Almost two years ago, Hollywood star Chris Hemsworth revealed that he carries two copies of the APOE4 gene, suggesting that he has a greater chance of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The revelation was made when he underwent genetics for the National Geographic docuseries Limitless.
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While he hasn’t received any diagnosis related to this, speculation arose that the Thor actor might be contemplating retirement. While addressing these rumors and specualtions, Hemsworth recently expressed his frustration, affirming that he has no plans to exit Hollywood in the near future.
Chris Hemsworth Clarifies Rumors About His Health And Retirement
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the Marvel star expressed his disappointment and frustration with rumors of his supposed departure from acting. Chris Hemsworth acknowledged that the news regarding his genetic predisposition was alarming.
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However, he also clarified...
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While he hasn’t received any diagnosis related to this, speculation arose that the Thor actor might be contemplating retirement. While addressing these rumors and specualtions, Hemsworth recently expressed his frustration, affirming that he has no plans to exit Hollywood in the near future.
Chris Hemsworth Clarifies Rumors About His Health And Retirement
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, the Marvel star expressed his disappointment and frustration with rumors of his supposed departure from acting. Chris Hemsworth acknowledged that the news regarding his genetic predisposition was alarming.
Chris Hemsworth in and as Thor | Credit: Marvel Studios
However, he also clarified...
- 5/1/2024
- by Laxmi Rajput
- FandomWire
The estate and production company of “Jurassic Park” author Michael Crichton, CrichtonSun, has signed with Range Media Partners to develop TV series and a film adaptation of the late author’s unpublished manuscripts.
Sherri Crichton, Michael’s widow and president of CrichtonSun, along with producing partner Laurent Bouzereau, will produce, package and develop the projects in partnership with Range. And while no specific projects were announced, the slate of shows and a “major screen event” will be based from unpublished material from the Crichton archives.
CrichtonSun was founded in 2014 in order to continue the legacy of Michael Crichton, who died in 2008 and is known for books like “The Andromeda Strain,” “Jurassic Park,” “Congo” and who directed seven films, including the original “Westworld,” “Coma” and “The Great Train Robbery.”
The publishing and production company has worked to keep Crichton’s books on the best-seller list, including the more recent publications of “Pirate Latitudes,...
Sherri Crichton, Michael’s widow and president of CrichtonSun, along with producing partner Laurent Bouzereau, will produce, package and develop the projects in partnership with Range. And while no specific projects were announced, the slate of shows and a “major screen event” will be based from unpublished material from the Crichton archives.
CrichtonSun was founded in 2014 in order to continue the legacy of Michael Crichton, who died in 2008 and is known for books like “The Andromeda Strain,” “Jurassic Park,” “Congo” and who directed seven films, including the original “Westworld,” “Coma” and “The Great Train Robbery.”
The publishing and production company has worked to keep Crichton’s books on the best-seller list, including the more recent publications of “Pirate Latitudes,...
- 12/14/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Range Media Partners has signed CrichtonSun, the Los Angeles-based archive, publishing and production company of late author Michael Crichton that is overseen by president Sherri Crichton and her producing partner Laurent Bouzereau.
Together, Range and CrichtonSun will produce, package and develop a slate of new projects from the Jurassic Park author’s archives including several TV series and a major screen event adaptation of one of his unpublished manuscripts.
Founded in 2014, CrichtonSun is dedicated to continuing the Crichton legacy through an array of projects across multiple platforms including film, television and podcasts. The company has also kept the author on the bestseller list with newly found literary works including Pirate Latitudes, Dragon Teeth and Micro. In 2019, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Crichton’s benchmark novel The Andromeda Strain, CrichtonSun created a sequel entitled The Andromeda Evolution in collaboration with bestselling author Daniel H. Wilson.
“We’re thrilled to...
Together, Range and CrichtonSun will produce, package and develop a slate of new projects from the Jurassic Park author’s archives including several TV series and a major screen event adaptation of one of his unpublished manuscripts.
Founded in 2014, CrichtonSun is dedicated to continuing the Crichton legacy through an array of projects across multiple platforms including film, television and podcasts. The company has also kept the author on the bestseller list with newly found literary works including Pirate Latitudes, Dragon Teeth and Micro. In 2019, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Crichton’s benchmark novel The Andromeda Strain, CrichtonSun created a sequel entitled The Andromeda Evolution in collaboration with bestselling author Daniel H. Wilson.
“We’re thrilled to...
- 12/14/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Abigail Child's new documentary Origin of the Species is set to have its world premiere during the online edition of Doc NYC international documentary film festival. Maverick American artist Abigail Child explores the complex and provocative intersections of humanity, gender, sexuality and robotics in the dynamic documentary, Origin Of The Species We have an exclusive clip to share with you today. It's something a little more comfortable than jumping right into gender and sexuality off the hop. War. We always thought that the reality of a Daniel H. Wilson novel was still a ways off but robotics already have a place in the global military installtion. Check it out below. The world premiere of Origin of the Species is set for the...
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- 10/29/2020
- Screen Anarchy
Paramount Pictures has picked up a new sci-fi film from the producers of A Quiet Place. Daniel H. Wilson‘s spec script The Blue Afternoon That Lasted Forever has been picked up by Paramount, with A Quiet Place producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller set to produce under their Fully Formed Entertainment banner. Variety reports that A Quiet Place producers Andrew Form […]
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- 5/28/2020
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
Paramount Pictures has landed Daniel H. Wilson’s spec script “The Blue Afternoon That Lasted Forever” from “A Quiet Place” producers Andrew Form and Brad Fuller.
Form and Fuller will produce under their Fully Formed Entertainment banner, which signed a first-look deal at Paramount last summer.
