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HOUSTON, December 4, 2006 "Newtype USA, the leading anime magazine in North America, has an exclusive first look at the brand-new Evangelion movies currently in production! Widely recognized as the greatest anime of al...
Comic-Con, San Diego CA (July 24, 2007) - TOKYOPOP, the #1 publisher of graphic novels in North America and the largest supplier of manga entertainment in the world, today announced an exclusive marketing partnership with Video Games Live (VGL), the immer...
NECA’s 2008 convention season kicks off with the 3rd annual New York Comic Con April 18 – 20th 2008! This year, NECA has a very special exclusive, and a very special guest. Peter Laird, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, will be a...
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'Hellboy: Blood and Iron' is the second amazing animated feature starring Mike Mignola's fan-favorite creation. It's new ...
As a thank you to fans, SONY BMG is adding even more content to the special features available via the exclusive DVD-ROM link on Disc 2 of the 'Transformers: The Movie 20th Anniversary Special Edition DVD'. Currently this link provides access to exclusive...
...nd out an exclusive figure (Jedi Luke Skywalker, see picture) to the first thirty people in attendance. I got to the theater early that day and made sure I was close to the front of the line to buy my ticket and get a figure. When I picked up my ticket...
...s also an exclusive scoop: the writer has been tapped to adapt the Vertigo comic book Y: THE LAST MAN for New Line Cinema. David Goyer, the screenwriter of all three BLADE films as well as director on the now-filming BLADE: TRINITY, is a producer on th...
...bout, all exclusive for our retinal input outlets!And off we go:Q: What attracted you to BOO? What made you decide that this script should be Graveyard's first release?ALLEN: We read about horror every day in the papers and on CNN. BOO is a great tale ...
Continuing our exclusive look at the new vehicles you'll see in Midway's SPY HUNTER 2, thanks to the covert work of our mole we like to call "The Operative".Midway redesigned the classic SPY HUNTER arcade game from the 80s as a cutting-edge console game b...
Writer/artist Walter Simonson has signed a one-year exclusive with DC Comics."For the past four or five years I've worked primarily for DC," Simonson said. "Partly, it's because I enjoy the company of the people I work with there, editors like Joey Cavali...
Warner Bros. has given us your exclusive first look at the teaser poster for OCEAN'S TWELVE, director Steven Soderbergh's sequel to his 2001 crime caper remake OCEAN'S ELEVEN. Presently filming in Europe, OCEAN'S TWELVE reunites George Clooney, Brad Pitt,...
Artist Joshua Middleton has signed an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics. Middleton, the ongoing cover artist for Marvel' forthcoming NEW MUTANTS series will also provide interior art for another mutant book, NYX (publishing date still to be announced...
For fans attending this weekend's Wizard World Los Angeles convention, Diamond Select Toys is proud to announce an exclusive Stargate action figure will be available for purchase while supplies last. A Preproduction Colonel Jack O'Neill figure will mark ...
In partnership with this spring's Free Comic Book Day event, comic store customers should be on the lookout for an exclusive Stargate action figure when they visit their local comic book stores on Sunday, May 6th. Available only during this promotion, a l...
Marvel Comics announced on Thursday that INCREDIBLE HULK writer Bruce Jones has signed an exclusive deal with the publisher. "Crafting stories that cut to the heart of the title character, Bruce is carving a new audience for INCREDIBLE HULK," says the bo...
Grammy Award-winning British quartet Coldplay made their return to the stage at New York City's renowned Beacon Theatre for an exclusive AOL® Music LIVE! performance. The concert, which took place on May 17, will be broadcast online at www.aolmusic.com to...
Artist Jae Lee is the latest person to sign an exclusive deal working for Marvel Comics.Lee, who won an Eisner Award for his art on Marvel's INHUMANS series, first rose to the public's attention back in 1991. His work on NAMOR and X-FACTOR solidified his ...
Marvel Comics has announced that they have signed penciller Michael Ryan into an exclusive three-year contract. "I'm pretty excited," reports the penciller of NEW X-MEN: ACADEMY X. "It's great knowing the only place I want to work wants me working only fo...
