Over a year after the release of the benchmark DVD set for TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENTDAY, 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...
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...
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 youll see is a THX promo created spec...
Linda Hamilton (TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENTDAY) 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...
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...
The movie fans over at Entertainment Weekly have published a new “Greatest” list, this time focusing on action stars. Basically, they count down the 25 Awesome Action Heroes as they see it in the world of genre cinema. Their list is open to in...
The first production update last month at the new official blog passed along concept art for Terminator Salvation. 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...
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...
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...
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...
Catherine Weaver is someone the writers of this series have been dangling in front of fans all season and finally this week a bit of information about her is revealed. Shirley Manson isn’t that great an actress but she really looks the part....
Coming from its B-movie origins, THE TERMINATOR seemed an unlikely super-success in 1984. But thats exactly what it wound up beingin 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...
Warner Bros. has decided to clean out their stock of DVDs of the supernatural law firm thriller DEVIL'S ADVOCATE, the Steve McQueen cop action flick BULLIT, the Man vs. Nature adventure THE PERFECT STORM, the director's cut of ALEXANDER, the historic epic...
When Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles premiered many of us thought, why? Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines was absent Linda Hamilton (the original Sarah Connor) and was really just a rehash of what had already been done in Terminator 2: Judgment D...
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...
With principal photography now a memory for director McG, the man behind the upcoming Terminator Salvation entry has updated the WB official website with a new blog entry. You can check out what he has to say below and see previous entries by clicking on ...
Hurray! It's winter! Time to unpack the sweaters and stow the Speed-o! Time to drag out your electric blanket, and curl up next to a fire with a big bowl of popcorn! Sure summer is long gone but we still got to thinking about it... Every summer, we're alw...
Director McG is getting production into full gear for the first installment of the new Terminator Salvation trilogy, the first one being called Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. With his first entry into a new official blog a few weeks ago, he gave...
Clint over at Moviehole published a story earlier about confirming McG for the directing job on TERMINATOR SALVATION: 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 ...
Like The Mummy's Rob Cohen, director McG is getting into the groove of updating his official blog for Terminator Salvation. The man behind production has updated the blog once again, which you can check out below.We are half way through filming. Our tease...
20th Century Fox has passed along their 2008-2009 midseason schedule with one of the obvious points of interest being their decision to air two genre shows on Fridays, which is a night where most shows go to die. Here's the new midseason schedule.
The w...
Is Josh Brolin the new terminator in the upcoming Terminator Salvation 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 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...
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...
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...
Super Anime Day will be a one day festival for Anime, Manga, Cosplay and Video Game fans and will feature anime voice actors, guest artists, anime, manga, cosplay, video games hosted by Gamerz Paradise, indoor and outdoor photo shoots, music, games/contes...
The producers of TERMINATOR SALVATION 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...
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...
Harry Knowles over at his AICN site says that Christian Bale has been cast as the new John Connor in TERMINATOR SALVATION:THE FUTURE BEGINS. There has been no confirmation since this is Thanksgiving and it will be a slow day but a bombshell like...
Actress Moon Bloodgood has joined as the female lead in the upcoming Terminator Salvation 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...
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Norwalk, CT, June 4, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced it is partnering with Del Rey Manga, Samurai Beat Radio, and VIZ...
OK, first thing’s first; is this new series an adequate replacement for LOST? In a word no, in two words, no way. But, is this show as bad as it sounded? That answer surprisingly is also a resounding no. I actually would ...
Congrats to Don Zimmerman this morning who has scored a copy of Dokkoida?! Vol. #2 from us. Today is the last day of the contest and we\'ve got a copy of Tsukihime Vol. #1 up for grabs, so get your entry in and try to end the year with a win!
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another riveting episode of Comicscape, where I alternately bring you hard-hitting editorials and utter fluff. Some weeks, we talk about a threat to graphic novels in public libraries. Other weeks, we just me...
