...er Stern, PaulJenkins and Howard Mackie, the Green Goblin is about to ascend not just to the role of world-class villain, but once again to the realm of comics legend.`What we’re trying to do is take a new look at an age-old relationship,` explains Je...
Top Cow story editor PaulJenkins says that the new UNIVERSE title is intended to last 12 issues - or maybe longer."At the end of the 12 issues, there is an in or out," Jenkins says. "There's a story point where it ends and you say, 'We move on from there...
Even though J. Michael Straczynski and Kevin Smith have exclusive agreements with Marvel and will be writing monthly Spider-Man titles, PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN writer PaulJenkins remains in the mix. "Paul's going to continue doing Spider-Man," Marvel ...
I first met PaulJenkins several years ago when he was getting ready to begin his run on Top Cow's Witchblade. We hung out, talked comic books, and I learned how he had a penchant to root for the underdog. Since then, we've kept in touch, and I've follo...
...n, writer PaulJenkins has decided to spill the beans on Marvel's most mysterious mutant with the highly anticipated miniseries ORIGIN.According to Jenkins, the decision to craft the definitive origin for one of Marvel's most popular stars (scripted by...
... exciting PaulJenkins announcements!""These last four or five years have been a wonderful experience for me," added Jenkins. "I've had the opportunity to work with some of the best artists in the world on a character I truly love. Fifty-six issues, by...
You know him. You just don`t remember him. His name is Robert Reynolds, and he`s the most powerful character the Marvel Universe has ever seen. At least when in his guise as The Sentry.`Sentry is the Marvel Universe`s Superman,` says PaulJenkins, who wil...
How in love with monarchy we are. In PaulJenkins and Jae Lee`s Inhumans, we get to occupy the walls and minds of a city of extraordinary people ruled by that elusive commodity, the good king. The king is a powerful and self-imposed mute named Black Bolt,...
...ce again. PaulJenkins has been turning out some spectacular (in-joke for the old-timers there) scripts for PETER PARKER, focusing on Spider-Man?s affect on those around him in a series of one-offs and multi-parters that frequently breaks format and tr...
...e art and PaulJenkins on board to write, how could I refuse? Jae and Paul are gods in their respective crafts and putting them together as a precursor to one of our biggest books of the year works out perfectly for us."THE DARKNESS PRELUDE begins the ...
..., and now PaulJenkins, author of the phenomenally successful ORIGIN has decided that, since he's already given us the beginning of Logan's life, it's only fair that he should end it, too. And guess what? So far, it's just as dull and dire as Starlin'...
...exploits. PaulJenkins has garnered acclaim for his standalone PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN stories that focus more on Spider-Man's effect on the Marvel Universe and those who cross his path. One recent tale about a young boy and his dream of joining Spide...
Yesterday, former HIGHLANDER star Adrian Paul discussed his new television series, TRACKER, which he stars in and executive produces. Today, in the second part of CINESCAPE's interview with Paul, the actor offers his perspective on the development of his ...
At the start of the auction designed to raise funds for the workshop itself and future Highlander Worldwide events, emcee John Bierly warns, "If you thought the concert last night was silly, wait 'til you see this."Showrunner David Abramowitz, swordmaster...
...care that PaulJenkins takes with the writing. In most gore-streaked post-apocalyptic action comics, you'd expect a large helping of empty, testosterone-driven dialogue, but Jenkins doesn't let the script stay at that level for long. He somehow manages...
Since the announcement of ORIGIN, Marvel Comics' revealing of the true history of Wolverine, writer PaulJenkins says he repeatedly gets asked the same question: "How are you going to do the origin of Wolverine without destroying the character?"Obviously,...
...arvel and PaulJenkins credit for releasing a companion title with 32 pages of content and no advertisements. I thought the issue felt a little long when I read it, and with good reason, it seems. That said, FRONT LINE never grabbed me like the first...
Some day, it's entirely possible that Adrian Paul will become best known for playing a perfectly ordinary human being but that's not in the cards just yet. True, after starring for six seasons as 400-year-old Immortal swordsman/martial artist/all-round g...
...om writer PaulJenkins and artist Andy Kubert. However, with this mini-series, a trade paperback re-release of the Barry Windsor-Smith WEAPON X, and the "Return to Weapon X" story arc set for the ULTIMATE line, the odds for a Weapon X "Return to Convol...
With the last issue from fan favorite PaulJenkins fast approaching, Marvel Comics has once again reached outside its "House of Ideas" to tap horror write Bruce Jones as the new scribe for the INCREDIBLE HULK (as of issue #33). Well-known for his work on ...
... the 1998 PaulJenkins-Jae Lee miniseries of the same name doesn't quite touch this.What makes this first issue of the sixth (!) volume of INHUMANS so different from its predecessors, you may well ask? It's all in Sean McKeever's approach to the materi...
