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Marvel’s Ghost Rider gets his second movie due for release February 2012. Once again Nicholas Cage is the demon stunt rider with the flaming skull. Check out the trailer below or visit the official site here www.thespiritofvengeance.com
Yet another big screen adaption of a popular comic book hits the cinemas this week. Cowboys & Aliens is a 2006 graphic novel created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and written by Fred Van Lente and Andrew Foley, with Luciano Lima and Dennis Calero in the art department.
I gotta say, what an absolutely fantastic name and concept. Shame about the tag line on the poster above, terrible.
On paper the signs look promising. It has a great cast including Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford and Sam Rockwell. Iron Man director Jon Favreau has the helm, Ron Howard is producer, and comic creator Rosenberg onboard for input. Have you seen this film? Let us know your thoughts.
The comic book movie zeitgeist rumbles on with yet another Hollywood adaptation. This time it is the turn of Priest a manhwa (Korean comic) horror series created by artist and writer Hyung Min-woo.
Directed by Scott Stewart and starring Paul Bettany as the title character the movie is to be released in both 2D and 3D. Find out more on the official Priest movie website.
If you’re a fan of horror comic movie adaptions then DYLAN DOG: Dead of Night should be right up your alley. Based on the hugely popular comic series that began back in 1986, this movie adaption stars Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) as Dylan Dog, a ‘Nightmare Investigator’ and paranormal policeman.
The comic series was written by Tiziano Sclavi and drawn by Claudio Villa and is widely reconginsed as the most popular comic book in Italian history as well as selling countless copies around the world.
It is, of course, a remake of the 1941 original starring Lon Chaney Junior. Here’s the plot from imdb…
Lawrence Talbot, a haunted nobleman, is lured back to his family estate after his brother vanishes. Reunited with his estranged father, Talbot sets out to find his brother… and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself. Talbot’s childhood ended the night his mother died. After he left the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor, he spent decades recovering and trying to forget. But when his brother’s fiancée, Gwen Conliffe, tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns home to join the search. He learns that something with brute strength and insatiable bloodlust has been killing the villagers, and that a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline has come to investigate.
Issues: Hoax Hunter’s #1 Writers: Michael Moreci, Steve Seeley Artist: Axel Medellin, Tim Seeley (c) Publisher: Image Comics Release Date: July 2011 Price: $2.99 “The acclaimed backup begins its own series! A rash of mass animal deaths leads the Hoax Hunters to the Louisiana bayou. What they find is a mystery that harkens to Jack’s [...]
Issue: Zombie Chuck #2 Writer: Brian Fyffe Artist: Brian Fyffe Release Date: 2012 Pages: 32 Price: $5.00 “Chuck and Lily’s second adventure, in 28 pages of color printed on aged newsprint paper!” Dying Breath: 4.5 out of 5 Zombie Chuck is back, and ready to party for Halloween! I was so excited to get my [...]
Issue: Monocyte #4 Writers: Menton3, Kasra Ghanbari, Steve Niles, Barron Storey Artists: Menton3, Chris Newman, Ben Templesmith Covers: Menton3, David Stoupakis, Phil Hale Publisher: IDW Release Date: May 2012 Price: $3.99 “The world is in in chaos. Monocyte makes his way to Azrael as the human slaves are freed… Series conclusion with art by menton3 [...]
Issue: Product of Society #5 Creators: Jon Michael Lennon, Leo Perez, Chris Newman, B. Alan Hubbard, Lauren Burke, Andrew Dimitt, Don Hills, Kyle Lawler, Donovan Klingal, Josh Filer, Mat Festa, Thor Fjalarsson and Sarah Hollings Publisher: CheeseLord Comics Release Date: March 2012 Price: $5.00 “Synopsis An anthology of Earth’s most disturbed persons. Product of Society [...]
Issue: Doctor Spektor Archives Volume 4 HC Writer: Donald Glut Artist: Jesse Santos Publisher: Dark Horse Release Date: February 2012 Price: $50.00 “Confronting supernatural threats and vengeful monsters, Dr. Spektor travels from Scottish lochs to cursed swamplands–and from the surreal dreamscape of the Egyptian afterlife to New York City’s Chinatown! Collecting issues #19 to #25 [...]
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