300 makes $27.7 Million on Friday
As predicted, 300 had a huge Friday opening, ShowBizData reports via Superhero Hype!:
This could be a watershed opening for Snyder and Warner Bros. who took a big chance on the stylized film based on...
300: We got your Hot Gates right here
About halfway through 300, Zack Snyder's adaptation of Frank Miller and Lynn Varley's graphic novel, the battle finally kicks in. We've been setting it up for 45 minutes -- the brutal but freedom loving...
TINTIN movie at last?
A steven Speilberg-driven adaptation of Tintin for the big screen has been rattling around for quite a while; now, it seems, trigger has been pulled:
DreamWorks will film the adventures of the iconic Belgian comic-strip...
Morning spell check: Straczynski, Gyllenhaal, Shazam
§ J. Michael Straczynski's screenwriting career would seem to have taken a positive turn as Clint Eastwood may direct his CHANGELING script, and Angelina Jolie may star.
Jolie would play a woman whose son...
300: book in stock!
It's 300 week here at SBM! In a very serious matter, ICv2checks in on Dark Horse's stock levels. You'll recall that copies of both HELLBOY and SIN CITY trades were in short supply when...
STARDUST: giving them what they don’t know they want
Continuing our invesigation into what makes stories click with an audience, Neil Gaiman's blog quotes a rather interesting interview with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, who produced the STARDUST film (adapting the illustrated novel by...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits
§ MSNBC names the Top eight film adaptations of graphic novels:
• Intro• “V For Vendetta”• “The Road to Perdition”• “300”• “Sin City”• “X-Men 2: X-Men United”• “From Hell”• “Batman Begins”• “A History of Violence”
Personally, we prefer MYSTERY MEN to FROM HELL....or do...
Butler: graphic novels “masculine, insane”
It's 300 week here at Stately Beat Manor!
As we close in on the premiere, more evidence that star Butler has learned well to praise comics:
"After I sat down and read '300,' I just...
McG takes on the Losers
According to IESB Charlie's Angels director McG is taking over THE LOSERS movie:
Our industry insider is telling us that McG has replaced Pete Berg as the director of the big screen adaptation for Vertigo/DC...
Silver: Wonder Woman a “struggle”
Sci Fi Wire caught up with Joel Silver at WonderCon and he revealed the status of the Wonder Woman movie. Short version: don't hold your breath.
Later, Silver told SCI FI Wire that the...
300 Premiere!
Did we mention it's 300 week here? IESB has a wide ranging photo gallery of the premiere last night and it seems everyone was there! Rosario Dawson (who we saw running around on 4th...