Humberto Ramos, who has been drawing covers for PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN, will also be drawing the interiors for four issues."Humberto's going to be working on a special four-issue story that appears from #44 to #47," Peter Parker writer PaulJenkins says...
...ritten by PaulJenkins; art by Staz Johnson and Wayne FaucherOld Man Winter is angry, the wind chill is at minus 40, and Peter Parker has dragged himself out of bed to sit around in the freezing cold waiting for the bad guys to show! If you've ever won...
... fine job PaulJenkins has done with the script over the last six issues, and only a blind man would lack appreciation for Andy Kubert and Richard Isanove's beautifully rendered artwork. There's rarely been a moment in this entire series that seemed fa...
... Now that PaulJenkins has wrapped his much-hyped miniseries, I can actually read it straight through. Yeah, that wasn't funny, but I said it anyway.Seraphic Feather Vol 6 Collision Course TP (MR) $15.95Serenity TP $9.95Kurt: I have this thing called t...
...he truth. PaulJenkins and Andy Kubert are about to present the definitive (or at least as definitive as it will be until something else comes along) origin of Marvel's most mysterious mutant. No amount of retroactive continuity or memory implants can ...
... I think PaulJenkins is a good writer and I really enjoyed his run on HELLBLAZER. I also liked that it had such strong ties to ORIGIN, which is something I haven't really seen much of since that came out a few years ago. Frankly, I'd be thrilled if...
...ritten by PaulJenkins. Never has there been so much excitement over someone's funeral.And finally, speaking of things that should have a funeral...will someone please put the Marvel website out of its misery? Once again, X-STATIX is reported on the co...
...S: Writer PaulJenkins is teaming with artist Dale Keown.INFERNO: Top Cow owner/founder Marc Silvestri continues to pencil INFERNO, with artist Clarence Lansang doing a planned single fill in with #4. Held up originally by trademark issues that delayed...
...eators as PaulJenkins, J. Michael Straczynski, Kevin Smith, John Romita Jr., and many others, it seems that Spider-Man's legacy is indeed in very good hands as he embarks on another chapter in his unending saga. Of course, the fact that a multi-millio...
Marvel will follow the ORIGIN mini-series with a three-issue story arc called "Origin Quest" in the WOLVERINE monthly."It's a nod to what Paul (Jenkins) will be doing in Origin," WOLVERINE writer Frank Tieri says. "It will take some of the elements starte...
PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN writer PaulJenkins says that he will be featuring Venom in an arc following his current Green Goblin story and beginning in PETER PARKER: SPIDER-MAN #49. Jenkins said Venom is part of several "old-school" villains he will be usi...
... creators PaulJenkins (Wolverine Origin, Frontlines) and Rob Prior (Spawn The Impaler, Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV Show EFX) present their original new motion picture TATUA. Actors C. Thomas Howell (The Outsiders, Soul Man) and Michael Madsen (Reservo...
...Comparing PaulJenkins's work on this book with his work on ORIGIN is like comparing a dreary, cloudy day with a bright and sunny one. While this title has seemingly very few links with AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, much the same way the original version of PETE...
...lassic by PaulJenkins and Andy Kubert is collected in a deluxe edition. Who is Wolverine? How did he get his name? What tragic events made him the man he is today? It's the greatest story we've never told -- and the perfect addition to bookshelves of ...
...as writer PaulJenkins chose to on Peter Parker: Spider-Man. The idea was to make the event as reader-friendly and creator-friendly as possible.And, on that level, that’s why Busiek says `Maximum Security` differs vastly from `Onslaught` and other past...
...nd writer PaulJenkins) have finally decided to unveil the secret origin of the boy who would be Wolverine. And what a surprise it was! No Weapon X program, no adamantium, no superheroics - ORIGIN broke all the rules with a lush, painted literary tale ...
...l Bendis, PaulJenkins, Terry Moore, Peter Bagge, Paul Pope, Brian Azzarello, and many more. Says Marvel's Marketing Communications Manager, Bill Rosemann: "So everyone and your Aunt May loved the Spider-Man movie...and they still look at you funny whe...
... fan fave PaulJenkins, this epic installment of WITCHBLADE crackles with action and gives the reader a sense that the roller coaster is slowly reaching the apex of the ride...just before the bottom drops out and everyone shrieks in a mixture of deligh...
...ut writer PaulJenkins knows how to ratchet up the tension for readers desperate to learn just when and where the Logan we know will emerge from this fascinating cast of literary archetypes. Is the once and future Wolverine the beaten son of Mr. Logan,...
Marvel Comics has issued a preview of their upcoming six-issue mini-series WOLVERINE: THE END, written by PaulJenkins (ORIGIN) and with art and covers by Claudio Castellini. With ORIGIN, Jenkins told the tale of who Wolverine was as a youth and then as a...
Peter Wingfield, carrying a glass of wine, joins Adrian Paul and Elizabeth Gracen on the stage. Paul notes his friend's choice in beverage: "We get water, he gets wine he's Jesus!" He also takes not of the situation: "Three Immortals with microphones it...