British writer Mike Carey, who was nominated for four Eisner Awards in 2001, has signed a two-year exclusive agreement with DC Comics.Carey has written LUCIFER since its inception as the miniseries THE SANDMAN PRESENTS: LUCIFER in 1999 and takes over as w...
We promised you complete coverage of Spider-Man 3 and we are going to deliver. Watch our brand new exclusive video interviews with Sam Raimi, Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Bryce Dallas Howard, Topher Grace and Thomas Haden Church!
The "Year of Superman" gets animated. By voting in this six-week poll, the winning episode of "Superman: The Animated Series" will receive exclusive content from the creators behind the classic animated series and more...
Warner Bros. Pictures Presents "The Big Picture... Goes Vegas". On Thursday March 16, 2006 meet the directors and see exclusive footage from Poseidon, Superman Returns, Lady In The Water, Happy Feet at Showest. Later Brandon Routh will receive the "Male S...
Marvel.com reports:
When the 'Iron Man' DVD blasts into stores everywhere on Tuesday, September 30, fans who buy their copy at Walmart will receive a little something extra. Marvel has produced an exclusive Digital Comic for the Walmart disc!
Find IRO...
Tecmo announced today that DEAD OR ALIVE 3 has shipped to stores and that the game will continue to remain exclusive to the Xbox.In a press release, Tecmo explained that the game has been released early to help retailers in what will end up being the most...
At the 28th annual Saturn Awards this Monday, INDEPENDENCE DAY co-creator Dean Devlin gave us a quick, exclusive interview about the recently announced INDEPENDENCE DAY 2, and what inspired him and DAY partner Roland Emmerich to get to a sequel for their ...
Darick Robertson has signed a two-year exclusive contract with Marvel Comics. Robertson's upcoming projects include next month's SPIDER-MAN: SWEET CHARITY one-shot, August's PUNISHER #15 and X-MEN UNLIMITED #35 and this fall's DEATHLOK: DETOUR mini-serie...
Cinescape has received an exclusive first look at the cover of the upcoming manga STAR TREK. This year marks the 40th anniversary of STAR TREK and TOKYOPOP is proud to present a manga based on The Original Series. To be released in September 2006, the boo...
DC Comics/WildStorm Productions has announced that penciler Dustin Nguyen has signed a one-year exclusive agreement. The company also released preview art from the mature readers relaunch of WILDCATS. Nguyen, best known for his work on T...
While attending the 28th annual Saturn Awards, Paramount Pictures president Sherry Lansing gave us a quick, exclusive interview in which she confirmed Ben Affleck would be coming back as Jack Ryan now that SUM OF ALL FEARS has done "Very well." "There wi...
It's been compared to 'Lost' and 'X-Men' with a hint of 'Lord of the Flies'. Next week Michael Grant's new YA novel 'Gone' debuts in bookstores everywhere. Mania has your exclusive first look at fourteen chapters from the novel!'Gone' is the gripping firs...
Award-winning Hollywood producer Jon Peters selected The Children's Inn at NIH to benefit from an exclusive, private pre-release screening of his movie "Superman Returns". Join this special fundraising event June 27th at the AFI Silver Theatre in Silver S...
On October 3rd, Target stores will offer fans an exclusive X-Men 3 Deluxe Edition DVD package, which includes:
X-Men: The Last Stand DVD
Giant X-Men #1 Comic
4 Collectible Trading Cards
The World's Finest has obtained an exclusive first look at Robin, The Boy Wonder, from the upcoming fourth season of 'The Batman', starting in Fall 2006...
If you've been counting down the days until the release of X-Men: Last Stand, then look out for the X-Men world exclusive in the new issue of Empire. The issue, which hits newsstands on Friday, boasts never-before-seen pictures of Jean Grey, Magneto, Wol...
n a few short months, CBR News will share exclusive 'Superman Returns' interviews with readers, from the set visit in July, 2005. As a New Year's gift, Warner Bros has allowed a brief preview of things to come....
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. today announced its first step into the video downloads market -- an exclusive Superman Returns DVD bundle containing a video download option with purchase of the physical DVD, available starting today only at Wal-Mart in nationwide ...