Wilson adapted from his own short story, which follows a single dad and Nasa physicist who discovers a black hole that will strike earth in a matter of days. The problem is that no one, including his colleagues at Nasa, believes him. The one person that trusts him is his 10-year-old daughter, but that bond is now being threatened by a different force. Eric finds himself trying to save both his relationship with Marie and a populace unwilling to heed his warnings of the impending disaster.
Several bidders were chasing the spec, including Amblin, J.J. Abrams, Sony and MGM, before Paramount eventually landed it.
Form and Fuller will produce under their Fully Formed Entertainment banner, which signed a first-look deal at Paramount last summer.
Wilson adapted from his own short story, which follows a single dad and Nasa physicist who discovers a black hole that will strike earth in a matter of days. The problem is that no one, including his colleagues at Nasa, believes him. The one person that trusts him is his 10-year-old daughter, but that bond is now being threatened by a different force. Eric finds himself trying to save both his relationship with Marie and a populace unwilling to heed his warnings of the impending disaster.
Several bidders were chasing the spec, including Amblin, J.J. Abrams, Sony and MGM, before Paramount eventually landed it.
- 5/28/2020
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
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Prog will rock the future in a film adaptation of Emerson, Lake and Palmer's "Karn Evil 9" from the producers of Jumanji.
"Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends. We're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside," Greg Lake opened side 2 of Emerson, Lake & Palmer's 1973 album Brain Salad Surgery. The song it comes from, "Karn Evil 9," is being adapted into a science-fiction movie, according to Deadline.
Developed with the full cooperation of Elp and its management, Karn Evil 9 will be executive produced by Radar Pictures, who made the Jumanji film series.
“The visionary world that Elp created with their recording 'Karn Evil 9' is much closer to reality today,” Radar's Ted Field said in a statement. “Our team at Radar looks forward to bringing this vision of where things may be headed to the big screen and beyond.”
The screenplay will be...
Prog will rock the future in a film adaptation of Emerson, Lake and Palmer's "Karn Evil 9" from the producers of Jumanji.
"Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends. We're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside," Greg Lake opened side 2 of Emerson, Lake & Palmer's 1973 album Brain Salad Surgery. The song it comes from, "Karn Evil 9," is being adapted into a science-fiction movie, according to Deadline.
Developed with the full cooperation of Elp and its management, Karn Evil 9 will be executive produced by Radar Pictures, who made the Jumanji film series.
“The visionary world that Elp created with their recording 'Karn Evil 9' is much closer to reality today,” Radar's Ted Field said in a statement. “Our team at Radar looks forward to bringing this vision of where things may be headed to the big screen and beyond.”
The screenplay will be...
- 2/15/2020
- Den of Geek
Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s prog-rock classic “Karn Evil 9” will serve as the inspiration for an upcoming sci-fi film.
Deadline reports that Radar Pictures has secured the rights to the centerpiece of Elp’s 1973 album Brain Salad Surgery with Robopocalypse author Daniel H. Wilson on board to adapt “Karn Evil 9” into a screenplay.
Carl Palmer, the lone surviving member of Elp, confirmed on Twitter that a “sci-fi movie franchise” based on the band’s 30-minute, three-suite “Karn Evil 9” is in development.
According to Radar Pictures, the studio behind the recent Jumanji reboots,...
Deadline reports that Radar Pictures has secured the rights to the centerpiece of Elp’s 1973 album Brain Salad Surgery with Robopocalypse author Daniel H. Wilson on board to adapt “Karn Evil 9” into a screenplay.
Carl Palmer, the lone surviving member of Elp, confirmed on Twitter that a “sci-fi movie franchise” based on the band’s 30-minute, three-suite “Karn Evil 9” is in development.
According to Radar Pictures, the studio behind the recent Jumanji reboots,...
- 2/15/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
In today’s film news roundup, Noomi Rapace gets a starring role, ArcLight Cinemas hires Ted Mundorff and a “Karn Evil 9” movie is in the works.
Casting
Noomi Rapace will star in the thriller “O2,” which will launch sales next week at the European Film Market in Berlin through Wild Bunch International.
Franck Khalfoun is directing and Alexandre Aja is producing and supervising artistic direction. CAA Media Finance will represent domestic rights.
Echo Lake Entertainment, 42 and Wild Bunch International are also producing. The script by Christie LeBlanc was on the 2016 Black List. The story revolves around a woman who wakes up in a cryogenic medical pod and finds herself alone with no memory. She has 90 minutes of oxygen left and must figure out how to save herself.
Rapace achieved international fame with her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish film adaptations of the Millennium book series, which included “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,...
Casting
Noomi Rapace will star in the thriller “O2,” which will launch sales next week at the European Film Market in Berlin through Wild Bunch International.
Franck Khalfoun is directing and Alexandre Aja is producing and supervising artistic direction. CAA Media Finance will represent domestic rights.
Echo Lake Entertainment, 42 and Wild Bunch International are also producing. The script by Christie LeBlanc was on the 2016 Black List. The story revolves around a woman who wakes up in a cryogenic medical pod and finds herself alone with no memory. She has 90 minutes of oxygen left and must figure out how to save herself.
Rapace achieved international fame with her portrayal of Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish film adaptations of the Millennium book series, which included “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo,...
- 2/15/2020
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Radar Pictures, which served as an executive producer on Sony’s Jumanji films, has secured rights to “Karn Evil 9,” the futuristic 1973 song by London prog-rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, to develop as a sci-fi feature. New York Times bestselling author Daniel H. Wilson has been hired to adapt the screenplay, which is inspired by the title and lyrics created and recorded by band members Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer.