...niseries. PaulJenkins and Jae Lee’s Inhumans rounded out the initial line of Marvel Knights series and gave the classic Stan Lee and Jack Kirby creations the attention they deserved.
Many other blockbuster titles and superstar creators have en...
HIGHLANDER star Adrian Paul, who portrayed Duncan MacLeod for all six years, and Elizabeth Gracen, who played Duncan MacLeod's Immortal centuries-on-again, off-again lover Amanda (and starred in one season of her own spinoff HIGHLANDER: THE RAVEN) share t...
...RATION M, PaulJenkins tells the story of those many that once had incredible powers, but lost them on what the denizens of the Marvel Universe call M-Day. Left wing, problem-drinking reporter Sally Floyd of The Alternative (think The Village Voice) o...
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With the much anticipated release of Shadowstorm hitting bookshelves this Tuesday, New York Times best-selling author Paul S. Kemp has officially barreled into dark fantasy with a quick wit, incomparable style, and an unabashed desire to portray the human...
Swordmaster F. Braun McAsh and actors Adrian Paul and Peter Wingfield conduct a panel on the sword choreography for the episodes "Forgive Us Our Trespasses" and "The Modern Prometheus," both of which featured MacLeod and Methos.McAsh assesses how things u...
When Adrian Paul signed on as Duncan MacLeod for the Highlander TV series, he brought his own distinct flavor and talents to the role. Unlike Christopher Lambert, who portrayed Connor MacLeod in the Highlander film series, Paul was a skilled martial artis...
At 77 it's highly unlikely legendary actor and philanthropist Paul Newman will ever retire. "I keep trying to retire from everything and discover I haven't retired from anything," laughs Newman. With a 50-year show business career, tons of charity work - ...
Actor Paul Darrow, who played the rogue Avon on the British cult sci-fi series BLAKE'S 7, has left the show's revival project citing creative differences. The news first broke yesterday in an email sent out to BLAKE'S 7 fans and later reported on The Paul...
The 2007 incarnation of Joe Satriani's popular G3 tour will kick off on March 14 in Phoenix starring Satriani, John Petrucci and Paul Gilbert. The tour will play selected dates in North America throughout March and April. The 2007 tour mar...
Paul Levitz has been named President & Publisher, DC Comics, it was announced on Wednesday by Barry M. Meyer, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros.Levitz, who moves up from his 12-year post as Executive Vice President & Publisher, assumes the...
Paul W.S. Anderson has made quite a career for himself in genre films. Starting with the surprise hit Mortal Kombat, he then went on to helm the sci-fi cult hit Event Horizon, another successful video game adaption with Resident Evil and the long awaited ...
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 ...
Paul Walker has joined the cast of Paramount's developing TIMELINE, based on the book by Michael Crichton.According to the Hollywood Reporter, Walker will pull in $3M to take one of the film's three young lead roles. Gerard Butler (DRACULA 2000) was previ...
Paul Storrie continues to adapt TV shows into comics. Storrie, who has written BATMAN BEYOND and JUSTICE LEAGUE ADVENTURES for DC Comics, has contributed a story to Marvel Comics' MUTANT X: DANGEROUS DISCOVERIES one-shot.Storrie's story is called "Dangero...
If one was to philosophically understand what Paul Verhoeven is trying to accomplish with the much anticipated Hollow Man, perhaps you could sum it up as, `The art of invisibility without being invisible.` Hollywood is again revisiting the past by re-inve...
According to Dread Central, Paul W.S. Anderson is no longer writing or directing the Rogue Pictures video game adaptation, Castlevania.The film was described as a fresh take on the much-filmed Dracula legend, mining back to its genesis in the story of the...
Paul McGuigann will direct The Weinstein Co's upcoming film, FOUR KNIGHTS.The film, a historical drama, is set in 12th century England and follows four foul-mouthed knights sent by King Henry II to negotiate the peace with the troublesome but hugely popul...
Paul Giamatti is in negotiations to star in an upcoming untitled biopic about sci-fi author Philip K. Dick.Dick, who died in 1982, wrote more than four dozen books and numerous short stories, with at least seven being adapted for the big screen, including...
It looks like the Beatles toyed with the idea of bringing J.R.R. Tolkein's LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy to the big screen in the early 1970s, with Paul McCartney in the role of Frodo Baggins.According to Denis O'Dell, the film producer for the Beatles back t...
Actor Paul Schulze is no stranger to playing a government agent in genre television. The actor who previously played Ryan Chappelle on Fox's 24 has been cast to play an FBI agent named Richard Garrity in NBC's JOURNEYMAN. Schulze has also recently wr...
Paul Giamatti will lend his voice to the cast of Rob Zombie Presents the Haunted World of El Superbeasto (Superbeasto). Giamatti will voice Dr. Satan, the film's main villain.Superbeasto will be a 2-D animated comedy based on the Spookshow International ...
