According to BlackFilm.com, SalliRichardson and Alice Braga have signed on to join Will Smith in the cast of I AM LEGEND.In the film, Neville (Smith) is the last living man on Earth ... but he is not alone. Every other man, woman, and child has become a ...
Release Date: December 14, 2007 Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Director: Francis Lawrence Screenwriter: Mark Protosevich, Akiva Goldsman Cast: Will Smith, Alice Braga, SalliRichardson-Whitfield, Willow Smith, Charlie Tahan Genre: Action, Advent...
...sh Mihok, SalliRichardson-Whitfield, and Charlie Tahan. Francis Lawrence is directing. Michael Tadross, David Heyman, Neal H. Moritz are producing.
The film hits theaters on December 14th. Click here to see an even larger image on their si...
Yahoo Movies has released the first 3 minutes of the upcoming sci-fi adventure I AM LEGEND online while the movie itself premieres tomorrow in theaters around the globe. To check it out, click here. The film stars Will Smith, Alice Braga, SalliRichardson...
...ce Braga, SalliRichardson-Whitfield, Willow Smith and Charlie Tahan.
Plot Summary: Robert Neville (Will Smith) is a brilliant scientist, but even he could not contain the terrible virus that was unstoppable, incurable... and manmade. Somehow immune, ...
Three new TV spots for the upcoming I AM LEGEND film appeared online today courtesy of IKlipz. The Warner Bros. film, based on the best-selling Richard Matheson, stars Will Smith, Alice Braga, SalliRichardson-Whitfield, Willow Smith and Charlie Taha...
...Braga and SalliRichardson. Akiva Goldsman has written the screenplay based on Matheson’s novel.
James Newton Howard has recently scored The Lookout and also has the music for Michael Clayton and the adventure epic The Waterhorse coming up.&nbs...
The Hollywood Reporter has an article today listing off who's starring in ANACONDAS, the sequel to the 1997 Jennifer Lopez/Ice Cube thriller. Eugene Byrd, Kadee Strickland, SalliRichardson, Carl Yune, Morris Chestnut and Nicholas Gonzalez have been cast ...
...Ferguson, SalliRichardson, Joe Morton, Jordan Hinson and Ed Quinn and executive producers Jaime Paglia and Charlie Craig. "Eureka" is a SCI FI Channel presentation and is produced and distributed by Universal Media Studios.In the second seas...
This past weekend bat-fans
tuned in to the Kids WB! and watched as a whole new version of the Dark Knight
was introduced to youngsters everywhere. 'The Batman' features a younger,
sleeker, more cutting-edge version of the hero and his villains.
The ...
It's big year for Dark Horse Entertainment with tons of film projects in the pipeline including 30 Days of Night, Hellboy 2, R.I.P.D, Grendel and many others. And who better than the head of Dark Horse to update fans everywhere...Mike Richardson goes on t...
MAA continues their run of Spider-Man interviews with the Spider-Man: The Animated Series' Supervising Producer Bob Richardson. Bob oversaw production of the entire show and goes into great detail about his feelings towards the show, the problems with it'...
First up, is creator of Rex Mundi Arvid Nelson. He talks about the concept, birth and premise of the graphic novel. He is followed up by Executive Producer Mike Richardson who gives us production details including the announcement that this is a Dark Hors...
Bradford Richardson talked about his experiences working on the now-defunt 'Superman' development effort of the late 1990s. "Tim Burton wanted Superman to be reborn into a suit of armor. I suggested a tendonous looking exoskeleton. The amazingly talente...
A few days ago, we brought you our first part of our interview with Mike Richardson where we talked about the recent announcement of Johnny Depp's attachment to Rex Mundi. As promised (a little late) here is the second part where he talks about everything...
Mike Richardson talks with Comic Book Resources about Dark Horse's new deal with Universal Studios, what projects may be on the horizon, what it means for the publisher and for 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army'.
"It's a big step for our entertainment co...