Doug Jones, who must be one of the nicest actors that I have ever met, sat down with the IESB for an exclusive video interview in which he discusses all of his upcoming projects including Pan's Labyrinth, Hellboy: The Golden Army and Fantastic Four: Rise ...
... DVD exclusive release they had was incomplete. Now, under the Honneamise label of Bandai Entertainment, they're bringing the series back out in a way that's certainly getting attention. All seven high quality OVAs are being released in a single B...
Universal Pictures has provided Comics2Film with the New York Comic-Con exclusive posters for 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army' and 'Wanted'.
'Wanted', based on Mark Millar's comic, opens June 27. It stars James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman and Angelina J...
In the second part of our exclusive interview, writer Don Payne talks about the characters - what he wanted to improve, who he wanted to include and what he hopes might happen in a potential third film.
DH has just scored an exclusive listen to an unused demo of the Batman Begins theme. This was composed by Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard and is a more brassy, heroic piece than the dark, percussion led theme that was eventually used.
NEW YORK, NY, November 10, 2004 – WEA Corp., Warner Music Group's (WMG) U.S. sales and retail marketing company, announced today that it will become the exclusive U.S. distributor for Central Park Media's (CPM) extensive catalog of Japanese Anime au...
Revelation Films is delighted to announce the signing of an exclusive distribution agreement with FUNimation Entertainment, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Navarre Corporation of the United States. The agreement begins on January 1, 2007. Under terms of the ...
Our good friends at Mezco Toyz have supplied Mania with an exclusive first look at the 18 inch Hellboy figure form the Hellboy 2: the Golden Army series.
Mezco returns for round two of Hellboy’s big screen adventures. Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, wr...
Comic-Con returns to New York April 18-20th and Shocker Toys LLP will be in full force at Booth# 962 with new product showcasing and bringing a show exclusive to the event.
Very pleased will be the fans of Rob Schrab’s Scud, Shocker Toys LLP will h...
Los Angeles, CA and Kansas City, MO (April 17, 2008) - America's most prolific and fan-friendly manga publisher, TOKYOPOP, has announced an exclusive agreement with longtime mobile partner GoComics, a leader in digital entertainment. The new agreement, wh...
...tains the exclusive rights to the manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution of established Geneon titles, including international successes "Ergo Proxy", "Hellsing Ultimate" and "Black Lagoon".
Among the first titles to be released includes the ...
Sideshow Collectibles, Inc. has announced that fans attending Comic-Con International in San Diego will have exclusive access new 'Hellboy' variant toys. Slated for the event are Nazi Kroenen outfitted in full uniform and swinging blades! Also available w...
Part one of Comics2Film's exclusive interview with Gianni Nunnari focused on the producer's current release '300'. The producer also talked to us about he hopes will be his follow up film, an adaptation of Frank Miller's classic graphic novel 'Ronin'.
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As our collector fans know, Wal-Mart offered an exclusive product to capture the nostalgia of the first STAR WARS figures ever made. A near-exact replica of Kenner's 1977 "Empty Box" has been sold exclusively at Wal-Mart. Inside is a Redemption Certificat...
NuTech Digital Enters Exclusive License Agreement for 34 New Titles; Agreement with Ken Groove Productions for its Complete Animation Catalog
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2004--NuTech Digital, Inc. (OTCBB:NTDL), a leader in Digital Rights Manag...
FUNimation Films Hosts Exclusive Premiere at Rave Theatre in Hurst, TX
Special events planned for U.S. debut of epic ninja anime series Basilisk
Friday, April 7, 2006 - FUNimation Films will host an exclusive premiere of the Basilisk anime series at the...
Continuing Mania's exclusive presentation of Michael Grant's new YA nove, 'Gone', we've got three more chapters from the book. 'Gone' arrives in bookstores everywhere June 24th.Download the next three chapters from this exciting new novel.There are lots o...
Thanks to an inside source, Coming Attractions at Cinescape has been furnished with exclusive production design artwork from Midway's upcoming action video game, SPY HUNTER 2. The sequel to the bestselling 2001 console game, SPY HUNTER 2 is set for relea...
Eduardo Risso, artist of the Vertigo title 100 BULLETS, has signed an exclusive, three-year agreement with DC Comics."One of the reasons I signed with DC is because I want to keep the 100 BULLETS team together," says Risso, a native of Argentina. "Working...
