This August, it's the Ultimate Rematch as Marvel Enterprises and Lionsgate release to DVD 'UltimateAvengers 2', the sequel to the first-ever Marvel animated feature, starring some of the most popular super heroes in the Marvel Universe. Picking up where ...
Marvel's Craig Kyle and Lions Gate's Ken Katsumoto discuss the upcoming UltimateAvengers animated movie on DVD.
"Again starting with the Avengers, you've got some of Marvel's best, and what that allows us to do is introduce them all to audiences who...
Lionsgate is staging a booth at Wizard World Philadelphia, where one of the films it is promoting is UltimateAvengers 2.
Posters featuring the DVD's box art -- by Ultimates artist Bryan Hitch -- are being given away. While the Black Panther is new to...
The first "UltimateAvengers" film is largely Captain America's film. Iron Man and Dr. Strange are not the Ultimate versions. The intent is for each film to have its own style and world.
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Avengers assemble! UltimateAvengers: The Movie, the first of eight planned animated features from Marvel Animated Features and Lions Gate Home Entertainment, is due on February 21st, 2006. Check out the specs and cover art...
"Not much had been done with the Black Panther as far as animation goes, and to us he seemed to be an exciting fit into this group of unique characters and conflicting personal agendas," said 'UltimateAvengers 2' writer Greg Johnson. "Plus, he had the ad...
"The Ultimate series was so cinematic and so spectacular there was no real way to tell that story in single form," says 'UltimateAvengers 2' producer Craig Kyle. "It was a project that lent itself to an immediate sequel. We had to modify the story so it ...
"The UltimateAvengers are coming to life in a brand new animated movie, but they need your help! From coast to coast, talented actors and actresses are assembling to voice Earth's mightiest heroes, and you can join them!"
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Bob Richardson, producer/director of the UltimateAvengers animated movie, said that the film features four major battles.
"Which is a lot to put in a 70-minute movie," he said on Saturday during the UltimateAvengers panel at Wizard World Texas.
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Greg Johnson, who also wrote the first UltimateAvengers movie, told The Continuum that finding the right focus for UltimateAvengers 2 was definitely a priority early on. The sequel continues Captain America's story from the first film.
"There was a ...
IGN Weekly has the first look at the trailer for The UltimateAvengers 2: Rise of the Panther, the sequel to February's UltimateAvengers Direct to DVD movie.
"When I officially got the job, I told my wife, 'Hey, I'm Giant-Man,'" actor Nolan North, who plays the charcter in 'UltimateAvengers' said at the recent UltimateAvengers panel at Wizard World Los Angeles.
"She said, 'Yeah, you wish.'"
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'UltimateAvengers 2': "The story also never reaches its PG-13 possibilities (Ultimates writer Mark Millar should have developed the script) but lumbers on as a run-of-the-mill superhero tale. The more I think about...
The UltimateAvengers DVD, due for release on Tuesday, includes a feature on the UltimateAvengers 2 that reveals the Black Panther will be in the sequel.
Warner Home Video has announced a May 23 release date for X-Men: Evolution: The Complete Third ...
Justin Gross, the voice of Captain America, in both UltimateAvengers direct-to-DVD animated movies, told The Continuum he was "sort of familiar" with the character before he got the role.
Warner Home Video has released the package art -- front and ba...
According to Ultimates artist Bryan Hitch, a seven-minute clip of the Hulk fight from the UltimateAvengers movie will be shown at Wizard World Texas on Saturday.
The Sin City movie will debut on Starz on Saturday, Feb. 11 at 9 p.m.
The UltimateAvengers animated movie has been rated PG-13.
Googy Gress is providing the voice of Bouncing Boy in "Far From Home," an upcoming episode of Cartoon Network's Justice...
Toon Zone recently obtained screen captures from "The UltimateAvengers: The Movie trailer," which are now avialable on the site. The trailer will debut on the upcoming "Fantastic Four" movie DVD next week.
