome to another look at English dubbed anime. This time the spotlight is on Tree of Palme, a touching movie released by ADV Films and dubbed by ADV Studios. This title has a good dub, beautiful scenery, and packs a lot of emotion into a two-...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONSBasil Poledouris’ magnificent epic score to the 1987 ABC miniseries, AMERIKA, has finally made it to CD, courtesy of Belgium’s Prometheus (PCR 519). The film, the logical next step after Poledouris’ RED DAWN (Intrada RVF 6001D) ...
From a press release
Next Generation Video Player created by Platinum Studios & Comflix Studios to target highly desired Early Adopters
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Platinum Studios, Inc., an entertainment company that controls an independen...
From a press release:
UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Oct. 20 -- "Transformers," the electrifying blockbuster celebrated for its multi-generational appeal, inventive storyline, spectacular action sequences and special effects, will now be developed as ...
Well, after a two-week absence I got another column up last week, and low and behold a new Forum Buzz went up! Nothing like a bit of rivalry to keep things fun! Of course, I feel there was one important fact missing from Sean's column. That would be th...
Yes, I know, it's been quite a while since I managed to squeak out a Lost in Translation column. This week's episode is called "The Long Road Back" simply because it has been quite a journey to reach this point. The how and why an English language track...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Mark Isham's score for CRASH, Paul Haggis' feature directorial debut, a compelling mystery film of strangers brought together through happenstance, has been released on CD by Superb Records. The score is as introspective a comp...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS This is definitely a week of must-haves in soundtrack new releases. Despite having had only five weeks to conceptualize, compose, orchestrate, record and mix the score after stepping in to replace Howard Shore as composer, Jame...
With the premiere of "The Batman" animated series on the Kids' WB! in the fall, Warners will begin to gear up for the summer 2005 release of "Batman Begins." Said Dan Romanelli, president of Warners consumer products: "If you're a retailer following the s...
The arrival of the new century finds home video on the cusp of a new era as well. DVD digital technology has caught on and shows signs that it may one day supplant VHS. When home video was born (has it really been over two decades ago?), few would have pr...
Stan Winston is a very busy man. In addition to developing the robots for the highly anticipated TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES, the 55-year old creature and make-up effects mavin is also working on a line of action figures and comic books that he's p...
From the CG Channel's interview with Eric Leven of SFX house Tippett Studios:
"We also have 'Hellboy' in production. In certain circles it's a pretty popular comic book. It involves lots of monsters and creatures, so it's a great fit for Tippett Studio...
From a press releaseLos Angeles, CA (October 6, 2008) – As Marvel Studios, a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, Inc., powers up to begin production on its next highly anticipated slate of films, the studio has made an agreement with Raleigh Studios...
Platinum Studios has struck a deal with Top Cow Productions, the comic book publisher of THE DARKNESS, to bring a movie based on the action/horror series to the big screen. Partnering with the two companies is Dimension Films. The announcement of a DARKNE...
Release Date: July 11, 2008 Studio: Universal Pictures Director: Guillermo del Toro Screenwriter: Guillermo del Toro Cast: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Luke Goss, Thomas Kretschmann, Doug Jones, Anna Walton, Brian Steele, Roy Dotrice, John Hurt Genre:...
A reel life, much like a real one, is full of peaks and valleys. For veteran actor Martin Landau early peaks would be appearing in films like North By Northwest and Cleopatra and playing on television in classic genre series Mission: Impossible and Space:...
With Halloween ready to strike so soon, we were expecting 30 Days of Night to pull this victory but the question was “How much?” For four consecutive weeks, the box office report has turned in dismal results and this weekend, 30 Days had a lot...
ADV FILMS ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATE FOR FIRST VOLUME OF MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO:
THE MOTION PICTURE - PRINCE OF DARKNESS
FEATURE-LENGTH FILM SEQUEL TO THE POPULAR TV SERIES MARTIAN SUCCESSOR NADESICO TO
BE AVAILABLE 16th FEBRUARY 2004
...
Film Roman, Inc.
announced monday that it will acquire acclaimed visual effects house,
VanHook Studios. Former comic pro Kevin VanHook and his staff, including top effects artists
Chadd B. Cole and Vince Di Meglio, will form a new division, Forum Vis...
