Sentences with phrase «original comic book series»

Taking cues from both the original comic book series by Brian Lee O'Malley, the upcoming film from Shaun of the Dead director Edgar Wright, and approximately twenty years of gaming culture, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: the Game is set to rock the digital download space by being both exactly what we expect, and something entirely unique.

«From Hell» was a hefty graphic novel of 572 pages, with the original comic book series spanning 10 issues.

Not exact matches

Though the original comic series isn «treally a comedy (though let's all concede that the premise is completely ridiculous, even for a comic book), the movie is being directed and co-written by Edgar Wright (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead), so don't expect it to take itself too seriously.

Holland recently announced that the original 1988 comic book series is on its way back, featuring the return of Peter Vincent.

Back in 1981, the original version of The Evil Dead launched the directing career of Sam Raimi and a horror franchise that would run to two sequels, not to mention a comic - book series, video games and a musical, over the next 25 years.

Original story: Deadline reports that actress Alfre Woodard (The Last Ship, True Blood) has been cast to play the comic book villain Black Mariah in the upcoming Luke Cage series on Netflix.

Filed Under: Comic Books, Gary Collinson, News Tagged With: Dark Horse, Star Trek, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: The Original Series

This horror movie has resulted in a series, video games, comic books, and even an off - Broadway musical but nothing quite stands up to the original.

Take a look at this new comic book series, debuting December 19, as well as the forward by Quentin Tarantino, where he rattles off some of his influences, and explains why he wanted to make a graphic novel out of the original, uncut screenplay.

Based on the comic book Red, this film adaptation (which takes several liberties with the original story) may be disappointing to fans of the series.

This month sees the release of Batman: Gotham By Gaslight, the latest instalment in Warner Bros.» series of DC Universe Animated Original Movies, and an adaptation of the classic DC comic book storyline, regarded as the first of the publisher's «Elseworld» tales.

The original Kingsman, adapted by Vaughn and Jane Goldman from a Mark Millar comic book series, may have felt like a straggly, goading holdover from the twilight of the lads» mags — but at least it committed to its nasty streak, and took venomous pleasure in prodding your buttons till they beeped.

To read John Ridley's original run on the DC / WildStorm comic book series The American Way is to look at America's legacy of anti-black racism in a way that's divorced from time.

But while the film is marginally better than Renny Harlin's «The Legend of Hercules,» it's rooted even less in the original myth, instead using Steve Moore's comic book series as its inspiration, which suggests that Hercules wasn't a demigod at all, but rather a mortal man whose legend far exceeds his abilities.

Whether it's an original Vertigo graphic novel like «Shooters» or established franchises like «G.I. Joe,» «Battlestar Galactica» and «Vampirella,» writers Brandon Jerwa and Eric Trautmann have explored a vast landscape of comic book casts and stories — and they plan to bring that experience over to digital comics with «Frost,» a new series published via Chris Roberson's Monkeybrain Comics digital imprint.

Archie Comics is teaming with Mammoth Media to produce original mobile story content based on the Riverdale, Betty & Veronica and Sabrina The Teenage Witch comic book series.

When Spider - Man's origin has been retold 1,000 times... when magazines like ULTIMATE SPIDER - MAN are designed to nullify the continuity in the original series, by reshaping it... when readers have become accustomed to the «decompressed storytelling», as opposed to the «done - in - one» storytelling of the sixties and seventies... When there are more wordless pages and panels today, making the books «cinematic,» as opposed to the more heavily written comics of the 60s and 70s...

«I'm insanely thrilled with the opportunity to introduce season 2 on PSN,» said Brian Michael Bendis, executive producer of PlayStation original series POWERS, and co-creator of the comic book series.

We're big fans of the original Watchmen comic book series by Alan Moore here at Attitude Towers.

The original five episodes, based more closely on the comic book Robert Kirkman created than the TV series of the same name, was a huge success.

It's been almost five years since the release of the The Darkness, the original game based on Top Cow's long - running series of comic books about a young, demonically - charged Mafia hitman.

A Telltale game series hardly needs an introduction, but just in case, Telltale's The Walking Dead is an episodic decision - based action game loosely based off the original titular comic book series.