... today an exclusive retail launch with Borders and Waldenbooks and Hot Topic for the popular teen property, Shonen Jump BLEACH.
Following its successful debut on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim last month, items from a comprehensive and exclusive cons...
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...n in this exclusive preview artwork from #34, the new Hulk tale will explore "unmined area" in Banner's psyche, according to Jones. He also expresses admiration for Romita's contribution to the story.
Banner has a mysterious new friend in this sn...
Brian Azzarello, writer of 100 BULLETS and HELLBLAZER, has signed an exclusive, two-year contract for his services with DC Comics. The agreement will allow Azzarello to continue contributing stories and concepts to the publisher's variou...
Capcom held a press conference in Japan and announced that the RESIDENT EVIL series will be completely remade for the Nintendo GameCube, and that the franchise is now exclusive to Nintendo's console.The surprise announcement came on the eve of the GameCub...
Target.com in America has announced an exclusive collectible 3D cover for the "Superman Returns" DVD.
Besides the 2-disc "Superman Returns" DVD, this exclusive 3D cover also comes packaged with 2 original 1940s Superman radio episodes.
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... on sale, exclusive editions were shipped to several major retailers around the world. This edition of the film comes as a region 1 DVD packaged with a digest-sized printing of "Hellboy Animated: The Judgement Bell" comic from Dark Horse. This one was ...
GamePro Magazine will feature an exclusive Spider-Man 2 game preview article in the June issue, which has hit store shelves. Check out an exclusive image from the game...
All advance ticket orders for Wizard World Los Angeles will receive an exclusive movie photo cover variant of the Wizard Exclusive Hellboy Premiere Edition! This book features the only new Hellboy Story timed with the release of the movie and includes Mik...
Fan favorite Arthur Adams is now exclusive with Wildstorm.Here’s DC’s press release:DC Comics is pleased to announce that fan-favorite artist Arthur Adams,best known for his work on TOM STRONG and Monkeyman & O`Brien has signed a one-year exclusive contra...
Twentieth Century Fox shot out the surprise that Steven Spielberg is tearing a page from George Lucas' STAR WARS EPISODE II: ATTACK OF THE CLONES marketing plan, and has cut an exclusive Internet trailer for this Friday's MINORITY REPORT. So, without furt...
...esent two exclusive premiere screenings of the pilot episode of Fringe, the highly anticipated new FOX series from J.J. Abrams (Lost), Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the team behind the upcoming Star Trek feature, Mission: Impossible 3 and Alias. When...
...sh;Get an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Lionsgate’s biggest upcoming releases. First up, Jessica Alba (Fantastic Four), Dane Cook (Employee of the Month), Dan Fogler (Balls of Fury), and director Mark Helfrich take you behind the scenes of ...
In an exclusive interview with Coming Attractions at Cinescape, FAMILY GUY creator Seth McFarlane told us that the rumor about the possible return of his TV show is about to become a reality. A deal is imminent for McFarlane to continue creating new anima...
...a got the exclusive last week, right? So all's fair in love, war and movie scoops I say, so spill the beans!I asked Ferrante some questions about BOO, namely where the idea came from, why he's the guy to do it and why it's going to scare the hell out o...
... on sale, exclusive editions were shipped to several major retailers around the world. This edition of the film comes as a region 1 DVD packaged with a Bust-Ups figure from Gentle Giant. The Bust-Ups figure features Hellboy battling the Bat-God from th...
FUNimation Films Hosts Exclusive Premiere at Rave Theatre in Hurst, TX
Special events planned for U.S. debut of epic ninja anime series Basilisk
Friday, April 7, 2006 - FUNimation Films will host an exclusive premiere of the Basilisk anime series at the...
Star Wars Shop has announced the upcoming Darth Vader "Sith-inspired" 2005 holiday action figure available exclusively at the official store. This exclusive edition has a red metallic finish. Displayed loose on the base, Vader fits perfectly alongside the...
Commemorating the release of REVENGE OF THE SITH on DVD, StarWarsShop will be offering an exclusive clone trooper figure -- the Covert Ops Clone Trooper. This figure debuts a new line of troopers being released by Hasbro in the coming months. In addition,...
