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Fangoria Comic Screams Holiday Gift List - The Walking Dead

18 December 2009 5:04 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

The Walking Dead– Compendium Volume One | Image Comics

Written by Robert Kirkman |  Art by Charlie Adlard, Cliff Rathburn, and Tony Moore

This is how it starts. Life is normal. The days go by. The night puts us to sleep. And then we wake up and realize we’re surrounded by zombies. In an instant, your enemies are your friends, and some of your friends become enemies. People around the country are opening up and adapting to a new beginning; a place where you have to survive and to do so, by looking over your shoulder every five minutes. Because if you don’t, a zombie just might make a breakfast out of you.

Before the New Year brings in a new decade of technological advancement, celebrity scandal, and one hit wonders, fans of zombies need to make a quick pit stop to the local bookstore or online seller for The Walking Dead »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Mike Fish)

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Fangoria Comic Screams Holiday Gift List - Bad Planet

18 December 2009 4:59 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Bad Planet– Limited Black and White Hardcover Edition | Raw Entertainment Studios http://www.raw-studios.com/

Written by Thomas Jane and Steve Niles | Art by James Daly III, Lewis Larosa, Tim Bradstreet, and Dave Kendall

It’s Saturday. A little after 1pm, and I’m flipping through the channels like a speed demon looking for a visual sensation. After going through 100 plus channels, something occurs to me that I’m not necessarily thinking about, but more like a trigger effect from all the reality shows, fix it yourself home improvement clips, and boring news channels. The surprise on this Saturday is that I didn’t stumble upon a classic science fiction movie. Not that I watch much television on a Saturday afternoon as it is, but I know most of my childhood and teenage years, I’d flip through the channels and fall into a War Of The Worlds or It Came From Outer Space. »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Mike Fish)

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Best Of 2009: Toys, Trends, News, Etc.

17 December 2009 9:44 AM, PST | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »

Our look back on the best and brightest comics, comic book movies, news and swag from 2009 concludes with today's list of the year's best comics-related announcements, crazy rumors, toys and trends.

(And just in case you missed it, be sure to check out our "Best Comics-Related Movies, TV And Games" and "Best Comics Of 2009" list!)

Best Of 2009: News, Merch, Trends, Etc.

Best Adaptation News

"The Walking Dead" Television Series (AMC)

Never in my life did I expect to hear Frank Darabont's name in the same sentence as "The Walking Dead," but fate apparently had other plans. Seriously, can you believe that Robert Kirkman's zombie-ridden comic book series will make the leap to live-action television on the same network as the amazing "Mad Men" with Darabont's expert vision at the helm? With movies like "The Shawshank Redemption" and "The Mist" to his name, there's no doubt that Darabont »

- Splash Page Team

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‘The Orphanage’ Remake Loses Its Director

20 November 2009 2:22 PM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Back in August we reported on the fact that prolific film actor/editor/producer/director, Larry Fessenden, was attached to direct the upcoming inevitable remake of Juan Antonio Bayona’s excellent Spanish-language horror film, The Orphanage (or “El orfanato” to use its Spanish name). Fessenden had reportedly co-written the script with the ultra-busy Guillermo del Toro (who produced the original and is performing the same duties for the remake), and was tapped to bring the creepy tale to English-speaking audiences who may not have seen (or maybe not even have heard of) the original.

However, just a few short months later the guys over at JoBlo have learned exclusively from Fessenden himself that he most likely won’t be directing The Orphanage remake. On the set of his upcoming project, the post-apocalyptic vampire film Stake Land (Fessenden is producing), he told Joblo the following:

 

“The Orphanage was two years of waiting. »

- Ross Miller

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My Halloween Heroes: A Guest Blog By Steve Niles

28 October 2009 7:01 AM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »

Halloween Week continues with yet another guest blog from one of the industry's most notable creators of horror comics. This time around, it's "30 Days of Night" co-creator Steve Niles, whose series "Criminal Macabre," "Freaks of the Heartland" and "Wake the Dead" (among others) are also currently in development as feature films. His sequel to "30 Days of Night," "Dark Days" is also currently in production.

I imagine for a lot of folks out there Halloween is a fun time, but not one of the bigger times of year. In my house, Halloween is right up there with all major holidays. I’d even go as far as to say I spend more in October than I do in December.

It’s the truth. I have a problem. My name is Steve Niles and I’m a horror addict. I’m also one lucky monster-kid. But I’m getting ahead of myself. »

- Splash Page Team

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Before The Fall aka Tres Dias (Film Review)

26 October 2009 3:58 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

There's dark, there's bleak and then there's Javier Gutierrez' Before The Fall (Tres Dias), which is so utterly nihilistic, it makes the ending of Frank Darabont's The Mist look like Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs! This amazing film was chosen to close L.A. Screamfest.