"It all boils down to the fact that while the first UltimateAvengers movie has it's flaws, it's a perfectly enjoyable piece of fluff. UA2, on the other hand, is a tedious, plodding presentation that feels much longer than it's 73 minute running time, lea...
Jeffrey Sams is proving the voice of Black Panther in UltimateAvengers 2, the direct-to-DVD animated film from Marvel and Lionsgate.
Check out the first look at the back cover packaging for X-Men: Evolution -- The Complete Third Season, due from Warn...
As part of the cast of UltimateAvengers movies from Lionsgate and Marvel, Worden gives voice to Iron Man. But it doesn't end there. Worden is also playing Tony Stark and his alter ego in an Iron Man movie scheduled for later this year.
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"'UltimateAvengers 2' is much like its predecessor. The animation is the same. It has the same toned down violence and darkness from the comics. It features all the same characters. However, there's one thing it lacks - novelty."
"Marvel cut out the middle man by releasing movies directly to DVD in cooperation with Lions Gate Home Entertainment. The first feature out of the gate is the animated UltimateAvengers: The Movie.
"How did they do?
"Pretty close to great. There is ...
"The animation in ULTIMATEAVENGERS is passable, but nothing spectacular. It rarely rises above television quality. Some of the action scenes have a grace and fluidity absent from the rest of film, but the entire thing suffers from a noticeably low framer...
With the first 'UltimateAvengers' movie set to debut on Cartoon Network on Saturday, The Continuum continues its series of features on the two films' voice actors with Andre Ware, who plays Nick Fury.
TNT will broadcast 1993's 'Batman: Mask of the Pha...
Crave Online got a chance to talk to the VP of Creative Development at Marvel Animation, Craig Kyle. Craig also wrote the new animated film, UltimateAvengers 2: Rise of the Panther.
"What you find when you are expanding a comic book story to film is t...
"Those who loved the first film should also enjoy UltimateAvengers 2, but don't expect it to cover any new ground. I fear the franchise has already begun to stagnate and could use a good shot in the arm."
Check out six more images from Spike TV's Blade pilot movie
The UltimateAvengers movie was recently screened, and those involved with the project came away happy.
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Cartoon Network's schedule for April 3-30 includes two new episodes of Justice League Unlimited and the network premiere of the UltimateAvengers.
Rebecca Romijn, who plays Mystique for a third time in the upcoming X-Men: The Last Stand movie, will be...
With the pilot movie in its final stages, production on Spike TV's Blade live-action series is underway in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The UltimateAvengers 2 movie is two weeks from completion, Marvel Studios' Craig Kyle said Sunday at Wizard World ...
Craig Kyle and Ken Katsumoto from Marvel Studios and Lions Gate previewed and discussed the upcoming "UltimateAvengers" full-length DVD to a packed crowd at Wizard World Chicago. Taken right from the first six issues of Ultimates Vol 1, fans were treated...
Lions Gate Entertainment has provided The Continuum with a first look at designs for Black Widow and Nick Fury from the UltimateAvengers direct-to-DVD movie.
Also, The WB has released five images from "Splinter," the Thursday, Nov. 10 episode of Smal...
The official website for the animated 'UltimateAvengers: The Movie' has been updated with bios for Captain America, Thor, The Hulk and Iron Man. Also check out the new Gallery section.
Sunday's UltimateAvengers Voice Actor panel at Wizard World LA began a bit late, but once inside things ran pretty smoothly. One of the largest panels (dwarfed only by the "Sam Loeb and the 26" panel from the day before), the actors' names and parts were...
"If we sell what we think we're going to sell, it's a very interesting business model," Avi Arad said of 'UltimateAvengers', Marvel's first foray into feature-length animation.
For Andre Ware, providing the voice of Nick Fury in the UltimateAvengers movies gives him a bit of a warm and fuzzy feeling.
"Up until my late teens and before going away to college, I was an avid reader of Marvel comics," Ware said during a recent c...
