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X-FILES Music: Composer Mark Snow
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 01-06-2001)

...utions of Mark Snow, the only composer the series has utilized thus far. Snow’s ominous musical atmospheres have intensified the show’s sense of apprehension and otherworldliness, while also supporting its eclectic storylines and rampant creativity. A...

Mark Snow nominated for a French Cesar Award
by Randall Larson (Tue 02-06-2007)

Film composer Mark Snow has been nominated for a César Award, the main national film award in France, for Best Music Written for a Film for Coeurs (International Title: Private Fears in Public Places).   Snow is the only American composer...

Composer Mark Snow talks Smallville (Fri 12-15-2006)

Mark Snow discusses his work on "Smallville", a possible spin-off show and his work on the up-coming episode titled "Justice".


Music in the Key of Snow
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 12-22-2005)

Even before he began his prolific run as the composer for THE X-FILES, Mark Snow had racked up an impressive array of television and feature film scores since emerging into Hollywood television music in 1976. With more than 200 features, TV-movies, minise...

Interviews with Composers John Ottman and Mark Snow (Fri 12-15-2006)

In these interviews, at the Krypton Fan Podcast, John Ottman discusses his work on Superman Returns, and touches on the 2009 sequel. Mark Snow discusses his work on Smallville, the upcoming episode titled "Justice", and even makes mention of possible spin...

Mark Fergus Interview, Iron Man (Mon 02-26-2007)

MoviesOnline recently caught up with writer/director Mark Fergus ("Children of Men," "First Snow") and asked him about writing the screenplay for the upcoming "Iron Man" which is currently in pre-production and slated to start shooting next month for rele...

Wizards Senior Honcho Mark Sehestedt
by Pat Ferrara (Wed 01-17-2007)

To tell you the truth I didn’t know quite what to expect when I found out I was going to be interviewing a Senior Editor of the company that made Dungeons & Dragons a household name. Would he be a condescending geek? An arrogant Magic player ...


Snow Patrol Bassist To Leave Group
by Randall Larson (Thu 03-31-2005)

Indie-pop group Snow Patrol has confirmed that they have asked their co-founder and bassist, Mark McClelland, to leave the band. McClelland has been in the band for more than 10 years, since its formation at Dundee University. Frontman Gary Lightbody insi...

Little Snow Fairy Sugar (Fri 03-29-2002)

What They Say\"Saga, Sugar Meet\" (Episode 1) In Murenburg (Germany), a young but capable girl, Saga, lives with her aunt. Unexpectedly, she meets a small, doll-sized girl. She introduces herself as Sugar, a small snow fairy. Why is it that only Saga can ...

SNOW WHITE Breaks 1 Million Mark in One Day
by Frank Kurtz (Thu 10-11-2001)

It looks like Disney's over $1M investment in a comprehensive SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARVES DVD was worth the money they spent.According to Variety, in its first 24 hours of release, the DVD, which is packed with extras, sold a record amount of 1 milli...

THE SNOW QUEEN and DANCE OF THE SNOW DRAGON
by Denise Dumars (Fri 08-18-2000)

The Snow Queen is familiar to readers of fairy tales and folklore; Hans Christian Andersen did a version of the tale, and as a myth it endures in Scandinavia, the Baltic Republics, and Russia. In her version of THE SNOW QUEEN, Eileen Kernaghan takes us to...


Watch the Skies! And the Seas!
by Randall Larson (Thu 03-17-2005)

... award to Mark Snow, one of the most prolific contemporary composers working today, at the 20th Annual ASCAP Film and Television Awards gala on April 27th at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. The Golden Note award is presented to songwriters and composers who ...

Action & Adventure
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 06-01-2006)

...mComposer Mark Snow is currently working on the score for a French film directed by the legendary Alain Resnais, PRIVATE FEARS IN PUBLIC PLACES (Petites peurs partagées), based on the play by Alan Ayckbourn. Snow, who is best known for his music for th...

FINAL DESTINATION: Glen Morgan and James Wong
by Steve Biodrowski (Fri 03-17-2000)

...scored by Mark Snow. Now added to this inauspicious list is FINAL DESTINATION, an ambitious but ultimately failed attempt to recycle the teen-slasher formula in the guise of a supernatural thriller. The film was overseen by the writing team of James Mo...

Birds of Prey Round Up
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 10-09-2002)

Emmy award winning composer Mark Snow is providing music for the Birds of Prey TV series according to Gotham Clock Tower. Snow may be best known for scoring shows like The X-Files and Smallville. That site also reveals that the opening theme song f...


SIGNS of FURY and ROMANCE
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 08-21-2002)

... X-FILES, Mark Snow isn’t exactly out looking for work. This coming season he’s set to score episodes of SMALLVILLE, HAUNTED, and THE TWILIGHT ZONE.Just released [IMG5L]from Varese Sarabande this week is Carter Burwell’s score for S1MONE, the Al Pacino...

THE X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE
by Scott Mantz (Thu 07-24-2008)

...conductor Mark Snow. But the once-strong chemistry between Duchovny and Anderson is severely lacking, the assisting FBI agents played by Amanda Peet and Xzibit have no identifiable characteristics, and the very talky storyline takes far too long to tak...

Elfman Meets Lecter in a Tasteful Horror Score
by Randall D. Larson (Wed 10-02-2002)

... composer Mark Snow is scoring the new Warner Bros. live-action futuristic superhero TV series, BIRDS OF PREY, which debuts next week (Oct 9th, specifically). The next Pixar film, FINDING NEMO, will retain the talents of another Newman. Instead of Rand...

Hellblazing Music
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 03-03-2005)

...lifornia. Mark Snow will also receive ASCAP's Golden Note Award, and John Debney, who has been writing scores for roughly two decades, will receive their Henry Mancini Award For Lifetime Achievement. La-La Land Records will issue Iain Ballamy's score t...


The truth is out there for PS2
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 03-17-2004)

... Scully). Mark Snow, the composer for the Fox TV series, also created the music for the game, and the storyline was developed by some of the show's executive producers.Set during the show's seventh season (before Agent John Doggett joined the X-Files),...

POKEMON Composer John Loeffler
by Steve Fritz (Sat 09-09-2000)

...y Elfman, Mark Snow, and the former members of Devo, Mark Mothersbaugh and Gerry Casale. `What I find interesting in the case of Mark and Gerry`s background, is while they were in the band Devo, but they also did their share of commercials,` says Loeff...