There
will be one sequel coming in summer 2003 that every comic fan will be looking
forward to. Plans are currently under way for Free Comic Book Day 2. Newsarama
reported that a "Steering Committee" has been appointed and the first
item on their age...
Two weeks ago New Line Home Video re-released Terrence Malick’s breathtaking film The New World in an extended cut. An unrated cut and an additional thirty minutes were promised and nothing else included. No trailers, no commentary and no cl...
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...
The Twenty-Third day of September, in the year Two Thousand and Four, marks the six-month anniversary of "Being a Brief Discussion of Anime Dubs." Writing this column and discussing the dubs that I enjoy so much is important to me. It's an activity that I...
Writing a history of science fiction, horror and fantasy film winners at the Academy Awards is much simpler than it should be. Quite simply, there just arent that many winners. Comedic actors like Bob Hope used to complain about being overlooked in favor...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mizushiro SetonaTranslated by:Shirley KuboAdapted by:What They SayX-Day is fast approaching and everyone is super excited. Rika suspects that all is not right with Mr. Money when she begins noticing bruises. When she sees Mr. ...
The best example of why a 13 episode season of Battlestar Galactica would work that I’ve seen lately is Day Break. The plan was for the entire story to be told in only 13 episodes. If you didn’t catch it, or what ABC showed of ...
Writing a history of science fiction, horror and fantasy film winners at the Academy Awards is much simpler than it should be. Quite simply, there just arent that many winners. Comedic actors like Bob Hope used to complain about being overlooked in favor...
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...
As I said I would, I’m updating the box office numbers with the latest estimates. The actual totals will be added tomorrow night for this Memorial Day Weekend but it seems safe right now to list those numbers as they lie.
Here’s how t...
Welcome to the most depressing day of the year. Thats right: the Day after Halloween. Man, what a letdown! Its like crashing after a really good high. Now theres nothing left but the hangover and the disturbing thought that next Halloween wont come fo...
The folks at Japan's Toho Studios decided to celebrate the 50th birthday of their biggest star in a really big way. News releases carried on wire services worldwide detailed the rerelease of the original GODZILLA to theaters, the installation of a new sta...
The creator of THE OMEN is revisiting judgementday. David Seltzer and producer Gavin Polone are collaborating on a limited series for NBC chronicling the events leading to the apocalypse, as foretold in the Book of Revelation. The series would run betwee...
Genre:Action/Science Fiction.Studio:Twentieth Century Fox.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Script Stage.Who's In It:Unknown.Who's Making It:Unknown.Premise:Unknown.Release Date:Unknown.Comments:When last we saw the ravaged Earth at the end of ID4,...
In part two of our interview with Christian Bale star of 'The Dark Knight', the actor talks candidly about his profession and continuing the Batman franchise for a third installment. He also gives us the scoop on his latest venture, reinventing the char...
OK, you’ve seen the letter grade above so I know a few particular comments have skipped the review and went right to commenting. Let’s put our fanboy-ism aside for a minute and take a real look at what happened, and what didn’t happ...
A dog barks. A sky already crowded with dark clouds fills with flocking birds on the move. Zoo animals howl in their cages. A scientist (Ian Holm) warns, "We've found something unusual ... and disturbing." Another scientist played by Dennis Quaid wonders ...
When the Crow Fan Club website reported that producr Ed Pressman had had a "major medical incident" while on the set of THE CROW: WICKED PRAYER and that production had been halted, movie news websites picked up the story. But it turns out to have been a f...
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...
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...
One of the biggest behemoths of blockbuster proportions in recent memory, INDEPENDENCE DAY arrives on DVD today in a special edition featuring numerous bells and whistles. The double-disc set, loaded with supplemental materials, supposedly contains five-a...
On
Wednesday, Garth Franklin ofDark
Horizons posted an interview with Marvel producer Avi Arad. Arad talked about Spider-Man and many of the other Marvel properties currently in development.
