What They SayThe Review!Yutaka Tanaka has got to be one of my favorite manga writers, if only for his wonderful Ai-Ren series. But long before he started writing Ai-Ren, he was best known as a writer of sweet, intimate erotic stories about first love. V...
What They SayFrom the creator of Sakura Wars! Life isn’t easy for the girls in the super-secret Virgin Fleet. Schoolwork is rough and the competition brutal. Luckily, cadets are trained in the use of “Virgin Energy,” serious blasting pow...
This film caused quite a controversy back in the 80's and it made an impact on the "Slasher Genre" as a whole. This film was originally scheduled for a holiday release from Tri-Star back when the "slashers" were going st...
...s well as VirginNight for a "Very
Special Presentation" of hentai, where it was being introduced to someone for
the first time. VirginNight definitely qualifies as the Wings of Honneamise
of hentai, with it being 25 minutes of expo...
...s well as VirginNight for a \"Very Special Presentation\" of hentai, where it was being introduced to someone for the first time. VirginNight definitely qualifies as the Wings of Honneamise of hentai, with it being 25 minutes of exposition and setup ...
Ever since its explosion onto the global screen in 1995, the Ghost in the Shell series has provided viewers with a profoundly philosophical, yet innovatively stylized look into a near future world where the lines between man and machine finally blur. Thro...
It wasn’t the first Christmas-based horror film – titles like BLACK CHRISTMAS and CHRISTMAS EVIL popped up occasionally throughout the 1970s. And it wasn’t the most offensive. Heck, it wasn’t even the first film to put a homicidal maniac in a Santa Claus ...
The Review!Virgin Fleet teaches one harsh lesson in life: don't buy stuff just cause it has "virgin" in the title. You'll only be disappointed that way.
I thought this might be a cute little story when I first read about it. Unfortunately, I didn't reali...
Check out the new Behind-the-Scenes video clip from the '30 Days of Night' in which co-Producer Aubrey Henderson reports from set as the crew embarks on five weeks of night-shoots.
A WLIW New York Presentation EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE on MONDAY, JANUARY 30 at 8 PM on WLIW21 New York Public Television with Ritchie Blackmore & Candice Night LIVE in the studio! Don't miss the exclusive premiere of BLACKMORE'S NIGHT: CASTLES & DREAMS ...
I’ve got to get this off my chest – no, it’s not a size 78 triple D cup – I love, I mean love, Doris Wishman. While normally I’d reserve such a comment to the middle or end of my review, I feel it’s very, very important that you the reader are aware of th...
Last Updated: September 15, 2006Genre: Horror, ThrillerProduction Company: Columbia Pictures, Ghost House PicturesDistributors: Columbia Pictures, Senator InternationalProject Phase: FilmingBudget: NAWho's In It: Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Manu Bennet...
What They SayContains three seperate hard-core stories!
Thief
In a village in a faraway land, there lived a couple whose ages were very far apart. While working hard in the fields, they looked happy together, but the wife was troubled. Her husband alway...
Boston, December 27, 2007: New England Anime Society (NEAS), the Massachusetts-based non-profit organization behind Anime Boston and Providence Anime Conference, is proud to be participating in First Night Boston, an all-ages New Year's Eve celebration on...
From a press release:
Culver City, CA (12/17/07) – From producers Sam Raimi (director, Spider-Man trilogy, producer, The Grudge) and Robert Tapert (producer, The Evil Dead series) and director David Slade (Hard Candy), comes '30 Days of Night', ava...
Fumi Yoshinaga is renowned for the quality of her yaoi titles, so it's a mystery why she'd curse Lovers in the Night with a name worthy of a paperback on a drug store shelf. Self-parody is a possibility; Lovers in the Night offers any excuse for its tw...
Thursday
The alarm rings. 5:15 AM. I question my sanity and can’t come up with anything
positive. I have a 6:30 AM flight to get to though, as I head off for the Big
Apple Anime Fest (BAAF) and Anime Expo New York (AXNY)! The dub of the B...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mamoru Oshii / Katsuya TeradaTranslated by:Camella NiehAdapted by:What They SayAt Yokota Base in Japan, American soldiers stand guard at the brink of the Vietnam War. Although they fear the enemy outside their base, an even mo...
For all you fans of indie comics and of course, fans of Jenna Jameson, here's something on the horizon which may be right up your alley. VirginComics in association with its Jenna Jameson's Shadow Hunter comic is throwing a new contest which will al...