"By the time I came to the first movie, it had been pretty much decided who would be in it, and there wasn't room to add any additional characters with the amount of story we had to tell in about seventy minutes. In the second movie, we had a lot of discu...
In part one of our "publisher profile," Dark Horse Comics president Mike Richardson discussed the company's origins and its commitment to creator rights. In this segment, the publisher examines the company's movie production arm, taking a candid look at s...
Known within the comics community as the king of licensed properties, Dark Horse Comics has become a major force within an industry once dominated by the "dynamic duo" of DC and Marvel Comics. Over the course of its 17-year history, the company has explor...
ICv2 has a new sit down interview with Mike Richardson of Dark Horse Comics this week in which they talk about the comics market and manga. Or more specifically, graphic novels and shoujo. Richardson talks about the growth of manga in the bookstores ...
From the 'R.I.P.D.', to 'MadTV', from the 'Brave and the Bold' to 'Wolverine and the X-Men', here's your daily fistful of Comics2Film newsbits from the four corners of the World Wide Web:
'R.I.P.D.' alive and kicking
Dark Horse Chief Mike Richards...
The horror movie genre has gained incredible speed in recent years, with many modern films taking notes from their classic counterparts of yesteryear. But while filmmakers conjure up the next new plot twist or horrid character to make you jump out...
Greetings and welcome to yet another edition of COMICSCAPE, where I give you something to read in your cubicle when the boss isn't looking. This week, rather than delving into the metaphysical implications of the influence of Thelema upon the inner-workin...
Here's a concise little article on the one-two punch that's killing Blockbuster Video: http://www.slate.com/id/2133995/ SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK This week, our spotlight falls on the Man of Steel. (O) THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN Complete Second Season ...
Why does everyone have a great big plasma HDTV but me? Well, not really, but that's the impression you get if you flip through a few nights of network television lately. Manufacturers of high end entertainment electronics are doing their best to place pro...
Release Date: July 11, 2008 Studio: Universal Pictures Director: Guillermo del Toro Screenwriter: Guillermo del Toro Cast: Ron Perlman, Selma Blair, Luke Goss, Thomas Kretschmann, Doug Jones, Anna Walton, Brian Steele, Roy Dotrice, John Hurt Genre:...
Zap2It is reporting that the actor who will provide the voice for the new Dark Knight in THE BATMAN animated series is Rino Romano. Romano is a longtime veteran of television animation, providing the voice of Peter Parker in SPIDER-MAN UNLIMITED, NASCAR R...
Universal Pictures has signed David Dobkin to direct the big screen adaptation of Dark Horse's comic book, R.I.P.D..The comic book, written Peter M. Lenkov, centers on the Rest in Peace Department, the dedicated yet dead police officers who patrol the dea...
Warner Bros. has posted a clip online from one of the songs from THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, opening December 22. Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film stars Gerard Butler as the disfigured Phantom, Emmy Rossum as Christine, the source of his romantic feeli...
Mercedes Lackey hits the shelves today with continuations of both her Elemental Masters and The Dragon Jousters series, Koji Suzuki's final installment of the Ring trilogy gets its stateside paperback debut, and Dietz releases his new hard SF thriller fre...
Dark Horse's Indie Production company has optioned the rights to a horror comedy, WAR MONKEYS, based off a story concept by producer Chris Patton. The Hollywood Reporter says scribe Cleve Nettles is handling the script process while Mike Richard...
Kevin Conroy, the benchmark by which fans compare all Batman voices, returns to the title role in Batman Gotham Knight, the third release in the DC Universe Animated Original Movie series from DC Comics, Warner Premiere, Warner Home Video and Warner Bros....
Week after week, it tends to be same people putting the spotlight on themselves. It’s becoming a favorite past time (move over Baseball) for the celebrities to do things which have them laughed at, ridiculed or even landed behind bars. I guess it ca...
When talking about the great character actors of modern cinema, only a handful of individuals spring to that movie homage infested brain of mine. These are the actors who can fit into the shoes of any given character with such style that they make a l...
