Augusta Chronicle Columnist Steven Uhles looks at the recent success of comic books characters raking it in at the box office and how comic strip characters have struggled to translate on the big screen. He looks at some of the notable attempts with Dick Tracy, Popeye, Prince Valiant, Flash Gordon, and Annie. It is, I […]
Hefei University of Technology has developed software that uses facial recognition to analyze movies to produce a comic book based on the movie.Developed at the Hefei University of Technology, in China, the clever tech will first of all analyse a film, identify the characters via facial recognition, and then start taking screen-grabs of the action. […]
Mandrake the Magician, the comic strip created by Lee Falk in 1934, is making its way to the big screen. According to Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros. has picked up the rights with the hopes to remake it much like it did for Sherlock Holmes.
Aside from a bit o’ controversy regarding the film itself by Europeans, the opening credits are kinda cool.
From Contactmusic.com:Typical of the fury ignited by the movie, Nicholas Lezard, the literary critic for Britain’s Guardian newspaper, said that when he left the theater showing the Tintin film, he founding himself “too stunned and sickened to speak; for I had been obliged to watch two hours of literally senseless violence being perpetrated on something […]
From Beehivecity.comGreen Lantern is not the only superhero offering to suggest that interest in men-in-tights in waning. Kenneth Branagh’s Thor opened with $66 million last month, a satisfying result for Paramount and Marvel comics but no match for the $115 million pocketed by the 2002 Spider-Man reboot in its first days. Matthew Vaughn, director of […]
Last week I wondered aloud if Cars 2 would be the first Pixar dud. I was wrong. The film took the top spot on its debut weekend and based on the numbers I found on the-numbers.com, the estimated $68 million Cars 2 earned this last weekend makes it the fifth highest grossing Pixar film on […]
DreamWorks Animation has released the theatrical trailer for the Shrek spin off Puss In Boots. The movie is directed by Chris Miller (Shrek the Third). Voicing the movie includes Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Zach Galifianakis, Billy Bob Thornton and Amy Sedaris.The movie opens November 4th in 2D and 3D.
Ron Howard is rumored to be direct a live-action movie adaptation of MAD Magazine’s Spy vs. Spy. According to Deadline.com reports that the “film will be a physical and highly visual action comedy with two spies going mano a mano in ruthless fashion.” No date has given. Other names attached to the project include David […]
Coming Soon has posted what looks like a mobile phone pic of a Despicable Me 2 poster. It’s not very revealing but confirms a 2013 release of the sequel.
Actor and director Warren Beatty has announced he’s working on a sequel for the Dick Tracy movie as well as a remastered Blu-Ray of the original Dick Tracy movie he directed and starred in back in the 1980’s.Recently, Beatty won a legal battle with Tribune Media over the movie rights for the Dick Tracy character.Regarding […]
Warner Bros. will produce three new 3D short animations of their Looney Tunes properties. More interestingly is that they’ll use the original voice recordings of Mel Blanc (the original voice behind Bugs Bunny) from the 1950s. The three shorts will include a Daffy Duck segment, a Sylvester the Cat and Tweety and anothe Road Runner […]
The LA Times reviewed the traveling exhibit of The Art of Tim Burton that originated at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. In all 700 or so artifacts from his original sketches and movie memorabilia are on display.The LA Times wasn’t that impressedArt museums often have a tough time with shows about […]
The Adventures of Tintin is set to hit theaters this December. The 3D motion capture movie is produced by legendary filmmakers Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson. Posters (see below) have been released as well as the trailer. Tintin is based on the be French comic by Belgian artist Georges Rémi (1907?1983). It is one of […]