The description for "UltimateAvengers 2: Rise of the Panther" has been made available to Toon Zone, as well as a first very close look at the Bryan Hitch DVD cover art.
"Overall, the movie is a fine follow-up to 'UltimateAvengers: The Movie,' allowing us to see a little more of the characters. Some characters have added personality which works for some (Tony Stark and Thor) but falls flat for some of the others (like Gi...
... feature, UltimateAvengers 2, on the popular website, Habbo.com. This event marks the first time the online community will be able to view 10 full minutes of a never-before-seen film prior to its release. A virtual red-carpet premiere event will be he...
"I purposely went for a different look than what I had used on 'X-Men: Evolution'. On 'X-M:E' the designs were resonably graphic and exagerated," says 'UltimateAvengers' Director and Character Designer Steve Gordon. "I knew these designs needed to feel a...
The official website for 'UltimateAvengers' has been updated with the "Shield" section, where you can read Mission files, Team files and Enemy files, plus video for them.
Voice actress Grey DeLisle told The Continuum she is providing the voice of Wasp in the UltimateAvengers animated movie.
"I just did my ADR and it looks terrific," DeLisle said at the Motor City Comic Con.
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UltimateAvengers: The Movie will make its television premiere March 11 on Cartoon Network's Toonami bloc. The animated movie features Marvel characters Captain America, The Hulk, Thor and Iron Man.
In addition to the previously reported Grey DeLisle as Wasp and Olivia D'Abo as Black Widow, the voice cast of the direct-to-DVD 'UltimateAvengers' animated movie will include Justin Gross as Captain America, Marc Worden as Iron Man, Dave Boat as Thor, F...
The official website for 'UltimateAvengers The Movie' is now online.The site has a first online look at the trailer and has various downloads, pics and other goodies.
If you would like to win a copy of this brand new DVD, just answer this easy question: Please name the artist who drew the "Ultimates" comic book and designed the box-art for this new 'UltimateAvengers' DVD.
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"While 'UltimateAvengers 2'improves on its predecessor in almost every way, the constraints of American animation still hamper it. Its short running time and muted character development force me to qualify my recommendation. Instead of being a great movi...
An exclusive 1 minute clip from Marvel's first-ever animated movie, UltimateAvengers: The Movie, showing Captain America awakening from his ibernation sleep.
At the Dover Public Library on Sat., March 18th at 2.00 pm the Dover Public Library are organizing a screening of UltimateAvengers in the Lecture Hall.
"MLG Productions' animation is fine, though not as sleek as Warner's Batman series and certainly looks sweeter than Saturday morning TV cartoons. Fan interest in UltimateAvengers is high, and there's a big marketing push in effect, so be prepared for som...
"Overall, this is a tremendous way to kick off a reported collection of eight direct to video movies between Marvel and Lionsgate. 'The UltimateAvengers 1' is a great sign of what's to come. Highly Recommend!"
Marvek Supervising Producer Eric Rollman has a lot of reasons for losing sleep. As the man who greenlights what Marvel Animation projects go, he has an incredible number of them on his plate. The direct-to-DVD UltimateAvengers 2 release officially hit th...
"UltimateAvengers the Movie is far better than any DTV has a right to be and is a must for Marvel fans. Anyone with a soft spot for superheroes should have a good time, even if puberty is well behind you. Although come on Marvel, 68 minutes is an infomer...
They're here! 'UltimateAvengers' explode onto DVD in Marvel's first feature-length animated movie. Based on 'The Ultimates', the movie features Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, Ant-Man, The Wasp, Black Widow and Nick Fury. Any purchases made by cli...
"UltimateAvengers" is slated to be released in February 2006, based on the first six issues of "The Ultimates" by Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch. The film will run 75-80 minutes with letterboxed format, will be recorded in Dolby Digital 5.1. sound and be ai...
The trailer for the 'UltimateAvengers' animated film was shown Friday at Wizard World Boston during a panel devoted to the movie. The trailer, which will be featured on the Fantastic Four DVD, spotlighted Captain America, Iron Man, Giant-Man, Thor and th...