Internationally recognized actor Costas Mandylor will return to his native Australia to shoot a new untitled thriller previously known as "Broken" for acclaimed U.S filmmaker Eric Manchester.The film, written by Manchester and produced by David Redman (...
Greeting Maniacs, and welcome to another spine-tingling Comicscape spectacular! For this week, I’ve interviewed Marc Moorash and Heather Stanley – the creators and publishers behind a cool new series called Polyglot & Spleen. ...
Len Wiseman is in discussions to direct the upcoming DIE HARD 4 for 20th Century Fox.Bruce WIllis will be reprising his role for the screenplay written by Mark Bomback and Doug Richardson. The script pits a retired McClane against an Internet terrorist o...
After the sale of '30 Days of Night' Hollywood went into a feeding frenzy buying up Steve Niles' properties. So far nothing has been rushed into development like the conceptually brilliant vampire story, but one of our favorite Steve Niles comics pic...
In a first for horror master Stephen King, the best-selling author has adapted someone else`s work for the big screen.King put his hand to Patrick McGrath`s novel `Asylum` for Paramount Pictures, according to Variety.The film tells the story of an English...
Here is a list of Science Fiction, Horror, and Fantasy Oscar Winners. Included are both obvious genre films and borderline efforts perhaps more commonly thought of as dramas (e.g., HAMLET, SONG OF BERNADETTE). Inevitably, this kind of judgment call leaves...
What They Say Based on the manga from creator Shirow Masamune, Shinji Aramaki follows up his 2004 take on Appleseed with this new outing which finds Deunan and Briareos as both partners and lovers. As members of ESWAT, the elite forces serving Olympus, th...
Writes Tad Stones:
"I wanted to push the DVD extras toward comics and comic fans. To a certain extent that was accomplished. There's plenty of time with Mike and there'll be more of his interview on Blood and Iron.
"The DVD crew even flew up to P...
MTV Films has bitten on "Damn Nation," buying feature rights to Andy Cosby's Dark Horse comic tale of a vampire takeover of the United States. MTV will produce "Damn Nation" along with Michael Aguilar and Dean Georgaris, through their Paramount-based Penn...
Bob Richardson, producer/director of the Ultimate Avengers animated movie, said that the film features four major battles.
"Which is a lot to put in a 70-minute movie," he said on Saturday during the Ultimate Avengers panel at Wizard World Texas.
...
Titus Groan, the first Gormenghast novel, was published in 1946. Its sequel Gormenghast appeared in 1950. Both names are arbitrary; arguably, the first book is more about Gormenghast and the second more on Titus. Titus Alone, the third book, followed in 1...
The really cool thing about the Silurians that always set them apart from their fellow DOCTOR WHO monsters was that in the final analysis, they were right. The Silurians (actually a complete misnomer that is inexplicably retained in this new 'prequel' tal...
The suits at Paramount have always looked down their noses at their moneymaking slasher series. There must've been cigars all around when they sold the rotting franchise off to New Line. Well, now that Ronny Yu has hit a home run with FREDDY VS. JASON (an...
The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences presented the 2002-2003 Creative Arts Primetime Emmy Awards, for programs and individual achievements, at the 55th Annual Emmy Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on Saturday, September 13. Highlights of the pr...
Genre: Thriller.Studio: Dreamworks Pictures/Paramount Pictures.Production Company: Unknown.Project Phase: Released.Who's In It: Tom Cruise (Vincent; Jamie Foxx (Max); Jada Pinkett-Smith; Mark Ruffalo; Dennis Farina; Irma Hall.Who's Making It: Michael Mann...
On March 17th at the Pacific's Cinerama Dome Theater in Hollywood, Calif., Newmarket Films and FLAUNT MAGAZINE presented the Los Angeles premiere of SPUN. The film is based on three rather bizarre days in the life of former junky Will de Los Santos, who w...
On October 1st WB Network held a Wednesday Night Premiere Party for ANGEL and SMALLVILLE at The Grove on Fairfax and Third Street, put on by KTLA and KIIS FM. Radio host Clarence Barnes and KTLA's Mindy Burbano and Sam Rubin were the hosts of the night.T...