Centered on a society that has drained all its blood with a dependence on technology, the film will explore the world controlled by a pervasive and dictatorial technocracy. The annual “Karn Evil” — a macabre rite of passage — is a young person’s once-in-a-lifetime chance to experience unbridled freedom, before subjugating themselves to the ruling class. When people stop returning from their Karn Evil experience, fear drives a revolution to topple the status quo and the artificial intelligence discovered at its heart.
Centered on a society that has drained all its blood with a dependence on technology, the film will explore the world controlled by a pervasive and dictatorial technocracy. The annual “Karn Evil” — a macabre rite of passage — is a young person’s once-in-a-lifetime chance to experience unbridled freedom, before subjugating themselves to the ruling class. When people stop returning from their Karn Evil experience, fear drives a revolution to topple the status quo and the artificial intelligence discovered at its heart.
- 2/14/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Michael Bay is really done directing Transformers movies, apparently. Don't worry, though, because he's still going to make movies about robots. According to Variety, the explosion-loving filmmaker has picked his next two projects to direct, and one of them is the adaptation of the Daniel H. Wilson sci-fi novel Robopocalypse. The movie was formerly attached to Steven Spielberg, who will now just produce with Bay at the helm. Spielberg also had originally brought Bay in for the...
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- 3/9/2018
- by affiliates@fandango.com
- Fandango
Director Michael Bay ("Transformers") is in negotiations to adapt author Daniel H. Wilson's science fiction novel "Robopocalypse" (2011) as a tent-pole feature for co-producers Twentieth Century Fox and DreamWorks:
...in the near future, an increasingly robot-reliant society faces extinction after a computer scientist accidentally unleashes a sentient artificial intelligence named 'Archos', that becomes 'self aware' and immediately takes steps to stop his own destruction.
"By infecting all devices that are chip controlled (cars, elevators, robots, etc), Archos begins a systematic attack on mankind.
"Small bands of survivors find ways to circumvent the eradication. This is the story of those survivors in the months and days leading up to and following Archos' self-awareness..."
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...in the near future, an increasingly robot-reliant society faces extinction after a computer scientist accidentally unleashes a sentient artificial intelligence named 'Archos', that becomes 'self aware' and immediately takes steps to stop his own destruction.
"By infecting all devices that are chip controlled (cars, elevators, robots, etc), Archos begins a systematic attack on mankind.
"Small bands of survivors find ways to circumvent the eradication. This is the story of those survivors in the months and days leading up to and following Archos' self-awareness..."
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- 3/8/2018
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Michael Bay Directing Robopocalypse
Director Michael Bay will be directing the film adaptation of Robopocalypse. Robopocalypse is a science fiction book written by Daniel H. Wilson and published in 2011. The storyline revolves around human beings regrouping after machines, which they had grown dependent on, suddenly turned on them, almost completely wiping [...]
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Director Michael Bay will be directing the film adaptation of Robopocalypse. Robopocalypse is a science fiction book written by Daniel H. Wilson and published in 2011. The storyline revolves around human beings regrouping after machines, which they had grown dependent on, suddenly turned on them, almost completely wiping [...]
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- 3/8/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Michael Bay is really done directing Transformers movies, apparently. But don't worry, because he's still going to make movies about robots. According to Variety, the explosion-loving filmmaker has picked his next two projects to direct, and one of them is the adaptation of the Daniel H. Wilson sci-fi novel Robopocalypse. The movie was formerly attached to Steven Spielberg, who will now just produce with Bay at the helm. Spielberg also had originally brought Bay in for the Transformers franchise. Robopocalypse is about a worldwide robot uprising and the machines' war with humans. Spielberg was developing the project for years, with Drew Goddard writing the script and Chris Hemsworth and Anne Hathaway in mind for the leads. There's no word from Variety on...
- 3/8/2018
- by Christopher Campbell
- Movies.com
Michael Bay has his next two film projects lined up. He will direct the feature film adaptation of Robopcalypse, which Steven Spielberg was previously attached to direct. Bay will also direct a film called 6 Underground from the screenwriters of Deadpool.
First of all, after Michael Bay's long stint with Transformers, I'd rather not see him direct Robopocalypse. His involvement doesn't get me excited at all for the film just because we've already seen what he does with robot movies. But apparently, Spielberg wanted him to direct it for some reason.
Robopocalypse will be an adaptation of a novel written by Daniel H. Wilson, the screenplay for which was written by Drew Goddard (Cabin in the Woods, Cloverfield). Here's the story description:
In the near future, at a moment no one will notice, all the dazzling technology that runs our world will unite and turn against us. Taking on the persona of a shy human boy,...
First of all, after Michael Bay's long stint with Transformers, I'd rather not see him direct Robopocalypse. His involvement doesn't get me excited at all for the film just because we've already seen what he does with robot movies. But apparently, Spielberg wanted him to direct it for some reason.
Robopocalypse will be an adaptation of a novel written by Daniel H. Wilson, the screenplay for which was written by Drew Goddard (Cabin in the Woods, Cloverfield). Here's the story description:
In the near future, at a moment no one will notice, all the dazzling technology that runs our world will unite and turn against us. Taking on the persona of a shy human boy,...
- 3/7/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Deadline has confirmed that Michael Bay’s next two films will be 6 Underground and Robopocalypse, the latter the Daniel H. Wilson novel that Steven Spielberg once considered directing. Six Underground which is being produced by Skydance, comes from an original idea from writers and EPs Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, best known for Deadpool. Skydance's David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger will produce Six Underground along with Bay. Production starts in 2019. Word…...
