Like many filmmakers today, McG got his start in music videos, producing work for the likes of Sublime, Korn and Cypress Hill. He then scored a huge success with the 2000 feature film version of Charlie's Angels followed by a less-then-well-received seque...
The first production update last month at the new official blog passed along concept art for TerminatorSalvation. Now, the guys at Warner Bros. has updated the blog once again from Visual Effects guru Charles Gibson on bringing that concept art to life t...
Clint over at Moviehole published a story earlier about confirming McG for the directing job on TERMINATORSALVATION: THE FUTURE BEGINS. Well, we can confirm it's true because we got an email a few hours ago stating that McG finally won the job ...
...onnor) in TerminatorSalvation. So why make a TV show? Many franchises have tried to cash in at the box office and on TV at the same time. Star Trek, South Park and The Simpsons have all proved it can indeed work.
Curiosity and the lack of an...
Warner Bros has acquired the North American distribution rights for the next Terminator film, newly named TERMINATORSALVATION: THE FUTURE BEGINS, says Variety. The studio plans to release the first film of the new trilogy in the summer of 2009 ...
And they're off! Warner Bros. has passed along a press release saying that production has officially launched for TerminatorSalvation: The Future Begins, the first installment of a new trilogy starring Christian Bale and Sam Worthington. Bale is central ...
TerminatorSalvation: The Future Begins is no more in regards to the name of the next installment. Warner Bros. is now calling it Untitled Terminator Project. The upcoming trilogy will star Christian Bale as John Connor and Sam Worthington as a new charac...
I'm not sure why the trades are so late on this news story but I'll pass it along in any case, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed this morning that Christian Bale is in negotiations to star in TERMINATORSALVATION: THE FUTURE BEGINS. This is a follow u...
Release Date: May 22, 2009 Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Director: McG Screenwriter: John Brancato, Michael Ferris Cast: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Helena Bonham Carter, Anton Yelchin, Bryce Dallas Howard, Moon Bloodgood, Common and Jadagrace.Genre:...
Harry Knowles over at his AICN site says that Christian Bale has been cast as the new John Connor in TERMINATORSALVATION:THE FUTURE BEGINS. There has been no confirmation since this is Thanksgiving and it will be a slow day but a bombshell like...
The producers of TERMINATORSALVATION have confirmed that Bale will be playing the role of John Connor in the film, nixing the doubts from different sources on which role he will play in the new trilogy. The producers sat down with Entertainment Weekly an...
Producer James Middleton has shared a few bits about TerminatorSalvation: The Future Begins with Sci-Fi Wire. In the brief interview, he confirmed that John Connor (Christian Bale) will be a central focus in the 2nd and 3rd films in the new trilogy. He a...
If you're planning on watching The Dark Knight in a few days, you'll be seeing the first teaser for TerminatorSalvation in theaters. But Warner Bros. has already released the official clip online in a game of beating boot leggers. The upcoming first inst...
Helena Bonham Carter may have a full schedule coming with the final two Harry Potter sequels but she will also be finding some time to shoot some scenes for the upcoming TerminatorSalvation trilogy. The trade has announced that she will be co-starring al...
That's what producer Moritz Borman has hinted at in the latest issue of Empire Magazine. The producer opened the doors officially on Arnold popping up in the two subsequent sequels after TERMINATORSALVATION:THE FUTURE BEGINS. Borman also explained that t...
Like The Mummy's Rob Cohen, director McG is getting into the groove of updating his official blog for TerminatorSalvation. The man behind production has updated the blog once again, which you can check out below.We are half way through filming. Our tease...
...t line in TerminatorSalvation. From the quote of Roland, it looks his youthful age will be contributed to the fact that it's 20 years before Arnold rolled off the production line.This month, however, Kickinger begins filming what is likely the role of...
Halcyon Co. aims to deliver TerminatorSalvation: The Future Begins as a PG-13 movie to Warner Bros. for release on May 22, 2009. The "Terminator" series is one of the highest-grossing R-rated franchises of all time, with the first three films ...
I can't say this latest report is very surprising. After all, Christian Bale is playing the leading hero John Connor and it would seem obvious that his character would be a part of all three films in the upcoming TerminatorSalvation trilogy. Still, it's ...
Director McG spoke in glowing terms of his leading man Christian Bale during the press conference for their upcoming Terminator: Salvation at the San Diego Comic Con this Saturday. Bale has attracted unwanted attention from the tabloids in recent weeks, a...
While what actress Helena Bonham Carter reveals about role in the upcoming TerminatorSalvation film is exceedingly vague, it could also be decided as somewhat revealing in where her loyalties lie in the fight for the future. If you don't want to know any...
