The gothic poetry of Regent St. Claire, collected in the recent volume GLAMOUR AND DAMNATION, has its roots in dark fantasy and horror. Yet the visions he expresses are uniquely modern and urban, with a hint of cyberpunk cool. While the gifted St. Claire ...
...nd bloodlustMichael Schiefelbein's two previous novels, Vampire Vow and Vampire Thrall, have garnered him a wide following. Now, with Vampire Transgression, he brings the story begun in Vampire Vow to a shuddering conclusion.
Set the ...
Red Machine Comics' SPIRIT KNIGHT belongs to that subset of pop culture usually referred to as "Bible-based entertainment." This includes books like the LEFT BEHIND series, the OMEGA CODE movies, and a host of other bands, comics, television shows, and w...
When Brit author Richard K. Morgan first released Altered Carbon, his debut novel of hardboiled SF genius, the body-swapping detective tale met with little criticism. Winning the Philip K. Dick Award for Best Novel in 2003, the impressive sci-fi work goes...
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 ...
The latest Best Selling lists have been released from most of the news publications for this past week. It looks like author James Patterson is leading the way on most of the lists from his latest novel, YOU'VE BEEN WARNED. Here's a look at the Best Selle...
Francis Ford Coppola not only led his generation of young, new filmmakers who revived the form in the early '70s, he has also made, in the course of his uneven career, some of the greatest American films ever. Now, Paramount Home Video has released two su...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kobayashi MakotoTranslated by:N/AAdapted by:What They SayDescribed as \"Japan\'s version of Garfield, Heathcliff, and Krazy Kat all rolled into one,\" Makoto Kobayashi\'s What\'s Michael? mixes slice-of-life cat reality with o...
Reading and enjoying epic genre literature requires, unfortunately, a great deal of patience. Though we love our favorite authors for their mind-expanding work, their creation of new worlds and imaginative storytelling ability, we can be the first to bran...
It’s a good Tuesday on this the first week in November as we’ve got a handful of series sequels, a couple promising, original new novels, and a Star Trek Enterprise guide in this Penguin Group- and Wizards of the Coast-dominated Weekly Book...
On a special edition of ABC`s television show POLITICALLY INCORRECT, host Bill Maher was discussing the Oscar telecast with a panel of guests including Chris Isaak and Michael Medved. The conservative critic was spewing his usual bile about an alleged Hol...
It’s with a heavy heart that I must inform you, the Mania readership, that this 111th edition of the Weekly Book Buzz will be my last as columnist. Due to a decrease in free time and one of those unfortunate things called a regular job I can no long...
The full schedule for this year's Comic Con has been released here but as always, we're going to sift through the press releases and give you the panels covering Movies, DVD and TV events. You can check out the first two days below.Wednesday, July 23, PRE...
A plethora of rumors online are now confirmed with solid word that Michael Jackson will be appearing in the coming MEN IN BLACK 2. And, despite the visual joke in the first MIB, the singer will not be playing an alien.While talking to Variety columnist Mi...
Michael Praed is quite proud of himself, for reasons only a parent would understand. He had just returned to his home in England to see his son and daughter in their local school`s Nativity play. `They were fantastic!` the proud father beams, just begging...
Michael Shanks plays Dr. Daniel Jackson on the popular television series STARGATE SG-1. He leaves the series this season by way of a much-publicized, much-lamented character death ("Meridian"). But no one really dies in science fiction, and Dr. Jackson wi...
Punisher, The by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 02-23-2004)
Genre: Action/Crime/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio: Lions Gate Films.Production Company: Unknown.Project Phase: In the Can.Who's In It: Thomas Jane (Frank Castle/"The Punisher"); John Travolta (Howard Saint); Laura Harring; Rebecca Romijn-Stamos; Will Patto...
MAccording to ComingSoon.net, Michael Bacall has joined Quentin Tarantino's half of the double feature GRINDHOUSE. Bacall will join Eli Roth, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Bell, Kurt Russell and Omar Doom in the film.GRINDHOUSE will include two films joined by fau...
Sitting down to interview Michael Clarke Duncan who stars alongside Tom Hanks in The Green Mile, the first thing I notice is his jovial, garrulous manner. He`s friendly, open, and extremely happy to talk about the biggest role of his acting career. Big. T...