- 3/7/2018
- Deadline
Exclusive: Cole Haddon, who created NBC’s Dracula and BBC America’s Nottingham, has signed with Verve. Most recently, Haddon wrote the script for Small Things, an adaptation of the Daniel H. Wilson novella that is set up at 20th Century Fox with Hutch Parker producing. The plot centers on a disgraced scientist sent to an island that has been overrun by advanced forms of nanotechnology that swirl through the jungle, consuming raw materials. Haddon has his original spec Levi…...
- 10/2/2017
- Deadline TV
Exclusive: Cole Haddon, who created NBC’s Dracula and BBC America’s Nottingham, has signed with Verve. Most recently, Haddon wrote the script for Small Things, an adaptation of the Daniel H. Wilson novella that is set up at 20th Century Fox with Hutch Parker producing. The plot centers on a disgraced scientist sent to an island that has been overrun by advanced forms of nanotechnology that swirl through the jungle, consuming raw materials. Haddon has his original spec Levi…...
- 10/2/2017
- Deadline
The Sundance Film Festival is just getting started in Park City, Utah, and virtual reality company Jaunt Inc. is heating things up at the winter event by announcing a Vr series reimagining of The Lawnmower Man, the 1992 film based on the Stephen King short story of the same name.
A far cry from King’s short story upon which it is based, Brett Leonard’s The Lawnmower Man movie heavily incorporated virtual reality in its plot. No details on the Vr series’ plot are known at this time, other than the fact that it will be a “reimagination of the film.”
We have the full press release with more details on Janut’s upcoming Vr slate below, as well as trailer for The Lawnmower Man film, which stars Pierce Brosnan and Jeff Fahey. In case you missed it, Scream Factory recently announced an upcoming collector’s edition Blu-ray of The Lawnmower Man.
A far cry from King’s short story upon which it is based, Brett Leonard’s The Lawnmower Man movie heavily incorporated virtual reality in its plot. No details on the Vr series’ plot are known at this time, other than the fact that it will be a “reimagination of the film.”
We have the full press release with more details on Janut’s upcoming Vr slate below, as well as trailer for The Lawnmower Man film, which stars Pierce Brosnan and Jeff Fahey. In case you missed it, Scream Factory recently announced an upcoming collector’s edition Blu-ray of The Lawnmower Man.
- 1/19/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
I’ve got a wonderfully made sci-fi short for you to watch today called "The Nostalgist." It centers on a father and son who live in an idyllic future, but their reality is not what is seems. The movie was directed by Giacomo Cimini, and it’s based on a short story written by Robopocalypse author Daniel H. Wilson. Here’s the official description of the story:
In the futuristic city of Vanille, with properly tuned ImmerSyst Eyes & Ears the world can look and sound like a paradise. But the life of a father and his young son threatens to disintegrate when the father's device begins to fail. Desperate to avoid facing his traumatic reality, the man must venture outside to find a replacement, into a city where violence and danger lurk beneath a beautiful but fragile veneer…
Not only is the story solid, but so is the beautiful production design,...
In the futuristic city of Vanille, with properly tuned ImmerSyst Eyes & Ears the world can look and sound like a paradise. But the life of a father and his young son threatens to disintegrate when the father's device begins to fail. Desperate to avoid facing his traumatic reality, the man must venture outside to find a replacement, into a city where violence and danger lurk beneath a beautiful but fragile veneer…
Not only is the story solid, but so is the beautiful production design,...
- 5/19/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Author Daniel H. Wilson, whose Roboapocalypse has been in the works for some time from Steven Spielberg, has the first adaptation of one his stories receive its online premiere today over at Wired. Embedded here, The Nostalgist is the adaptation of Wilson’s first published work of fiction, and it’s described thusly: In the futuristic city of Vanille, with properly tuned ImmerSyst Eyes & Ears the world can look and sound like a paradise. But the life of a father and his young son threatens to disintegrate when the father’s device begins to fail. Desperate to avoid facing his traumatic reality, […]...
- 5/3/2016
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Two years ago came word that the Steven Spielberg-directed adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson's "Robopocalypse" was indefinitely postponed by DreamWorks and the director due to sript and budgetary issues. At the time, Spielberg didn't feel the project was ready to go.
Now, screenwriter Drew Goddard ("The Martian," "Marvel's Daredevil") has spoken with Creative Screenwriting about his time on the film and says the experience was a positive one and suggests one day the film could still happen:
"It's always positive. You know going in with screenwriting that it's a volatile business and you have to take the long view rather than the short view. There are so many times when projects don't go at a certain release date but find a better home later. It's all about timing. You never want a movie to get made when it's the wrong time, and these things have a way of working themselves out.
Now, screenwriter Drew Goddard ("The Martian," "Marvel's Daredevil") has spoken with Creative Screenwriting about his time on the film and says the experience was a positive one and suggests one day the film could still happen:
"It's always positive. You know going in with screenwriting that it's a volatile business and you have to take the long view rather than the short view. There are so many times when projects don't go at a certain release date but find a better home later. It's all about timing. You never want a movie to get made when it's the wrong time, and these things have a way of working themselves out.
- 1/6/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Back in 2013, Steven Spielberg‘s adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson‘s “Robopocalypse” was indefinitely postponed by DreamWorks and the director. Due to script and budget issues, Spielberg didn’t feel the project was ready to go. We haven’t heard much about the project’s status since then, but now screenwriter Drew Goddard looks back on the experience, and offers up a […]
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- 1/6/2016
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
Exclusive: In a whopping pre-holiday deal, Fox has made a preemptive acquisition of screen rights to Avtomat, the next novel by Robopocalypse author Daniel H. Wilson. The deal closed late Friday, with Hutch Parker and Dan Wilson (not the author) producing through Hutch Parker Entertainment. They are shepherding an adaptation of Wilson's novella Small Things with scribe Cole Haddon. The deal is high-six against seven figures if the movie gets made. Wilson is best known for…...