RED PLANET, AUSTIN POWERS, THE GRINCH and FREQUENCY
by Randall D. Larson (Sat 11-11-2000)

... composer Mark Snow as founding members of the New York Rock & Roll Ensemble in the 1970s, his evolution into film music in the 1980s, and his involvement and approach to this score. Particularly interesting is his explanation of the rigors of merging...

Williams Still with POTTER; a DUNE Soundtrack (sort of); Marco Beltrami's THE WATCHER.
by Randall D. Larson (Sun 12-10-2000)

... composer Mark Snow will be onscreen in a cameo performance. `I play a doctor, and I don`t say anything and I`m not on the screen too long, but it was a fun moment,` Snow told me. `Kim Manners, the director, called up and said, `Look, get your ass ove...


BIRDS OF PREY - "Pilot"
by Tony Whitt (Sat 10-12-2002)

... Composer Mark Snow provides BIRDS OF PREY with the same sort of distinctive score he gave THE X-FILES for so many years. Finally, the special effects are incredible, particularly the circular holographic display that Barbara uses to see through Dinah'...

Smallville creators and stars at TV Festival (Sat 02-14-2004)

Monday, March 15 at 7:00 p.m. In Person: Mat Beck, Greg Beeman, Ken Biller, Joe Davola, Al Gough, Ken Horton, Jeph Loeb, Miles Millar, Mark Snow, Mark Verheiden, Tom Welling Additional cast members to be announced.

Film Music Cubed
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 06-24-2004)

...m up with Mark Snow and a full synth setup? The result would be Norman Orenstein's rather unique score to the miniseries ROBOCOP: PRIME DIRECTIVES.ROBOCOP: PRIME DIRECTIVES "will give your sound system a "wholop!", stated Tracksounds.com Ben Omart, of ...

THE MARK OF KRI
by James Stevenson (Thu 06-27-2002)

One of the most anticipated PlayStation 2 games of this summer is Sony's THE MARK OF KRI. Featuring an innovative combat system, action-filled gameplay and excellent animation, the game looks to make big waves this summer.Players assume the role of Rau, a...


VIZ MEDIA ANNOUNCES IMPRESSIVE DVD SALES OF NARUTO THE MOVIE: NINJA CLASH IN THE LAND OF SNOW (Tue 09-25-2007)

Feature Film Based On Popular Anime And Manga Series Debuts At Number 25 On Nielsen VideoScan San Francisco, CA, September 25, 2007 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation...

IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix Vol. #4
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 08-22-2006)

What They SayTeam Satomi has come a long way in just one race season to make it to the IG-1 Finals, and all that stands between them and the IGPX championship is Cunningham Hume and Team Velshtein. Takeshi, Liz and Amy will have to give it all they got to...

DEEP RED on Disc
by Steve Biodrowski (Tue 10-31-2000)

This important DVD release (part of Anchor Bay’s `Dario Argento Collection`) came out earlier in the year, but with Halloween upon us, now seems like a good time to review it. Deep Red is one of the most important films in the career of Italian horror mae...

CrossGen: Mark Waid
by Buddy Scalera (Wed 08-30-2000)

People are wondering if Mark Waid is a little insane. As one of the top writers in comic books today, Waid`s writing currently graces such comics as DC`s flagship title, JLA; Black Bull`s GateCrasher, which he helped create; and his creator-owned Image bo...


MARK-ing New Territory - Part One
by James Stevenson (Thu 07-11-2002)

Sony's newest PlayStation 2 title THE MARK OF KRI will be on store shelves July 30th. With its innovative combat system, the game has already gained a reputation as one of the hottest new action titles on the market. KRI revolves around the discovery...

Magic and Myth: The Young Adult Fantasy Novels of Eileen Kernaghan
by Denise Dumars (Fri 08-18-2000)

Poet and fantasist Eileen Kernaghan published four adult fantasy novels in the 1980s. Since then, she`s concentrated on taking the mythology of exotic lands and translating it into fiction for young adult readers. Her Young Adult fantasy novel, The Snow Q...

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
by Mike Lyons (Fri 06-08-2001)

Before Walt Disney`s SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS hit screens, animation was a world where rubbery animals `bonked` each other on the heads with blunt objects. Disney knew that his film was going to need to be more. In SNOW WHITE, the characters run a ...

Soundtrax '99, Part Two
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 01-06-2000)

...ection of Mark Snow’s film music (Sonic Images SID-8902). The rendition was very faithful and captures the essence of Snow’s eerie musical ambiences for the show and its conspiratorial mythologies. The collection also includes original soundtrack ma...


Urusei Yatsura TV Vol. #15
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 09-10-2001)

What They SayThe Urusei Yatsura gang run amuck in a twisted retelling of the life of Japan\'s greatest swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi; Onsen-Mark lays down the law in class and ends up getting the silent treatment; Lum\'s dad decides to live in the Moroboshi...

Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (Wed 06-06-2007)

What They SayA land forever covered in ice... A princess missing for ten years... And one high-spirited ninja named Naruto! Naruto and his team are sent on a mission to guard Yukie Fujikaze, a popular actress starring in the hit movie \"The Adventures of...

I Talked with a Zombie: Mark Kidwell on ‘68
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 01-10-2007)

Everyone loves zombies.  They scare the hell out of you.  They serve as a perfect metaphor for, well, “us.”  And, best of all, they eat people.  With those sterling qualities, I see very little not to like about our lumb...

Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow Deluxe Edition (Wed 07-18-2007)

What They SayA land forever covered in ice... A princess missing for ten years... And one high-spirited ninja named Naruto! Naruto and his team are sent on a mission to guard Yukie Fujikaze, a popular actress starring in the hit movie \"The Adventures of...


Mark Millar Still Loves SUPERMAN
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 06-27-2008)

You have to really give it to comic author Mark Millar. He really is a fanboy, fellow Maniacs. Remember last year when Mark Millar told us that he had a story idea planned for a sequel to Superman Returns? Just one day later, we passed along word that he ...

Daredevil: The Mark Steven Johnson Interview - Part II
by Rob M. Worley (Thu 01-30-2003)

Click thumbnails for larger images Comics2Film correspondent Jason...

Mark Isham To Crash on June 7th
by Randall Larson (Wed 06-01-2005)

No relation to David Cronenberg's auto-erotic Crash of 1996, brilliantly scored by Howard Shore, Paul Haggis' CRASH is a compelling drama about a group of people brought together by a car crash. The film was completed last year but just now in release, an...

