One of the first comic book series I can remember feeling addicted to was Marv Wolfman and George Perez's New Teen Titans. There was just something about these characters: Wonder Girl, Starfire, Raven, Kid Flash, Cyborg, Changeling and Robin that struck ...
`They were the X-MEN,` former Marvel Comics editor and Blade-creator Marv Wolfman gleefully blurts after a screening of X-Men. `I think the characters translated wonderfully on screen.` Why is theWolfman howling for joy? He sternly adds, `Because there ...
Make-up effects wizard Rick Baker is back in territory he knows well with a new "werewolf" design coming in Universal's TheWolfman, a remake of the classic horror. The man who brought together the transformation in American Werewolf in London h...
NECA will be releasing figures for Wolfman and Sally from THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS this October. They will come in clamshell packaging. More details to come.
Sir Anthony Hopkins starred as Van Helsing in the update of Bram Stoker's DRACULA. According to MTV, he's now crossing into the update of another historic genre film, the upcoming remake of THEWOLFMAN. While doing some press for his upcoming Slipstr...
Because nothing says I love you better than a werewolf howling at the full moon. Universal has announced a new release date for their remake of THEWOLFMAN, says Bloody Disgusting. This reworking of the 1941 classic starring Lon Chaney and Bela Lugosi wil...
...r remake, THEWOLFMAN, which stars actor Benicio Del Toro as the cursed lycanthrope. The story is based on the 1941 original which starred Lon Chaney Jr. Shooting for this Universal film is set to begin in December by director Mark Romanek.
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A few weeks ago, our readers were excited about the news that Makeup Fx guru, Rick Baker(An American Werewolf in London), would be returning to the werewolf genre for the Benicio Del Toro starring remake of THEWOLFMAN. Still, a few readers questioned the...
Just a few weeks before production was set to begin, TheWolfman's director Mark Romanek has dropped out of the project, reports Variety. The trade says it's because of "creative differences". Universal says the project is still in strong shape ...
Veteran actor Benicio Del Toro was spotted driving around LA sporting a beard that is "presumed" to be for his role in WOLFMAN. The actor had his shot taken and plastered over at TMZ courtesy of Splash News Online. To see the Benicio Del Toro lo...
Well, AICN had it right that Brett Ratner was being considered for the job of directing TheWolfman, after Mark Romanek dropped out due to creative differences. But Ratner isn't the only one on the list, says the Hollywood Reporter. Frank Darabont, James ...
After helping Hobbits in Lord of the Rings, fighting mankind in The Matrix and stirring revolution in V for Vendetta, actor Hugh Weaving is ready to take on TheWolfman, reports Variety. Thethespian has been cast as Detective Aberline in t...
Well, that's what AICN's Harry Knowles is reporting just a day after the trades announced Romanek leaving the project due to creative differences. Harry got a wee bit excited, as usual, as you will see in his rant above. I normally say "it's up to yo...
Universal Pictures said a few days ago that they would have a new director locked up for TheWolfman and they weren't kidding around. Nearly a week after Mark Romanek exited due to "creative differences", director Joe Johnston (Hidalgo, Jurassic...
According to CinemaBlend, Anthony Hopkins is in talks to join the upcoming film, Wolfman. He would join Benicio Del Toro in the cast of the film.In the film, to be directed by Mark Romanek, a man who returns from the U.S. to his ancestral home in Vi...
THE WOLF MAN: MODEL KIT 5018 (Polar Lights)Sure, we all remember the great Aurora model kit of Lon Chaney, Jr., as The Wolf Man. Except, it wasn`t very accurate, was it? I mean, the model was bare-chested and wore torn pants held up with a piece of rope—w...
Together and separately, they've written some of the most fondly remembered comics of the last thirty years, from SWAMP THING and TOMB OF DRACULA to TEEN TITANS and THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN. Now, Marv Wolfman and Len Wein are about to embark on an entirely ...
TheWolfman by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 01-09-2008)
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo) has signed on to direct the upcoming remake of TheWolfman for Universal Studios.In the original film, a man who returns from the U.S. to his ancestral home in Victorian-era Great Britain,...
