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Spider-Man 2
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Thu 07-01-2004)

Genre:Action/Superhero/Comic Book Adaptation/Sequel.Studio:Columbia Pictures.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Tobey Maguire (Peter Parker/"Spider-Man"); Kirsten Dunst (Mary Jane Watson); Alfred Molina (Dr. Otto Octavius/"Doc...

Carl Ellsworth on 'Y: The Last Man'
by Rob M. Worley (Tue 12-11-2007)

Carl Ellsworth, screenwriter of the film adaptation of Brian K. Vaughn's 'Y: The Last Man' sat down to talk with Wizard Universe about the movie. Ellsworth he admits he wasn't a fan of the comic, or comics in general, before taking on the project. "...

Y: THE LAST MAN #44
by Kurt Amacker (Fri 04-07-2006)

I can never praise Y: THE LAST MAN enough. Each month, Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra (usually) deliver a funny and intriguing episode in their epic of a world with only one man left alive. As of this 44th issue, Yorick Brown's sister, Hero, and, Beth, t...


EXCLUSIVE: Vertigo's Y: THE LAST MAN optioned by New Line Cinema
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 05-16-2003)

Coming Attractions at Cinescape has learned that the hit science fiction comic book series Y: THE LAST MAN has been optioned by New Line Cinema as a feature film. Created by writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Pia Guerra, this ongoing series debuted last ...

THE LAST MAN
by MICHAEL TUNISON (Sun 03-10-2002)

...ptic comedy THE LAST MAN. Essentially the sci-fi movie version of the old insult "I wouldn't **** you if you were the last man/woman on Earth," this low-budget effort is set in a near future in which some unspecified disaster appears to have killed off...

Y THE LAST MAN collected
by Rob Allstetter (Wed 09-04-2002)

DC Comics has announced that it will be releasing Y THE LAST MAN DOUBLE FEATURE edition on October 2. The 64-page, $5.95 book will collect the first two issues of the Vertigo series. According to DC, the second issue has joined the first issue in sellin...

LaBeouf iffy on 'Y: The Last Man' (Sun 01-20-2008)

Shia LaBeouf is a busy young actor. He's currently at work on 'Indiana Jones 4' and anchors the blockbuster franchise 'Transformers 2'. He's also rumored to be the front runner to appear in the filmed adaptation of Brian K. Vaughn's 'Y: The Last Man'. In...


Y: THE LAST MAN #1
by Tony Whitt (Sun 08-04-2002)

...s literally the last man on Earth.This is a comic that begs to be filmed - Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra have created one of the best modern horror stories here, one which makes THE STAND look like a Tolkien knock-off by comparison. The sudden scene ...

SCOOP: More producers making THE LAST MAN
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 06-23-2003)

Following up on our exclusive report that New Line Cinema is developing a movie based on the Vertigo/DC Comics comic book Y: THE LAST MAN, a source relays to us the latest developments on this project.According to our inside source, New Line Cinema execut...

YTHE LAST MAN preview
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 04-23-2002)

Former SWAMP THING writer Brian K. Vaughan returns to Vertigo territory with Y THE LAST MAN, a new series that begins in July from DC Comics. Here's the series' set-up: "When a mysterious plague suddenly kills every living creature on the planet with a...

Y: The Last Man
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 04-13-2005)

All right, the headline's exaggerating the book's one girl-on-girl scene a bit much, but there is a scene with two women kissing (you'll have to read it to find out which ones), but in world with only two men (Yorrick and the astronauts' baby), I don't su...


SDCC: Alicia Keys Set for Y:THE LAST MAN?
by Jarrod Sarafin (Mon 07-28-2008)

It's been a few weeks since we had a chance to talk some Y: The Last Man, the last bit of rumor control concerning whether actor Shia LaBeouf would hook back with the film's director D.J Caruso (Disturbia, Eagle Eye) to lead the comic adaptation. But news...

D.J. Caruso sees 'Y: The Last Man' as a trilogy (Sun 03-09-2008)

Director D.J. Caruso talked a bit with MTV Movies Blog about his plans for the film version of 'Y: The Last Man'. Rather than try to condense the comic series' entire sixty issue run into one film, Caruso's plans are more expansive. "I see it as a t...

Spider-Man 3 Continues to Dominate
by Jarrod Sarafin (Sun 05-13-2007)

Spidey cast his web and captured more box office cash this weekend with a 60.0 million box office take here in the States. I’d have to say though there was no doubt whom I would be writing about this weekend. No, it was never a question of if Spider...