A grain of salt comes to mind here but I'll pass this along to you Maniacs. A wild new rumor has popped up today saying that Linda Hamilton could be coming for flashbacks in the upcoming TerminatorSalvation by Warner Bros. and director McG. This one seem...
Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has acquired the international distribution rights to TerminatorSalvation: The Future Begins, the upcoming next installment of a planned new trilogy featuring Christian Bale (John Connor) and Sam Worthington (...
Is Josh Brolin the new terminator in the upcoming TerminatorSalvation trilogy? Perhaps so if we pick up on the hints provided by director McG below. In an interview with The Two-One Three, the director answered questions on whether Co...
Initially it sounded a lot like a fanboy’s idea of a wet dream: take comic icon Superman and pit him in battle against moviedom’s reigning cybernetic killing machine, the Terminator. It’s a high-concept idea that really shouldn’t work, but does remarkably...
We have a new leading lady to take over as John Connor's wife, Kate Connor, says the Hollywood Reporter. The trade is reporting that Bryce Dallas Howard (The Village, Spider-Man 3) will be taking over the role exited by Charlotte Gainsbourg in Terminator ...
Director McG is getting production into full gear for the first installment of the new TerminatorSalvation trilogy, the first one being called TerminatorSalvation: The Future Begins. With his first entry into a new official blog a few weeks ago, he gave...
...pt: "TerminatorSalvation: The Future Begins" will reinvent the cyborg saga with a storyline to be told over a three-movie span. The film is set in the future, in a full-scale war between Skynet and humankind. John Connor (Bale), now in his 3...
Actress Moon Bloodgood has joined as the female lead in the upcoming TerminatorSalvation trilogy, says the Hollywood Reporter. She will be co-starring alongside Christian Bale, Sam Worthington and Anton Yelchin in the Halcyon Co. production, which is sc...
The blogging of production updates has worked well for Cohen (Mummy 3), Lexi Alexander (Punisher), Del Toro (Hellboy II) and Snyder (Watchmen). So, now, Warner Bros and McG are launching a new official blog for their upcoming TerminatorSalvation trilogy....
...inator 3, TerminatorSalvation: The Future Begins) are set to pen the screenplay for the studio.
Paramount Pictures controls some "Death Wish" rights and has an option to partner. MGM will make the pic whether or not Par opts in, and if a w...
While the bulk of attention at Comic-Con went to big upcoming releases like Wolverine, The Watchmen and Terminator: Salvation, the convention also showcased one of the largest growing media phenomena—the web series or webisode. Viacom, Warner Brothe...
The hype and hoopla has passed. Alas, Comic-Con 2008 is over, at least for another 365 days. Luckily for Maniacs who didn’t have a chance to attend, or for those still suffering from convention withdrawal, our editorial staff has thrown together a p...
San Diego Comic-Con International 2008 ended last week with the usual fanfare. Comic book and Hollywood talents alike came together to mingle with over 100,000 fans. Those fans learned about the next year’s slate of comics, movies, televis...
Quadrilogy by Robert T. Trate, Columnist (Tue 01-29-2008)
...in ‘TerminatorSalvation: The Future Begins’ making yet another Quadrilogy. Bale’s casting might be the saving grace of the franchise (much like the saving grace of another) despite McG being attached (as of 1/29/08) as director....
...rning for TerminatorSalvation Trilogy?
Rumor: Another wild rumor popped up stating that Linda Hamilton has agreed to a deal with Warner Bros. and the producers of the upcoming TerminatorSalvation trilogy, reliving her original role of Sarah Connor, ...
...ailer for TerminatorSalvation online yesterday in an effort to fight off bootleggers who watch The Dark Knight tomorrow. Fellow Maniac "Ponyboy" is passing along that the studio is also set to premiere their other high profile trailer attach...
I didn’t watch the early broadcast of this pilot so I saw it Sunday night for the first time. I’ve been excited for it because I believe there is potential for a great series within this mythology. My reaction to this series is mixed...
A lone figure, decked out in the gothic regalia and make-up of The Crow, crouched next to a makeshift Columbine High School memorial of flowers, teddy bears and notes placed against a chain link fence. A newscast found him there a day or two after the inf...
Writer Mark Schultz cannot emphasize enough that his four-issue ALIEN VS. PREDATOR VS. TERMINATOR miniseries from Dark Horse Comics is, first and foremost, an exciting action-adventure that should appeal to fans of all three franchises. The reason for his...
A video game based on the upcoming feature film TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES will be available for all major game consoles this fall. Designed by Black Ops Entertainment for Atari Games, the T3 game will also feature new footage especially filmed f...
Atari Games announced a third video game based on TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES. However, next to nothing is known about the premise of TERMINATOR 3: REDEMPTION except that the game will allow gamers to play "in a larger and more diverse Terminator w...