Beginning with the original «Halo: Combat Evolved» (2001), the critically acclaimed and record - shattering series of games have reinvented how people think about video games and has since built a fan base of millions worldwide and inspired multiple New York Times best - selling novels, live - action digital series, comic books, action figures, apparel and more.

The Digital Exhibition has already begaun with Andy Park, artist on the original Tomb Raider comic book series showcasing the first piece for the exhibit.

The Walking Dead series is based on Robert Kirkman's excellent comic book series, but features its own original characters, including Season Two's protagonist, an 11 - year - old girl named Clementine.

ORIGINAL STORY: Even though we're arguably in the Golden Age of comic book adaptations into movies and TV series, for some reason very few games based on comic books have been released in the recent years, with the notable exception of the acclaimed Batman Arkham series.

Fans can get a taste of the original PopoloCrois Story comic book series in English for the very first time at the game's official website, located at http://www.returntopopolocrois.com/.

As one of the original superheroes in the comic book series, The Silhouette is discriminated against and ultimately murdered for coming out as a lesbian.

The original inspiration for the series came from a mass - produced comic book published by Charlton Comics.

A series of comic books, sliced and rejoined as continuous lengths of paper yarn, are knitted back into their original panels and strips.

Dash Shaw (BFA 2005 Illustration) Author, animator and cartoonist; published works include Cosplayers 1 & 2, Doctors, New School, 3 New Stories, The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D., Bottomless Belly Button all published by Fantagraphics; New Jobs published by Uncivilized Books; BodyWorld published by Pantheon; Bottomless Belly Button was named Publishers Weekly's best graphic novel and one of Entertainment Weekly's top 10 books; New School was voted One the Best Books of 2013 by National Public Radio; animated short Seraph selected for 2013 Sundance Film Festival; animated series The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D. aired on IFC.com (2009); solo exhibition of original writings and storyboards at Duke University's John Hope Franklin Center (2008); solo exhibition at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (2010); Harvey Award nominee: Best Graphic Album for Bottomless Belly Button (2009); Ignatz Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Story for Galactic Funnels (2008); drawings featured in the film Rabbit Hole (2010); Sundance Writing and Directing Labs Fellow (2010); Cullman Center Fellow (2Books; BodyWorld published by Pantheon; Bottomless Belly Button was named Publishers Weekly's best graphic novel and one of Entertainment Weekly's top 10 books; New School was voted One the Best Books of 2013 by National Public Radio; animated short Seraph selected for 2013 Sundance Film Festival; animated series The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D. aired on IFC.com (2009); solo exhibition of original writings and storyboards at Duke University's John Hope Franklin Center (2008); solo exhibition at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (2010); Harvey Award nominee: Best Graphic Album for Bottomless Belly Button (2009); Ignatz Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Story for Galactic Funnels (2008); drawings featured in the film Rabbit Hole (2010); Sundance Writing and Directing Labs Fellow (2010); Cullman Center Fellow (2books; New School was voted One the Best Books of 2013 by National Public Radio; animated short Seraph selected for 2013 Sundance Film Festival; animated series The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D. aired on IFC.com (2009); solo exhibition of original writings and storyboards at Duke University's John Hope Franklin Center (2008); solo exhibition at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (2010); Harvey Award nominee: Best Graphic Album for Bottomless Belly Button (2009); Ignatz Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Story for Galactic Funnels (2008); drawings featured in the film Rabbit Hole (2010); Sundance Writing and Directing Labs Fellow (2010); Cullman Center Fellow (2Books of 2013 by National Public Radio; animated short Seraph selected for 2013 Sundance Film Festival; animated series The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D. aired on IFC.com (2009); solo exhibition of original writings and storyboards at Duke University's John Hope Franklin Center (2008); solo exhibition at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art (2010); Harvey Award nominee: Best Graphic Album for Bottomless Belly Button (2009); Ignatz Award nomination in the category of Outstanding Story for Galactic Funnels (2008); drawings featured in the film Rabbit Hole (2010); Sundance Writing and Directing Labs Fellow (2010); Cullman Center Fellow (2014).

It has also confirmed it will show two more original drama series in 2018; Runaways, based on the Marvel comic book about six teenage superheroes, and The First, about the first manned mission to Mars.

PlayStation's first original TV series, «Powers,» has finally debuted, and fans of the comic book should be pleased.

A comic book series published by Acclaim Comics was the source material for the original game when it came out for the Nintendo 64.