'Disturbia' pair up for 'Y: The Last Man' (Tue 07-24-2007)

From Variety: New Line's tapped D.J. Caruso to helm and Carl Ellsworth to write the comicbook adaptation "Y: The Last Man" for producers Chris Bender, JC Spink, Mason Novick and David Goyer. Project reteams Caruso and Ellsworth following their work ...


Shia LaBeouf to play Lead in Y: The Last Man? (Sat 08-25-2007)

MTV Movie Blogs chatted up 'Disturbia' director DJ Caruso and comic book writer Brian K. Vaughn about the 'Y: The Last Man' film adaptation. 'Y' is reaching its 60th issue, but Caruso and 'Disturbia' screenwriter Carl Ellsworth are distilling the movie...

'Y: The Last Man' director hopes for a trilogy (Wed 01-30-2008)

As Brian K. Vaughn's critically hailed comics series 'Y: The Last Man' comes to its planned finale in comic shops this week, USA Today queries director D.J. Caruso, who has long been attached to the film version of the project. Caruso revealed that a fil...

Y THE LAST MAN sells out
by Rob Allstetter (Tue 08-27-2002)

DC Comics has announced that the first issue of Y THE LAST MAN is sold out at the publisher. A limited quantity of copies of issue #2 are still available. "Co-creator Pia Guerra and I are absolutely thrilled -- and a little overwhelmed -- by the positiv...

Alicia Keys in Y: The Last Man? (Wed 07-30-2008)

Alicia Keys as 355 in the Y: The Last Man movie? That’s one of producer JC Spink’s top choices. Asked about the Shia LaBeouf rumor, he nodded and said, “We’re trying.” Concerning the casting of Dr. Mann he said, “an un...


A Spider-Man For All Seasons, Part 2
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sat 08-31-2002)

Last time, we examined Spider-Man's universal appeal through the eyes of his many creators. Now the really fun part - we ask these talented guys to pick their favorite Spidey issues ever! Every Spider-fan has his or her own list of their favorite moments ...

Vaughn on 'Y: the Last Man' - the book's the thing (Thu 02-07-2008)

Publisher's Weekly chats up Brian K. Vaughn about the wrap up to his critically acclaimed comics series 'Y: The Last Man'. Naturally they asked him about the planned movie of the book, but Vaughn says the book is the thing as far as he's concerned: "...

Goyer on Y: The Last Man and more (Fri 04-20-2007)

"We need to find a director that loves the comic book. Once we do, it's fine. If you love the comic book, you get it immediately," says producer David Goyer on the 'Y: The Last Man' movie project. "I think that will translate to a mainstream audience, but...

'Y: The Last Man' creator wants Topher Grace (Thu 04-29-2004)

Comic creator Brian Vaughn indicated to Unknown sources that he would like to see Topher Grace for the main role for the film adaptation of his comic 'Y: The Last Man.'


Review: Y The Last Man (Sat 08-04-2007)

"Overall the story of Y the Last Man is kept very intact from the comic book, perhaps too intact. That's not to say it will translate into a bad film, its just to say that the writing here seems as if Vaughan worked from his comic book scripts to the scr...

Y: THE LAST MAN and FOUNDATION scoops confirmed
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 10-14-2003)

As we first reported last week, Variety has confirmed our exclusive story about screenwriter Jeff Vintar being hired to adapt the DC/Vertigo comic book Y: THE LAST MAN as a feature film for New Line Cinema. Vintar will follow his work on Y by adapting Isa...

SPIDER-MAN: REVENGE OF THE GREEN GOBLIN - Roger Stern, Paul Jenkins & Howard Mackie
by James Busbee (Wed 09-27-2000)

Every great hero has that one villain who stands above all the rest, that archenemy who isn’t a cartoonish `bad guy,` but a dark, disturbingly close reflection of the hero himself. Batman has the Joker, Wolverine has Sabretooth and Reed Richards has Docto...

A Man Called Hawk...man, Part 3
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Mon 04-15-2002)

Last time we took a look at the Silver Age Hawkman and the very beginnings of his long and tangled career as a solo adventurer and a member of the Justice League of America, but now we must enter one of the most confusing bits of DC history ever devised -...


Train Man: Densha Otoko
by Sakura Eries (Thu 03-22-2007)

What They SayComputer engineer Otaku is an average young man, dressed in unstylish clothes and dorky glasses. But as luck would have it, he encounters a pretty young woman on a commuter train and saves her from a lecherous molester, falling in love with h...

Sony Moves Ahead With LAST SUMMER, HOLLOW MAN, and ROAD HOUSE Sequels
by News Editor (Tue 07-12-2005)

Sony Pictures is pushing ahead with the sequels I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER 3, HOLLOW MAN 2, and ROAD HOUSE 2. It has not been determined yet whether Columbia Pictures or Screen gems will release them theatrically or whether any or all will go directl...

