Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
Special Forces Written & Illustrated by Kyle Baker Published by Image I have no idea what to make of this comic book. I’m usually a big Kyle Baker fan, but this book has just perplexed me on every level. It’s some sort of ungainly hybrid of war comics, humor comics and Frank Miller comics, mashed together, [...]
POD, Self Publishing and Independent Publishing (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Chip Kidd, renowned book cover designer is currently on a trip to Ireland and this evening he did an interview for Culture Shock , an arts program on one of Ireland's national radio broadcasters, Newstalk, hosted by Fionn Davenport. Chip Kidd is an associate art director at Knopf , an imprint of Random House . He joined the Knopf book design team in 1986, turning out jacket designs at an average of...
Superhero Hype (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Comics2Film at Mania.com got a chance to talk to producer Stephen L'Heureux about Sin City 2 and Hard Boiled . L'Heureux told the site that the Sin City sequel will go into production in the second half of 2010. The sequel will be based on an original script by Frank Miller, who will again co-directed with Robert Rodriguez. The producer added that Miller is working on the screenplay for Hard Boiled...
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
Over at the comic book blog Robot 6, Sean Collins reports that Frank Miller, the celebrated creator of Batman: The Dark Knight Returns , Sin City , and 300 , has become a regular commenter at the blog of conservative writer and military historian Victor Davis Hanson: Miller's comments at Hanson's online hangout were first widely noticed this week, when the cartoonist and director responded to a Hanson...
Superhero Hype (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Empire magazine recently got a chance to talk to "X-Men" franchise producer Lauren Shuler Donner, who shared some great bits about Wolverine 2 , X-Men: First Class , Deadpool and Magneto . Here's a clip on the Wolverine sequel: "That's the furthest along of all the X-Men projects on the boil. It's actually the story we wanted to use for the first Wolverine film, but [Fox head honcho]...
Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Todd Klein has posted on his blog that letterer Joe Rosen has passed away. Rosen, who was 88, started his career at Harvey Comics, and had credits stretching back all the way to 1948. His most influential credits include the Frank Miller run on Daredevil (shown above), as well as the Spider-Man/Superman crossover. The Comics Reporter had [...]
The Bronze Age Of Blogs (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Only Will Eisner would adapt Shakespeare for fun. Hamlet On A Rooftop appeared in Will's seminal bible for aspiring cartoonists Comics & Sequential Art , but I'm almost certain it appeared in a few other places before that. As you'd expect, it's a masterclass in page construction, characterization & storytelling. Will is obviously the stage director of this performance, but he's the actor too,...
Superhero Hype (Free subscription) | 09/14/2009
Currently braving the tropical heat of San Juan for his adaptation of the DC/Vertigo title, The Losers , Stomp the Yard director Sylvain White is already keen on his next project: Frank Miller's Ronin . "It's still being developed," an eager White told SuperHeroHype.com, "I just got a new draft a week ago. It's looking really good and promising. I hope it gets to go... [Mine is] a big-budget,...
Superhero Hype (Free subscription) | 08/13/2009
Christopher McQuarrie has signed on to write the script for 20th Century Fox's Wolverine sequel. McQuarrie won an oscar for writing The Usual Suspects and reteamed with that film's director, Bryan Singer, for the first X-Men . McQuarrie voluntarily took his name off X-Men when the final version was more in line with David Hayter's script than his. Hugh Jackman will again star as Logan/Wolverine. He...
Superhero Hype (Free subscription) | 08/10/2009
Hugh Jackman talked to MTV and confirmed that Wolverine 2 will take place in Japan. "Japan is where we're heading, [and] we're starting to work on it now. We're in the ... first steps of developing that story," Jackman said about adapting Frank Miller and Chris Claremont's story arc. He added: "I think the fans love that saga. It's my favorite saga of the Wolverine stories."
Superhero Hype (Free subscription) | 07/29/2009
Digital Spy spoke to Dave Gibbons today and he revealed that Frank Miller told him that Rosario Dawson (who starred in Miller's Sin City ) would be ideal for the proposed Martha Washington movie. The character, created by Miller, first appeared in the four-issue comic book "Give Me Liberty," published in 1990 by Dark Horse Comics. More details here . If you're not familiar with the character,...
Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 07/27/2009
Warren Ellis dropped some news today. The writer of many things in many media let his readers at WarrenEllis.com know that he’s going to be scripting an “Arthurian project” that the producers are calling, yep, “Excalibur”. I’m writing a film treatment for Hollywood Gang, who co-produced Frank Miller’s 300. Hollywood Gang have previously optioned my [...]
Blog@Newsarama (Free subscription) | 07/23/2009
Would the sequel to Frank Miller’s 300 be called 301? 302? 600? 300 II? 3,000? 300: Three Harder? Either which way, the Hollywood Reporter has stated that Frank Miller has recently polished off the first draft of his comic book sequel to 300, which smashed through audience expectations in a live-action film adaptation directed by Zack [...]
GamersCircle (Free subscription) | 07/23/2009
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Frank Miller “recently completed a draft of a graphic novel” follow-up to his Battle of Thermopylae epic 300. Like 300, the new graphic novel will be published by Dark Horse Comics. Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros., the producers of the movie adaptation of 300, are first in line to acquire [...] Related posts: Miller on Buck Rogers Movie Frank Miller...
SF Signal (Free subscription) | 06/15/2009
Interviews & Profiles: Actu SF interviews Matthew Hughes ( Hespira ). Night Shade Books interviews Mark Teppo , author of Lightbreaker . Michio Kaku tells Alok Jha that the science fiction of Star Trek is closer to reality than we think. Odyssey Workshop interviews Melissa Scott . Sue Lange looks at Lions and Women Writers of Science Fiction : "Everyone knows that most book readers are women."...
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ahmad04333 | 05/29/2009
Sin City is a 2005 film written, produced and directed by Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez. It is a film noir based on Miller's graphic novel series of the same name. Read more
tannerjkl | 12/30/2008
Frank Miller’s big screen adaptation of the classic Will Eisner comic The Spirit has crashed and burned at the Christmas box office. Deadline Hollywood Daily reports an anticipated 4-day holiday weekend take of around $10 million, or barely enough to cover Samuel L. Jackson’s hairpiece allowance.
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