Never judge a book by its movie.
During a recent launch event announcing the newest trailer for Ready Player One, Ernest Cline revealed that he is working on a sequel to his blockbuster novel. Not only is that great news, but he is apparently bouncing ideas of Steven Spielberg! “But there’s no better inspiration for a writer [than] to return to a world…
I’m not sure if I’m the best person to talk about Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol because my favorite adaptations of it are Scrooged and The Muppet Christmas Carol. Nevertheless, it is a classic and has been in print for over 174 years. Feast your eyes on some of these covers from its publication history.…
Starting March 2018, Joe R. Lansdale returns to the world of Bubba Ho-Tep with a new prequel comic from IDW. Lansdale is co-writing Bubba Ho-Tep and the Cosmic Vampires with Joshua Jabcuga, and Todd Galusha will be handling the art. I love the idea of returning to this strange universe where Elvis Presley is a monster…
Read more BUBBA HO-TEP AND THE COSMIC BLOOD-SUCKERS is a Prequel Comic Co-Written by Joe R. Lansdale
While standing in the lobby of a 100-year-old hotel, in San Antonio, recently, a woman and her husband approached me and asked: “Is it true that this hotel is haunted?” I gleefully replied “Well, most of the original staff knows about the 12th floor. The disturbances, I mean. But, it’s been quiet for years.”…
March is quickly approaching, and 2018 is looking like a dynamite year for movies. Ready Player One might be my most anticipated movie of that year. The official poster and the first full official trailer were released by Warner Bros. recently and they had only helped get me even more excited about this adaptation of…
The latest adaptation of Brian Garfield’s Death Wish was initially staled for a November release, but now it has been delayed until March 2nd, 2018. via EW.com MGM tells EW the date change will better serve the movie, as both Roth and Willis are filming other projects through the end of the year, so moving to…
The prequel novel to the sequel of Pacific Rim releases on February 28th, 2018. Which is almost a month before the film premieres. It promises to bridge the gap between the two films, and with the apparent jump in time between the movies, this could be required reading for the hardcore fans. The book is…
Read more PACIFIC RIM UPRISING: ASCENSION Releases on February 28, 2018
I had an almost religious experience recently. I went to the Ray Harryhausen: Mythical Menagerie exhibit hosted by the Science Museum Oklahoma in Oklahoma City. Ray Harryhausen is a name that anyone that is even mildly interested in special effects in movies should know. He didn’t invent stop-motion animation, but he was probably the best at it…
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