Y: THE LAST MAN movie confirmed
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 05-20-2003)

The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed our story from last week that the Vertigo comic book Y: THE LAST MAN has been optioned by New Line Cinema. The involvement of BLADE screenwriter David Goyer and his Phantom Four company as well as producers Chris Bend...

Taking the Good with the Bad: My Thoughts on Spider-Man 3
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-09-2007)

...   Y The Last Man #56 (Res) (MR) $2.99 Kurt: And, we’re only a few months away from the end. I’m going to miss it.   Y The Last Man Vol 9 Motherland TP (MR) $14.99   IMAGE COMICS   Battle Pope #14 (MR) $3.5...


A Man Called Hawk...man, Part 2
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Sat 04-13-2002)

Last time we took a quick look at the Golden Age Hawkman, both as he was in the beginning way back in the 1940s, and again with some alterations imposed by the 1980s and 1990s DC continuity "fixes" (more of which we'll deal with in our final installment)....

Y screenwriter enjoys being LAST MAN on project
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 06-02-2004)

Speaking with Sci Fi Wire, screenwriter Jeff Vintar the latest news on his work adapting the Vertigo comic book series Y: THE LAST MAN into a screenplay. Vintar is working with writer David Goyer who has had plenty of personal experience turning comic boo...

Iron Man, Hulk, Spidey and Transformers topline new Hasbro offerings (Thu 02-14-2008)

From a press release: Hasbro, Inc. reveals its exciting new product offerings at New York's annual American International Toy Fair with innovation in a wide range of entertainment categories. Among the traditional toy and game categories, highlights inc...

Y: THE LAST MAN Trilogy Coming?
by Jarrod Sarafin, News Editor (Wed 01-30-2008)

Possibly, if director D.J Caruso gets his way and gets approval from his could-be lead star of the comic adaptation, Shia LaBeouf. That would be another three films between director Caruso and LaBeouf after Disturbia and the currently filming Eagle Eye. W...


THE OMEGA MAN
by Tony Whitt (Wed 08-20-2003)

It's 1978, and a plague released during the Chinese-Russian war three years before has all but annihilated the human race. Of the survivors, there are the Family, a group of humans in the light-sensitive tertiary stage of infection led by the charismatic ...

Editor of Y: THE LAST MAN let go from Vertigo
by Patrick Sauriol (Fri 04-11-2003)

The Pulse website has learned that editor Steve Bunche has been abruptly dismissed from Vertigo, the mature readers division of DC Comics. Bunche edited the hit series Y: THE LAST MAN and the recently cancelled HUNTER: THE AGE OF MAGIC.This hasn't been t...

Spider-Man: Best Superhero Movie Ever!
by Michael Mason (Fri 04-26-2002)

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IRON MAN #53
by Tony Whitt (Sat 04-20-2002)

For the longest time, it seemed as though IRON MAN had lost its way. In storylines that dealt with alternate armors, stolen Stark technology, and ghosts in the machine, the title centered more on the "iron" and less on the "man." On those occasions when i...


Y: THE LAST MAN #29
by Kurt Amacker (Thu 12-09-2004)

Y: THE LAST MAN is probably the best non-superhero title being in print right now. I don't only qualify it that way because I have a superhero book in mind that's so much better (I don't), but only because it's more along the lines of a Vertigo series li...

INVISIBLE MAN: Vincent Ventresca
by Michelle Erica Green (Mon 12-25-2000)

Vincent Ventresca has attracted a lot of attention since he started to disappear. As the titular The Invisible Man, Ventresca spent much of last year fading out and going insane—a side effect of the Quicksilver secretion that enables his character, Darien...

Spider-Man 3
by Captain Gordon Edward (Mon 05-07-2007)

Well another Spider-man release indicates that we have another Spider-man game on the shelves to eat up like candy. In the third movie we see Spider-man dealing with Venom, Harry Osborn / Green Goblin 2, and Sandman. Since this is a game base on the movie...

THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA: Oscar-Winning Animated Short Subject
by Mike Lyons (Thu 03-30-2000)

When you hear that an animated film has been made from Ernest Hemingway`s novel The Old Man and the Sea, you almost expect that it would be a Disney-like take on the story: with fishing pole in hand, the Old Man belts out a ballad about how much he has to...


LAST DAY IN VIETNAM
by Jason Henderson (Wed 08-09-2000)

Last Day in Vietnam is about warriors at relative rest.An American GI sits at a cafe in Saigon. He has bandages on his face, a cast on his arm, a cane for his busted leg. He sits and smokes, and thinks of the beautiful local girl he picked up. In his mind...

