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• Are you following Golden Age Warren Ellis?
• Freakishly Awesome Costumes from Comic-Con '09
• 10 Badass Female G.I. Joe Characters
• Kimikiss Vol. #01
• Slam Dunk Vol. #03
• Crimson Climax: Cursed Beginnings
• Toy Maniac: Post Comic-Con Toy Report
• NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD Review
• Bruckheimer Declares WORLD WAR ROBOT
• FANTASTIC MR. FOX Trailer
• HEROES: Redemption Promo
• PIRATES 4 for Rob Marshall?
• Scott Directing ALIEN Prequel
• CAPTAIN BLOOD in Space

Are you following Golden Age Warren Ellis? Posted: 31 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Twitter is a strange beast. For people using it they can experience everything from posts about what their neighbor is currently eating to seeing pictures their favorite movie star took while out jogging. Comicdom seems to have embraced this as well, everyone from Joe Quesada to Neil Gaiman. Inkers, writers...

Freakishly Awesome Costumes from Comic-Con '09 Posted: 31 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT   As you'll see on our official Comic-Con page, the loyal genre fans were out and about last weekend in San Diego, once again clad in some pretty imaginative and clever costumes. Here are some of the best costumes I saw on the convention room floor. However, I don&rsquo...

10 Badass Female G.I. Joe Characters Posted: 31 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT In the G.I. Joe universe, Joe and Cobra are dominated by males—it’s a virtual sausage party. There may well be over 300 characters, but only one-tenth of them are women (canon or non-canon), giving the Joe-verse a healthy dose of estrogen. And as you know, when it comes to girls...

Kimikiss Vol. #01 Posted: 31 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT If you are looking for a light romantic story that actually goes somewhere then this is your ticket. Creative Staff Writer/Artist: Taro Shinonome and Enterbrain Translation: Alexis Kirsche Adaptation: Katherine Schilling What They Say Kouichi and Mao are childhood best friends. But as they enter high school, they discover that their social trajectories are destined to be quite different...

Slam Dunk Vol. #03 Posted: 31 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Hanamichi continues to work on his fundamentals - he's gotten as far as layups - ...

Crimson Climax: Cursed Beginnings Posted: 31 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Ryo heads to an isolated island where there's a rather strange sex death life god cult operating in order to figure out what happened to her mother. What They Say A Forbidden Fantasy Island; ...

Toy Maniac: Post Comic-Con Toy Report Posted: 31 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT   Who had the pleasure of navigating some 100...

NOT QUITE HOLLYWOOD Review Posted: 31 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT   Quick, name an Australian genre picture from the 1970s. Mad Max...

Bruckheimer Declares WORLD WAR ROBOT Posted: 31 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Bruckheimer has the film rights to Ashley Wood's 'World War Robot'. Plus: 'Iron Man 2' recruits YOU into Stark Industries. 'Superman' rumors flying again. Is Hulk in 'The Avengers' or not? It's alright, we told you what to dream. Welcome, my Maniacs...

FANTASTIC MR. FOX Trailer Posted: 31 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT 20th Century Fox has unleashed the first theatrical trailer for The Fantastic Mr. Fox over at Yahoo Movies. Based on the classic tale from author Roald Dahl, the stop-motion animated adaptation features the voices of George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Owen Wilson, Meryl Streep and Jason Schwartzman. Director Wes Anderson helmed the animation...

HEROES: Redemption Promo Posted: 31 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT NBC has revealed a new promo for their next season of Heroes, titled Chapter Five: Redemption. You can check it out in the video player below. The next season will officially kick off on NBC on Monday, September 21, 2009.

PIRATES 4 for Rob Marshall? Posted: 31 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Walt Disney Pictures may have found a director for Pirates of the Caribbean 4 and it's not Gore Verbinski despite the fact that Bioshock fell back into development hell recently. Instead...