Platinum Studios has announced plans for a television series based on D.J. Coffman's webcomic 'Hero by Night'. The announcement was made with partners IM Global who will handle worldwide distribution and will produce the project through their IM Glob...
What They SayThe Holy Grail War Begins!Ten years ago there was a secret war fought by master mages with their servants in order to obtain the Holy Grail and the result was devastating to everyone. Today, the Holy Grail War is beginning again with new mast...
We've got a huge list this week so let's get right to the Prize Closet. We have 2 copies of FAILURE TO LAUNCH for you, courtesy of Paramount. To enter, send one email containing your name and mailing address to psycho@psychotronic.info with the word "FAIL...
NIGHT RADIO is a limited-series anthology edited by Warren Ellis. It will be four, 48-page issues, without ads, in black and white, to be published by Avatar Press in the late summer.The anthology will have four four-part serials: by Ellis; by Matt Fracti...
When I was told I was invited to a screening of '30 Days of Night' I certainly did not expect to be scared nor did I expect to actually enjoy this adaptation of the graphic novel written by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith.
I was wrong.
Within th...
What They SayDr. Hirasaka takes it to another level in this Director\'s Cut edition of Night Shift Nurses: Karte 10.5. Watch his madness in peak form as he embarks on some of his most intense experiments yet. No nurses are safe when the Doctor lets loose,...
30 DAYS OF NIGHT, a mini-series by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith, will be collected into a trade paperback by IDW Publishing in January.Even though it was overprinted by 100 percent, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT #1 sold out within two weeks and the second printing ...
Variety reports that veteran "X-Files" director Dan Sackheim has been hired to direct Frank Spotnitz's ABC drama pilot "The Night Stalker.""Spotnitz said he and Sackheimer are going for a 'very contemporary, sleek and scary look,' adding 'Night Stalker' w...
What They SayOn the verge of death and enduring a serious wound, a man stumbles into a hospital, only to be saved by a sexy nurse named Yu Yagami. He is moved to the special ward where he is interviewed by the beautiful hospital director Reika Goei. There...
People outside of Texas can hear about just how seriously the Lone Star State takes its high school football, but for those who have some trouble grasping the notion, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS is a brilliant illustration. A movie that is very much about footbal...
What They SayThe Magi have assembled and the War for the Grail has begun. A new battle begins as the next Servant attacks and draws blood. Who could Rider\'s master be? Shiro must be extra careful as even his closest friends could be deadly enemies. Nonet...
What They SayOnce upon a time, there was a young boy named Giovanni whose life was filled with hardship and despair. In addition to his studies, he worked early in the morning and after school every day to earn enough money to feed his sick mother. Becaus...
Ghost House Productions and Fearnet have released a teaser trailer to their upcoming prequel web series, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT: BLOOD TRAILS, for the horror and Steve Nile fans eagerly it. This 7 part special web series, centering on a man named George ba...
What They SayAfter ten years of dormancy, Linea awakens from a capsule in the countryside of Japan. Without any memories, she wanders into a small research center staffed by three beautiful women. Sayako, one of the researchers, is entranced by the stra...
What They SayIn the Asuka family, nothing is more important than family tradition. For their lovely young daughter Jun, it means she must get married on her 18th birthday. Although poor little virgin Jun is not above kickin’ butt, she just can...
I hesitate to call Night Junkies a vampire film because it is well outside the normal convention of that genre. Night Junkies is a gritty, urban street drama about a pair of addicts, Ruby and Vincent. Only they are not addicted to drugs or alcohol---their...
What They SayUncut! Includes the deleted scenes from the first Night Shift Nurses!
The Night Shift Nurses are back and naughtier than ever in this raunchily revealing adventure! On a forbidden hospital ward, the head doctor performs madly erotic experim...
What They SayIn the aftermath of the last battle, only four Servants remain. Two of them inhabit Ryudou Shrine, making the next fight a dangerous one, as Shirou will have to face Assassin and Caster within their domain. Unfortunately, Shirou doesn\'t have...
Check out the trailer for '30 Days of Night: Blood Trails' from FEARnet and Ghost House Pictures.
For fans who can't wait for the highly buzzed about feature film event '30 Days of Night,' FEARnet will give them a glimpse of the terrorizing vampire w...