In a quick, exclusive interview with CINESCAPE magazine at the 28th annual Saturn Awards, Paramount Pictures president Sherry Lansing gave us another indication STAR TREK: NEMESIS would not be the final film for the cast of THE NEXT GENERATION. Why? Well,...
...igning an exclusive contract with HD-DVD.
What sort of production companies does this type of contract expand towards? The exclusive contract will commit to all movies and entertainment properties distributed by Paramount Pictures, Dreamworks, Paramo...
Speculation has been abound since the Paramount announcement this past Sunday with rumors from well placed sources indicating that both Universal and Warner Bros. were looking to offer non-exclusive support to Blu-Ray format. This article at Business Week...
Having seen this in the stores and subsequently receiving a confirmation, we\'ve found out that Best Buy has acquired a new in-store only exclusive release with a Piano Complete Collection release. Retail is $59.95 but Best Buy (which may vary price by st...
Today we wrap up Mania's exclusive presentation of Michael Grant's new YA nove, 'Gone', with the final three preview chapters from the book. 'Gone' arrives in bookstores everywhere today.Download the final preview chapters from this exciting new nove...
As promised, Mania is exclusively presenting more chapters from Michael Grant's new YA nove, 'Gone', debuting in bookstores everywhere June 24th.Download the next four chapters from this exciting new novel.There are lots of places to find 'Gone' on the we...
... exciting exclusive figures: Fire Rescue Claire (Hayden Panettiere) and Times Square Teleportation Hiro (Masi Oka). Fire-Rescue Claire features the Texas teenager in her iconic cheerleader outfit from the scene where she rescues a fireman ...
...nounce an exclusive DVD distribution deal for the UK and Ireland beginning in April 2008.
On April 28, Manga Entertainment will begin distributing in the UK and Ireland a wide range of DVD titles based on VIZ Media's successful top selling licensed ma...
Cookie Jar Entertainment has provided Comics2Film with an exclusive first look at the opening titles for the new animated series 'World of Quest'!
Based on Jason Kruse's graphic novel published by Komikwerks, now on sale from Yen Press, 'Quest' debuts ...
Gary Frank, the artist of Top Cow's recent MIDNIGHT NATION, has signed an exclusive agreement to work for Marvel Comics. Frank is drawing AVENGERS #61-62, both of which go on sale in December. "Gary's been doing terrific work throughout the industry the...
f you've been waiting for The Mask Animated Series to be released on DVD, then this is your lucky day. Walmart is offering an exclusive bonus disc bundled with The Mask and Son of the Mask DVDs from New Line.
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Devoted to Smallville has an exclusive on-the-set picture of Kristin Kreuk (Lana Lang) and Jensen Ackles (Jason Teague) rehearsing their lines of one of their Jason/Lana scenes. Interested? Click!
Following the announcement of their exclusive licensing deal regarding the Hellboy feature film, Dynamic Forces have unveiled the four premiere lithographs featuring the big screen versions of Mike Mignola's creations.
The makers of 'Comic Book: The Movie' have given Comic Book Resources an exclusive look at the making of featurette from the forthcoming movie. Check out this clip!
After months of growing criticism aimed at Sony executives for the lack of title exclusives, it looks as if one has finally come along for the console provider. An insider over at Ubisoft has informed Gamespot that the upcoming game, HAZE, will in fa...
What you're looking at is the world exclusive debut of the poster for Warner Bros. upcoming thriller TAKING LIVES, to be released in theaters on February 20, 2004. Starring Angelina Jolie, Kiefer Sutherland, Ethan Hawke, Olivier Martinez, Tcheky Karyo and...
Picking up from where the first part of our exclusive interview with FIREFLY creator Joss Whedon ended, in part two we'll get to find out what were the joys and problems making FIREFLY, what it was like casting the series, what Whedon's favorite episode w...
Speaking exclusively with CINESCAPE's Eric Moro, Dark Horse Comics President Mike Richardson gave us a vision of the film future of Dark Horse -- from movies that are in production (HELLBOY) to ones announced as in development (30 DAYS OF NIGHT) and other...
