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‘His Name Is Savage’: A Graphic Novel Pioneer Returns For A Fresh Fight
The Hero Nation Index is a weekly column on sci fi, horror, fantasy, and superhero fare in Hollywood.
EXCLUSIVE: A new venture called Paper Movies will launch in December by publishing two graphic novels, the espionage thriller His Name is…Savage! and the sci-fi horror tale ha.i.ley, and you can see the covers for…
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‘The Dark Age’: ‘Mudbound’ Producers Team With ‘Knightfall’ Co-Creator On Sci-Fi Comic Book
EXCLUSIVE: Christopher Lemole and Tim Zajaros, the founders of Armory Films and producers of Mudbound, are teaming with Knightfall co-creator Don Handfield on The Dark Age, a sci-fi tale that will published as comic book series by Red 5 Comics and then pursued as a television project.
The Dark Age will be the first…
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Avi Arad: From ‘Blade’ To ‘Morbius,’ Three Decades Of Mining Marvel
In Hollywood circles, Avi Arad was Marvel when Marvel wasn’t cool. Today, Marvel represents Hollywood’s gold standard for source material but that was hardly the case back in 1992 when Arad’s long odyssey with the brand got underway with Saturday morning cartoons like X-Men and Iron Man, the latter starring Robert…
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‘Superman: Year One’: Frank Miller And John Romita Jr. Take On Man of Steel
Frank Miller delivered a milestone masterpiece in the 1980s when he took Gotham City’s caped crusader back to his beginnings with Batman: Year One. Now, the restless creative mind behind The Dark Knight Returns, 300, Sin City, Ronin, Elektra: Assassin, and Give Me Liberty is taking the Man of Steel back to his…
‘Bloodshot’: Valiant Comics Reloads As Sony Ramps Up Vin Diesel Sci-Fi Film
Bloodshot is getting reloaded in a big way. The unstoppable machine-man assassin is on his way to the big screen for the first time next February with star Vin Diesel and Sony’s bid to start a new superhero universe with the characters of Valiant Comics. And then there’s the news today out of Emerald City Comic-Con in…
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‘Second Coming’: Controversial Jesus Christ Comic Book Finds New Publisher
Ahoy Comics will step in to publish Second Coming, the satirical series that depicts Jesus Christ returning in modern times as a superhero-in-training. The spoof series from writer Mark Russell and artist Richard Pace was dropped from the March release schedule of Warner-owned DC Comics after its announced premise…
‘Trust Fall’: First Look At New Heist Tale With A Super-Powered Twist
The majority of American comic books published each month follow a fairly conventional approach to artwork — they follow the superhero traditions on display at every convention. Some comics do veer off into other directions, however, and the new AfterShock Comics series Trust Fall is in that maverick category.
The…
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Netflix & Mark Millar’s ‘The Magic Order’ Comic Hits Near 20-Year Pre-Order High
EXCLUSIVE: Just under a year after Netflix inked a deal to purchase Kick-Ass, Jupiter's Legacy and Kingsman creator Mark Miller's comic booking publishing company, the team have their inaugural series The Magic Order coming out next week – and its poised to be a total sell-out.
Based on pre-order indications, the…
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'Cowboys & Aliens' Sparks Texas Lawsuit
The author of a 1995 comic story with the same title as the movie Cowboys & Aliens has sued producers of the movie and a comics publisher, alleging they stole his idea. Austin-based author Steven John Busti filed the suit in federal court in Texas. The suit named DreamWorks Studios, Universal Pictures and comic book…
'Tron:Legacy' Helmer Joseph Kosinski Pitching 'Oblivion' As Directing Vehicle
EXCLUSIVE: Back from vamping Tron: Legacy for the third straight year at Comic-Con, director Joseph Kosinski this week is making the rounds at studios. He’s pitching a movie version of Oblivion, a futuristic science fiction love story he’ll direct, based on a graphic novel he created for Radical Publishing.
Kosinski…
Comic-Con #13: The 'Priest' Panel
Luke Y Thompson is covering the Con for Deadline:
PRIEST, based on the Tokyopop-published graphic novel, is brought to you by the folks behind the agreeable B-movie LEGION. While many of the original Manga take place in the past, the movie serves as a sequel, set in a post-apocalyptic world. We’re shown a clip that is…
'Green Lantern' Scribe Lights The Way Into Comics For Other Screenwriters
Green Lantern co-writer Marc Guggenheim is at Comic-Con today. He’s launching Collider Entertainment, a partnership with Alisa Tager that is designed to create properties that start out as comics and then springboard onto other media platforms. Guggenheim and Tager have experience in everything from TV to films, video…
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