Spider-Man 3
by Karl Schneider (Mon 07-17-2006)

Last Updated: July 17, 2006Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, ThrillerProduction Company: Columbia Pictures, Marvel Enterprises, Laura Ziskin ProductionsDistributors: Sony PicturesProject Phase: Post-ProductionBudget: 300,000,000 [IMDB]Who's In It...

Iron Man: Favreau on film, fans and Fin Fang Foom
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 04-28-2008)

If there's one thing 'Iron Man' director Jon Favreau has learned in recent years, it's how to work the comic book fans. Coming off a less than stellar screening of clips from 'Zathura' just two years earlier, Favreau has used the Internet and Comic-Con to...

Y: The Last Man
by Corona's Coming Attractions (Fri 01-26-2007)

Premise:  After a mysterious plague has wiped out every male mammal with a Y chromosome on the planet save for a twentysomething amateur escape artist and a monkey he was training, Yorick Brown and Ampersand become the two most wanted individuals in ...


Caruso, Ellsworth to Take on LAST MAN
by News Editor (Tue 07-24-2007)

New Line Cinema has set D.J. Caruso to direct and Carl Ellsworth to write the comicbook adaptation of Pia Guerra, José Marzan, Jr. and Brian K. Vaughn's Y: THE LAST MAN. The story revolves around a mysterious plague killing nea...

Review: Spider-Man 3 Nintendo DS (Mon 05-07-2007)

"Spider-Man 3 is the third Spidey DS game from Vicarious Visions (last year's Spider-Man: Battle for New York was a Torus production), and the team went all-out with a 100% stylus controlled action game. It's a drastic move that might seem a little too ou...

Vintar Right 'Man' for project
by Rob M. Worley (Tue 10-14-2003)

Jeff Vintar, a writer on 20th Century Fox's upcoming 'I, Robot,' has been hired to write sci-fi adaptations for both Fox and New Line Cinema. Vintar will first work on DC Comics' 'Y: The Last Man' for New Line Cinema, with David Goyer producing. That wil...

Last Exile Vol. #3
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 03-23-2004)

What They SayClaus and Lavie participate in an eight-hour endurance vanship race, and are joined by Dio Eraclea who tries to befriend Claus. Tatiana also participates in the race, but she is actually on a secret mission under Alex Row\'s direction. In t...


'Iron Man' rockets past competition, leaves 'Speed' on the blocks (Sun 05-11-2008)

From Variety: Paramount's "Iron Man" continued to hammer out box office gold in its second Friday of the summer season with $15.3 million, however, Fox-Regency's "What Happens in Vegas" trumped Warner Bros.' "Speed Racer" ...

Comicscape: I Am Iron Man
by Kurt Amacker (Wed 05-07-2008)

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...

'Spider-Man 3' will not be Raimi's Last (Tue 02-01-2005)

At this point, Sam Raimi knows some of what will happen in 'Spider-Man 3', which is set to come out in the summer of 2007, but he's not willing to share the information. But he does backtrack on a statement he made while doing publicity for 'Spider-Man 2'...

THE WICKER MAN
by Rachel Reitsleff (Tue 09-05-2006)

To be fair to writer/director Neil LaBute, he had nothing to do with PULSE. However, between that poor remake of a decent Japanese horror film and now LaBute's notably inferior reimagining of 1973's classic THE WICKER MAN, genre fans may understandably fe...


'Iron Man' gets Hands On with mobile content
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 04-30-2008)

From a press release: SAN FRANCISCO, April 30, 2008 - Ready your repulsor rays because Iron Man is coming to mobile!  Hands-On Mobile, Inc., the world's leading developer of connected games and applications, and Marvel Entertainment, Inc., today ann...

Eat-Man 98 Collected
by Justin Coole (Sat 02-16-2002)

The Review!To be perfectly honest, when I heard AnimeVillage was about to start pushing out DVDs, two titles immediately came to mind: Cowboy Bebop and Outlaw Star. While I enjoy both of the above, I wanted to see one of my favorite shows on DVD: Eat-M...

NIGHTMARE MAN
by Robert T. Trate (Mon 03-17-2008)

From its opening credits to its final frame, Rolfe Kanefsky’s Nightmare Man is a great throwback to eighties horror. Unfortunately the eighties staples are obvious and the effort is uneven.  A young woman, Ellen (Blythe Metz), purchases a...

Souls Man
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 07-03-2002)

Last year, two of the most macabre creative minds in genre entertainment joined forces to present an original line of collectible monster figures, CLIVE BARKER'S TORTURED SOULS. Following the success of that first release, Todd McFarlane (of McFarlane Toy...


