At the Horror Writer`s Association Meeting in Hollywood this year, Peter Straub previewed his new novel, MR. X, for his fellow horror writers. He chose the single most graphic scene in the book to read to us--a scene of cold-blooded murder so shocking tha...
Series About A Nerdy Boy Transformed Into A Hero Also A Popular Manga And A Staple Of Toonami Jetstream
San Francisco, CA, June 13, 2007 " VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, anim...
Every week on SEVEN DAYS, Frank Parker (Jonathan LaPaglia) faces the challenge of going back in time alone, seven days, to save the world from some tremendous catastrophe. Although Mr. Parker is the only one who actually uses the blue sphere to travel th...
Jack Black'sSCHOOL OF ROCK eclipsed The Rock's RUNDOWN to become the new number one movie at the box office. According to studio estimates, the Paramount movie grossed $20.2 million dollars on its opening weekend, nearly $2 M better than THE RUNDOWN's de...
There are two things that set THE MYSTERIOUSMR. WONG apart from the usual B movie programmers churned out by Monogram Studios in the 1930s. The first is Bela Lugosi, making his first feature for the Poverty Row studio. The second is that this marks one o...
Based on Actual Television ShowsGreetings Cinescapers! It's a sad week here in the Wasteland. Now, what I'm about to say is in no way intended to be brutal sarcasm, but alas, I'm aware that most of what I say is brutal sarcasm. So when I tell you that I a...
COMICS CONTINUUM covers a bookstore appearance in Ann Arbor, Michigan by Michael Chabon in which the author confirmed that he's been making progress on the SPIDER-MAN movie sequel, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN.Chabon also discusses the work he's done on DC Comc...
Updated June 13:
We've selected another winner in our Daily Giveaways!
The lucky recipient of the Mr. Fantastic Action Figure described below is "ydsddd". Little is known about ydsddd except that he or she shuns vowels and really felt he or she needed...
Minor Spoiler Warnings ahead, readers. We've already heard an inkling about this by way of director Paul Haggissaying the next film, JAMES BOND 22, begins two minutes after CR ended. Still, the actor who portrayed middleman Mr. White, Jesper Christensen,...
`I`d wanted to write a doppelganger novel for some time,` Peter Straub says of his new novel, MR. X. `I tried it once before, in the book that eventually became MYSTERY. But I got more interested in the character of the old detective in the story than I ...
One of the great joys of any fan is getting a peek at inside information about the production or meaning of a favorite show. Recently, Kunihiko Ikuhara, director of Revolutionary Girl Utena and variousSailor Moon episodes, came to the Baltimore, Marylan...
In Part One of my story about the 40th Anniversary Celebration Screening of H.G. Wells` THE TIME MACHINE, I discussed the beauty of downtown LA`s Orpheum Theatre and how the LA Conservancy runs an Annual Last Remaining Seats Film Festival to widen awarene...
What They SayFrom Osamu Tezuka, one of the great pioneers of Japanese animation (ASTRO BOY, BLACK JACK, HI NO TORI), comes one of the \"first-generation anime classics\" to reach American TV! Fans have long remembered its catchy theme song, spectacular de...
...Nekozawa, Mr.Seitz gives a slightly breathy, very strange voice to this rather strange young man. Very well done. Haruhi's father, Ryuji Fujioka, is memorably portrayed by Mike McFarland, a master of a thousand voices, including the rather special one...
Welcome to `Fant-Asia,` Hong Kong`sseductive wild mix of horror, sex, sorcery and swordplay all uniquely egg-rolled into something that Western filmgoers can understandably digest. With my semi-regular column of Fant-Asia film reviews, we`ll not only re...
The Mr. Men and Little Miss characters were huge in the 70s, and Cartoon Network hassigned a deal to bring them into the new millenium with an animated sketch comedy show...
In the first part of CINESCAPE's profile on THE MAJESTIC director Frank Darabont, the filmmaker discussed the casting of A-list funnyman Jim Carrey as his romantic lead. In part two, Darabont talks more about Carrey, the film's Oscar chances and the possi...
This December, Airwave Comics is publishing the official comic-book adaptation of MR. MAGOO'S CHRISTMAS CAROL. According to Airwave, this marks the first time MR. MAGOO has been published in comic bookssince 1965 and coincides with the return of MR. M...