Daredevil: The Mark Steven Johnson Interview - Part III
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 01-31-2003)

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Daredevil: The Mark Steven Johnson Interview - Part IV
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 02-03-2003)

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Daredevil: The Mark Steven Johnson Interview - Part I
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 01-29-2003)

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Trolling
by Randall Larson (Thu 01-11-2007)

...;   Mark Snow, former X-Files/Millennium/Smallville/Ghost Whisperer composer, had the unusual opportunity of working for renowned French director Alain Resnais last year when he scored the director’s drama, Coeurs (aka Private Fears in P...

MARK-ing New Territory - Part Two
by James Stevenson (Thu 07-18-2002)

Last week, CINESCAPE presented part one of its profile on Sony's team behind the upcoming action-game THE MARK OF KRI. This week, we'll look at the puzzles (or lack thereof) in the game.In THE MARK OF KRI, gamers will frequently find themselves using the ...


Mark Mancina's music now has BLOOD all over it
by Randall Larson (Wed 05-03-2006)

Mark Mancina's score to the 2005 Japanese hyper action battle road anime TV series BLOOD+, from Production IG who brought you INNOCENCE, GHOST IN THE SHELL, and BLOOD: THE LAST VAMPIRE, has been released by Aniplex in Japan. The music was produced by Hans...

THE MARK OF KRI
by James Stevenson (Tue 07-30-2002)

Sony Computer Entertainment's internal development houses are finally beginning to come of age. If last year's releases weren't enough, Sony is ready to prove it this year with game releases such as THE GETAWAY, SLY COOPER AND THE RACOONUS THIEVIUS, RATCH...

Lone Wolf and CD
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 04-15-2004)

THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONSOriginal music from the legendary 1970's Japanese Samurai films series, LONE WOLF AND CUB (a.k.a. THE BABY CART SERIES) is now available from LaLaLand Records. I had the extreme pleasure to write the notes for this significant s...

MARK-ing New Territory - Part Three
by James Stevenson (Thu 07-25-2002)

Last week, CINESCAPE presented part two of its profile on Sony's team behind the upcoming action-game THE MARK OF KRI. This week we talk about the animation and the most difficult challenges that faced the team.While playing through THE MARK OF KRI, one c...


In UK Theaters: NARUTO THE MOVIE: NINJA CLASH IN THE LAND OF SNOW (Tue 11-20-2007)

SEE NARUTO THE MOVIE THE WAY IT WAS MEANT TO BE SEEN… ON THE BIG SCREEN! NARUTO THE MOVIE: NINJA CLASH IN THE LAND OF SNOW, the first big screen spin-off from the phenomenally successful Naruto anime series, comes to DVD on 24th December 2007, pack...

Music of Dark Skies
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-14-2006)

...inutes of Mark Snow's music, some of which was kept in for the revised pilot scored by Hoenig, concludes the CD. Snow notes that his main intention with DARK SKIES was not to mimic what he was doing on X-FILES, and chose a more traditional approach fu...

IRON Hits $300 Mil Mark, INDY Close Behind
by Jarrod Sarafin (Thu 06-19-2008)

As indicated in Sunday's Mania box office report, Iron Man is crossing the $300 mil domestic mark this week. In fact, the Jon Favrea-directed adaptation of the Marvel superhero is crossing that mark today and is expected to be somewhere around $301.0 by t...

This Dogg scores a touchdown
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 12-10-2004)

In an example of how it pays to coach kids sports, rapper-turned-Girl Gone Wild spokesman Snoop Dogg has sold the film rights to his second job as coach of a little league football team. When he's not rapping, the Dogg was coach to his son's youth footbal...


Mark Steven Johnson: "Ghost Rider is nocturnal" (Sat 11-25-2006)

"I made him nocturnal. That was my big thing. In the comics, he can be Ghost Rider at any time. I really wanted it to be something like a classic monster movie," says director Mark Steven Johnson. "When the moon comes out and evil's around, he turns into ...

Mark Steven Johnson Talks Preacher (Thu 12-07-2006)

"First, it is not decided whether I'm going to direct it, if [Howard Deutch is] going to direct it or if we're going to have someone else direct it. That was a bit of jumping the gun. Howard and I were talking about that again this morning. We're not sure...

Mark Steven Johnson Answers Your Questions (Fri 09-01-2006)

"I kept the look of the Ghost Rider close to the 90's era comics, I did feel that the motorcycle could be improved upon. I always liked that the Batmobile looked like Batman and likewise I felt that the Ghost Rider's cycle should resemble the Ghost Rider,...

Mark Steve Johnson ponders matters of the heart in 'Ghost Rider' (Tue 12-05-2006)

"You want to come back to the basic tenants of what the movie is about - what would you do for love? That's what the movie is about," says Mark Steven Johnson of 'Ghost Rider'. "Would you sell your soul for love? Would you ride through hell for love? What...


Mark Steven Johnson throws hellfire (Thu 07-21-2005)

"I have him throwing hellfire in one scene, which is pretty cool. Any fire around, he can manipulate it," says 'Ghost Rider' director Mark Steven Johnson of his title character. "What I didn't do was get into the Human Torch. That's what's hard about the ...

Mark Steven Johnson Webchat (Fri 01-26-2007)

Next Wednesday (January 31), Ghost Rider director Mark Steven Johnson - former Empire columnist, killer foosball player and all-round good egg - will be in the Empire office for an exclusive webchat...

Mark Hamill Wins DVD Award for 'Comic Book: The Movie' (Wed 02-23-2005)

In the midst of this awards season, Mark Hamill's 'Comic Book: The Movie' received the "Best Live Action DVD Premiere Movie" at the under-recognized DVD Exclusive Awards.

Director Mark Steven Johnson Talks Ghost Rider's Powers (Sun 08-21-2005)

'Ghost Rider' director Mark Steven Johnson talks about the spirit of vengeance's movie arsenal. "The main weapon is the hell-chain. And of course, there's the hellcycle. And he's got the penance stare from the comics. I just thought that was a cool abilit...


Has Mark Millar 'Chosen' a director? (Mon 09-26-2005)

A fan reports: "I just got back from the Mark Millar signing at Midtown Comics. I overheard him talking to one of the other fanboys there about his book 'Chosen'. Apparently a couple days ago a deal was signed, 'Chosen' will be made into a movie with the ...

Mark Steven Johnson on the Ghost Rider Special Ed. DVD (Tue 06-12-2007)

'Ghost Rider' was a box office smash when it debuted setting a new record for the President's Day weekend. So it is fitting that the film is getting the royal treatment on DVD and that's thanks to the director/writer Mark Steven Johnson who oversaw the sp...

