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Now available- Supernatural Beginning’s End a new Supernatural Comic Series

Monday, February 15th, 2010

Written by Andrew Dabb and Daniel Loflin; Art and Cover by Diego Olmos; Photo Variant Cover
Picking up several years after the hit RISING SON miniseries, the Winchester clan find themselves in the strangest situation imaginable – monster hunting in the Big Apple! The definitive events that led to Sam leaving his family to attend Stanford, this gripping and horrifying story, courtesy of television series writers Andrew Dabb and Daniel Loflin, will explore the raw nerves of what makes the Winchesters unique and volatile.

Fans of the cult hit TV series won’t want to miss this pivotal 6-issue tale! Available now from Wildstorm Comics

15.02.2010 Comics News, Supernatural No Comments

Arcana Launches Comics & Pop Culture Magazine!

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

Arcana Launches Comics & Pop Culture Magazine!

Arcana Studios, an award winning comic book publisher and transmedia producer, is proud to announce the launch of Arcana Magazine. Debuting on January 27th, 2010, and solicited in the current November Previews (Diamond Code: NOV09 0599) is the new quarterly magazine simply entitled Arcana, the re-designed print version of the on-line comics based magazine Extra Sequential. The first issue features interviews with Star Wars: Invasion writer Tom Taylor, artist Josh Medors, Singaporean writer Edmund Shern, Surrogates creator Robert Venditti, and ground breaking artist David Mack. Also included are previews from upcoming comics and features such as a look back at the Death of Superman event, a talk with pro cyclist/comics fan Dave Zabriskie, a brief chat with the legendary Marv Wolfman, and an article of the current love affair between musicians and comics, including an interview with Coheed & Cambria’s Claudio Sanchez. There’s also a look at just how to market comics today, a breakdown of popular comic book terms and more. Arcana #1, a 96 page full color magazine goes on sale January 27th, 2010.

http://www.arcanaquarterly.com

09.12.2009 Comics News, In Print No Comments

VAMPIRES, VULCANS AND VILLAINS DESCEND UPON THE GREEK THEATRE FOR SPIKE TV’S 4TH ANNUAL “SCREAM”

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Tobey Maguire Presents Tribute To Comic-Con Icon Award Recipient
And Comic Book Marvel Stan Lee

“SCREAM” Will Celebrate The Year Of The Vampire And The Phenomenal Popularity
Of The “Twilight” Saga With Cast And World Premiere Footage From
The Highly-Anticipated “New Moon”

“True Blood” Cast And Creators Alan Ball, Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin, Alexander Skarsgård, Sam Trammell And More Will Also Be On Hand

“Battlestar Galactica” Cast Reunites For Final Farewell And A Special Tribute To Horror Legend George Romero

Two-Hour Extravaganza Premieres Tuesday, October 27 At 10 PM, ET/PT on SPIKE TV

05.10.2009 BSG, Comics News, Events, True Blood, Twilight No Comments

The Saints are Coming- again!

Monday, September 7th, 2009

If you haven’t ever seen the cult film “The Boondock Saints” then you probably won’t be too excited about an upcoming sequel but to those of you who have seen the original- get ready for a wild , violent , raucous film coming to theaters soon. IGN posted the first new red-line trailer for the upcoming film The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. The three primaries from the original film are back with Sean Patrick Flannery, Norman Reedus and Billy Connolly as the McManus family. Father and sons have been living quietly in Ireland for the last ten years until the film opens and they find out the boys childhood priest has been gunned down in Boston. They head back to Bean Town and pick up their guns and pick up where they left off- killing bad guys in the name of God. Julie Benz ( Dexter) is the FBI agent on their trail.

All Saints has a panel at Comic Con this summer- we have some video from the panel courtesy of the Official Boondock Saints Fan Site BoondockFans – they have tons of behind the scenes video and production video on their site – check it out!

Photos from Comic Con 2009 courtesy of Jurichphoto

Video from Comic Con- clips with creator Troy Duffy and Clifton Collins:

The Saints are coming to Comic Book form too- Infusion/ 12 Gauge Comics are releasing the back story of Il Duce- the boys father in comic book form.

Head to the Infusion website for the official news about the Boondock Saints Comics HERE

Last Month MTV featured a bit with the boys talking about the sequel and the comics- when discussing the Saints Comic Con panel this is what they had to say “The only fans more rabid than ‘Twilight’ fans have been the ‘Boondock Saints’ fans,” Gardner said of panel’s audience.

