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A new name builds a nest for THE SPARROW
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 02-25-2004)

MAD MAX director George Miller has attached himself to two projects in development at Warner Bros. The one that has been kicking around the longest is THE SPARROW, a tale of the disasterous first contact between a representative of humanity and an alien r...

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST
by Rachel Reitsleff (Thu 07-06-2006)

...tain Jack Sparrow swell action and a fairly cool mythology to explain all those sword-wielding skeletons. In PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST, Jack and his fellow pirate survivors of the first film (where they were under the now-lifted curse...

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN
by Brian Thomas (Tue 12-09-2003)

...tain Jack Sparrow as if he's been mixing a few too many prescriptions. Sparrow arrives in the British colony town of Port Royal with the intention of stealing a ship with which to pursue his old ship the Black Pearl, which was stolen from him in a muti...


Dead Man's Chest and Tokyo Drift
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 07-06-2006)

...for "Jack Sparrow," the score is very much in the vein of Badelt's original, especially in its use of strident, fast, and powerfully-stroked violin notes, but the actual rhythmic melody of the BLACK PEARL score only shows up in a couple of places on th...

Inon Zur Scores "Pirates of the Caribbean" Video Game
by RANDALL LARSON (Tue 07-11-2006)

Celebrated orchestral composer Inon Zur has created the original musical score for the new video game Pirates of the Caribbean: The Legend of Jack Sparrow. Internationally recognized as one of the A-list composers in the video games industry, Zur was comm...

Annual Recap: Best Film Score Licks of 2006
by Randall Larson (Thu 01-04-2007)

...o;s Jack Sparrow theme initially suggests the playful cynicism of the pirate Captain, before advancing into the power powerful measures that reflect his swashbuckling daring-do.  Zimmer’s theme for the Kraken represents the film’s ...

Keith Richards in PIRATES 3
by Karl Schneider (Mon 06-26-2006)

Rolling Stone Keith Richards will be joining the cast of the upcoming PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN sequel.After the first film and Johnny Depp admitted that Richards was an influence in creating Jack Sparrow.IGN Writes:We took the question to director Gore Ve...


Comicscape - July 19, 2006
by KURT AMACKER (Wed 07-19-2006)

...tain Jack Sparrow merrily swishing behind. Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at comicscape@cinescape.com.

"The Number 23"
by RACHEL REITSLEFF (Fri 02-23-2007)

...r Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey), who narrates for us, postulates that his pleasant life would have proceeded as normal if not for one night when he was delayed by a stray dog. This delay causes Walter’s wife Agatha (Virginia Madsen) to wander i...

Comicscape: The Ever-Expanding Comic-Con
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 08-06-2008)

...tain Jack Sparrow en route to stand in line for 30 minutes for a snack. B-list talent from Penthouse models to small-time professional wrestlers man tables to sign autographs. Comic publishers hawk their wares and show off their talent, tryin...

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN plunder Disneyland
by Sue Schneider (Mon 07-07-2003)

...epp (Jack Sparrow) arrived, dressed in a "Zoot" suit, the crowd screamed even louder as security guards accompanied him down the long carpet as he posed for the photographers, talked to the press and signed autographs.The arrivals started at 6:30 p.m. ...


PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
by MICHAEL TUNISON (Wed 07-09-2003)

...tain Jack Sparrow a stoned-out Han Solo with a brain so addled by grog and the sun that it's all he can do to walk a straight plank arrives just in time to get caught up in things before Barbossa's men attack the city and carry off Elizabeth. Of cour...

Captain Outrageous
by Michael Tunison (Wed 07-09-2003)

It's obvious now that Johnny Depp's fun-loving buccaneer Captain Jack Sparrow is one of the highpoints of Disney's PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL earning the actor wide acclaim from critics and fans alike but not everybody at the...

"Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End" Trailer Online!
by Karl Schneider (Tue 03-20-2007)

...tain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from his mind-bending trap in Davy Jones' locker – while the terrifying ghost ship, The Flying Dutchman and Davy Jones, under the control of the East India Trading Company, wreaks havoc across the Seven Seas. Navig...

THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM
by Warren Curry (Fri 04-18-2008)

...as Golden Sparrow (Liu Yifei). Woo-Ping Yuen's choreography gives the elaborate fight sequences the appearance of highly physical ballet.  Minkoff doesn't chop up these scenes too much, allowing us to soak in Chan and Li's skill and athleticism ...