Man Eater
by Pamela Harland (Thu 10-04-2001)

Few actors are well acclaimed yet hardly known to the public. Brian Cox is the epitome of that actor. Cox has received endless award nominations, including for the 2000 TNT Original Film NUREMBERG, as well as for his work in various stage productions such...

Iron Man Arrives at Sideshow Collectibles
by Robert T. Trate (Fri 05-02-2008)

Iron Man arrives in theaters this weekend. Prepare for the onslaught of Iron Man products. Toys, video games, comics and soundtracks will, of course, be on our collective radars.  Let’s face it guys (and gals), the days of little action fi...

Man-Thing
by Coming Attractions (Thu 03-11-2004)

Genre:Comic Book Adaptation/Horror.Studio:Artisan Entertainment.Production Company:Fierce Entertainment.Project Phase:Post-production.Who's In It:Jack Thompson; Rawiri Paratene; Matt Le Nevez; Rachel Taylor; Steve Bastoni.Who's Making It:Brett Leonard (Di...

Shia LaBeouf wants to be 'Y: The Last Man' (Thu 04-26-2007)

While promoting DISTURBIA in France, actor Shia La beouf expressed substantial interest in playing the lead role in the Y film, proclaiming the series one of the best comics around.


HOLLOW MAN
by Steve Biodrowski (Thu 08-03-2000)

Paul Verhoeven is a very talented, intelligent director, but on the basis of many of his films, you might not know it. Sure, he’s made great ones like THE FOURTH MAN, ROBOCOP, and STARSHIP TROOPERS, but even some of his relatively entertaining work (TOTAL...

Amazing Spider-Man #546
by Kurt Amacker, Columnist (Tue 01-15-2008)

Amazing Spider-Man #546, the first issue of Marvel’s controversial Brand New Day has finally landed. You likely know the story by now – Peter Parker reset his world and sacrificed his marriage to save dear Aunt May, with whom he now lives...

'Transformers 2', ' Iron Man 2' gearing up for IMAX
by Rob M. Worley (Wed 10-01-2008)

In the wake of the success of 'The Dark Knight' directors seem to be flocking to the IMAX format according to an article in Variety. Topping the list is Michael Bay's 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen', which is said to have at least three action scen...

SPIDER-MAN 2 webbed on video 11/30
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 08-23-2004)

Straight from a smash summer run at the box office (where it still remains in the top ten), Columbia TriStar Home Video has announced a November 30 release date for SPIDER-MAN 2 on VHS and a two-disc DVD -- but you'll have to choose from five different D...


The First of the Last
by Nadia Oxford (Thu 11-23-2006)

If you grew up with a fondness for classic animation, you should still remember one story in particular:  When the last eagle flies over the last crumbling mountain, and the last lion roars at the last dusty fountain…  She's in the s...

Last Night Music Came Out Of The Giallo
by Randall D. Larson (Thu 09-29-2005)

THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Among the Italian horror "giallo" films scored by Bruno Nicolai in the early 1970s, is LE LA NOTTE CHE EVELYN USCI' DALLA TOMBA © Digitmovies NOTTE CHE EVELYN USCÌ DALLA TOMBA (The Night Evelyn Came Out Of The Grav...

A Wise Man Sleeps Vol.#01
by Danielle Van Gorder (Wed 05-28-2008)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mick TakeuchiTranslated by:Christine SchillingAdapted by:Brynne ChandlerWhat They SayMiharu hasn\'t been having a good year. Her mother died, leaving her only a single ring to remember her by, and her father went bankrupt - le...

Samurai Man Vol.#03
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Sun 03-12-2006)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Serizawa NaokiTranslated by:Julia RoseAdapted by:What They SayThe samurai lives by his sword and his armor. He lives by his convictions. Japan falls into the dark vortex of Juri's ambitions. The Onmyouji and the military take...


Eat-Man 98 Collected
by Chris Beveridge (Tue 04-04-2000)

What They SayBolt Crank is a mercenary, but he\'s no ordinary man. He\'s gifted with the ability to eat metal objects. Later, he can produce these items from his right hand, as the need arises. Bolt is the strong silent type-he doesn\'t say much and prefe...

Last Kunoichi Vol. #1
by Chris Beveridge (Mon 09-18-2006)

What They SayThe winds of revolution howl through Kyoto as the Tokugawa era comes to a violent close. Will Kaede, Kikyoo, and Ayame follow the ninja code of honor and face their vicious destiny, or escape to another world? Will their love for each other a...

Spider-Man Animated Trailer Online!
by Rob M. Worley (Mon 11-18-2002)

Fans who enjoyed last week's sampling of still images from the Spider-Man animated trailer should direct their browsers to AnimationChronicles.com. The website has captured the 30 second spot (which originally appeared on the VHS release of the Spid...