It probably wasn't a good idea to release THE MATRIX RELOADED and TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES in the same summer. While the Wachowskis' original THE MATRIX was innovative, original and exciting, its sequel was simply more of the same bookmarked wit...
"Arnold's is back. The Terminator is back. We're back and we're doing some things that are going to be pretty wonderful." Those were the words from Saturn Award-winning creature and puppet designer Stan Winston when he talked to us at the 28th annual Satu...
To start this review, I must tell you that this special-edition DVD makes a sensational first impression: When you plop this disc into your player, be sure to crank up that home-theater sound, because the first thing you’ll see is a THX promo created spec...
The creators of The Sarah Connor Chronicles need to be very careful in their design of this series. When you bring in time travel as a major plot device, a story can quickly get convoluted and already there’s a lot happening regarding time trav...
TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY is not a film that requires, at this point, any critical re-evaluation. The film stands pretty much as it did when it first wowed fans back in 1991, as both an entertaining spectacle and a landmark special effects film. The bigg...
Fox is inviting fans to design a promotional poster for the network's highly anticipated new series "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles." The Official Fan Poster Contest winner will win a trip for two to Los Angeles and have their poster re...
Speaking at his annual golf tournament, The Arnold Classic, actor and former bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger let slip how his new Terminator character travels back from the future. According to the big man himself, the new T-850 Terminator (notice it's...
Warner Bros. has just released the first image from the currently in production TERMINATOR 3: THE RISE OF THE MACHINES. Set 10 years after the adventures of T2, this third installment in THE TERMINATOR franchise stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl and...
It was announced just a few short months ago that an Arnold-free TERMINATOR 4 was on the horizon by new financial partners (producer Moritz Borman and Halcyon Co. principals Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson) with MGM. Acccording to The Hollywoo...
On Monday, June 30 at the Mann Village Theatre in Westwood the world premiere for TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES was held. Shutting down the street between the Village and the Bruin Theaters, the red carpet was laid out in a circle to house the many p...
So, you bought TERMINATOR 2 one of the best action films ever made - on VHS tape, then the limited special edition laserdisc box set, then on DVD, then the "Ultimate Edition" DVD that came out a couple years back. Is it worth it to you to buy yet another...
A fourth TERMINATOR movie could be rolling in front of cameras as early as next year, reports today's Variety. T3 writers John Brancato and Michael Ferris have a screenplay draft that's ready to go and the film's producers, Mario Kassar and Andy Vajna, wa...
According to the Boston herald, MGM Chairman and CEO, Harry Sloan, let it slip that Arnold Schwarzenegger may be under contract for a cameo appearance in the upcoming film Terminator 4."Yes, we will need a new actor," Sloan said about the title ...
Producer James Middleton (the same producer behind the upcoming Sarah Connor Chronicles) has announced that The Halcyon Company is prepping TERMINATOR 4 for a 2009 release. Pre-production for the fourth installment in the film will begin in October by the...
In one of her first public interviews, TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES' villainous Kristanna Loken is talking about what went into breaking new ground as the first female bad-chick of the franchise."I did about six weeks of training before we started w...
British DVD label Mondo Macabro (which also releases select titles Stateside) has built a reputation for unearthing exploitation titles from the far corners of the world. While the cinema of Indonesia is about as far out as it gets, their latest release L...
Two days ago Atari Games announced their plans for a new game based on TERMINATOR 3. Titled REDEMPTION, very little about the game's premise or storyline was offered except to say that it will offer gamers "an opportunity to experience the world of Termin...
Anton Yelchin (Charlie Bartlett) is in negotiations to star as post-apocalyptic warrior Kyle Reese in director McG's new Terminator movie, says The Hollywood Reporter. David Campbell Wilson, John Brancato and Michael Ferris wrote the screenplay though scr...
In this sequel to THE TERMINATOR (#19 on our list) James Cameron takes the franchise to new level, fashioning a mega-action epic—-the first film ever shot on a budget of over $100-million. That may sound like runaway production madness, but when you watch...
Coming from its B-movie origins, THE TERMINATOR seemed an unlikely super-success in 1984. But that’s exactly what it wound up being—in the long run if not the immediate short term. Sure, it made plenty of money, but the real success of the sci-fi/action f...
Swedish progressive metal band Pain Of Salvation have set Scarsick as the title of their new album, tentatively due in late 2006/early 2007. "The band is focusing on the songs right now, to be recorded during the coming months," reads a posting on the gro...
CHUD has been able to snag a new picture from next summer's second most anticipated sequel, TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES. It shows, as you can see for yourself by clicking on it for a larger version, Terminator Arnold Schwarzenegger choking the futu...
The power of James O’Barr’s original premise remains intact, but the third time is not the charm in this entry of the Crow film franchise. What originally seemed like a good idea for the sequels (using new characters each time out) has now turned into a l...
