He's big, bigger than most. But can he stack up against The Rock? You better believe it, says MichaelClarkeDuncan who co-stars with the famous wrestler in The Rock's first starring role in THE SCORPION KING."He's six four, two seventy," says Duncan. "I'...
Sitting down to interview MichaelClarkeDuncan who stars alongside Tom Hanks in The Green Mile, the first thing I notice is his jovial, garrulous manner. He`s friendly, open, and extremely happy to talk about the biggest role of his acting career. Big. T...
Currently co-starring alongside The Rock in the hit action film THE SCORPION KING, MichaelClarkeDuncan is riding high. After his Oscar nominated turn in THE GREEN MILE, the actor has had a string of roles in popular films. In THE SCORPION KING, The Rock...
Every so often Hollywood hits us with a pleasant surprise that in fact really should not be a surprise. I cheered when I heard that MichaelClarkeDuncan got nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting role of the wrongly convicted John Coffey in w...
"We've talked about [returning for a 'Sin City' sequel]," says actor MichaelClarkeDuncan, whose character Manute figures into the 'Sin City 2' source story "A Dame To Kill For".
"Manute has a very big role [in that] and I certainly wanna be a part o...
"Royal Scam," a new episode of Spider-Man guest-starring MichaelClarkeDuncan as the Kingpin, will air Friday on MTV at 10 p.m. Comics Continuum has info about the episode and design illustrations of the Kingpin.
According to Bloody Disgusting, Michael Clark Duncan is the director's first choice to play the role of Vlad in the upcoming Todd Lincoln film, Hack/Slash.In the film, based on the hit horror comic from Devil's Due Publishing, Cassie Hack hunts and kills ...
MichaelClarkeDuncan told SCI FI Wire that he's
excited to be playing The Kingpin in the currently-filming Daredevil
movie. He said he's a fan of the comics. "Never did I think I would be playing a role as
cool as the Kingpin. That's one of th...
Kristin Kreuk has some competition in 20th Century Fox's upcoming adaptation of Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li, reports Variety. MichaelClarkeDuncan, Chris Klein, Rick Yune, Moon Bloodgood, Edmund Chen and Hong Kong film star Cheng Pei Pei have also ...
MichaelClarkeDuncan isn't sweating the competition of Daredevil star Ben
Affleck according to a recent article from SCI
FI Wire. It's not surprising. Although the actor clearly has a weight
advantage on Affleck, he's also come up against more form...
Midway Games has hired MichaelClarkeDuncan and Rachel Griffiths to provide the voices for Blackmore and Jordan, respectively, for the video game THE SUFFERING: THE TIES THAT BIND. This is a sequel to THE SUFFERING, which took place in a prison on Carnat...
MichaelClarkeDuncan is too small. At least that's what the producers of Daredevil
told him, the actor revealed to About.com's
Action-Adventure Movies site. Although filming on the project is underway,
the actor won't being his work as Kingpin unti...
In spite of the character's history as depicted in THE MUMMY RETURNS, don't expect the coming THE SCORPION KING prequel to be supernatural heavy.While talking to SCIFI.COM, MichaelClarkeDuncan spoke of the coming film, saying, "It does not have too much...
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER has finally confirmed what the rumor mill has been churning out over the last few days -- both Jennifer Garner (ALIAS) and MichaelClarkeDuncan (PLANET OF THE APES, THE GREEN MILE) have signed onboard DAREDEVIL.The duo will be join...
Continuing our
coverage of Twentieth Century Fox's Daredevil press junket Comics2Film
presents this transcript of the round-table interview with MichaelClarkeDuncan, who plays Kingpin in the movie.
Q: What's your typical breakfast?
...
A new CGI animated movie titled DELGO has cast actors Val Kilmer, MichaelClarkeDuncan and Eric Idle as three of the film's characters. Kilmer will play a fearless soldier; Duncan a mentor to the film's hero; and Idle a slow, ego-filled imp.The picture...
...ve to get MichaelClarkeDuncan. We don't know if he's available or interested.' I said, 'Hold on,' and I called him right there, and he thought that I was kidding. I said, 'This is a movie with Universal, THE SCORPION KING, what do you think?' He said...
...o Dawson; MichaelClarkeDuncan.Who's Making It: Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller (Diriectors, Screenwriters); Robert Rodriguez, Frank Miller, Elizabeth Avellan (Producers); based on the comic book line by Frank Miller, published by Dark Horse Comics.Pre...
...r Garner, MichaelClarkeDuncan, John
Favreau and Joe Pantoliano and producers Gary Foster and Avi Arad.