From Star Trek’s FTL warp drive to Carl Sagan’s concentric-ringed, space-tearing Machine, spaceships have been as much a staple of science fiction as aliens or any other concept that has helped define the genre. Within the fictional SF univers...
Principal photography has begun on the action-thriller Hellboy 2: The Golden Army from writer/director Guillermo del Toro and film producers Lawrence Gordon (Hellboy, Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Die Hard), Lloyd Levin (Hellboy, United 93) and Mike Richardson...
Former Hollyoaks star Sarah Jayne Dunn has apparently been cast in the new Batman movie.
The actress, who found fame playing Mandy Richardson in the soap, is said to have won a part in The Dark Knight, which is set to be released next year.
More...
...
"Well, it's out in a official press release, so I guess I can finally start talking about this. The fine folks at Columbia, along with producers Neal Moritz and Mike Richardson, have picked up the rights to my comic series ARK, which did indeed see print ...
Columbia Pictures has paired with Original Films' Neal Moritz to bring "The Ark" to the bigscreen.
Tale marrying the story of Noah's Ark with a UFO crash first appeared in the anthology series "Dark Horse Presents," the comicbook that launched Frank Mill...
Who better than the Joker to star in the final new episode of 'The Batman' for 2007?
Premiering this Saturday, December 15 is an episode entitled "The Metal Face of Comedy," in which through an unusual accident Joker's personality i...
From a press release
For A Limited Time Only, Own The 3-Disc Special Edition & 2-Disc Blu-Ray Hi-Def Featuring Hours Of Bonus Features, Digital Copy & Collectible 3-D Packaging
HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY
From Universal Studios Home Entertain...
Here's a scan of the supehero cartoon and DVD happenings from our friends at ToonZone.net and World's Finest DVD Report:
Wolverine and the X-Men
According to Toonzone.net: Kevin Michael Richardson, best known for his Emmy-winning role as The Joker in Th...
Variety
followed up on yesterday's news regarding the bidding war for Steve Niles' 30
Day of Night. The war is over and Senator Intl. has now secured the
rights to the IDW Publishing comic book.
Niles is set to
pen the script for the movie.
"...
From a Press Release
'Batman Gotham Knight' Voice Cast Announced, Revised Enhanced Content For DC Universe Animated Original Movie
Fan Favorite Kevin Conroy returns to benchmark title role for July 8, 2008 Release; Primetime stars join cast of third DC ...
According to the Hollywood Reporter on Friday, Rob Reger's 'Emily the Strange' is headed for the big screen.
Dark Horse Entertainment president Mike Richardson is set to produce a feature film that would tell the origin of the gothic figure and her four ...
Dark Horse chief Mike Richardson talks about 'Hellboy 2' as well as a prospective 'B.P.R.D.' spinoff movie and the possibility of Universal's classic monsters appearing in 'Hellboy 3'.
Luke Goss is rejoining director Guillermo del Toro for Universal Pictures' "Hellboy 2: The Golden Army."
The movie reunites the first movie's principals -- Ron Perlman as Hellboy, Selma Blair as Liz Sherman and both David Hyde Pierce and Doug Jones as ...
The Superman Celebration kicked off on Thursday June 11th this year and man was it hot! I hadn’t been since 2006 and it seemed hot then, but this year it stayed in the 90s throughout the week.
The attending celebrities were 2-time Emmy Award and ...
Newsarama interviews Billy Tucci about the upcoming 'Shi' series from Dark Horse Comics. He also talked about some of his Hollywood dealings:
"'Shi' has been optioned by Mimi ['Trapped'] Gitlin's Lion Eyes Entertainment. Mimi had been Ridley Scott's pr...
Batman, Robin and Batgirl go underground when the Joker uses the city's subway system to entrap Gotham's citizens in an all-new episode of 'The Batman,' entitled "The Joker Express," airing Saturday, November 10 at 11:30 a.m. ET/PT as part of th...