Welcome back! In part II of our Comic-Con interview with director Paul W.S. Anderson we discuss the pitfalls of futuristic movies, the nature of modern action film editing and the Castlevania movie!
Q: Why do we never see the audience that’...
It seems that Spy Hunter will continue rolling onward into development hell without Paul W.S. Anderson attached to it. For quite sometime, the adaptation of the best-selling video game has had Dwayne Johnson set to star and Anderson set to oversee product...
Paul Haslinger, the composer who was a member of Tangerine Dream and is now scoring films on his own (UNDERWORLD, INTO THE BLUE), has two feature films and a computer game coming up on his schedule. The first one is called TURISTAS and is Haslinger's fift...
Director Paul Verhoeven has publicly stated that he's in charge of leading the sequel to THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR. The announcement came while talking to the Dutch radio program With the Eye on Tomorrow this week. Like the 1999 film, the story concept will...
While talking at a press session for his latest film, IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH, Oscar winning writer Paul Haggis talked a little about his work on JAMES BOND 22. He's been keeping mum on the overall plot theme of the next 007 adventure but he did reveal how ...
According to Variety, Paul Bettany has joined the New Line family fantasy INKHEART. He will join Brendan Fraser in the cast of the film.INKHEART will follow a girl whose father has the power to bring characters from books to life by reading aloud. When ...
Sony Pictures has brought in Oscar winning screenwriter Paul Haggis to once again work on the script for the follow up to CASINO ROYALE.
Haggis is doing a rewrite on the tenatively titled BOND 22, whose first drafts were done by Neal Purvis and Robert Wa...
With the horror-action picture RESIDENT EVIL raking in $17 million in its opening weekend, both videogame fans and zombie movie fanatics have something to be happy aboutas does writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson, the man responsible for the film. Anderson...
It seems that every day we log on to the Internet there are new rumors about who is supposedly meeting with Lucasfilm to possibly star in the forthcoming STAR WARS EPISODE II. Every young actor in Hollywood has been mentioned, but at least one of them has...
Adrian Paul (Highlander) and Temuera Morrison (Jango Fett) are getting ready to face off in a new upcoming Sci-Fi movie called CAPTAIN DRAKE, says the Hollywood Reporter. The duo will be joining Wes Ramsey and newcomer Sofia Pernas in a pirate-themed fant...
Scottish filmmaker Paul McGuigan is best known for crime pictures such as Lucky Number Slevin and Gangster No. 1. In 2009, he will venture into the realm of science fiction with Push, a film about men and women with mental powers on the run from a siniste...
Currently appearing in ROAD TO PERDITION, Hollywood icon Paul Newman plays 1931 Irish mob boss John Rooney who finds himself torn between a biological son (Daniel Craig) and the one whom he grew to love as a son (Tom Hanks). Today we continue our talk wit...
You remember her from Alex Proyas` incredible The Crow. You noticed her has Dr. Loveless` (Kenneth Branagh`s) assistant in the otherwise awful Wild Wild West. And if you were one of the dozen or so people who actually saw Anna and the King, you saw her do...
Offbeat director and character actor Paul Bartel died in his sleep at age 61. Between 1969 and 1993, Bartel directed a dozen films, most notably the cult classics Death Race 2000 (`75), Eating Raoul (`82) and Lust In the Dust (`85) as well as the largely...
Oni Press has announced the May premiere of Paul Dini's second creator-owned mini-series, MUTANT, TEXAS: TALES OF SHERIFF IRA RED.The four-issue mini-series is illustrated by Alison Dare artist J. Bone, and it stars the sassy, superpowered lawgal Ida Red,...
One thing you would never call Paul Verhoeven as a director is `subtle.` Even his early European films like THE FOURTH MAN contained their share of graphic imagery gouged eyeballs, to site one example) meant to shock you out of the complacency often produ...
The BBC's official website for the new DR. WHO television series has been updated and now shows the new logo for the 21st century adventures of the Gallifreyian Time Lord. The site credits the graphic design team at BBC Wales (specifically Louise Hillam, ...
During an interview regarding his new series TRACKER, actor Adrian Paul was asked about stories circulating that he's been signed to do another HIGHLANDER film. "That's a wrong rumor," Paul replied.HIGHLANDER executive producer Bill Panzer announced at th...
In Part One of my interview with the polemical Paul Verhoeven, we talked about the effect of Elisabeth Shue’s injury on the shoot, and the directing difficulties incurred due to the invisibility special effects, how that affected Kevin Bacon’s performance...
Paul Lee will now be the artist for FUSED!, a bi-monthly Image Comics series from writer/creator Steve Niles.Nat Jones was named in the original solicitation as artist, but, according to Image, "A creative team change was made from the original solicitati...
This Week’s RecommendationSWhile Christopher Lee’s recent comment that Paul Giovanni’s music for THE WICKER MAN “is probably the best music I’ve ever heard in a film” may be a little exaggerated, taking into account the wealth of superb orchestral film mu...