- 12/14/2015
- Deadline
Fox, Hutch Parker Set ‘Dracula’ Creator Cole Haddon To Adapt Daniel H. Wilson Novella ‘Small Things’
Exclusive: Fox has set Cole Haddon (he created NBC’s Dracula) to adapt Small Things, an adaptation of the Daniel H. Wilson novella about nanotechnology gone mad. Hutch Parker is producing. Wilson, who wrote the book Robopocalypse that Steven Spielberg once was hot to direct, wrote Small Things as part of the short-story collection Robot Uprisings. The tale follows a disgraced scientist who is sent to an island that has been overrun by advanced forms of nanotechnology that…...
- 8/6/2015
- Deadline
Steven Spielberg big screen adaptation of Robopocalypse has been in the works for years now. The script was being developed by Spielberg and Drew Goddard based on the Daniel H. Wilson novel. Actors such as Chris Hemsworth, Anne Hathaway and Ben Whishaw were all said to be in line for roles in the film about “a global war between man and machine.” In […]
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- 7/6/2015
- by Peter Sciretta
- Slash Film
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With a script penned by Cabin in the Woods scribe Drew Goddard, Chris Hemsworth, Anne Hathaway and Skyfall‘s Ben Wishaw all on board to star, and Steven Spielberg at the helm, it’s small wonder why DreamWorks opted to postpone the director’s sci-fi adaptation Robopocalypse indefinitely with such an enticing line-up on both sides of the camera.
Alas, with a half-baked script and a spiralling production bill, Spielberg’s rendition of Daniel H. Wilson’s best-selling novel was ordered back to the drawing board, and the filmmaker has noted on multiple occasions that the project has been delayed – not cancelled. Two years later, there’s nary a mention of the project aching into motion anytime soon, though a flurry of concept art for Robopocalypse has surfaced online, showcasing some of the menacing machines controlled by Archos – a sentient super-intelligence that has gone rogue.
Set in the near-future,...
With a script penned by Cabin in the Woods scribe Drew Goddard, Chris Hemsworth, Anne Hathaway and Skyfall‘s Ben Wishaw all on board to star, and Steven Spielberg at the helm, it’s small wonder why DreamWorks opted to postpone the director’s sci-fi adaptation Robopocalypse indefinitely with such an enticing line-up on both sides of the camera.
Alas, with a half-baked script and a spiralling production bill, Spielberg’s rendition of Daniel H. Wilson’s best-selling novel was ordered back to the drawing board, and the filmmaker has noted on multiple occasions that the project has been delayed – not cancelled. Two years later, there’s nary a mention of the project aching into motion anytime soon, though a flurry of concept art for Robopocalypse has surfaced online, showcasing some of the menacing machines controlled by Archos – a sentient super-intelligence that has gone rogue.
Set in the near-future,...
- 7/6/2015
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Several years ago it was looking like a film adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson's best-selling novel "Robopocalypse" was going to be Steven Spielberg's next film and one that would star Chris Hemsworth, Anne Hathaway and Ben Whishaw in key roles.
Then, all of a sudden, the project got indefinitely postponed as Drew Goddard's script wasn't ready along with financial issues making the budget swell. Spielberg insisted the project wasn't dead at the time, but two years on and nothing has really moved on it since.
Today though, some concept art from artist Patrick Janicke has surfaced online over at Comic Book and shows off some of the character and weapon designs that sadly we'll be unlikely to see on the big screen.
Then, all of a sudden, the project got indefinitely postponed as Drew Goddard's script wasn't ready along with financial issues making the budget swell. Spielberg insisted the project wasn't dead at the time, but two years on and nothing has really moved on it since.
Today though, some concept art from artist Patrick Janicke has surfaced online over at Comic Book and shows off some of the character and weapon designs that sadly we'll be unlikely to see on the big screen.
- 7/6/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Based on Daniel H. Wilson’s 2011 novel of the same name, Robopocalypse was set to hit the big screen in 2013, with none other than Steven Spielberg at the helm. Telling the story of a dark future where humanity is locked in a bitter war with their former robotic servants after a sentient A.I goes rogue, Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods, The Martian) was hired to write the script, and Chris Hemsworth, Anne Hathaway, and Ben Whishaw joined the cast in 2012. But after rumours of budgetary concerns and the release date been put forward to 2014, the project was put on hold indefinitely on January 9th 2013, with word that the script was not ready and the production was proving to be too expensive. Even though Spielberg has said he was going back to the drawing board and starting on a more economical and personal script, that was two years ago,...
- 7/6/2015
- by noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
- www.themoviebit.com
Earth-2: Society #1
Writer – Daniel H. Wilson
Art – Jorge Jimenez
Colors – John Rauch
Letters – Travis Lanham
Publisher – DC Comics
Being a travel agent on Earth-2 definitely has to be the Seventh Circle of Hell of careers. Sure the folks on the Nazi Earth or the Crime Syndicate Earth have their jobs cut out for them trying to convince anyone that their universe is a nice place to visit for even a nanosecond. But as Highfather’s sacrificial lamb to keep Darkseid from preying upon the whole of existence, Earth-2 makes a pretty strong case for having it the worst of all. That’s not the breaks, that’s just harsh beyond measure. But now Convergence has ushered in a whole new world — in the most literal way possible. Taking these characters in a completely new direction, Earth-2: Society makes a bold attempt at getting the Earth-2 line to hit...
