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Monday, November 29, 2010
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Friday, November 19, 2010
new BERSERK oh my god i'm so damn happy
The wraparound jacket band on the 35th volume of Kentarou Miura's Berserk fantasy manga is announcing this month that a new anime project is launching. More information will be provided in Hakusensha's Young Animal magazine and the affiliated Young Animal Web site.
The manga has been running in Young Animal since 1989. Oriental Light and Magic and VAP already adapted the story into a 25-episode television anime series from 1997 to 1998, and Media Blasters released this earlier anime in North America. Dark Horse Comics and Digital Manga Publishing are publishing the 34th manga volume this month. Dark Horse Comics describes the manga as the following:
His name is Guts, the Black Swordsman, a feared warrior spoken of only in whispers. Bearer of a gigantic sword, an iron hand, and the scars of countless battles and tortures, his flesh is also indelibly marked with The Brand, an unholy symbol that draws the forces of darkness to him and dooms him as their sacrifice. But Guts won't take his fate lying down; he'll cut a crimson swath of carnage through the ranks of the damned — and anyone else foolish enough to oppose him! Accompanied by Puck the Elf, more an annoyance than a companion, Guts relentlessly follows a dark, bloodstained path that leads only to death … or vengeance.
[Via Earl.Box, raito-kun, AICN Anime]
Update: More background information added.
Update 2: A television commercial narrated by singer, actor, and well-known Berserk fan Gackt will promote the release of the 35th manga volume. Four versions of the commercial will run from Wednesday, September 29 to October 3. The official website will re-open after a revamp on Tuesday at about 9:30 a.m. with the television commercial and a separate, web-only commercial. In addition, an official Twitter account, "Berserk_project," has launched. Source: Comic Natalie
Update: Director Hiroyuki Kitakubo wrote in his Twitter account on Tuesday that he heard that 4[blank]C is making Berserk as a full-CG anime. He added that [blank]°C might be attempting to make an in-house motion capture studio. He prefaced his comments by saying that he apologizes in advance if someone considers what he posts to be confidential information. Thanks, braves. [Via raito-kun]
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
must have it.. Witcher 2 collectors edition
You want the head of Geralt of Rivia? CD Project Red and Atari will give you the head of Geralt of Rivia and much, much more in the $129.99 collector's edition of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.
CD Projekt Red and Atari had a big hit on their hands with 2007's the Witcher, so they're going big with with the collector's edition of next year's sequel, throwing everything they've got into one massive collection of Polish fantasy-themed swag.
The usual suspects are all here. You've got your game DVD, making of video, manual, and official soundtrack. There's the requisite world map and what seems to be a rather large hardbound art book.
Then it starts getting extravagant.
There's a replica of a Temerian coin, a set of dice, playing cards with a rulebook to help you play Witcher-themed card games, a pamphlet that comes with a cursed coin - that's two coins now. They've packed in papercraft figures, a big bad papercraft monster doll, and three stickers. There's even a voucher to download the Vernon Roche Commando Jacket, a collector's edition exclusive piece of clothing that majorly boosts the player's sword fighting skills.
And then things come to a head. Geralt of Rivia's head, to be exact. Put it on your mantle as a fine work of art, or grab some paint and doll the Witcher up to your liking. It's all possible with The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Collector's Edition.
kotaku
hulk tv series by... Guillermo del Toro
In October it was announced that Marvel Studios was working on a live action television series for The Incredible Hulk for ABC, one of three live-action series the comic book television division is developing for the Mouse House. At the time we didn’t have many details. The project was assumed to be an hour-long program, and we didn’t know how involved Heroes exec producer Jeph Loeb, head of development at Marvel’s television division (launched in June), would be in the project.
ABC Studios is finalizing a deal with Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) and Battlestar Galactica executive producer David Eick.
Deadline is reporting that Eick would write the pilot script with story involvement/development from del Toro, both sharing story and created by credit. del Toro will direct the pilot episode, subject to his availability (which is getting smaller and smaller by the week). The television series is expected to follow the Hulk’s origin story, but it’s so very early in the development process to know for sure. It’s a long ways out, and won’t be ready for Fall 2011 consideration, instead Marvel hopes to launch the series in fall 2012, following the July release of The Avengers.