Hot off the success of his zombie/videogame movie RESIDENT EVIL, writer/director Paul W.S. Anderson is gearing up to make the long-rumored fanboy wetdream ALIENS VS. PREDATORmuch to the chagrin of many of those same fanboys the world over who hold a grudg...
Actor Paul Goddard plays Stark, one of the many recurring characters on the Sci-Fi Channel’s Farscape. Stark figures prominently in the last four episodes of season two airing this month, appearing first in the three-part `Liars, Guns and Money,` and then...
On February 21, 2000 devoted fans of ROUGHNECKS: STARSHIP TROOPERS CHRONICLES will finally have a renewed opportunity to catch the series on the Sci-Fi Channel at 7:30 a.m. from Monday to Thursdays. The series is spin-off of the live-action feature direct...
...7.95Kurt: PaulJenkins Vatican murder story. Humberto Ramos's art just kills here. It's worth a read. Scarlet Traces The Great Game #2 (of 4) $2.99 DC COMICS 52 Week #14 $2.50 Authority Lobo Holiday Hell TP (MR) $17.99 Batman Legends Of The Dark K...
UPI runs an obituary for Paul Monash, who died in Los Angeles Tuesday at 85. The producer-writer's career began with writing for television, including series pilots for THE UNTOUCHABLES and TWELVE O'CLOCK HIGH, eventually moving into producer roles.His se...
Next up, showrunner David Abramowitz joins Adrian Paul, Peter Wingfield and Elizabeth Gracen onstage for a live commentary on "Forgive Us Our Trespasses," a pivotal fifth-season episode in which all three actors appeared."This is much better than a DVD," ...
The drummer from 1980s Australian rock band Crowded House hanged himself in a park in southern Australia, an emergency services spokeswoman said Monday.Paul Hester, 46, went missing on Friday. His body was found Saturday, March 26th in a park near his hom...
Adrian Paul, Peter Wingfield, swordmaster F. Braun McAsh and post-production supervisor Don Paonessa all take the stage together as the last HIGHLANDER episode Paul directed, "The Modern Prometheus," is projected onto the big screen between them."It's a g...
If you’re in a certain mood, THE BREED is great fun. A near-future thriller about a human cop (Bokeem Woodbine) reluctantly teamed with a vampire cop (Adrian Paul) to investigate a fanged murderer who doesn’t want his species to integrate with humanity, T...
Sony Pictures Animation has unveiled its future plans for animated feature length projects, which includes the talents of several acclaimed animation veterans from directing and writing divisions.First up is OPEN SEASON, based on the cartoons of Steve Moo...
To hear director John Harrison`s take on Alec Newman, it was almost a miracle that he ever hired the young actor to play Dune`s Paul Atreides. `I had set out very early on to look for somebody that was a brilliant young actor to do the role,` said Harriso...
...is ain't. PaulJenkins's script follows Logan's self-discovery in a most interesting way: he makes us sympathize with the boy even as the boy is slowly changing into the same doggedly difficult man we've come to know over the years. This particular iss...
Batman Beyond by Coming Attractions (Sun 05-18-2003)
Genre:Action/Adventure/Science Fiction/Superhero.Studio:Warner Bros.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Script Stage.Who's In It:At one time rumors were heard that WB studio execs thought about Keanu Reeves playing the role of the futuristic caped cr...
After a weekend highlighted by crappy weather and lousy Super Bowl adverts, I found something last night that turned my whole sub-par Sunday around: the news that Star Trek Books is finally releasing their very own “Guide to Women.”
It’...
Part of a very good idea holds its own for a good long while in GODSEND, before both a prosaic plot turn and a strikingly unfortunate exposition sequence send the proceedings irretrievably downhill.Greg Kinnear and Rebecca Romijn-Stamos star as Paul and J...
Myth Adventures author Robert Asprin unveils a collection of SF war novels, Manfredi’s The Last Legion leaps onto the audiobook format, and an F. Paul Wilson’s classic gets the collector’s rendition in this edition of the Weekly Book...
The time has come for all truths to be known and fans to believe once again as Fox Home Entertainment exposes the complete world of “The X-Files” with the remarkable 61-disc DVD collection THE X-FILES”–THE COMPLETE COLLECTOR’...
On Sepetmber 4th, “Prison Break” Season Two arrives on DVD. Featuring the return of Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell, the second season adds Hollywood veteran William Fichtner to the ensemble cast as the determined FBI agent hot...
A slim release schedule doesn’t mean skimpy genre fare as this week’s debuts prove with big releases from powerhouse authors Kate Elliott, Orson Scott Card, and Ursula K. Le Guin along with newcomer Paul Genesse and a handful of talent from ac...
The comics world seems slowly to be catching up with the real one once again in its sensitive depiction of gay characters, especially this month. First Judd Winick brought us the story of Kyle's gay friend getting beaten nearly to death by homophobes in t...