Fox released new
artwork and photos from the film as part of the press kit.
Affleck and
Duncan owned up to being huge fans of the characters t...
More set photos and screenshots have appeared online for Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li courtesy of the production shingle Legend Films. You can see one of co-star MichaelClarkeDuncan on the left. To check out the rest, click here. The co-product...
... Dent, or MichaelClarkeDuncan as Kingpin (lest we forget years ago Chris Rock was rumored to be in the running to play Jimmy Olsen in SUPERMAN REBORN.) The short of it is that Nick Fury's character has been defined by many factors over 40 years, not ...
Big man MichaelClarkeDuncan has joined the ever-swelling cast of Robert Rodriguez's SIN CITY, reports the trade magazine Variety. What role Duncan will take in the ensemble production remains unknown at the present time.After fulfilling his obligations ...
Megan Fox has signed on to play the female Lead, Mikaela, in the upcoming Transformers movie.Other recent casting news for this movie has Shia Labeouf playing Spike Witwicky, Jon Voight (Pearl Harbor) will play Keller, and MichaelClarkeDuncan (Armageddo...
... (Alias), MichaelClarkeDuncan (The Green
Mile), Colin Farrell (Hart's War), Jon Favreau (Made),
Joe Pantoliano (The Matrix), David Keith (Behind Enemy Lines)
and newcomer Scott Terra (the upcoming Eight Legged Freaks).
Daredevil is
written and d...
Sean Bean, Steve Buscemi, Djimon Hounson and MichaelClarkeDuncan are all joining the cast of THE ISLAND, the science fiction/action/thriller starring Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. Michael Bay (PEARL HARBOR) is directing the film to be released n...
...iv Tyler, MichaelClarkeDuncan, Billy Bob Thornton and the worst piece of [expletive deleted] script ever!Kick ass alert! THE POWERPUFF GIRLS and SAMURAI JACK are on the Cartoon Network, starting at 9 p.m.IFC has got Peter Jackson's (the man behind t...
Monkeyshines are reportedly delaying filming on Tim Burton`s remake of Planet of the Apes. Actor MichaelClarkeDuncan told Empire Online `I am co-starring with Jonas, my particular chimp furry friend and he has taken a bit too much to me. The trouble is ...
...n Coffey (MichaelClarkeDuncan), a huge but seemingly gentle black man convicted of killing two young white girls. From the first, we suspect Coffey’s innocence, even though he was caught literally red-handed, clasping the bloody corpses. However, the...
...REDEVIL's MichaelClarkeDuncan (who voices a Slaad Lord named Ygorl.) As well, Salvatore's popular drow elf Drizzt Do'Urden also appears in the game as well as geographical locations straight from the popular D&D campaign Forgotten Worlds landscape.DE...
Actress Anne Bancroft has joined the ensemble cast of DELGO, a computer generated animated film produced by Fathom Studios. Lending their voices to the film also are Val Kilmer, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Malcolm McDowell, MichaelClarkeDuncan, Kelly Ripa, Er...
... Stewart, MichaelClarkeDuncan, Steve Harvey and Joshua Jackson.RACING STRIPES tells the story of a lost baby zebra named Stripes (voiced by Muniz) who is adopted by a horse trainer (Greenwood) and his daughter (Panettiere). As the daughter and zebra ...
...y Hutton, MichaelClarkeDuncan and Joely Richardson. – via filmmusicradio.com
Prometheus Records in Belgium surprises us with three new releases. The first one is a double, combining Georges Delerue's music for Platoon and Salvador on...
... Next Up, MichaelClarkeDuncan Guests as a Crime Boss With a Fondness for White Suits - Okay, I was only kidding with all the DAREDEVIL jokes about BLIND JUSTICE last column. I didn't really think the show was ripping off the popular Marvel comic base...
...t casting MichaelClarkeDuncan as the Kingpin was more about perpetuating stereotypes than about equal representation. A. Diallo Jackson made this comment: "Being a black man, I was neither impressed nor offended by the casting. He's just not the King...
... Kingpin (MichaelClarkeDuncan); an assassin, Bullseye (Colin Farrell); and a femme fatale love interest, Elektra (Jennifer Garner).And on this particular night, those responsible for ushering the character's exploits up onto the big screen seem to be...
...t members MichaelClarkeDuncan and his wife, Steven Brand, Kelley Hu with her parents, Bernard Hill, Grant Heslov, Peter Facinelli with his wife Jennie Garth, Ralf Moeller and his wife, Sherri Howard, Branscombe Richmond with his wife, Summer Altice, ...