In a surprising announcement, Infogrames revealed that it had reached a major licensing agreement to develop video games based on the Terminator movies. Under the agreement, Infogrames now has the right to develop and publish games based on the movie...
According to a Calgary Sun report, Vin Diesel (IRON GIANT, THE FAST AN THE FURIOUS) is up for a role as an evil terminator in TERMINATOR 3. What’s more the paper’s online arm seemed to have a subtitle for the film: TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES. In t...
The basic casting breakdown for Warner Bros.' TERMINATOR 3 project has been revealed.Dark Horizons has posted the official casting sheet for the film's major characters, except Arnold Schwarzenegger's role... which we know is taken. Here's what the site r...
VARIETY is reporting shooting on the insanely anticipated TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES has finished shooting. The final day was Monday, ending five months of Los Angeles based shooting, and shot the scene showing Terminatrix Kristanna Loken's arriva...
The long developing TERMINATOR 3 project continues to move forward with word that the film to come will give star Arnold Schwarzenegger his biggest paycheck ever.According to unnamed sources talking to Variety columnist Michael Fleming, Arnold's deal for ...
Infogrames has sent us two very early in-game screenshots of its new TERMINATOR title.TERMINATOR is headed for the Playstation 2 in the second quarter of next year and focuses on different soliders in John Conner's army. The ultimate goal is to penetrate ...
In a little news bite from the latest PREMIERE comes word Warner Bros. is planning to re-release the MATRIX documentary THE MATRIX REVISITED with a first look trailer of TERMINATOR 3.The magazine reports the trailer will be plopped on the disc (which was ...
Producer Gale Anne Hurd participated in the original TERMINATOR films with James Cameron. Now, she briefly has her say on the coming sequel production, TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES.While talking to CINESCAPE's Scott Collura, Hurd gave a thumbs up, o...
A number of disparate elements for the coming TERMINATOR 3 movie project are said to be nearly jelling.Contrary to previous reports that every major element was etched in stone, word has it that star Arnold Schwarzenegger and director Jonathan Mostow's in...
Stan Winston will return to his work making animatronic cyborgs for the TERMINATOR series, now that he and his company have signed onto TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES."Stan is a true creative visionary whose unique artistry has been integral to the on...
Word has it that the extremely slowly developing TERMINATOR 3 project finally seems to have all of its ducks in a row.According to Variety columnist Michael Fleming, the film's script is finally done, which will be directed by Jonathan Mostow. Currently, ...
The trippy alternative music trio known as the Blue Man Group have revealed that one of their songs on the forthcoming album THE COMPLEX will be featured over the end credits for TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES.Gavin Rossdale of the rock band Bush sing...
What They SayOld Kai\'s plan to free everyone from Baby\'s control worked! The vengefully minded Gohan, Trunks, and Goten prepare to take their shot at toppling Baby, but Goku warns that even their combined power will not be enough to stop him. Their only...
Over a year after the release of the benchmark DVD set for TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY, the first film in that series, James Cameron's breakthrough TERMINATOR, is slated for a Special Edition release this October. Unlike the stripped down, no frills...
Apparently, director James Cameron is definitely on board the upcoming TerminatorSalvation trilogy. Enough so that he is on the phone with current helmer McG, giving advice on casting choices. Variety reports Cameron suggested his Avatar (slated 2009) st...
Although the magazine doesn't state what roles they will be playing in the picture, today's Variety reports that Arnold Schwarzenegger and John Cleese will provide cameo appearances in AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS. The Jules Verne story, which stars Jacki...
In an interview carried on MTV online, TERMINATOR 3's John Conners, Nick Stahl revealed he's secure in what many summer films are weak in: the script. "The script is really solid," Stahl said. "I think the main aim was to basically up the stakes from the...
The first image from the set of TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES is out and... it looks awfully familiar to anyone who's seen the first two.Things are on fire, which is good. A vehicle of some sort is crashed, which is also good. And Arnold is looking b...
Hey! It's Al Brown, filling in for Kurt Amacker this week. I'm filling in because Kurt lived in New Orleans. He'll live there again, but right now he doesn't because New Orleans got the Aquaman treatment.Hey, listen, I ain't rich. You ain't either. If you...
Director and co-writer (with Gale Anne Hurd) James Cameron fuses science fiction and action and adventure in a way that established a trend still in evidence to this day. A time travel tale with all the usual paradox plot problems, the film survives thank...
Nick Stahl, the new face of the TERMINATOR series John Connor, is talking publicaly for the first time about his role in TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES.Stahl, you remember, is taking over the role from T2's Edward Furlong, who was not asked back to th...
