JAKKS Pacific recently announced that it has signed a worldwide licensing agreement with MGM Consumer Products to develop, manufacture and distribute a line of toys based on the entire ROCKY franchise, which includes ROCKY, ROCKY II, ROCKY III, ROCKYIV, ...
...ure until RockyIV (where he dies from the hands of Ivan Drago) it’s great to have and to remember Creed before he dies tragically in the film.
The biggest downfall for these figures is that they look too similar to WWE figures. In fac...
...verse and RockyIV? If it is, we say good for Dolph!September 5, 2002... It looks like yesterday's scoop from "Swedish Meatball" that Dolph Lundgren was playing Leatherface in the remake of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre has proven to be incorrect. Just t...
Film licenses are dangerous things. Sometimes the game is good, but more likely it is an excuse to make a bad game. When a relatively unknown development group, Rage, gave us a call to tell us about the new game based on ROCKY, all sorts of alarms we...
It’s been a strange month at the box office for October 2007. Films with high box office expectations either flopped or had average results. Films with moderate-low box office expectations surprised analysts with higher results. Ben Stiller’s ...
Here is the poster for the upcoming film ROCKY BALBOA.The next installment of Rocky will be headed back to theaters on December 22, 2006. The movie will be titled ROCKY BALBOA and stars Sylvester Stallone as Rocky.In the film, Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stal...
GRAND THEFT AUTO IV has pushed past HALO 3 and PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END to set the record for the biggest opening week of any entertainment product.
Publisher Take-Two Interactive has confirmed that GRAND THEFT AUTO IV sol...
Each week, Mania special correspondent Damon Brown, author of Porn & Pong: How Grand Theft Auto, Tomb Raider and Other Sexy Games Changed Modern Pop Culture, offers his unique take on society, entertainment and other issues of critical concern to Mani...
Lionsgate Home Video has announced a DVD/Blu-Ray shipping date for SAW IV on January 22, 2008. The fourth horror film was directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and stars Tobin Bell, Betsy Russell, Scott Patterson and Lyriq Bent. Lionsgate plans to release ...
Activision and id Software have announced the development of QUAKE IV and an all-new unnamed title.QUAKE IV will return the series to its single-player roots and is under development by Raven Software. The game is currently running on a modified vers...
Just when you thought it was safe enough to, uhh…, not cherish your life, here comes Saw IV to make you pay for that transgression in a film that’s convoluted, but filled with some of the most deadly death traps yet in the series. But wa...
Librarian of Congress James H. Billington has announced his annual selection of 25 motion pictures to be added to the National Film Registry. This group of titles brings the total number of films placed on the Registry to 425. Under the terms of the Natio...
In a recent interview with www.kcchiefs.com, Kyle Turley was asked a question about his involvement with the upcoming film, RAMBO IV.QUESTION: Not only are you trying to get back into football, but I heard you're going to be in Rambo IV?TURLEY: "No, I thi...
According to Production Weekly, Sylvester Stallone has attached himself to replay the lead role of John Rambo in the upcoming installment RAMBO IV: IN THE SERPENT'S EYE.The next chapter finds Rambo recruited by a group of Christian human rights missionari...
Another day, another scoop. While this individual hasn't been established to us before, we have been hearing whispers from other sources that Dimension Films may be quietly dusting off the RAMBO franchise and giving a proposed third sequel consideration o...
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 ...
Before they can get home to face trial, Kirk (William Shatner), a reborn Spock (Leonard Nimoy), McCoy (DeForest Kelley), Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), Chekov (Walter Koenig), Scotty (James Doohan) and Sulu (George Takei) must go back to 1986 to save the Feder...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Darren Lynn Bousman (Saw 2, 3) has signed on to direct the upcoming fourth installment in the Saw franchise."It's not often that a filmmaker is given the opportunity to follow a genuinely compelling character thro...
E! ONLINE reports that Rocky Balboa will be returning to the ring for a sixth time, if actor Sylvester Stallone's negotiations with MGM conclude successfully. The last film came out in 1990 and was the least financially successful of the series.Stallone i...
The "Prepare Yourself" countdown clock has finally ended at Capcom's official site and a return of STREET FIGHTER has been announced, something a lot of gaming sites have been anticipating for a while. Other leaks were made earlier by Game Radar...
According to a Bloddy Disgusting scooper, Scott Patterson has signed on to join the cast of the upcoming sequel, Saw IV.The film will be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman from a script by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton.Saw IV hits theaters on October 26,...
In part one of CINESCAPE's George Lucas interview, the filmmaker discussed his rocky relationship with the press after the critical lashing he received for THE PHANTOM MENACE. In this installment, the director explains why exactly he returned for a preque...
It seems that gamers are not experiencing the wonders of the Grand Theft Auto IV experience these first few days of its release. Many gaming communities around the net are reporting widespread lockup issues and judging by the running commentary, it's happ...
The new trailer for the upcoming game, Grand Theft Auto IV, has made it's way onto the games official web site.You can find it here.The company has confirmed that all footage in the trailer was captured directly from game play running real time.The game h...
According to Variety, Matt Marsden has signed on to join the upcoming action sequel, Rambo IV: Pearl of the Cobra. Sylvester Stallone, Kim Dickens and James Brolin are also in the cast.Marsden will play a mercenary who works with Rambo. IMDB l...
The long awaited sequel to the best selling Rockstar Games title is nearly out and the company has released the final (fourth) teaser trailer for Grand Theft Auto IV, which you can see below. The trailer is called "Everyone's a Rat". Here it is....