...n filming TheWolfman next month on location February 8, 2008 for director Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo). This remake of the classic horror tale will star Benicio Del Toro and Anthony Hopkins. Romanek is helming the project, based on a screen...
Plot:The latest attempt to bring the now-classic Elfquest comic series to the big screen.The Buzz:The motion picture is being produced by a consortium of French, German, and Spanish studios working together under the name of the European Animation Group (...
Now that a new generation of readers have been introduced to the sprawling DC Universe, post-Crisis, thanks to the recent reissue of the HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE (now sporting an all-new Alex Ross cover), CINESCAPE takes a look at the end that started i...
...eveloping theWolfman, their first newly-sculpted figure model kit to be produced after the highly successful repops of the old Aurora models. White submitted some samples including wildlife paintings that showed he could handle a fur-covered figure. T...
He's been in the industry press a lot lately for waging a battle with Marvel over the rights to his creation, Blade the Vampire Hunter, but now Marv Wolfman is running the show with an all-new franchise. Co-created with fellow comic book writer Len (X-MEN...
Now that a new generation of readers have been introduced to the sprawling DC Universe, post-Crisis, thanks to the recent reissue of the HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE (now sporting an all-new Alex Ross cover), CINESCAPE takes a look at the end that started i...
Often, the SECRET FILES AND ORIGINS one-shots do little more than catch readers up on the characters in questions and offer a couple of short stories that you can usually skip, all for a hefty price tag. Come on back in the day, you could get a graphic n...
Making its U.S. debut on the Saturday morning line-up of ABC-TV in 1994, REBOOT was seen as a gimmick. As the first television series produced entirely in 3-D computer animation, it didn't have to be much else - perhaps it may have made more sense as a ti...
The latest creation from TidalWave Studios, ATLAS, will be featured as a three-part back-up story beginning in Image Comics' 10th MUSE #7."We are gearing up to start a superhero group called The Odyssey," said Darren G. Davis, president of TidalWave Studi...
... Dracula, theWolfman and the mummy.Meanwhile, in 1969, Spanish horror star Jacinto Molina (best known as Paul Naschy) starred in LOS MONSTRUOS DEL TERROR (ASSIGNMENT EARTH in the U.S.) which offered the full array of classic monsters under the control...
... Dracula, theWolfman and the Frankenstein monster wouldn't come the mummy's way until nearly sixty years after his initial unveiling, the mummy has managed to maintain a cinematic life that seems nearly as eternal as the character itself. And I'll be ...
...e deaths? TheWolfman? An Anaconda? A Giant Spider? According to police reports, these three monsters were spotted at the scene. Kolchak, hot with the flu, makes a little report of his own that adds up to some life saving advice- never turn your back o...
...KENSTEIN, THEWOLFMAN, and most of the HALLOWEEN series on Halloween night. AMC will also feature THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN on ACCESS ON AMC, which will air on Friday. Check local listings for air times.TMC will offer a more varied palate o...
Len Wein and Marv Wolfman provided the spark, but it was writer John Warner who first introduced us to the man himself. He first appeared in two issues of MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS with his trademark white safari jacket, ammo clips, long blonde hair and a fr...
Writers David Goyer and Geoff Johns give double meaning to the term `double threat.` Together the duo is charting the course of the Justice Society of America as they head into the twenty-first century every month in DC Comics’ JSA. Separately, both are w...
...ohnston's TheWolfman, the Brandon Camp-directed Traveling and the Miguel Sapochnik-helmed Repossession Mambo.No plot concept was given for the time-travel thriller "Archive" but when one is available, we'll pass it along.
...he mummy, thewolfman, the Creature from the Black Lagoon, and Frankenstein’s monster. Ironic that Universal passed on the film.
Dracula (Duncan Regehr) is seeking a magical amulet that can allow him to cause evil to cover the world...
...ies, like TheWolfman or Frankenstein, these tend to be more tragic characters as opposed to being evil or malevolent. I found the same thing to be true for the creatures in Hellboy II particularly the Elemental. At first the Elemental is an evil, we-g...