The original film came out in 1999 and was very edgy, shot with an MTV style to it with lots of music and cut away visuals. The two brothers McManus start out as meat cutters who kill two Russian mobsters in self defense then decide maybe they should work on cleaning the city of all of the unrelenting scum. Willem Dafoe plays the FBI agent who is conflicted over the brothers actions and not sure whether he should bring them in or join them. You can pick up the Boondock Saints on DVD and Blu-Ray.

07.09.2009 Comics News, Movies No Comments

Disney to buy Marvel for $4 billion Deal requires antitrust review

Monday, August 31st, 2009

FROM VARIETY:

Iron Man to be a Disney release?

The Walt Disney Co. has agreed to acquire Marvel Ent. in a stock and cash transaction worth $4 billion.

Under the terms of the deal, Marvel shareholders would receive $30 per share in cash plus approximately 0.745 Disney shares for each Marvel share they own. Based on the closing price of Disney stock on Friday, the transaction value is $50 per Marvel share or approximately $4 billion.

Disney will acquire ownership of more than 5,000 Marvel characters, including Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, Fantastic Four and Thor.

The boards of both companies have approved the pact, which is subject to antitrust review and the approval of Marvel shareholders.

Robert A. Iger, Mouse House prexy and CEO, said in a statement: “This transaction combines Marvel’s strong global brand and world-renowned library of characters including Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, Fantastic Four and Thor with Disney’s creative skills, unparalleled global portfolio of entertainment properties, and a business structure that maximizes the value of creative properties across multiple platforms and territories.”

31.08.2009 Comics News, Marvel No Comments

Adam West talks Batman and Family Guy, Julie Newmar talks Catwoman

Monday, August 10th, 2009

This pair of interviews are from July 17 when Adam and Julie were in Syracuse for the Syracuse Nationals where the Batmobile was on display. Adam is so funny! He is still a fan favorite and was one of the busiest stars on autograph row at Comic Con in San Diego a week later. Julie Newmar was a dancer – which was unusual for a tall actress. She is also known as playing Dorkus- one of the seven brides in the classic musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

10.08.2009 Comics News, Events, Sci-Fi TV News No Comments

Milo Ventimiglia goes Berserk with his new comic series

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

Milo Ventimiglia known here on Multipleverses as the more sensitive Petrelli brother Peter on Heroes has decided he likes comics so much he has worked on producing a series of his own. He was at the Golden Apple Comic store last weekend signing copies of his new book “The Berserker” Number 1. The series is about a modern guy infused with the power of the Norse Gods. Those of you not familiar to Norse mythology- the vikings were incredibly fierce warriors. The term berserking refers to how they would fly off into a seemingly uncontrollable blood rage destroying any and all who stood in their path. They usually did this naked and then covered in blood while rampaging through villages that were their targets. The comic book character is a little more modest— too bad. They’d probably sell more books with a hero going through the streets naked…

The books are being released by TopCow Productions and you can get all of the scoop on their website where you can purchase a copy of the book if your local shop is not carrying it.

http://www.topcow.com

Milo talking about his comic book and the concept behind it

Milo and friends showing what it is like to go berserk…

03.07.2009 Comics News, Heroes No Comments

Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Motion Pictures to produce GearHead!

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

LOS ANGELES, November 19, 2008 – Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Motion Pictures has closed a deal for the film rights to produce the graphic novel GEARHEAD which Hurd will produce. GEARHEAD was created by Dennis Hopeless and Kevin Mellon and published by Arcana Comics.

In GEARHEAD, a young woman teams up with a group of rebels to fight the corrupt superheroes who govern the United States. She must rise to the challenge of her destiny and become GEARHEAD.
“We are excited to bring GEARHEAD to life. It’s a terrific character-driven story set in a unique and compelling world,” said Hurd.
“To work with Gale on Gearhead is simply fantastic. We couldn’t have found a better partner.”, Arcana Studio’s Sean O’Reilly commented.
Gale Anne Hurd and Valhalla Motion Pictures most recently produced the blockbuster feature The Incredible Hulk for Marvel Studios which was released by Universal Pictures this summer. Valhalla is continually developing a broad range of projects, including Marvel’s Punisher: War Zone for Lionsgate and Sony Pictures Entertainment which stars Ray Stevenson and is being released on December 5, 2008. Hurd has produced more than two dozen feature films that have generated billions of dollars of revenue. Her other credits include The Terminator, Aliens, Armageddon, Aeon Flux, The Punisher, Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines among others.