An enormous meteor, 10 times bigger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs, is going to hit Earth in three days. In the Spanish town of Laguna, near-do-well Ale (an impressive Victor Clavijo) plans to spend his final days drinking and listening to music. His plans are interrupted when his Mother requests his help--Thomas, Ale's successful brother, has four children home alone in a remote hilltop and she wants to look after them before the End comes.

Once there, they find the children unaware of the impending doom and the Mother decides not to tell them. Because Ale's brother captured a notorious child killer years earlier, »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)

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All treats, no tricks on Fangoria Radio tonight!

9 October 2009 11:26 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

It’s only the second week of October, but here at Fangoria Radio, we like to start celebrating Halloween in advance. And tonight’s show, hosted by Debbie Rochon, Dee Snider and Fango managing editor Michael Gingold (airing live on Sirius Xm Stars satellite radio, Sirius channel 108/Xm channel 139, from 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Est, with a repeat immediately thereafter), has a host of top guests to help spread the chill:

• The eagerly awaited horror anthology Trick ’R Treat is finally out on DVD and Blu-ray for all to see and enjoy, and writer/director Michael Dougherty (pictured) will be on hand to tell us all about it

• With very little money and a very creepy concept, director Oren Peli has created quite an on-line sensation with his debut feature Paranormal Activity, and he’ll join us as it spreads into more theaters today

• One of our favorite regular guests, »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Fangoria.com)

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Review: 'Dark Country'

7 October 2009 5:20 PM, PDT | FEARnet | See recent FEARnet news »

Dark Country marks the directorial debut of actor/comic-book publisher/horror enthusiast Thomas Jane (The Punisher, The Mist).  It's a stylish neo-noir thriller that, although languidly paced, is a curious and engrossing little (88 minutes) film.  It could best be described as Lost Highway enters The Twilight Zone. After getting hitched to a blackjack dealer in an impromptu Vegas wedding, Dick (played by Jane) and his new bride Gina (Lauren German, Hostel II) are driving through the desert when they come upon a ghastly accident victim. The other car seems to be gone, but there's a barely-living victim – bloodied, broken, and missing most of his face. Dick and Gina put the stranger in the back seat, »

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Excl: Tom Jane on the Making of Dark Country

7 October 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

Thomas Jane is one of us. A genre fan. A comic book fan. Hit Comic-Con, you'll see him working the show floor, usually at his Raw Entertainment booth. He has starred in The Punisher , The Mist and Mutant Chronicles , now fans can check out his directorial debut Dark Country , a surreal road trip through the desert that ends in disaster for two honeymooners (Jane and co-star Lauren German) when they come upon a bloody accident victim. Fueled by .50s pulp fare, with a dash of Rod Serling, the film - originally shot in 3-D - is now available on DVD this week. ShockTillYouDrop.com: This has been a hell of a journey. The last time you and I spoke you were just in pre-production. Thomas Jane: Jeez, that was a while ago. Shock: Has it been worth it or what? Jane: »

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Five Minutes from Thomas Jane's Dark Country

5 October 2009 4:00 PM, PDT | WorstPreviews.com | See recent Worst Previews news »

Thanks to JoBlo, we now have a five minute clip from the upcoming "Dark Country" thriller, starring Thomas Jane (The Punisher, The Mist), Lauren German (Hostel: Part II) and Ron Perlman (Hellboy). Check it out below. Plot: Two honeymooners rescue a mysterious car crash survivor in the Las Vegas desert. But their decision to save the man becomes increasingly regrettable when he turns on them, forcing the newlyweds to do the unthinkable. In a blur of paranormal chaos, the couple must take drastic measures to cover up their actions from the local police, ultimately leading each character to an inescapable fate. When Jane first announced this movie, he said that it will be his directorial debut and that it would appear in 3-D theaters. We now learn, that it is going straight-to-dvd and will appear in stores on October 6th. Clip: If you cannot see the player, click here. Click »

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Lbcc 09: Review of Thomas Jane's Dark Country

5 October 2009 10:37 AM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

Year: 2009

Directors: Thomas Jane

Writers: Tab Murphy

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Review by: Hal MacDermot

Rating: 6.7 out of 10

[Editor's note: From coverage at the Long Beach Comic Con, we were also supposed to have a review for Give 'em Hell, Malone but the distributor yanked it at the last moment. Replace this sentence with me cursing them out.]