With 25 years of packed midnight screenings, and a worldwide cult following that spans generations, there`s no way to review The Rocky Horror Picture Show as just a movie without also reviewing the phenomenon. A campy spoof of horror, sci-fi, comic books,...
There are a number of copies of this floating around the Internet but in case you haven't caught it yet the RAMBO IV teaser trailer/mini-movie has been released. Though there is no rating for the "trailer" and its seems very unofficial...
According to various sources, Justin Louis has signed on and Lyriq Bent will reprise his role in the upcoming sequel, Saw IV.The film will be directed by Darren Lynn Bousman from a script by Marcus Dunstan and Patrick Melton.Saw IV hits theaters on Octobe...
The next installment of Rocky will be headed back to theaters on December 22, 2006. The movie will be titled Rocky Balboa and stars Sylvester Stallone as Rocky.The movie is being produced via a three-way deal between Revolution Studios, Sony Pictures Ent...
According to FEARnet, a site affiliated with Lionsgate, the upcoming plot for Saw IV will revolve around Jeff and his daughter in the moments after the third film ended.According to the site, Jigsaw still haunts the living in Saw IV, forcing them to appre...
Late this summer, Master Replicas will debut The Master Prints Collection with the Stormtrooper Helmet Limited Edition. The Master Prints Collection is the first jointly developed collectible line with the fantastic team at Acme Archives Limited. The...
His cousin Roman told him he was rich, that he had a palace for him to come to. There was a new life awaiting Niko Bellic in Liberty City, and he was all set to leave his past and the old country behind.
Glittering skyscrapers, elegant parties and a life...
At his Comic Con exhibit in Hall H, SAW IV director Darren Lynn Bousman, revealed that the MPAA had just given them a NC-17 Rating for the first cut of their film. They will now have to decide on what to do next, keep it as is or edit it back down to an R...
Greeting Cinescapers! To quote Ozzy Osbourne, "Time has come to say goodbye." Your humble Cinescaping host is going on a long, long trip and can provide you with your weekly dose of groans no longer. I will be off into the wild blue yonder where I wi...
Last November, it was announced that another installment in the BEVERLY HILLS COP franchise would be hitting theaters sometime in the near future. No time tables were set and nothing much said afterwards. Now, producer (Lorenzo Di Bonaventura) has told Ro...
Set photos of some action sequences in INDIANA JONES IV have emerged online courtesy of "The Scorekeeper" at The Movie Scorecard.com. In the photos, you can get an idea on what's going to happen in the film sequences at the Yale c...
Nu Image/Millennium Films has apparently acquired the film rights from Miramax/Dimension Films for the RAMBO franchise. The company plans to start filming on RAMBO IV in Bulgaria in January 2006.Reports state that Sylvester Stallone signed to begin writi...
A new official teaser trailer for SAW IV has popped up online courtesy of Yahoo Trailers. The fourth film in the franchise by Lionsgate & Twisted Pictures has Darren Lynn Bousman and stars Tobin Bell, Scott Patterson, Betsy Russell, Costas Mandylor an...
As sequels go, Saw III was fairly clever, tying together what had seemed to be loose plot ends from the original Saw and Saw II. It seemed to wrap everything up with a bloody bow, leaving the audience to wonder what could be left to cover in a fourth Saw....
A new redband clip of SAW IV called "Cecil's Knives" has hit the web courtesy of IGN Movies & Trailers. This clip shows Tobin Bell's Jigsaw character giving a man called Cecil yet another one of his "games" ending with a very sharp...
Rockstar Games took some very large hits last week with their title MANHUNT 2 being barred from the UK and receiving a AO rating from the ESRB causing them to delay the release. That's not stopping them from pushing forward on the marketing of their...
Comic Con 2007 San Diego banned Lionsgate from airing a certain clip of SAW IV at their event earlier this summer due to its graphic nature. That same clip has made its way online for everyone to check out. The footage does give a clue on just how the &qu...
The official website for SAW IV has launched for Lionsgate. The site features past traps by sinister mastermind, Jigsaw, as well as clips for the latest installment of the franchise--including the red band look at the trailer we presented yesterday--starr...
More set photos have appeared online from the current INDIANA JONES IV shoot in New Haven. Earlier yesterday, photos involving the crane truck and stunt doubles appeared. Now, courtesy of Just Jared, we get to see photos with Shia and Harrison riding the ...
Talking with the New Haven Register about them recently finishing shooting there, producer Frank Marshall has gone on public record that there will be no CGI effects in INDIANA JONES IV. He points out that Spielberg is keeping it much like the classic Ind...
There are spoilers in this article for those who don't want to know anything about SAW IV. Now that the warning is out of the way, it appears that Wahlberg's character may be making a cameo in this next film. If he does appear, actor Donnie Wahlberg ...
Sideshow Collectibles will ship the 12-inch Obi-Wan Kenobi figure in the fall of 2007.
The figure includes:
Fully articulated male body with 30+ points of articulation
Authentic likeness of Alec Guiness as old Ben Kenobi
Deta...
FOXNews caught up with Steven Spielberg after the Oscars and the director told them he would be taking a year off from making movies.The reporter noted, "George Lucas told me recently that there's a script and he's happy with the story.Spielberg replied, ...
Logan-the boy formerly known as James-and his former governess Rose have settled in a harsh frontier town in the wilds of Canada. Rose fears for James's survival as the boy encounters unexpected enemies, chiefly the camp cook who has threatened to kill hi...