When '30 Days of Night' debuted as a comic, it featured a startling cover by co-creator Ben Templesmith, dominated by a bloody mouth filled with jagged, razor-sharp teeth. Two weeks ago those teeth bit into moviegoers across the country as the film vers...
The Review!An adult parody of some of the most popular anime characters.
::Audio::
When watching the show, I listened to the original Japanese seiyuu (voice actors). I did listen to the English dubbing, but it's poor at best. The talking, ambient sounds...
The upcoming Vampire story 30 Days of Night may not be in theaters till this Halloween but that won't stop distributor Sony or producer Sam Raimi from planning ahead. An inside source/scooper over at Cinema Blend are passing along that both Sony and Raimi...
The Hollywood Reporter provides a list of names of young starts who read for parts in the 'Justice League' movie during a "marathon casting session" that took place while director George Miller was in town.
Names include Adam Brody ('The O.C.'), Joseph...
The folks at Bloody Disgusting traveled to the American Film Market to discover that Mandate Pictures is shopping around a sequel to the comic-based vampire flick '30 Days of Night'.
Sequels and prequels have been discussed and rumored quite a bit...
From FEARnet.com:
Good news, FEARboys and FEARgirls! Remember last year’s bloody awesome vampire movie 30 Days of Night? Of course you do! Now remember our incredible online-series prequel Blood Trails, which adapted the chilling prologue of Stev...
What They SayA Princess of the Underworld - Defeated ... Degraded ... Deflowered
The Underworld princess Sheliss has been defeated by her archenemy Gilva. Forced to wear sexy lingerie, she is \'taken\' by the inferior humans as they swarm around her bod...
What They SayI want to experiment ...
Is this a dream ? Could the doctor really want to marry me after all the years of sexual deviance ?
Hikaru has dived into a life of hedonistic sex games which have culminated in the day every girl dreams of - her ...
What They SayA shocking crime leads a detective to the Night Shift Nurses! Under interrogation, they reveal more than just outrageous true confessions. A debauched doctor instructed them to perform the most debased acts imaginable, all in the name of scie...
What They SayIn the forbidden zone where violence and sexuality storm, a party begins...The Review!Rival gangs tough it out with each other in a dark dank city slum where just about anything goes.
Audio:
For our primary viewing session, we listened to t...
What They SayWhat They Say: Space vixens and manic mannequins. Animation and claymation. J-pop music videos and violently desperate housewives. Sexy assassins and biker babes. You've never seen or experienced anything like this rainbow-acid-hued, mind-tri...
What They SayThere\'s a bridge that divides the town, separating violence from non-violence, immorality from morality, sexually abusive lifestyles from ordinary lifestyles. There\'s no order beyond that bridge. That\'s where Ryoko enters in search of her ...
What They SayThe battle they knew was coming is finally at hand and the choice to run has been taken away. Now Shirou and Rin must confront the Master Ilya and her fearsome Servant, Berserker, the strongest Epic Hero on Earth! With Saber injured, it\'s up...
What They SayObsessed with obtaining the Holy Grail at any costs, Shinji and his Servant, Rider, press their attack on a still weakened Saber. Thus it becomes imperative for Saber to begin training Shirou to improve his martial skills and aid her in the ...
What They SayThe Review!What do you get when Red Company (the creative team responsible for Sakura Wars) and AIC (the team responsible for both creating and animating Tenchi-Muyo!) collide and produce a new anime OVA series? Give up? You get Virgin Fleet!...
October 11th will see the long-awaited concert DVD from "renaissance rock" band Blackmore's Night. The DVD, Castles & Dreams, was released in Europe in PAL format last May; the Region 1 edition for USA/Canada/Brazil/Japan was delayed until now. Guitar...
Blackmore's Night the band featuring former Deep Purple/Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and his fiancée Candice Night have set Village Lanterne as the title of their new album, tentatively due in early 2006 via SPV Records. The "I'll Be There (Just ...
Village, The by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 08-09-2004)
Genre:Thriller/Supernatural.Studio:Walt Disney Pictures.Production Company:Blinding Edge Pictures.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Joaquin Phoenix (Lucius Hunt); Bryce Dallas Howard (Ivy Walker); William Hurt; Sigourney Weaver (Alice Hunt); Adrien Bro...
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...
THE NIGHT LISTENER clipsMiramax Films sent along a few links to clips from the film THE NIGHT LISTENER, a film Roger Ebert calls "an eerie Hitchcockian thriller."Clip 1Clip of Gabriel Noone (Robin Williams) breaking and entering to find clues to the where...