A film noir in 3D and Sony is releasing it straight to DVD in 2D? “Excuse me?” I hear you exclaim,”Are they out of their highly strung executive minds? What are they thinking?” More on this point anon, but now to the main feature. Thomas Jane’s directorial debut is definitely a must for fans of film noir, but I have to warn you that the plot’s not as strong as the visuals. It should stand up in 2D, the shadows will remain, but it can’t be as good as the 3D. Dark Country is a bit like a very long and wonderfully lit episode of the Twilight Zone. Stylistically it also reminded me of the desert surreal horror world of Dave Payne’s No Man’s Land: the Rise of the Reeker (2008). Wait, »

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The Mist returns--Black and white with bugs all over!

4 October 2009 3:36 AM, PDT | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Stephen King always referred to his classic 1980 novella The Mist as his "black and white Bert I. Gordon bug movie."  At the Long Beach Comic Con this weekend, when the film he was going to run, Give 'Em Hell Malone, got hung up over rights issue, a funny, shoeless Thomas Jane substituted it for a big screen showing of The Mist in black and white!

"This is my favorite way of seeing this movie," Jane said.  "It's the ultimate version of the movie! Frank (Darabont) feels it should be seen this way, too.  I loved playing the main character--David Drayton, the hero--every decision he makes is totally wrong!"

After the grim ending, Thomas Jane joked "That's a real party starter, huh?  I love the movie.  Unfortunately, they released the movie at Thanksgiving--which was obviously the wrong time of year for this kind of movie."

As a Stephen King adapter, writer »

- no-reply@fangoria.com (Pat Jankiewicz)

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Whip It (review)

1 October 2009 3:37 AM, PDT | www.flickfilosopher.com | See recent FlickFilosopher news »

I always knew Drew Barrymore could be this cool: her directorial debut is a simultaneously sweet and kickass story about one girl’s finding her bliss, a movie that works within Hollywood conventions of storytelling to handily demonstrate that just because a tale is familiar doesn’t mean it can’t be fresh and funny and edgy, too. Ellen Page, in a performance so radically different from her turns in Juno and Hard Candy that she has now surely cemented her place as the best young actress working today, is the ironically named Bliss Cavendar, a Texas high schooler from a small “armpit of a town” who couldn’t be less blissful. Shy and nervous and “alternative,” though she’s so naive she doesn’t realize her conformist peers are taunting her when they dub her thus, she’s exactly wrong for the beauty pageant circuit her mother, Brooke (Marcia Gay Harden: The Mist, »

- MaryAnn Johanson

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The Walking Dead En Route to AMC - Here's How

30 September 2009 6:24 PM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

There's probably no better person to tackle the adaptation of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead than Frank Darabont. I've always been a fan of the guy, and two years after the release of his masterpiece, The Mist, I'm adamant that we've yet to get another genre film that good. By crafting a perfect balance of creature feature, human drama, and social commentary, Darabont proved himself a master of the elements required to make this sucker work. And today we're learning a little bit about how he intends to do it.

MTV talked to author Robert Kirkman about the upcoming project, which sounds almost too good to be true:

"I'm going to be an executive producer on the show, so I'll have my hands all over the thing. But it's important to me that I'm only involved in the show as much my comic book career will allow. I'm excited »

- Masked Slasher

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Kirkman Talks AMC's Walking Dead Series

30 September 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

When AMC teamed with Frank Darabont ( The Mist ) to develop a television series out of Robert Kirkman's "The Walking Dead," it instantly became a "most anticipated" project. Kirkman will serve as an executive producer on the series while Darabont will write and direct for producers Gale Anne Hurd (a genre vet, look 'er up) of Valhalla Motion Pictures and David Alpert of Circle of Confusion. "I've told Frank flat-out that I do not want him to follow the comic to the detriment of the show," Kirkman tells MTV in a recent interview. "I encourage him to veer off if he has something that will work really well on TV that wouldn't work in a comic. I don't want people who enjoy the comic to be watching the TV show and going, 'Oh, this is leading to »

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Robert Kirkman, Creator of The Walking Dead Comic, Talks up the New AMC Show Being Helmed by Frank Darabont

29 September 2009 9:36 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »

AMC is on a roll. “Mad Men” has won the Emmy for Best Drama two years running and “Breaking Bad” is no slouch either. Now the network is trying yet another original idea: a zombie drama series based on the “The Walking Dead” comic series. Better yet, Frank Darabont (”Shawshank Redemption,” “The Green Mile,” “The Mist”) is helming it. Series creator Robert Kirkman discusses the new venture after the jump.