Arad dropped a hint at who the potential villain of Spider...
Variety.com
reports that F/X houses Cinesite and Rhythm & Hues have landed the lion's
share of special effects work for X-Men 2.
Cinesite is on
board to create about 300 shots, up from the 200 or so they created for the
original. Look for the c...
April Fools Day is like St. Valentines Day in the sense that no one seems quite sure of its origin. One theory (unverified) posits that it began in the 1500s, when the Gregorian Calendar was adopted instead of the Julian Calendar, moving New Years Day ...
Universal Studios was gracious enough to allow Mania the opportunity to interview the producers, director and villain of the Incredible Hulk. After watching a kick ass action sequence and the first of Emil Blonsky’s super soldier formula inject...
Los Angeles-based Profiles in History opens the bidding in an auction of Hollywood memorabilia on Thursday with some 360 items for sale from the Superman costume George Reeves wore in the 1950s TV show of the same name to the gloves Arnold Schwarzenegger ...
Josh Friedman, creator of THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, has indicated to the Futon Critic that the show will premiere between the 3-hour planned event of 24 on Monday, January 14, 2008 at 8/7:00 CST. The next adventure of Jack Bauer begins Sunday, Jan...
Stan Winston, one of the industry's most noted special effects and makeup artists who was best known for his work on such projects as the Terminator and Jurassic Park films, died Sunday. He was 62. Winston died peacefully and surrounded by family at...
Released in the summer of 1987, John McTiernans PREDATOR was an important point for Arnold Schwarzeneggers film career. It came at a time when the former Mr. Universe was carving out a name as an action star, but most importantly is was precisely the ri...
I can’t believe this series is already on the chopping block. We’re right at the midpoint of what has turned out to be a slick and intriguing series and the network is saying it will be canceled. I hope the fan outcry is enough ...
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...
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...
This series continues to grab me each week with its paced and energetic execution and the streamlined no frills, no filler approach to the writing. Hopper (Taye Diggs) has really settled into his situation. He knows he’ll wake up the ...
Last Day in Vietnam is about warriors at relative rest.An American GI sits at a cafe in Saigon. He has bandages on his face, a cast on his arm, a cane for his busted leg. He sits and smokes, and thinks of the beautiful local girl he picked up. In his mind...
The Visual Effects Society announced this week the VES 50: The Most Influential Visual Effects Films of All Time, which was determined by a vote of their members.
THE VES 50 are (Bold and Italics indicates a tie score)
1. Star Wars (1977) 2. ...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Thomas Dekker (Heroes) has signed on to play John Connor in Fox's The Sarah Connor Chronicles. He will join Lena Headey in the cast.The show is a TERMINATOR themed show, revolving around Connor and her savior son...
On January 17, 2006 Anchor Bay Entertainment will release ALL SOULS DAY: DIA DE LOS MUERTOS on DVD. The story centers on a group of hard-partying students from the OC who are stranded in the remote Mexican village of Santa Bonita where a nightmare has lie...
The American Film Institute (AFI) has once again updated their Top 10 Lists of all the major movie categories and sent them to media outlets. You can check them out below. What do you think? Agree? No? Share your thoughts.The American Film Institute (AFI)...
The latest trailers for TERMINATOR 3, BAD BOYS II and THE LAST SAMURAI are now ready for download at Apple's trailer site.The T3 trailer is the new domestic one released with THE MATRIX RELOADED, and emphasizes the JudgementDay portion of the film's stor...
Most insiders consider this a 4-day holiday box office weekend but I’ll turn in the 3-day weekend numbers now. The three day numbers have Rob Zombie’s Halloween taking the top spot this weekend and breaking the Labor Day Record. The remake/re-...
The past month has been a rollercoaster of surprises in our various box office reports. From Wild Hogs performing unbelievably well to 300 making us all looks like fools. From TMNT kicking ninja butt to Blades of Glory accepting the gold twice while Gr...
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...
