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12 items from 2012
Geek Girl Navigating the World – The Avengers and Why I Drink the Comic Book Movie Kool-Aid
20 May 2012 5:32 AM, PDT | Boomtron | See recent Boomtron news »
When “The Avengers” came out, I saw it on opening day. I had planned to go see it, but I’d anticipated waiting for about a week or so after the release date because I’d just figured that I would give the crowds a little time to die down. A friend of mine had other ideas, though, mostly, I think, because he knew that not only would I go to the movie, but I would enjoy it. I did, of course. It’s difficult not to enjoy a movie that is written and produced and stars by people who enjoy the subject matter. You can see the comic Geek love all over that movie, which makes it particularly wonderful for fellow Geeks to watch.
Still, as we waited in line for the movie to start, I was surprised to notice that there were very few women in line to see it. »
- dragonwomant
Avengers Assemble director Joss Whedon on the problems with other superhero team movies: Watchmen, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Justice League
24 April 2012 11:09 AM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
While it's far too early yet to assess the success of The Avengers (or Avengers Assemble, as we're calling it in the UK), it's predicted to have a huge debut and is so far rated at an astonishing 97 per cent on the review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes.
Fans and critics are loving what they have seen so far (check out my review here) and, at the risk of counting those chickens before they hatch, director Joss Whedon is already giving his verdict on where other superhero team movies are getting it so wrong.
At the Us premiere, Whedon was asked what separates a good comic book adaptation from a bad one.
He replied: "Capturing the essence of the comic and being true to what's wonderful about it, while remembering that it's a movie and not a comic.
"I think with the first Spider-Man they really figured out the formula of »
- David Bentley
Comic Book Bites: Dorian Gray and Shakespeare's Juliet come to Bluewater; Captain America 2 gets a release date and story outline
6 April 2012 6:21 PM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
Oscar Wilde'S Dorian Gray has appeared on screen many times, including Stuart Townsend's portrayal in the 2003 comic book adaptation The League of Extraordinary Gentleman and the 2009 film starring Ben Barnes. Now the ageless character is resurfacing in the realm of comics.
Following the sell-out success of its titles centring on Quartermain and Sherlock Holmes, the Us publisher Bluewater is once again turning to classic literature and will this summer launch two new series featuring Dorian Gray and Shakespeare's Juliet.
Juliet will be depicted as a young woman frozen in time by ancient magics and woken in a strange and modern world. As she struggles to reclaim who she once was, she must contend with over 500 years of cultural change.
New friends, a new career, and a budding romance are all threatened by a secret organisation and its monsters, intent on destroying her. Is the only chance she has »
- David Bentley
'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Century: 2009' gets June release
5 April 2012 9:19 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Century: 2009 has been given a June release by Top Shelf Productions. Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's graphic novel will round off a trilogy of books that has taken the series across various time periods, from 1910 to the 1960s. "The magical child whose ominous coming has been foretold for the past hundred years has now been born and has grown up to claim his dreadful heritage," reads a synopsis from Top Shelf. "His promised aeon of unending terror can commence, the world can now be ended starting with North London, and there is no League, extraordinary or otherwise, that now (more) »
- By Mark Langshaw
Ten good books that made bad films
5 March 2012 5:14 AM, PST | Shadowlocked | See recent Shadowlocked news »
Hollywood directors seem to be sneaking into our homes in the night time, snatching away our favourite books and destroying them by regurgitating slapdash adaptations on the big screen. Everything from science-fiction favourites to timeless graphic novels have been snapped up by the jaws of some horrible, dollar-eyed monster and squeezed into an hour and a half of such terrible cinema that it would make anyone spit out their popcorn. Not even our most beloved childhood stories are safe anymore. We thought we'd venture through these awful remakes to bring you the worst offenders.
Warning: contains spoilers
10) Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)
Lemony Snicket's novels were packed with dark humour and dry wit that tickled younger audiences. Following the story of the three Baudelaire orphans, the story spans over 13 books as their distant cousin Count Olaf brings about countless tragedies in an attempt to claim ownership to their inheritance. »
Comic Review: BlueSpear Volume 1
29 February 2012 7:25 AM, PST | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Book: BlueSpear
Written By: Andi Ewington & Eddie Deighton
Pencils By: Cosmo White
Publisher: Com.x
Price: $11.99
Release Date: Out Now In Stores
Back in 2010 Com.X released a rather unique original graphic novel titled Forty-Five. This book consisted of 45 fictional interviews, which were each accompanied by a splash page depicting an element of that superheroes life. BlueSpear (aka: Yuji) was the focus of one interviews and was discussed by the characters brother – Akira, the man responsible for Yuji obtaining powers.
Writers Andi Ewington & Eddie Deighton, with artist Cosmo White, have decided to continue the story of BlueSpear in his own graphic novel. To the books credit even if you haven’t read Forty-Five this story and its world is pretty approachable. It includes the original character interview and splash page to ease new readers in and stands as an effective prologue. The story continues the elements established in Forty-Five and runs with it. »
- Jamie Slough
Anne Rice’s fourth Lestat book in development
9 February 2012 8:39 AM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Author Anne Rice’s The Tale of the Body Thief, the fourth book in her best-selling series The Vampire Chronicles, has been optioned by Imagine Entertainment and producers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (Star Trek, Transformers).