Walt
Disney Television Animation Special Projects and cable sports outlet ESPN have
announced that the popular syndicated comic strip In The Bleachers
will make the transition to animation this month. 15-second animated shorts will
run within select...
From a press release
Culver City, CA – From acclaimed writer/director Richard Kelly, the visionary creator behind the modern classic Donnie Darko, comes another exercise in mind-bending cool with 'Southland Tales', available on DVD March 18, 2008 f...
Rino Romano will voice Bruce Wayne, while Kevin Michael Richardson will play the Joker and Tom Kenny will play the Penguin. Ming-Na will voice an unnamed detective.
Batman, Robin and Batgirl go underground when the Joker uses the city's subway system to entrap Gotham's citizens in an all-new episode of 'The Batman,' entitled "The Joker Express," airing Saturday, November 10 at 11:30 a.m. ET/PT as part of th...
Comics2Film
readers have been reading intermittent reports about a cartoon version of Jay
Stephens' Tutenstein strip for years. We can finally report that
the show has a firm air date of June 14th, 2003.
The show is
being produced by Porchlight Ent...
U.S. fans who
enjoy Showtime's new show Jeremiah will soon get a chance to
experience Hermann Huppen's graphic novels that serve as the basis.
Ervin
Rustemagic, who is not only an executive producer on the series, but has
published the comic abroad...
Word on the Hellboy
movie has been getting increasingly positive in the past few months. Director
Guillermo del Toro's passion project may have gotten a shot in the arm by the
strong performance of his recently released Blade II.
Now, Ain't
It Cool...
David Dobkin has signed to direct "RIPD," an adaptation of a Dark Horse comic book, for Universal Pictures. Neal H. Moritz and Dark Horse's Mike Richardson are producing.
Written by Peter M. Lenkov, the 1999 comic centers on the Rest in Peace Departmen...
While he's best-known these days as a screenwriter and television scripter, Mark Verheiden (Battlestar Galactica, Smallville) actually got his start in the comics business working for Dark Horse. And now that experience is coming full circle for the scrib...
When ShowTime's Jeremiah
debuts on March 3rd, it will have traveled a great distance from the roots of
the Belgian comic book that spawned it. This week Comics2Film talked with
Ervin Rustemagic, an executive producer on the show and founder of Strip
...
Grendel Teaser Poster by Hans Rodionoff.
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for larger image
With development
on a movie version his Mage comic book well underway, Comics2Film
has learned that Hollywood has now turned an eye towards Matt Wag...
Helmer Guillermo del Toro and producers Lawrence Gordon, Mike Richardson and Lloyd Levin are all back on board for "Hellboy 2," the sequel to Revolution Studios' hit comic book feature.
More...
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films has announced the nominations for the 34th Annual Saturn Awards. Leading the nominations this year is the groundbreaking film, '300' with 10 nominations.
Pretty much every comic book movie re...
Last night at the premiere of '30 Days of Night', the IESB was able to catch up with a long time friend of the site, producer/publisher Mike Richardson, owner of Dark Horse Entertainment.
Richardson said he is talking to Universal about bringing 'Timec...
FAMED ARTIST TO APPEAR AS A GUEST OF HONOR AT NYAF 2008
Norwalk, CT, June 24, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced Yoshitaka Amano -- an acclaimed artist whose credits include Final Fantasy, Sandman, and Vampire Hunter D -- will appe...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS While the song soundtrack for Bruce Hunt's underground horrorshow, THE CAVE, is also on Lakeshore Records, I suggest you pass it by and grab the true score soundtrack instead. The sinewy orchestral strands that open the Johnny ...
From a press release:
Universal Pictures And Dark Horse Entertainment Sign Worldwide Production And Distribution Agreement
Universal City, CA and Milwaukie, OR – 14 March 2008 – Universal Pictures and Dark Horse Entertainment have signed a t...