... upcoming UltimateAvengers animated movie, said that the film should satisfy fans of the comic book upon which it is based. "Obviously the graphic page is not the same as the movie, but we did capture the spirit behind it," Richardson said.
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...s or the 'UltimateAvengers' DVD that we released, it certainly makes a hell of a sequence," Feige said of the anticipated battle.
"To have all of the Avengers going up against a green goliath?" he teased. "I think that would be ve...
Marvel's ULTIMATE line has been around for a while now, so it was inevitable that there would soon be a crossover "event" of some sort. After all, as ULTIMATE WAR writer Mark Millar points out, it's an intrinsic part of the medium itself."Comic crossovers...
"This is something the fans have said they wanted for a long time," says Marvel Enterprises VP of Creative Development Craig Kyle of 'Ultimate Aventers'. "They wanted a story and piece of animation that is much more focused on what the books created versu...
"This has been so remarkably true to the spirit of what we've done and the designs have been extremely close to what I've drawn. I am very pleased with it," says Brian Hitch of the 'Ultimate Avnegers' movie...
"By the time I came to the first movie, it had been pretty much decided who would be in it, and there wasn't room to add any additional characters with the amount of story we had to tell in about seventy minutes. In the second movie, we had a lot of discu...
"It's a mixed bag of extras. There's some truly good material in here, but there should be more. The featurettes and the look at the upcoming sequel are worth checking out, but the DVD-ROM is a waste of space. But given how fun the main feature is, these ...
"Overall, whether you're a longtime devotee of the comic books who is looking forward to these filmic adaptations or simply a casual viewer modestly intrigued by the colorful action, UltimateAvengers 2 delivers on the promise of its predecessor, and surp...
"Marvel's first foray into independent production of animation is a mixed bag, loosely interpreting the framework from Hitch and Millar's mad 'Ultimates' storyline but not retaining any of the mean spirited glee that made the work so entertaining."
This clip features Wasp introducing Hank Pym to Nick Fury and convincing the General that Pym just might have something to offer his growing team of super-powered heroes.
"There's some stuff that animation does better and by going the DVD route Marvel and Lions Gate have made a feature that's more sophisticated, cool and action-packed than what can be done with a broadcast series that has to abide by the rules of children'...
"While I think kids and adults will enjoy The Ultimates, comic fans are going to enjoy it on a whole different level from everyone else. Unfortunately, they'll also be the ones who are familiar with The Ultimates and know what the film could have been com...
"In practice hack dialogue, wooden voicing (Olivia d'Abo's "Russian" accent for the Black Widow is consistently scene-ruining) and chicken-out choices (in the comics, Giant-Man beats Wasp to an inch of her life and gets his 60 foot ass kicked by Captain A...
Lions Gate Films Intl. has inked to sell foreign distribution rights to the Marvel/Lions Gate slate of animated made-formade-for-DVD features.
Domestic deal between Lions Gate and Marvel was unveiled over the summer.
First pic under the deal is "The U...
Newsarama has a 14-page preview of Marvel's upcoming first issue of ULTIMATE NIGHTMARE, a five-part mini-series that puts the Ultimate versions of the X-Men and Avengers in deadly jeopardy. The book is written by Warren Ellis (PLANETARY, ULTIMATE FANTASTI...
Fans who don't
mind spoilers can find the ultimate early look at the Daredevil
movie in stores now. The novelization of the film by Greg Cox landed in stores
this week.
Cox is an
accomplished novelist, having written many installments in the Star ...
For a business such as the comic book industry, any positive news these days is coveted and appreciated. Sales have been falling for a decade and books that once sold hundreds of thousands of copies now seem to be barely able to break six figures. So when...
Bryan Hitch stopped by Wizard World Texas a couple of weeks ago and Hero Realm was there to talk to him about his latest project, The Ulimate Avengers animated film.