Four people (a psychic, a ghost hunter, a filmmaker and a historian), all trained in the art of paranormal phenomena and loaded with three cameras, are flown to Louisiana to investigate the ghoulish goings-on in a notorious haunted house, plagued by the s...
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 ...
Some evil never dies. The Shape has been shot, stabbed, burned and thrown out of windows, yet keeps coming back for more. Even non-traditional methods, like less than stellar sequels, haven’t been able to take down modern horror’s original mass murderer. ...
He's big, bigger than most. But can he stack up against The Rock? You better believe it, says Michael Clarke Duncan who co-stars with the famous wrestler in The Rock's firststarring role in THE SCORPION KING."He's six four, two seventy," says Duncan. "I'...
Currently co-starring alongside The Rock in the hit action film THE SCORPION KING, Michael Clarke Duncan is riding high. After his Oscar nominated turn in THE GREEN MILE, the actor has had a string of roles in popular films. In THE SCORPION KING, The Rock...
What They SayYuu and Miki are together, but can they stay that way? Meiko\'s got love problems, Miki has a few persistent admirers, Ginta and Arimi are on an emotional rollercoaster, and Yuu\'s been given the chance of a lifetime. With old friends, new ri...
Anchor Bay Entertainment is releasing HALLOWEEN: 25 YEARS OF TERROR on DVD July 25, 2006.The DVD will take a look at the history surrounding the horror franchise, including a backstage look at all of the classic films as well as feature a host of bonus ma...
Michael Nyman's 'MN Records' have released a new series of albums entitled Composer's Cuts. The series highlights what the composer refers to as the "continuous evolution" of his film music. He suggests that with the performance of certain cues in the con...
Possible SPOILER sub-plot details inside this article, reader. This story/rumor clarifies previous rumors on which character Anthony Michael Hall will be playing in Nolan's THE DARK KNIGHT next year. Previously, online news stated that Hall could be playi...
Moviehole.net reports that Michael Jai White may be cast opposite Bruce Willis in the big screen adaptation of 'The Surrogates'.
The film would be based on the graphic novel written by Robert Venditti and illustrated by Brett Weldele. Published by Top Sh...
From Actor Michael Caine's official website:
I have just got back from my second trip to Chicago where I am shooting "Batman", my jet lag has gone so I feel like updating this site.
I have one more stint in Chicago in a month time, then I will be f...
Yahoo Movies has posted a Video Interview of Director Michael Bay talking about the upcoming Transformers Movie and the reasons he made some of his questionable decisions...
Time travel is--all puns aside--a time-tested motif in science fiction. In Michael Crichton`s latest novel, TIMELINE, we`re not talking dinosaurs here. We`re talking the Middle Ages, and we`re talking time travel of a sort we`ve never heard of before. ...
'Transformers' director Michael Bay shares insights about the movie in this exclusive interview is iF Magazine:
About deciding to do a "toy movie":
"When Steven [Spielberg] called me a year and a half ago, he said I want you to direct 'Transformers'...
While covering the recent Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention, CINESCAPE photographer Sue Schneider caught up with actor Michael Pare', self-proclaimed Hollywood hermit and star of the syndicated television series STARHUNTER. Perhaps bes...
Oscar-nominated composer Michael Kamen has died. The 55-year-old, who gave us such memorable scores for such films as DIE HARD, LETHAL WEAPON, HIGHLANDER and X-MEN, passed away due to his battle with multiple sclerosis. Doctors said that Kamen suffered a ...
In late June, NECA (The National Entertainment Collectibles Association) will be putting out a Michael Myers bust sitting on top of a carved pumpkin. The "Mini-Bust" will glow in it's own luminescent way, via a few button cell batteries.NECA states, the ...
An anonymous scooper claims to shed light on what Anthony Michael Hall's role in 'The Dark Knight' might be.
Be warned: If this turns out to be true it would have to be considered a SPOILER!
UC: UNDERCOVER creator Shane Salerno and ARMAGEDDON director Michael Bay are reuniting on a new pilot for ABC about the real-life war between 1920s crusader Eliot Ness and Chicago gangster Al Capone. The story between the two was first made popular by the...