...ooks) and MichaelClarkeDuncan seems to be having a swell time as leader of a wild horde.THE SCORPION KING is proof that there's a lot to be said for production values. The world here may be a never-never creation, but it's all of a piece and it doesn...
...Bullseye, MichaelClarkeDuncan (THE SCORPION KING) as the hulking crime boss known as the Kingpin, and Jon Favreau (SWINGERS) as Matt Murdock's law partner and friend, Foggy Nelson. With SPIDER-MAN's record-breaking opening weekend at the box office s...
...s well as MichaelClarkeDuncan, the film spins a tale of sorcerers, rebellion and justice in the desert, in a time of myth.Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at feedback@cinescape.com.
...URIOUS). MichaelClarkeDuncan (DAREDEVIL) plays the group's Academy president.So it's CHARLIE'S ANGELS meets HEATHERS, right?Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it to us!
...in Kreuk, MichaelClarkeDuncan, Neal McDonough, Taboo, Chris Klein, Rick Yune, Moon Bloodgood, Edmund Chen, Cheng Pei Pei and Josie Ho. Director Andrzej Bartkowiak leads, based on a screenplay by Justin Marks.Plot Summary: "Street Fighter: Legend...
The next animated feature for Walt Disney is BROTHER BEAR, starring the voices of Joaquin Phoenix, MichaelClarkeDuncan and Rick Moranis. According to the film's official website and various theater schedules, the film is slated for release on Friday, No...
...sett Jr., MichaelClarkeDuncan, Malcolm McDowell, Kelly Ripa, Burt Reynolds and Sally Kellerman. Co-directors Marc Adler and Jason Maurer led direction, based on a screenplay that they co-wrote alongside Patrick J. Cowan, Carl Dream, Jennifer A. Jones...
...ly funny. MichaelClarkeDuncan
is going to be terrific as Kingpin. I can't wait to see it!"
However, playing
the good guy reporter didn't give the actor a chance to get in on the action or
wear a costume. We asked him if that was something to aspi...
Multiple sources confirm that Jon Voight, MichaelClarkeDuncan, Josh Duhamel, Bernie Mac, Tyrese, John Turturro, Rachael Taylor, Megan Fox, Travis Van Winkle and John Robinson will join Shia LaBeof in the Transformers movie.
...a weapon. MichaelClarkeDuncan would
have been fine as the Kingpin if we could have seen some evolution, but with
only 10 minutes of screen time we never get a good handle on the character.
I wouldn't count
on a sequel coming out of this experimen...
"Marv died in "Sin City" — but that doesn't mean Mickey Rourke won't be back for the sequel. Ditto for Dwight (Clive Owen), Shellie (Brittany Murphy), Nancy (Jessica Alba), Manute (MichaelClarkeDuncan), Gail (Rosario Dawson) and the
rest of the Old Tow...
...yet."
MichaelClarkeDuncan also talked about coming back for another 'Sin City'.
"They don't have [the story] in a certain order so you might see me in another Sin City before that one. It jumps back and forth and all around, and you never act...
...perative (MichaelClarkeDuncan) out to obtain a device that would potentially give rise to a new Intersect. Later, believing his spy career is behind him, Chuck asks Sarah out on a true first date. At Buy More, Morgan uses quirky means to hire a new a...
On Monday Comics2Film
sat down for a sneak peek at the Daredevil teaser trailer. The
clip will run with Minority Report when it opens in theaters this
weekend. While it doesn't have the same, chilling impact as the Hulk
teaser or the fun narrative o...
Official
confirmation of recent Daredevil casting appears in today's Variety and Hollywood Reporter trades.
The trades report that MichaelClarkeDuncan has signed to
play the film's heavy: Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. the Kingpin.
Duncan
recently appeared i...
Here's a
grab-bag of fun, Daredevil related happenings.
Fox
lit up the first ever flaming billboard in L.A. last week. The Kingpin of crime,
MichaelClarkeDuncan was on hand say chat with fans and press. Fox has
distributed a nice pic of the lit u...
...ng actors MichaelClarkeDuncan. Farrell said, "He's a big
fucking man. Jesus, he's a big man. You sit down, for a start. You don't
stand next to him. Michael's great. He was great fun and how do you hold
your own? I don't know, you just do your fu...
...Del Toro, MichaelClarkeDuncan, Carla Gugino, Josh Hartnett, Jaime King, Michael Madsen, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Nick Stahl, Bruce Willis and Elijah Wood, Sin City certainly has gaming potential.