Ioan Gruffudd may be best known as Horatio Hornblower, but he now Captains the Fantastic Four as the group's elastic leader. We got to question Mr. Gruffudd about his role in the new comic book movie, Horatio, and life in LA...
Since the monster known as Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End hits theater screens this weekend, I thought “Why Not?” Let’s talk about him. In fact, I’m close to putting up a *Fan boy Alert* advisory along side thisSta...
Narnia Web has broken the story about a new cast member joining THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE movie now filming in New Zealand. According to the website actor Ray Winstone will voice the character of Mr. Beaver in the picture. The part of Mrs. Beav...
...will play Mr.Smith.Shooting is expected to get underway in the coming months.KJ's Take: I've decided I can't see this working, but they went out and got a pretty solid cast. I hope I'm wrong, I like the premise and the cast, so I'll give t...
With Marvel Films busting out in
Hollywood, many a fan are anxiously following any word on development on a Fantastic
Four film. And when Avi Arad spoke to Variety, he
mentioned a few things on what to expect with the FF, as well as a possible lead
a...
FUNimation has been including episodes of Mr.Stain on Junk Alley on many of their DVD releases that came out in late 2005 and early 2006. These short comedy bits played really well and were a great extra to include on discs. If you enjoye...
Mr. Freeze will be introduced into The Batman animated series for the November sweeps.
"The Big Chill" episode isscheduled to air on Saturday, Nov. 6 on Kids' WB!.
Premiere Releases from George Duning, Oliver Nelson, Jerry Fielding -- the latest CDs from Film Score Monthly -- are now available to order. The label's Golden Age release for January presents the LP tracks to two scores by George Duning: 1958's BELL, BOO...
Broadly speaking, Mr. Brooks is a serial killer thriller, but that genre description creates all sorts of expectations that don’t apply here. This is a million miles away from not only slashers like Halloween and Friday the 13th, but also procedural...
Just begging for another Disney reference, Danielle is checking in this morning with some Boys-Love material in the form of the March 2008 title Selfish Mr. Mermaid by Nabako Kamo from Digital Manga Publishing.
Alter Ego Comics has announced the upcoming release of the Mr. Incredible "Evil Has Met It's Match" porcelain statue.Produced by Walt Disney Collector's Classic the statue is cast in fine porcelain (with elements of hand-cast pewter), and comes mounted on...
Check out this video of Ioan Gruffudd answering questionssuch as what part of his body he likes to bend most and who would win in a fight between Mr. Fantastic and Batman.
... "Another Mr.Sloane" merely compounds the questions asked in its predecessor without offering any solutions.As a plot twist, the alternate Sloane, seemingly duplicating the familiar Sloane down to his obsession with Rambaldi, is nearly as good as the ...
Take Willy Wonka out of the chocolate factory and put him in a toy story and you essentially have Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. Like Wonka, Mr. Magorium (Hoffman) is a playful eccentric with wild hair, and a penchant for bizarre behavior.&nbs...
Over at his website, Greg Weisman confirms that Clancy Brown (Lex Luthor in Superman: The Animated Series; Mr. Krabs in SpongeBob SquarePants) will be voicing Mr. Freeze in the upcoming animated show 'The Batman.'
Welcome to another fun-filled week at COMICSCAPE! Last week I asked you to write in with your thoughts regarding Marvel's hiring of Orson Scott Card to write ULTIMATE IRON MAN. The problem, according to many gay and lesbian comics fans, is that Card has w...
Roald Dahl's fantasy adventure novel THE FANTASTIC MR. FOX is being turned into a movie by director Wes Anderson and Revolution Studios. Anderson, the director of the upcoming THE LIFE AQUATIC as well as RUSHMORE and THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, will co-author t...
At the Horror Writers Association meeting and World Horror Convention in Denver, CO, on Saturday, May 13, 2000, Guest of Honor Peter Straub was awarded the Bram Stoker Award for his 1999 novel, MR. X, at the Stoker Awards banquet. `I went to the World Hor...
According to Variety, Fox Animation isset to turn the Roald Dahl classic Fantastic Mr. Fox into an animated film featuring several forms of animation.
The book tells the story of a fox who uses its wits and cunning to outfox three dimwitted farmer...