What They SayThe doctor tells Masato and his sister, Honoka, to go back home, but they have no home to go back to. The sex and gang violence in their part of town has taken it\'s toll. In a series of flashbacks, we glimpse into the dark past that haunts a...
Well, here`s something else we can blame on George Lucas and his STAR WARS Trilogy Special Editions. This atrocity is actually a full year late for NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD`s 30th anniversary. What John Russo has done is taken a horror classic and, in the...
Updated August 11th
Congratulations to tiffandrock, TigersTale and sammo21
You each win the comic!
Those of you who didn't win: We've got more of these up for giveaway this week, so keep your eyes peeled.
NOTE TO ALL CONTEST ENTRANTS
If you...
M. Night Shyamalan and Media Rights Capital have begun their first of a three-picture deal within the horror genre under their newly formed Night Chronicles banner. The first horror film has been formalized with the producers setting scribe Brian Nelson (...
It’s six in the morning. What on God’s green earth would get someone like me to wake up so early? The Dark Night, the long anticipated sequel to the wildly successful Batman Begins. Believe it or not, there are showings for the newest Christop...
For the past 14 years, award-winning producers/creators Dan Angel and Billy Brown have brought scares and thrills to television audiences of all ages. Their latest foray into the world of genre entertainment, an anthology series set to debut on Fox July 1...
Richard Laymon pulls no punches; this is the first thing you need to know about his fiction. He never cuts off an ear or gouges an eye off-screen; if it happens in the story, it will be described in loving and living color by the author who is too raw for...
Richard Branson is getting into the comicbook business via his Virgin Books. Branson is teaming up with Deepak Chopra, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and Gotham Entertainment Group to launch Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation. The new companies will "focus prima...
Like its zombies, Night of the Living Dead just seems to keep coming back from the grave. The latest DVD release of the classic is a 40th anniversary edition that comes with an outstanding set of extras. There’s no doubt that Night of the Living Dea...
When Steven Niles launched '30 Days of Night' at IDW Publishing in 2002, it became an instant sensation. Six years later, the franchise has continued as a feature film, in numerous comics and graphic novels, and also as a series of original "webisode...
Australia's gothic-metal-hybrid act Virgin Black are following up their well-received 2003 offering, Elegant...and dying, by releasing three albums simultaneously in 2006 on The End Records. "The music world is rife with bold claims that deliver little," ...
I remember going with my cousins to see a GREASE/SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER double bill when I was around ten or so. Every kid loved the PG-rated GREASE back then, but SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER—a seemingly perfect double-feature match for GREASE, with the singing an...
It's nice to see Fox marketing their new anthology series NIGHT VISIONS the right way by acknowledging that this is essentially an updated riff on THE TWILIGHT ZONE. In commercials for the series, the rock song "Twilight Zone" by Golden Earring hums in t...
Just back from the premiere of '30 Days of Night,' Steve Niles took a few minutes to speak with us about how happy he is with the film adaptation and what else he's working on.
C2F: Where did the original idea for '30 Days of Night' come from?
St...
This weekend I plan on going to the movies. Yes, I know I go to the movies almost every weekend, and quite a few weekends as well, and maybeyou do, too. But this weekend I'm going to the movies for 24 hours! That's right, on Friday B-Fest returns for it's...
Wow, this is one of those week’s when the column is just loaded. Onward!
SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEK
This month is definitely John Wayne month, with several packages being released in honor of the 100th anniversary of his birth over the next few ...
While last week was a little light, this week’s genre releases are very strong, highlighted by Karen Traviss’ fourth Star Wars Republic Commando Novel, Order 66. The New York Times” #1 bestselling author’s three previous books...
After creating sonic images for such bands as Korn, Meat Loaf, Sisqo and P. Diddy, commercial and music video director Martin Weisz will make his feature film debut with the action/thriller SATURDAY NIGHT SPECIAL. To be produced by Family Room Entertainme...
NIGHT STALKER premieres on September 29th at 9pm on ABC, and thus crime reporter Carl Kolchak will once again be back in action.The new series stars Stuart Townsend as Carl Kolchak. As the show kicks off a pregnant woman is kidnapped from her home and th...
The answer has been found! Last week I asked you folks to help stupid old me remember the title of an anime feature that a reader had written in asking about. Several readers (wow! I have several readers!) identified the flick as GANDAHAR, a 1988 French f...