MTV sat down with Kirkman, who seems very excited about the TV deal. When asked about working with Darabont, he had only positive things to say.

When I heard that Darabont was interested in doing it a long, long time ago, I was just ecstatic. For me, “The Walking Dead” is not necessarily a horror thing. It’s not all about the shocks. It’s about characters and all of that dramatic nonsense. And Darabont does that better than anybody. »

- Jeffrey Van Camp

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Exclusive: 'The Walking Dead' Creator Explains How Frank Darabont Will Bring Zombie Drama To AMC

29 September 2009 4:01 PM, PDT | MTV Splash Page | See recent MTV Splash Page news »

When it was announced last month that "The Walking Dead," Robert Kirkman's long-running comic book series about life after the zombie invasion, would be adapted as an AMC television series directed by Frank Darabont ("The Shawshank Redemption," "The Mist"), it's safe to say that everyone was surprised by the news. Why? Because it was one of the most forehead-slappingly appropriate matches of a filmmaker to a comic book property in, well... I'm hard-pressed to think of any filmmaker/comic pairing that tops it.

I caught up with Kirkman recently to chat about the "Walking Dead" television deal, and the hardworking writer shared some details about why he's just as pleased with the pairing as the rest of us, and what we can expect when "The Walking Dead" and its host of zombies shamble onto TV screens.

MTV: So, everyone seems to be in agreement about how great of a »

- Rick Marshall

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Excl: Tom Jane Talks Devil's Commandos Update

29 September 2009 | shocktillyoudrop.com | See recent shocktillyoudrop news »

At Comic-Con 2009, actor, and now director, Thomas Jane ( Hung , The Mist ) hit the show floor to rep Raw Entertainment, a production outfit he kick-started with Steve Niles ("30 Days of Night"). One of the many projects he was touting was The Devil's Commandos . Cooked up by illustrator Tim Bradstreet, the script is by Todd Farmer ( My Bloody Valentine 3D ) and was, at a time, a directing vehicle for Jane once he completed Dark Country (coming to DVD October 6). Jane tells ShockTillYouDrop.com, however, that he's only going to produce the film which tells of a World War II commando unit who do battle with Satan's army. "I'd much rather find a really great director," he says. "I'll be coming off of the second season of 'Hung' and my time off, »

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Super-8 Movie Madness at The Way Out Club!

27 September 2009 9:48 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »

Next Tuesday, October 6th is Super-8 Movie Madness Night at The Way Out Club in St. Louis! Younger movie geeks might not be familiar with Super-8 movie madness, so a brief history of the malady is in order. Besides waiting for a favorite film to pop up on TV, what did movie buffs do before home video? That’s not a rhetorical question because I have the answer: Super-8 millimeter Films! I’m not talking about the kind our dads made of us on vacation in the 60’s and 70’s but the kind that were sold at stores and through mail-order that were condensed versions of popular feature films. Ken Films, Castle Films, and Blackhawk were just some of the distributors of these digest versions of famous movies. I remember the ads that ran in the back of “Famous Monsters of Filmland” magazine advertising mini horror films and I collected them as a kid. »

- Tom

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British Fantasy Awards Announced

24 September 2009 6:34 AM, PDT | thetorchonline | See recent thetorchonline news »

This past weekend at FantasyCon in Nottingham, U.K., The British Fantasy Society announced the winners of its annual British Fantasy Awards. Nominations are listed; winners are in bold: Best Novel Memoirs of a Master Forger, William Heaney/Graham Joyce (Gollancz) Midnight Man, Simon Clark (Severn House) Rain Dogs, Gary McMahon (Humdrumming) The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman (Bloomsbury) The Victoria Vanishes, Christopher Fowler (Little, Brown) Thieving Fear, Ramsey Campbell (Ps Publishing) Best Novella The Reach of Children, Tim Lebbon (Humdrumming) Cold Stone Calling, Simon Clark (Tasmaniac Publications) Gunpowder, Joe Hill (Ps Publishing) "Heads", Gary McMahon (We Fade To Grey) "The Narrows", Simon Bestwick (We Fade To Grey) Best Television Doctor Who (BBC Wales) Battlestar Galactica (NBC) Dead Set (Zeppotron/Channel 4) Dexter (Clyde Phillips Productions) Supernatural (Warner Bros TV) Best Film The Dark Knight (Christopher Nolan) Cloverfield (Matt Reeves) Iron Man (Jon Favreau) The Mist (Frank Darabont) The Orphanage (Juan Antonio Bayona »

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