According to the AP, Lionsgate is planning a fourth installment of the Saw franchise which is set to be released on Halloween next year.
The franchise follows the diabolical schemes of psycho killer Jigsaw (Tobin Bell), who stages elaborate, bloody...
USA Today has debuted the new poster for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, coming to theaters on May 22. The upcoming fourth action-adventure stars Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone, Karen Allen, John Hurt and Jim...
A new featurette has popped up online at the official website for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull featuring young actor Shia LaBeouf on the set of the production.. Shia stars with Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone, Karen Allen...
Since numerous bootleg trailers keep popping up on Youtube (and pulled down afterwards), Paramount and Steven Spielberg have premiered the new trailer for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull just a day after it came attached with Iron Man. ...
Hey Maniacs, just passing along some news about the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull trailer. We already knew that it would be attached to Paramount's Spiderwick Chronicles for sure but now, it seems that the Indy trailer won't be e...
Hat? Check. Jacket? Check. Whip? Check. Director Steven Spielberg has released a new online behind-the-scenes featurette for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. You can check it out at their official website. The upcoming fourth adven...
A new High Resolution snapshot of Indy and his pointy situation with Cate Blanchett's character has popped up online over at Empire Online. The photo was previously featured in their magazine. The fourth adventure of Dr. Jones stars Harrison Ford, Shia La...
MovieWeb has posted the new teaser poster for SAW IV.
The fourth installment of the franchise, finds Jigsaw still haunting the living by forcing them to appreciate life, or face death. As a continuation of III, Jeff must race against the clock to&...
Steven Spielberg has updated his official site once again for INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL. The new video features his "That's a wrap!" moments for all four of his Indy films. According to the new video, Harrison was decked...
Paramount Pictures has released a new television spot, centering on their highly anticipated debut of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. You can check it out below. The fourth installment in the Indy franchise stars Harrison Ford, Shia La...
Millennium Films, Emmett/Furla Films and Equity Pictures have announced that Sylvester Stallone is returning as John Rambo for RAMBO IV.The story centers on former Vietnam vet John Rambo, who is living a reclusive life back home in the U.S. But when a gir...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS In SON OF THE MASK, composed Randy Edelman reprises his vibrantly quirky heroic theme from 1994's THE MASK, but only three tracks of score are included on the soundtrack album, released this week by Silva Screen (SILCD 1179). H...
Vampires, apes and ghosts, oh my!No, the aforementioned weren't the cast of the latest monster movie spoof, but part of the guest list at FANGORIA's 15th annual Weekend of Horrors convention, held in conjunction with Creation Entertainment August 11-12 in...
According to Moviehole, the upcoming Rambo sequel starring Sylvester Stallone has gotten a new title: John Rambo.The previous title was listed as Rambo IV: Pearl of the Cobra.The film, which stars Matt Marsden, Stallone, Kim Dickens and James Brolin, will...
I was first alerted of a new novel for INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL back in August when Maniac Scooper JAB alerted me to a new amazon link appearing on their site. Still, with no information, I thought it best to wait for a press rel...
Actor Tobin Bell has just finished the 4th installment of the SAW franchise with director Darren Lynn Bousman and has entered the post production stages. SAW IV hits theaters this October. When asked by MTV what was next on his immediate horizon, Bell con...
If you're eagerly awaiting Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and haven't picked up the latest issue of Vanity Fair, perhaps you should. Or you can just check out the links I'm about to provide you and read it there online. The m...
A new TV spot has popped up online for Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull courtesy of Paramount Pictures. The upcoming fourth installment---with returning director Steven Spielberg---will star Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate Blanchett, R...
You can't have an Indiana Jones adventure without a car chase scene and the latest pic revealed shows that Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is no different. Entertainment Weekly has revealed this new photo where Harrison must deal with t...
Four days before Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull hits any theater, audiences at the Cannes Film Festival will have an opportunity to watch it, reports Variety. The trade says the premiere will have Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf and Cate B...
There have been interviews indicating that this next adventure, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, will take you full circle from Raiders of the Lost Ark. Judging from the semi-spoilerific latest photo over at MTV, they weren't ...
Neal Morse (ex-Spocks Beard) has finished his latest progressive rock solo release, featuring an amazing line-up including Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater) on drums and Randy George (bass), with the addition of special guest Paul Gilbert (Mr. Big) on guit...
The last film to top the weekend box office in 2006 will be Night at the Museum. The film claims the spot for the second weekend in a row with a gross of over $37 million for the weekend. That number is likely to drop to about $34 or $35 milli...
Director Steven Spielberg has released a new video for INDIANA JONES IV over at his official website. Much like the previous video, it's short but it shows them filming Harrison Ford in his "Indiana Jones" adventure gear.
Hat? Check. Bullwhip?...
What happens when we find life outside our own planet? Discovery Channel brings viewers on a virtual mission of the future. Right now, the search for planets with "life signatures" goes on. These efforts are global, and experts tell us on camera how this ...
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment's The Game Plan, starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, easily captured the top spot on the national DVD sales and rental charts for the week ending Jan. 27.The film, which earned $89.7 million in theaters, so...
With Halloween ready to strike so soon, we were expecting 30 Days of Night to pull this victory but the question was “How much?” For four consecutive weeks, the box office report has turned in dismal results and this weekend, 30 Days had a lot...
Welcome to the second part of my interview with FAMILY GUY overlord/creator Seth McFarlane. If you haven't as yet read the first portion of the i-view, get thee to this webpage and start reading. I'll wait for you.Now that we're all caught up, here's wher...