James O’Barr’s comic book creation The Crow flies again in the form of The Crow: Salvation—at least in Spokane, Washington. The third film in the franchise, which began with the ill-fated 1994 production starring Brandon Lee, has been sitting on the shelf...
The Crow: Salvation will have a one-week exclusive run at the AMC River Park Square Theatre in Spokane, Washington, starting on September 15th. On September 16th, the film`s star, Eric Mabius, will appear in person. Based on the box office performance of ...
This Sunday on Fox Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles will return to television. Surviving both the writers strike and a network notorious for canceling genre and fan favorite shows Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles will see their cast grow. Al...
Reel.com columnist Jeffrey Wells writes that Ridley Scott may direct Terminator 3. The source of this tidbit is none other than Scott himself, who remarked in a recent BBC documentary about his film Blade Runner that he would be directing T3 after he fini...
A boat-load of new set pictures from TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES have been posted at a Arnold Schwarzenegger fan site. While the pics, none too spectacular, are a little bit to tie fans over until the film hits screens they might also hint at some ...
The Halcyon Company who recently purchased the TERMINATOR franchise rights have expanded their library to Phillip K. Dick material rights for the next three years, says Variety. With over 120 short stories and 45 novels, they have plenty of choi...
The teaser for next summer's most anticipated sequel, TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES has hit the web, and a long with it comes the teaser poster. For your own look at the poster, click the pic above, and for your own look at the teaser, click the sour...
While this shouldn't be regarded as fact yet, CHUD is reporting that director McG is among the top list of contenders to director TERMINATOR 4. Devin has relayed that this comes from a reliable source that has never did him wrong, it would be qu...
Sweden's progressive metal band PAIN OF SALVATION has posted the following update on its official web site: "The long-awaited 'Scarsick' album is now done, and is expected to hit the stores late January 2007, just a few weeks before ...
According to TERMINATOR 4 co-writer Michael Ferris, don't expect to see Arnold Schwarzenegger in the upcoming TERMINATOR film."'Terminator 3' kind of closed the book on Schwarzenegger, as did his gubernatorial career," said Ferris in an interview with Ent...
What They SayIchise\'s grief only allows him to enjoy the pain of the fighting pits in the underground city of Lukuss. However, when a gang punishes Ichise by cutting his arm and leg off, his will to live overcomes the odds and attracts the attention of t...
With the last episode, we saw John trying to take control of his life and embrace his destiny. It’s interesting to see him making this move but a lot failed for me in the execution of that evolution. The evolution continues this week and it was...
What They SayLukuss, the city of despair and violence. An experimental metropolis buried deep inside the Earth, ruled by gangs, where mayhem and retribution are a normal part of life. To show your strength, you must deprive your opponents of their limbs...
With the WGA strike under way and reports of both sides digging their heels into trenches well into the 2008 year, Fox Television has adjusted their lineups for the coming season. Some canned shows will air on different days while others are being po...
Composer Marco Beltrami started out writing Hollywood film scores in 1994, but it was in 1996, with his score for the phenomenally successful teen horror film SCREAM, that the Italian composer really hit his stride. SCREAM was quickly followed with a crit...
What They SayFilled with scenes of heroic bloodshed, Black Lagoon is action incarnate! Dirty jobs are a part of life for the Black Lagoon but things seem to be getting worse by the minute. Their latest problem is a maid from Columbia. She\'s a killing mac...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Fujima TakuyaTranslated by:Kumiko YuasaAdapted by:What They SayIn the year 2068, the Brain computer - built by humans to be the core of a machine-driven earth - created selenoids, androids with abilities far superior to man. T...
For those of you that are hardcore fans of Battlestar Galactica, the name Ron Moore is synonymous with quality science fiction television. Even if you aren’t a BSG fan ,you may still appreciate him for his work on what many say was the last good Sta...
This Week's RecommendationSMarco Beltrami's venture into cyberwars in TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES has been released by Varese Sarabande (302 066 481 2) and the result is a pleasing mix of the mechanistic synth rhythms composed by Brad Fiedel that d...
What They SayIchise’s grief only allows him to enjoy the pain of the fighting pits in the underground city of Lukuss. However, when a gang punishes Ichise by cutting his arm and leg off, his will to live overcomes the odds and attracts the attentio...
Flying over the cranberry capitol of Canada, I`m gawking out the plane window staring at the magnificent Frazier River. I`m thinking that in about 12 hours, I`ll be on the set of Arnold Schwarzeneggar`s latest film THE 6TH DAY, a science fiction thriller...
The time has come Maniacs to catch up on all of last season’s TV. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Season 1, Heroes: Season 2, Dexter - The Complete Second Season, Prison Break - Season 3 and Torchwood - The Complete Second Season are all sla...