The 'Witchblade' feature film is on the fast track with cameras set to start rolling this September in Australia.
Platinum Studios, Top Cow Prods. and Arclight Films are teaming up to launch the film franchise.
Plans are to shoot the film on location in...
Low-budget films, exploitation flicks, independent productions, or just good old B-movies. Call them what you will, this seldom respected yet once integral segment of the film industry has fallen on hard times in recent years. These low-rent productions ...
With January nearly at an end, we've seen some interesting things happen. The first half of the month was fairly quiet, with most companies having made few releases to give them a chance to recover from the holiday rush (and the Hollywood studios have don...
Well, they did promise to have more support before the end of the year and the announcements are just now coming out. According to this Reuters article, Toshiba and the backers of HD-DVD as the next generation home video device have secured the support of...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ADV FILMS ANNOUNCES RELEASE DATE FOR GAMERA: ATTACK OF LEGION
HE?S TOUGH. HE?S TALL. HE?S A 200-FOOT FLYING TURTLE! SECOND FEATURE-LENGTH VOLUME OF LEGENDARY GAMERA TRILOGY TO BE AVAILABLE 19th JANUARY 2004
LONDON, UK, 15th Decemb...
What a weird and fun ride this has been.
Tomorrow, March 3rd, is the 5th anniversary of the start of the site. Our first full real news posting was just a few days later on March 5th, 1998 where we mentioned some new Image titles coming out. Our next p...
A dominant force in fantasy filmmaking for nearly fifty years, Toho Co., Ltd is famous for gracing motion picture screens with such classic giant monster luminaries as Mothra, Ghidrah, Rodan, and the reptilian embodiment of unbridled atomic power, Godzill...
Platinum Studios, an entertainment company that controls the world's largest independent library of comic book characters, has announced the development of massively multiplayer online entertainment applications with Icarus Studios LLC, a leading trans-me...
Dave McNary over at Variety had a very decent article detailing what the studios have set for the horizon..Namely, 2009 and 2010 releases. I know what you're thinking...Isn't it kind of early to even think about those movies? I would agree with you b...
As I said yesterday here, the studios have out done themselves at the box office for the year of 2007. Universal Pictures has issued the following statement with the acknowledgement that this past year was their best in their nearly 100 years of existence...
Genre:Horror/Action/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio:Revolution Studios.Production Company:Lawrence Gordon Productions/Dark Horse Entertainment.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Ron Perlman (Hellboy); Selma Blair (Liz Sherman); John Hurt (Dr. Broom); Jeffr...
This bit of news comes hand-in-hand with the fact that RATATOUILLE comes out November 6th on Blu-Ray( Earlier tonight's news)...and why nobody else was announced with the release (Like standard DVD)...Perhaps things will change but it's not my job to spec...
Sure, there are more stories in this article but the two biggest stories of the week in the whole “goof-up” department go to Paris Hilton who thinks a myspace petition or a Governor pardon will get her out of serving 45 days in a jail…t...
In the last few years, online gaming has swept onto the video gaming scene. Boasting new things that could never really be done before, online gaming has been "the" thing as of late. And with massively multiplayer online gaming, video games will never be ...
Twenty-seven years after its initial release, with a re-release just around the corner, it is difficult to convey just what a significant milestone THE EXORCIST is in the history of Horror Cinema. Today, it is commonplace for top directors to work with ge...
Genre:Comic Book Adaptation/Horror.Studio:Artisan Entertainment.Production Company:Fierce Entertainment.Project Phase:Post-production.Who's In It:Jack Thompson; Rawiri Paratene; Matt Le Nevez; Rachel Taylor; Steve Bastoni.Who's Making It:Brett Leonard (Di...
Last week, we ended with the start of the 80s, as US audiences were beginning to see anime beyond the children's programming block on TV. It is no coincidence that the majority of the popular shows in the US and Japan during the late 70s and early 80s wer...
After rejecting initial treatments developed by Gene Roddenberry, Paramount studio`s search for the proper vehicle to launch the first STAR TREK film began The writers approached included science fiction veteran Robert Silverberg; famed author Harlan Elli...