DC Comics has announced that HAWKMAN penciler Rags Morales has signed a one-year exclusive agreement. Morales has penciled a variety of projects for DC, including HOURMAN and several issues of JSA, and has drawn HAWKMAN since issue #1. "Rags is doing th...
Cinescape has received an exclusive first look at the cover of the upcoming manga RETURN TO LABYRINTH. Just in time for the San Diego Comic Con, TOKYOPOP presents the debut of Jim Henson's RETURN TO LABYRINTH manga! It will be available for the first time...
...ite three exclusive images plus an inside view about the premise of the film.BOO! is set during the time of the year that the creep factor is cranked to the highest -- Halloween night. A group of teens sneak into a deserted, dilapidated hospital, hopin...
Warner Bros. has provided us with an exclusive first look at the theatrical poster for its upcoming comedy THE BIG BOUNCE. The movie is based on the Elmore Leonard novel of the same name and is directed by George Armitage. THE BIG BOUNCE stars Owen Wilson...
... off with exclusive sneak peeks of the two films in Room 6CDEF on Thursday, July 22nd from 1:30 til 2:30. I hope everyone will make time to visit our spooky booth -- we are #3851."Thanks to Graveyard, we're able to bring to you the first ever look at...
More info from the Comic Con front. Diamond Select Toys has announced the latest exclusive item available at this year's Comic Con, Captain Kirk!A deluxe Star Trek Captain Kirk and Command Chair action figure will be available only from DST during this s...
Diamond Select Toys and Collectibles has teamed up with Action Figure Xpress to create an exclusive BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER action figure of the title character from the first season episode "The Witch." This figure which depicts Buffy as a cheerleader, ...
... Sideshow Exclusive version of the Iron Man comiquette includes a unique Tony Stark portrait, which is interchangeable with the Iron Man head.The figure will be relased in the 3rd quarter of 2006, with a price tag of $249.99.
Majestic Studios announced that a giant 13.5 inch Battle Damaged Cylon Centurion from the Battlestar Galactica TV series will be sold at the 2006 Comic Con."This will not be just a repaint of our regular version Cylon," says Majestic CEO Rick Phares. "It ...
Well, we promised it last week, and here it is, the first look at the trailer of BOO written and directed by Cinescape Editor-In-Chief Anthony C. Ferrante Click Here for BOO teaser trailerSet at an abandoned hospital, where a group of kids find themselves...
Now that he's been in movies, Frank Castle wants to punish the bad guys in the world of video games. On display at the San Diego Comic Convention is THQ's THE PUNISHER video game, currently being polished for a release next year. We're always interested i...
According to Sony Computer Entertainment France president Georges Fornay, the upcoming Square Enix game, Final Fantasy XIII, may be a cross platform title."The development costs of games have exploded, and it has become more difficult to have exclusi...
This special edition boxed set of 12" collectible figures of Apollo and Starbuck from the classic 1978 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA TV series is limited to only 500 sets. The set is based on the "Experiment in Terra" episode in which the two main characters are e...
Simon Pegg spent several years banging around British television before scoring a cult success with Spaced, a show he co-created with Jessica Hynes and Edgar Wright. But it wasn’t until the massive success of Shaun of the Dead (directed by Wright ...
The massively multiplayer online (MMO) game industry is no longer in its infancy stage. It has rapidly grown into its Terrible Twos and soon will be all grows up and moving out. MMO games are not for a small niche of computer addicts sitting in the baseme...
Featuring skillfully-crafted narrative, multilayered characters, and politics more bloody than a George R.R. Martin parley, Brian Ruckley’s Winterbirth delivers an epic tour de force in what Entertainment Weekly describes as “heroic fantasy sp...
Universal Studios was gracious enough to allow Mania the opportunity to interview the producers, director and villain of the Incredible Hulk. After watching a kick ass action sequence and the first of Emil Blonsky’s super soldier formula inject...
...FI for an exclusive preview screening of Friday night's episodes. - 20th Century Fox Presents - X-FILES 2 Preview: An exclusive sneak peek at the new X-Files film with creator Chris Carter and director Frank Spotnitz. - Disney: THE CHRONICLES OF NARN...