Josh Friedman recently talked with CHUD about Fox's upcoming TV show THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, a Terminator themed series.The show will revolve around Connor and her savior son, John Connor. The series will explore what happened to Sarah Connor after t...
Thanks to a reader named "Valaryc", we've got some amazing snapshots from last weekend's TERMINATOR 3 panel and display held at the Los Angeles Comic Book Convention. Among the attendees on the T3 panel were stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kristinna Loken an...
TERMINATOR 3: WAR OF THE MACHINES has arrived in game stores nationwide. The single-player/multiplayer first-person shooter lets gamers experience combat in the dark future first seen in James Cameron's TERMINATOR movie where the surviving remnants of hum...
What They SayAmidst the Passing of the Year Festival, Reki begins to distance herself from everyone and prepares to face the bitter darkness that will soon engulf her, resigned to her fate as a cursed and unforgiven Haibane.
With little time remaining, ...
What They SayLUKUSS: the city of despair and violence...
An experimental metropolis buried deep inside the Earth, ruled by gangs, where mayhem and retribution are a normal part of life...
To show your strength, you must deprive your opponents of their lim...
Filming has begun on CRUEL WORLD, a thriller about a rejected reality television star that kidnaps nine college students to star in his own version of the ultimate reality gameshow. Whenever one of the nine are voted off the program, they're killed by the...
SHREK 2 may not have the surprise factor of the original 2001 SHREK going for it, but what it loses in novelty it more than makes up for in good-natured charm. Based on the character introduced in books by the late William Steig, the original SHREK told o...
On the same day as the home video release of TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES, Atari Games is releasing their new PlayStation 2 and Xbox video game based on the movie. RISE OF THE MACHINES is the first video game to feature Arnold Schwarzenegger's liken...
Linda Hamilton (TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY) and Michael Rooker (THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK) have joined the cast of FX's THIEF pilot. The show is about a career thief (played by Andre Braugher) and his crew who are preparing for their next theft. With Ame...
I come not to praise TRU CALLING but to bury it.In case you hadn't heard, former Slayer Eliza Dushku's GROUNDHOG DAY/RUN LOLA RUN hybrid went down for the big dirt nap a while back. I can't imagine that even the cast and crew were terribly surprised: the ...
This tidbit of Hollywood insider news comes from a longtime and frequent contributor to Coming Attractions who's always been privy to development news before it hits the trades. Our pal returned to fill us in on an exciting new development taking place wi...
Well, I spotted the first official Christmas tree of 2004 last week. And no, store displays and nuts like Ray Liotta who keep their tree up all year round don't count. (And no, I'm not a peeping tom it's right up there in the apartment's front window.) T...
At a point between the decline of the drive-in/grindhouse era and the rise of direct-to-video features, there must not have been many remarkable horror films released in 1984. A lot of people of a certain age remember CHILDREN OF THE CORN as the first rea...
...No, we’re not taking about using Kleenex for *that*. Anime covers the width and breadth of the human experience, from humor to love to drama. Today, we’re taking a peek at some of the tear-jerker titles out on the market.
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Easily the most anticipated game this year (maybe even the most anticipated game ever) is HALO 2. Fans have been reserving the game at online stores and local video game shops since the game was announced years ago, and have suffered through the many new ...
On March 17th at the Pacific's Cinerama Dome Theater in Hollywood, Calif., Newmarket Films and FLAUNT MAGAZINE presented the Los Angeles premiere of SPUN. The film is based on three rather bizarre days in the life of former junky Will de Los Santos, who w...
Not that it was unexpected, but the Sci-Fi Channel has sagely renewed Ronald D. Moore's updated BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. So, those still reeling from the shocking final moments of the finale can breathe a sigh of relief. With an elegant first part, "Kobol's ...
It's fitting that at the Rose Hill Cemetery in Whittier, Calif., a franchise is rising from the dead and taking no prisoners. It's a hot spring day as Arnold Schwarzenegger emerges from a crypt wielding machine guns and carrying a casket on his shoulders....
CINESCAPE and The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films announced today the nominees for the 2003 Saturn Awards ceremony. What follows is a complete list of the Face of the Future nominees, an award that will be decided by fans who log onto...
MGM Home Entertainment has revealed the street dates for the second season of the original THE OUTER LIMITS and season four of STARGATE SG-1. Both sets will be available on September 2.THE OUTER LIMITS second season set will be three DVDs containing 17 e...
Superstar Arnold Schwarzenegger is thinking about making the action-comedy BIG SIR his next project. Written by KIM POSSIBLE producers Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle and set up at New Line Cinema, BIG SIR would star the Terminator actor as a guy who runs ...
November 11 is the date staked out by Warner Home Video to release TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES on home video. The DVD of T3 will be a two-disc set featuring:- two different commentary tracks featuring director Jonathan Mostow and stars Arnold Schwa...