...gards to
MichaelClarkeDuncan as Kingpin, Johnson said, "The whole point is, that a fight between Daredevil and the Kingpin has to be the ultimate showdown. The audience
has to believe that even after...
MichaelClarkeDuncan reveals that he won't be in 'Transformers' after all.
"I hate to tell you this, but I am not in 'Transformers'. I am so mad that I have to tell you that, but something happened and we didn't get the deal done and I was really hurt...
...oices was MichaelClarkeDuncan, who plays the
Kingpin in the movie. "I knew that there would be some controversy on this
one. I looked at a lot of actors. Wrestlers. You name it," Johnson said.
"But in the end, I went with the best big man working ...
...eslov and MichaelClarkeDuncan. The film is directed by Chuck Russell and is slated for release on April 19th, 2002.John Ottman is scoring [IMG4R]MY BROTHER'S KEEPER (formerly called BREEDERS), John Badham's new TV-movie slated for release next year, ...
... way that MichaelClarkeDuncan projects that incredible wisdom, that incredible soul, Hanks projects this deep integrity, which is probably one of the reasons people keep comparing him to Jimmy Stewart—which I know annoys the hell out of him. I always...
...Del Toro, MichaelClarkeDuncan, Carla Gugino, Rutger Hauer, Jaime King, Michael Madsen, Brittany Murphy, Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Nick Stahl, Bruce Willis, Elijah Wood, Marley Shelton, composer John Debney and director's Robert Rodriguez and Frank M...
... Hounsou; MichaelClarkeDuncan; Linda Blair; Sean Patrick Thomas; Jason Isaacs; and many more. Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at feedback@cinescape.com.
...er Lopez; MichaelClarkeDuncan who asked everyone in attendance to call him "Kingpin"; Colin Farrell (Bullseye) who brought his mom, Rita, and brother, Eamon; Jennifer Garner (Elektra Natchios) who wore a long slip like dress and walked arm-in-arm wit...
...ng Actor (MichaelClarkeDuncan), Sound (Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson, Michael Herbick and Willie D. Burton), THE MATRIX earned four nominations in technical categories: Visual Effects (John Gaeta, Janek Sirrs, Steve Courtley and Jon Thum), Editing(Zac...
...SENSE and MichaelClarkeDuncan in THE GREEN MILE? Both roles offered their challenges, and both actors rose to them. Somehow, however, I find that Osment sticks more hauntingly in my memory, so I would have to cast my vote for him.ACTRESS IN A LEAD RO...
...ge Attar (MichaelClarkeDuncan), both of whom are purists believing in the separation of species. Believing his decision to star in the ape epic was the right one, Wahlberg arrived on set the first day of shooting terrified yet relieved to see Burton ...
...like with MichaelClarkeDuncan in The Green Mile. He calls it his wild card. And I think in this movie I was his wild card. That new face."And to get that privileged spot she only had to prove she could go toe to toe with Carrey. Several times. In fac...
...t members MichaelClarkeDuncan and his wife, Steven Brand, Kelley Hu with her parents, Bernard Hill, Grant Heslov, Peter Facinelli with his wife Jennie Garth, Ralf Moeller and his wife, Sherri Howard, Branscombe Richmond with his wife, Summer Altice, ...
...m Carter, MichaelClarkeDuncan, Kris Kristofferson, Estella Warren, Paul Giamatti Writer(s): William Broyles Jr., Lawrence Konner, Mark RosenthalDirector: Tim BurtonGrade: B- (as movie); D (as adaptation)Astronaut Leo Davidson (Wahlberg) blasts off in...
After weeks of
rumors Variety confirms that Jon Favreau (Made)
is in negotiations to appear in Daredevil. Favreau will play Foggy Nelson,
Matt Murdock's best friend and partner in law.
The actor joins
Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, MichaelClarke Du...
...nie Hunt, MichaelClarkeDuncan (who gives a truly outstanding and touching Oscar-nominated performance), and even a little behind-the-scenes look at Mr. Jingles, the other star of The Green Mile. Darabont is credited as executive producer of this ...
...m Carter, MichaelClarkeDuncan, Kris Kristofferson, Estella Warren, Paul GiamettiWriter: William Broyles Jr., Lawrence Konner, Mark RosenthalDirector: Tim BurtonDistributor: 20th Century Fox
Daredevil
continues to generate buzz with fans waiting impatiently for the other casting
shoe to drop. IGN
FilmForce reports that Jennifer Garner (Alias) is now a done
deal for the part of Elektra.