Greetings Maniacs, and welcome to another week of Comicscape calamity! This week’s column will touch on a few happenings in the comic world and give them their due credit—or seething contempt, as needed. We’re all smiles here at Comics...
In last week’s Comicscape, we administered a sound thrashing to the American comic industry—more specifically, Marvel and DC—for five significant problems in dire need of correction. This week, dear Maniacs, in the spirit of fairnes...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another Comicscape cavalcade. For those of you living in a basement with your boxes of holo-foil covers from the 1990s, know that the United States Presidential Election is upon us. Things have gotten ugly in a way we ...
Curzon House of Horrors, a new joint venture film company made up of two other established companies you’ve never heard of, has announced at the Cannes Film Festival its intention to make a new version of Robert LouisStevenson’s classic id-gone-wild tale...
Now free from his television commitment to ANGEL, leading man David Boreanaz hasselected his next project, a romantic comedy movie called MR. FIX IT. Boreanaz will play the lead, a good-looking hunk who uses his guile and charisma to get the ex-girlfrien...
MR. & MRS. SMITH took the number one spot at the box office this past weekend with a gross of $51.1 million.MADAGASCAR came in second with a take of $17.1 million. REVENGE OF THE SITH took the number three spot with a gross of $14.9 million. And Adam San...
Happy Wednesday to all, and welcome to another weekly installment of all things wondrous, wacky, and wall-crawling in the wily world of comics. Ah, and what a treat it will be, as I, Ben Johnson, in my stunning debut, razzle and dazzle and deconstruc...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, DreamWorks Animation will bring the time-traveling cartoon adventures of MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN to the big screen.The animated TV series centers on the genius dog Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman.Rob Minkoff hassigned o...
...r the new Mr.Smith are (ironically enough) Will Smith and Johnny Depp. Nevertheless, if Liman can't find his replacements in short order this project may be deep-sixed by Regency Enterprises.Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about?...
...ey canon, Mr.Snoops, the sniveling villainoussidekick from 1977`s THE RESCUERS. Yup, you guessed it: Culhane had been caricatured for that role as well. `The name came from my always `snooping around` at the studio for these stories I was writing,`...
A comic book seems like a simple enough thing to create. Someone writes a script. That person or someone else draws it. Inking and coloring are optional. Someone draws cartoon balloons over the art and adds the text from the script. Slap a cover on i...
... replacesMr.Satoru Fujii, who is retiring from day-to-day operations, but will remain on the VIZ Board of Directors.
In his new capacity, Mr. Fukahara will direct and oversee all financial and operational concerns of the company. He will be respons...
Hello Maniacs, and welcome back to another edition of the All-New, All-Different Comicscape. This week, rather than give you a long-winded rant on one subject, I’m going to take a look at a several different news items that have interested me over ...
IGN FilmForce has learned from an inside source close to the LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN production that the supporting character of Campion Bond will not appear in the film after all. The character appeared in the comic book and serves as the Leag...
The director of STUART LITTLE and THE HAUNTED MANSION is lining up a new project for his production company to develop, and it's based on a classic cartoon series. MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN got itsstart on THE ADVENTURES OF ROCKY & BULLWINKLE show and now it...
The Hanging Lake tunnels in Glenwood Canyon will be used as a shooting location for MR. AND MRS. SMITH, the upcoming Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie action/romantic comedy/thriller movie. According to a report issued by the Associated Press, scenes for the movie...
In a sign that there's finally some forward movement on the long gestating sequel to MEET THE PARENTS, Dustin Hoffman has been cast as Ben Stiller's father in MEET THE FOCKERS. The sequel will see the parents of Stiller's character, Greg Focker, meeting t...
The latest issue of Entertainment Weekly would seem to shoot down the rumor that comedian Jack Black had been cast to play GREEN LANTERN in an upcoming Warner Bros. movie based on the cosmic DC Comicssuperhero. In an article focusing on upcoming movie pr...
Mike Judge, the creator of KING OF THE HILL and BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD, is heading back to big screen filmmaking for the first time since 1998's minor-classic OFFICE SPACE, and it's with an idea that sounds... familiar. While Judge is not going to make a liv...
Check out some candid photos of Liv Tyler and Edward Norton, presumably from the set of the new Hulk movie. No costumes or make up. Just actors looking scruffy.