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...
After seeing TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES, many viewers secretly wished they could get a good look at the bust of Kristanna Loken, who kicked ass as Arnold Schwarzenegger's nemesis, the TX. Now, courtesy of Sideshow Toy in affiliation with Stan Wins...
With more and more video labels old and new getting in on the Asian cinema action, let’s not forget that Tai Seng Entertainment was distributing these features in the USA since the days when their tapes could only be found in Chinatown shops. When collect...
Despite the fact that the film is set in Africa, NoShame Films bows to tradition and retains the American release title of this Italian "animal revenge" picture, which they've released as part of their Sergio Martino Collection. The director's seventeenth...
We've got a huge list this week so let's get right to the Prize Closet. We have 2 copies of FAILURE TO LAUNCH for you, courtesy of Paramount. To enter, send one email containing your name and mailing address to psycho@psychotronic.info with the word "FAIL...
There's something about the words "to be continued" that TV audiences simultaneously love and hate. On one hand, it means the story is going to have at least another hour to unfold its hitherto unexpected complexities before us. On the other hand, it me...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATION Marco Beltrami has composed a guttural undulation of darkness for the opening moments of UNDERWORLD: EVOLUTION, the sequel to the 2003 hit depicting an ongoing war between the vampires and the werewolves. The first film containe...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Available for the first time on CD, Pino Donaggio's classic 1981 score to THE HOWLING is now available in a fine edition from La-La land Records (LLLCD 1037), digitally remastered from the original ¼ inch album master tapes. Di...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONHans Zimmer, who produced Klaus Badelt's masterful score for the original PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL (but who, as Badelt's immediate protégé, was also believed to have had more than a slight hand in its co...
Swords clash, elemental battleships go to war, and long-dead dragons rise again in this week's buzz of science fiction, fantasy, and horror fiction. Making big waves in the fantasy arena is Tor Book's publication of Terry Goodkind's Phantom. A long-awaite...
Happy Wednesday, and welcome to another Comicscape. This week, we dive into DC’s weekly event 52, which just crossed the halfway mark two weeks ago. I would’ve covered it then, but the late-shipping Seven Soldiers #1 delayed th...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Angelo Badalamenti has always had a remarkable flair for melodic fluidity, even in the midst of very diverse and unusual scores. Moments of melodic beauty contrast with harsh expressivity in BLUE VELVET; surrealistic musical el...
This December 5, Disney will release the first titles in their interactive "Disney DVD Game World" series. These will be a sort of combination of traditional board games and interactive DVD play similar to the sort of DVD movie trivia games you see in boo...
Daniele Liverani is completing the recording of the third and final chapter of his Rock Opera entitled The Final Surprise. With the release of this final episode, the complete story and music of the trilogy can be finally enjoyed in its entirety. An incre...
Marco Beltrami (TERMINATOR 3, BLADE II, CURSED, HELLBOY) is set to score Roland Joffe's forthcoming thriller, CAPTIVITY, based on a screenplay by Larry Cohen. With a plot not unlike the first moments of SAW, CAPTIVITY has to do with a man and a woman awak...
GATE Mail by David Michael Wharton (Mon 08-08-2005)
It's been a long week, but I am finally back within the warm embrace of high-speed internet access, and so back to the TVW grind I go. Back before Mr. Davis' side-trip into the world of TV on DVD, we were talking STARGATE, specifically this season's addi...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Mark Isham's score for CRASH, Paul Haggis' feature directorial debut, a compelling mystery film of strangers brought together through happenstance, has been released on CD by Superb Records. The score is as introspective a comp...
Before I get to my interview with THE SURROGATES creator Robert Venditti, there's some movie madness to take care of first. I just saw BATMAN BEGINS at an early screening. While not perfect, it is still very, very good. I'm still gathering my thoughts and...
It's my birthday tomorrow, so I'm giving myself an early birthday present: a shorter column. Many happy returns. And in keeping with the birthday theme -- namely, focusing on me, myself, and I -- here's a list of four things that would make my birthday ...
"The Powers That Be" is probably the best episode of the all-new, all-different STARGATE SG-1 to air thus far. It captures the humorous tone of the earlier installments with Vala riffing well against the rest of the cast, but gradually evolves into someth...
Has there been a better time to be a TV-on-DVD fan? As I was sliding my newly purchased DVD set of David Greenwalt's short-lived PROFIT onto my shelf a few weeks ago, it occurred to me that they really do seem determined to put every damn show in history...
We've got some great stuff in the Prize Closet for you this week (courtesy of the elves at Universal), so let's get on with the giving, shall we? To win any of these DVDs, simply send an email to psycho@psychotronic.info containing your name and address w...