Jason Statham is the action king for the modern age. Sure his movies don’t do the numbers that Stallone’s and Willis’ did in their heyday but they resonate stronger with an edgier, hipper crowd. A smart man’s action hero, he’...
She’s played a presidential candidate amidst a sex scandal in The Contender, went against type as the heavy in the Bourne series and now she’s a sadistic prison warden in director Paul W.S. Anderson’s Death Race, a re-do of Roger Corman&...
Well, it`s after Xmas; no one has any cash, except for two quarters and a coupon for a fifty-cent double cappuccino at Borders. So whaddya do, besides see if your local library has been able to afford to buy any new fiction in, like, the last decade?You c...
In March of 2004, Toei Animation began to set up their offices in Los Angeles with plans to release a number of their shows directly into the North American market while using Geneon as a distributor for their shows. Waiting until the late fall to make th...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Satomi IkezawaTranslated by:William FlanaganAdapted by:What They SayWait While I Change Into Someone More Comfortable. Shy Yaya spends her time in awkward conversations with handsome classmate, guitarist Moriyama, dressing up ...
In part one of our interview with Kevin Bacon on the making of Hollow Man,, the star described some of the difficulties caused by wearing make-up that allowed Sony Pictures ImageWorks to remove him digitally from the frame, thus creating the illusion of i...
What They SayContains 2 CDs - both the Appleseed Original Soundtrack as well as the Appleseed Original Score!
The \"Appleseed Original Soundtrack\" assembled many of the world\'s greatest talents in electronica who have become enamored with this film. F...
As new Tomorrow Person Paul breaks out for the first time, John and Elena encounter resistance as they try to contact him telepathically. The interference is linked to a public appearance made by media stars Zane and Katya, whose fans are unusually adorin...
In light of the ever-popular television series, it’s easy to forget the original cinematic version of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER - which is probably for the best. While the general rule of thumb is that television spin-offs of hit movies pale in comparison ...
Don’t bother looking up Leonard Kirtman in your Hollywood book of who’s who. Since releasing the Warhol-esque, or should I more accurately say Paul Morrisey-esque, CURSE OF THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN (1972), his cinematic offerings have taken a blue path with ...
The HIGHLANDER Reunion Convention was held Aug. 24-26 at the LAX Westin Hotel in Los Angeles, marking the 15th year of the existence of HIGHLANDER. Both onscreen and behind-the-scenes talent from the various HIGHLANDER shows and movies attended this year,...
What They SayEveryone knows the feeling of coming home and finding their home broken into. Your possessions thrown around, dresser drawers are ransacked and everything you own has the unmistakable feel of a stranger\'s fingers on them. Then you realize so...
When Tim Burton calls, talent comes a running. And even the threat of wearing thick makeup and heavy prosthetics doesn't discourage actors from working with the mastermind behind such fantasies as BATMAN, BATMAN RETURNS, BEETLEJUICE, EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, ...
We`re going to see a lot of Julie Cox this December. For starters, she`s appearing in the latest Hallmark version of David Copperfield. She`s also in a small-budget movie with Oscar-winner Brenda Fricker called The War Bride, which is about British women ...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Rider Strong will return to play Paul in the upcoming sequel, Cabin Fever 2.The film finds Strong's character, Paul, alive and well and living in fear of his life. Giuseppe Andrews will return as the oddball Depu...
The 11th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on Saturday, February 5th at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and aired the same night on TNT. The words on the red carpet that kept radiating were... "It's a thrill and an honor to be nominated by ...
That's right, fans it's October! The season of spooky pranks, ghoulish doings, colorful costumes and tasty treats is upon us. Of course you know what I'm talking about: Canadian Thanksgiving is just around the corner! Everyone who claims to be Canadian c...
The 30th Annual Saturn Awards, 'Celebration of the Fantastic,' were held at the Sheraton Universal Hotel on Wednesday, May 5th. As the excitement built on the red carpet the key phrases from everyone about The Academy and Science Fiction in general seemed...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONSEric Serra's score for BULLETPROOF MONK, the Chow-Yun Fat martial arts fantasy by first-time feature director Paul Hunter released last week on DVD, is a pleasing mix of synth-ocated rhythms and sampled Asian textures. The sound...
Castelevania (Horror/Action/Adaptation of videogame)Current stage: DevelopmentDescription: The story will center on the origins of Dracula and the uprising of the Belmont Clan, a vampire-slaying family who supposedly become humanity's last hope.Writer(...
Blizzard Entertainment unleashes their first novel surrounding the Ghost assassin Nova, Paul Kearney and James M. Ward blend good old-fashion magic with maritime warfare, and Mercedes Lackey debuts another novel in the Scepter’d Isle sequence wi...
Amazing Journey, Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy's all-star tribute to The Who, featuring Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan and Gary Cherone, is now available. The DVD, CD includes the entire concert recorded at BB King's in New York City on May 31st 200...