Paul Dini told The Comics Continuum that he has written the upcoming episode of Cartoon Network's Justice League Unlimited that features Supergirl and The Legion of Super-Heroes.
Duane Capizzi confirmed for The Continuum that he is returning for a new...
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 ...
The Los Angeles Premiere of STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH was recently held in Los Angeles at the Mann Village Theater in Westwood, California. This 20th Century Fox film was presented by Kellogg's and was a benefit for the charity Artists fo...
After directing two bona fide cult classics, REPO MAN and SID AND NANCY, it seemed like director Alex Cox could do no wrong. His next cinematic venture, 1987’s STRAIGHT TO HELL, looked like the perfect vehicle, a punk comedy homage to spaghetti westerns. ...
Cinescape did an in-depth interview with Dark Horse chief Mike Richardson. Richardson discussed his work in Hollywood including current projects in development:
Son of the Mask: "Larry Gutterman has a great vision for the movie. It's a lot of fun."
Hell...
Cinescape chatted up Dark Horse chief and 'Hellboy' producer Mike Richardson, who updated them on future films from the comic and movie house: "We're negotiating a deal right now for 'Grendel', which will be announced soon we hope," Richardson said. More....
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror are big business. If there were any doubt, the box office grosses of last year`s genre films put it to rest. So the major Hollywood studios, along with the mini-majors and the independents, will be offering up a slew o...
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...
GORMENGHAST is an absolutely splendid production. It`s beautiful, witty, literate, and with a cast to die for, it’s the best British telefantasy for many a year. It`s also the first to rival Hallmark`s 1995 GULLIVER’S TRAVELS - something of a yardstick in...
Following several years in which British tele-fantasy seemed in terminal decline, the BBC is opening the new century with a £10 million mini-series based on the acclaimed `Gormenghast` novels by Mervyn Peake. The four-part adaptation begins on BBC2 on Jan...
Okay, let me begin by warning you that I`m going to be the spoilsport critic in the following review. This doesn`t mean I disliked the film. Far from it: I was actually enthralled by Tim Burton`s fairy tale horror aesthetic. One of the magical things of w...
This black-and-white, manga version of 1984`s THE RETURN OF GODZILLA (U.S. title: GODZILLA 1985) was originally published in the U.S. by Dark Horse Comics as a six-issue mini-series in 1988/89. The English translation was by Randy Stradley and Mike Richar...
The international success of "giallo" horror films from Italy by Dario Argento and Mario Bava led to a gush of stylish spaghetti splatter in the 1970s. Soon, dozens of directors were working on these violent whodunit thrillers. One of the best of these wa...
In part II of our conversation with Mike Mignola we learn a bit about the possible Baltimore or the Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire movie, working with his publisher Dark Horse Comics, the pros and cons on the popularity of Comic-Con and the next fi...
Mervyn Peake's GORMENGHAST trilogy is possibly the most underrated piece of fantasy fiction written in the last century. It's the epic tale of Titus Groan, the sole heir to the kingdom of Gormenghast after his insane father dies when he is still a baby. S...
Genre:Horror/Action/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio:Revolution Studios.Production Company:Lawrence Gordon Productions/Dark Horse Entertainment.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Ron Perlman (Hellboy); Selma Blair (Liz Sherman); John Hurt (Dr. Broom); Jeffr...
Dark Horse Comics has announced plans to publish an all-new line of comic books based on the rock band KISS. The first of four KISS projects - THE DEMON, STARCHILD, SPACE ACE and CAT MAN - will begin publication late next spring."KISS has always been abou...
In a recent interview, Dark Horse's Mike Richardson touched upon a number of long developing projects based on books published by his company. While talking to The Last Comic Site [http://www.lastcomicsite.com/], Richardson gave the following info on a nu...
THE MASK OF SATAN(1960) is widely regarded as a classic of the horror genre, filled with wonderfully atmospheric effects and punctuated by moments of brutality quite grizzly for their time, yet the film has been known to U.S. fans only through a truncate...