Mark Millar kissed Angelina Jolie and liked to be Wanted. (Sat 06-23-2007)

Mark Millar has been to the set of 'Wanted', based on his own comic. He writes on his message boards: Very, very exciting few days. Kissed by Jolie several times today (I purposely said goodbye about three times!), saw the most bloody awesome sets ever...

Bumblebee Speaks - An Interview with Mark Ryan (Wed 07-04-2007)

Fanboyplanet.com interviews Mark Ryan, the voice of Bumblebee in 'Transformers' Bumblebee didn't talk in the version of the script I was working from on the set. I'd voiced the scene when the Autobots discussed how he'd lost his voice, so at that point...


Mark Hamill on Ledger's Joker (Thu 01-03-2008)

Actor Mark Hamill, loved by fans for many things including voicing The Joker on the 'Batman' animated series, has praise for the upcoming 'Dark Knight' movie. He told MTV Movies Blog that he likes what he sees in Heath Ledger's portrayal of the clown prin...

Mark Cotta Vaz talks 'The Art of Batman Begins' (Sun 02-06-2005)

Mark Cotta Vaz talks to vfxblog about his writing career and his involvement with visual effects. He also previews one of his upcoming books, 'The Art of Batman Begins'. He says: "The Batman Begins book is my return to Gotham City—In 1989, I wrote Tales o...

Mark Ryan is NOT the voice of Ironhide in Transformers Movie (Sat 05-12-2007)

Mark Ryan posted on his official blog to clarify: "Just a quick note to clarify the present raging online debate about being cast as "Ironhide" in the film version of Transformers. The reports that I'll be voicing "Ironhide" in the movie are mistaken o...

Snow Patrol Record Music For 'Spider-Man 3' (Sun 03-11-2007)

Snow Patrol are hoping to expand their worldwide fanbase after recording new music for the upcoming 'Spider-Man 3' movie soundtrack. Frontman Gary Lightbody revealed the Chasing Cars hitmakers' involvement in the Hollywood blockbuster this week, and while...


Mark Fergus talks about building 'Iron Man' (Wed 03-21-2007)

"I did read a ton. I knew a little, but they sent me this huge primer on him, and I read through it and read more and I went online and read more," says screenwriter Mark Fergus of his prep for 'Iron Man'. "I felt at some point that I really knew what thi...

Mark Wahlberg as Duke in Live Action G.I. Joe?! (Mon 03-05-2007)

Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks about his upcoming projects and who he has in mind to star. He says they will start working on 'G.I. Joe' immediately after they finish working on 'Transformers'. Guess who he has in mind to play Duke? None other t...

Mark Wahlberg Shoots as MAX PAYNE
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 11-09-2007)

The big screen adaptation of the video game MAX PAYNE will be hitting theaters soon and Mark Wahlberg has been set to star, reports Variety. The actor will likely be joining the adaptation being led by director John Moore for 20th Century Fox. M...

The fight's on for SNOW AND THE SEVEN
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 10-29-2004)

After gaining a larger Western audience with his fight choreography for THE MATRIX and KILL BILL films, Woo-ping Yuen will make his English directoral debut with SNOW AND THE SEVEN, a martial arts spin on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of Snow White and th...


Mark Protosevich Penning Mighty Thor
by Karl Schneider (Tue 05-02-2006)

Back in December of 2004, the talk of the town was that David Goyer (Batman Begins, Blade) was in talks to pen and direct Marvel's big-screen adaption of Thor. Avi Arad, Marvel Studios CEO, went on record at the premiere of Blade saying, "Thor is being w...

Mark Mothersbaugh will face FANBOYS
by Randall D. Larson (Mon 10-09-2006)

Mark Mothersbaugh has been signed to score the upcoming comedy FANBOYS, about a bunch of STAR WARS enthusiasts who travel across the country to go to a preview show of STAR WARS: EPISODE 1 at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch. The film is directed by Kyle New...

Making a new move on THE MARK
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 03-24-2004)

Here's a project that's had the dust blown off of it: Will Smith is still keen on making his own superhero flick, THE MARK. First announced seven years ago, the project was one of a handful that comic book superstar artist Rob Liefeld had sold to Hollywoo...

Mark Waid talks SUPERMAN: BIRTHRIGHT
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 07-09-2002)

Mark Waid calls SUPERMAN: BIRTHRIGHT, his upcoming 12-issue maxi-series with artist Leinil Yu, "a dream project of a lifetime." "It's a reexamination and a new look at the beginnings of Superman, from Krypton on to his first big case in Metropolis," Wai...


Mark Protosevich Writing Smith and Spielberg's OLD BOY?
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 11-19-2008)

In what is looking to be another recent high profile reteaming effort, screenwriter Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend) is in early talks to adapt a new take on Park Chan-wook's 2003 Korean film Old Boy, which is currently being developed by Will Smith and dir...

Mark Hamill Strikes Back (Wed 02-14-2001)

Look for Mark Hamill in Kevin Smith`s Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. According to Empire Online, Hamill`s cameo will include a `big lightsaber fight` versus Jay and Silent Bob.--Empire Online

SNOW QUEEN Production
by Frank Kurtz (Wed 11-28-2001)

Production has begun on Robert Halmi's four-hour adaptation of Hans Christian Anderson's THE SNOW QUEEN.According to Variety columnist, the film, which stars Bridget Fonda, is currently shooting in Vancouver. The effects laden production will involve the ...

Mark Ruffalo joins "The Brothers Bloom"
by Karl Schneider (Wed 02-14-2007)

According to Variety, Mark Ruffalo has signed on to join the upcoming Rian Johnson film, The Brothers Bloom.  He will join Adrien Brody, Rinko Kikuchi and Rachel Weisz in the cast.Weisz will play a mysterious millionaire who turns the tables on a vet...


Mark Millar drools over "Wanted"
by Karl Schneider (Wed 02-21-2007)

Mark Millar updated his blog regarding the upcoming Universal film Wanted.Millar writes:This is going to be amazing. Like I trailered yesterday, even Gill's Mum gave a big Keannu-style WHOA at a sequence between a car chase and a train. I can't give much ...

Mark Verheiden talks about this week's episode (Tue 10-28-2003)

KryptonSite presents an interview with writer Mark Verheiden about this week's episode of Smallville, which will bring an important part of the Superman mythos into Smallville continuity. (See 10/24 update).

Nick, Overbrook hit 'Mark'
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 03-24-2004)

Nickelodeon Movies and Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment are moving forward on sci-fi actioner "The Mark," a long-in-development project, with Smith toplining. Project, first set up in 1998 by Overbrook and Centropolis at Universal with a script from ...