Guillermo, who has been very hands on with the creature and production design of his films, is expected to be heavily involved in designing the look of the new television version of the Hulk character. Of course, I wouldn’t expect anything drastically different from the comics, television and movies already released. We can assume that the series won’t feature a fully CGI Hulk as that would be too costly for prime-time television (expect a mixture of prosthetics, puppetry and CG).
I’m not sure how confusing it might be for average movie/television watchers that the properties won’t be interconnected and will each off their own individual continuity. Fans have had no problem with this sort of thing with animated series or DC/WB’s Smallville, but both offer a decidedly different vision of the superheroes than their big screen brothers.
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Sunday, November 14, 2010
Wolverine 2 Has a Name
Best known for small budget psychological thrillers, the addition of Darren Aronofsky to the Wolverine franchise was initially a curious one. Brows were certainly furrowed thinking about why Aronofsky would want to follow up a film which was populated by a ton of random characters and featured several departures from the canon Wolverine story. A new interview with the director might clear all that up. Aronofsky revealed that the second Wolverine film is not a sequel to X-Men Origins: Wolverine, but will instead be a one-off story. He also said the film, starring Hugh Jackman, will simply be called The Wolverine. Bad-ass. Read more after the jump.
Aronofsky revealed the title of the film and the nature of the story in an interview with HitFix.
The rumored story of the screenplay, written by Christopher McQuarrie, will feature Logan in the midst of a romance with a Japanese woman who is married to another man. To win her hand, he must literally battle her samurai-filled family. It’s based on the Chris Claremeont/Frank Miller mini-series from 1982.
That sounds like a story that’s right in Aronofsky’s wheel house. Many of his films are about the internal struggle between doing what is right and what feels right, such as the pull of drugs in Requiem for a Dream or of the spotlight in The Wrestler…or attempting to break a woman’s marriage. That dramatic arc, along with his impressive visual style, are surely why 20th Century Fox brought Aronofsky onto the project. Plus, he doesn’t have to worry about following up with Gavin Hood did on the first film. That couldn’t have hurt either.
Some other facts we know about the film is that it’ll be shot by frequent Aronofsky collaborator Matthew Libatique and that it should begin shooting in New York and Japan in March.
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
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batman
Grant Morrison's final issue of Batman and Robin came out today. In the comic's final panels, Bruce Wayne revealed a huge secret to the press. io9 spoke with DC Comics editor-in-chief Bob Harras about Batman's new status quo. Spoilers!
In Batman and Robin 16, Bruce Wayne returns from his time-traveling shenanigans and announces that A.) he's been funding Batman in secret for years; and B.) that the Batman franchise is going global. Harras told us about Bruce's grand confession, what it means for the DC Universe as a whole, and what to anticipate from Morrison's new series — Batman, Inc. — which showcases Batman's adventures across the planet.
First off, what can we expect from Bruce Wayne now that he's outed himself?
This is an incredible game-changer for the character. What Grant's been doing for the last five years is taking elements from the Golden and Silver Ages and adding them to modern continuity. You'll see both of Bruce and Batman in play during Batman, Inc. You have this character who changes from a playboy to someone who's socially responsible, and where that leads us is going to be very, very interesting.
This is one of the Top 10 moments in Batman's history. Grant's been doing this larger story for a while — he's gone from Batman R.I.P. to Batman and Robin to Return of Bruce Wayne to this. It's like a longterm novel that's coming to fruition.
DC Comics tells us about Bruce Wayne's secret identity bombshell
What sort of reaction can we anticipate from Batman's friends, foes, and the countries Bruce is setting up shop in?
You'll get a reaction coming from those characters like Superman and Wonder Woman because this change is new territory for them. You will also that this change will be of interest to Batman's villains. Any and all of them will be very interested to find out that Bruce's been funding Batman. Grant's going to have some fun with that — he's mentioned how Bruce's confession is the ultimate deflection. By coming forward, Bruce is protecting his secret identity even further. As for stories about setting up franchises in new nations, that's definitely part of the plan — when Batman comes into a new country, it changes the status quo.
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