Film noir existentialism melds with science fiction rubber reality in this excellent effort from director Alex Proyas (THE CROW). The film is an absolute marvel of production design, special effects, and cinematography, which combine to create the fascin...
Dark Horse Comics president Mike Richardson this week announced a new publishing program featuring CONAN THE BARBARIAN. The monthly ongoing series will include all-new stories based on the classic Robert E. Howard character and also incorporate adaptation...
SPIDER is such a quiet movie as it unspools that it may not be until after it's over that the viewer realizes how drenched in hysteria the tale really is. This is completely in keeping with the experience of watching the film, which often deliberately mak...
The man hailed as the father of cyberpunk is back on the bookshelves with a follow-up to 2003’s Pattern Recognition, a novel Publisher’s Weekly named one of the best books of the year.
Good start of the work week to all of you Maniac ...
Universal Pictures and Dark Horse Entertainment have signed a three-year production and distribution agreement that establishes a studio home for all of Dark Horse's creative properties going forward. The agreement was jointly announced by Marc Shmuger an...
HOSTEL falls squarely within the TEXAS CHAINSAW subgenre, with a bit of borrowing from AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (there may be other, earlier movies about wisecracking young Yank backpackers in Europe who are preyed on by evil forces, but that's the ...
Speaking exclusively with CINESCAPE's Eric Moro, Dark Horse Comics President Mike Richardson gave us a vision of the film future of Dark Horse -- from movies that are in production (HELLBOY) to ones announced as in development (30 DAYS OF NIGHT) and other...
THE HARD WORD is an utterly respectable Australian cousin to the better-known (at least in the U.S.) low-budget British crime thriller, given a Down Under flavor and just a touch of Gothic gruesomeness. Writer/director Scott Roberts has a flair for bright...
Blackadder: Back and Forth, just released on British video, was originally made for the big screen at London`s Millennium Dome. (Cynics might say it therefore qualifies as a hitherto unseen work, but that`s quite enough of that!) The thirty-minute adventu...
The late cinematographer-cum-director Mario Bava helmed a number of Italian horrors in the 1960s & `70s, but none approached this macabre majesty of his 1960 masterpiece. Filmed in gorgeous black-&-white, the story interpolates medieval deviltry and a war...
Columbia Pictures has picked up the rights to the graphic novel THE ARK created by Mark Verheiden, who will also adapt the script. ARK appeared in Dark Horse Presents #135 in 1998.
Neal Moritz and Dark Horse's Mike Richardson will produce.&nb...
Casting has been completed on the much-anticipated sixth installment of the Warner Bros. Pictures "Harry Potter" film franchise, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. The announcement was made by Jeff Robinov, President of Production, Warner B...
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror films has announced the nominations for the 32nd Annual Saturn Awards. Leading the pack is George Lucas' genre epic "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith" with 10 nominations. "Batman Begins" fol...
Cinescape has received an unconfirmed report from an inside source that Samaire Armstrong (O.C., Entourage) will play the part of sexy, free spirit Jenny in the RISE.The Ghost House thriller is currently in production. The cast includes Lucy Liu, Michael ...
Gamerz-Edge is reporting that a new CGI-animated feature-length Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film is in the works.Kevin Munroe has been hired to write and direct the film. They are currently in pre-production, the film is targeted for U.S. release in sp...
Before my phone interview with Bruce Campbell on Thursday evening, I spent the better part of an hour and a half trying to calm down. I was nervous, to say the least. I undertook my usual pre-interview ritual drinking. This time, it was two swallows of B...
The trades are reporting that another comic should be hitting the big screen in the near future, though this one isn't based around an iconic superhero. Instead, it will be based on the Dark Horse comic series Emily the Strange, says the Hollywood Reporte...
While we had the basic details of new licenses last night, Justin Richardson is checking in with an expanded look and more information from the Broccoli International Panel
Emmy Award Winning Show Attends the Nation's Largest Anime/Manga Convention
Anaheim, California (April 18, 2008) ‹The Emmy Award winning and popular stop-motion animation sketch comedy show, Robot Chicken, which airs on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim is...
