Looks like LEGO Movie 2 is being pushed back in order to make LEGO Batman. From Hollywood Reporter:Chris McKay, the animation supervisor on Lego Movie, was initially set to direct that project’s sequel. However, the movie is being pushed back and McKay is now helming the Lego Batman movie, which is being written by author-screenwriter […]
The movie Tundra creator Chad Carpenter raised money to make has posted its first trailer online (see below). The live-action movie is based off the graphic novel written by Chad and his brother Darin Carpenter. It was illustrated by Robert Duckett.
This weekend box office numbers are in and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles knocked out Guardians of the Galaxy for the top grossing film (domestically $65 million). That was good enough for producer Michael Bay who announced he’ll make a sequel for a 2016 release date according to Hollywood reporter.From Hollywood reporter: Heading into the weekend, […]
A new Captain America Trailer aired yesterday during the Super Bowl. Looks more intense than the first.
I just looked at the list of top grossing movies in 2013. Interestingly five of the ten have some sort of connection to comics, graphic novels, animation or comic books. Rank Title 2013 Gross 1 Iron Man 3 $408,992,272 2 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire $400,088,390 3 Despicable Me $367,860,095 4 Man of Steel $291,045,518 […]
Exciting news for editorial cartoonist Steve Breen. Hollywood bidding wars usually involve high-profile names and entities like J.K. Rowling or Voltron robots. But the most recent battle over film rights happened over the U-T?s own political cartoonist, Steve Breen. On Friday, Universal Pictures won a bidding war to produce a comedy based on Breen?s upcoming […]
This looks like it has potential. The Boxtrolls is a 3D stop-motion and CG hybrid featuring voice talents from Ben Kingsley, Isaac Hempstead-Wright, Elle Fanning, Jared Harris, Toni Collette and Tracy Morgan.Official Teaser Here’s a promotional video showing some of the intricacies of doing stop animation. Due out in September of 2014
This is the second comic strip creator turned movie director story in the last week. This time, Michael Fry, co-creator of Over the Hedge (with T Lewis), is raising funds via Kickstarter to direct a live-action/animated short called New Soul. The short is about “a new human soul, before it’s born, sitting for an exit […]
Tundra creator Chad Carpenter is raising money through Kickstarter for a live-action comedy/suspense feature-length film based on a graphic novel he and his brother Darin wrote called Moose. The story-line involves a mythological half-man/half-moose and an eclectic cast of small town Alaska characters.Here’s the pitch:
Yeah, this is about right.
ComicbookMovie.com has posted photos shot of the filming of the next Spider-man movie. Interesting to see the cables and harnesses used.
Somebody has put up all 15 chapters of the 1937 Dick Tracy serial. First chapter is below. The rest can be found on Inkytree’s Youtube page.
A new Peanuts feature film will be hitting theaters in 2015 according to Peanuts Worldwide – the joint venture between Iconix Brand Group and Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates. The film is written by Charles M. Schulz’ son, Craig.From the press release: Craig Schulz, President, Charles M. Schulz Creative Associates, commented, “We have been working […]
I recieved a note from Thaine H. Allison, Jr., an actor in a new movie Barmy. If ever there was someone who should play Lee Salem in a movie it would be Thaine, but I digress. If you’re in the Hollywood area on Sunday August 5th, make plans to see the premiere screening of Barmy […]
Warner Bros. has brought in Tom Wheeler to rewrite Mandrake The Magician which has been in movie production since 2009. Wheeler, writer for the movie Puss in Boots and NBC’s series The Cape has been charged with giving Mandrake a 21st century makeover much like Warner Bros did for Sherlock Holmes.The original Mandrake the Magician […]