THE LAST ISLAND #1
by Kurt Amacker (Fri 03-31-2006)

Like his last work, SOMETHING SO FAMILIAR, Alex Cahill manages to walk the fine line between complex and intentionally obscure in THE LAST ISLAND. And like that last work, Cahill works with very little dialogue and relies on images to convey the story. As...


Iron Man: Favreau presents his film
by Laura Ellison (Thu 08-02-2007)

This was, without a doubt, the biggest panel at Comic-Con 2007. No fewer than ten movies were previewed/featured at this thing, and several big surprises were revealed as well. But of course, the biggest reveal was the premiere of the 'Iron Man' trail...

The Man Who Was There
by MICHAEL TUNISON (Tue 12-04-2001)

For a guy who's married to Lara Croft, Billy Bob Thornton doesn't seem to have the highest opinion of today's mainstream Hollywood cineplex fare. "Movies have become two-hour rock videos made by a marketing machine," drawls the Arkansas-born actor, writer...

SPIDER-MAN 3 Actual Numbers
by Jarrod Sarafin (Tue 05-08-2007)

Hello fellow Maniacs. Normally, I’m restricted to the weekend content but since it’s the summer, I’ll be trying to update everyone on current activities and updates of the industry. My weekly box office report is sometimes not accurate a...

Blood: The Last Vampire Complete Box (Wed 04-25-2001)

What They SayThe movie uses the full spectrum of digital animation which is said to have impressed even James Cameron. Japan\'s top creators gathered to make the show, which was shown in theaters using the HDCAM24P format which George Lucas will also be u...


Updates: X-Men: The Last Stand & Spider-Man animated series (Sat 06-10-2006)

X-Men: The Last Stand placed fourth at the box office on Friday with an estimated $4.8 million, pushing its domestic total to $190.9 million. The film is expected to pass Ice Age 2: The Meltdown on Saturday to take the lead as the year's top movie. A ...

SPIDER-MAN 2 hits IMAX on July 23
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 07-07-2004)

The Imax Corporation and Columbia Pictures made it official today and confirmed that SPIDER-MAN 2 will be distributed globally to Imax theaters beginning July 23. The movie is being digitally re-mastered to suit the Imax screen and sound experience.In a p...

Shadow Man Returns To PlayStation
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 03-01-2002)

Acclaim comics fans are still waiting for the movie version of Shadow Man to move forward. There was a bit of good news to that end last month when the trades announced that Dimension had renewed their movie option on that deal. In the mean time Ac...

"Last Quarter"
by Janet Houck (Fri 03-16-2007)

Mizuki’s life sucks. First, her mother commits suicide when she is just a child, when her mother finds out that her father is cheating on her. Then she has a boyfriend who regularly cheats on her, then begs for forgiveness and a second chance. Th...


SPIDER-MAN: SWEET CHARITY #1
by Tony Whitt (Sat 06-29-2002)

Just when I thought Ron Zimmerman's writing couldn't get any more obnoxious, repulsive, or dumb, SPIDER-MAN: SWEET CHARITY comes along and shows that, given enough ballast, even the lowest can sink even lower. Rarely have I come across such a complete cro...

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #39
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Thu 03-14-2002)

Last December, the Marvel Universe went silent throughout many of its mainstream superhero titles, but AMAZING SPIDER-MAN did not. Due to the schedule-shifting that occurred when AMAZING scribe J. Michael Straczynski decided to make #36 a tribute to the m...

A Look at Spider-Man 2: The Game! (Sun 07-04-2004)

Ever wonder what it was like to be Spider-Man? Did you ever wonder what it feels like to swing around New York City as Spider-Man? Well, Activision has made those dreams come true with their new game title Spider-Man 2: The Game available on all platforms...

'Spider-Man 3' films in Santa Clarita (Fri 11-25-2005)

The official website of the Santa Clarita Film Office have listed some days the 'Spider-Man 3' production crew shot last week.


Bir-r-r-r-r-rd-MAN!
by BRIAN THOMAS (Sat 04-09-2005)

In last week's column I spotlighted the current theatrical release STEAMBOY for praise. Reader Joey Connick put in a viewer comment in rebuttal. Since our comment boards, which appear at the bottom of every page on Cinescape.com, haven't yet even begun to...

Spider-Man 3: Starz Sneak Peek Part #2 (Mon 04-30-2007)

Check out the second part of a 13 minutes Spider-man 3 Preview which aired last night by Starz Channel featuring unseen before scenes from the movie and interviews from the cast and crew.

THE CELL, SE7EN, DEAD MAN
by John Thonen (Tue 12-19-2000)

There’s a lot to cover this week, so I’ll dispense with the usual smart-ass comments and get right to it. The major new release for the week is New Line Home Video’s, The Cell. When the film opened theatrically, a handful of critics praised it as a vis...