Ed Chavez: Well, thanks for joining me today, Dallas. I have to say, at least for Anime on DVD and for my own podcast, Mangacast, it’s just been the general consensus that, over the past year, Del Rey has basically been the best publisher for, rea...
READ A BOOK, GO TO JAILBanned Books Week runs through September 30, and during this week the American Library Association and the ACLU encourage you to read banned books. Not surprisingly, perhaps, the most frequently challenged title of 1999 was Harry Po...
The long-running fantasy comics saga Elfquest is now available from the beginning in a collection that allows a new reader to take the story in as if it were brand new. And that`s a blessing, because like Cerebus, Elfquest has a way of scaring newcomers o...
`Invisibility!` laughs actor Bruce Davison. `My favorite super power, I guess, would be invisibility. As an actor, I always try to be invisible as possible. That’s how I felt in life. As a kid, I was always trying to be the invisible person.`Bruce Davison...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another weekly web of Comicscape wonder. For the past couple of weeks, we talked about Spider-Man 3 in lieu of discussing the end of DC’s weekly maxiseries, 52. The film came out the same week as the final issue of...
...Return of theWolfman) finally reaches US DVD uncut. Includes original Castilian and English-dubbed audio tracks, a new video introduction by Naschy, galleries, alternate scenes and extensive liner notes from Paul Naschy expert Mirek Lipinski.. (O) PIR...
In theory, I really like Blade. I love Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan's old TOMB OF DRACULA, where the character first appeared. I still watch the first two movies, and I never fail to buy the latest Marvel relaunch. Unfortunately, the latter incarnation ...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another crash-course Comicscape! Before we dive into this week’s interview, I want to acknowledge the passing of Steve Gerber, who died from complications related to pulmonary fibrosis this past Sunday. G...
Another Trip to the Buffet
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another exciting installment of Comiscape! Your faithful correspondent finds himself sent by his day job to Alexandria, Virginia for a conference, where he has enjoyed walking aro...
What They SayFirst, frozen lakes, solar power, and unmasking of Katse?! Then, what dangers await the Science Ninja Team as they venture into a sinister mechanized jungle with ramapaging dinosaurs and tentacle freaks?
Next, in another 2-part special, a De...
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TheWolfman, Nicholas Pekearo (Tor)
The Immortal Prince, Jennifer Fallon (Tor)
Tempting the Gods: The Selected Stories of Tanith Lee, Tanith Lee (Wildside Press)
Strange Tales of Secret Lives...
...stein and theWolfman) while maintaining a tone that seems like something Monty Python might have achieved if there had been a streak of genuine kindness running through their work. Sallis has the slightly absent-minded but nice goofball tones of Walla...
Far and away the greatest problem I have reviewing DC books is that I'm only marginally aware of some of the important preceding events that occurred in the last few years. Case in point: Donna Troy. I really had no idea who she was prior to reading DC ...
This week’s DVD peeve expands on a part of last week’s peeve: menu issues. As one reader put it: “I personally hate it when a movie automatically starts and doesn't go to the menu first. No override function to get past some long and drawn out DVD menus t...
... Dracula, theWolfman and Frankenstein's Monster. Sommers said that VAN HELSING begins with the storming of Castle Frankenstein, and by the third act, the hero is at the door of Count Dracula's foreboding home. "The Classic Universal Monsters look ab...
Sore Throat by Andrew Hershberger (Mon 03-22-2004)
Based on Actual Television ShowsGreetings Cinescapers! I've got laryngitis this week, so I'll be keeping it short. Last week I asked you if there were any films you felt deserved to be American Movie Classics and I must say the response was overwhelming: ...
... Monster, theWolfman and Mr. Hyde. Gameplay is spread across 10 levels and players will be able to use all of the weapons Van Helsing is seen using in the film including his tojo blades, crossbow and pistols.The VAN HELSING GameBoy Advance game has be...
Hi there, have we met? We're three weeks in, so I suppose I should introduce myself. Name's Dave, and I'm tending bar in this little corner of Cinescape these days. Meant to do this before now, but the first two weeks of the column have been a bit hectic ...
