Archive | March, 2007

Crood Awakening – new animation from DreamWorks

29. March 2007

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DreamWorks has announced that Chris Sanders, who has worked on an impressive list of major animation films including Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King, will direct their upcoming animated project Crood Awakening. Details on the film as being kept quiet, but it is known that it is a comedy set in the Stone [...]

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Asterix ain’t Kosher

29. March 2007

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Israel Today reports that diminutive French comics hero Asterix the Gaul now speaks Hebrew and Arabic in his latest of many translations (the series has been translated into more than a hundred other languages so far, which surely must make this album series one of the most universally popular cultural items on the planet). Jamal [...]

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Doctor Who companions

29. March 2007

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The BBC site has a pictorial stroll down memory lane, taking in some of the companions who have travelled through time and space with the Doctor. I still have a soft spot for Liz Sladen’s character Sarah Jane Smith, who travelled with both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker’s incarnations of the Time Lord and who [...]

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‘Bond’ gun sold at auction

29. March 2007

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A special Colt Python .357 Magnum presented by the Colt company to James Bond creator Ian Fleming went under the hammer, selling for a cool £12, 000 at auction. The gun and a letter from Colt were given to Fleming after they read of Bond villain Scaramanga using one. Bond himself, of course, preferred something [...]

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Danny Boyle Sunshine Q&A

29. March 2007

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Danny Boyle, the man who brought us Trainspotting and Shallow Grave (and, er, the Beach, but let’s not hold that against him…) will be doing a Q&A at the Ritzy in London following the preview screening of his new science fiction film, Sunshine, on Wednesday 4th of April. The little gem that is Edinburgh’s Cameo [...]

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“Who needs a Kwik-e-Mart?”

29. March 2007

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Boing Boing carries news that a number of 7-11 convenience stores in the US will be made over to resemble Springfield’s Kwik-e-Mart to coincide with this summer’s big screen outing for The Simpsons. Apparently Simpsons-inspired goods will be available for sale to customers in the special stores, including Buzz Cola, Squishees and Krusty Brand Cereal [...]

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The Propaganda reviews – from Dorking around to serious Criminal activity

28. March 2007

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This is Propaganda. My name’s Richard Bruton. Until last October I used to work at Nostalgia & Comics in Birmingham UK, where I spent a very happy 19 years getting paid to have fun, see my friends and help promote the great comics I loved. But even the best things come to an end and last October [...]

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Bond scoops Empire awards

28. March 2007

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The film which has revamped the James Bond franchise, Casino Royale, has swept the boards at this year’s Empire awards. Over 50, 000 readers of the country’s biggest movie mag voted this year, with Casino Royale picking up the Best Film award while Daniel Craig took the Best Use of Wet Swim Shorts and a [...]

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Hal Duncan walks the plank

28. March 2007

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One of the most unusual new SF&F writers to come out of Scotland in the last few years, Hal Duncan, takes part in one of the ‘Walk the Plank‘ five question interviews by one of my favourite American writers, Jeff VanderMeer, discussing the second part of the Book of All Hours, the head-rewiring novel Ink, [...]

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300 video interviews

28. March 2007

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Movie magazine Empire has posted video interviews with the cast and crew of the film adaptation of 300, including Zack Snyder and Gerard Butler.

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Transformers movie posters

28. March 2007

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Ain’t It Cool News has two new ‘one-sheet’ teaser posters for the upcoming Transformers movie online, including this one of Optimus Prime. And if the Robots In Disguise are your cup of tea you should check out the June pre-orders from IDW, which boasts a slew of Transformers titles, from Spotlight through to deluxe hardbacks [...]

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Signed, battered keyboard for sale

28. March 2007

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Over on Neil Gaiman’s journal he reveals he has given away a battered old computer keyboard to raffle. Why would anyone want a knackered old keyboard? Well, it is the keyboard Neil wrote most of the Sandman on, now signed and with doodles added and being raffled for the Open Rights Group. A quick look [...]

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David Tennant to star in Einstein project

27. March 2007

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Doctor Who star David Tennant is down to star in a joint BBC and HBO production about Albert Einstein and his Theory of Relativity, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Tennant will play Sir Arthur Eddington, an eminent phycisist from the early 20th century, who corresponded with Einstein, even during the Great War when their countries [...]

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Spanish National Comics Award

27. March 2007

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I’m indebted to El Tio Berni from Spanish site Entrecomics for passing on some very heartening news – in Spain the Culture Ministry has created the National Comic Award, with a prize of 15, 000 Euros. As he pointed out that may not sound like a lot of money but the point is it puts [...]

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Stardust trailer online

27. March 2007

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Yahoo has a trailer for the forthcoming movie adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess’ Stardust online and, oh boy, does it look like a terrific fantasy romp! The official movie site can also be found here. Gaiman story, Vess’ remarkable art to draw on for visual inspiration and throw in Michelle Pfeiffer (does she [...]

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