Just back from the premiere of '30 Days of Night,' Steve Niles took a few minutes to speak with us about how happy he is with the film adaptation and what else he's working on.
C2F: Where did the original idea for '30 Days of Night' come from?
St...
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Now that anime has a firm foothold in America, we can revisit the groundbreaking manga that created the first modern generation of American fans. This entertainment has come full circle with Dark Horse's impressive...
The ICv2 site has a new interview up with Dark Horse publisher Mike Richardson in which a segment is focused on manga, their role in it as the oldest publisher in North America for manga, and where the future of it will be.
What They SayFrom Takashi Nakamura, chief animation director on Akira, comes this visually compelling, existential retelling of the classic story of Pinocchio.
In a remote corner of the planet Arcana, Palme, a sentient android crafted from a mystical woo...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Silva Screen Records has released The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection (SILCD 1178), a specially priced 2CD set with over 110 minutes of some of the greatest film music in the history of cinema, including some of...
HOSTAGE starts so promisingly that we have high hopes. Ace LAPD hostage negotiator Jeff Talley (Bruce Willis) tries to talk down a crazed man, angling for a resolution in which nobody dies. The situation ends disastrously. A year later, Jeff has moved awa...
By all rights, "The Ark in Space" should have been a disaster. For one thing, it was the first serial produced by Philip Hinchcliffe and therefore the very first representation of the new direction the DOCTOR WHO series would take. What a nightmare for Hi...
THE DANGEROUS LIVES OF ALTAR BOYS will probably strike plenty of chords of familiarity with those who have attended Catholic school in the last 30 years or so. For that matter, the movie based on Chris Fuhrman's book will likely also inspire recognition...
Veteran comic book writers and artists have often been some of the least appreciated and most marginalized members of the entertainment community, unable to claim ownership of most if not all of their work, and often going without the kind of benefits we ...
VIDEO NEWS· SUSPIRIA is a milestone of horror filmmaking, which finds its director, Dario Argento, operating at the top of his form. After some years out of release due to legal entanglements, Anchor Bay will brin...
Revolution Studios' and Columbia Pictures' HELLBOY opened nationwide on Friday, April 2nd and the studios held the premiere of HELLBOY on March 30th at the Mann Village Theater in Westwood, California and of course Cinescape was right there to catch all t...
It's official: plans for HELLBOY 2 are a go.The news broke today in The Hollywood Reporter that director Guillermo del Toro, producers Lawrence Gordon, Mike Richardson and Lloyd Levin and HELLBOY creator Mike Mignola will all work together on a sequel to ...
Two new images from HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE have been released by Warner Bros., with one of the photos giving us a good look at snoopy Rita Skeeter (played by Miranda Richardson.) In the fourth HARRY POTTER film Hogwarts plays host to an inter...
Empire Online talked with Bruce Willis about the fourth "Die Hard" film and he had a few more tidbits to throw out.Willis says that, Doug Richardson took a shot at "Die Hard 4.0" and it's a good idea. McClane's retired, he's not a cop anymore. The script ...
Andrew Lloyd Webber's quasi-rock opera THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, with lyrics by Charles Hart, loosely based on the novel by Gaston Leroux, opened on stage in London in 1986 and proceeded to become a hit of gargantuan proportions, running for years in the ...
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, DC Comics and Electronic Arts have announced plans to release a video game based on the forthcoming BATMAN BEGINS feature film, scheduled for release in June 2005. The video game will be released on June 17, 2005, t...
He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named has been found.British actor Ralph Fiennes (SCHINDLER'S LIST, RED DRAGON) has been selected to play the dreaded Lord Voldemort in HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE. In J.K. Rowling's fourth novel Voldemort finally realizes his g...
Josh LeBar draws on all kinds of life experiences when giving voice to Flash Thompson for "The Spectacular Spider-Man."
LeBar, best known for his role as agent Ari Gold's arch rival Josh Weinstein on HBO's "Entourage," has lived the life of both a pr...