Updated July 21st
Congratulations: tsslug7, gwarlockvance and miriama59
You're today's winners!
If you didn't win but still want a copy of the book, check back next week for another giveaway! NOTE TO ALL CONTEST ENTRANTS
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Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Yuu WataseTranslated by:Lillian OlsenAdapted by:What They SayThe ReviewPACKAGING
Talk about provocative front cover! It features a freshly unwrapped naked Night with a card labeled "Present for You" between his lips (don't wor...
What They SayThe mysterious eighth Servant attacks, seeking to dominate Saber in order to claim her as his own. How will Shirou protect her? If they should ever win and obtain the Grail, Shirou and Saber would still have to choose between their own confl...
It seems that FEARnet, Columbia Pictures & Graphic Novelist Steve Niles are joining forces to bring all you horror fans something in connection with their upcoming release, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT. The vampire tale is based off of Niles creation and centers ...
Updated September 1
Congratulations: pmpknface, Anastasia, mjolnir, jacquelinc
You four are taking home our last copies of the comic! NOTE TO ALL CONTEST ENTRANTS
If you're entering the contests make sure that:
The email address you regis...
What They SayAsked by the beautiful hospital director Reiko Goei to become a tester for a new drug, Sora agrees to \"muff\" dive right in. He then moves to a special ward where he meets Yu Yagami, the delicious head nurse of the testing unit. Bored and al...
According to MNightFans.com, M. Night Shyamalan recently finished his latest script, Green Planet, and went shopping it to studios. Universal, Paramount, Warner Brothers, and Sony have all passed.The story is rumored to center on an alien invasion o...
You might not agree but you can understand the desire to remake horror films such as Halloween and A Nightmare on Elm Street. However, is Hollywood so devoid of imagination that they now have to remake lackluster films from the 1980’s? Whe...
What They SaySheliss Elleness Zurbach suddenly appears out of the blue in modern-day Tokyo. Destiny has brought her to the human world - destiny in the form of an evil adversary named Gilva. Needing help in tracking down her enemy, she enlists a sexy demo...
30 DAYS OF NIGHT, a three-issue mini-series written by Steve Niles and illustrated by Ben Templesmith, is set to begin in June from IDW Publishing.Here's how the book is described:"Have you imagined living in total darkness? They have... In the sleepy, se...
George Romero's classic NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD has had a strange life on home video thanks to its public domain status. With every two-bit, fly by night distributor putting out a bargain bin version of NOTLD on VHS (and more recently, DVD), there has be...
This isn't the first time somebody has tried to revive Rod Serling's TWILIGHT ZONE, the classic genre anthology series that originally ran from 1959 to 1964. There was the 1983 feature film version from Steven Spielberg and John Landis that was, ultimatel...
Though he had been discussing something completely different with the Fox TV network, Henry Rollins eventually took on the hosting gig for Fox's thriller anthology TV series, NIGHT VISIONS.Initially, the musician turned actor had been in talks to take on ...
VARIETY reports that the Sci-Fi Channel has given the green light for four original movies to debut on its Saturday-night movie showcase. The films are all produced in Canada by Playa Inc. and will be distributed by USA Cable, Sci-Fi's sister company. The...
On the set of 30 Days of Night Raimi kept his distance, contributing greatly to the casting decision of Hartnett and providing notes throughout production, but mostly tending to his commitments to everyone's favorite wall-crawling superhero, an experience...
If Friday's grosses for SCARY MOVIE 3 are any indication, October box office history is about to be made. The Dimension Films sequel took in an estimated $18.5 million dollars...just on Friday alone. That puts SCARY MOVIE 3 on track for a $50 million doll...
Seven clips, behind the scenes footage and a new featurette from the upcoming horror film "30 Days of Night" starring Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Ben Foster and Danny Huston, based on the comic-book by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith.
Some new official movie screenshots (one on the left) have popped up online for Prodigy's upcoming remake of Night of the Demons courtesy of the fellow horror geeks over at Arrow in the Head. The modern take of the 1988 cult classic stars Diora Baird, Sha...
The Comics Continuum reports that '30 Days of Night' premieres on Starz on Saturday at 9 p.m. Additional upcoming viewing times include Sunday, Sept. 28 at 4:40 a.m. and 5:35 p.m.; Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 3:35 a.m., 1:15 p.m. and 9 p.m.; Friday, Oct. 3 at 9 ...