Scott Directing ALIEN Prequel Posted: 31 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT It's officially a "go" for 20th Century Fox and director Ridley Scott. Thirty years after Alien arrived in theaters, the director is returning to helm a prequel, confirms Variety. After pitching a story to Fox and Scott Free prods., hot new screenwriter Jon Spaihts has been hired to write the script treatment. ...

CAPTAIN BLOOD in Space Posted: 31 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Pirates of old were known for sailing in uncharted (and dangerous) waters but Warner Bros. and the Spierig brothers are taking the pirate genre into an entirely new landscape. Variety reports that Michael and Peter Spierig are set to direct a new version of 1935 swashbuckling classic Captain Blood, and plan to update the story sci-fi style in a space setting...

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• DETECTIVE COMICS #855 Review
• Haley Talks NIGHTMARE Reboot
• Warehouse 13: Claudia Review
• ACTIVISION Game Preview
• Our 10 Batman 3 Villains Casting Call
• El Cazador De La Bruja Episode #02
• Ikki-Tousen Box Set (2009 Edition)
• Moeyo Ken TV Series Complete Collection
• Love Control Vol. #02
• Saying Good-Bye to Doctor Who
• TRON LEGACY Adds Michael Sheen
• Wesley Coller Watches the WATCHMEN
• Does GREEN HORNET Have Its Kato?
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode #17
• 5 Badass Announcements from SDCC
• Ron Howard Helming MOSAIC
• TWILIGHT Recasting Drama
• OBLIVION for Tron's Kosinski
• MATT HELM for Spielberg?
• Scarlett freaks out over BLACK WIDOW Costume

DETECTIVE COMICS #855 Review Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Batwoman's war against The Religion of Crime takes a nasty turn as she confronts a woman calling herself Alice. Beautiful, dangerous and clearly insane, Alice seems to think of herself as Alice Liddell, the inspiration and namesake character of Lewis Carroll's Looking Glass story...

Haley Talks NIGHTMARE Reboot Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT   It seems that every year brings us another remake, reimagining or reboot of an iconic horror franchise. We’ve seen the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween and most recently Friday the 13th brought back to life on the silver screen and in spring of 2010 we’ll see that razor-fingered denizen of the dream world, Freddy Kruger...

Warehouse 13: Claudia Review Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT  ...

ACTIVISION Game Preview Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT   Activision was back again this year with another stellar “first look” party. This year they let us get up close and personal with the second iteration in the popular Marvel Ultimate Alliance series...

Our 10 Batman 3 Villains Casting Call Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT   The critical and commercial success of Christian Bale as Batman proved to be stronger than the Bat-movies of only a couple of decades ago. Jack Nicholson didn’t disappoint as the Joker, but the casting of villains after that were questionable at best. While Michelle Pfeiffer was perfectly as the slinky and seductive Catwoman, Danny DeVito’s Penguin was superfluous and unsophisticated...

El Cazador De La Bruja Episode #02 Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT In Bee Train's world, everyone is secretly a bounty hunter. What They Say There's a diner in the middle of nowhere, and the woman serving coffee knows all about running from the past. Thankfully for Ellis and Nadie, she knows a little something about killing, too...

Ikki-Tousen Box Set (2009 Edition) Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Fanservice is all well and good, but is it too much to ask for even a vaguely compelling story...

Moeyo Ken TV Series Complete Collection Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT The daughters of the Shinesengumi take up the name and deal with the problems of unlicensed monsters. What They Say Yuuko, Toshie, and Kaoru are descendants of the legendary Mobile Shinsengumi team. Carrying on the noble work of their samurai fathers is their legacy, and defending their people against hoards of outlawed and unlicensed beasts is their path to honor...

Love Control Vol. #02 Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT It's been more than a year since the release of first volume, but once again Love Control proves it a simple task to slip right into a story, becoming utterly captivated and charmed by its leading men...