Image Comics publisher and vice-president Jim Valentino has announced that Paul Grist's black-and-white independent series JACK STAFF is moving to Image. According to Valentino, the title will be relaunched in January 2003 as a new ongoing series -- in f...
You can always tell when the holidays roll around by the plethora of “Top Ten” lists showcased on magazine covers, entertainment shows, websites and newspapers. It seems that within the world of “journalism/editorial” that every...
Genre:Action/Thriller/Sequel.Studio:Universal Pictures.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Matt Damon (Jason Bourne); Joan Allen (Helen Landy); Franka Potente; Julia Stiles; Karl Urban; Brian Cox (Ward Abbott); Tomas Arana; Tom G...
Guillermo del Toro’s first Hellboy film wasn’t exactly the strongest of foundations for a blockbuster comic book franchise. Its reviews were generally positive, yet still fairly mixed. Its domestic gross of $59 million, against a budget of $66...
Since his conception in the Icewind Dale Trilogy back in 1988, R.A. Salvatore’s Drizzt has grown from an initial side character to the most well-renowned persona of the Forgotten Realms universe.
Hello Maniac readers and welcome to this, th...
Ever since its explosion onto the global screen in 1995, the Ghost in the Shell series has provided viewers with a profoundly philosophical, yet innovatively stylized look into a near future world where the lines between man and machine finally blur. Thro...
This particular award show may end up ultimately being the award show for 2007 films and television shows. As you know, the WGA denied requests for waivers to the Globes and Oscars. In fact, the WGA plans to picket the Globes, which has a lot of insi...
Although not considered a large publisher when compared to the big boys of genre book distribution, it’s weeks like these that Wizards of the Coast can truly flaunt their almost religious devotion to fantasy fiction. Nearly all of their popular s...
A staple of late-night creature feature TV shows for years and drive-in theaters before that, FRANKENSTEIN�S BLOODY TERROR is a Spanish monster movie (dubbed in English) that was influenced by the old Universal horror films of the 30's and 40's and ha...
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment's THE BIG WHITE is available on DVD starting today, June 13, 2006. THE BIG WHITE stars: Robin Williams, Holly Hunter, Giovanni Ribisi, Tim Blake Nelson, W. Earl Brown, Alison Lohman and Woody Harrelson. The film is from Bri...
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...
The first three official movie screenshots from the upcoming sequel The Fast and the Furious has popped up online courtesy of a new spotlight over at USA Today. The stills show a bus chase scene, Vin back in action with his trusty ride (on the left) and h...
Chris Evans' primary claim to fame these days is Johnny Storm in the Fantastic Four movies. His other genre ventures include the criminally underrated Sunshine and the recent CG-animated version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He returns to science ficti...
3/25/99 - Well fellow Anime on DVD readers it seems that I was duped into thinking that this interview was with our beloved Divi-chan when in fact it was with an imposter who looked and acted much like her. This imposter's name is Diva and she has been ma...
What They SayThe place looked fine when they left it. Makubex had founded the new Volts and was well on his way to cleaning up the Limitless Fortress and making it safe for everyone. The future looked as bright as Ginji is…not bright. So what wen...
The full schedule for this year's Comic Con has been released here but as always, we're going to sift through the press releases and give you the panels covering Movies, DVD and TV events. You can check out the first two days below.Wednesday, July 23, PRE...
Many mathematicians and theologians are now saying that the Number of the Beast is actually 611. I know - short notice to reschedule your Antichrist party, but a late Saturday date is better anyway. Getting that tattoo changed is going to be a bitch, thou...
We've been fans of Something Weird Video for two decades, as they've unearthed and preserved on home video hundreds of "lost" and obscure exploitation films over the years. We've enjoyed their TV show REEL WILD CINEMA, and their fun-packed Image DVDs have...
Remember those ratty videotape sets they used to sell at such fine stores as K-Mart, featuring six or seven grainy B-movies from the '50s, '60s, and '70s, recorded in EP mode? I'll bet you thought that the DVD revolution would get rid of that sort of junk...
Jingle Belle by Coming Attractions (Fri 09-19-2003)
Genre:Comic Book Adaptation/Fantasy.Studio:Unknown.Production Company:Revolution Studios.Project Phase:Script Stage.Who's In It:Unknown.Who's Making It:Gina Wendkos (Screenwriter); Steve Tisch, Gary Goodman (Producers); based on the graphic novel Jingle B...
Knight Rider by Corona's Coming Attractions (Wed 06-02-2004)
Genre:Action/Adventure.Studio:Unknown.Production Company:Revolution Studios.Project Phase:Script Stage.Who's In It:Unknown.Who's Making It:David Elliott, Paul Lovett (Screenwriters); Glen A. Larson (Screenwriter); Mark Ciardi, Gordon Gray, Glen A. Larson ...
Paul Dini and Alex Ross have another oversized one-shot this November, JLA: SECRET ORIGINS. The 48-page, 10-inch by 13.5-inch one-shot begins a year-long build-up to fall 2003'S JLA: LIBERTY AND JUSTICE, an all-new, 96-page graphic novel. "The work Paul a...