20th Century Fox has revealed a slew of new photos from their upcoming sequel Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian courtesy of USA Today. You can check out more photos by clicking here. They've also sat down with director Shawn Levy, who's hinte...
Tonight, the official website for the upcoming horror, 30 DAYS OF NIGHT, was launched. The movie (based off graphic novelist Steve Niles' comic series) is showcased tomorrow at Comic Con in Sony's presentation. The site has wallpapers to download, informa...
So, the season finale finally came last night and I have to say on many levels, I’m disappointed. The episode picks up right where the previous one left off. A deadly virus has apparently spread through Global Dynamics and the building has...
Well I’ve never reviewed a thirteen minute film before but there’s a first time for everything. As reported previously on Mania.com, Ghost House Pictures and Fear.Net are putting out a seven episode prelude to the big screen “30 Day...
When 30 Day of Night first came out in comic form back in 2002, I was only reading comics casually. Still, I kept hearing more and more about the series. The first issue had already escalated ridiculously in value and I didn’t read it unti...
Bringing this short series to a close once again, we\'ve got a look at the 08/15/2006 title Harvest Night Vol. #2 (of 2) from the AnimErotica label at Adult Source Media.
On his official website Michael Bay (speaking through site admin Nelson) confirms that the Transformers Movie Teaser Trailer will be attached to the movie "Night at the Museum".
It looks like the old DAN DARE space adventure stories will be getting revived once again courtesy of Virgin Comics. Variety is reporting that they are in the process of adapting the old stories originally published by Eagle Magazine back in the...
With November about to close, it\'s time to look at some of December\'s titles again and we\'ve got an early look at the 12/19/2006 release of Fate / Stay Night Vol. #1 (of 6) from Geneon Entertainment.
Dick Van Dyke and Mickey Rooney have signed to act in NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM. The cast is lead by star Ben Stiller.The comic actors, along with Bill Cobbs, will play security guards at the Museum of Natural History on the same detail as Stiller's night watc...
THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN took the number one spot at the box office this weekend with a take of $20.6 million. Wes Craven's RED EYE came in second with $16.5 million in its first weekend.FOUR BROTHERS took third place with $13 million. Disney's VALIANT open...
Mania is happy to announce our next contest, a giveaway of the fantasy novel Scar Night by Alan Campbell.In the novel, Suspended by chains over a seemingly bottomless abyss, the ancient city of Deepgate is home to a young angel, an assassin, and a psychot...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, M. Night Shyamalan will write, direct and produce the live-action big-screen adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender.Avatar is set in a world balanced on four nations -- Water, Earth, Fire and Air. In each society, th...
Fox Searchlight has sent out a press release stating that filming has begun in Los Angeles for their feature film THE NIGHT WATCHMAN.
Keanu Reeves stars as Tom Ludlow, a veteran LAPD cop who finds life difficult to navigate after the death of his wife. ...
KOLCHAK: THE NIGHT STALKER, the obscure 1970s ABC TV series that inspired Chris Carter to create Fox's hit THE X-FILES show, is being reinvented by celebrated X-FILES writer-producer Frank Spotnitz. The circle is officially complete. Somewhere, Fox Mulder...
It's Christmas Goodness here at AnimeOnDVD and we're giving away a disc a day through the end of December 2007! Each day will be a new prize and you'll have a chance to win!Today's prize is a copy of Fate / ...
What They SayIn the world of beautiful anime girls, comes the immortal masterpiece \"Night Shift Nurses: Karte 5.5\" In the continuance of this legendary series, director Okesawa himself has personally chosen these gems of outlandish scenes. Witness all t...
What They SayExperiment #3 will leave you at the edge of your seat!!!
The third installment of the Night Shift Nurses: Experiment series brings the action to a whole new level. Head nurse Seion Yuunagi, Yu Yagami, Rieka Goei and and Sora lead this cast ...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Chika ShiomiTranslated by:Kathy SchillingAdapted by:Brynne ChandlerWhat They SayThe raging beast within Sakura takes form and a new villain joins the scene! Our tale moves to the remote location of Sakura\'s lineage\'s temple,...
Best-selling Animated Series Feature To Be Shown In More Than 300 Movie Theatres Nationwide
San Francisco, CA, April 22, 2008 - VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry's most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and li...