Saying Good-Bye to Doctor Who Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT   Beloved Doctor Who actor David Tennant and series creator Russell T. Davies unveiled their final few episodes at the TCA Press Tour on Wednesday. The two have spearheaded the successful revival of the long-running science fiction series...

TRON LEGACY Adds Michael Sheen Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT It looks like Walt Disney Pictures has jumped on the Twitter train with the studio officially confirming the casting of Michael Sheen for their highly-anticipated sequel, Tron Legacy. For his part, Sheen tweeted that he would be a villain but would not technically be a human being in the follow-up to the 1982 classic. Michael joins fellow co-stars Garrett Hedlund, Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, Olivia Wilde and Beau Garrett...

Wesley Coller Watches the WATCHMEN Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Wesley Coller, co-producer for Watchmen, knew he and director Zack Snyder faced an uphill battle when adapting the beloved 1986 classic graphic novel, where super-heroes are outlawed amid a vast conspiracy on the eve of nuclear war (an oversimplification of the plot if there ever was one) for the big screen earlier this year...

Does GREEN HORNET Have Its Kato? Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Korean actor may be the new Kato. Plus: Big changes coming to 'Smallville'? Cool 'Solomon Kane' poster from Comic-Con. Routh talks 'Dead of Night' and more! We be getting down and you know we're crush groovin', cause we're your Comics2Film 9.7...

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Episode #17 Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT The game is afoot as Mustang makes more of his moves. What They Say: Freed by an unlikely liberator, Ross&rsquo...

5 Badass Announcements from SDCC Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Greetings, Maniacs, and welcome to another week of The No-Fly Zone...

Ron Howard Helming MOSAIC Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Universal Pictures has another Robert Ludlum novel to adapt to go alongside the developing Bourne 4 and The Sigma Protocol. Variety reports the studio has attached Ron Howard to direct The Parsifal Mosaic, an adaptation of the espionage thriller by the late Robert Ludlum...

TWILIGHT Recasting Drama Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT A day after Summit Entertainment announced that Bryce Dallas Howard was replacing Rachelle Lefevre for the role of Victoria in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse...

OBLIVION for Tron's Kosinski Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Director Joseph Kosinski has another action vehicle lined up once he officially wraps up Tron Legacy. HR is reporting he's been tasked with helming Oblivion, based on a concept he created for Radical Pictures. He's been developing the project for last four years as something to kick-start his feature directing career. "I was looking to make a science fiction film that I could do on a budget...

MATT HELM for Spielberg? Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Steven Spielberg may have yet another project lined up in his immediate future once he wraps up the Tintin trilogy with Peter Jackson but it will only be in a producing capacity. Variety has updated their story from last night that Spielberg will produce an adaptation of the secret agent series Matt Helm...

Scarlett freaks out over BLACK WIDOW Costume Posted: 30 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Iron Man 2 will see the return of familiar faces such as Robert Downey Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow, but it will also bring several newcomers to the Marvel film universe, such as Don Cheadle, who will step into the role of James “Rhodey&rdquo...

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• WARDED Fantasy for Paul Anderson
• DW Doubts MONSTERS vs. ALIENS Sequel
• TOY STORY 3D Rerelease Trailer
• Turner Writing inFAMOUS
• Bryce Dallas Howard in TWILIGHT ECLIPSE
• WOLFMAN Moved Again
• Ouran High School Host Club Part 2
• Shangri-La Episode #17
• 6 Wishes for Iron Man 3
• PLANET HULK Trailer Online
• Kiba Complete Collection
• Little Snow Fairy Sugar Complete Collection 1
• Popotan Complete Collection
• ADV/Sentai New Title Solicitations and Licenses
• His My Master Complete Collection
• Ghost Hound Complete Collection 1
• Neo Tokyo/New Fist of the North Star (2009 Edition)
• Rahxephon Complete Collection (2009 Edition)
• Clannad After Story Collection 1
• 6 New ASTRO BOY Images

WARDED Fantasy for Paul Anderson Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT With Resident Evil: Afterlife rapidly approaching its production debut in a few weeks, director Paul W.S. Anderson has a new fantasy to adapt once he completes that. HR reports the director and his long-time producing partner, Jeremy Bolt...