Arcana Comics has published over 150 original comics and books and is a division of Arcana, an award winning transmedia company founded by CEO and owner Sean O’Reilly. Arcana establishes new brands and intellectual properties with engaging storytelling and compelling visuals through comic books, graphic novels, animation, short-form live-action, video games, toys and now, feature length films. Arcana has created original brands they control such as The Clockwork Girl and Kade, and have further developed existing brands for Disney, Sony, Capcom, HBO and more.
Source: Arcana Comics

19.11.2008 Comics News, Movies No Comments

Show off your Chuck Knowledge and win!

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Click on the banner above to enter the NBC Chuck Black Friday Giveaway! You can show your Chuck knowledge and win a DVD set or a set of the Chuck Comics!

The Chuck Comics are available from comic sellers who carry Wildstorm comics- you can see previews of them on NBC on the Chuck web site- here are the covers for the first 6 Chuck Comics. I will work on adding the full comics previews to our gallery this week.

17.11.2008 Chuck, Comics News, Contests No Comments

IM GLOBAL AND PLATINUM STUDIOS, INC PARTNER TO BRING “HERO BY NIGHT” TO TV

Friday, November 14th, 2008

Comic Book Series won the 2006 Comic Book Challenge®

LOS ANGELES, November 13, 2008 – IM Global a worldwide financing, sales and distribution outfit for big-budget genre movies and specialty films and Platinum Studios, Inc. (OTCBB: PDOS), an entertainment company that controls an international library of more than 5,600 comic book characters which it adapts, produces and licenses for all forms of media, announced today that they will develop a television series based on the Comic Book Challenge® winner “Hero By Night”.

Under the agreement, IM Global will handle worldwide distribution for the project and will produce Hero By Night through their IM Global Television banner run by television veteran Gavin Reardon, who brokered the deal along with the Rigberg Entertainment Group.

Hero By Night, created by 2006 Comic Book Challenge® winner, DJ Coffman, tells the story of young landlord, Jack King, who uncovers the lair of the legendary Hero by Night . Determined to make a little extra cash, Jack auctions the Hero’s journal on eBay. His plans backfire when he attracts the attention of Hero by Night’s old arch-enemy. Jack must now embrace a buried legacy to stop a madman from completing his diabolical schemes.

Platinum Studios’ Chairman and CEO Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and IM Global’s Stuart Ford and Gavin Reardon are set to executive produce the series along with Rigberg Entertainment Group’s Glenn Rigberg. Platinum Studios’ vice president of Film and TV Rich Marincic will co-produce and former Universal Pictures’ senior executive, Randy Greenberg, of The Greenberg Group, who negotiated the deal, would co-executive produce.

“We are very happy to be working with Stuart and IM Global — Stuart is one of those rare entertainment executives who has a keen understanding of the business of entertainment and what makes for compelling entertainment,” said Rosenberg. “Hero By Night is a wonderful young adult weekly adventure series.”

“Hero By Night provides a wonderful opportunity to make action-adventure wish-fulfillment weekly television,” said Ford. “Platinum Studios’ depth of story and characters is unparalleled and presents a fantastic opportunity for IM Global and we are pleased to be working on this project with them.”

Ford’s 18-month old company is currently handling international rights on a slew of high profile projects in production such as martial arts CGI actioner Bunraku with Josh Hartnett and Woody Harrelson, supernatural thriller Shelter with Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Myers, psychological thriller After.Life with Liam Neeson and Christina Ricci and hotly anticipated Dreamworks frightener Paranormal Activity. The company’s specialty arm IM Global Acclaim is currently also enjoying box office success with Larry Charles’ Religulous.

Platinum Studios’ film and TV division has various other properties in development at major film studios, including “Atlantis Rising” at DreamWorks with Kurtzman/Orci (Transformers) set to produce, “Cowboys and Aliens” also at Dreamworks with Kurtzman/Orci partnering with Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment, and “Unique” at Walt Disney Pictures and “Dead of Night” at Hyde Park Entertainment with Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) starring and Kevin Munroe (2007’s TMNT) directing. Gale Anne Hurd’s Valhalla Motion Pictures and Platinum Studios are currently co-developing feature films based on the soon-to-be-published action thriller comic book Final Orbit with Russell Gewirtz (Inside Man, Righteous Kill) attached to adapt and Top Cow’s Magdalena and Platinum has partnered with Arclight Films and Battlestar Galactica director Michael Rymer to bring Top Cow’s Witchblade to the big screen.

Source: Platinum Studios

14.11.2008 Comics News, Movies, Sci-Fi TV News No Comments