In a time where it seems everything is getting more expensive, it's nearly impossible to get anything for free, especially ever-costly comic books. However, that all changes on Saturday, May 4th, a day being dubbed "Free Comic Book Day".
Free Comic Bo...
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Equity Games Production and Halcyon Games have announced "Terminator Salvation – The Videogame," an action-packed, third-person shooter, to be released in conjunction with the highly anticipated Warn...
According to Variety, Warner Bros. TV has hired David Nutter to direct the pilot for the upcoming show THE SARAH CONNER CHRONICLES. Fox has officially greenlit production on the show.The show is a TERMINATOR themed show, revolving around Connor and her s...
Capcom's Gamer's Day event has officially closed in London and the embargoes (for press coverage) on providing news for it ended this morning. On Monday, we heard that BIONIC COMMANDO was returning to this generation of consoles after takin...
An extra day did little to help the one new genre film release, Highlander: Endgame, but some holdovers fared well, even boosting their takes thanks to the four-day (counting Friday) Labor Day weekend. 1st place once again belonged to Universals Bring It...
It's the Fourth of July weekend! No work, no school... nothing to do but hang out and pass the time mindlessly. And while the more ambitious among us might prefer to actually do something this weekend like maybe go to the beach, have a barbecue, or even ...
Texts on fiction writing are fond of telling writers that any story is allowed one major coincidence. This weather disaster epic is composed of a whole pile of coincidences. However, writer/director Roland Emmerich shares with Steven Spielberg a great tal...
Halcyon Co. aims to deliver Terminator Salvation: 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 ...
May 3rd, the day after Paramount's Iron Man hits theaters, thousands of comic book retailers across North America and around the world will share the magic of comics with their customers when they distribute millions of comic books free of charg...
Apple has done it again and has a new trailer for a major movie release, this time for Roland Emmerich's end of the world epic THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW. The film started production more than a year ago but still, there's been no images released showing us w...
ANANOVA notes, briefly, that the one-day U. K. opening Wednesday for the new James Bond film, DIE ANOTHER DAY, topped all previous openers.The film is reported with a one-day B. O. of just 1.1m , or pounds, or about $1,752,852 in U. S. dollars.Questions?...
In its first day on business, on Wednesday, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING scored big bucks. The film took in $18.2M.That amount is putting the film on track to have the biggest December opening ever.As opening days this year go, however, H...
"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...
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...
Revolution Studios is working on a sequel to DADDY DAY CARE, their box office hit starring Eddie Murphy. Titled DADDY DAY CAMP, the sequel is being written by scribes Joel Cohen and Alec Sokolow (TOY STORY). The idea is to coax Murphy back to reprise his ...
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...
A new trailer for 20th Century Fox's upcoming remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still popped up online courtesy of MTV. You can check out the new trailer below. The re-imagining of the sci-fi classic stars Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jad...
"Spider-Man 3" took in $59 million in its opening day on Friday as the biggest first-day take of all time, according to Sony estimates. Pic handily beat the $55.8 million that "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" reaped last year in its July openi...
Preview Available for Only 24 Hours on Yahoo!
From a press release
In anticipation of the two-night premiere of TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES Sunday, Jan. 13 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) and Monday, Jan. 14 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), FOX will offer fans a...
Dreamworks and Paramount have rigged it so that the robots in disguise are living what most Americans dream about: the 6 and 1/2 day weekend! Variety reports:
Can DreamWorks and Paramount transform a toy-based vehicle into a B.O. titan?
They face a ...
With a little over a month from its theatrical release, 20th Century Fox has unleashed a new 5-minute trailer for their remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still. The clip, courtesy of Yahoo Movies, can be seen down below and the film stars Keanu Reeves, Je...
`Twas the day after Christmas, and all through the net/All the fanboys were chatting, bout the presents they did get./There were Buffy dolls with figures that filled out her dress,/A Seven Of Nine doll, whose clothing hugs every inch of her flesh./There ...