Writer – Daniel H. Wilson
Art – Jorge Jimenez
Colors – John Rauch
Letters – Travis Lanham
Publisher – DC Comics
Being a travel agent on Earth-2 definitely has to be the Seventh Circle of Hell of careers. Sure the folks on the Nazi Earth or the Crime Syndicate Earth have their jobs cut out for them trying to convince anyone that their universe is a nice place to visit for even a nanosecond. But as Highfather’s sacrificial lamb to keep Darkseid from preying upon the whole of existence, Earth-2 makes a pretty strong case for having it the worst of all. That’s not the breaks, that’s just harsh beyond measure. But now Convergence has ushered in a whole new world — in the most literal way possible. Taking these characters in a completely new direction, Earth-2: Society makes a bold attempt at getting the Earth-2 line to hit...
- 6/12/2015
- by Luke Dorian Blackwood
- SoundOnSight
Earth 2: World’s End #26
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, & Cullen Bunn
Art by Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira, Eduardo Pansica & Julio Ferreira, R. B. Silva & Marc Deering, Tyler Kirkham, Jorge Jimenez, Scott Cohn & Walden Wong, Pascal Alixe, Juan Jose RyP & Paulo Siqueira
Colors by Hi-Fi, Andrew Dalhouse, & Ulises Arreola
Published by DC Comics
It’s finally come down to this, the end of World’s End. This drawn out excuse of a weekly has been going on for a good half a year and now the oversized creative crew gets to do their final send off to the book and this entire world. It’s about as disappointing as one would expect.
If there is one thing this issue does right, it’s that it finds the closest thing to a focus point in Alan Scott. It’s a very fitting choice as his narration...
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, & Cullen Bunn
Art by Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira, Eduardo Pansica & Julio Ferreira, R. B. Silva & Marc Deering, Tyler Kirkham, Jorge Jimenez, Scott Cohn & Walden Wong, Pascal Alixe, Juan Jose RyP & Paulo Siqueira
Colors by Hi-Fi, Andrew Dalhouse, & Ulises Arreola
Published by DC Comics
It’s finally come down to this, the end of World’s End. This drawn out excuse of a weekly has been going on for a good half a year and now the oversized creative crew gets to do their final send off to the book and this entire world. It’s about as disappointing as one would expect.
If there is one thing this issue does right, it’s that it finds the closest thing to a focus point in Alan Scott. It’s a very fitting choice as his narration...
- 4/3/2015
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
Last week we reported on Steven Spielberg’s plans to direct an adaptation of the cult sci-fi novel by Ernest Cline, Ready Player One. Color us excited. The novel involves players of a video game journeying into a virtual reality world rife with pop culture references and Easter eggs to the real world. The player who can decipher all the mysteries and references in the world wins the opportunity to control it. In Spielberg’s capable hands, it has the potential to be a technical marvel and a modern classic.
That is, if he actually makes it. Ready Player One poses some unusually problematic challenges on just a practical standpoint. Cline’s story falls into the “unfilmable novel” territory, not just for the digital world necessary for a filmmaker to recreate, but also in terms of licensing. To get the rights to depict the many iconic film and TV characters...
That is, if he actually makes it. Ready Player One poses some unusually problematic challenges on just a practical standpoint. Cline’s story falls into the “unfilmable novel” territory, not just for the digital world necessary for a filmmaker to recreate, but also in terms of licensing. To get the rights to depict the many iconic film and TV characters...
- 3/31/2015
- by Brian Welk
- SoundOnSight
Earth 2: World’s End #25
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, & Cullen Bunn
Art by Scott McDaniel, Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Eduardo Pansica & Dan Green
Colors by Andrew Dalhouse
Published by DC Comics
So it’s come to this, the penultimate issue of Earth 2: World’s End and what is soon to lead in to DC’s much hyped Convergence event. Does it surprise anyone that this issue is bad? Of course not! If there’s one thing that can be said about World’s End, it’s that it’s consistently awful.
A fascinating note is how every entry in this tale states “story by Daniel H. Wilson” but after nearly six months of this story it’s impossible to say what the story was. This entire issue is little more than a glorified fight scene. Val Zod, Power Girl,...
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, & Cullen Bunn
Art by Scott McDaniel, Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Eduardo Pansica & Dan Green
Colors by Andrew Dalhouse
Published by DC Comics
So it’s come to this, the penultimate issue of Earth 2: World’s End and what is soon to lead in to DC’s much hyped Convergence event. Does it surprise anyone that this issue is bad? Of course not! If there’s one thing that can be said about World’s End, it’s that it’s consistently awful.
A fascinating note is how every entry in this tale states “story by Daniel H. Wilson” but after nearly six months of this story it’s impossible to say what the story was. This entire issue is little more than a glorified fight scene. Val Zod, Power Girl,...
- 3/28/2015
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
Earth 2: World’s End #24
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, & Cullen Bunn
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Tyler Kirkham, & Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira
Colors by Andrew Dalhouse
Published by DC Comics
It’s the same old drill again, another issue of DC’s regular installment of disappointment. Guess it’s time to get it done. Earth 2: World’s End reaches issue #24 and is set to conclude in two weeks. Looking back on the last six and a half months leads one to conclude that the finale will most certainly be disappointing given how mismanaged this entire endeavor has been since day one. That being said, this week brings shockingly the closest knit issue to date, that is to say, there’s something that ties the many plot lines together and not something like the terrible art or drawn out fight scenes.
If there’s...
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, & Cullen Bunn
Art by Jorge Jimenez, Tyler Kirkham, & Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira
Colors by Andrew Dalhouse
Published by DC Comics
It’s the same old drill again, another issue of DC’s regular installment of disappointment. Guess it’s time to get it done. Earth 2: World’s End reaches issue #24 and is set to conclude in two weeks. Looking back on the last six and a half months leads one to conclude that the finale will most certainly be disappointing given how mismanaged this entire endeavor has been since day one. That being said, this week brings shockingly the closest knit issue to date, that is to say, there’s something that ties the many plot lines together and not something like the terrible art or drawn out fight scenes.
