Flush with cash from the Twilight films, Summit Entertainment is moving ahead with other projects and today announced work has begun on Red. January 12, 2010 — Toronto, Canada – Principal photography has begun in Toronto on Summit Entertainment’s spy-thriller Red, based on the WildStorm graphic novel of the same name by Warren Ellis and…
The adaptation of Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner’s Red miniseries has moved ahead and added Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck, Fantastic Four), Richard Dreyfuss, Brian Cox, and the great Ernest Borgnine, who will play the keeper of the CIA’s darkest secrets. The film, scheduled for November 19, 2010 release, already stars Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman,…
It’s a little like that last scene in INDIANA JONES, but really so much more. SyFy’s newest hit is WAREHOUSE 13 and we begin our backstage tour with actors Eddie McClintock & Joanne Kelly. Plus what’s Warren Ellis up to these days, is there really a MAGNETO movie in the works and a film based…
It’s #followfriday on Twitter, and these are some of the comics folks you should be following if you aren’t already doing so… Warren Ellis – If you’ve ever read anything by him, especially The Authority, Planetary, or Transmetropolitan, it probably won’t surprise you to learn how angry he can get on his Twitter. What will…
Why not celebrate it by reading the Twitterwar battle of patriots between ex-Captain America writer Mark Waid and Wonder Woman scribe Gail Simone? Lots of fireworks here: Simone/Waid Twitterwar FACT: Mark Waid has been arrested TWICE for giving CrossGen comics to CHILDREN. “EVIL!” says local crack dealer! Simone/Waid Twitterwar FACT: Simone gifted by Dave Gibbons…
A weekend window-closing wrap-up: The hardest core Wolverine fan you’ve ever seen… unless someone’s actually gotten their skeleton laced with adamantium. The Seven Stages of the Comics Critic – comiXology Interview: Heroes artist Tim Sale on the true colour of Batman and Spider-Man The Comics Reporter: More staffers leaving Wizard? Warren Ellis on the genesis…
Boy, it’s been taxing today. Here’s a list of quick comic-related items that have piled up here… Here’s a phrase to strike terror into the hearts of mortals: Wired UK Columnist Warren Ellis. His opening salvo is pretty good too: ‘We’re living in the last days of the Roman empire’ USPS – The Simpsons…
Philip José Farmer’s website reports the author has passed. “Philip José Farmer passed away peacefully in his sleep this morning. “He will be missed greatly by his wife Bette, his children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, friends and countless fans around the world. “January 26, 1918 – February 25, 2008. R.I.P. “We love you Phil.” Best known for…
It’s our Official Toy Fair 2009 debriefing with some of the finest action figures we’ve seen yet including Strangers in Paradise, Dick Tracy and even The Wolfman. And by the way, someone out there forgot to buy their comics in January and the numbers showed it. Even the President couldn’t stimulate this, PRESS THE BUTTON…
* Personally, I don’t think this cartoon needs a caption. But Michael Cavna does, and he’s running a contest for it– the best one gets the original art. So Write a Caption, Win a Cartoon. * "Mike Gold is not human." Yeah, we know. (BTW, KC, is your chronology off? I started in ’88 and…
By my count, there are four good reasons to buy [[[The Sandman Presents: The Dead Boy Detectives]]], now out from Vertigo. First, it’s cheap, at a slight $12.99 for some 100 pages of comics. Second, it’s a heckuva good mystery yarn with plenty of occult elements. Third, it’s part of The Sandman world, and there…
Fan-favorite writer Warren Ellis and artist Paul Duffield concluded the first chapter of their grand experiment in the webcomics world today, posting the final six pages of FreakAngels: Book One were earlier this morning. Ellis and Duffield aren’t wasting any time, either, as Book Two of the series begins next week. In addition to posting…