ULTIMATEAVENGERS 2 hit store shelves and the hot little hands of fan boys yesterday. The film stands as the second in Marvel's campaign of straight-to-DVD animated movies produced by Lion's Gate. And, fortunately for both Marvel and comic fans, this en...
I got a great batch of mail from last week's column about Marvel's Ultimate and DC's All-Star imprints. But before we get to your letters, a couple of things happened in the comic world upon which I must opine. The X3 trailer hit the web on Monday. You ca...
...verse via UltimateAvengers, due in 2009. Marvel also finally explained those creepy black and white advertisements that say things like “I want to be good.” It seems that the four images herald an entirely new line called Marvel ...
Toonzone reports that Guy Michelmore, the composer for several direct-to-video Marvel Animated features lines, including 'UltimateAvengers: The Movie', 'UltimateAvengers 2: Rise of the Panther', 'The Invincible Iron Man', 'Doctor Strange', and 'Next Ave...
According to Toonzone.net:
Voice actor Fred Tatasciore will reprise his role of The Hulk in the upcoming 'Wolverine & The X-Men' animated series. Tatasciore voiced The Hulk in 'UltimateAvengers: The Movie', 'UltimateAvengers 2: Rise of the Panther'...
...copies of ULTIMATEAVENGERS to give away courtesy of Lions Gate. For this one, put "AVENGERS ASSEMBLE" in the subject. And finally, we have three copies of the X-rated claymation feature LIVE FREAKY! DIE FREAKY! courtesy of Wellspring. You should make ...
...a copy of ULTIMATEAVENGERS 2, courtesy of Lionsgate. For this one, put the word "ULTITWO" in the subject. Good luck, true believers! SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEKThese direct-to-DVD features may be the future of superhero comics adaptations. DC is following M...
...nom' and 'UltimateAvengers 2'.
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the characteres Meugniot put together an animatic, using the same techniques he's used in the past to pitch TV shows. Check out the DNAgetnts video:
Meugniot also tells us he's ...
... Elektra, UltimateAvengers, Blade I, Blade II, and Blade Trinity on DVD. To enter you have to predict how much money X-Men: The Last Stand will make on Sunday the 28th. Contest Here.Black Film is giving away 10 copies of the Kingdom of Heaven 4 Disc...
The Legion of Super-Heroes will be featured along with Supergirl in an upcoming episode of Cartoon Network's Justice League Unlimited.
Although the voice of Iron Man is the same, the Iron Man and UltimateAvengers films will not be connected.
FX w...
Marc Worden returns from the two 'UltimateAvengers' movies to provide the voices of Tony Stark and Iron Man in the 'Invincible Iron Man' animated DVD. The cast also includes Gwendolyn Yeo as Li Mei, Rodney Saulsberry as Rhodey, Elisa Gabrielli as Pepper ...
On his message board, Mark Millar has confirmed that Fox Home Entertainment is working on a "X-Men 2.5" DVD.
"[There] was a film crew in my office to record them DVD extra bits for the back of X-Men 2.5 and another for the UltimateAvengers animated mo...
Bryan Singer (first 2 X-Men films and 'Superman Returns'), Paul Dini ('Batman: TAS') and Craig Kyle ('UltimateAvengers') are just a few of the stars scheduled to appear this weekend in San Francisco.
...with both UltimateAvengers movies. This time, Johnson explores the origin of Iron Man in an all new direct-to-video movie, The Invincible Iron Man.
"To take full advantage of the futuristic high-tech edge one would expect in an Iron Man story, it ...
...l’s UltimateAvengers), Dan Riba (Batman Beyond).
Tad Stones (Hellboy: Blood and Iron) is supervising director. Evan Baily (Invader Zim) produced the film. Tony Bedard, whose credits include comic book series “Negation” and ...
...deep into UltimateAvengers before I start up anything else. Plot Concept: The story takes place in an America not too far off from our own, when terrorism has scorched the Earth. Our once great nation has shattered into a bastardized, third world ver...