Spider-Man 3: Starz Sneak Peek Part #1 (Mon 04-30-2007)

Check out the first part of a 13 minutes Spider-man 3 Preview which aired last night by Starz Channel featuring unseen before scenes from the movie and interviews from the cast and crew.


Amazing Spider-Man Script "Done"
by Christian Koch (Tue 02-11-2003)

"That's it. We are done," is what Marvel Comics studio chief Avi Arad told Sci Fi Wire about the script for the The Amazing Spider-Man, the sequel to last summer's smash comic adaptation.This refutes recent rumors on the net that Spidey comic sc...

THE MAN WITH THE GOLDEN GUN ACTION FIGURES
by SCOTT COLLURA (Thu 07-03-2003)

Toy versions of James Bond have been sporadic over the years, despite the fact that the character has existed in a variety of incarnations for about four decades now. And quality action figure versions of 007 have been downright rare, which is why Sidesho...

IRON MAN #59 (404)
by Tony Whitt (Sun 09-15-2002)

Mike Grell may have breathed new life into a character who symbolizes, arguably more than any other Marvel figure, the wonders of technology, but the world of today isn't his first love, as this month's issue of IRON MAN should prove. In the first part of...

SUPERMAN: LAST SON OF EARTH - Steve Gerber
by Edward Gross (Wed 08-16-2000)

Think you know everything there is to know about Superman? Guess again. Just when you think Superman couldn’t possibly go through any more permutations--even in terms of `imaginary` stories, a.k.a. `Elseworlds` in the DC Universe--along comes veteran comi...


Photos: Spider-Man 3 Tokyo premiere (Tue 04-17-2007)

Spider-Man 3," the latest and possibly last film in one of the world's most successful movie franchises, premiered on Monday with thousands of screaming fans cheering stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst. Launching the sequel in Japan, home to a huge ...

SPIDER-MAN: THE NEW ANIMATED SERIES
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 02-23-2004)

Spinning out of the mega-success of Sam Raimi’s SPIDER-MAN movie came a new collaboration from MTV, Sony Pictures and Mainframe Entertainment: a new 3D SPIDER-MAN animated series with a look that hasn’t been seen before. While the use of computer graphics...

Superman: The Man of Steel
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 06-20-2001)

In a clever opening sequence kicking off DC's build-up the big "Our World At War" summer event, Superman and the entire population of Metropolis are removed simultaneously from Earth and transported to a mysterious holding area where Clark nominates Lois ...

Gold Rush: Spider-Man Swings to the Rescue
by Arnold T. Blumberg (Wed 12-05-2001)

When it came time for Marvel to issue a "definitive statement" set within the Marvel Universe addressing the terrorist attacks on the United States that took place on September 11, 2001, the choice of title should have been fairly obvious to any fan, and ...


SPIDER-MAN: TANGLED WEB cancelled
by Patrick Sauriol (Thu 03-06-2003)

Marvel Comics announced yesterday that their SPIDER-MAN: TANGLED WEB comic book series was being suddenly cancelled. The TANGLED WEB series gave different writers and artists to try eclectic and unusual Spider-Man stories not presented in the character's...

Last Poster for IRON MAN
by Jarrod Sarafin (Fri 03-07-2008)

While we still don't have one official released trailer for The Incredible Hulk, we've had plenty of coverage for Iron Man. Paramount Pictures and Marvel Studios has revealed the latest (and likely last) poster for the upcoming Jon Favreau-directed advent...

Samurai Man Vol.#02
by Eduardo M. Chavez (Wed 12-21-2005)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Serizawa NaokiTranslated by:Julia RoseAdapted by:What They SayThe samurai lives by his sword and his armor. He lives by his convictions. Caught in the middle of a fight between gods, Ryouma was found worthy and became one wit...

Last Fantasy Vol.#01
by Matthew Alexander (Tue 04-11-2006)

Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Writer: Creative Hon / Artist: Yong-Wan KwonTranslated by:Sora HanAdapted by:What They SayTian and Drei von Richenstein, two unlikely heroes, embark on an adventure filled with excitement...intrigue...and a bit of comic reli...


XXX-Man
by Michael Tunison (Tue 09-03-2002)

Talk about a reversal of fortune: Last summer, veteran genre director Rob Cohen (DRAGONHEART, DAYLIGHT) was the guy with the little movie trying to compete against far higher-profile celluloid monsters like LARA CROFT: TOMB RAIDER and DR. DOLITTLE 2. Made...