The war on the next Grand Theft Auto has already begun. Big Apple politicians aren’t happy with the setting of Grand Theft Auto IV. The controversy is based on the first and only GTA IV trailer, a 30-second cutscene depicting an Eastern European imm...
According to MovieHole, Tobin Bell has confirmed that he will be reprising his role as Jigsaw in the horror sequels, Saw 4 and 5.This news comes despite the fact that Bell's character appeared to have died at the end of the third film."There are thre...
Genre:Adventure/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio:20th Century Fox.Production Company:1492 Pictures.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Ioan Gruffudd (Reed Richards/"Mr. Fantastic"); Michael Chiklis (Benjamin J. Grimm/"The Thing"); Jessica Alba (Susan "Sue" Sto...
As with most every summer, this happens to be the days of the handhelds. Perhaps there is a thought that most publishers have, where they believe that people are outside having fun, rather than inside in front of a television. This means that the home con...
Directors Nick Park and Peter Lord want everyone to know that stop-motion animation is alive and well, and living in the 21st-century, thank you very much. In a summer that has seen the computer generated, high-tech thrills of Disney`s DINOSAUR and TITAN...
Random thoughts alert!So, Fox is putting FIREFLY on hiatus in January. In case you don't know what "hiatus" means, it's when networks pull a show you really like off the air while making empty promises that it will return.The WB is making a move that make...
If I think about childhood gaming experiences that made a significant impact on my life, METROID is one of the first games that comes up. A difficult side-scroller, it focused on exploring a massive amount of space while hunting down a powerful alien...
Yesterday we began coverage on Konami's newest extreme sports titles, EVOLUTION SKATEBOARDING, and today we're continuing that coverage with EVOLUTION SNOWBOARDING."EVOLUTION SNOWBOARDING is a little bit different," says Justin Kubiak, Product Manager for...
Uncle George's official STAR WARS website has informed fans that another classic character from EPISODES IV - V will be appearing in EPISODE III. Chewbacca the Wookiee, the 200-year-old co-pilot of the Millennium Falcon, will make an appearance in this f...
Greetings Cinescapers! I must say that I've fallen under the spell of my television and, well, discovered that it's much nicer to collect an unemployment check than go to work. Alas, my job doesn't see it that way and refuses to fire me so as not to have ...
We've got the latest images for the "Ray Ray" episode of FOX's FASTLANE.When Van (Peter Facinelli) asks his incarcerated father, Ray Ray (Robert Forster) for help on a case, he quickly finds that working with dear old dad might be more than what he bargai...
George Lucas is about one week away from finishing the first draft of EPISODE III. That's the news contained in the latest issue of Homing Beacon, the official newsletter delivered free by www.starwars.com to subscribers.Once Lucas is finished with the f...
When THE NEXT GENERATION entered its fourth season in 1990, it was riding high on the string of quality episodes that had finally come out of the show in year three. Thanks to Michael Piller, who joined the show in season three and soon came to head up th...
The co-masterminds behind the Indiana Jones films, executive producer George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg, have been going public with their plans for INDY 4 in recent days, but what does the man in the fedora himself say about the rapidly developi...
Ben Grimm should know better than to go back to Yancy Street, the tough little area of town where he grew up. After all, as FF fans well know, the Yancy Streeters don't care how many world-eaters and aliens and armor-wearing power-crazed nutcases he's fou...
The Doctor receives a postcard from an old friend at UNIT who's worried about strange goings-on at the Alzheimers care facility where her mother is being treated. There's also something else the Doctor refuses to tell Ace about, and it's putting a strain ...
While teasing his new movie, AVENGING ANGELO, at a French film festival, Sylvester Stallone let it be known he thinks it's time for a RAMBO 4."We're talking about doing another Rambo because I think it's time to combine action with politics," Stallone sai...
Okay, so it's officially fall. That means colder weather, tons of leaves to rake and best of all... Halloween! Woo!Now, giving out candy to little kids is a great tradition. Heck, it beats giving them pennies or... gasp... apples. But there's something ev...
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 its start on THE ADVENTURES OF ROCKY & BULLWINKLE show and now it...
Since the release of the new STAR WARS role-playing game its producer Wizards of the Coast has come out with well laid out, beautifully produced supplements and books...all done in the aftermath of the beloved West End Games version. After West End ceased...
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...
Fans joined famed STAR TREK writer and director Nicholas Meyer at Borders Books in Westwood, California on January 27th, to celebrate the Paramount Home Entertainment DVD release OF STAR TREK VI: THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION. Meye...
The official website for STAR WARS has revealed a new game set in George Lucas' space fantasy universe. Titled STAR WARS BATTLEFRONT, the game will let players recreate battles from both the classic and prequel eras of the STAR WARS films. Players can cho...
Diamond Dead by Coming Attractions (Tue 11-25-2003)
Genre:Musical/Comedy/Horror.Studio:Unknown.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Unknown.Who's Making It:George Romero (Director); Brian Cooper, George Romero (Screenwriters); Richard Hartley (Producer).Premise:On the verge o...
After wrapping filming on his Howard Hughes biopic THE AVIATOR, director Martin Scorsese is looking to make the English remake of INFERNAL AFFAIRS his next project. Scorsese is in discussions to helm the movie and help produce it along with Jennifer Anist...
We received this tidbit this past weekend from a scooper that claims to have first-hand knowledge about which late night talk show host will be on the next SIMPSONS DVD set providing commentary. It isn't Mr. Letterman, and it isn't Mr. Leno. Think tall, r...