If there’s...
- 3/24/2015
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
Earth 2: World’s End #23
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, & Cullen Bunn
Art by Scott McDaniel, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Eduardo Pansica & Dan Green, Jorge Jimenez
Colors by Andrew Dalhouse
Published by DC Comics
Like a weekly root canal, it’s time to endure Earth 2: World’s End again. At least there’s solace that this defilement of this once great universe will soon end. What is truly making this final stretch of World’s End appalling is how little is happening. The last twenty two issues have featured their cast effectively spinning their wheels in the mud and one would assume that’s to kill time, both to justify this book’s status as a weekly and to build up to a great planet shattering climax. As previously stated, the end of the world is shockingly dull.
It’s mighty impressive how...
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, & Cullen Bunn
Art by Scott McDaniel, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Eduardo Pansica & Dan Green, Jorge Jimenez
Colors by Andrew Dalhouse
Published by DC Comics
Like a weekly root canal, it’s time to endure Earth 2: World’s End again. At least there’s solace that this defilement of this once great universe will soon end. What is truly making this final stretch of World’s End appalling is how little is happening. The last twenty two issues have featured their cast effectively spinning their wheels in the mud and one would assume that’s to kill time, both to justify this book’s status as a weekly and to build up to a great planet shattering climax. As previously stated, the end of the world is shockingly dull.
It’s mighty impressive how...
- 3/16/2015
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
Earth 2 #32
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson
Pencils by Andy Smith & Airi Kamiyama
Inks by Trevor Scott & Airi Kamiyama
Colors by Peter Pantazis
Published by DC Comics
Well, it’s finally come, the last issue of Earth 2. The reason Earth 2 and its weekly series Earth 2: World’s End gets reviewed every week is that despite all the bad worlds said about in the last six months, Earth 2 used to be one of the best books coming out of DC. In fact, it was one of the few books that made the New 52 somewhat justified in its existence. Instead of rehashing older stories or making embarrassing changes to characters older than the company that published them, Earth 2 did something different. It build a whole new world from the ground up, embracing its comic book roots by being a series about ordinary...
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson
Pencils by Andy Smith & Airi Kamiyama
Inks by Trevor Scott & Airi Kamiyama
Colors by Peter Pantazis
Published by DC Comics
Well, it’s finally come, the last issue of Earth 2. The reason Earth 2 and its weekly series Earth 2: World’s End gets reviewed every week is that despite all the bad worlds said about in the last six months, Earth 2 used to be one of the best books coming out of DC. In fact, it was one of the few books that made the New 52 somewhat justified in its existence. Instead of rehashing older stories or making embarrassing changes to characters older than the company that published them, Earth 2 did something different. It build a whole new world from the ground up, embracing its comic book roots by being a series about ordinary...
- 3/10/2015
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
Earth 2: World’s End #22
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, & Cullen Bunn
Art by Scott McDaniel, Tyler Kirkham, Eduardo Pansica & Marc Deering, Jack Herbert & Vicente Cifuentes, Jorge Jimenez, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego
Colors by Gabe Eltaeb
Published by DC Comics
Well it’s a new week which means it’s time to look at another issue of Earth 2: World’s End (that’s comic book lingo for “disappointment and missed opportunities.”) While it is easy to rag on this series as it deserves a lot of its hard criticisms, this issue does at least attempt to redeem itself.
While the numerous go-nowhere story lines are out in full force, this issue marks the point where these narratives begin to come together. Heroes start collaborating instead of wasting their time in Dragon Ball Z styled fight scenes, somewhat. Alan Scott starts the closest thing...
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, & Cullen Bunn
Art by Scott McDaniel, Tyler Kirkham, Eduardo Pansica & Marc Deering, Jack Herbert & Vicente Cifuentes, Jorge Jimenez, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego
Colors by Gabe Eltaeb
Published by DC Comics
Well it’s a new week which means it’s time to look at another issue of Earth 2: World’s End (that’s comic book lingo for “disappointment and missed opportunities.”) While it is easy to rag on this series as it deserves a lot of its hard criticisms, this issue does at least attempt to redeem itself.
While the numerous go-nowhere story lines are out in full force, this issue marks the point where these narratives begin to come together. Heroes start collaborating instead of wasting their time in Dragon Ball Z styled fight scenes, somewhat. Alan Scott starts the closest thing...
- 3/6/2015
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
Earth 2: World’s End #21
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, & Cullen Bunn
Art by Scott McDaniel, Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira, R. B. Silva & Walden Wong, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Eduardo Pansica & Paul Neary
Colors by Mike Atiyeh
Published by DC Comics
Another week means another issue of Earth 2: World’s End and while the chance for this series to be anything beyond cheap tie-in material to DC’s Convergence event has long passed by, this issue is a shocking improvement to what has usually be a painful slog to read. It’s true that this series has made the terrible decision to split art duties between plotlines instead of individual issues such as with Futures End and Batman Eternal, but for once this series does something that resembles competence.
The story this week is surprisingly better focused than the series has been thus far.
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, & Cullen Bunn
Art by Scott McDaniel, Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira, R. B. Silva & Walden Wong, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Eduardo Pansica & Paul Neary
Colors by Mike Atiyeh
Published by DC Comics
Another week means another issue of Earth 2: World’s End and while the chance for this series to be anything beyond cheap tie-in material to DC’s Convergence event has long passed by, this issue is a shocking improvement to what has usually be a painful slog to read. It’s true that this series has made the terrible decision to split art duties between plotlines instead of individual issues such as with Futures End and Batman Eternal, but for once this series does something that resembles competence.
