NYCC: THE INDEPENDENTS screening
Chris Brandt's documentary about indie comics, THE INDEPENDENTS, years in the making,has a screening at NYCC and you can buy the finished DVD at the Top Shelf booth. More here.
NYCC: Movie previews
The first look at Frank Miller's THE SPIRIT movie and big sneak peeks at HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY and THE INCREDIBLE HULK are the most sure-to-be-blogged about presentation at New York Comic-Con. It...
Official SPIRIT stuff
We're still a little verklempt over the whole leaked-Spirit-photos thing and getting our very first studio cease and desist letter. Luckily, IGN has the first OFFICIAL Spirit stills a photo of Samuel L....
HELLBOY II viral marketing site?
Numerous sources are reporting that Join HETFET.org appears to be a viral marketing site for HELLBOY II. Keep watching.
Marvel: Bad news and good news
Some mixed messages for Marvel's next two films -- both of them from the newly launched Marvel Studios.
First, the New York Times rounds up what everyone has been whispering for some time: THE...
Around the horn 1-2-3
§ Comics2Film, another Web 1.0 comics site -- it's been around since 1997 -- has been purchased by Mania.com.
§ Ed Brubaker faces the mini-masses at Whitechapel.
§ At PWCW, Laura Hudson talks to Marvel...
Hollywood stuff from all over
• Continuing the intriguing trend of Euro comics getting developed for the US, NBC announced a mini series based on XIII, which Kevin Melrose tells us, is an 80s Euro-comic by Jean Van Hamme...
Spirit Outdoor Posters
Several sites, including ComingSoon.net debuted a new series of outdoor artwork for THE SPIRIT movie which opens January 16, 2009. In case you forgot, this movie is being directed by Frank Miller, and it...
New Hellboy 2 trailer
It's up at Yahoo. Also more stills. We are, like, sooooo looking forward to this movie.
Hollywood report: Stiller, Stan, Cera
Ben Stiller has joined the graphic novel set! He'll produce and possibly star in The Return of King Doug based on a yet to be published Oni graphic novel by animation writers Greg...
Superhero spoof troubling flop
Last weekend's parody "SUPERHERO MOVIE" opened to a very very disappointing $9.5 million and its failure has spawned much commentary, including this from Steven Zeitchik:
There may be a more specific rule governing how and...
A servant of the Secret Fire
Lovely Sir Ian McKellen often answers questions from fans on his webpage, and in his latest installment he all but promises that he will be back as Gandalf in the film version of the...
