Thursday, July 24, 2008

Awesome List: Incredibles comics, Casanova movie, Masterpiece Mystery, Holmes films, Dracula vs. Evil, Wolf Man remake, and more

Incredibles (and other Pixar) comics



Boom! Studios just announced today that they're going to be making comics based on Pixar properties like Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Monsters Inc. and WALL-E. Most exciting though is that someone finally wised up and decided to do an Incredibles comic. I've been wanting one of those since the movie came out, but have been afraid that if one ever did come out that it wouldn't live up to expectations. With Mark Waid writing it though, I don't think that's going to be a problem.

The art above isn't from the upcoming comic, though how cool would Mignola covers be on an Incredibles comic? Almost as cool as Darwyn Cooke covers, which are what we're actually getting. It's like Christmastime!

Casanova movie

Congratulations to Matt Fraction who's sold the film rights to his truly awesome spy comic.

More on that Indy DVD cover



I didn't really understand what it was when I linked to that cool-looking DVD case before, but fortunately someone left a comment pointing me in the right direction. Here's an in-depth review of it. Apparently it's a $50 Blockbuster item, though I imagine that we'll be able to pick them up a lot cheaper at the end of the summer.

Masterpiece Mystery



I've kind of lost interest in Masterpiece Theater since they finished the Jane Austen marathon. Kind of lost interest in Jane too. Oh, well.

But I'm starting to get interested again thanks to their summer plans for Masterpiece Mystery. Looks like they're getting rid of some detectives I've never heard of and are replacing them with Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, and Kenneth Branagh as Kurt Wallander. I've never heard of Kurt Wallander, but I love Branagh, so I'm in for that.

Holmes movies



Know what else I'm up for? Robert Downey Jr. as Sherlock Holmes in that Guy Ritchie version we talked about.

I'm not nearly as excited about Sacha Baron Cohen as Holmes (and Will Ferrell as Watson) in a Judd Apatow comedy. It's not that I think humor is an inappropriate approach to Holmes - Without a Clue is awesome - it's just that I'm going to need convincing that this will actually be funny.

I Want to Believe

Here's a cool interview with Chris Carter about the new X-Files movie that only increases my hope that it's going to be really good. He also talks about possible plans (and a date) for a third X-Files film.

The Dracula Horror Series

Christopher Mills turns us on to a series that sounds way cooler than its title suggests.
A wheelchair-bound scientist and his Puerto Rican ex-New York cop assistant travel to Transylvania, where they revive Count Dracula with the intention of using the Lord of Vampires as their agent in a war against evil. They figure to control the Count by surgically placing a mechanical implant into Dracula's chest that, should the fiend defy them, will drive a sliver of wood into his heart. The scientist has an implant of his own – if his heart should stop beating, it will send a signal to activate Dracula's.

They succeed, and over the course of the series Dracula is pitted against giant vampire bats, voodoo masters, satanic cults, Elizabeth Bathory(!) and other forces of evil, while constantly scheming to free himself and take his revenge upon the crazy crime fighters.
It's out of print, but you can find copies on Amazon.

IHG Award nominees

The International Horror Guild has announced the nominees for best works of 2007. I always discover at least a couple of good books thanks to this list every year. Nice to see Ben Templesmith's Wormwood nominated for Illustrated Narrative. I've got Shaun Tan's The Arrival sitting in my reading pile too. Need to get to that.

Mike Mignola's cover to his and Christopher Golden's Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire is also very cool.

Wolf Man



Empire has the first still from the upcoming Wolf Man remake and it looks encouraging.

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