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...
Contrary to internet rumors, this December's remake of The Day the Earth Stood Still will indeed feature a variation of the classic robot Gort.
"It wouldn't be The Day the Earth Stood Still without Gort," director Scott Derric...
Last week’s episode of The Sarah Connor Chronicles was stellar, featuring great drama and solid action. That episode also felt like the end of an era in the series and sure enough this week feels like a start to a new story arc. Cromartie is...
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...
There is a Spoiler detail inside this press release from Fox. A return of a major character, readers. Alright, now that I've warned you, it's time to bring on the press release from Fox.
The innovative, addictive, Emmy Award-winning television serie...
Rapper and actor Common seems to be getting his name into big project lately. He was set to co-star in the now stalled Justice League Mortal and he has another comic adaptation for this summer, Universal's Wanted. The trades are now reporting that he's al...
We\'re winding down to our last day of the 30 day contest with 30 prizes today. First, congratulations to Jennifer Davenport who has won a copy of Anime 18\'s La Blue Girl Returns: Demon Seed from yesterdays contest. For the last day today, be sure to ent...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mizushiro SetonaTranslated by:Shirley KuboAdapted by:What They SayIt's senior year, and Rika is seriously stressed out. She's got more homework, exams, and papers than she can handle, and was recently dumped by her boyfriend. ...
Sometimes known as that but also known as \"Between Day\" (kokumin no kyujitsu), it\'s a holiday that\'s interesting. According to Japanese law, a day which falls between two national holidays is also declared a national holiday. From 2007, Greenery Day, ...
Tomorrow the fourth annual Free Comic Book Day event will be held at comic book shops and specialty stores worldwide. Thirty different titles from a diverse selection of comic book publishers and studios will be given away free for the asking, and dependi...
Producer James Middleton has shared a few bits about Terminator Salvation: 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...
Warner Bros has acquired the North American distribution rights for the next Terminator film, newly named TERMINATOR SALVATION: THE FUTURE BEGINS, says Variety. The studio plans to release the first film of the new trilogy in the summer of 2009 ...
With the final day of ManiaFest also being the day of the Primetime Emmy Awards, both myself and Marcia were stretched thin covering all the action. Here is a recap of the fourth day of ManiaFest:The day got started with a panel featuring some of the heav...
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...
After a shortened week thanks to the July 4th holiday, it’s time for the Saturday edition of Mania Time Warp. But what was said during previous July 4th weekends here at Mania? That’s the question!
Here’s the place where we take our tri...
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...
REUTERS reports that the opening day totals for THE TWO TOWERS in the U.S. totaled $26 million, while international revenues are reported as $16 million, for a combined total of $42 million.In a story that does not focus on the global numbers, VARIETY pre...
Day two of ManiaFest opened with screenings of PREDATOR, TERMINATOR and PUMPKINHEAD, all in honor of special effects master Stan Winston. In recognition of his groundbreaking work on these cinematic classics, Winston would be receiving the first Maniac Aw...
This week, Sony held a press event to show off its upcoming first-party and online lineup for the PlayStation 2 console. The event was an all-day function at the W Hotel in San Francisco, and CINESCAPE was there to check out the games.The day got started ...
OK, this week was a step up from last week’s episode, but there are still problems. First of all it has gotten way to easy to kill Terminators. Why is it this “magic bullet” has never been around in previous incarnations of the franchi...
Kristanna Loken seemed to come out of nowhere when she was cast opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Terminator 3", but like all overnight successes, it was years of dues paying in the making. The stunning actress has been a regular on the series "Mortal Ko...
Following the ordering activity on the Oni Press offerings for Free Comics Day, the publisher announced that it will be lowering the price of its Free Comic Book Day titles. The initial price for the comics when offered through Diamond Previews was quote...
Hailstones the size of grapefruit fall from the skies above Tokyo. A huge chunk of the Antarctic ice shelf suddenly shears off. Warm water ocean currents suddenly drop a dozen degrees. Tornadoes scour the Los Angeles cityline. And then a wall of water hun...
