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Prolix Steve Bissette has a very very long review of STARDUST and observations on the role of illustrators in film and great links and why Charles Vess getting his name on the movie is...

IGN.com has a story about the upcoming THOR movie, which just had STARDUST'S Matthew Vaughn sign on as director. But who will play the Norse God? The story says that Marvel is interested in...

A new production shingle, Cerenzie-Peters has just launched and they make their intentions CLEAR: Producers Michael Cerenzie and Christine Peters have formed Cerenzie-Peters Prods., aimed at adapting graphic novels, comicbooks, novels and videogames. "With Michael's experience...

Here's another copmics-based movie winging its way to us: a remake of St. Triniam's based ona serie sof cartoon by Ronald Searle. Set in England, the film -- which is based on the...

Despite generally excellent reviews -- 73% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes -- STARDUST was a non-starter at this weekend's box office: The weekend's other significant new release, Stardust, crash-landed, conjuring an estimated $9 million at...

ICv2 updates the sales of the 300 DVD, which topped both the sales and rental charts. The 300 DVD sold over seven million units during its first week of release, seven times more than the...

Stardust helmer Matthew Vaughn has been tapped to direct Marvel's THOR Variety reports. Vaughn was once slated to direct X-MEN 3 so he's on a comic book tear; Mark Protosevich ("I Am Legend") did...

§ Sexy Carla Gugino will play Sally Jupiter/Silk Spectre in WATCHMEN. Gugino will play Sally Jupiter, a burlesque dancer-turned-costumed heroine and sex symbol the Silk Spectre who is part of the Minutemen, a group...

Adrian Askarieh and Daniel Alter (HITMAN) are producing a live action version of JONNY QUEST. We suggest they use the Bill Loebs/Dan Spiegel comic book as the basis of the film, not the cartoon,...

IN an unfortunately named articlem Variety runs down all the comics in studio play at all the comics companies with special attention to Oni and Dark Horse. The love affair between movies and comicbooks...

Variety has the latest comics-to-movies deal: 300's Gianni Nunnari and Nick Wechsler have optioned OCEAN by Warren Ellis and Chris Sprouse.: Nunnari and Wechsler will produce, and Craig J. Flores is exec producing.Story concerns the...

Here's a story we missed in all the excitement: Gabriel Macht has been cast as THE SPIRIT in Frank Miller's upcoming film. Macht has already earned his comic book movie stripes with a role...