...hell' to 'UltimateAvengers'. The action is intense and the violence displayed in a way that would make 300 Spartans cheer. The animation of this movie looks far more beautiful than I expected it to. It's not 'Tekkonkinkreet' but it's definitely a notc...
"Overall, I'd say this was a good, not great, movie. While not as good as UltimateAvengers: The Movie, I found it better than UltimateAvengers 2. The animation was a bit uneven, being great in some parts and sloppy in others. The mesh of 2D and 3D isn't...
...uccessful ULTIMATEAVENGERS: THE MOVIE and ULTIMATEAVENGERS 2: RISE OF THE PANTHER, which have sold more than 1.5 million units combined since debuting in February 2006. THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN is an origin story that follows billionaire inventor Ton...
... Marvel, "UltimateAvengers -- The Movie" and "UltimateAvengers 2" -- have sold a combined total of more than 1.5 million units and rank among the top 10 children's releases so far this year.
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...l’s UltimateAvengers), Dan Riba (Batman Beyond).
'Hellboy Animated' mastermind Tad Stones acts as supervising director. Evan Baily (Invader Zim) produced the film. Tony Bedard, whose credits include comic book series “Negation” a...
Cartoon Network will broadcast several comics-based animated movies, the network announced at its upfront presentation in New York on Wednesday.
Teen Titans Tokyo will air on the network in the fall, after its release on DVD.
UltimateAvengers, Ul...
Listen up Marvel fans, the soundtracks for UltimateAvengers, UltimateAvengers 2 and Invincible Iron Man are now available on iTunes! Each soundtrack is performed by a live orchestra and composed by Emmy Award-winning composer Guy Michelmore
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...having an UltimateAvengers storyline in a future film?
KF: I would love to, yeah, the idea that what was preventing certain characters from crossing over in the past, cause the fact that they were all div-ied up by different studios and there was big...
...itles -- 'UltimateAvengers 1 & 2','Doctor Strange' and 'The Invincible Iron Man' -- under the agreement. Each of these titles has debuted as the number one children's non-theatrical release for the week and cumulatively they have shipped more than...
... released ULTIMATEAVENGERS, ULTIMATEAVENGERS 2, THE INVINCIBLE IRON MAN & DOCTOR STRANGE thus far.
For 2008, they have AVENGERS REBORN & HULK SMASH planned.
When Marvel confirms the live action version of DOCTOR STRANGE as well as which s...
...he first, ULTIMATEAVENGERS, landed in the hot little hands of comic geeks everywhere yesterday, though it seemed like everybody in the world but me already had a review copy. I finally saw it last night and, despite a few missteps, enjoyed it well eno...
...ging...
'ULTIMATEAVENGERS 2' COMING TO TELETOON THIS MONTH
The Canadian network Teletoon has scheduled the 'UltimateAvengers 2: Rise of the Panther' direct-to-video animated feature to air on the Friday at Four block at 4pm (ET) on Friday, November...
When you hear the name "Ralph Macchio," chances are you think of The Karate Kid, but comic fans think of The House of Ideas. That's because this Ralph Macchio has been working for Marvel Comics longer than most of us have been reading comic ...
If you thought you knew the history of the Marvel Universe, you may very well be wrong! As hordes of readers snapped up issues the initial two issues of New Avengers: Illuminati, they were thrilled to learn about a secret cabal of heroes (Black Bolt, Iron...
Two weeks ago, DC launched ALL-STAR SUPERMAN the second of the imprint some fans call the publisher's answer to Marvel's Ultimate line. Though not conceptually identical, the two imprints share a similar spirit born of both publishers' desire to attract ...
There are two ways to look at the Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow. The first as a stand alone cartoon and the other would be to look at it as a die hard Marvel fan. Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow takes place in the distant future where Earth’s ...
For several years DK Publishing has partnered with Lucasfilm to bring the details of the Star Wars universe to life. The Complete Visual Dictionary of Star Wars: The Ultimate Guide to Characters and Creatures from the Entire Star Wars Saga and Star Wars C...