The first crossover involving Avatar Press and Image Comics, 10TH MUSE-DEMONSLAYER, will be published in April.The face off between 10TH MUSE -- the TidalWave Studios, Rena Mero-inspired character -- and Marat Mychaels' DEMONSLAYER will be released as a o...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS After a pair of thunderously powerful retrospective recordings of classic horror film music released in 1996, and an in-depth collection of jungle horror film music like THE CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON and THE ALLIGATOR PEOP...
Winifred Phillips, a multiple award winning composer for video games, radio, television and film, has created the theatrical score for The Da Vinci Code video game, developed by The Collective for 2K Games. The video game is based on the highly-anticipate...
Avi Arad has resigned as chairman and CEO of Marvel Studios and chief creative officer of parent company Marvel Entertainment. Upon stepping down, Arad created his own company, Avi Arad Prods., which will be charged with producing HULK and IRON MAN.Essen...
We all are probably sick to death of hearing people either love or complain about the remake craze. More than anything, the sheer amount of remakes is sickening. Amazingly, there have been a few good ones although few and far between. This raises the ques...
Last October I headed over to mall to pick up Halloween on DVD. After sitting through Rob Zombie’s awful rendition of John Carpenter’s classic film I knew it was time to pick up the original. I still had my 1998 VHS Limited Edition 2 t...
After striking a reasonably successful mark in the gaming world, Age of Wonders had captivated many turn-based strategy fans. In spite of its success, the gameplay was somewhat restricted and there were a few minor setbacks. Triumph Studios was determined...
Premise: Jon Geoffries has discovered that Earth has a duplicate in another dimension, almost precisely like our world except that there are a handful of people who are considered unique and only exist on the one planet. These individuals without parallel...
Genre:Horror/Remake.Studio:Columbia Pictures.Production Company:Revolution Studios.Project Phase:Script Stage.Who's In It:Unknown.Who's Making It:Cooper Layne (Screenwriter); John Carpenter, Debra Hill, David Foster (Producers); a remake of the 1980 film...
Day three of ManiaFest started early with a Masters of Horror Panel, featuring emerging talent and established filmmakers. The panel consisted of Wes Craven, Stuart Gordon, Tobe Hooper, Rob Zombie and Eli Roth with the moderator being Cinescape's Editor-i...
It’s been a while since I’ve seen a new book from Infinity Studios, who seem to be branching out from exclusively Korean manwha into Japanese manga. I was a fan of Infinity Studios from early on, and then last year, they seemingly disappear...
The holiday weekend played out exactly as expected for the most part with Disney’s Enchanted weaving its magical fairytale straight into 1st place above the rest of the pack. It was a weekend for the family as this box office report will point, spel...
Variety has published a new report on what we can expect to get some Super Bowl advertising time in terms of movie trailers. At least eight movie promos are planned by seven studios with each ad costing $2.7-$3 million per 30-second spot. Only four of the...
This is really an update on an older story, which was first announced in December 2005.
Platinum Studios, Top Cow Prods. and Arclight Films will team on a live-action feature adaptation of WITCHBLADE, based on the Top Cow comicbook franchise. Since 1995...
Update: A federal mediator in the WGA contract talks has summoned an emergency meeting set for Sunday at 10:00 am between the opposing sides. If this last-ditch effort doesn't succeed, the WGA will walk away and the strike will begin at 12:01 AM PT on Mon...
The long awaited live-action adaptation of TRANSFORMERS opened in theaters on July 3, 2007 pulling in 70.5 million in box office receipts for Paramount and Dreamworks. The film would go onward to gross 313.5 mil in the domestic market and another 381.7 mi...
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 ...
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...
One or twice a year, a DVD comes out that just makes you say, “It’s about time!” Popeye the Sailor Volume One 1933 – 1938, is one of those DVDs. Like the Disney Treasures sets, this first volume presents 60 animated short...
The possibility of region coding has sprung up in HD DVD land according to CDR Info. Apparently some studios are none too happy with this region free idea and a new committee within the DVD Forum will \"develop a specification and enforcement plan for RPC...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Story: Dall-Young Lim / Art: Soo-Hyon LeeTranslated by:Je-Wa JeongAdapted by:What They SayA young man finds and returns a lost wallet and cell phone to a beautiful young woman, thus begins the destined relationship between...
This week there are two, count them, two DC Comic live action TV properties being released on DVD. There is not one Marvel release this week. The two comic book powerhouses have been battling each other for decades. The battle has spilled over from the co...