After a wait of seven months, Jack Bauer and 24 return to television with a two-hour fourth season premiere thisSunday, followed by two more hours in its new regular Monday-night slot. I've seen the first three hours, and the premiere starts off with a l...
With FOX's rework of "The Fantastic Four" just around the corner, Moviehole thought it would be interesting to catch up with the guy that put Mr.Fantastic's Pullover on in the unreleased 1994 version. Ladies and Gents, meet Alex Hyde-White
The best filmic adaptation of Robert LouisStevenson`s famous tale features an Oscar-winning performance by Frederick March as the idealistic doctor and his primative alter ego. Made before the production code clamped down on Hollywood morals, the film fe...
Culled from the collection of A/V Geek Skip Elsheimer (www.avgeeks.com) are the social guidance films that make up thissecond volume of Fantoma's (www.fantoma.com) EDUCATIONAL ARCHIVESseries. Where as the previous volume, SEX & DRUGS, was a smirk-a-...
Funny thing about director Frank Darabont: When he's telling a story, he tends to do so by quoting back and forth dialogue just like in a script. Describing an exchange he had while directing Jim Carrey in the new romantic fable THE MAJESTIC, he put it li...
Fringe hasn’t been the runaway hit that LOST was when it started. The series has been entertaining but often it just seems to be missing that spark that could make it riveting. The show has had those moments though; and a good amount of humo...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another Comicscape. We’ve got a lot of ground to cover this week.
Times have changed. I’ve changed. And, Comicscape is about to change. Before I dive in, I want to thank each and every one of you for...
John Schneider ('Smallville') and Tracey Scoggins ('Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman') are just a few of the starsscheduled to appear in Orlando Feb 24 - 26.
There was once a little film called Rashomon. That film told the same story several times throughout its running time via the perspective of each of the main characters. Since that movie, thisstyle of storytelling has been used over and over agai...
"While many have scoffed at the idea of Ron Perlman headlining a $60 million mini-event flick, he carries thissucker with a heretofore unseen mixture of badass brio and eager, boyish charm."
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It was announced last week that comic book writer Jeph Loeb has come on board the team behind Smallville as a consulting producer and writer.
KryptonSite has conducted an interview with Loeb. In it, he discusses everything from how he got the job to how...
A teaser for Smallville's all new episode aired last night with the tag line of "Mr. & Mrs. Clark Kent." Click to watch the "Unsafe" teaser and flip through some screen caps.
In case you missed it ... Academy Award nominated Edward Norton made a special appearance during last night's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live: Game Night' primetime special. In an exclusive comedic appearance, see how Norton reacts when parking lot security guard Guil...
...n Crusoe, Mr.Scarface, Murder Once Removed, Mutiny, My Boys Are Good Boys, My Outlaw Brother, Mysteries, Night of the Sharks, Night They Took Miss Beautiful, Outpost in Morocco, Paco, Paper Man, Port of New York, Power Passion and Murder, Prison Break...
...work with Mr.Sato again in 2003 on Kaleido Star as Associate Producer.
Presently Mr.
Ikeda is involved in production of GONZO's latest hit in Japan, Romeo x Juliet.
Mr. Daisuke Gomi joined multi-channel satellite digital TV broadcaster DIRECTV JAPAN...
Nation's Largest Convention Welcomes Famed Pokemon Director
Anaheim, California (March 12, 2008) ‹ Famed director Masamitsu Hidaka is the first addition to the hottest line up of Anime Expo® 2008 Guests of Honor for the highly anticipated 2008 conve...
Norwalk, CT, July 21, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced Vampire Hunter D author and NYAF Guest of Honor Hideyuki Kikuchi will be celebrating his birthday at the close of the 2008 New York Anime Festival at a restaurant in Midt...
Mr. & Mrs. Smith Unrated Collector's Edition is coming to stores on June 6, 2006. The DVD stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as an emotionally distant married couple who discover they're each leading secret lives as assassins.The DVD will be available in...
As read in the latest Premiere magazine featuring Batman Begins, Goyer states the next film will involve the Joker and the third film would see Joker return as the catalyst for Two-Face
Slice-of-life dramas capturing the joys, lows and general malaise of everyday life are particularly popular in comics nowadays, especially for the more "sophisticated" set who long for more than men in leotards and evil supervillains (which is apparently ...