Writer-director Craig Mazin had a burgeoning career as a comedy screenwriter in the late ‘90s when he found himself in a room with David Zucker (Airplane!, Naked Gun!), bandying about ideas. Their collaboration led to series redeemers Scary Movie...
Just wanted to pass along fellow Maniacs that a big birdie affiliated with a big theater conglomerate passed along word that there will be a certain trailer attached to the Thursday night release of Iron Man. Now, we've all been expecting something Indy r...
A industry source for has informed us that Hasbro, the toy manufacturer of the G.I. JOE line, may be close to closing a new deal with a major Hollywood studio for the film rights to JOE. For the last few years the rights were controlled by producer Lawr...
On a Monday visit to the set of X-MEN 2, CINESCAPE observed the shooting of a scene featuring the characters of Mystique (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos), Magneto (Ian McKellen), Jason (Michael Reid MacKay), and, apparently, Professor Xavier (Patrick Stewart). Onl...
Last week theater owners and movie studio execs were in Las Vegas attending the annual ShoWest convention, showing off what wares the film studios have in store for us for the next 12-18 months. And lucky for us, one of those attendees just happened to b...
The 54th Annual Emmy Awards were presented Sunday September 22, at the Shrine Auditorium in Downtown Los Angeles. The Emmy's honor the best programs and individual achievements on television each year. This year a new tradition was set as the first "Bob H...
While chatting up several projects with CINESCAPE magazine at the 28th annual Saturn Awards, Paramount Pictures president Sherry Lansing confirmed what was just a rumor a few weeks ago. TOMB RAIDER 2 is getting going soon, and Jan DeBont is in fact the di...
Sci-fi fans know D.B. Sweeney as not-at-all-nice-person John Goetz in the late, lamented Jericho TV series. Other genre projects include Fire in the Sky, Spawn, and TV shows like Strange Luck and Harsh Realm. But his career has encompassed a number of dif...
Our insider is back from ShoWest with lots of goodies to share with us including his impressions of the new HULK movie trailer and the forthcoming video game!So, after witnessing the new trailer for Ang Lee's HULK picture what did our movie insider think ...
One of our regular readers sent us this piece of intel ahead of everyone else, and if you're one of those people who wanted to own one of those nifty cell-phones Neo and his MATRIX friends used, you're about to be very happy.Our source works in the teleco...
Joss Whedon owns the internet. Type his name into Google and do a search and see for yourself how many fansites there are for BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER, its spinoff series ANGEL or even for FIREFLY, Whedon's short-lived science fiction series with a wester...
The Sci Fi Channel and Tribune Entertainment have made an agreement to broadcast the fifth and final season of GENE RODDENBERRY'S ANDROMEDA next fall as an original series for the cable channel. The deal also calls for Sci Fi Channel to have the rights to...
Sorry gang, but the picture has been removed due to the request of Universal Pictures.Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it to us!
With the remake of DAWN OF THE DEAD now currently filming in Toronto, we've been waiting to hear a firsthand report of what it's like fighting off wave after wave of dead folk. Thanks to an early morning email from R.T., we've now got a firsthand account ...
Coming Attractions has just learned from an industry source where and when you'll see the first trailers for two of 20th Century Fox's big summer blockbusters for the summer of 2004, I, ROBOT and THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW!CA's source informed us that teaser ...
Yesterday we told you about The WB putting an order in for a pilot episode of GLOBAL FREQUENCY, based on Warren Ellis' action/mystery/thriller comic book of the same name. The pilot's script was written by John Rogers, who's no stranger when it comes to a...
The young mutants from X-Men do not take the back seat in this installment of blockbuster franchise. The IESB sat down alongside Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Anna Paquin, Ben Foster and Dania Ramirez as we discussed The Last Stand...
Superman has finally returned to Hollywood. Brandon Routh and his co-stars Kevin Spacey, Kate Bosworth, Parker Posey, Sam Huntington, James Marsden and director Bryan Singer made it down the red carpet in Westwood , California as Superman Returns had it's...
For director Brett Ratner, one of the key creative objectives for X-Men: The Last Stand is the movie's tone. "It's been very important for me to stick to the tone," says Ratner. "I feel so reverential to the first two [movies], I'm not reinventing anythin...