Smallville: Interview with Mark Warshaw (Fri 05-07-2004)

'Devoted to Smallville' had the honor of speaking with the producer, director, co-writer, coffee runner for the "Chloe Chronicles" and overseer of the official Smallville websites, Mark Warshaw. Click to read the full interview.


Last Day To Make Your Mark on Daredevil!!!!
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 12-16-2002)

Time has almost run out for fans who want to make their mark on the Daredevil movie! The deadline is 11:59pm (PST) tonight!! The Daredevil Internet Fan Art Contest is well underway with entries rolling in. If your a veteran digital designer or even ...

'Watchmen' getting snow days? (Sun 02-10-2008)

From WatchmenComicMovie.com: According to some very reliable sources, I've been told that the 'Watchmen' production has added a few days to their shooting schedule. The main reason being all of the unseasonably heavy snow that has been falling int...

Mark Wahlberg in "The Happening"?
by Karl Schneider (Thu 03-15-2007)

According to JoBlo, Mark Wahlberg is in talks to start in the upcoming M. Night Shyamalan film, The Happening.The film, previously known as The Green Effect, is a paranoid thriller about a family on the run from a natural crisis that presents a large-scal...

Mark Burton writing "Rex Libris"
by Karl Schneider (Tue 04-03-2007)

According to Variety, Warner Bros. Pictures has hired Mark Burton to write the adaptation of James Turner's comic, Rex Libris.The comic revolves around an everyday guy who becomes part of a secret sect of librarians who battle forces of darkness in chasin...


Global Frequency: Mark Burnett's Scripted Show (Thu 06-03-2004)

At The WB's Upfront last month, they announced that it will adding three new shows produced by Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice) during the 2004-05 season and one of them is graphic novel-based drama Global Frequency, which will premiere sometime in...

Producer Mark Canton put his trust in the 300 (Mon 02-05-2007)

The '300' movie has tested through the roof in early research previews, especially with the young male demographic, and producer Mark Canton, who always has been a relentlessly gifted marketer, is making sure that people know it. Warners will launch the s...

Tim Story and Mark Frost back for another Fantastic Four (Mon 12-05-2005)

20th Century Fox is set for another "Fantastic" voyage. The studio confirmed months of speculation that it would bring its summer boxoffice hit "Fantastic Four" back for a second installment. Director Tim Story and scribe Mark Frost have signed on for the...

Mark Stetson on Making Superman Fly (Tue 04-04-2006)

Mark Stetson traded a career as an industrial designer for a gig creating effects for motion pictures, first for Star Trek: The Motion Picture and later for such iconic classics as Blade Runner and The Fifth Element. Now wrapping up work on Superman Retur...


'Superman Returns' F/X Supervisor Mark Stetson on updating the Man of Steel (Mon 08-28-2006)

With production experience going back all the way to the late 70's and a very long and impressive list of credits, Mark Stetson contributed his skills and flair to Superman Returns as Visual Effects Supervisor. CG Channel talks to him about the film but ...

What does Mark Wahlberg know about 'Aquaman'? (Mon 08-15-2005)

"Yeah that's kind of happened before but now...it's crazy. Jim Cameron was joking around saying 'We should really do this thing' and everybody's all like we should do 'Aquaman' together," says actor Mark Wahlberg in a recent interview. But what does the c...

Mark Steven Johnson on Ghost Rider (Sun 08-07-2005)

"Things are going great on the G.R. front. In fact, today I got to hear the Ghost Rider's voice for the first time," exclaims 'Ghost Rider' director Mark Steven Johnson, "My Sound Designer is Dane Davis, who won the Academy Award for The Matrix, and is a ...

Mark Steven Johnson on Ghost Rider (Mon 05-23-2005)

"[The 'Ghost Rider' movie] is extremely faithful to the comic but the one thing I did do is I took the best...I hope the best of Johnny Blaze and Danny Ketch," says director Mark Steven Johnson. "They are the two story lines cause even though I like the J...


'Ghost Rider' On-Set Interview: Mark Steven Johnson
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 05-30-2005)

"I came up with the idea of [Ghost Rider being] the devil's bounty hunter, that there are rules [for] heaven and hell on earth. The idea is that Mephistopheles has to find the best rider in the world to become his Ghost Rider," says director Mark Steven J...

Mark Steven Johnson mixes best of 'Ghost Rider' comics for film (Tue 07-19-2005)

"The cool thing is get the best of both worlds. I really love the original, but I also love some of the stuff from the Danny Ketch 90's version," says 'Ghost Rider' director Mark Steven Johnson. "I like The Caretaker, and they had better villains, and som...

Mark Millar on the 'Kick-Ass' movie
by Jim Harvey (Tue 09-09-2008)

Newsarama sat down with Mark Millar to talk in depth about the experience of making 'Kick-Ass' (the comic and the film) thus far. The article is rife with interesting anecdotes and quotes from Millar. Here are a sampling. On whether or not the movie will...

Video Interview: Mark Fergus Talks Iron Man (Fri 02-09-2007)

Screenwriter Mark Fergus dropped a few hints about what's in store for the upcoming big screen adaptation of Iron Man for Marvel Enterprises.


Mark Millar for 'Superman' in 2011? (Tue 07-01-2008)

'Wanted' creator Mark Millar, who's somewhat notorious for using well-placed hype to jump-start his ambitions, may be up to his old tricks in a recent interview with the UK's Daily Record. In the interview Millar talks about his dream of writing the new ...

Mark Millar working on 'Wanted 2' (Mon 09-01-2008)

While talking with Newsarama, Mark Millar dropped some hints about 'Wanted 2'. As mentioned previously, Millar has no plans for a follow up graphic novel, but is working with the producers of the movie on two sequels. "What I will be doing is provid...

Mark Millar on the set of 'Kick-Ass' (Wed 09-10-2008)

Mark Millar updates his fans on his message boards about the 'Kick-Ass' movie. Although he's not usually prone to hyperbole [Note: SARCASM], Millar has made these reserved statements about the films: Holy fuck. We are all going to... a) Hell b) ...

Mark Millar's 'War Heroes' the next thing? (Tue 06-24-2008)

Mark Millar shares his insights for hawking his goods to Hollywood with the Sunday Herald. With 'Wanted' on screens this week and 'Kick-Ass' in active development it appears the comic writer knows a thing or two about getting movies set up. The article b...


