Variety on CGI toon glut
A string of CGI box office duds has proven that the magic of technology will not make lame stories and sloppy storytelling any more palatable Variety reveals:
In 2004, the average box office for an...
MARVEL: Industry writers miss Avi
Marvel held another invester conference call this morning, this time to introduce its new production heads, Michael Helfant and Kevin Feige. But reading between the lines of Variety's report, you can see it just...
Comics films lead summer BO underperformers
Movie City News' Dave Poland rounds up this summer's hits and misses at the box office, and two of the biggest problems are, ulp, Superman and- wha?!--Garfield.
Superman Returns. It's still not clear how much...
300 footage online
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The quality is low, but a bootleg version of the 300 fooatge shown at San Diego is online for the moment. Hurry!
HELLBOY 2 at Uni
But there is a sadder, darker side to the Hollywood/comics relationship. You see, sometimes you can make a very successful indie superhero movie that everyone enjoys greatly despite its flaws, and have your studio...
Leading Man comic book to be turned into movie
As if on cue, Universal announces an option on THE LEADING MAN, by B. Clay Moore and Jeremy Haun, and published by Oni Press.
Marc Platt will produce through his Marc Platt Productions along...
Graphic novels serving as inspiration for movies
Have you heard???Graphic novels serving as inspiration for movies? It's true!
Graphic novels serve as rich source material for film producers looking for ready-to-visualize stories, and they're viewed as product extensions of comic book publishers,...
If only Mel Gibson liked STAR WARS
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Watching this anti drunk driving PSA may have saved a lot of heartache and shame for the boozing star.
Wolverine to sing “Soliloquy”
Hugh Jackman Takes Spin in Carousel
"I'll teach him to wrestle
And dive through a wave
When we go in the mornin's for our swim
His mother can teach him
The way to behave
But she won't make a...
Animation shines in Hollywood’s Dark Age
In the LA Times, Patrick Goldstein covers what he calls The Dark Age:
If Hollywood had a suicide prevention hotline for despondent agents, managers and producers, the switchboard would be swamped. In the last few...
Wright on SCOTT PILGRIM
Bryan Lee O'Malley tips us off to an interview with director Edgar Wright at CHUD where he talks about the possible SCOTT PILGRIM film. Woot!
Q: That’s going to have all six volumes, right? Even...