Thanks to the generosity of the folks over at AAA Anime Distribution, we have some figures to give away! The figure for this contest is a set of six random Fate / Stay Night Figures. We want to make this as ...
What They SayWhat They Say: Devious little clay puppets. Sadistic nurses in sexy skirts. A family of zombies. A cute chef with a serious case of the shakes. And a pervy cop picking up a very hot lawbreaker in tight shorts and a lowcut top. It's time for a...
What They SayLike an unforgettable memory or event, the precisely fine-tuned 40 tracks of music from \"Fate/stay night Original Soundtrack\" will firmly resonate with listeners who appreciate distinctive instrumental pieces and beautiful vocals. Powered...
Following up on the 18+ manga release, we\'re going to start our new year off on the DVD side much the same as we look at the 12/19/2007 release of The Night When Evil Falls Vol. #1 (of 3) from Adult Source Media.
Getting a bit of a jump on next weeks new releases, we\'ve got a look this morning of the 02/20/2007 title Fate / Stay Night Vol. #2 (of 6) from Geneon Entertainment.
What They SayIf you’re feeling down, the night shift nurses will perk you up! A new doctor is coming to train these novices to really open up to their patients. Training is intense, but the nurses will do their duty to get to the bottom of any ailme...
What They SayIt is the 1920s, and Japan is under attack by demonic invaders. The government has designed sturdy, albeit steam-powered, robot armor suits for the impending battle, but only young ladies with the proper combination of virtue and spirit can p...
What They SayGuilty as charged, the Night Shift Nurses are thrust onto the hot seat when police uncover video evidence of their erotic experimentation. Confronted with images of themselves performing the most heinous sexual acts imaginable, the nurses tel...
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Virgin
Megastore sent copies of last year's indie hit comic book adaptation Ghost
World.
Based on the
comic by Daniel Clowes (w...
Who is this mystery writer/director that could be coming onto Warner Bros' new-look, Peters lacking Superman? Who is
Mark Millar talking about? We can't say for sure who he meant, but after consulting various sources, only one name came up that wasn't M...
Ghost House Pictures has posted a behind-the-scenes clip for the big screen adaptation of Steven Niles' '30 Days of Night'. In it carpenter Steven Key explains the process of building Barrow.
Danny Huston is sharpening his teeth for "30 Days of Night," Columbia Pictures' adaptation of the horror comic book. The story takes place in an Alaskan town where 30 days of continual winter darkness attracts a horde of hungry vampires. Josh Hartnett and...
The official video blog for '30 Days of Night' has been updated once more with a clip of director David Slade expressing his happiness to have editor Art Jones on their team.
Fango has learned that Academy Award-winning Kiwi FX workshop Weta ('Lord of the Rings', 'King Kong') has aligned with director David Slade to provide '30 Days of Night' its array of ferocious bloodsuckers.
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Fans sends in a photo of a 'Werewolf by Night' ad running on the side of a bus in L.A. The photo was said to have been taken last March. What does it mean for the movie?
Superhero Hype has posted an image that's said to be promotional art for the production of 'Werewolf by Night'. Director John Fasano is attached to direct from a script by Hans Rodionoff and Robert Nelson Jacobs.
Rob Tapert, who is producing the film adaptation of Steve Niles' supernatural graphic novel '30 Days of Night,' told SCI FI Wire that the author has read the script and was pleased with its faithfulness to the original story. "Steve has read [screenwriter...
Steve Niles allegedly reported that screenwriter Stuart Beattie has just turned in a final draft of the script for '30 Days of Night'. In other developments, the prolific comic writer may be teaming with Thomas Jane on a movie version of 'Lurkers'.
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Producer Rob Tapert checks in from the set of '30 Days of Night' via the film's video blog.
"The little vampire girl was absolutely fantastic with her doggy teeth and her bloody mouth and the attacks in the general store...something that fans of the g...
Producer Rob Tapert brings us along with the 30 Days of Night crew on a location scout in the mountains of Queenstown, NZ. Unfortunately, he was sidetracked by the camera and got left behind.
A Screen Daily write up about the restructuring of Hyde Park Entertaiment has a few interesting tidbits for C2F readers.
The studio will release 'The Dark Country' based on an upcoming graphic novel by Tab Murphy, and starring and directed by Thomas Jane...
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Hans Rodionoff has been hired to write several comic scripts in the past year. Comics2Film
recently learned that the longtime comic fan is now working on a project he may
be uniquely qualified for: Marvel's Werewolf By Night.