Mark Millar rides the Bat Pod (Tue 08-14-2007)

If you can understand what he's saying, Mark Millar talks about his visit to the set of "The Dark Knight" and a little more about Angelina Jolie in Wanted.

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...

'Transformers' a "higher-water mark" say F/X pros (Mon 07-09-2007)

Although reviews have been less than kind to the human stars in Michael Bay's mega-budgeted Hasbro toy story, Transformers, critics have raved over the realism and complexity of the computer-graphically created Autobots and Decepticons. "None of us lik...

Does Mark Millar know who the new 'Superman' director is? (Mon 07-12-2004)

"I have EVERY [emphasis theirs] faith in this project. A Superman movie with a great director, a great writer and an inspired cast can only be good news. This is Goyer/ Nolan-level good news. WB are about to redeem themselves big time," says comic book w...


Brittany Snow Leading CLOCK TOWER
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 09-10-2008)

Brittany Snow has another horror coming her direction in the form of a best selling video game series. Variety reports the Prom Night actress is set to star in the first adaptation of Capcom's Clock Tower for The Weinstein Company and Senator Entertainmen...

Mark Steven Johnson says 'Ghost Rider' more monster than super-hero (Sat 12-02-2006)

"My thing was that there was so many comic book movies being made I wanted to make something different. So I didn't want to set it in New York. Ghost Rider doesn't put on a leotard and jump out the window. He's not that kind of guy. It's more like a monst...

Mark Steven Johnson Says Ghost Rider is Complete (Thu 01-25-2007)

"I thought you might like to know that I have officially finished 'Ghost Rider'!" exclaims director Mark Steven Johnson in a message board post. "That's right -- the movie is done and DONE! And it looks and sounds absolutely beautiful. I can't wait for al...

Mark Steven Johnson on 'GR2', 'Preacher' and more (Fri 02-23-2007)

"I'm really happy about the success of 'Ghost Rider'. I really just wanted to make something fun and different, something that didn't take itself too seriously. It's a really weird movie and we didn't know if anybody would even show up in the first place,...


New Mark Steven Johnson Ghost Rider Q&A (Mon 12-26-2005)

Ghost Rider writer and director Mark Steven Johnson has answered a new round of questions from fans about the comic book adaptation, which hits theaters February 16, 2007. Quite a bit is covered, from what you can expect soon in promos, the effects, story...

Mark Waid talks Superman Returns (Sun 10-30-2005)

Kingdom Come and Birthright writer Mark Waid is full of praise of the upcoming Superman movie.''I think it's going to be amazing. From what I've seen of the raw footage, they just GET IT. I mean, I really had goosebumps.''More...

Studios Bidding for Mark Millar's WAR HEROES
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 09-19-2008)

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...

Video: Mark Hamill on The Black Pearl (Wed 02-09-2005)

Mark Hamill was present at the DVD Exclusive awards and shared his thoughts to IESB on The Star Wars TV series, The Black Pearl Feature film and a sequel to Comic Book: The Movie.


Mark Steven Johnson's Ghost Rider: Not Your Typical Demon-spawn (Tue 08-23-2005)

Director Mark Steven Johnson discusses his upcoming 'Ghost Rider' movie. Part one of a two part story.

Mark Fergus says 'Iron Man' is about more than high-tech havoc (Sat 03-24-2007)

"...this is a movie about a person going through something. It's not about a suit or a bunch of technology or a bunch of cool amazing set pieces, that it's about something going on with a person and he's got such a grounding in that that I think is so imp...

Spider-Man 3: Snow Patrol's Signal Fire Music Video (Sat 04-14-2007)

Check out Snow Patrol's Signal Fire Music Video from the Spider-Man 3 soundtrack which features recreation of scenes from the Spider-Man movies.

Mark Miller says 'Kick-Ass' lead is cast and more (Thu 08-21-2008)

The Fourth Wall podcast chatted with Hollywood mogul (and comics superstar) Mark Millar who dished on his current comics projects, as well as his growing film empire. Presently the buzz is on 'Kick-Ass' which is hurtling forward at a break-neck speed und...


Box Office: 'Dark Knight' tops half-billion mark (Mon 09-01-2008)

'The Dark Knight' passed the half-billion dollar mark this weekend and made a rare upward move in spite of three new films opening. The bat-sequel went up from #4 to #3 this week, hopping over 'The House Bunny' and 'Death Race', but giving up a spot to t...

Mark Millar Outlines WANTED Sequels
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 09-02-2008)

But will comic author Mark Millar's plot outlines be used? That seems to be the question. The author updated Newsarama on his involvement with possible sequels to this summer's hit Wanted from Universal Pictures. According to Millar, he was approached aft...

Mark Verheiden back into the 'Teen Titans' (Wed 04-02-2008)

Comics and screenwriter Mark Verheiden recently chatted with ComicMix.com about his upcoming work, including his plans for the 'Teen Titans' movie. Verheiden was recently announced as the writer of the film, but work has been on hold until the writer's s...

Mark Protosevich promises a mythic take on 'Thor' (Sun 12-16-2007)

While making the press rounds on 'I Am Legend', screenwriter Mark Protosevich talked to Chicago Tribune about his work on 'Thor'. "That project is as much a passion project for me as 'I Am Legend,'" the screenwriter said. "I was a comic bo...


'300' passes th $200 million mark (Tue 04-17-2007)

300 has passed the $200 million mark after placing ninth at the box office over the weekend. The film drew in an estimated $4.3 million, pushing its total to $200.8 million.

Mark Verheiden on his Teen Titans script (Thu 05-31-2007)

On his blog screenwriter Mark Verheiden gives some hints on the story of the Teen Titans movie: "I wish there were an emoticon big enough to express how thrilled I am to be involved in the project! I'm not a fan of super-early spoilers, but I will say ...

Mark Millar Wants SUPERMAN Trilogy
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 09-02-2008)

Mark Millar will not back down. After initially getting rejected from having involvement in WB's Superman franchise due to a Marvel comic contract, the comic author has repeatedly told media outlets he still wants to do it. Cut to today where the atmosphe...

Mark Worden Steels Himself for and Iron Man Interview (Fri 01-19-2007)

After being in the first two Ulitmate Avengers direct-to-DVD projects, Mark Worden will now be flying solo with The Invincible Iron Man, which comes out next Tuesday. "I don't alter it [his voice] that much. There's an air of sophistication and privil...


FABLES #11
by Tony Whitt (Fri 03-21-2003)

FABLES has become one of my favorite series in DC's Vertigo line, combining excellent writing and artwork with fascinating characters - which is probably why the latest issue is a bit disappointing. Instead of continuing the storyline he's already develop...