A few days ago, we brought you our first part of our interview with Mike Richardson where we talked about the recent announcement of Johnny Depp's attachment to Rex Mundi. As promised (a little late) here is the second part where he talks about everything...
Tom tells us that they still have a few more days of shooting in Alaska. We also asked about the conceptual designs that have been leaked onto the web and if those designs are final, good news is that as of right now nothing is final.
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In a surprising quote from Paramount Pictures president Sherry Lansing indicated the recently announced INDIANA JONES 4 could start shooting... later this year. That's right, but that's not definite. Read the quotes yourself. While talking exclusively to ...
The IESB had the opportunity to sit down exclusively for a 1:1 interview with the critically acclaimed filmmaker to discuss Pan's Labyrinth and also to get a few updates on projects that he is developing including Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, At The Mounta...
So what can we expect in Superman: The Man of Steel? Even though the script is months away, we asked Brandon Routh what he would like to see in the sequel during the red carpet event for the Superman Returns DVD release.
Although his film production company is named "Angry Films", producer Don Murphy is far from angry about his latest movie, "Transformers". In fact, I would say the man is down right ecstatic about this film, which opened in limited release Monday night...
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...
Zack Snyder hit the big time in 2004 with his well-received remake of George Romero's classic Dawn of the Dead. He followed it up in 2006 with a film adaptation of the graphic novel 300. Not only was the movie a huge hit, but comic fans praised it for its...
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IESB had the opportunity to talk to these two scribes regarding many things Smallville, Superman Returns and Iron Man. Will there be some kind of crossover between Smallville and Superman Returns as currently rumored? Will we see more D.C. Comic characte...
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Available only at Comic Con this Summer as a set, this all-new line features fully painted action figures of Dethklok, the undisputed greatest animated metal band in the galaxy featured on Adult Swim’s hit series, Metalocalypse. The 5.5” ...
...VD titles exclusively in the Blu-ray disc format beginning later this year, it was announced today by Barry Meyer, Chairman & CEO, Warner Bros. and Kevin Tsujihara, President, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group."Warner Bros.' move to exclus...
As Dr. Daniel Jackson on the long-running hit science fiction series Stargate SG-1, Michael Shanks built a legacy of battling alien threats. SG-1 ended its run at 10 seasons, leaving fans and creators alike pining for more Stargate. A new DVD, The Ark of ...
A Japanese version of the latest album from prog rockers Spock's Beard, named simply Spock’s Beard, was released on January 31st in Japan by Dingwall Music. It's a two CD set with a 40+ minute bonus disc including:
1. A Hypernova Explosion...
Thankfully for all of us, there are actually some happenings worth talking about this week. Poking Fun at Americans Normally, I leave DVD discussions to the end of each column but this week's release of the classic anime movie 'Only Yesterday' a Studio G...
Star Wars: Saga Rogue Two Snowspeeder with Zev Senesca figure will be showing up on shelves at Target stores sometime this summer. The snowspeeder will include:- Opening canopy for 2 pilots- retractable landing gear- swiveling tail gun- opening air brake...
Since the death of Bruce Lee, no performer has represented the face of martial arts more prominently than Jackie Chan. Starting with Asian films like Drunken Master and Fearless Hyena, he quickly established a unique onscreen style emphasizing comedy and ...
Mania was on hand at the press junket for Universal Pictures' adaptation of the Mark Millar graphic novel Wanted. Our very own Josh Gordon had a chance to talk briefly with the director and cast members about rumors surrounding some high profile projects ...
Crunchyroll has put out a new press release this evening talking about their new partnership with Speed Racer Enterprises. The company, which recently received an infusion of venture capital funding, will put up select episodes to start and then add more ...
Like many filmmakers today, McG got his start in music videos, producing work for the likes of Sublime, Korn and Cypress Hill. He then scored a huge success with the 2000 feature film version of Charlie's Angels followed by a less-then-well-received seque...
For those like me who watch these kinds of moves with great interest, check out the press release to read all the warm and fuzzy feelings over the new distribution agreement.
The folks at NuTech Digital are set to expand once more beyond the hentai realm according to this press release issued today. Of course, no titles are mentioned specifically.