"He may ...
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"It's not like anything most of us do in the course of our work," Alfred Molina said of playing Doc Ock in 'Spider-Man 2'. "It's such a strange ... and clearly, it's its own world and has its own rules, its own conventions."
Gale Anne Hurd, producer of '...
According to weekend box office stats posted by Box Office Mojo, '30 Days of Night' has slipped to #14 in its fifth week of release. The film took in another $950k bringing its domestic gross to $39.1 million.
Making its debut this week is the comics-rel...
"Brian Nelson's writing the script [for '30 Days of Night'], so that means we have a very original take on the genre," says David Slade, who has been tapped to direct the movie. "Indeed, I don't believe there's much of the genre left in what we've written...
David Slade has signed on to direct horror film "30 Days of Night" for Columbia Pictures. The film, based on the Steve Niles graphic novel, is the latest production from Ghost House Pictures, the production company launched by Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert. Ra...
Kahani World, Inc. an independent animation company based in Toronto, Canada and Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Comics, LLC have teamed up to co-produce Secrets of the Seven Sounds, a full length animated feature for kids 7 and up, inspired by the ancient I...
Fox 2000 and New Regency are teaming to produce a feature film adaptation of Ted Naifeh's comicbook "Courtney Crumrin and the Night Things." Graham Tallman has been hired to write the script.
Pic follows the story of a young girl who moves into her ecc...
'30 Days of Night' slipped three more spots on the box office charts this week, giving ground to three new releases and hanging in at #9.
The film took in another $2.1 million in its fourth week, bringing the total bank up to $37.3 large, making it a mod...
From Variety:
Sony's vampire horror pic "30 Days of Night" won the weekend at the domestic box office with an estimated gross of $16 million from 2,855 locations, while Ben Affleck's feature directorial debut "Gone Baby Gone" opened the strongest among...
A recent 8-K financial filing by Platinum Studios reveals that production of the the 'Dylan Dog' adapation 'Dead of Night' starring Brandon Routh is scheduled to begin on or before September 30, 2008.
Director Kevin Munroe (of 'TMNT' fame) says that he expects to roll cameras on the long-planned 'Dead of Night' movie for Platinum Studios this January in New Orleans. The movie will feature Brandon Routh ('Superman Returns') in the r...
"Spider-Man" guru Sam Raimi is aboard to produce the first two original series for Fearnet, the multiplatform horror/thriller site launched five months ago by Sony, Comcast and Lionsgate.
Second project, penned by Ben Ketai, will serve as a prequel to ...
"30 DAYS OF NIGHT crossed the 30 days of shooting mark and everything I'm seeing and hearing makes me think the film will be great. I hope they start releasing some images soon because I think you guys are going to be very happy." Steve Niles wrote on his...
"I feel really excited about the film. It is in the place I hoped which is a kind of netherworld between a harsh reality and the beautiful stylistic artwork of Ben Templesmith," says director David Slade of the '30 Days of Night' filming. "It has great dr...
From his myspace blog, comics creator Steve Niles showed off the movie poster for '30 Days of Night'.
The film, directed by David Slade is due out in October.
Click for a full-sized view of the poster
Josh Hartnett, taking a timeout from press on his current movie stops to talk about '30 Days of Night' with Shock Til You Drop. The website asked Hartnett why he wanted to do the film.
"Well, because it's a vampire movie, and I just think that vampire ...
Smallville was honored in Paris at the Jules Verne Festival. Click to see over 20 photos from "Smallville Night" featuring Erica Durance, Allison Mack, and creators Al Gough and Miles Millar.
An article discussing Crystal Sky's slate of pics to shoot in the U.K. over the next six months mentions Marvel's 'Werewolf by Night' as being an upcoming project.
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Josh Hartnett, who once starred in '40 Days and 40 Nights', is now in final talks to topline '30 Days of Night' for Columbia Pictures.
The film is based on the Steve Niles graphic novel, illustrated by Ben Templesmith and published by IDW. David Slade ...
When 'Superman Returns' to theaters next year, the superhero won't be saving only Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen. The Man of Steel will also reportedly be lending a helping hand to British billionaire Richard Branson, head of the Virgin Group travel, media, an...
"I don't know if any of you guys picked this up, but there's '30 Days of Night' article inside with a first time interview with Director David Slade and the first picture of Eben and Stella from the film," writes Steve Niles in his MySpace blog.
He als...