Furthermore, the
site reports that MichaelClarke...
...in Kreuk, MichaelClarkeDuncan, Neal McDonough, Taboo, Chris Klein, Moon Bloodgood, Edmund Chen, Cheng Pei Pei, Josie Ho and Robin Shou. Director Andrzej Bartkowiak is leading the project for Fox, based on a screenplay by Justin Marks.Street Fighter: ...
Blackfilm.com has posted some new images from the upcoming film, THE ISLAND. The DreamWorks Pictures' film stars Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou, MichaelClarkeDuncan, and Steve Buscemi.Michael Bay is directing the sci-fi thriller abou...
John Turturro, Camryn Manheim, Jeffrey Tambor, S. Epatha Merkerson, Fionnula Flanagan, Christopher Lawford and MichaelClarkeDuncan have joined the cast of the Anthony Hopkins-helmed SLIPSTREAM. They will be joining Christian Slater, Stella Arroyave, Li...
... Griffin, MichaelClarkeDuncan, and every kid's favorite George Segal.(O) DORA THE EXPLORER: It's A Party! (Paramount) We meet Dora's cousin Daisy to celebrate her 15th birthday. 6 episodes, plus music video, game and more.(O) ENTER THE DRAGON (Blackc...
...y Hutton, MichaelClarkeDuncan and Joely Richardson. Howard Shore is best known for his Lord of the Rings scores, which won him three Academy Awards, his long and fruitful collaboration with David Cronenberg and the Silence of the Lambs music. His mo...
E!
Online's Anderson Jones reports that Michael Clark Duncan is
very happy and excited about his role as Daredevil villain The Kingpin
in the upcoming feature film.
In his Movie Scoop column Jones writes that
Duncan said he has an affinity...
An action-comedy take on the legend of GEORGE AND THE DRAGON will start shooting this week.Patrick Swayze and Piper Perabo are in talks to jump on board the production, which has already signed on James Purefoy and MichaelClarkeDuncan. The Carousel Pict...
Auntie Stella and my Mum have been at the accountants all week for Year Rend, so Stella said that I can write the column this time as long as I behave myself and don't bloody swear, else Dark Jedi will delete me. Whatever.
I tried to register on...
Most fans of the fantastic film genres are willing to be satisfied with watching, reading about, or even collecting materials related to the actors, films and filmmakers who have left their mark on fantastic cinema. Only a handful of fans have the drive t...
Robert Duncan McNeill is, once again, having a busy season this last year of Star Trek: Voyager. He’s already directed his fourth episode, `Body and Soul,` for November sweeps. Like the show McNeill directed during Voyager’s fifth season, `Someone To Watc...
Robert Duncan McNeill is, once again, having a busy season this last year of Star Trek: Voyager. He’s already directed his fourth episode, `Body and Soul,` for November sweeps. Like the show McNeill directed during Voyager’s fifth season, `Someone To Watc...
Anne Bishop jumpstarts the Ephemera series, Craig Gardner delves into Battlestar Galactica, and Star Wars’ theological motifs get the Gospel treatment in this week’s edition of the Buzz.
Goodday to all you Maniacs and glad to see yo...
1999`s Oscar-nominated blockbuster success, THE GREEN MILE, based on Stephen King`s serialized novels, is an impressive adaptation (written and directed by Frank Darabont) that flies in the face of most accepted studio wisdom regarding what represents co...
Arthur C. Clarke, a visionary science fiction writer who co-wrote "2001: A Space Odyssey" and won worldwide acclaim with more than 100 books on space, science and the future, died Wednesday, an aide said. He was 90. Clarke, who had battled debi...
When Brit author Richard K. Morgan first released Altered Carbon, his debut novel of hardboiled SF genius, the body-swapping detective tale met with little criticism. Winning the Philip K. Dick Award for Best Novel in 2003, the impressive sci-fi work goes...
Dark Horse Entertainment (publishers of 30 Days of Night, Hellboy & AVP) have released the teaser trailer for their upcoming web series, THE DESCENDANTS, courtesy of Youtube. The adaptation is based on the DH comic of the same name written and created...
An earlier collection of episodes of the 1994 SPIDER-MAN animated series was released to cash in on the SPIDER-MAN movie, and this one quite naturally cashes in on the release of DAREDEVIL, although DD only plays an active part in three episodes. The stor...
The 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards aired live on TNT Sunday, March 9, 2003, and CINESCAPE's roving lens was on hand to catch all of the excitement. And exciting it was as star after star sauntered down the red carpet and into the entrance of the Sh...