It is the mark by which the faithful shall know one another ... If you hear an argument about who'd win in a battle between Superman vs. Batman, Darth Vader vs. Ming the Merciless, Dracula vs. theWolfman, you know you are listening to dueling genre geeks...
Van Helsing by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 08-02-2004)
...s well as theWolfman and Frankenstein's Monster.Release Date:May 7, 2004.Comments:If VAN HELSING is anything like Sommer's two MUMMY films, expect it to be a rollercoaster ride with cutting-edge special effects. We'll also bet that Hugh Jackman will ...
The VAN HELSING web site now sports a shockwave preview trailer for the film featuring monster art for the film's conception of Dracula, Frankenstein, and theWolfman, as well as a glimpse of the legendary monster hunter himself.The film's set to star Hug...
...ummy, and theWolfman as one of the screen`s most memorably monsters.11. A stronger film dramatically than SLEEPY HOLLOW is THE GREEN MILE, Frank Darabont`s adaptation of Stephen King`s serialized novel. Involving and powerful, the prison film easily i...
New Line has set a release date for their upcoming FRIDAY THE 13TH re-imagining and that day is Friday, February 13, 2009. This day also happens to be the release date for the Universal remake of THEWOLFMAN, starring Benicio Del Toro with make-up effects...
The X-Men film may not be out until July 14, but Christopher Golden is already excited. After all, the paperback version of his X-Men novel, X-MEN: CODE NAME WOLVERINE, will be out May 1. `Of all the media tie-in stuff I`ve done, it`s one of the books I`m...
...KENSTEIN, THEWOLFMAN, THE MUMMY, DRACULA and so on. I was wild about the magazine, FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND. I was also a big fan of such TV shows at THE TWILIGHT ZONE, THRILLER, ALFRED HITCHCOCK PRESENTS, THE OUTER LIMITS and other shows of the so...
...ects like TheWolfman, The Three Stooges and The Headless Horseman from Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow, Lowe and company were ready to tackle a new spacecraft model."A lot of science fiction subjects like the Jupiter 2, Robby the Robot, the Lost in Space R...
...EIN MEETS THEWOLFMAN), and Glenn Strange (HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN - ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN). Only 3500 pieces will be produced of each figure and can be ordered now through the website in advance of their October release. B...
...e Mark of theWolfman) a Spanish film written by and staring Jacinto Molina (who acted under the name Paul Naschy.) This film had a werewolf and vampire, but no Frankenstein's Monster. Not letting a little detail like that get in the way, Sherman retit...
...igure (as theWolfman one did, by the way), the details aren't correct. Errors aside, the story itself shows some promise, but it didn't floor me or anything. It seems like a mash-up of older comics and films, but not necessarily an unwelcome one. Clay...
Combining the best of the past, present and future has been a running theme in the work of writer Jay Faerber. Keeping true to form, that practice continues in the Iron Fist/Wolverine: The Return to K’un Lun four-issue mini-series. In the story, Faerber t...
As fans of Beast Machines: Transformers know, the first season of the series ended with one hell of a cliffhanger. The battle between Optimus Primal and his techno-organic Maximals and the evil Megatron and his soulless Vehicons reached a climax in the th...
... Dracula, TheWolfman, and The Invisible Man, including many of those “jams’ that featured all of the monsters. From there, Don graduated into the teen monster films of the 50’s. Don’s techniques of turning his actor i...
He's a bad-ass Vampire Slayer with a take-no-prisoners attitude and the kind of skills that would make even a blonde ex-cheerleader from Sunnydale blush. He has a lineage that ties him inextricably to the very creatures he hunts, which is perhaps his grea...
This is something I never thought I'd see. In 1973, Marvel launched DRACULA LIVES! - a black and white, bimonthly magazine-sized comic to complement Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan's TOMB OF DRACULA. The magazine didn't go through the Comics Code and was aime...
Now that the wait is over and fans can witness the return of Wesley Snipes as Blade in the spring?s first opening salvo in the comic book film wars (with a certain webhead waiting in the wings to take up the slack once the vampire hunter has done his work...