DAY OF CELEBRATION FOR U.S. RELEASE OF DEATH NOTE MOVIE DVD
Norwalk, CT, September 3, 2008: The New York Anime Festival (NYAF) today announced it has partnered with VIZ Pictures to hold Death Note Day at the largest Japanese bookstore in No...
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:...
Based on Actual Television ShowsGreetings Cinescapers! Boy, I must confess that I can't get enough of these Labor Day weekends. Shame they only happen once a year. Isn't it interesting that we need something like a Labor Day weekend to remind us how awful...
Just one day remains until the first annual ManiaFest Genre Film Festival gets underway. With over 30 films to be screened (and some of them will have their creators and cast members on hand to discuss what it was like making them), two panels, a salute t...
September 17, 2001
Houston, TX
ADV Films has set a street date of November 27th, 2001 for the upcoming home video release of Arc the Lad: "Day of Reckoning". ADV Films plans concurrent day & date release of both VHS and DVD formats for this final spellb...
Nineteen years ago, a movie that was believed to be wrapping up a popular franchise was finishing its opening weekend right around this time. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade premiered on 2,327 theaters on May 24, 1989 and tallied up a 29.3 mil ...
After years of debating whether Arnold would come back into the shoes of his T-800 model, the debate may be finished. The Clinton-News Record is reporting that Roland Kickinger, a former bodybuilder, will now be considered the earlier model of the Skynet ...
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...
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...
The date for the third annual Free Comic Book Day has been decided upon, and it's a different month than the first two events. FCBD 2004 will be held on July 3, 2004, the day after the opening of SPIDER-MAN 2 in theaters. For the past two years the event ...
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 Terminator Salvation trilogy. Still, it's ...
The Sarah Connor Chronicles took over half of its nine episode first season to find its footing but when it did, it became a really entertaining must see series. The saying absence makes the heart grow fonder applies heavily to this series because there&r...
On Tuesday in San Francisco, Sony held its annual Gamers Day in order to give the press a look at its upcoming videogame lineup, as well as a bit into the future. There was the back patting and cheerleading that is to be expected from these events, as wel...
There’s some stuff to like about this episode of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and a few things to complain about too. This week, the FBI agent gets some major advancement in the story arc, almost too much for the first season actuall...
Richard Hatem, co-creator of the short-lived (but imminently available on DVD--check it out!) MIRACLES, brings his talent for turning the conventions of traditional television storytelling upside down to the late, lamented TRU CALLING with an episode sure...
According to Variety, ABC has canceled the midseason sci-fi series Day Break effective immediately. The series was supposed to run for another two weeks. Day Break, starring Taye Diggs as a cop who relives the same day over and over, was a midsea...
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...
FEARnet, the world’s premier horror and thriller website and video on demand service, will look to ring in the New Year with screams and shrieks as it launches a bone-chilling, week-long New FEAR’s Day programming event. The festivities w...
After another long week of the daily grind, it’s time for the Saturday edition of Mania Time Warp! Here’s the place where we take our tricked out De Lorean up to 88 mph and travel back in time.
Unlike old Doc Brown and Marty though, ...
Over at DelToroFilms.com, Guillermo del Toro reports on the first day of shooting with a revelation about the film's composer.
"Danny Elfman IS [emphasis his] going to score 'HELLBOY II' and I feel privileged. I have worked with Marco Beltrami many tim...
After another long week of the daily grind, it’s time for the Saturday edition of Mania Time Warp! Here’s the place where we take our tricked out De Lorean up to 88 mph and travel back in time.
Unlike old Doc Brown and Marty though, ...
Staggering up the cordoned-off stairways toward the sky-high rooftop set of the The Sixth Day, which is being filmed aloft Vancouver`s Canada Post Office, I hear an ear-deafening noise. Peering through a steel meshed dividing wall, I see a mountainous s...