The 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards aired live on TNT Sunday, March 9, 2003, and CINESCAPE's roving lens was on hand to catch all of the excitement. And exciting it was as star after star sauntered down the red carpet and into the entrance of the Sh...
The 9th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards aired live on TNT Sunday, March 9, 2003, and CINESCAPE's roving lens was on hand to catch all of the excitement. And exciting it was as star after star sauntered down the red carpet and into the entrance of the Sh...
He is a man of brute strength and immense size who is oddly polite. Manute is fanatically loyal to those he serves and does what is required of him without question. Played by Michael Clark Duncan, this character requires a sheer size and strength that on...
Michael Crichton died on Tuesday. It's a tragic loss, as any human loss is. But for some reason--and despite all of the obituaries to the contrary--it seems strange to refer to Crichton as a great ... as in "a great one," "an icon.&...
Frequent Comics2Film
contributor Jason Lethert caught a sneak screening of Twentieth Century Fox, New Regency
and Marvel's Daredevil. Lethert may be uniquely qualified to
review the movie as he is the producer and of...
Jon Favreau, star of the upcoming film Daredevil, spoke with Movie Poop Shoot to explain what version of his character will appear in the Twentieth Century Fox film.
Favreau, who plays Foggy Nelson, the amusing assistant of Ben Affleck's Matt ...
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On the season premiere of Independent Film Channel's Dinner For Five host and Daredevil co-star Jon Favreau invited many of the ...
Monday, June 27th Paramount Pictures held a fan screening for WAR OF THE WORLDS at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. This is what Tom Cruise wanted for his fans. The big premiere was held in New York with all the stars.Tom arrived ar...
The AMPAS announced Oscar nominees today and the leader is CHICAGO with 13 nominations. Other notable contenders included GANGS OF NEW YORK, with 10, and THE HOURS, nine; THE PIANIST, seven; and THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS with six.THE TWO TOWER...
...wayze and MichaelClarkeDuncan. (O) HAPPY DAYS Complete Second Season (Paramount) All 23 episodes on four discs. (O) HELL’S HIGHWAY (Brain Damage) Hitchhiking succubus! Includes Making-Of. (O) &n...
...f against MichaelClarkeDuncan’s Kingpin instead of John Travolta’s Howard Saint? Marvel Studios is up and running now so perhaps, with all their characters back under their control and in this new Millennium, the tide will change. Marvel ...
Hello Maniacs and welcome to this week’s hootenanny of science fiction and fantasy skullduggery. Though I try to pace content on these columns as best I can, sometimes the publishing side of the business just doesn’t want to oblige. After seve...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kobayashi MakotoTranslated by:N/AAdapted by:What They SayDescribed as \"Japan\'s version of Garfield, Heathcliff, and Krazy Kat all rolled into one,\" Makoto Kobayashi\'s What\'s Michael? mixes slice-of-life cat reality with o...
In yesterday's
write-up of the Daredevil press conference we erroneously
suggested that Elektra would have two costumes for the movie. In fact, when
Jennifer Garner talked about "two different costumes" for the
character, she was referring...
Francis Ford Coppola not only led his generation of young, new filmmakers who revived the form in the early '70s, he has also made, in the course of his uneven career, some of the greatest American films ever. Now, Paramount Home Video has released two su...
...the city. MichaelClarkeDuncan's
Kingpin has slightly more screen time but it's the story that makes you
understand why people would fear him. We are given a trail of corruption that
makes us understand why he is a presence and needs to be taken ou...
Columbia Pictures held the World Premiere of S.W.A.T. on July 30th at the Mann Village in Westwood. The movie was inspired by the 70's television series of the same name which starred Steve Forrest, (who does a cameo as a S.W.A.T. truck driver), Rod Perry...
Frederick S. Clarke, publisher and editor of Cinefantastique magazine died on Tuesday of last week, at the age of 51. He is survived by his wife, Celeste Casey Clarke; by his children, Whitney and Caitlin; and by his step-children, Drew and Anna Sikula. T...
A plethora of rumors online are now confirmed with solid word that Michael Jackson will be appearing in the coming MEN IN BLACK 2. And, despite the visual joke in the first MIB, the singer will not be playing an alien.While talking to Variety columnist Mi...
Marion Cotillard, Channing Tatum, Giovanni Ribisi, Stephen Dorff and Jason Clarke have all become Public Enemies for director Michael Mann, reports Variety. The five actors join already cast thespians Johnny Depp and Christian Bale. The script was pe...