With the recent release of CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY on DVD, Cincescape thought it would be fun to look at a real life Charly, who runs his own factory."The Best Ice Cream in the World" has converted Hollywood's elite into fans of Charly Temmel's ...
JAM! MOVIES reports that a trailer for the upcoming TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES is now available at Apple. The trailer features the T-X, the "female Terminator" (Kristanna Loken).The film is set for theatrical release next year.Questions? Comments?...
Say, do you love renting DVDs, but are tired of the drudgery of rewinding them when you're ready to return them. Here's a link to a great gadget that can help - http://dvdre.notlong.com. Works on games and CDs, too! Here are the winners of the BAA BAA BLA...
On this holiday weekend, where everyone is traveling here or jetting off there, one lesser known vacation alternative also happens to be one of the coolest: that ever-enticing sci-fi trope, time travel. With it come the eternal questions that speak to the...
And now, it's time to pass along the third trailer from Warner Bros. this week, also expected to be attached to The Dark Knight in some locations. The first two are TerminatorSalvation, which is already online, and Watchmen, which appears online tomorrow...
All "Ai’s" on New York Anime Festival 2007 as TOKYOPOP Unveils the World Premiere of the New Music Video
Princess Ai: Broken Leash
Based on the Hit Manga Series Princess Ai, Video Marks First-Ever Japan-U.S. Production to Integrate Traditional A...
January 29, 2007, Macomb, MI. Eagle One Media, Inc. is proud to announce it has acquired the licensing rights from World Events Productions to produce a set of DVD adventures based on the Voltron: Defender of the Universe property for the retail market. T...
MANGA ENTERTAINMENT UK know how they're going to spend their weekend " seeing you! Come visit the stand at the London Expo at the ExCel centre on 28th and 29th October and pick up lots of free goodies including a selection of Volume 1 DVD's for only a fi...
What an afternoon for wild rumors, both of which will be appearing in tomorrow's rumor column. The Linda Hamilton returning to Terminator was out of left field and now, we have a possible return to Lethal Weapon from original screenwriter Shane Black, kno...
Not arguably, one of the two most buzz-worthy events coming out of Comic-Con this year was the footage of Watchmen (the other being the latest Terminator installment). At this point, we've all seen at least one Watchmen trailer, and it's hard not to get e...
Science fiction, fantasy, and horror were once considered cult genres of interest only to a select few, but that changed in 1977 with STAR WARS. The blockbuster mentality engendered by that film continued throughout the ‘80s and reached even larger propor...
Since the success of THE TERMINATOR, which featured Linda Hamilton’s transformation from incompetent waitress to self-sufficient warrior, the tough-girl bad-ass chick has become as much a science fiction cliché as the cowering scream queen that she replac...
The 2008 World Science Fiction Convention concluded yesterday amidst fanfare by Guests of Honor Tom Whitmore, Rick Sternbach and Lois McMaster Bujold along with Robert A. Heinlein filling in as the official Ghost of Honor. The third convention ever held i...
TOKYOPOP® on Top of the Charts with Best-Selling Manga
Los Angeles, CA (August 2, 2004)--Princess Ai, TOKYOPOP's new manga co-created by international rock star Courtney Love, hot new creator D.J. Milky and Japanese manga-ka Misaho Kujiradou, is the ...
[Cue an SD Chaos, SD Dark Schneider and Tamagoyaki happily marching across the column!]
All: ^-^ [with party hats & streamers!] "Omedito!!"
SD Chaos-chan: [dressed up in an EVA plugsuit] "Congratulations to Chris and Melanie Beveridge, who had their bab...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Shingo NanamiTranslated by:Satsuki YamashitaAdapted by:What They SaySpirits known as kamui are thrown into chaos when the sacred spirit Okikurumi is taken from Atsuma’s village, and the imbalance threatens to destroy Ear...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Hiroki EndoTranslated by:Kumar SivasubramanianAdapted by:What They SayGraphic, cyberpunk, and philosophical, Eden is a place where endearing heroes face a constant struggle for survival and violent surprises wait around every ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Misaho Kujiradou, Courtney Love, & DJ MilkyTranslated by:Kimiko Fujikawa and Yuki N. JohnsonAdapted by:What They SayThe culmination of Ai's journey of self-discovery is at hand, and salvation is on the horizon. As hunters from...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist: You HiguriTranslated by: Christine SchillingAdapted by: N/AWhat They SayFrom birth, Cesare Borgia is surrounded by hellish shadows that threaten to consume him. Damned by his own father, hated by his closest brother, separate...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kei SanbeTranslated by:Ray YoshimotoAdapted by:Mike WellmanWhat They SayFrom Kei Sanbe, the creator of the hit series Testarotho, comes a chilling vision of a virus that is utterly out of control...
In a dark future, a biolog...