For many films, the Labor Day boost was not quite as big as expected, with several films falling short of yesterdays studio estimates. Universals Bring It On retained the #1 position with $14.17-million, about $300,000 shy of predictions. In 2nd place, ...
An unnamed source for Batman-on-Film.com says, "One name I've heard more than once associated with Ra's is Daniel Day Lewis; but please take this as strictly rumor."
For Part One of my conversation with Roger Spottiswoode, I ventured out onto rooftops of Canada, where the , director of The Sixth Day was setting up one of the many action sequences in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film. At that time, he demurred when asked ...
After another long week of the daily grind, it’s time for the Saturday edition of Mania Time Warp! Here’s the place where we take our tricked out De Lorean up to 88 mph and travel back in time.
Unlike old Doc Brown and Marty though, we&rsquo...
After another long week of the daily grind, it’s time for the Saturday edition of Mania Time Warp! Here’s the place where we take our tricked out De Lorean up to 88 mph and travel back in time.
Unlike old Doc Brown and Marty though, we&rsquo...
After another long week of the daily grind, it’s time for the Saturday edition of Mania Time Warp! Here’s the place where we take our tricked out De Lorean up to 88 mph and travel back in time.
Unlike old Doc Brown and Marty though, we&rsquo...
ACTOR Brandon Routh, who plays the Man of Steel in the new Superman Returns movie, shot his only outdoor scene in Sydney's CBD yesterday.
York and Barrack streets were transformed into Metropolis, the fictional US city where the movie takes place.
The s...
The oficial "Ghost Rider" Blog has been updated once more with a new Video from Mark Steven Johnson called 'A day in the life of Johnny Blaze'. The clip - which was shown at Comic-Con - is the night transformation from human to burning skeleton.
We here at CINESCAPE magazine are taking the Labor Day holiday off with most of our North American readers. For all our fans, including our fair readers from around the world, we'll be back tomorrow bringing you the latest and greatest in genre entertainm...
ZAP2IT reports that the latest Bond flick, DIE ANOTHER DAY, has ruffled feathers in the Koreas with its' outrageous North Korean villains. Last year, the Korea Federation of University Student Councils issued a statement calling for the film's production ...
For a little while, DIE ANOTHER DAY looks as though it's preparing to do something new with the 40-year-old James Bond film formula. While our hero has been captured and tortured often before, this is the first time he's gotten locked up for 14 whole mont...
ANANOVA reports that actor Daniel Day-Lewis will keep living the retired life in the wake of his well-received performance in GANGS OF NEW YORK.Speaking to Hello.com, the Irish actor said he always feels a "sense of disappointment" following his work on a...
ANANOVA reports that WALLACE AND GROMIT will head a national charity event in the UK, WALLACE AND GROMIT'S WRONG TROUSERS DAY, on July 4.The aim is to raise £5 million for children's hospitals and hospices. To participate, persons are encouraged to...
After another long week of the daily grind, it’s time for the Saturday edition of Mania Time Warp! Here’s the place where we take our tricked out De Lorean up to 88 mph and travel back in time.
Unlike old Doc Brown and Marty though, we&rsquo...
The second trailer for one of the most anticipated JAMES BOND film in years, November's DIE ANOTHER DAY, has been released. If you liked the teaser released a few months ago (and you should have) you'll want to weld your eyes to this one. DAY hits the bi...
After throwing out at our eyeballs one of the coolest teaser posters in the last 10 years with the gun and ice motif for the new James Bond film DIE ANOTHER DAY, the boys and girls at Eon Productions have released another teaser sheet. Featuring current B...
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...
At the 28th annual Saturn Awards this Monday, INDEPENDENCE DAY co-creator Dean Devlin gave us a quick, exclusive interview about the recently announced INDEPENDENCE DAY 2, and what inspired him and DAY partner Roland Emmerich to get to a sequel for their ...