PIRATES booty can’t save Disney jobs
Even as it rakes in the doubloons from the record opening of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST Disney is planning major cutbacks following such flops as Stick It, Annapolis, Stay Alive and...
Linkie winkies
§ Gossip column All The Rage has a new writer, John Vouleris, as Blair Marnell has decided to take a much-deserved break after writing 100 columns.
§ Chris Tamarri colors an entire issue of NEXT...
FC Brandt’s INDEPENDENTS trailer up
Cartooner FC Brandt has been working on a documentary about indie comics entitled IDEPENDENTS. The trailer is up in Low Bandwdith and High Bandwidth versions. From the trailer, this looks pretty bearable, with interesting...
More on Hollywood malaise
Our dismay at PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST drew a mixed response in the comments section, but we're not the only ones feeling the dismay. Anne Thompson, one of our most favoritest...
Filmic blockbuster news
The idea of M. Night Shyalaman directing a Harry Potter movie makes baby Jesus cry.
There will apparently be a lot of wild characters in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3, as this casting notice posted...
PIRATES II: The death of Hollywood
My one word review of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST:
Exhausting.
Not good. It was so not good that it made me wonder if we will ever see a great studio action movie...
Reitman on Super Sex
MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND director Ivan Reitman sounds off on how superhumans might be able to mate with normal humans:
What goes on in the bedroom between a normal guy and a superwoman in My...
A Pirate’s life for me!
We got a bit of flack in the comments yesterday for saying that Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean ride is superior to the WDW version. Look, we're not trying to stir up FL vs...
Through a rotoscoping graphic novel darkly
Newsday looks at rotoscoping in light of the today's premiere of THROUGH A SCANNER DARKLY, Richard Linklatter's animated version of the Philip K. Dick novel. The piece talks to many art directors and other...
HOLLYWOODLAND trailer up
One of the more peripherally connected comics-type movies coming out this year is HOLLYWOODLAND, due in September, which stars Ben Affleck as George Reeves, the actor who once played Superman, whose controversial death continues...
India learns Superman secrets
In a widely quoted interview, Paul Levitz talks to Indian website Rediff about Superman and other stuff. Part two here.
Levitz on how movies impact comics: Those movies were, in turn, very firmly based...