...EIN MEETS THEWOLFMAN/HOUSE OF FRANKENSTEIN is a double feature from the waning days of Universal's dominance of the early horror movie market. Both feature solid production values and capable casts, but it's all starting to seem a little forced. The t...
The TidalWave imprint debuts at Avatar Press in July with full-color releases 10TH MUSE #1, BLACK TIDE #1 and the TIDALWAVE SAMPLER. TIDALWAVE is leaving Image Comics to be published by Avatar. "TIDALWAVE is representative of the best of the new breed...
The purpose of the digital stuntman is to: A. Replace a human stuntman for stunts that would likely kill or seriously injure a human. For example, getting hit by a bus.B. Do stunts beyond the abilities of a human actor playing a super-powered character. F...
OPINION: First of all, you're probably wondering why this week's comics reviews are so far out of date. Well, there's a good explanation for that, and it all has to do with an itty bitty hurricane named Ivan. I've occasionally mentioned the fact that I'm ...
On a marginally-unrelated-to-comics note, REVENGE OF THE SITH will kick your ass and those of your children. It's the best of the STAR WARS prequel trilogy and better than RETURN OF THE JEDI. I've already seen it twice and I'll probably see it again befor...
...stein and theWolfman. Includes commentraks, outtakes, featurette and more. (O) EAST L.A. WARRIORS (Echo Bridge) 1989 crime drama with Paris Hilton's Jewish half-uncle, Lawrence-Hilton Jacobs, in another movie glorifying worthless drug-dealing street ...
...Thailand, thewolfman of Argentina and many others. Josh searches for evidence to prove the existence of the phenomena or disprove it through interviews with eyewitnesses and experts on the local culture. This series sounds like a cross betwe...
I'm getting over a virus, but fortunately after a few light weeks we've got a big list this week. Enjoy! In our Prize Closet this week we have a copy of FAST & THE FURIOUS: TOKYO DRIFT, courtesy of Universal. To be eligible to win one, send an email to p...
OPINION: Last week we spoke to Richard and Wendy Pini, whose latest chapter in the ELFQUEST saga, THE SEARCHER AND THE SWORD, has just been released by DC as a 96-page hardcover graphic novel. (And before I forget, let me publicly say thank you to Alexand...
After setting comic store shelves on fire with their G.I. JOE comic book series, Devil's Due Publishing is being primed to enter the big leagues and launch their own superhero line of books. The company announced that it will unveil the lineup of its Afte...
...STEINPlus theWolfman and Dracula! Bela Lugosi and Lon Chaney join the number one box office draw of 1948 in the funniest horror comedy ever.8:15 AM FRANKENSTEIN'S DAUGHTERAnother relative joins the family business and creates a confused hermaphro-mons...
The Teen Titans have joined the Justice League and the X-Men in the ranks of animated super-hero teams.Cartoon Network and Kids' WB! have announced a new TEEN TITANS animated series. The series will feature Robin, Cyborg, Beast Boy, Starfire, and Raven. ...
... Monster, TheWolfman and Count Dracula coming in VAN HELSING, it makes financial sense for Universal to blow the dust off of their legendary aquatic monster. Can lightning strike again and can another classic Universal Pictures monster be reinvented ...
The Teen Titans DC Comics' crime-fighting team of junior superheroes have experienced a number of revamps throughout their storied career. There's the original 1964 team, which launched within the pages of BRAVE & THE BOLD #54 and consisted of only Robi...
In VAN HELSING, writer/director Stephen Sommers is to be commended on finding a way to weave together a mythology in which Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster and theWolfman (several Wolfmen, actually) all have an integral connection. Moreover, the film has ...
...EIN MEETS THEWOLFMAN, plus the Jekyll/Hyde story WEREWOLF OF LONDON, and the potboiler SHE-WOLF OF LONDON. (O) MONSTER LEGACY Gift Set (Universal) Includes the DRACULA, FRANKENSTEIN and WOLFMAN LEGACY COLLECTION sets all in one monster box set, along ...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another web-slinging, wall-crawling edition of Comicscape, where we elevate Internet discourse above typing in “leet.” Last week, I offered my mixed review of Spider-Man 3. In short, while I thoroug...