Tom Morell isn't your typical high school senior. For one thing, he's a hemophiliac who also suffers from monomyelic amyotrophy, a degenerative disease which has cost him the use of his right arm. He's gotten the nickname "The Gimp" from his oh-so-underst...
Based on Actual Television ShowsGreetings Cinescapers! It has been a sad week here in the wasteland; writer and former Vidiocy scribe John Thonen has passed on. I had the pleasure of knowing John and I can't express how great the man was. It was damn awes...
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD helmer George Romero is finally going to be filming more dead folk...except it's not going to be for the fourth DEAD film, DEAD RECKONING, at least not right now. Romero has been hired to direct DIAMOND DEAD, a dark comedy/musical...
OPINION: Fair warning: to get in all the great responses I got this week and to close this topic, I've had to go the SOUTH PARK route and make it bigger, longer, and uncut. (Probably not the wisest phrase to use in a column primarily about women, but ther...
So, the networks are announcing their new fall schedules this week.I've got a couple of shows whose fate I'm really concerned about, but I learned a long time ago that the shows I love are usually the ones that get cancelled.For every SIMPSONS that surviv...
The legion of labels that specialize in presenting public domain titles present a conundrum. On the one hand, they keep a lot of worthy films readily available to viewers that might otherwise be forgotten (witness the history of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE), an...
Just to let you know where I'm coming from in this review, I'll start off by saying that I have always loved the WING COMMANDER series. The first game that I played in the series was WING COMMANDER II, and I picked up the third game on the first day it wa...
The French STAR WARS fansite Sith Clan.net was the first to reprint the first released image of EPISODE III's Anakin Skywalker as it appeared in that country's Lucasfilm Fanclub magazine. It's a far cry from the short-haired look the character sported in ...
For the past month now the rumors have been flying hard and fast that an announcement concerning the release of the first trilogy of STAR WARS movies on DVD may be in the cards. Websites such as The Digital Bits have been reporting that there are rumbling...
What We Want by Troy Roberts and James Stevenson (Fri 10-10-2003)
Hey fellow gamers and welcome to another weekly edition of Gamers' Thumb. This week, Troy and James will give their opinions on game sequels basically, popular games that haven't had a sequel in some time and are very deserving of one (or maybe a third o...
Hollywood North Report has published four great snaps of The Rock filming a scene of WALKING TALL in Vancouver, Canada. The WWE superstar is seen playing a game of touch football along with co-star Johnny Knoxville (JACKASS THE MOVIE). Click here to see t...
Last time we looked at the beginning of the Hobgoblin saga, and how the true Hobby created his persona based on the technology and costume of the Green Goblin. Now we'll examine his strategy of duping other parties into donning the Hobgoblin gear in order...
No new major genre releases to discuss in this weekend’s box office report but the two new films which debuted landed in the top two spots. Leading the pack is the romantic-adventure Fool’s Gold from Warner Bros. The film, starring Matthew McC...
It may be a slow news morning but a very nice Q&A session with Sylvester Stallone for Rambo has popped up online courtesy of Heather Newgen. In the session, the actor addressed some issues with filming, his thoughts on the previous films (he considers...
Last Week by Robert T. Trate, Columnist (Tue 01-22-2008)
Last week was my first real chance to escape the confines of work and go shopping. I know it sounds girly but this last quarter of 2007 was brutal. All the running around, deadlines and holidays made it one giant nightmare. I like to shop, ...
Stuntman Derek Mears---who did work on the Pirate films, Hills Have Eyes 2 and most recently Indy IV---is reportedly set to play Jason Voorhees in the upcoming revision of the horror icon's origins. Marcus Nispel is directing Friday the 13th, based on a s...
The combination of Jet Li, Jackie Chan and a classic tale proved to the best one-two-three punch for this weekend’s audiences. Liongate’s The Forbidden Kingdom fought its way into first with an average April 20.8 mil tally. The distributor ope...
Paramount wasn't the only studio releasing a new trailer for a major tent pole (Indy IV) today. Columbia Pictures has also unleashed their latest full trailer for Hancock, which stars Will Smith, Jason Bateman and Charlize Theron. Peter Berg directed the ...
BET just held its upfronts announcing its 2008-2009 shows and there’s one for the comic book fans! The Marvel Comics character Black Panther will be getting his own animated series for the network. Black Panther has never been a major character in t...
Finally, ‘Blade Runner’ is being given the much needed “Ultimate Collector's Edition” treatment. Personally, I am going for the Five-Disc Ultimate Collector's Edition with all the trimmings; it does come with a Matchbox type S...
‘Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End’ is the final movie in Disney’s Pirate trilogy. Or is it? Apparently, after the credits there is a final scene where Elizabeth and Will are reunited, 10 years later and Will meets his son (...
New clips of a new horror rock musical was played for the Spike TV Scream Award audience last night. I'm pretty sure we have some ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW fans around even if they may not admit to it. Well, a new musical in the same vein but a bit m...
If you've been sitting around waiting for Sam Raimi to announce the start of filming for EVIL DEAD IV, the next best thing is happening: there's going to be a sequel to ARMY OF DARKNESS in comic book form.ARMY OF DARKNESS #1 will hit store shelves this co...
Our Mania DVD Guru, Bob Trate, has sent word of a trailer he saw attached to 30 DAYS OF NIGHT over the weekend. In select theaters across the nation, the 2 part STAR TREK: TOS episode “The Menagerie” will be hitting the big screen. The event i...