Outside of film, there are few mediums more willing to milk a cash cow than the world of comic books. Do you like Iron Man? Well, here’s War Machine. Does Venom suit your fancy? Maybe you’ll like Carnage. Or Toxin. Or Anti-Venom. How abou...
Here's the obligatory San Diego Comic Con aftermath column. I wasn't able to make it this year for financial reasons, but I can't really ignore the event and the announcements that came out of it. Thanks to the magic of the Internet, I can still read ab...
No matter what kind of film is your "kind of film," you are sure to eventually come across character actor Tony Shalhoub. He has appeared in children's films (PAULIE), sci-fi comedy (GALAXY QUEST), heavy drama (BIG NIGHT), action (THE SIEGE) and now hardc...
Fans of the late Vincent Price will no doubt be delighted by All Day Entertainment’s release VINCENT PRICE: THE SINISTER IMAGE (COLLECTOR’S EDITION) – as opposed to VINCENT PRICE: THE SINISTER IMAGE (NOT AT ALL A COLLECTOR’S EDITION, DON’T BUY THIS IF YOU...
I wonder if Geoff Johns was a troublemaker when he was a kid. I wonder if his overactive imagination ever led him down a mischievous path. The reason I bring it up is the man’s incredible talent at taking several conflicting stories and somehow me...
OPINION: Before I begin this week's discussion of the comic books you most wanted to see made into movies, I'd like to share one e-mail in particular that made a very deep impression on me, sent by no less than the producer of LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENT...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Nabako KamoTranslated by:Sachiko SatoAdapted by:N/AWhat They SayKanan has a boyish face and gets picked on often because of his tiny figure. But things change when his neighbor turns out to be a merman, and the king of the sea...
As the boundaries of what passes for a toy continue to be pulled and stretched at by toy companies everywherewith so-called "robot" dogs lining toy store shelves everywhere, kids turning white and pasty while sitting in front of their video game console o...
Ever since that famous rocket carrying its oh-so-precious cargo was launched from the doomed planet of Krypton back in 1939, it seems that death and superheroes have been constant companions. Most didn’t have to endure the demise of an entire plane...
One of the main games that stood out to us at E3 was Rage Entertainment's ROCKY. And that really had nothing to do with us being able to interview the spokesperson of the game, Clubber Lang himself, Mr. T. "Well, I was just minding my own business, and I ...
Though his performance in A CLOCKWORK ORANGE will give him immortality, Malcolm McDowell hassubsequently suffered a rash of uninspired typecasting that has left the once promising actor a shell of what could have been. Long gone are the days of …IF, O LU...
Recently Twentieth Century fox held the world wide premiere of MR. AND MRS. SMITH in Westwood, California. The street which was closed off between the Mann Village Theater and the Mann Bruin Theater was lined with fans...screaming fans. When Angelina Joli...
THE RUNDOWN'sSeann William Scott is in negotiations to play the lead role in MR. WOODCOCK. Craig Gillespie is directing the New Line Cinema comedy and Billy Bob Thornton has already been cast in the film.Scott would play a guy that returns back to his ho...
Oni Press has announced the third book in its relationship with Mike Allred's AAA Pop, MR. GUM. Due in March, MR. GUM is written by Allred, drawn by J. Bone, and colored by Team Allred. "Bone is a versatile cartoonist who can do just about anything," On...
According to MovieHole, Casting director Joseph Middleton has picked Jordana Brewster to star in the upcoming pilot for the Mr. & Mrs. Smith TV show.The pilot picks up about six months after the end of the film, and follows our typical suburban marrie...
A scifi-fantasy/drama/romance all wrapped into one film? According to The Hollywood Reporter, that's what is happening for Sarah Polley and Jared Leto. They've both been attached to MR. NOBODY for Belgian director Jaco Van Dormael. Jaco has been trying to...
Yahoo Movies is hosting the online premiere for the trailer for MR. AND MRS. SMITH, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's new movie set for release next summer. In the film the actors play husband and wife, both of which don't realize that their significant othe...
Well, we've still got a few stragglers with first-run episodes yet to finish out the season, so it's a bit premature for a 2005-6 season wrap-up. I've got