TRANCERS 6, the latest entry in producer Charles Band’s long running film series, just hit video stores. Which makes it a perfect time to take a look back at the chronicles of time traveling, tough guy cop Jack Deth. Joining us for this look, courtesy of ...
Into the Blue by Coming Attractions (Wed 11-26-2003)
Genre:Adventure/Thriller.Studio:MGM.Production Company:Mandalay Pictures.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Paul Walker; Jessica Alba; Ashley Scott; Josh Brolin.Who's Making It:John Stockwell (Director); Matt Johnson (Screenwriter).Premise:A group o...
The nominees for the 2004 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been announced. The Eisners are held every year at the San Diego International Comic Convention and are the comic industry's equivalent of the Oscars. Simply put, these are the best of the b...
With the current state of world cinema, genre pictures can spring up just about anywhere, making this Brazilian martial arts entry no surprise. What is surprising is that it's so unconventional, delivering standard genre conventions in unusual ways in an ...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Mark Isham's score for CRASH, Paul Haggis' feature directorial debut, a compelling mystery film of strangers brought together through happenstance, has been released on CD by Superb Records. The score is as introspective a comp...
Opening today at the Elgin Sky-Vue Drive-In is one of those new breed of Space Age thrillers that have been pulling in audiences across the nation. To be honest, your roving reporter can't claim to be a convert it all seems like something out of one of t...
Mr. Nice Guy does some naughty things in the new Sam Mendes thriller ROAD TO PERDITION. But when Tom Hanks does them they don't seem so bad for some reason. Which just proves the theory, some guys can get away with anything... even murder.Hanks plays hitm...
Funny Games was a difficult film to review. On one hand there are numerous outstanding elements to this horror/psychological thriller. On the other hand, the Director tries to be a bit too cute and threatens to drag the entire film down the drai...
In November, Oni Press and writer Greg Rucka will debut the first QUEEN & COUNTRY spin-off series, QUEEN & COUNTRY: DECLASSIFIED. This three issue mini-series takes place two decades prior to the regular series, and focuses on Director of Operations Paul...
Five years after it ceased production, HIGHLANDER: THE SERIES remains like its Immortal characters something that will not die. Davis-Panzer Productions released full seasons of the six-year run Highlander in videotape years before this was the norm, th...
Director Adrian Lyne has made some fairly overwrought movies about sexual passion and its consequences these include FATAL ATTRACTION, NINE ½ WEEKS, INDECENT PROPOSAL and the remake of LOLITA so a movie entitled UNFAITHFUL suggests something along simil...
If your tastes in horror/fantasy include a fondness for stories that mix respectable gore content with twisty plotting and genuinely sweet characters, THE BREED may prove almost sinfully enjoyable. Director Michael Oblowitz gives his unnamed near-future c...
Not very long ago, 2000 AD represented all that was futuristic and fantastic within our common view of life. That far-off era was held for fantasies of high technology or tales of The End of All That We Know or, at the very least, showing humanity in its ...
Firewall by Corona's Coming Attractions (Tue 10-12-2004)
Genre:Thriller/Action.Studio:Warner Bros.Production Company:Warner Bros./Village Roadshow.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Harrison Ford; Paul Bettany.Who's Making It:Richard Loncraine (Director); Joe Forte (Screenwriter); Armyan Bernstein, Jon S...
The final panel of the two-day Workshop finds series star Adrian Paul and costar Peter Wingfield in a display of extreme good sportsmanship, imagination and not a little insanity doing a panel not on their respective characters, Duncan MacLeod and Methos,...
Alright readers, I'm going to warn you now that this "memo" should be taken with a grain of salt. The reasoning behind that warning is we don't know how old this memo is..It could have been pulled together by the various studios rather quickly a...
Remember that "Pre-Strike Priority List" we discussed last month? It had a laundry list of high profiles films which the studios wanted in production prior to the impending June 2008 strike. Well, it seems as time has rolled onward since Septemb...
Marvel’s Mythos series presents painted, condensed retellings of several of the publisher’s most popular characters. PaulJenkins writes them, Paolo Rivera paints them, and this retelling of Ghost Rider’s origin is the third in the...
The untimely death of film composer Basil Poledouris last week, at the age of 61, has deprived the film music community of one of its finest contemporary practitioners. With more than seven dozen film scores to his credit since the early 1970s, Basil Pole...
Welcome back, and a happy Fourth of July to all my fellow crazy, explosives-happy Americans out there. I hope you're all enjoying yourselves as you float on lakes or guzzle alcohol or blow off various appendages with illegal fireworks. In the words of P...
What They SayBased on a popular manga and animated by the respected Studio Deen (King Of Bandit King, Cowboy Bebop).
Everyone knows the feeling of coming home and finding their home broken into. Your possessions thrown around, drawers are ransacked and e...