CBS, Paramount and Fathom Events are commemorating the new High Definition DVD (HD-DVD) edition of the original ‘Star Trek’ Season 1. A theatrical screening of the only two part ‘Star Trek’ episode, ‘The Menagerie’...
The trade reports that Keith David, Betsy Russell(Saw III, Saw IV), Nikki Reed & Noah Segan have all joined the cast of the upcoming horror film CHAIN LETTER. The chain-wielding killer, dubbed "Chain Man", will be played by Michael Bailey Sm...
It’s not the biggest movie this holiday season but people are already talking about it. Will Smith’s ‘I am Legend’ with its desolate future and lone hero is a movie that has all types of movie goers talking. What...
One of the frustrating things about growing up is that many of the movies and TV shows you were weaned on lose their luster. For fans of sci-fi and horror, this generally means that the special effects, shock value and overall net entertainment worth of t...
While promoting the soon-to-be-released Kubrick/Spielberg sci-fi feature A.I., producer Kathleen Kennedy took a moment to express her enthusiasm for her upcoming JURASSIC PARK III.'I'm very happy it,' says Kennedy of the third installment in the din...
After nine seasons, THE X-FILES will wrap it up this May; about two seasons too late by my watch.You know, it hurts me to say bad things about THE X-FILES. I'm a total nerd. I used to love the show. But now THE X-FILES is all about Doggett (Robert Patrick...
Phobias have formed the basis of any number of movies. Acrophobia was the root of Jimmy Stewart's VERTIGO, Agoraphobia was the challenge for Sigourney Weaver in COPYCAT and Jeff Daniels was so afraid of spiders that his fear became the title of Arachnopho...
Making its U.S. debut on the Saturday morning line-up of ABC-TV in 1994, REBOOT was seen as a gimmick. As the first television series produced entirely in 3-D computer animation, it didn't have to be much else - perhaps it may have made more sense as a ti...
It's sad to say, but onetime heavyweight heavy Dolph Lundgren, 44, has announced his retirement. It seems the man who broke onto the scene as a superhuman Soviet boxer opposite Sylvester Stallone in ROCKYIV and went on to star in a million and one d...
A little more is coming out about that STAR WARS SPECIAL-SPECIAL EDITION we touched on last week. It seems in the Dutch magazine Score, John Williams indicated he would be slipping the Imperial March into STAR WARS EPISOD IV: A NEW HOPE (which we'd alread...
I think Fred and Gunn on ANGEL are my pick for the lamest couple on network TV.Can I get an Amen?All their stupid baby talk and moony-eyed looks at each other just make me want to puke, or worse, change the channel. They're so lovey-dovey with their hands...
Sylvester Stallone has been named the Action Star of the Millennium by the Video Software Dealers Association, the trade group from home video businesses. The group will award Stallone (ROCKY, RAMBO) with a trophy at their annual trade show in Las Vegas, ...
Though today's unending parade of movie "special editions," "expanded versions" and "director's cuts" almost always prove unwarrantedand unwantedthere is one exception to the rule: Robert Wise's STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE.Originally intended as a two-h...
Whenever BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER comes up with a show that seems gimmicky in nature, it always seems to overcome the initial hokiness of it with a great payoff. Creator Joss Whedon has always been at the forefront of those episodes. In "Hush" he did an e...
Is this supposed to be a "grim 'n' gritty" take on the venerable Fantastic Four, a sort of backhanded celebration of their 40th anniversary meant to pay tribute to the team by dirtying them up a bit? That's how it appears, and as darker superhero stories ...
GEORGE OF THE JUNGLE would seem to be the latest theatrical hit spawning a Direct-To-Video franchise. After failing to land star Brendan Fraser for a theatrical sequel, Disney is said to be considering a new actor to play the klutzy ape-man in a made-for-...
Having released perhaps the largest styrene model kit of a science fiction subject ever, the crew at Polar Lights turned to illustrator Chris White for a magnificent box cover painting of the spacecraft landed on the surface of Altair IV. White, who has a...
It couldn't have been better (some might say 'poorly') timed if it tried. Last week, just days after the most horrific event in modern American history, the week's comics finally made it to store shelves only one day late. There, amongst the issues of AKI...
It wasn't about the illustrious adventures, the daring heroes, the dastardly villains. It wasn't about the cosmic scope, the human moments, the eternal struggle of good vs. evil. No, when it comes to all the early Stan scripts that shaped the Marvel Unive...
Yet another genre property with a powerful fan following gets the "new beginning" treatment. First, STAR TREK got a shot in the arm with its "back to basics" approach to the prequel series ENTERPRISE. Next, BUFFY promised to raise its titular heroine back...
Hitting video stores across the country last week was ROD STEELE: YOU ONLY LIVE UNTIL YOU DIE, a James Bond spoof whose title character is dubbed as follows: "More class than Bond... More hip than Powers... And dumber than Smart." Today, writer-director R...
So, it finally came, the season finale of LOST. So, would we be disappointed? What would be this season’s cliffhanger? These questions plagued me as I sat down in high anticipation in front of my television for the two hour finale.&nb...
INDY 4 Update by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Mon 07-16-2007)
INDIANA JONES IV producers Frank Marshall and Kathleen Kennedy have told the Associated Press that we can expect as much action in this upcoming installment as was present in previous Indy adventures. They've also said that Harrison Ford himself will be d...
Comic Con 2007 in San Diego has listed their full lineup. I'll be posting the movie and television sections of the COMIC CON event.. This will include lots of information for you to judge on what to see if you happen to go to it.