In an exclusive interview with CINESCAPE, Hollywood "Jack of all Trades" and fan favorite comic book scribe J. MichaelStraczynski revealed that his RISING STARS feature film adaptation is farther along then most have imagined."I turned in the fourth draf...
There’s something about Daredevil. He’s never Saved Our Entire Planet, spawned an epic crossover, or starred in a cartoon or major motion picture. Kids don’t go crazy at the sight of a Daredevil action figure, and hot young actresses don’t dance around in...
Writer-artist Joseph Michael Linsner has created a legion of fans with his independent comic books featuring the Dawn character. Sirius Entertainment, the small publisher for which Linsner usually works, recently capitalized on that popularity by re-offer...
Having superpowers isn`t all it`s cracked up to be. When last we saw the superpowered main characters of Rising Stars, a cadre of suddenly high-powered Specials prepared to wreak havoc on the world that had ruined their quiet lives. The words of the power...
April 16th criminals will learn to fear The Punisher as the film is set to launch in theaters everywhere. Screenwriter Michael France discusses the process of bringing Marvel's vigilante to the big screen, what didn't make it into the final draft, what yo...
Michael Daingerfield is the voice actor taking on the role of Superman in the up-coming "Krypto: The Superdog" animated series, scheduled to premiere in April 2005 on the Cartoon Network. "It has great writing and Krypto is a great character. I think peop...
MichaelBay.com, the official website for director/producer Michael Bay, offers a cryptic post suggesting news of Bay's involvment in 'Superman' will be forthcoming.
"Having done 'Batman,' it made little sense to me to produce a movie based upon any run-of-the-mill super-hero. I looked for very special, unique characters that stood out by the sheer quality of the material...In the seventy year history of the comic boo...
SoundtrackNet has posted a report on Steve Jablonsky's recording session for the new Michael Bay science fiction/action thriller about cloning, THE ISLAND. Jablonsky, noted for scoring the 2003 remake of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, TV's DESPERATE HOUSEWI...
Michael Madsen ("Kill Bill") wrapped work on the French film adaptation of Moebius' "Blueberry" last summer. Click the link for Q&A with Madsen and stills from the comic book adaptation.
There have been whispers of a Cloverfield 2 on the horizon in the near future. Even the trades said Paramount approved of a could-be-sequel not too long ago. But nobody's asked the leading star of the original until now. Ryan Rotten asked star MichaelSta...
Michael Caine was recently cast as Alfred in the new 'Batman' movie. CHUD caught up with him for an in-depth interview:
"'Batman' is being made in England, but it's also being made quite differently. I had a long conversation with [director] Christopher ...
"I don't know if all of the fans are ready, because some of the time when I see fans or bump into them, they're always telling me that they love Lex, and they don't want him to turn evil. And then there's the other side, the fans who can't wait for him to...
A new interview with Michael Rosenbaum has him commenting on the quality of Season 4, his future plans, and his upcoming dual role in the April 13 episode of 'Smallville'.
"We finished our first week. One of the best first weeks on a movie I've ever experienced. We shot over 250 set ups," writes 'Transformers' director Michael Bay. "I'm working on the military aspects of the film right now in New Mexico at Hollaman Air Forc...
Stage veteran Julie White — who currently stars on Broadway as a Hollywood agent in The Little Dog Laughed — will appear in the upcoming action film "Transformers" among a slew of other movie roles.
"Out of the blue, I get a really nice part in the big...
Actor Michael Chiklis said the Thing suit in 'Fantastic Four 2' was easier to deal with than the first one.
"Much, much easier. It was the difference between unhealthy and uncomfortable. Uncomfortable I can deal with. I'm not a push over, I can deal wi...
Director Michael Bay says they've been drawing and storyboarding 'Transformers' for six months, and that they're hammering away at the third act on the script.
More...
"The second 'Batman' film was - in my estimation - the Batman of the 1990s. Almost souless, very dark, almost vampiric," says producer Michael Uslan. "I LOVED the Catwoman material. Loved it. Great, just great."
And what was the true purpose of Christo...
"I saw [all the previous 'Batman' movies] and liked most of them, I must say, yeah. But when I got this script, it was called 'Batman Begins', and I wondered about that," says actor Michael Caine who plays Alfred in the movie, "and then when I read the sc...
Wearing a Fantastic Four T-shirt, Michael Chiklis appeared on the syndicated Access Hollywood television series on Friday and narrated a segment on his makeup transformation into the Thing.
"Every morning the masochists in makeup spent more than three...
THE "Transformers" concept is simple: In the blink of an eye, some innocuous thing — a car, for instance — morphs into an alien-whupping killing machine.
Director Michael Bay has undergone his own transformation, and while it's hardly as dramatic as wh...
A few weeks after Bloody-Disgusting announced it, Platinum Studios and Top Cow has confirmed to the trades that Michael Rymer will be directing its adaptation of Witchblade. The Australian director has primarily worked with Universal's "Battlestar Ga...
Actor Michael Chiklis said, "they are getting ready to do it," when asked about a 'Fantastic Four' sequel. The actor reports that the writers are half way through the script.
Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville's Lex Luthor) talks about the show's return to new episodes, the possibility of directing next season, and what his plans are beyond Smallville.
From the official Michael Bay website regarding the 'Transformers' teaser trailer: "None of the Mars story, launch footage, and rover footage is going to be in the movie.
"Yes, Bay did shoot the rover footage."
"The Lex and Lana relationship is going to really heat up. They're both kind of lonely, dark creatures, and I think there's some attraction there," said actor Michael Rosenbaum, who plays Lex Luthor on 'Smallville'. "And obviously the relationship between...
Hollywood producer Michael Uslan sat down with CBR News to discuss the upcoming "The Spirit" film. Uslan talks about plans for the film, which characters may make it into the production and what sort of involvement creator Will Eisner will have with the f...
The Continuum continues its series of features on the cast of Kids' WB!'s Legion of Super Heroes today with Michael Cornacchia, who provides the voice of Bouncing Boy. The interview took place during a signing at Comic-Con International in July.
"When...
Last night at the premiere of Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Michael Bay spent a few minutes with the IESB and gave us a quick update on Transformers.
E! Online has a minor blurb with director Michael Bay about 'Transformers 2' in a "five-second' interview:
"It's not about upping [the ante]. It's about still keeping the heart," Bay says of the inevitable sequel. He adds that the new movie will featur...
In an interview with AllHipHop.com, actor Michael K. Williams reveals that he's appearing in the upcoming 'Incredible Hulk' movie. Williams provides no details about the role he plays in the film.
The actor may be best known for his recurring role as gan...
British thespian Michael Sheen (Tony Blair in The Queen, Lucian in the Underworld films) has two new high profile projects coming to his resume in the near future. Variety reports the actor has been cast in Samuel L. Jackson's upcoming thriller Unthinkabl...
Michael spent about 30 minutes talking to the press this past weekend about his newest film Transformers and explains a bit about his on-set reputation. .
Those of you who missed the nice behind-the-scenes footage of 'Transformers' when it debuted in grainy fashion on YouTube, can now catch a crisp QuickTime version on director Michael Bay's website. The clips, which were shipped on the 20th Anniversary DVD...
Click here to watch a video interview with Michael Rosenbaum talking about his first experience directing his castmates and...himself. The interview is directly from the set of next episode "Promise" scheduled to air on March 15th.
In a video interview Michael Chiklis calls talk of him playing The Thing in 'Fantastic Four' a rumor, but also goes on to say it is a "definite possibility" and "would be fun."
Yesterday (Sunday, March 28), Michael Rosenbaum was at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California for Creation Entertainment's Sci-Fi Summit. Click to view images.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Michael Angarano is in negotiations to star alongside Jackie Chan and Jet Li in an untitled project.The film, to be directed by Rob Minkoff from a script by John Fusco, will see Angarano play a troubled 17-year-old wan...
According to Sci Fi Wire, Michael Biehn has confirmed that he talked with director James Cameron about a role in the helmer's upcoming SF epic film Avatar."I've had two very very good meetings with Jim," Biehn said. "And they went very well...
According to Bloody Disgusting, Michael Clark Duncan is the director's first choice to play the role of Vlad in the upcoming Todd Lincoln film, Hack/Slash.In the film, based on the hit horror comic from Devil's Due Publishing, Cassie Hack hunts and kills ...
The Hollywood Reporter ran a story today announcing the new Michael Bay film we told you about last week titled 2012: The War for Souls. HR had a bit of new information to report, including an updated plot synopsis.The film will reportedly center on...
According to TMZ.com, Michael Bay has signed on to produce and possibly direct the upcoming adaptation of the sci-fi novel, 2012: The War for Souls. There are next to no details on the book available online, but TMZ had this to say regarding a possible p...
In 1987, the 20th Century Fox thriller BLACK WIDOW hit the screens, starring Debra Winger and Theresa Russell. A deadly seductress marries a series of wealthy men, murders them, collects their estates, and gets away with her crimes thanks to her assumptio...
In an interview with MTV, director Michael Bay expressed interest in doing another sequel to the Bad Boys franchise."I don't know. Will Smith's people called. They're fun to work with, those guys," Bay said. He also added that producer Jerry Bru...
According to IESB, Michael Bay has signed on to direct the Jerry Bruckheimer produced Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.The film, is based on the video game, which follows an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler f...
Paramount Pictures has confirmed that Michael Giacchino, noted for his scores for The Incredibles, Mission: Impossible III, and the forthcoming animated comedy, Ratatouille, is indeed attached to the new Star Trek movie. In fact, it was only officially co...
It seems to be a crime thriller focused news morning with a former Batman star (Val Kilmer) announced as leading one while here we have the current Batman's partner (Michael Caine) set to lead another. The trades reports the actor getting attached to lead...
After years of being the primary reason to watch 'Smallville', actor Michael Rosenbaum is parting ways with the series.
From the first episode, Rosenbaum's nuanced portrayal of the conflicted and tormented Lex Luthor riveted fans to the show. Below is ...
"Royal Scam," a new episode of Spider-Man guest-starring Michael Clarke Duncan as the Kingpin, will air Friday on MTV at 10 p.m. Comics Continuum has info about the episode and design illustrations of the Kingpin.
Last year’s initial offerings of the After Dark Horrorfest films were surprisingly good. There were no classics in the group but neither were there any real duds either (Although The Hamiton’s came close). The films were consistently...
What They SayThe Review!I picked this DVD up on a whim from Tokyo Pop because it was on clearance for $30. I had no idea what it was about aside from the apparent abundance of cute girl designs that I\'d seen from advertisements in NewType. \"But hey, it\...
Michael Cera (Superbad) is in final negotiations to star in Scott Pilgrim's Little Life, says The Hollywood Reporter. Edgar Wright is directing the adventure romance, based on the graphic novel of the same name published by Oni Press. Marc Platt, Eric Gi...
Age: 40 Most Recent Film: The Island Best Film: Pearl Harbor Most Underrated Film: The Rock Did You Know: Won the Gold Lion for The Best Beer Campaign (Miller Lite) at Cannes. Why He Matters: With James Cameron busy with his documentaries and enjoying all...
Brian Michael Bendis is definitely one of the good guys. Not only is he one of the hardest working men in comics, with titles like POWERS, ALIAS, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, ELEKTRA, and many more under his utility belt, but he's a gracious fellow to boot. After...
MoviesOnline sat down with director Michael Bay at the Los Angeles press day for his new film, Transformers. The film's Executive Producer Steven Spielberg is a longtime aficionado of science fiction, "The reason I love science fiction so much is because ...
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...
There is something almost breathtakingly counterintuitive about trying to psychoanalyze Michael Myers, one of cinema’s great boogeymen since director John Carpenter first introduced the indestructible psychopath in 1978’s uber-slasher film Hal...
"Dead Zone" star Anthony Michael Hall reports the plot of the latest Batman saga, "The Dark Knight," is so secret he's forbidden to even say what character he's portraying.
"I signed a confidentiality agreement, and I can't say which part I'm playing b...
Anonymous scooper writes, "I live in a building near St. Pancras station in London. Anyway, the administration just put up a notice that Warner Brothers are going to be filming a movie called 'The Intimidation Game' in St. Pancras Chambers from May 10th t...
For the newest James Bond extravaganza, producer Michael G. Wilson and star Pierce Brosnan wanted to move the character of 007 in a more dramatic direction-while still serving up fast-paced action, exotic locales, and beautiful women. With an established ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Majiko!Translated by:Alethea & Athena NibleyAdapted by:Alethea & Athena NibleyWhat They SayIt\'s the adventures of the cute and energetic Niko Kanzaki in the semi-demonic prestigious school, St. Lunatic School! First having en...
What They SayAs the countdown to The Claw\'s launch of the catastrophic \"Time of Happiness\" project draws ever closer, the deadliest \"Original Seven\" member, Fasalina, makes her move against Van and his allies. Thrown off by her bizarre and unorthodox...
Dawn of the Dead by Corona's Coming Attractions (Sat 03-13-2004)
Genre:Horror/Remake.Studio:Universal Pictures.Production Company:Beacon Communications/Strike Entertainment/New Amsterdam Entertainment.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Ving Rhames (Kenneth); Sarah Polley (Ana); Mekhi Phifer (Andre); Jake Weber (Micha...
Before I launch into a special Halloween edition of COMICSCAPE, featuring an interview with George A. Romero about the new TOE TAGS series for DC, allow me to introduce a new name to the Comics Section of CINESCAPE: Kurt Amacker is a graduate of Loyola Un...
The Prize Closet continues to dominate this territory. Well, dang it, we just love to give away fee DVDs! To win any of these prizes, you just have to send me an email to psycho@psychotronic.info and include a valid mailing address in the body. Once we ha...
`Tis the season to be...well, you know. While we’re busy expanding our belt lines from too much turkey this past weekend, our friendly network programming executives are beginning to bombard us with all manner of holiday programming so saccharinely sweet,...
With the start of 2008 comes news of the next round of book-to-screen translations, and if you’re like me this news is usually met with equal doses of boyish hope and fearful skepticism. Because as all of us readers know the translation of a book in...
Sara Douglass’ The Wayfarer Redemption series chugs ahead with another volume, Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files gets another action-packed installment, and science fiction anthologies run amok in this week’s Book Buzz.
Happy Tue...
The 23rd Annual Ohio Science Fiction Film Festival kicks off another 24 hours of the best in new and classic sci-fi movies on Saturday, Aprill 22 at 12:00 noon at the Drexel Gateway Theatre in Columbus, Ohio. This year's Marathon will include the Midwest ...
Happy Tuesday everybody! This week we've got new Tor releases of the Wolfblade Trilogy, the Count Saint-Germain series, and The Company novels. In addition to those hardback debuts we've got a technical guide to the science of Star Wars from the good folk...
Houston, Texas, 12th February 2007
Happy St. Valentine's Day! What a wonderful tradition, having one day to celebrate love in all its aspect.
Although we here at DQ can't send each of you chocolates or flowers, we have something just as thrilling to gi...
Auntie Stella and my Mum have been at the accountants all week for Year Rend, so Stella said that I can write the column this time as long as I behave myself and don't bloody swear, else Dark Jedi will delete me. Whatever.
I tried to register on...
Fahrenheit 9/11 by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 08-09-2004)
Genre:Documentary.Studio:Lions Gate Films.Production Company:Dog Eat Dog Films.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Michael Moore (Himself); George W. Bush (Himself).Who's Making It:Michael Moore (Director, Screenwriter); Michael Moore, Jim Czarnecki, Ka...
They hooked you up in CLERKS. They busted up the mall in MALLRATS. They offered wisdom in CHASING AMY. They saved all of Creation in DOGMA. And only recently, they Struck Back. Now, finally, Jay and Silent Bob make their graphic novel debut in the recent ...
Every so often Hollywood hits us with a pleasant surprise that in fact really should not be a surprise. I cheered when I heard that Michael Clarke Duncan got nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting role of the wrongly convicted John Coffey in w...
Hottest Anime Release Of The Year To Feature Notable Cast Of Veteran Voice Talent
San Francisco, CA, September 4, 2007 " Following on the heels of the announcement of the release of the DEATH NOTE anime series on DVD, VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of ...
Back in the olden days an author’s book was the sole connection to his readership. Regardless of the story particulars a writer’s characters, places and themes are their own private dialogue to a very public world. But outside of actually read...
Here's something for you John Carpenter fans, who happen to grab collectibles and action figures. NECA has announced a new figure in their Series 3 edition of the Cult Classics Hall of Fame collection. The new figure will be featuring a newly sculpted hea...
With lots of half-truths, rumors, and continuous buzz surrounding Abrams’ rendition of the upcoming STAR TREK XI film, can William Shatner himself provide us with some possible clues to the plot of his on-screen Starfleet origins?
Hello Man...
Marvel Comics will be the first to admit that comics have hit on hard times in recent years. Some of the company`s key titles have lost their once impenetrable foothold in the marketplace, and marquee characters such as Spider-Man have lost their stature ...
If you ever meet Michael Dorn sans his infamous Klingon makeup, you’d be hard pressed to place him as Star Trek`s Lt. Commander Worf outside of his height. These days he sports a close-cropped patch of white hair, a side-effect from wearing the `turtle sh...
Opening in theaters today, the new paranormal thriller WHITE NOISE examines the unnerving discovery of electronic voice phenomena (EVP). Researchers claim that by using voice recording equipment and playing back supposedly dead air, spooky voices can be h...
I read this interview over at Entertainment Weekly earlier this morning and honestly debated putting it up here. Since coming back, I've seen some news sites saying "Michael Bay says yes to a Transformers sequel" in the headlines. Okay, that's n...
As Dr. Daniel Jackson on the long-running hit science fiction series Stargate SG-1, Michael Shanks built a legacy of battling alien threats. SG-1 ended its run at 10 seasons, leaving fans and creators alike pining for more Stargate. A new DVD, The Ark of ...
Film music lost one of its finest contemporary practitioners this week with the sudden death of Michael Kamen on November 18th. The 55-year old composer had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1996, but had persevered with a number of musical assign...
As announced earlier this week, Michael Bay's production company Platinum Dunes struck a deal with Dimension Films to develop and produce films for that studio. According to the trade stories, the first slate of Platinum projects being developed will be p...
Art collections are almost review-proof; you either like the person's work or you don't, and if you do, chances are that owning a handsome hardcover gallery of their work will please you. Still, it is possible to design these books poorly, or skip eras of...
Let fly with all the type-casting jokes you want, but it seems Barry Sonnenfeld has cast pop singer Michael Jackson for a cameo in MEN IN BLACK 2, and he's not having the famously odd recording legend play an alien. "Michael really wanted to be in the mov...
The summer can be a really long break for shows like Prison Break. The show has a very convoluted plot with many crossing story threads and a fairly large cast so it’s easy to forget different parts of the two previous seasons. To make thi...
Director Rob Zombie has posted an image of the homicidal Michael Myers on the MySpace page for the upcoming remake of Halloween. The film's synopsis: After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, is mistak...
ANANOVA reports that official subject of concern du jour Michael Jackson intends to travel to the Grammy Awards ceremony later this month from Miami to New York by train, accompanied by Barry Gibb and David English.English told U.K. tabloid THE SUN that t...
The Comics Continuum website is reporting that Michael Ironside, an actor well known to fans of the fantastic, will play the father of Lois Lane in SMALLVILLE's fourth season. Ironside will reportedly become the face of General Sam Lane, a tough-as-nails ...
Michael Moore is already contemplating his next film, a critical examination of America's health care system titled SICKO. According to Variety, Moore and Miramax are hammering out a deal for the financing and distribution of the movie. As you may recall,...
In the second annual Taurus Awards, the Oscars of stunt work in Hollywood, THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS and RUSH HOUR 2 walked away with the lion's share of honors. FURIOUS took five nods, all for the spectacular driving sequences, while the Chris Tucker and ...
It looks like the legends are true, but its confirmation coming from a British newspaper, so watch out. SCREEN DAILY, the British version of VARIETY is reporting Michael Jackson is readying to star in the werewolf flick WOLFED, which he will also produce....
In a CINESCAPE exclusive, BABYLON 5 creator J. MichaelStraczynski revealed that the ill-fated spin-off series CRUSADE may finally be brought to an acceptable close.Set five years after the events of BABYLON 5, CRUSADE tells the story of the Ranger ship E...
As previously reported, Michael Jackson recently filmed a cameo appearance for the coming MEN IN BLACK 2... though now he says he has plans to return to the franchise later. According to Empire Online, while participating in an online chat, Jackson respon...
PitofHorror.com recently caught up with Robert Englund to talk about his upcoming projects. And in the interview Englund revealed some updates on a NIGHTMARE prequel and the rumored FREDDY VS. JASON VS. MICHAEL MEYERS project. In regards to a NIGHTMARE pr...
Michael Bay has updated his official News Blog with some tidbits on the filming of TRANSFORMERS.We finished our first week. One of the best first weeks on a movie I've ever experienced. We shot over 250 set ups.I'm working on the military aspects of the f...
I say he kills me because when he’s on, he writes some of the best entertainment out there, but when he’s off, he can really disappoint. I credit him for bringing me back to comics. I was as hardcore a comics fan out there when I was...
Katherine Farrell is new to the Daily Bugle staff, but she's determined to make the most of her career. There's one problem - in a city like New York, she's bound to run into a few people she hates with a passion - those damned "Capes," the superhuman cru...
Director Michael Bay has posted some new thoughts over at his official site's forums in regards to the IMAX edition of TRANSFORMERS and some thoughts on the sequel. Basically, he confirms what producer Don Murphy said last week, the sequel hasn't begun pr...
Actor Michael Caine has put up an update on his official site in regards to the shooting of DARK KNIGHT. From what he has to say, his end of shooting in the film is about to end with one more Chicago shoot scheduled for next month.
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According to AICN, Michael Apted has signed on to direct the upcoming third film in the Narnia series, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.In the film, Edmund and Lucy help locate the seven banished lords of Narnia. The fourth film is expected to be an adaptat...
Universal Pictures has hired Michael Brandt and Derek Haas to adapt DECEIT, a novel by James Siegel.The book centers on a newspaper reporter busted for fabricating stories. Afterward, while working for a small-town paper, he stumbles onto a dark conspirac...
According to a source of AICN's, Michael Biehn and Sigourney Weaver may both be up for roles in James Cameron's upcoming sci fi epic, Avatar.AICN's Scooper says:Sigourney Weaver was invited on a show called "le grand journal" here in france, and...
So you’ve heard the buzz about Powers, right? The comic that crosses genres by providing crime noir stories in a superhero world? Yeah, that one. The one your comic shop—like so many others—sold out of while you sat back listening to all the hype. And now...
While conducting an interview about Robert Englund's upcoming movie Killer Pad, Bloody Disgusting threw in a quick question about the Nightmare on Elm St. Prequel.Englund had the following to say regarding the prequel, "I hear the same rumors hat you guys...
I probably can't write anything new about SUPERMAN RETURNS. Most of you have seen it already and probably love it or hate it. For those in search of a quick answer, I thoroughly enjoyed the film. It elevates the source material to mature heights never ...
Penguin Group USA unveils a powerful new anthology on hardcover featuring fantasy’s most prestigious character archetypes: the almighty, all-ass-kicking wizard. Neil Gaiman, Kage Baker, Orson Scott Card, and many other established fantasy authors ro...
No matter what holiday you celebrate there’s always one constant during the winter season: terrible gifts. Because of a schedule / travel conflict with the fam I happened to celebrate Christmas early this year. Did I get Subterranean Press’ li...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Howard Shore's latest composition is a broad orchestral and choral score for the new South Korean Webzen computer game, SOUL OF THE ULTIMATE NATION (aka SUN), has been released on a splendid soundtrack CD by Sony/BMG of Korea (...
OPINIONI've just reread AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #36 for what is probably the 40th or 50th time, and whatever else we may say about it, there's one incontestable fact: it's lost very little of its original power. I thought that, after having read it so many tim...
This is it!
Friday brings the dramatic conclusion to the first season of Showtime's
successful comic adaptation Jeremiah with a finale written by J.
MichaelStraczynski...
CLOCKSTOPPERS, which opens nationwide today, had its red carpet premiere just a few days ago and CINESCAPE was there to capture all of the action. The sci-fi adventure film was directed by Jonathan Frakes, be