Michael Praed is quite proud of himself, for reasons only a parent would understand. He had just returned to his home in England to see his son and daughter in their local school`s Nativity play. `They were fantastic!` the proud father beams, just begging...
On a special edition of ABC`s television show POLITICALLY INCORRECT, host Bill Maher was discussing the Oscar telecast with a panel of guests including Chris Isaak and Michael Medved. The conservative critic was spewing his usual bile about an alleged Hol...
Movie mogul Michael Bay received death threats from Transformers fans when he was announced as the film's director. The blockbuster movie maker was not a popular choice to take charge of the first Transformers film and fans of the toys and animated TV ser...
AMC has been getting tons of attention lately for its series Mad Men and Breaking Bad but now it’s finally swimming on our end of the pool with a TV series adaptation of the 1992 novel Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson. The series follows the exploit...
Some soldiers are poised to escape a Siberian gulag WWII style thanks to Aussie Peter Weir. The writer-director penned the script, based on numerous sources, notably Slavomir Rawicz's book "The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom". Th...
Nova Swing by M. John Harrison and published by Gollancz is the winner of this year’s Arthur C. Clarke Award, the UK’s premier prize for science fiction literature.
The announcement was made last night at the award’s offici...
Michael Shanks plays Dr. Daniel Jackson on the popular television series STARGATE SG-1. He leaves the series this season by way of a much-publicized, much-lamented character death ("Meridian"). But no one really dies in science fiction, and Dr. Jackson wi...
MAccording to ComingSoon.net, Michael Bacall has joined Quentin Tarantino's half of the double feature GRINDHOUSE. Bacall will join Eli Roth, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Bell, Kurt Russell and Omar Doom in the film.GRINDHOUSE will include two films joined by fau...
The CW have released 17 new images from 'Smallville' season 8, episode 8. The episode, called "Bloodline" features the return of one of season 7's top attractions.
KARA RETURNS — Clark (Tom Welling) receives an anonymous package c...
This past weekend bat-fans
tuned in to the Kids WB! and watched as a whole new version of the Dark Knight
was introduced to youngsters everywhere. 'The Batman' features a younger,
sleeker, more cutting-edge version of the hero and his villains.
The ...
The CW have released 16 new images from October 23rd episode of 'Smallville' entitled "Prey". Sam Witwer's character Davis Bloom begins his descent into what the Smallvillified version of the comic-book heavyweight Doomsday!
Here's the officia...
The 2008 World Science Fiction Convention concluded yesterday amidst fanfare by Guests of Honor Tom Whitmore, Rick Sternbach and Lois McMaster Bujold along with Robert A. Heinlein filling in as the official Ghost of Honor. The third convention ever held i...
Michael Crichton -- whose books were made into films including "Jurassic Park" and "The Andromeda Strain" -- died Tuesday. He was 66.
The author died "after a courageous and private battle against cancer," according to his W...
Michael Nyman's 'MN Records' have released a new series of albums entitled Composer's Cuts. The series highlights what the composer refers to as the "continuous evolution" of his film music. He suggests that with the performance of certain cues in the con...
It`s never easy stepping into someone else`s shoes. And while he didn`t take over the role of Connor MacLeod from Christopher Lambert, that`s exactly what Adrian Paul did in 1992 when he signed on as the lead in the Highlander TV series, a spinoff of the ...
The year 2001 is the big one for those within the genre universe, seeing as it's the setting for Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick's landmark film 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. It is perhaps surprising that more attention has not been paid to this classic of ...
Some evil never dies. The Shape has been shot, stabbed, burned and thrown out of windows, yet keeps coming back for more. Even non-traditional methods, like less than stellar sequels, haven’t been able to take down modern horror’s original mass murderer. ...
Possible SPOILER sub-plot details inside this article, reader. This story/rumor clarifies previous rumors on which character Anthony Michael Hall will be playing in Nolan's THE DARK KNIGHT next year. Previously, online news stated that Hall could be playi...
Anchor Bay Entertainment is releasing HALLOWEEN: 25 YEARS OF TERROR on DVD July 25, 2006.The DVD will take a look at the history surrounding the horror franchise, including a backstage look at all of the classic films as well as feature a host of bonus ma...
After years of being the primary reason to watch 'Smallville', actor Michael Rosenbaum is parting ways with the series.
From the first episode, Rosenbaum's nuanced portrayal of the conflicted and tormented Lex Luthor riveted fans to the show. Below is ...