Another thing, if ...
Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man? SHAFT! Can you dig it? Damn right!. Alright, enough of the "old school". Some movie news has finally come in on this 4th of July weekend. According to the Hollywood Reporter, John...
Another wildfire type rumor spreading the last day has been officially squashed. Or has it? Yesterday, our friends over at IESB.net published an interesting tidbit of information about future sequels after INDIANA JONES 4. IESB said that they&nb...
The fellow geeks over at G4 TV were kind enough to authorize recording the INDIANA JONES panel for this year's Comic Con. It shows footage of the stars Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone along with director Steven Spielberg on the set ...
While HALO 3 hits the market today for eager First Person Shooter fans and GTA IV getting ready for its own launch, EGM's latest November magazine announced that SAINTS ROW 2, a sequel to the original gang infested action game, will be hitting the market ...
We have two remakes going up against each other in this weekend’s box office competition. One of the remakes is based off a classic western while the other remake is based off a classic horror appearing in nearly 800 more prints then the western&hel...
Capcom's Gamer's Day event has officially closed in London and the embargoes (for press coverage) on providing news for it ended this morning. On Monday, we heard that BIONIC COMMANDO was returning to this generation of consoles after takin...
Now we’re talking, stuff’s starting to happen. Christopher is back on the booze and drugs. Tony may not know that’s the case but Tony has known for some time that Christopher is the weak link in the Soprano crew. This week, Tony finally ...
Early this past January Mania took a look at Full Moon Rising, the first book of Keri Arthur’s new paranormal romance Riley Jensen Guardian series. Arthur dishes out the second installment, Kissing Sin, as a precursor to Tempting Evil’s re...
A short while ago I downloaded the Dracula-hunting game Super Castlevania IV on my Wii. It was one of my favorite platformers as a teenager. The first game to show the true power of the Super Nintendo, as anyone could tell because it had Super in the t...
I’ve complained about BSG filler episodes before, but there’s a difference between basic “filler” and the creators actually taking time to expand upon characters in interesting ways. In the end, yes, this was a filler epis...
While it can be said that Disturbia wins this weekend, it should be noted first and foremost that the last 3 days, it’s clear the audiences of America were not going to the theaters. First place, Disturbia, gets only 13.4 mil in its top ranking s...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONS
Grindhouse, the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez pastiche of 1970s era exploitation flix, features a soundtrack that similarly draws on the many influences that have driven the film’s conceptualiz...
A lot of predictions were set that this would be a slow weekend due to moderate new debuts and from what it looks like, we were right on every count except one. We did not factor in the growing clout of Tyler Perry inside and outside Hollywood. We know th...
The DVD shopping bag keeps getting heavier and heavier as the list of new releases and special editions keeps growing. The Ultimate Edition of the ‘Battleship Potemkin’ is definitely in the bag. Sergei M. Eisenstein’s film is a...
In 2001 the Dabel Brothers founded a publishing company in search of a niche. Under the name “Roaring Studios” Ernst, Les, Pascal and David Dabel took their love of comics and fantasy to a new height, capitalizing on the vacancy of book-to-com...
20the Century Fox has just released a big-screen version of the Dr. Seuss classic Horton Hears a Who, but did you know the story actually made its debut on the small screen nearly 40 years ago? In 1970 the story came to TV in a half-hour animated spe...
Marvel Studios has unveiled their latest release slate for 2008-2009 movies, DVDs, and TV. Before putting up the list though, Superhero Hype is reporting that the first trailer for The Incredible Hulk will hit theaters sometime in March. They can't say wh...
The May sweeps officially started last Thursday and some of our favorite series came back from hiatus that night. Smallville and Lost both came back to the same average numbers they had been getting for the past season while another series, Supernatural a...
There's a new DVD release hitting shelves tomorrow which is very close to Mania since it was created by a fellow Maniac. While you're at the store picking up Grand Theft Auto IV, you can also pick up the latest release of Headless Horseman. Here's Abbie's...
Ever since the theatrical release of A NEW HOPE George Lucas’ Star Wars series has come to dominate pop culture, evolving its form to fit new mediums as the uncontested poster boy of mainstream sci-fi. Novels, toys, television series and comic books...
Xander Ronson (Dolph Lundgren) is a down on his luck, solider of fortune, whose failed security business has lead him to become an underground street fighter. To alleviate his debts, Ronson takes on a job to find an ancient Buddhist tapestry known as...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another crash-course Comicscape! Before we dive into this week’s interview, I want to acknowledge the passing of Steve Gerber, who died from complications related to pulmonary fibrosis this past Sunday. G...
Ever since its conception in 1978, Battlestar Galactica has been offering viewers a layered SF universe, one that manages to stay grounded with the world around us and in sync with contemporary American society. Like any good sci-fi series BSG explores th...
Paramount's BEOWULF ruled the box office this weekend bringing in an estimate $28.1 million. BEE MOVIE landed in second place with $14.3 million, and AMERICAN GANGSTER took third with $13.2 million. FRED CLAUS came in fourth with $12 m...
His Rambo character has certainly dealt out death on many occasions, including the upcoming fourth film, but it looks like he may be handling a DEATH WISH as well. Variety reports that Sylvester Stallone is in talks to direct and star in the MGM...
Happy Wednesday, Maniacs, and welcome to another fantastic foray into the heart of sequential art with this week’s Comicscape! I, your loyal columnist, will lead this journey into the dark digital future as we examine Marvel’s newest onli...
