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Vertigo Comics films Move From Warners to New Line

June 29, 2015 William Gatevackes

I know you were worried that the SANDMAN film was going to suck. Well, you don’t have to worry any more. This move pretty much guarantees that it will. [click for more]

HISTORY OF THE COMIC BOOK FILM: Rise Of The Imprints

June 20, 2014 William Gatevackes

While DC Comics films were stuck in development hell, some of their proprietary imprints were having some film success. [click for more]

Weekend Read: Classic Comedies And Film Restoration

March 24, 2013 Rich Drees

Some good articles from around the web on film restoration and a forgotten comedy duo. [click for more]

VERTIGO Unseats CITIZEN KANE in Sight And Sound’s Annual Best Film Poll

August 1, 2012 Rich Drees

KANE’s half-century reign has been disrupted by the Hitchcock classic. [click for more]

SDCC ’12: Quentin Tarantino To Write DJANGO UNCHAINED For Vertigo Comics

July 14, 2012 William Gatevackes

Could the rumored comic book fan be the next filmmaker to write for comics? [click for more]

Hollywood’s New Kind Of Originality

May 15, 2012 William Gatevackes

Hollywood loves adding their own spin to existing properties–usually with dire results. But their unique brand of meddling is getting worse. [click for more]

DJ Caruso Confirms He’s To Direct PREACHER

February 22, 2011 William Gatevackes

A film adaptation of Vertigo Comics’ Preacher graphic novel line has be inching along through 13 years of development hell. An announcement has come today that might make it seem that journey is close to [click for more]

Howard Enlists In Fairy Tale Comic Book Adaption War

June 17, 2010 William Gatevackes

The Hollywood Reporter’s Heat Vision blog is reporting that Ron Howard’s and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment have partnered with Radical Pictures to bring the latter’s comic book arm’s fairy tale inspired Legends: The Enchanted to the [click for more]

Universal To Release Special Edition Hitchcocks, TOUCH OF EVIL

July 9, 2008 Rich Drees

While not the worst, Universal Studios certainly has not been the best of the major studios at mining their back catalog of films for decent DVD releases. That is why it comes as a pleasant [click for more]