In a video interview Michael Chiklis calls talk of him playing The Thing in 'Fantastic Four' a rumor, but also goes on to say it is a "definite possibility" and "would be fun."
Yesterday (Sunday, March 28), Michael Rosenbaum was at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California for Creation Entertainment's Sci-Fi Summit. Click to view images.
A few weeks after Bloody-Disgusting announced it, Platinum Studios and Top Cow has confirmed to the trades that Michael Rymer will be directing its adaptation of Witchblade. The Australian director has primarily worked with Universal's "Battlestar Ga...
Hollywood producer Michael Uslan sat down with CBR News to discuss the upcoming "The Spirit" film. Uslan talks about plans for the film, which characters may make it into the production and what sort of involvement creator Will Eisner will have with the f...
Michael Cera (Superbad) is in final negotiations to star in Scott Pilgrim's Little Life, says The Hollywood Reporter. Edgar Wright is directing the adventure romance, based on the graphic novel of the same name published by Oni Press. Marc Platt, Eric Gi...
Paramount Pictures has confirmed that Michael Giacchino, noted for his scores for The Incredibles, Mission: Impossible III, and the forthcoming animated comedy, Ratatouille, is indeed attached to the new Star Trek movie. In fact, it was only officially co...
It seems to be a crime thriller focused news morning with a former Batman star (Val Kilmer) announced as leading one while here we have the current Batman's partner (Michael Caine) set to lead another. The trades reports the actor getting attached to lead...
From the official Michael Bay website regarding the 'Transformers' teaser trailer: "None of the Mars story, launch footage, and rover footage is going to be in the movie.
"Yes, Bay did shoot the rover footage."
Last night at the premiere of Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Michael Bay spent a few minutes with the IESB and gave us a quick update on Transformers.
Those of you who missed the nice behind-the-scenes footage of 'Transformers' when it debuted in grainy fashion on YouTube, can now catch a crisp QuickTime version on director Michael Bay's website. The clips, which were shipped on the 20th Anniversary DVD...
Click here to watch a video interview with Michael Rosenbaum talking about his first experience directing his castmates and...himself. The interview is directly from the set of next episode "Promise" scheduled to air on March 15th.
According to IESB, Michael Bay has signed on to direct the Jerry Bruckheimer produced Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.The film, is based on the video game, which follows an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler f...
The Continuum continues its series of features on the cast of Kids' WB!'s Legion of Super Heroes today with Michael Cornacchia, who provides the voice of Bouncing Boy. The interview took place during a signing at Comic-Con International in July.
"When...
Talking about his upcoming projects, Duncan was rather coy about the Sin City sequel and didn't confirm that he was definitely on board. "I would love to. I would love to," the actor said. "I think those sequels are pretty [cool] because I don't think I h...
"The Lex and Lana relationship is going to really heat up. They're both kind of lonely, dark creatures, and I think there's some attraction there," said actor Michael Rosenbaum, who plays Lex Luthor on 'Smallville'. "And obviously the relationship between...
Actor Michael Chiklis said, "they are getting ready to do it," when asked about a 'Fantastic Four' sequel. The actor reports that the writers are half way through the script.
Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville's Lex Luthor) talks about the show's return to new episodes, the possibility of directing next season, and what his plans are beyond Smallville.
Having superpowers isn`t all it`s cracked up to be. When last we saw the superpowered main characters of Rising Stars, a cadre of suddenly high-powered Specials prepared to wreak havoc on the world that had ruined their quiet lives. The words of the power...
Michael spent about 30 minutes talking to the press this past weekend about his newest film Transformers and explains a bit about his on-set reputation. .
There’s something about Daredevil. He’s never Saved Our Entire Planet, spawned an epic crossover, or starred in a cartoon or major motion picture. Kids don’t go crazy at the sight of a Daredevil action figure, and hot young actresses don’t dance around in...
Writer-artist Joseph Michael Linsner has created a legion of fans with his independent comic books featuring the Dawn character. Sirius Entertainment, the small publisher for which Linsner usually works, recently capitalized on that popularity by re-offer...
In an exclusive interview with CINESCAPE, Hollywood "Jack of all Trades" and fan favorite comic book scribe J. Michael Straczynski revealed that his RISING STARS feature film adaptation is farther along then most have imagined."I turned in the fourth draf...
Time travel is--all puns aside--a time-tested motif in science fiction. In Michael Crichton`s latest novel, TIMELINE, we`re not talking dinosaurs here. We`re talking the Middle Ages, and we`re talking time travel of a sort we`ve never heard of before. ...