The story this week is surprisingly better focused than the series has been thus far.
- 3/1/2015
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
Earth 2: World’s End #20
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, & Cullen Bunn
Art by Scott McDaniel, Tyler Kirkham, Rb Silva & Walden Wong, Jorge Jimenez, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego
Published by DC Comics
Once again Earth 2: World’s End rears its ugly, ugly head as the book is wont to do. The title has now entered its middle zone from being a complete waste of time to needing to tie into DC’s other weekly title Futures End. One has to wonder how that will work out. While Big Barda is an irredeemable villain in World’s End, she’s actually heroic in the other book. This review is going to be a bit on the skinny side as previous issues often have some plot point or character that proves impossibly frustrating, this outing is simply dull. Perhaps it’s simply with every terrible issue of this series,...
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, & Cullen Bunn
Art by Scott McDaniel, Tyler Kirkham, Rb Silva & Walden Wong, Jorge Jimenez, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego
Published by DC Comics
Once again Earth 2: World’s End rears its ugly, ugly head as the book is wont to do. The title has now entered its middle zone from being a complete waste of time to needing to tie into DC’s other weekly title Futures End. One has to wonder how that will work out. While Big Barda is an irredeemable villain in World’s End, she’s actually heroic in the other book. This review is going to be a bit on the skinny side as previous issues often have some plot point or character that proves impossibly frustrating, this outing is simply dull. Perhaps it’s simply with every terrible issue of this series,...
- 2/21/2015
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
Earth 2: World’s End #19
Written By Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, & Cullen Bunn
Art by Scott McDaniel, Tyler Kirkham, Jorge Jimenez, Eduardo Pansica & Marc Deering, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, R. B. Silva & Walden Wong
Colors by Matt Yackey
Published DC
Last week, Earth 2: World’s End did something unexpected, it improved. With the help of Cullen Bunn, issue #19 has some moments to shine with great characterization and heart-felt moments to wash out the terrible artwork and redundant Life Avatar battles. All of that goes right down the tubes as World’s End falls back into line with over-stretched plot lines, sloppy science fiction, and egregious artwork.
While it’s unfair to call, it seems that Cullen Bunn is writing the scenes featuring Helena and Thomas Wayne as Huntress and Batman. The term “unfair” is used on account that no one is ever credited for their work,...
Written By Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, & Cullen Bunn
Art by Scott McDaniel, Tyler Kirkham, Jorge Jimenez, Eduardo Pansica & Marc Deering, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, R. B. Silva & Walden Wong
Colors by Matt Yackey
Published DC
Last week, Earth 2: World’s End did something unexpected, it improved. With the help of Cullen Bunn, issue #19 has some moments to shine with great characterization and heart-felt moments to wash out the terrible artwork and redundant Life Avatar battles. All of that goes right down the tubes as World’s End falls back into line with over-stretched plot lines, sloppy science fiction, and egregious artwork.
While it’s unfair to call, it seems that Cullen Bunn is writing the scenes featuring Helena and Thomas Wayne as Huntress and Batman. The term “unfair” is used on account that no one is ever credited for their work,...
- 2/12/2015
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
Earth 2: World’s End #18
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, Cullen Bunn
Art by Scott McDaniel, Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, R. B. Silva, Walden Wong, Eduardo Pansica, Marc Deering, Jorge Jimenez, & Tyler Kirkham
Colors by Andrew Dalhouse
Published by DC Comics
So, another week means another issue churned out by DC to ruin what was once their greatest new title and single justification for the New 52’s existence. While this slow slog through the wasteland that has become Earth 2 is reaching its apex, there is one reason to be cautiously optimistic for what’s to come. This issue marks the arrival of writer Cullen Bunn, of the current Sinestro and Magneto runs. If there’s one thing to be said about Cullen Bunn, it’s that he is rarely boring. He has offbeat sensibilities that make him stand out from other lesser known talents.
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson, Cullen Bunn
Art by Scott McDaniel, Eddy Barrows, Eber Ferreira, R. B. Silva, Walden Wong, Eduardo Pansica, Marc Deering, Jorge Jimenez, & Tyler Kirkham
Colors by Andrew Dalhouse
Published by DC Comics
So, another week means another issue churned out by DC to ruin what was once their greatest new title and single justification for the New 52’s existence. While this slow slog through the wasteland that has become Earth 2 is reaching its apex, there is one reason to be cautiously optimistic for what’s to come. This issue marks the arrival of writer Cullen Bunn, of the current Sinestro and Magneto runs. If there’s one thing to be said about Cullen Bunn, it’s that he is rarely boring. He has offbeat sensibilities that make him stand out from other lesser known talents.
- 2/7/2015
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
Earth 2: World’s End #17
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson
Art by Scott McDaniel, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Eduardo Pansica & Paul Neary, Jorge Jiminez, R. B. Silva & Walden Wong
Published by DC Comics
If there’s one way that World’s End in any way thematically follows Earth 2, it’s that the world is perpetually on the verge of complete destruction. The ungodly battle between the Furies of Apokolips and the Earth Avatars might be over but that doesn’t mean anyone, even the audience is spared. Now the heroes face the unironically named Deathspawn, a monster with the power to kill the very heart of Earth 2. Big Barda leads an assault into the last remaining human outpost with an army of “proto-Furies” naturally they’re an army of faceless minions that have never been foreshadowed in anyway, because that would involve effort.
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson
Art by Scott McDaniel, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Eduardo Pansica & Paul Neary, