Electronic Arts, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Comics announced this week that a video game tied to SUPERMANRETURNS will be released along with the film on June 30th.The game, which features storylines from both the movie and more than 60...
OPINION: OK, I goofed. Although it's been amended since then, any of you who read this column before Thursday will have noticed that I misattributed the recent words of Warren Ellis to M. Ali Choudhury, who reported them to me. (Amongst those who caught t...
SupermanReturns by Corona's Coming Attractions (Fri 04-22-2005)
Genre:Superhero/Comic Book Adaptation/Action.Studio:Warner Brothers.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Brandon Routh (Clark Kent/Kal-El/"Superman"); Kevin Spacey (Lex Luthor); Kate Bosworth (Lois Lane); Hugh Laurie (Perry ...
To see SUPERMANRETURNS is to see a man in love, and no, I'm not referring to either the flying fellow in the cape or his bespectacled alter ego though to be sure they are both utterly devoted to Lois Lane. The adoration glowing through every frame of th...
OPINION: Hope everyone had a good Memorial Day and that, if you weren't out remembering those who have fought and died for our freedom, you were at least enjoying the fruits (and nicely grilled meats) of that freedom at the park or campgrounds of your cho...
Superman Homepage's Steve Younis paid another visit to the set of SUPERMANRETURNS for 2nd unit photography.This is some of what Younis had to say:My sister Carol (Car-El) and I headed down to the center of Sydney again today to witness more 2nd Unit film...
Welcome to the latest edition of Top Maniacal Rumors of the Week, where we cover genre entertainment buzz ranging from wild speculation to straight from the horse’s mouth. Today we’ll cover everything from Lex Luthor putting on Freddy’s ...
Superman-V.com recently talked with composer John Ottman about some of his upcoming projects, including SUPERMANRETURNS directed by Bryan Singer.Rumors are swirling about in terms of John Williams score for SUPERMAN being used in some form. Ottman said,...
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know its old news. Superman is being recreated by John Byrne; he makes the headlines. Superman dies; he makes the headlines. Supermanreturns; he makes the headlines. Superman gets a dopey blue suit and even dopier powers; he makes t...
Wal-Mart is selling an exclusive SupermanReturns 30" Action Figure.The figure features like a cloth cape and eight points of movement. It is priced at $29.97.Click here to read more.Thanks to Richie for the note.
Superman Homepage has posted on-set photos from a 2nd Unit shoot for SUPERMANRETURNS in the streets of Sydney. Steve Younis reports that:The scenes being filmed did not involve any of the major cast. 2nd Unit Director Dan Bradley was in control of the fi...
According to Superman executive producer Chris Lee, the sequel to SupermanReturns will likely fly it's way into theaters in 2009. I am assuming the date would be set somewhere in the Summer of '09, with June being the most likely home. The fi...
I have an update for the upcoming movie SUPERMANRETURNS. First off, reviews of the film have started popping up online following the first advanced screening, they are linked below.Dark HorizonsHollywood ElsewhereLatino ReviewBlue TightsAICNAICN's revie...
For anyone doubting the impact Christopher Reeve had on audiences in his interpretation of Superman, they need look no farther than the world's reaction to his tragic horse-riding accident four years ago. The love and support demonstrated spoke volumes an...
Superman Homepage is offering a rare photo of SUPERMANRETURNS' Brandon Routh, in his Superman costume, holding up a car from the August 10th filming in Martin Place (Sydney).They also have two video files. The first shows Bryan Singer doing his Superman ...
DC Direct recently announced their SUPERMANRETURNS: Lex Luthor Bust.Each bust is hand-painted cold-cast porcelain and is packaged in four-color boxes. It measures 5.625" H x 3" W x 2.5" D. The Lex Luthor bust will go on sale June 21st with a price tag of...
Superman Homepage is reporting that Tim Daly and Dana Delany will reprise their voice roles from Superman: The Animated Series in a new DVD from Warner Bros. called Superman: Brainiac Attacks.In Brainic, Superman faces a combined threat from his two bigge...
Straight continuity. That`s the way director Richard Lester describes the genesis of Superman III, a sequel that had to be produced given the worldwide success of the first two entries in the series. The question, however, was where to take the Man of Ste...
There's yet more news indicating confusion and concern about the latest installment of the Superman rebirth. Any anxiety among Warner Bros. brass about the Man of Steel's (second) return is warranted. SupermanReturns was, comparatively speaking within th...
There is something a bit odd about the collective critical backlash against this film. Not that its a masterpiece, because it isnt. What is interesting is that the movie suffers mostly via comparison to what came before cinematically, rather than by a c...
DC Direct has announced the upcoming release of the SUPERMANRETURNS: KRYPTONITE PROP Replica.That's right for a "mere" $195 you can own this limited edition, hand-painted cold cast porcelain prop replica measures 10" H x 8.5" W x 8.5" D. The replica come...
In case you don't live in the Los Angeles area and/or were not able to see the Sunday Calendar section, the LA Times ran a big article on SUPERMANRETURNS along with providing numerous images from the film and other movies to hit theaters in the summer mo...
Superman`s 60th anniversary came and went in 1998, with no sign of the SUPERMAN LIVES feature film that was supposed to have been released in time for the celebration. Not that there wasn`t a tremendous amount of behind-the-scenes work being done on the p...
DC Direct has released an image of the upcoming SUPERMANRETURNS: INFLIGHT Statue.The limited edition, hand-painted cold-cast porcelain statue measures approximately 9.75" tall 7.25" wide 7.75" deep, includes a full-color Certificate of Authenticity and i...
Time is flying and so it seems is Superman, who "RETURNS" to our screens in a matter of weeks. As reported a few months ago, Rhino Records will release John Ottman's score for the film on June 27th, just prior to the film's release in the US, and a track ...
In an interview with Sci Fi Wire the co-writer of SupermanReturns, Michael Dougherty, talked about the upcoming sequel."I think it's going to be a more action-oriented film," he said. "Again, the easy comparison to make was [X-Men] to X2, ...
You all clearly love movies. Some of you clearly love complaining about them, but you see them nonetheless. Whenever Hollywood graces us with another comic adaptation, I dutifully run a brilliant and slightly over-analytical dissection. As such, I ran ...
You have to feel sad for Vin Diesel. Aside from his career shift from bad-ass Pitch Black to The Pacifier (or, as I like to call it, Adventure In Babysitters 2: First Blood), the former $20 million man is perhaps the only person in videogame land, and...
Superman has returned to the tune of $21 million dollars. The gross is solid, not at all remarkable, but not dissapointing either.The number contains about $3-4 million from Tuesday night sneak previews, leaving $17-18 for Wednesday. For comparison: SPI...
Contrary to a report we ran last week, the upcoming sequel to SupermanReturns is on schedule and plans to begin filming in March of 2008.Producer Robery Meyer Burnett broke the news with the following post on the BlueTights message board."Angeloz as...
Last Wednesday, Judge Stephen G. Larson of the United States District Court, Central District of California handed down an historic ruling in the legal battle over Superman. As of right now, the heirs of Jerry Siegel—his widow Joanne Siegel and daug...
In an interview with Sci Fi Wire, Bryan Singer revealed a few interesting tidbits regarding where he takes the franchise's mythology.There are no real spoilers below.Discussing the new direction the movie takes the mythology, Singer said: "I hope it has s...
In an interview with Rotten Tomatoes, Brandon Routh talked about the upcoming SupermanReturns sequel."Bryan [Singer] said at Comic-Con they were going to add some more fighting elements and stuff like that," said Routh. "That might be kind...
According to IESB.net, a sequel to SupermanReturns is going to get a green light from Warner Bros.
The first film grossed $200 million at the domestic box office, but a giant budget diminished the film's profitability. The studio made it clear the...
According to the New York Post, Orlando Bloom may be in talks to join the upcoming sequel to SupermanReturns.The NY Post explains that they happened to see Bloom, director Bryan Singer and producer Jon Peters all having dinner together and assumed the re...
Warner Bros. Pictures' President, Alan Horn, spoke with the Los Angeles Times about the box office performance of SUPERMANRETURNS and his plans for a sequel.The LA Times writes, "Horn expects "SupermanReturns" to eventually gross about $400 million worl...
According to Variety, Warner Bros. is seriously contemplating whether they should go ahead with a sequel to SUPERMANRETURNS.In their article Variety revealed that WB and Legendary Pictures might have a shot at breaking even on the film, but that it remai...
Mark Millar will not back down. After initially getting rejected from having involvement in WB's Superman franchise due to a Marvel comic contract, the comic author has repeatedly told media outlets he still wants to do it. Cut to today where the atmosphe...
IMAX Corporation and Warner Bros. Pictures have announced that SupermanReturns will become the world's first live-action Hollywood feature to be converted from 2D to IMAX 3D. IMAX Corporation will use its proprietary 2D to 3D conversion technology to con...
A new poster for SupermanReturns hit the Internet on Tuesday. I apologize for not getting this in sooner and thanks goes out to Val for the reminder.The second full trailer will be shown with X-Men: The Last Stand, though it should land online before th...
DC Direct has teamed upw with WETA WORKSHOP to offer a line of high-end collectibles, art directed for WETA by SUPERMANRETURNS director Bryan Singer feature limited edition, high-end polystone statues imported by DC Direct bringing special moments inspir...
Warner Bros. is offering the SUPERMANRETURNS teaser trailer, which ran during this week's episode of SMALLVILLE. Click on the links below to view: wbmovies/supermanreturns/teaser/teaser_lo.mov wbmovies/supermanreturns/teaser/teaser_med.mov ...
A new SupermanReturns trailer has shown up on the web. The trailer is expected to be attached to X-Men: The Last Stand this weekend.You can view it here.
The first full length trailer for SupermanReturns has finally shown up online. The trailer, which is viewable on Apple's website, will also be attached to the upcoming release of Mission Impossible 3.You can view the trailer via Apple here. The movie, ...
According to a Warner Home Video press release, an all new original movie, Superman Doomsday, will be released on DVD September 18, 2007.Produced by Bruce Timm (Justice League Unlimited, Batman: The Animated Series) and written by Duane Capizzi (The Batma...
Scooper Daniel wrote me from the UK premiere of SUPERMANRETURNS with a bit of speculation on the possible sequel.Daniel writes, "I was lucky enough to attend the UK premiere of SupermanReturns on Thursday night."Before the film the cast all said a few w...
This 666th issue of Superman stands as a demonic interlude between the last couple of issues of writer Kurt Busiek’s current arc, Camelot Falls. In it, Superman experiences an extended, self-aware dream in which he grows tired of serving Earth,...
In a clever opening sequence kicking off DC's build-up the big "Our World At War" summer event, Superman and the entire population of Metropolis are removed simultaneously from Earth and transported to a mysterious holding area where Clark nominates Lois ...
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 ...
Now that the WGA strike is over, it seems Superman: Man of Steel--the sequel to SupermanReturns---is back in business for director Bryan Singer. The director updated the status to Empire Online where he mentions the script development is beginning right ...
Any movie that has a price tag over $300 million needs to impress at the box office. We knew we could be in for disappointment when the Wednesday numbers came in, and that has proved true.SUPERMANRETURNS has taken its first bow in theaters and came away...
When Cannon Films offered Sidney J. Furie the opportunity to direct Superman IV, he considered it a no-lose situation. `Without being catty,` says Furie, `Superman III screwed up, and it screwed up because a brilliant director had full reign and he didn`t...
Director Bryan Singer has met with actor Kevin Spacey and it has been agreed that he will appear in the upcoming sequel, SUPERMAN: MAN OF STEEL. According to Variety, Singer met with Spacey in New York while the actor was finishing up his broadway show of...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATION John Ottman's score to SUPERMANRETURNS, which will be released on June 27th by Rhino Records, merges the bombastic resplendency of late '70s John Williams with the mid 2000's sensibility of John Ottman. Williams' stalwart, swa...
John Byrne returns for another round of DC Universe Elseworlds action with January's SUPERMAN & BATMAN: GENERATIONS III.This time, it's the biggest chapter in Byrne's saga, with 12 32-page issues.Each issue of GENERATIONS III covers a different century - ...
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....
Sean Smith from Newsweek magazine took an exclusive visit to the set of Bryan Singer's SUPERMANRETURNS.Smith reveals from his visit that in one scene "Brandon Routh, as the Man of Steel, crawls across a black, wet wasteland, pursued by the evil Lex Lutho...
There were reports last year of director Len Wiseman being the choice to lead the upcoming adaptation of Gears of War, the best selling videogame from Epic Games and Microsoft. In fact, it was at one time being fast tracked as a possible Summer-Fall 2008 ...
It's official. Late last night Warner Bros. issued a press release announcing that it has cast Brandon Routh in the part of SUPERMAN. Also contained in the statement were comments by SUPERMAN director Bryan Singer about the casting of Routh as well as the...
With Timur Bekmambetov’s latest Night Watch film adaptation smashing box office records in Russia (yet again) and the film still fresh in the states from its US debut this past June, author Sergei Lukyanenko has officially put Russia on the map for ...
Allow me to first apologize for reviewing a book that came out last week. Normally, I try to write about books that just hit the shops, but I wasn't able to buy a copy of ALL-STAR SUPERMAN #1 until a few days ago because of the UPS debacle here in New Orl...
I used to love DC's "Imaginary Stories," in which all sorts of unbelievable things would happen: Clark Kent would marry Lois Lane...oh, wait, that happened, didn't it? Um...Superman would split into two beings, one red and one blue...oh. Anyway, they used...
Australia's "The Northern Daily Leader" has published a short article about the cast and crew of SUPERMANRETURNS arriving in Breeza, Australia to begin filming the new Bryan Singer movie. There is a single photo included with the article of the cast and...
The announcement that Kevin Smith had been hired to write SUPERMAN LIVES, following the ousting of the Jonathan Lemkin and Greg Poirier drafts of the script, seemed surprising to many. After all, Smith was an independent filmmaker whose writing credits ba...
Warning: This news report contains some spoiler information about "SupermanReturns".Australia's Channel 7 TV breakfast show "Sunrise" aired a world exclusive on-set interview with Bryan Singer this morning.The young Channel 7 reporter managed to gain acc...
I probably can't write anything new about SUPERMANRETURNS. 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 ...
The '90s saw numerous classic movie monsters remade as effects- and/or star-filled extravaganzas, often with little resemblance to the originals and not always with great levels of success. 1992 gave us Bram Stoker's Dracula, a ridiculously romanticized t...
In the Prize Closet this week we have FIVE copies of Clerks 2 (plus a t-shirt with each one) to give away, courtesy of Weinstein. To enter, send an email to psycho@psychotronic.info which includes your name and address, and the subject line “RETU...
After starring in a pivotal episode last season in SMALLVILLE, Christopher Reeve will return to play astronomer Dr. Virgil Swann in an upcoming episode set for broadcast in April. KryptonSite reports that the announcement was made today at the Television ...
As if Superman hasnt had his hands full with the likes of the Aliens (from the movie franchise of the same name) and the Terminator, now he has to turn his attention to the alien hunter known as the Predator. At about the same time, he has to go up again...
Tim Burton`s joining SUPERMAN LIVES pretty much knocked screenwriter Kevin Smith out of the creative process. Although actor Nicolas Cage was still signed for the lead role, the eccentric director had his own ideas for screenwriter. He chose Wesley Strick...
Though it has been the stuff of rumors only over the years, Kevin Kilner will finally be returning to EARTH: FINAL CONFLICT in the program's upcoming fifth season.According to the prgram's official website, Boone will appear in two episodes set to air in ...
Initially it sounded a lot like a fanboys idea of a wet dream: take comic icon Superman and pit him in battle against moviedoms reigning cybernetic killing machine, the Terminator. Its a high-concept idea that really shouldnt work, but does remarkably...
Jeph Loeb, the writer behind Superman, has one rule when he commences an interview: he won`t comment on the creative teams that came before the current regime because, as he puts it, `I have a lot of respect for those guys.` Nonetheless, there must be som...
The composer who came in the spotlight in 2004 with a beautifully melancholic, subtle, but wholly melodic string-led score for THE DOOR IN THE FLOOR now returns with an ambitious project about the mysterious death of George Reeves, TV's Superman. Its titl...
Bryan Singer said at the Comic Con that he was still in talks with the studio regarding a sequel to SUPERMANRETURNS. Singer also mentioned that while no deal was done as of yet, he has every intention to do a sequel aiming for a 2009 release.Singer ment...
OPINION: Recently, Lev Grossman of TIME Magazine wrote an article called "The Problem With Superman," in which he covers this summer's "reboot" of the Man of Steel and the reasons for said re-imagining of DC's greatest icon. He explains that one of the bi...
It’s time for another edition of Mania’s Most Maniacal Rumors, where we blow the lid off the week’s juiciest gossip and hush-hush industry whispers. If you have a rumor you want to contribute, we’re all ears. Just send it to jarrod...
SUPERMAN III by Andrew Hershberger (Tue 07-24-2001)
SUPERMAN III is not a bad movie, in fact its somewhat good. A major component in its lackluster approval ratio is the two films that preceded it - the superb SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE, and the good for its day but horribly dated now SUPERMAN II - and the inclu...
Sony Picture Imageworks has landed the job of providing the special effects for Bryan Singer's SUPERMANRETURNS. Mark Stetson (PETER PAN, CHARLIE'S ANGELS: FULL THROTTLE) will act as the film's visual effects supervisor. The Hollywood Reporter states the ...
Although Superman: The Movie was a monumental cinematic undertaking and one of the most talked-about creative battles between director and producers, Richard Donner fully expected to complete the filming of Superman II, which he had begun shooting simulta...
As discussed last week, DC`s four primary Superman titles went through a bit of an evolution beginning with SUPERMAN #151, with new creative teams writing and drawing the books, a new editor--in the form of Eddie Berganza--overseeing the Man of Steel`s ad...
Bryan Singer’s film ‘SupermanReturns’ has come and gone. The marketing sensation of Superman has returned to its fortress of solitude. When Jake Rossen’s book, “Superman vs. Hollywood: How Fiendish Producers, Devio...
Superman Homepage's Steve Younis had an opportunity to chat with Jack Larson, who had flown to Sydney to be in Bryan Singer's SUPERMANRETURNS. Larson played Jimmy Olsen on the original Superman TV show. He will be playing the part of Bibbo, "a friend o...
Superhero Hype is reporting that Oscar-winning makeup artist/monster creator Stan Winston has been hired to create the new SUPERMAN costume for the upcoming movie. According to the Hype's source, the costume is being sculpted as if it's filled out to fit ...
Warner Brothers wants to take its DC adaptation to a darker place. After the phenomenal success of The Dark Knight, Warner Bros. Pictures Group President Jeff Robinov wants to get more DC movies in theaters. Over at the Wall Street Journal, Robi...
Think you know everything there is to know about Superman? Guess again. Just when you think Superman couldnt possibly go through any more permutations--even in terms of `imaginary` stories, a.k.a. `Elseworlds` in the DC Universe--along comes veteran comi...
I am glad to say that this week that we have been flooded with a lot of great games. There seems to be a game for everyone out there, and it continues to grow exponentially. This week we have many games that range from combat, to flying. We also have game...
In Watchmen, Alan Moore has the character Nite Owl II remark that there seem to be faces and body shapes that were current in the 1930s and 1940s, which people dont have now. Regarding men, hes talking about the kinds of squarish jaws, barrel chests, sq...
UDON and d/visual Join Forces to Continue Popular Artbook Series
Toronto, ON – Oct 29, 2007 - Conceived and edited by Range Murata (”Last
Exile”, ”Blue Submarine No.6”), and published in Japan by Wanimagazine, ROBOT is a u...
OK America, it's time we had a talk. We understand you got a bit pissy a couple of hundred years ago about some tea or something but that's all water under the bridge now (or tea in the harbour, if you prefer). Was it really worth you holding a grudge for...
In this month's Cinescape (on newsstands now), we offer up the (Super) Power 100. You got the full skinny on Numbers 1-50, but only a casual listing of who made the remaining 100. Now, only available through Cinescape.com, we proudly present the guts, the...
You have to really give it to comic author Mark Millar. He really is a fanboy, fellow Maniacs. Remember last year when Mark Millar told us that he had a story idea planned for a sequel to SupermanReturns? Just one day later, we passed along word that he ...
In our last two feature installments, we presented a chat with artist Jon Bogdanove focusing on the new Superman/Aliens match-up, SUPERMAN/ALIENS II: GODWAR, a sprawling cosmic epic co-starring Darkseid and the New Gods. This mini-series, courtesy of comi...
It’s time for another edition of Mania’s Most Maniacal Rumors, where we blow the lid off the week’s juiciest gossip and hush-hush industry whispers.
If you have a rumor you want to contribute, we’re all ears. Just send it to jarro...
Gus sent me a link to something written by William F. Nolan regarding possible remake of a Logans Run movie. Brian Singer had been attached to direct the film at one point, but Variety reported in May that he might drop out depending on the success of Su...
The genius of Neil Gaiman lies in his freshness of vision, in the beauty and cleverness he coaxes out of everyday comics subjects. In Green Lantern/Superman: Legend of the Green Flame, Gaiman shows us what it would be like to tag along with the titular he...
As many people know, Superman first appeared in ACTION COMICS #1 dated June, 1938. This character not only possessed super strength and speed, but he had the ability to sell a lot of comics. (It's interesting to note that the publisher thought the chara...
It’s time for another edition of Mania’s Most Maniacal Rumors, where we blow the lid off the week’s juiciest gossip and hush-hush industry whispers.
If you have a rumor you want to contribute, we’re all ears. Just send it to jarro...
'Let me put it to you this way,' laughs Richard Donner, 'all the good parts are mine. Everything with Hackman, Brandowell, they cut Brando out because he wanted more moneyBeatty and Perrine was shot by me.' Donner, of course, is talking about his footage ...
What if you found out that everything youd ever believed about your life was wrong? Superman and his readers are about to discover that even the Man of Steel can be deceived when revelations about his true origins come to light, revelations that are goin...
Last week's mixed-bag review of X-MEN: THE LAST STAND generated a small truckload of mail. The reactions ranged from complete agreement with my review, to total disagreement from fans that thought the film met or exceeded the previous two. Regardless, t...
The Death of Superman was perhaps the greatest publicity stunt in comic book history. We comic fans knew that Superman would never truly be dead but the event did what it set out to do…garner world-wide media attention and sell a gazillion cop...
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST stormed into theaters this past Friday night and boy did it ever leave an impression! When the dust settled, PIRATES had hauled in $55.5 million on Friday alone, a number that gives the film the single-day box o...
OPINION: A brief warning before we start: I had so many varied and intelligent responses to the question of how you'd characterize the main differences between Marvel and DC that I'm having to make this column extra-long. Do not try to adjust your televis...
Four new films hit theaters this weekend, but none came close to taking the top spot from PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN. PIRATES raked in another $35 million and enjoyed the top spot for the third weekend in a row. It's total now sits at over $320 million as...
For a few months insiders in the world of comic books have been whispering about a new plan by DC Comics to take on Marvel's Ultimate line of books. As you may or may not know, Marvel's Ultimate lineup took several of the company's well-established superh...
After his success with the phenomenal STAR WARS in 1977 and the completion of his more modernistic work for CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, composer John Williams returned to the world of heroic science fiction fantasy with a monumental score for SUPE...
In this tenth issue of All-Star Superman, Grant Morrison treats the impending death of the Man of Steel—suggested at the start of the series—with a gravity missing from the in-continuity death of the character 16 years ago. Finally poison...
What's even more impressive than the script for the Justice League movie being finished? According to Variety, Warner Bros actually likes the first draft script that was given to them from scribes Kieran Mulroney and Michele Mulroney. That can only b...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS UK film composer David Julyan, noted for his moody scores for Christopher Nolan's FOLLOWING, MEMENTO, and INSOMNIA (the latter two scores issues on Thrive and Varese Sarabande CDs, respectively) has taken a dark swing into horr...
A host of provocative directors, actors and writers - including award-winning directors John Landis ("An American Werewolf in London"), Darren Bousman ("Saw II, III and IV"), Ronny Yu ("Freddy vs. Jason," "Bride of Chuck...
Wow. You reader-types actually left feedback on the last column. Thank you it's nice to know people are actually reading! Following on a bit from last week, SupermanReturns took 4.3m in it's opening weekend here in the UK, a touch over two-thirds of Pi...
Mark Waid calls SUPERMAN: BIRTHRIGHT, his upcoming 12-issue maxi-series with artist Leinil Yu, "a dream project of a lifetime." "It's a reexamination and a new look at the beginnings of Superman, from Krypton on to his first big case in Metropolis," Wai...
Welcome to the special Christmas Eve edition of High Def Revue! Okay, there’s really not anything special about it besides the fact that it is premiering on Christmas Eve. In any case, I hope that you and yours have a safe and happy ...
At the risk of becoming repetitive, I'll be talking about Superman again this week. No, wait, come back. I'm not still rabbitting about SupermanReturns. I mean the other Superman endeavour in the cultural miasma of TV and Film Smallville.
Margot ...
It’s time for another edition of Mania’s Most Maniacal Rumors, where we blow the lid off the week’s juiciest gossip and hush-hush industry whispers.
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Genre:Comic Book Adaptation/Action.
Studio:Warner Bros.Project Phase:Development Hell.
Who's In It:Unknown.
Who's Making It:TBA
Premise:After experiencing a personal tragedy, Batman becomes more adversarial in his quest for justice in Gotham City. M...
Imagine youre among the audience thats about to watch the 1942 premiere of Casablanca. Youve got a bag of peanuts, a bottle of Coca-Cola and a carton of cigarettes. People around you are talking, laughing and smoking, ready for a great time at the pict...
In the middle of the 20th century, the US discovers that the USSR has a secret weapon: a Superman with powers beyond belief. They soon discover he's an alien, found as a baby by people living on a rural collective who raised him to believe in the ideals o...
Though comic-book heroes like Captain Marvel, Batman and Captain America all were featured in movie serials within a few years of their print debut, National Periodical Publications instead sold screen rights to their moct valuable creation Superman ...
What They SayFrom the creators of the Academy Award(R) winning SPIRITED AWAY (Best Animated Feature Film, 2002) comes the visually stunning THE CAT RETURNS, a spectacular animated journey to a world of magic and adventure. Haru, a schoolgirl bored by her ...
In the Beginning, there was El, a foundling taken in by two poor Kryptonians, who was soon revealed to be the chosen of Rao, god of Krypton. He must fight the tyrannical Utor to free his people, but his love for Laras Lilit, the daughter of a man he slew,...
Director Bryan Singer (SupermanReturns) has signed a deal with ABC to develop three different scripts. One of the three scripts is guaranteed to go to pilot.What sets Singer's deal with ABC apart from other high-profile, three-for-one pacts is that it i...
SUPERMAN #175 by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sat 10-13-2001)
While the graphic design elements at the top of this issue's cover would have you believe that this is another in a series of tie-ins to the current "Joker: Last Laugh" crossover event, it barely qualifies as such when you read the story itself. True, the...
As shooting on their Superman project dragged on, producers Ilya and Alexander Salkind put more and more pressure on director Richard Donner to speed up production, knowing that they could bring in their old pal Richard Lester, who had directed their THRE...
KJ's Take is hopefully going to be a weekly column posted every Sunday featuring: my opinions on various news throughout the week, mini reviews, answers to any emails readers may send me, cool happenings I stumble on around the web, and anything else I ca...
Hail and well met, COMICSCAPE faithful. Welcome to another week in which I provide you, my loyal readers and constant detractors, with a half-hour of free, advertiser-supported comic commentary. And this week, CINESCAPE gives you twice the goodness with...
PREVIEW/INTERVIEW: Next month, David Yurkovich and Top Shelf Productions will be turning the superhero genre on its ear with LESS THAN HEROES, a collection of his stories from the hard-to-find THRESHOLD series that it's impossible to describe without usin...
OK, there's two ways to come at this series, the first being from the perspective of a rivet-counting comic book fan, and the second is from the perspective of being just a fan of sci-fi/fantasy TV. If I approach this from the rivet- counting comic book ...
The 675th issue of Superman pits the Man of Steel against two adversaries—the brilliant, snarky power-copying villain Paragon, and the Priest Elders of the Protonic Flame from the planet Daxam. The latter have arrived on Earth to retrieve Mon-E...
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN has done it again. After opening to record numbers, Pirates continues to sail along to the tune of monstrous profits. In it's second weekend in theaters, Pirates fell only 54% to over $62 million, a weekend total that very few m...
Welcome to Cinescape's new UK column. Each week, I'll be reporting on events of note to the UK genre scene, be it television, conventions, set reports or whatever else picks my fancy. However, we're a small island nation, so "UK genre scene" will encompas...
Instead of letting this get discussed in our latest Superman story (the Evans rumor), I'll move it over here for people who want changes to the SUPERMAN films. It seems that even if the very eager scribe Mark Millar would take this job for free, Warner Br...
As shooting on Superman the Movie project dragged on, producers Ilya and Alexander Salkind put more and more pressure on director Richard Donner to speed up production, knowing that they could bring in their old pal Richard Lester, who had directed th...
This is it people! It is only going to go downhill from here.
This current “nerds who rule the world” trend is at its zenith. Right now.
My recommendation? Enjoy it while you still can.
One only has to look at the videogame ...
And now, we have our third comic to get adapted into a film news today. Warner Bros. has acquired Capeshooters, a comic book adaptation that will be produced by Bryan Singer's WB-based Bad Hat Harry production company. The project is based on Image Comic...
Jigsaw is Back, Saw II, III on Release Schedule: Lionsgate has finally announced a release date for the Blu-ray release of Saw II which was pushed back from an original date of Oct. 16th. It is now scheduled to come out on January 23, 2007...
Michael Mann's new film, MIAMI VICE, has toppled PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN from the top spot. Pulling in a little over $25 million for the weekend, MIAMI VICE had what can be called a solid opening weekend. Will 'a solid' opening be enough to appease the...
There is no question Marvel studios is on top of their game in recent years. Their franchises continue to impress audiences in transferring from comic book form to the big screen. Sure, there are the occasional misses with both critics and audiences but f...
The members of the International Film Music Critics Association (IFMCA) have announced their nominees for the 3rd IFMCA Awards, honoring achievements in film and television music in 2006.
The nominees are: A - FILM SCORE OF THE YE...
Composer John Ottman will be honored at the Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival on a black-tie gala on September 17. He will receive the Outstanding Career Achievement Award for his work on films such as THE USUAL SUSPECTS, KISS KISS BANG ...
First, the good news: next week is my first interview in a while. I'll be talking with the man...the legend...THE CHIN: Bruce Campbell. We'll be chatting about his new comic book and movie THE MAN WITH THE SCREAMING BRAIN. The first issue of the miniserie...
THE MUMMY RETURNS makes its worldwide uh, return. Now, fans of last summers blockbuster from Universal Pictures can take home the Industrial Light & Magic in a special Collectors Edition DVD, just in time for the spooky Halloween season.Set in 19...
Remember how earlier this month, there was a report that a sequel to SUPERMANRETURNS was going to be put on hold until Bryan Singer films MAYOR OF CASTRO STREET. At the time, producers Neil Meron and Craig Zadan said that Bryan Singer would film Mayor fi...
For those of you that haven't had enough of the fat, surly, gluttonous pussy in comic strips, books, cards, wrapping paper and GARFIELD THE MOVIE, the new feature GARFIELD'S A TALE OF TWO KITTIES opened Friday. Jon and Garfield go to England and the cat i...
Oh my God! Jeph Loeb killed continuity! You bastard!The headline to this review is a joke, because I really like SUPERMAN/BATMAN. This is essentially the big summer action movie title of DC heroes. Except that unlike those things, this book is usually...
Greetings, Comicscape faithful, and welcome to another week of four-color spills, thrills, chills, and kills. Last week, I went back to the well and ran a pretty well-received column about politics in comics. After two failed attempts at a...
Just a day after it was announced that Dan Harris and Dougherty are not returning for writing duties in the next SUPERMAN film, comic author/screenwriter Mark Millar, creator of the Wanted comic, has indicated a super-eager desire to take o...
Now Variety is reporting that it's practically a done deal that Brandon Routh will be the next actor to play SUPERMAN and all that's left is for Warner Bros. to make it official. The trade magazine's report comes three days after the news first broke on t...
An image and information for the SUPERMAN THROUGH THE AGES Action Figure Gift Set has been released by DC Direct. The set consists of four different 6" scale versions of Superman, including the Jim Lee Superman, John Byrne Superman, First Appearance Super...
Actress Annette O'Toole returns to the wortld of Superman on film with word that she is now set as part of the cast of the coming SMALLVILLE TV series. O'Toole will play the part of Martha Kent, Clark Kent's foster mother. This will be the actress' second...
OPINION:Over the last three weeks, we've discussed the relevance (or lack thereof) of Superman to modern-day society, a discussion sparked by the recent "reboot" of the character in all the SUPERMAN books. As many have noted, though, the changes don't cou...
This last weekend, thanks to fellow Maniac Hanso, we passed along news to you that author Mark Millar was still interested in trying out a new story for Superman despite being clearly stopped last October by the comic conglomerates Marvel and DC. Click on...
What They SayFrom erotic masterminds Toshio Maeda (Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend, Demon Warrior Koji, Demon Beast Invasion) and Rusher Ikeda (Venus 5, Twin Angels)!
Sex ninja Miko Mido thrashes the forces of evil with her sensual martial arts, but...
It's on again. It's off again. It's on again. It's off again. That seems to be the circle of rumor madness around Superman: Man of Steel. Just two weeks ago, we had confirmations from the trades that Bryan Singer was still attached to direct the sequel wh...
It didn't take long for Warner Bros. executives to decide the fate of their Superman franchise. Just a few days after Anne Thompson wrote a blog on the film possibly being in turnaround, Warner Bros. Pictures Group President Jeff Robinov has gone on recor...
Yesterday, our resident "Trekspert" Mark Altman gave us the first half of his well-informed opinion regarding the best 35 Treks of all time. Today, he completes the list with numbers 18-35.18. THE ULTIMATE COMPUTER (Star Trek): Can computers someday repla...
After his disappearance in the Bizarro invasion from the last couple of issues of All-Star Superman, Kal-El reemerges to find that two lost Kryptonian astronauts – Bar-El and Lilo, both in space when their planet exploded – have landed on Eart...
This seems a bit strange to pass along to you fellow Maniacs because strictly speaking (typing), it's not exactly news but I noticed this getting discussed in the Transformers 2 talkback (and 14 scoop emails), due to SHH publishing it earlier, s...
After visiting the Kents in Smallville, Superman finds himself under attack by no less than Uncle Sam, who's been convinced by President Lex Luthor that the Man of Steel's alien background makes him somehow "un-American." Meanwhile, Luthor has found satel...
Various comic book websites are confirming the news that superstar comic book penciller Jim Lee will be drawing DC Comics' Man of Steel in SUPERMAN. Lee will draw the book for a 12-issue run commencing in March 2004. Joining him will be writer Brian Azzar...
The trailer for the upcoming SUPERMAN VS DOOMSDAY movie has hit the net this afternoon. The movie is based off the best selling Superman comics of all time, THE DEATH OF SUPERMAN.
It hits DVD shelves on September 18.
Story Description: When Lexcorp ac...
Salden comes from a world with higher gravity and a thicker atmosphere, a world where the terrorist Gundor Gorrok wreaks havoc. Gorrok has killed Salden's wife and plans to steal the prototype Time/Space Bender to escape. Salden fights his way aboard the ...
SUPERMAN/BATMAN started as a fun team-up series that worked best when it explored the dynamic between its two title characters. As we read in HUSH, Jeph Loeb knows Batman and his voice very well. So, after 19 solid issues steeped in pre-Crisis character...
Rather than review the final installment of Camelot Falls – a nearly year-long arc from Kurt Busiek’s Superman – I thought it’d work better to review the entire 10-part story, which has been collected in two hardcover volumes. ...
An experiment at S.T.A.R. Labs opens a rift in space, one which Superman gets trapped in while trying to close it. There, he meets an alien who has attempted to do the same on his own world and who is also trapped. Together they must break themselves free...
Legends of the Worlds Finest is a four-issue mini-series (now collected in trade paperback) that carries the title but never the conviction of its namesake series. Its sad that we now have to look to comics based on DCs animated series to deliver what ...
Last week's column on the industry's reliance on old characters and the need for new blood garnered a lot of mail. Some weeks COMICSCAPE really resonates with people and my inbox groans under the weight of responses, criticism, praise, and the occasional ...
From a new fantasy series opener by renowned horror author Douglas Clegg to a De Haven Superman novel and a comprehensive behind-the-scenes tome on the beloved Dune series, this Tuesday brings some red-hot goodies that are sure to burn through the shelves...