Posted by banson on November 18th, 2012 | Comments Off
Viral Cop
In 2009 Ethan Nicolle and his five year old brother Malachi created a web-comic called Axe Cop. The web-comic has become such a success on the internet that it lead to a print comic being published by Dark Horse, an animated TV series is in the works, and an Axe Cop version of the Munchkin card game has been published. Now the Nicolles are involved in making a documentary about the creation and rise of Axe Cop.
Axe Cop Doc: The Official Documentary of Axe Cop is being planed for a July 2013 release to coincide with premiere of the Axe Cop animated series on Fox. However, Nicolle and indie filmmaker Nancy Oey need help to get this movie made. They have set-up a Kickstarter campaign to fund editing the doc, adding animation sequences, and paying for original music.
Posted by banson on October 8th, 2012 | Comments Off
I Am Iron Anime
Marvel has announced that their next anime release will be Iron Man: Rise of Technovore. The animated movie will be produced by Madhouse and co-presented by Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan this spring 2013. The direct-to-DVD movie will pit Iron Man against the villain Ezekiel Stane, and will have appearances by War Machine, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Nick Fury and The Punisher.
In the past couple of years Madhouse has produced anime series starring the Marvel characters Iron Man, Wolverine, X-Men and Blade.
You can find out more information about Iron Man: Rise of Technovore if you attend the Marvel TV panel on Saturday, Oct. 13, at the New York Comic Con.
Posted by banson on August 25th, 2012 | Comments Off
And Now For Something Completely Different
In case you haven’t seen them yet, there have been some trailers for Star Wars Detours™ posted online. Star Wars Detours™ is an animated comedy series by Robot Chicken creators Seth Green and Matt Senreich, along with Todd Grimes, that looks at the daily life of characters in a galaxy far, far away. Of course the regular folks and their everyday problems in this universe do involve famous bounty hunters, crazed Ewoks, and even a Dark Lord of the Sith.
Posted by banson on July 30th, 2012 | Comments Off
By The Power Of Hollywood!
Traveling to the past to find ideas continues to be a development plan as Hollywood continues reinventing the 80s. According to Deadline, Jon M. Chu is in talks to direct a live-action Masters Of The Universemovie, based on the Mattel toy line, for Sony Pictures and Escape Artists. Chu has gained some experience with making movies from 80s toy lines. He is currently in the middle of a doing a 3D conversion, and shooting some new scenes on G.I. Joe: Retaliationfor a March 29, 2013 release by Paramount.
Launched in 1981, Mastersof the Universe follows Prince Adam, who has the ability to magically transform into the warrior He-Man. Along with his comrades, The Masters, He-Man fights to protect the fantasy world of Eternia from the sinister Skeletor and his horde. The Masters franchise is commonly called He-Man after the main character, and the incredibly popular toy line gave birth to multiple anaimated TV series, and a flop of a live-action movie in 1987.
Escape Artists has a script by the writing team of Alex Litvak (The Three Musketeers and Five Against A Bullet) and Mike Finch (Exclusively Yours). Escape Artists’ partners Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch are producing.
Its amazing to see this cast voice these characters, and how they can be multiple characters. I can’t believe that Tara Strong is the voice of Timmy Turner. It almost seems unreal to see his voice coming from her.
Oh, and this isn’t entirely safe for work, or the ears of little children.