Urusei Yatsura TV Vol. #25
by Chris Beveridge (Fri 06-25-2004)

...n injured sparrow and the old couple who takes care of it. Like many children?s stories, there are numerous variations of it so it?s little surprise to see it changed here as well as bringing in elements from other stories, notably Momotaro. What makes...

robot Vol.#02
by Matthew Alexander (Wed 06-21-2006)

...-cracking sparrow saves the day with his "special" powers of prediction! Can a couple of lost young adventure-seekers find their way home? Will a sick little brother be saved by his adoring kid sister? In ROBOT 2 things are rarely what they seem, bu...

Comics After Katrina II: Tedd Walley and Mathilda
by Kurt Amacker, Columnist (Wed 02-13-2008)

...TP Vol 18 Sparrow Net (MR) $19.95 BPRD 1946 #2 (Of 5) $2.99 Kurt: The title that reads like a serial number! City Of Others TP $14.95 Kurt: Steve Niles, Bernie Wrightson, and goddamn vampires. Get it. Dominion Conflict 1 No More Noise TP (New...

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD'S END 2-disc Limited Edition
by Tim Janson (Sun 12-23-2007)

...cate Jack Sparrows to converse with. Apparently Director Gore Verbinski thought it one Jack was great five would be even better. Verbinski evidently thought he was Peter Jackson because he turned the film into a near three-hour epic. By my watch, that ...


Dai Guard Vol. #1
by David Owens (Sat 01-04-2003)

...eir weird sparrow-head outfits and hop into Dai-Guard and go fight the bad guy, and lose an arm. And then, in episode two, just when they were almost finished filling out the expense report for the lost arm, the Heterodyne comes back! And it looks an...

Transformers prequel comic sells out at IDW
by Karl Schneider (Thu 04-05-2007)

...ightfall- Sparrow: Phil HaleIssue #3 of Transformers: the Official Movie Prequel will be in stores on April 11. Issue 4 is set for May 2. Following that miniseries, IDW will release Transformers: The Official Movie Adaptation, by Kris Oprisko and Alex ...

Lording It
by Matt Kamen (Fri 07-06-2007)

...es. Sally Sparrow, from season three's tenth episode "Blink", would have made a much better choice…   New UK DVD Picks for 09/07/2007   Highlander: Search for Vengeance   Is it anime? Is it American? Who cares, it'...

"Pirates of the Caribbean" Trailer on March 19
by Karl Schneider (Fri 03-09-2007)

...tain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from his mind-bending trap in Davy Jones' locker.KJ's Take:  They could show the whole movie during commercial breaks and I still wouldn't watch that dreadful show.


Footage from FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Online
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Thu 11-15-2007)

...y, Golden Sparrow (Crystal Liu Yi Fei), who lead him on his quest to return the staff to its rightful owner, the Monkey King - imprisoned in stone by the evil Jade Warlord (Collin Chou) for five hundred years. Along the way, while attempting to outmane...

Pirates of the Caribbean
by Coming Attractions (Fri 03-14-2003)

Genre: Action/Historical/Supernatural.Studio: Walt Disney Pictures.Production Company: Jerry Bruckheimer Pictures.Project Phase: Greenlighted.Johnny Depp (Jack Sparrow); Geoffrey Rush (Captain Blackheart); Orlando Bloom (Will Turner); Jonathan Pryce; Keir...

Pirates of the Caribbean 2
by Coming Attractions (Wed 12-10-2003)

Genre:Adventure/Action/Sequel.Studio:Walt Disney Pictures.Production Company:Jerry Bruckheimer Productions.Project Phase:Script Stage.Who's In It:Unknown. Contracts for Johnny Depp (Captain Jack Sparrow), Orlando Bloom (Will Turner) and Keira Knightly (El...

Ayyy, It's PIRATES from NECA
by News Editor (Wed 10-26-2005)

NECA has released images of the action figures for their second series for PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN.The series will feature Jack Sparrow, Will Turner, Pintel and Ragetti. These detailed figures come with bases that connect to form a giant diorama.The line...


PIRATES production art up
by Mike Whybark (Wed 01-15-2003)

YAHOO! has production art for the Disneyland ride inspired PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, set to star Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom in a swashbuckler that sets Depp's Jack Sparrow against Geoffrey Rush's shipful of evil pirates.The art make liberal use of the ...