DW Doubts MONSTERS vs. ALIENS Sequel Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT DreamWorks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg is making news for his company this morning by bringing up a Monsters vs. Aliens sequel only to say that the original film's lackluster box office performance in international markets may keep the studio from making a sequel. As part of a plan to discuss the "Monsters" sequel on their annual worldwide marketing tour...

TOY STORY 3D Rerelease Trailer Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT If you caught G-Force in 3D last weekend you likely would have seen the new trailer for Walt Disney's planned rereleases of Toy Story &...

Turner Writing inFAMOUS Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Screenwriter Sheldon Turner is looking to become inFAMOUS, with Sony Pictures pre-emptively picking up a pitch from Turner to adapt the Sucker Punch Prods. video game into a feature film for a price tag reportedly in the range of seven figures. The studio is working out a deal for rights to the game...

Bryce Dallas Howard in TWILIGHT ECLIPSE Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Summit Entertainment has announced that Bryce Dallas Howard is replacing Rachelle Lefevre for the role of Victoria in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, due a scheduling conflict on Lefevre's part. Here's the press statement: Summit Entertainment announced today that Bryce Dallas Howard will take over the role of “Victoria” in the studio&rsquo...

WOLFMAN Moved Again Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Beyond the successful April release of Fast &...

Ouran High School Host Club Part 2 Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT A classic case of, if it’s not broke, don’t fix it &ndash...

Shangri-La Episode #17 Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Continuing the exposition, Shangri-La throws out a few important points, but it feels like we are treading a bit of water right now. What They Say SHANGRI-LA is the story of a young woman fighting for her survival in a real "urban jungle...

6 Wishes for Iron Man 3 Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT   To say that the footage from Iron Man 2 shown at the San Diego Comic Con got us excited might just be the understatement of the century. You can read our thoughts on the film's explosive SDCC panel here. And our roundtable interviews with director Jon Favreau &...

PLANET HULK Trailer Online Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT The toon trailer for 'Planet Hulk' is now online! Plus: 'Scott Pilgrim' rocks (and crosses over with a certain alien movie). 'Smallville' spoilers! 'Black Panther' casting...

Kiba Complete Collection Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT What They Say The Review! Features Japanese Language, English Language, English Subtitles Review Equipment

Little Snow Fairy Sugar Complete Collection 1 Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT What They Say The Review! Features Japanese 2.0 Language, English 2.0 Language, English Subtitles Review Equipment

Popotan Complete Collection Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT What They Say The Review! Features Japanese 2.0 Language, English 2.0 Language, English Subtitles Review Equipment

ADV/Sentai New Title Solicitations and Licenses Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT The October 2009 solicitations have come in from ADV Films and Sentai Filmworks and there's a couple of new licenses to be had as well as some license rescues. On the ADV ...

His My Master Complete Collection Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT What They Say The Review! Features Japanese Language, English Subtitles Review Equipment

Ghost Hound Complete Collection 1 Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT What They Say The Review! Features Japanese Language, English Subtitles Review Equipment

Neo Tokyo/New Fist of the North Star (2009 Edition) Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT What They Say The Review! Features Japanese Language, English Language, English Subtitles Review Equipment

Rahxephon Complete Collection (2009 Edition) Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT What They Say The Review! Features Japanese Language, English Language, English Subtitles Review Equipment

Clannad After Story Collection 1 Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT What They Say The Review! Features Japanese Language, English Subtitles Review Equipment

6 New ASTRO BOY Images Posted: 29 Jul 2009 12:00 AM PDT Summit Entertainment and Imagi have dropped six new images from 'Astro Boy' on the web, including first looks at the characters Dr. Tenma (voiced by Nicolas Cage)...

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