BICENTENNIAL MAN: Writing the Script
by Mike Lyons (Tue 12-21-1999)

It`s a wonder Nicholas Kazan isn`t schizophrenic. After all, the screenwriter does what many can`t: he slip-sides between fantasy and reality. For every script he`s penned, whether drama (AT CLOSE RANGE) or those based on real people and events (FRANCES, ...

THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE
by Michael Tunison (Sat 11-03-2001)

Love their films or loathe them, it's frightening to think how much more generic the American cinematic landscape of the last decade and a half would have been without Joel and Ethan Coen, the dark-witted jesters behind such sharp stabs in the eye of conv...

SPIDER-MAN 2 ships over 2 million units
by Patrick Sauriol (Wed 07-07-2004)

Video game publisher Activision announced today that the company has shipped more than two million units of its latest console and computer game, SPIDER-MAN 2, to retail stores nationwide. It's a staggering number considering that the game just went on sa...


Nowhere Man: The Complete Series
by John Sinnott (Fri 10-06-2006)

In 1995 the young UPN network was looking to add some strong shows to its lineup. Attempting to cash in on the X-FILES phenomenon that was happening over at Fox, they gave the green light to a show that was created by Lawrence Hertzog: NOWHERE MAN. Conc...

Swinging SPIDER-MAN trailer now online
by Patrick Sauriol (Mon 12-15-2003)

As promised by Sony Pictures last week, the teaser trailer for SPIDER-MAN 2 has hit the web. Make your way here and you too can see a preview of Peter's next adventure as the amazing Spider-Man plus what the nasty Doctor Octopus looks like in action!Got a...

Mumbling Kitsune: Mega Man: The Future Brings the Past
by Nadia Oxford (Sun 05-18-2008)

The nice thing about anime fandom is how dependable it can be. Anime enthusiasts are often video game enthusiasts, and vice versa. Many of us got our earliest exposure to Japanese animation through the monster and character designs found in early Nintendo...

HOLLOW MAN: Paul Verhoeven - Part II
by Craig D. Reid (Thu 08-10-2000)

In Part One of my interview with the polemical Paul Verhoeven, we talked about the effect of Elisabeth Shue’s injury on the shoot, and the directing difficulties incurred due to the invisibility special effects, how that affected Kevin Bacon’s performance...


HOLLOW MAN, DEATH NERVE, NOSFERATU and AVENGERS.
by John Thonen (Tue 01-02-2001)

Welcome to the second day of 2001: A Space Vidiocy. The new video selections are slim this week, but, with the holidays behind us, better days loom just ahead. Meanwhile, let’s take a look at the third misfire in a row from one time genre master, Paul V...

Winner: Spider-Man 3 / Thinkway Toys Pack
by Rob M. Worley (Fri 11-30-2007)

Updated November 30th Congratulations to Dennis Hays! Hope springs like evil jazz bangs! You win the prize pack! NOTE TO ALL CONTEST ENTRANTS If you're entering the contests make sure that: The email address you registered the site with i...

Man Versus What?
by Stephen Lackey (Sun 03-02-2008)

TruTV, formerly CourtTV, has filled it’s schedule with various kinds of investigative series that aren’t surprising from the network. You know shows where cops investigate crime or series where criminals are followed into jail, those type...

Iron Man Set Report: Description of the Final Battle Sequence with Video (Thu 05-03-2007)

One of our readers got lucky last night as the production of Iron Man rolled into her neighborhood in the city of, well, we just can't tell ya.


Last Minute Holiday Shopping Guide: Part 1
by Anthony C. Ferrante (Mon 12-18-2006)

It’s that time of year again where shopping becomes warfare and finding that perfect gift is some times more stressful than actually buying it.   That’s where this Gift Guide comes in handy. It’s not the end-all, be-all of Gift ...

Blood the Last Vampire Vol.#01 - Night of the Beasts
by Greg Hackmann (Thu 03-13-2008)

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...

Spider-Man 3 To Premiere at Tribeca? (Tue 03-13-2007)

The gala premieres in 2007 have yet to be determined, but on the whole they're expected to be lower-key than last year's United 93/Mission Impossible 3/Poseidon trifecta. Word on the street is that Spider-Man 3 and Lucky You will be featured as predicted ...

Invisible Man added to PHOENIX cast
by Patrick Sauriol (Tue 10-21-2003)

Last seen (or not) as the Invisible Man in THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, Tony Curran has just joined the cast of the upcoming remake of THE FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX for 20th Century Fox. Curran will play an aircraft mechanic who is recovering from a...


'Spider-Man 2' TV spot online (Tue 05-11-2004)

The 'Spider-Man 2' TV promo that aired during the last episode of 'Friends' is now online at the official site.

MARATHON MAN
by Jeff Bond