The book features the vampire Lestat, who was played by Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible) in Neil Jordan’s 1994 film Interview with the Vampire, which also starred Brad Pitt (Inglourious Basterds), Christian Slater (True Romance) and Kirsten Dunst (Spider-Man). He was also portrayed by Stuart Townsend (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) in 2002’s Queen of the Damned, which co-starred the late R&B singer Aaliyah.
In The Tale of the Body Thief, Lestat has grown depressed and lonely after being a vampire for centuries and he decides to transfer souls with a psychic for a day. However, after the swap, the psychic reveals that he has no intention of switching back. So Lestat, who is now trapped in human form, »
- flickeringmyth
‘Before Watchmen’ Prequels Ignite The Internet
2 February 2012 6:54 AM, PST | BuzzFocus.com | See recent BuzzFocus.com news »
The Before Watchmen Prequel comics. To buy or not to buy?
I’m getting ahead of myself. On the internet when news comes out about a controversial comic book project it seems as if the duty of every comic book geek to chime in with their opinion–without the product in their hand. The internet was invented so that people could bitch, right? So what I should really be asking is:
To judge or not to judge? First let’s look at what DC Comics is doing.
DC Comics announced early Wednesday that they are releasing seven Before Watchmen mini-series that will be prequels to the landmark graphic novel, Watchmen. Before you say it, take a look at the creative forces behind the books and see if you’re still in rampage mode.
• Rorschach (4 issues) – Writer: Brian Azzarello. Artist: Lee Bermejo
• Minutemen (6 issues) – Writer/Artist: Darwyn Cooke
• Comedian (6 issues) – Writer: Brian Azzarello. »
- Ernie Estrella
The Crow remake prepares to take flight
26 January 2012 7:37 AM, PST | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Earlier this week Relativity Media and The Weinstein Company issued a press release to announce that they'd reached an out-of-court settlement over the legal dispute concerning the rights to The Crow and now comes word that the two studios are pushing on with their plans to reboot the series. According to Deadline, scriptwriter Jesse Wigutow (It Runs in the Family) has signed on to tackle the screenplay, while Variety are also reporting that F. Javier Gutiérrez (Before the Fall) will handle directing duties.
Based upon James O'Barr's underground comic book series, The Crow first came to the screen in 1994 under director Alex Proyas, with the film becoming notable for the accidental death of star Brandon Lee on set. Following the success of the first movie, The Crow then spawned three sequels - The Crow: City of Angels (with Vincent Pérez), The Crow: Salvation (with Eric Mabius) and The Crow: Wicked Prayer »
- flickeringmyth
The Crow Reboot Is Alive Again With New Writer & Director
25 January 2012 9:20 AM, PST | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
In recent years, all attempts by Relativity Media to reboot the mid 90′s cult classic The Crow movie series have been met with failure.
First up was director Stephen Norrington (Blade, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) who was attached to a scripted remake by singer Nick Cave. Their version would have been a lot different from the original, Norrington saying during his attachment that “the new movie will be realistic, hard edged and mysterious, almost documentary-style” and was likely to star Mark Wahlberg in the leading role, an action star who had entered talks. This version didn’t move passed the financing stage.
Relativity’s second reboot attempt was to throw out Cave’s script and find a new director/writer/star. Spanish filmmaker Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (Intacto, 28 Weeks Later) was hired last Spring, working from a script by Alex Tse (co-writer on Watchmen). The Hangover star Bradley Cooper, who »
- Tom White
The Crow Reboot to Move Forward Now that Lawsuit Is Settled
24 January 2012 5:02 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
After being in development since 2008, progress on Relativity Media's "re-imagining" of The Crow seemed to be on track early last year, with director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) hired to replace the departed Stephen Norrington (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) and actor Bradley Cooper negotiating to play the lead role of resurrected rock musician Eric Draven. Then, everything changed.
First, The Weinstein Company — who produced director Alex Proyas' 1994 movie adaptation of creator James O'Barr's cult hit comic book — slapped an injunction against Relativity last April, claiming that they owned the worldwide distribution rights to The Crow and not Relativity. Four months later, Cooper left the project, citing scheduling conflicts, and Fresnadillo followed two months later.
At long last, it looks like Relativity and The Weinstein Company have finally decided that they can make more money if they work together rather than apart, issuing a statement that their legal battles, »
- Ryan Gowland
50 Upcoming Movie Remakes (Yep, 50!)
5 January 2012 1:15 PM, PST | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
Whenever a movie studio announces plans for another remake, the reaction among fans and pundits is always the same: Hollywood doesn't have any new ideas.
But we like to look on the bright side of things, which is why we're so happy when we hear of a cool remake or reboot. Hey, who needs new ideas when there are already so many great old ideas waiting to be rediscovered?
With that in mind, we've compiled a list of 50 -- that's right, 50! -- upcoming Hollywood remakes that tickle our fancy. Because if these films were good the first time, you never know, you might just enjoy them even more the second time around.
'Dredd'
Attached: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby
Status: The good news for director Pete Travis ("Vantage Point") and star Urban ("Star Trek," "The Lord of the Rings") is that they won't have to do much to meet »
- Scott Harris
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