Lionsgate and Twisted Pictures announced today that many of the top rock musicians were enlisted to record music for the Repo! The Genetic Opera soundtrack. Principal photography for the film was completed last month in Toronto, Canada. The film was produ...
The end of 2007 has come and gone. We’re now in the first day of 2008 and whether this year will be better or worse than the previous year, nobody knows. You don’t. I don’t. Even Thor doesn’t know and he’s a fictional god (...
At 20 years old, Street Fighter is a pretty ancient game franchise by modern standards; few series can claim the same longevity. As such, Street Fighter's characters and story have been spun into a lot of anime, manga, comics and cartoons. As far as compa...
In last week’s thrilling DVD Shopping List column, we looked ahead to the major and intriguing genre theatrical and direct-to-DVD movie releases scheduled for the next 12 months. We ran out of room halfway through the list, so we pick it up here ...
Each December, I feel obligated to write one of these wretched “year in review” columns that gives you, the reader, my perfunctory thoughts on comic books through the last 12 months. These things hardly satisfy anyone, least of all me...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS It's here! Sony Classical has released John Williams' soundtrack to the highly-anticipated final STAR WARS film, EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH (SK94220) in a sparkling 2-disc package that includes 70+ minutes of score on CD ...
Who do you think is the ideal mentor, Count Dooku or Mace Windu? Well, that's precisely what you're about to find out while playing Star Wars Battlegrounds: Clone Campaigns. Aside from the add-ons in terms of a whole bunch of brand new units and t...
Conflict Zone by Branislav "Bane" Babovic (Mon 06-11-2001)
After a number of decent strategies that came form Russia, we finally got to see a Western European title in this genre. Conflict Zone (previously known as project Peacemakers) has been developed by the French MASA and published by Ubisoft.The game focuse...
The largest ensemble of fans of and stars from all ten Friday the 13th films will assemble for a three-day convention celebrating the 25th anniversary of the release of the original Friday the 13th, the film often credited with launching the "slasher" sub...
Anyone who grew up loving George Lucas' first STAR WARS trilogy, has certainly been hyper-critical of his prequel trilogy of movies entrenched with their political diatribes and CGI-overloaded sequences (we won't even go there about Jar Jar). Of course, y...
BioWare, in partnership with Sumthing Else Music Works, Inc. and Microsoft Game Studios, the music of Jade Empire is now available on soundtrack, featuring original music by Award-winning composer Jack Wall. The beautiful, sometimes mysterious score featu...
The last thing Rob Zombie thought he would be doing was a House of 1000 Corpses sequel. Instead of fighting it, he embraced it and ended up with The Devil's Rejects a movie he feels is a traditional follow-up in spirit but can also hold together as its o...
Dogs of War by Uros "2Lions" Jojic (Thu 05-04-2000)
The year is 2161. The Earth colonized Primus IV in order to exploit its reserves of SL18 element. Forty years later the colonists rebel against the oppression and exploitation and declare independence from Earth. They hire an elite group of mercenaries ca...
This is one dead week, folks. Seriously, unless you've been eagerly awaiting the return of FATHER OF THE PRIDE, your best bet is riffling through the barrage of Christmas-related programming to find the few gems (which I, your humble servant, have taken t...
Ousted Image Comics founder Rob Liefeld has sold another movie concept to Hollywood, this time to Spyglass Entertainment, the company that brought us THE SIXTH SENSE. Liefeld's new creation is called SPIN and is about a flourishing career woman whose life...
Based on Actual Television ShowsGreetings Cinescapers! I was watching VH1 the other day and they had one of those "worst songs of all time" shows on and by the end when such abominations as "Everybody Have Fun Tonight," "Achy Breaky Heart," and "We Built ...
Kevin Manthei's music has been heard in cinemas, through television speakers, and out of computers since 1995. He has made his most notable strides as a composer of highly cinematic, rhythmically layered scores for computer games, but recently has had the...
Two new film production companies that specialize in genre-oriented entertainment were announced today, with one emerging from the realm of print media.First mentioned is the newly minted New Arc Entertainment, a film production arm of IDT Corporation, an...
This reviewer must confess that, despite much praising of the series from adult friends, she had never seen an episode of the series SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS before watching THE SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS MOVIE. It can now be reported that a) it's not necessary t...
If you missed the Tuesday broadcast of Entertainment Tonight and the on the set preview of FANTASTIC FOUR, the internet is coming to your rescue. The segment is being hosted as a video file on a website, though for how long that will last we're unsure. Th...
Brock Peters, who is probably best known for his rolein TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, died this week at the age of 78.The actor was born in 1927 in New York. He appeared in such films as CARMEN JONES, SOYLENT GREEN, and ALLIGATOR II.He also played Admiral Cartw...
Mean. That's the only way to describe the comments from last week. Just mean! I thought you could have some respect for your fellow comment posters, whether FARSCAPE or STARGATE fan, but no, I was wrong. Instead, we've been reduced to name-calling, an...
German industrial metallers Rammstein will release their new DVD, entitled “Völkerball”, in Europe on November 20. It will be made available in the following three formats:
Standard Edition: 1 DVD 140-minute Live Concert + 1 CD...
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Auto Assault by CAPTAIN GORDON EDWARD (Tue 09-12-2006)
Auto Assault is NCSoft's answer to the MMORPG world for those whom have wanted a Mad Max experience. In a world where the gross populous has died out, life continues. This mass slaughter was ordered by its own people in an attempt to preserve the core ess...