The Avengers: The Kree-Skrull War collects in trade paperback a story that for many represents one of those key moments in the Marvel Universe that continuity hinges around. Examples are the creation of the Fantastic Four (the official beginning of curren...
I don’t know what it is about the word ‘ultimate’ and franchise guides, but there’s no doubt that DK Publishing is one of the best in the business for in-depth and aesthetic guides on your favorite media series. This week Tom De...
Writer Mike Carey is getting all technical on us, through his work with the Ultimate Universe's version of The Vision. Carey and artist Brandon Peterson have got five issues to further her story and we've got a few details from Carey on what that st...
Marvel Comics will be the first to admit that comics have hit on hard times in recent years. Some of the company`s key titles have lost their once impenetrable foothold in the marketplace, and marquee characters such as Spider-Man have lost their stature ...
OPINION: I'm back, and it's about time. (Wasn't that someone else's tag line a couple of years back?) After spending a relaxing two weeks' vacation first in Texas and then at home with the family (and realizing why I moved from the frozen wastes of Michig...
Having suffered through more misses than hits, comic book fans were understandably concerned about Iron Man, a second-tier hero for Marvel Comics, coming to the big screen. Those fears were blasted aside by the talented team behind the second best superhe...
OPINION: Before I embark on this column, I want to indulge in a bit of CYA: the ideas herein are not all that original, nor are they all my own. Firstly, I am not the first (nor will I be the last) comics critic to note that death is a far more mutable co...
I’ve devoted this week’s COMICSCAPE to a few topics that hardly merit an entire column. Or, if they do, the inspiration has failed to strike me for more than a few paltry lines. Call it stream of consciousness, call it laziness, or call it ...
The Review!This review will be different from my "Tenchi in Tokyo" reviews. When I write my "Tenchi in Tokyo" reviews, it's within a few hours of seeing the episodes for the first time, so I'm recording my initial impressions. I first saw the "Tenchi Muyo...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another swan dive into the shallow end of the pool with Comicscape! Because of the Christmas holiday, UPS won’t deliver the comics to the shops until today. I imagine a few of you have already succumbed ...
Once upon a time there was a ninja who wore orange; created by a man named Kishimoto. Like a lot of popular ninjas that come from Japan, this ninja made his way to the U.S. and became even more popular; the new millennium’s equivalent to the m...
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!Doctor Strange reveals to the assembled Avengers of past and present that the attacks that have taken the lives of the Vision, Ant-Man, and Hawkeye are all magic-based, and that he knows who's behind it all. But the revelation turn...
OPINION: First off, my thanks to Justin Campbell, who wrote in to tell me that the silent classic THE GOLEM has indeed been released on DVD. I'll have to get Brian Thomas to review that sometime... On the subject of parallel continuities, or the idea that...
Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another rip-roaring Comicscape! Two important things happened in comics this week: the new Captain America premiered and Y The Last Man concluded after a very well-regarded run. Each deserves their own Comicsca...
Marvel will adapt Stephen King’s 1978 post-apocalyptic novel, The Stand, into a 24-issue maxi series. Details remain scant, but we’ll know more soon enough. Dark Horse has signed a three-year “first look” deal with Univer...
While Washington lies in ruins and the Earth surrenders to Kang, Captain America and the rest of the Avengers have even bigger problems to deal with. A triple evil is approaching Earth, and Jonathan Tremont and his Triune Understanding followers have laun...
Marvel Comics has released the cover to THE ORDER #3, by Carlos Pacheco, which pits the Avengers against the Defenders, now known as The Order.The issue goes on sale on April 10. Here's how Marvel describes the story:"At the behest of the nations of the w...
Normally, people complain about Brian Michael Bendis's tendency to inflate NEW AVENGERS with excessive talking heads delivering soap opera character development and dialogue. While I enjoy the title, I agree that he drags things out sometimes. Unfortunate...