Comicscape - October 13, 2004
by Tony Whitt (Wed 10-13-2004)

OPINION: As I write this, I'm on a train to visit a friend in Atlanta, my laptop perched on a pillow on my knees, a techno version of the 60s SPIDER-MAN theme blaring in my headphones, and a huge picture of a Dalek from DOCTOR WHO staring out at me from t...

AFI Releases Top 10 Lists for Genre Classics
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 06-18-2008)

The American Film Institute (AFI) has once again updated their Top 10 Lists of all the major movie categories and sent them to media outlets. You can check them out below. What do you think? Agree? No? Share your thoughts.The American Film Institute (AFI)...

Fans Take On... Michelle Ruff
by The English Track Forum (Thu 07-01-2004)

Fan-favorite Michelle Ruff's performance as Kasumi in Hand Maid May still continues to please, and lead roles in Chobits, Ai Yori Aoshi, Please Teacher and Sugar in the last couple of years have seen her move into the elite of Los Angeles based voice acto...


Salvatore, Weis, & Star Trek Ship Guide!
by Pat Ferrara (Tue 11-07-2006)

It’s a good Tuesday on this the first week in November as we’ve got a handful of series sequels, a couple promising, original new novels, and a Star Trek Enterprise guide in this Penguin Group- and Wizards of the Coast-dominated Weekly Book...

Interview: Mark Steven Johnson On Ghost Rider and Preacher! (Fri 12-01-2006)

"It's tough because you can't shoot it like a normal movie, because everytime [sic] there is a closeup of Ghost Rider it's gonna cost you 50 grand. You know, what I mean, and if it's a wide shot, it's 100 grand," says director Mark Steven Johnson of the s...

Mark Millar again on the Wanted movie (Sat 08-11-2007)

Newsarama reports on Mark Millar's panel from Wizard World Chicago: From As for the film version of Wanted, creator Mark Millar said that he's seen 25 minutes of the film and it's amazing. 60% of the movie has been shot, and he could not be happier abo...

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...


FABLES #1 sells out
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 07-03-2002)

DC Comics has announced that the first issue of the new Vertigo series, FABLES, has sold at the publisher. Readers can still read the entire first issue online at DCComics.com/Fables/index.html. "I want as few impediments as possible towards creating lo...

CYCLOPS #1 (of 4)
by Tony Whitt (Tue 08-14-2001)

After the amount of trouble he's endured lately, Scott Summers needs some days off, and Professor X knows it. But on his way to visit his hometown of Anchorage, Scott is attacked by Black Tom Cassidy and Juggernaut. They're working for someone named Ulyss...

Disney's 10 Animated Films To 2012
by Jarrod Sarafin (Wed 04-09-2008)

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 ...

Movie Soundtracks: The Best of the Millennium, Part Two
by Randall Larson (Sat 04-22-2000)

...y include Mark Snow’s inventive atmospherics for THE X-FILES (debut, 1993), Joe LoDuca’s compellingly eclectic and ethnic mixture of music for television’s XENA, WARRIOR PRINCESS (1996), Howard Shore’s strident electric guitar ambiences for CRASH (1997...


Everybody out of the water!
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 06-14-2005)

Previously on DVD Shopping List: My prize closet needed cleaning out, so I gave the beloved readers a chance to win some DVDs. As a result, Pat Monahan and Tracie Howard will be feelin' the Noise when their copies of WHITE NOISE arrive at their homes. As ...

Ascending into the Iconic: Separating Fiction From Legend
by Kurt Amacker (Thu 01-04-2007)

Greetings, Maniacs.  Welcome to another week of comic shopping on Thursday.  I hope you didn’t break down sobbing at the counter yesterday afternoon when you tried to pick up your books.  I remember one Internet journalist describi...

FABLES: THE LAST CASTLE
by TONY WHITT (Mon 09-29-2003)

Last week in COMICSCAPE, I somehow accidentally characterized FABLES: THE LAST CASTLE as yet another collected edition of previously published issues. More fool me. Turns out that THE LAST CASTLE is a one-off issue telling a completely new story from the ...

Patrick Warburton as the New Buzz Lightyear!
by Steve Fritz (Mon 10-09-2000)

You might remember him as Puddy on SEINFELD or the evil Jimmy Johnson on TALK RADIO. Personally, I always enjoyed his role as the guy who questioned the action of the animated M&M candies. Come 2001, he`ll probably make an even deeper impression when he d...


DVD Shopping List: Disc Buyers Meet Sellers
by BRIAN THOMAS (Tue 01-21-2003)

Welcome to the premiere, platinum, gold seal, five star, classic, first edition of this column. Here we'll give you a handy checklist every week of new genre releases on DVD. Somewhere in your browser you'll find a cute icon that says "PRINT," which will ...

Mark Strong joins 'Sherlock Holmes' (Fri 09-05-2008)

ComingSoon.net is reporting that actor Mark Strong has been cast in Guy Ritchie's upcoming 'Sherlock Holmes' movie. The site could not say what role Strong will be playing, except to say that he hasn't been cast as Dr. Watson. Strong currently appears in...

Producer Mark Canton marches to glory with '300'
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 03-09-2007)

Mark Canton has had just about every enviable experience possible in Hollywood. He was Chairman of Sony, President of Warner Brothers, and now gets to do what he likes best: producing. Mark also greenlit the first Batman movie, which took incredible effo...

Mark Hamill Strikes Back!
by Scott Collura (Thu 08-23-2001)

Mark Hamill, Luke Skywalker himself, has had to deal with all sorts of STAR WARS references in the years since he starred in George Lucas' holy trilogy. But never before had he been confronted with the notion of Imperial Teamsters at least not until he l...


WARHAMMER: MARK OF CHAOS Trailer
by Karl Schneider (Wed 06-14-2006)

The cinematic trailer for the computer game WARHAMMER: MARK OF CHAOS was selected for the SIGGRAPH 2006 Electronic Theater Program.Presented for the first time at the E3 2006 exhibition in Los Angeles, the trailer became one of the most critically acclaim...

Mark Bode says "Cobalt 60" hasn't been sold
by Karl Schneider (Fri 10-27-2006)

Mark Bode was kind enough to drop me a line about a story recently reported by the Hollywood Reporter. "I don't know where this leak came from but i have not signed the rights to Universal ... This movie may not happen and at this point and th...

