For hardcore videogame fans, Kotaku is like an online CNN. They almost always get the news first. And they cover everything. From Halo 3 to weird Japanese titles that will never be released elsewhere. That obssessiveness has made them one of the top gaming websites. So it was with great pleasure, that I read Luke…
Over at MTV’s new comics blog Splash Page, Grant Morrison, Mark Waid, Brad Meltzer and other comic professionals have provided some thoughts on how they think the Superman film franchise should be handled. For some, it’s simply a matter of treaing Superman Returns like Ang Lee’s Hulk opus and moving on to the next reboot….
It’s our weekly trip to the comic shop and we bring out the Big Guns to arm you with all sorts of important info on what to check out. For example: Dan Didio lets the fans have a say on Who Will Be Batman Justin Marks talks on taking Hack Slash from comics to film…
You saw the story, posted here on our own beloved website a couple of days ago: comic book movies have earned over a billion United States dollars this summer, despite an iffy economy that may or may not have something to do with those loveable funsters who frolick near the Potomac. (I’m writing this Sunday…
Comic book movies have finally been unseated from the top of the box office mountain, as the latest Mummy movie displaced The Dark Knight. But there’s still no debating this being the summer of the superhero, as comic book movies hit one HUH-YUGE milestone: $1 billion in ticket sales, according to boxofficemojo.com. That includes Chris…
The flood of video game/comic book crossover news continues as the trailer to Mortal Kombat vs. DCU debuts. Check it out below:
MTV has a new comics blog (wrap your brain around that), and already they have some interesting news. The Dabel Bros. are going to be doing some original comic books based on The Warriors, that cult classic movie of a group of gangsters trying to survive a run through hostile gang territory… while they wear…
Comics and movies meet at Comic-Con, and this year Radical appears to be the most forward gal at the dance, so to speak. The relatively new publishing company announced recently that a film version of its Old West action series Caliber is headed to screens with John Woo attached to direct. In balmy San Diego,…
We’ve heard plenty about the dominance of the superhero in Hollywood, but a new story in the UK Telegraph puts some numbers together and shows just how much movies are benefitting from the comics influx. After a huge run of successful comics films, The Dark Knight (which happened to open with a record $158 million…
As The Dark Knight breaks more box-office records (with its accompanying Watchman trailer leading to orders for the original book jumping up near the top of the Amazon charts) and Hollywood relocates to San Diego for the coming four-day weekend that used to be known primarily as Geek Prom, it’s clear that comics continue to…
Blockbuster.com has been my preferred movie-by-mail service for more than a few years now, so it was a nice surprise to see them calling out an impressive number of films based on comics in their big summer promotional list. The list is actually pretty comprehensive, and includes a few titles I wasn’t expecting to be…
You know superheroes are dominating Hollywood when the movie trade Variety features an extended ode to Neal Adams. The piece, which includes some quotes from Adams, stresses his role in bringing about more serious superhero comics, particularly on Batman, and how that has influenced superhero movies. Major studios have mounted a corporate takeover of Comic-Con…