PIRATES Hits Dvd Shelves Dec 4
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Fri 07-27-2007)

...tain Jack Sparrow returns in a massively entertaining epic adventure beyond the very ends of the earth in the #1 worldwide box office phenomenon of 2007. Join Elizabeth, Will, and Captain Barbossa as they navigate through treacherous lands, mysterious ...

PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: AT WORLD’S END
by Abbie Bernstein (Thu 05-24-2007)

...nion Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) from the land of the dead (he got swallowed by a sea monster at the end of Dead Man’s Chest). It seems Jack is needed if the pirate community is going to have any hope of standing against the nefarious East India T...

WITCHOUSE 2: BLOOD COVEN
by BRIAN THOMAS (Thu 09-06-2001)

...Professor Sparrow (Albright again, now with her “natural” red mane) is sent to examine bodies found at the construction site for Boston University. However, the bodies are not those of the missing teens, but accused witches executed almost 200 years be...


RINGS star boards PIRATE ship
by Christopher Allan Smith (Wed 09-04-2002)

...tain Jack Sparrow, set to be played by Johnny Depp. Geoffrey Rush is set to play the villainous pirate who kidnaps a governor's daughter, necessitating Sparrow and Turner to give chase. Shooting starts in about a month under director Gore Verbinski (TH...

Saturn Thrice
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-28-2006)

... the Jack Sparrow tune, and figured out how I really wanted it to sound, where I really wanted it to go, and where I wanted the character to go. And I just spent a whole month doing that. It's a darker movie." Soundtrack.net's splendid presentation of...

"Pirates" fans ravage DVD shelves
by Karl Schneider (Thu 12-07-2006)

Walt Disney Pictures smash box office hit Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, quickly became the #1 DVD as it sold almost 5 million copies on it's first day.Starring Johnny Depp as that mischievous, heroic rogue Captain Jack Sparrow, this epic adv...

Rush Talks PIRATES 4 Timing
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Sat 09-15-2007)

...ause Jack Sparrow is probably now to a certain generation more well known as a representative of the Disney imagination than Mickey Mouse himself and Johnny's performance in that role is such an extraordinary thing… that it may pop up." EL...


AMC Doing a SCIFI Series?
by Stephen Lackey (Sun 10-28-2007)

...tain Jack Sparrow, a savvy pirate, and Will Turner, a resourceful blacksmith, as they search for Elizabeth Swann. Elizabeth, the daughter of the governor and the love of Will's life, has been kidnapped by the feared Captain Barbossa. Little do they kno...

Where's My Ticket to Mars?
by Pat Ferrara (Mon 04-07-2008)

...ook: The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell (Brilliance Audio Unabridged) Emilio Sandoz is a remarkable man, a living saint and Jesuit priest who undergoes an experience so harrowing and profound that it makes him question the existence of God. This experie...

Music At World’s End
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 05-17-2007)

...tain Jack Sparrow’s theme, the connected music of the Kraken and of Davy Jones, Becket’s cold and bureaucratic motif, the original Pirates Theme, and what becomes the overarching, ubiquitous musical statement for At World’s End, a mul...

Figures at WORLD'S END
by News Editor (Thu 03-29-2007)

NECA has released images of the series 1 action figures for Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. The first series will include:Jack Sparrow with Pistol, Cutlass, Hat & Island BaseSao Feng with Sword, Sheath & Bath House BasePintel with Club, ...


The Number 23 soundtrack features original music from Harry Gregson-Williams
by Randall Larson (Mon 02-12-2007)

...er Walter Sparrow (Carrey) has found a book he doesn’t dare put down.  By reading the mysterious novel, The Number 23, given to him as a birthday gift by his wife Agatha (Virginia Madsen) Walter twists his once placid existence into an i...

Naked in the Office
by Stephen Lackey (Sun 03-25-2007)

...lays Jack Sparrow a character he molded after rocker Keith Richards.

Inu Yasha Vol. #48
by Luis Cruz (Wed 12-06-2006)

...you, Jack Sparrow!) they used to get there previously is now useless. Myoga suggests that Inu Yasha look up Hosenki, an old friend of his father who created the black pearl. If you guessed that Hosenki is dead, you would be correct; mark the appropri...