Saturn Scoop: Genre stars grace our red carpet, and we've got the photos
by Text Christopher Allan Smith, photos Sue Schneider (Wed 06-12-2002)

Yesterday we brought you a torrent of news stemming from the 28th annual Saturn Awards (sponsored faithfully by this very magazine) and today we're pleased to bring you photos of who was there telling us everything about genre events past and future. If y...

Saturn Award winners
by Christopher Allan Smith (Tue 06-11-2002)

Last night in Century City, Calif., not all that far from the Twentieth Century Fox lot, home of THE X-FILES, DARK ANGEL, the STAR WARS films and more, the 28th Annual Saturn Awards were handed out at the St. Regis hotel, honoring the best and most shinin...


Inu Yasha Vol. #34
by Luis Cruz (Wed 11-09-2005)

What They SayInuyasha and his friends are lured into a deadly trap that makes each of them live out their worst fears. Later, while traveling over a snow-covered landscape, Miroku encounters a woman from his past… along with his children!? Plush, In...

FABLES #6
by Tony Whitt (Sun 10-13-2002)

Once upon a time, all the characters of legends, storybooks, and fables were driven out of their homelands by the Adversary, forcing them to move out into the lands of ordinary men and to hide their existence from the Mundanes. The humans amongst them had...

The 10 Best Sci-Fi Films Never Made
by David Wong (Sat 11-22-2008)

So the news came out that the Half Life movie directed by Quentin Tarantino is destined to join the list of the greatest science fiction movies that were never actually filmed. It has damned good company ...   10. The "Real" Alien 3 The...

Snow Night Stories
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 12-08-2006)

What They SayContains three seperate hard-core stories! Thief In a village in a faraway land, there lived a couple whose ages were very far apart. While working hard in the fields, they looked happy together, but the wife was troubled. Her husband alway...


Millenium Snow Vol.#01
by Danielle Van Gorder (Thu 04-26-2007)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Bisco HatoriTranslated by:RyoRcaAdapted by:John WerryWhat They SaySeventeen-year-old Chiyuki Matsuoka was born with heart problems, and her doctors say she won\'t live to see the next snow. Touya is an 18-year-old vampire who ...

Timur Bekmambetov aims to leave his mark on Millar's 'Wanted' (Mon 02-27-2006)

"I like the ['Wanted'] comic books. It's a very interesting concept and as a story, I like a lot of the story itself, because it's risky and very provocative. It has a twist and good characters. I think it will be a big movie," says director Timur Bekmamb...

Mark Steven Johnson on 'Ghost Rider' DVD
by Rob M. Worley (Tue 06-12-2007)

The 'Ghost Rider' DVD is in stores today. Newsarama chats up director Mark Steven Johnson about what's new in this home video release of the smash hit movie: Newsarama: How much different is the extended cut of Ghost Rider from the theatrical cut? M...

Superman Returns Hits $200 Million Mark (Tue 10-24-2006)

Warner Bros. Pictures president and COO Alan Horn was previously reported to have said that if Superman Returns hits the $200 million mark domestically, the studio would move ahead with a sequel. That day has come, as the Bryan Singer-directed summer movi...


Pictures of the IRON MAN Mark 1 Suit
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Tue 07-31-2007)

Here's one last tidbit from last weekend's Comic Con as I promised in the Joss Whedon article. We've seen the IRON MAN Mark 1 suit from a production photo that director Jon Favreau released a few months ago. You could also see video footage of the Mark 1 ...

WEBS & WONDER: MARK BAGLEY (Part 1)
by JENNIFER M. CONTINO (Mon 09-18-2006)

With their work on Ultimate Spider-Man, which is nearing its 100th issue, Mark Bagley and Brian Michael Bendis are about to break the record for the creative team who have worked on the most consecutive issues of any given comicbook series. And to think,...

Mark Hamill and Samuel Jackson Set for AFRO SAMURAI
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 07-25-2008)

Spike TV's critically-acclaimed, funktastic anime series "Afro Samurai" returns with an original movie event set to premiere on the network in January 2009. "Afro Samurai: Resurrection" stars Academy Award®-nominated actor Samuel L...

Mark Isham to receive ASCAP Lifetime Achievement Award
by Randall Larson (Wed 03-01-2006)

Hollywood composer Mark Isham will be honored by the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers with a lifetime achievement award. ASCAP's "Henry Mancini Award for Lifetime Achievement" is given in recognition of a person's outstanding achievem...


Bad Nanny
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 02-09-2006)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Kirk Jones' NANNY McPHEE is the latest enchanting children's-oriented fantasy, following in the tradition of such young-kids-left-with-foreboding-relatives storylines as MATHILDA, LEMONY SNICKETT'S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENT...

Mark Millar claims Superman is a no-go (Wed 02-18-2004)

Comic book writer Mark Millar claims production on Superman is a no-go. "The movie is already something like 50 mill in debt because of all the false-starts. It's a HUGE problem because they want big stars, big effects and a big budget and this would push...

The 'Spinal Tap' of Comics: Mark Hamill Directs 'Comic Book: The Movie'
by Rob M. Worley (Thu 01-15-2004)

Mark Hamill steps behind the camera to direct his first film, "Comic Book: The Movie," by and about comic fans trying to stop Hollywood from creating a train wreck of a superhero movie. The mockumentary features Kevin Smith, Bruce Campbell, Hugh Hefner an...

Mark Millar pays up on 'Superman' bet
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 10-22-2004)

"The Warner execs, two of the producers and several others folks wanted Jim Caviezel, but Bryan wanted an unknown and, in the end, the director has won out," writes Mark Millar on his message boards. "I just heard last night that this is 100% confirmed an...


Director Mark Steven Johnson on Ghost Rider (Sun 01-16-2005)

Mark Steven Johnson says Ghost Rider will begin filming in about four weeks. "[Nicolas] Cage will be Johnny Blaze. Take it from me. That's a done deal. And I could not be happier. Nic is in the shape of his life. Lean and mean, like a motorcycle stunt ...

Will 'Spider-Man 2' be Marvel's 'high-water mark'? (Wed 12-03-2003)

No one ever guessed mild-mannered Peter Parker was behind Spider-Man's mask, and only Bruce Banner knew his rage turned him into the Hulk. Likewise, few expected Marvel Enterprises' stock (MVL/NYSE) to leap tall buildings in a single bound, soaring 220% t...

Knocking...er...BLOCKS with 'CB:TM's' Mark Hamill
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 11-14-2003)

Movie Poop Shoot's Josh Horowitz interviews Mark Hamill, star and director of the upcoming 'Comic Book: The Movie.'