What They SayShe, the Ultimate Weapon is the story of Shuji and Chise, a couple of typical high school students living in a Hokkaido City, Japan at a time of war. When Chise offers Shuji her 'exchange diary' the first seeds of romance are sewn. As with mo...
By fleshing out their initial single-disc soundtrack for STAR WARS EPISODE 1: THE PHANTOM MENACE into two discs, Sony Classical provides virtually every note of John Williams' score, including one cue dropped from the final release print. With 68 cues, th...
With a JUSTICE LEAGUE film possibly on the horizon, MTV had a chance to ask Marvel's editor-in-chief Joe Quesada on a possible AVENGERS movie anytime soon. Judging from the answer, we may get one but it won't be anytime soon. It seems that Marvel is ...
Greetings, COMICSCAPE faithful. This is my last column before San Diego Comic Con. After the con, I'll have a lot to write about, depending on what I catch while there. Most of the time, I'll talk to publishers about my own proposed miniseries (IMMORTALS)...
What They SayFor over a century, the Hellsing Organization has been secretly protecting the British Empire from the undead \"freaks,\" When Sir Integra Hellsing succeeded as the head of the organization; she also inherited the ultimate weapon against the ...
OPINION: I'm not entirely sure why, but I got neither death threats nor a lot of positive feedback on last week's musings about Captain America. I hope that doesn't mean no one cares about the old man anymore... My thanks, though, to the two(!) readers wh...
Marvel Studios released the long-in-the-making cinematic adaptation of Iron Man this weekend. Thus far, it has garnered both rave reviews and over $100 million in box office grosses. Despite a few minor flaws, the film resets the standard for Ma...
Greetings, fanatics and casual readers alike, and welcome to another COMICSCAPE. Welcome also to one of those damnable holiday weeks when the new comics don't arrive until Thursday. Curse you, Labor Day, and your federally endorsed celebration of the wo...
Hello Maniacs, and welcome back to another edition of the All-New, All-Different Comicscape. This week, rather than give you a long-winded rant on one subject, I’m going to take a look at a several different news items that have interested me over ...
Now that Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada has helped to restore the luster to the Marvel reputation, fans are eagerly awaiting all of the spectacular new adventures set to debut in the months to come. CINESCAPE has the scoop on all the hot new projects about t...
Since the passing of the Superhero Registration Act and the outbreak of the war between the heroes, the Los Angeles-based Runaways have remained blissfully uninvolved. Seeing the entire conflict as an adult problem, the young heroes maintain their neutra...
Warner Home Video continues to celebrate the year of Superman with the release of the Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition (UCE) on November 28 -- day and date with the DVD debut of the Superman Returns Special Edition as well as the previously announced...
From SCI FI Wire:
Jon Favreau, director of Iron Man, confirmed that his film will include winks to other Marvel superhero franchises as Marvel, now operating as its own independent film studio, builds toward a proposed Avengers film that will encompass...
'Incredible Hulk' director Louis Leterrier told MTV Movies Blog that he can envision his movie's hero as a potential villain in 'The Avengers'. In fact, the seeds for this may already be sown in the Hulk's film. Leterrier references SPOILERS in his discus...
Marvel Comics has released book-by-book details for its Marvel Mangaverse event in January, which puts a manga twist on its characters.Following is a rundown of the titles, with synopses from Marvel.MARVEL MANGAVERSE: NEW DAWN #1Written, art and wraparoun...
Ultimate Human by Kurt Amacker, Columnist (Fri 01-11-2008)
Ultimate Human serves as a de facto follow-up to Mark Millar’s Ultimates 2, though it deals largely with Tony Stark – Iron Man – and the fugitive and presumed-dead Bruce Banner – the Hulk. Banner approaches Stark for help cont...
Ultimate Warrior was a professional wrestler who reigned on top of the WWE in the late 80s and early 90s. Billed from “Parts Unknown” the character of the Warrior was surrounded in mystery and sometimes left fans scratching their heads inst...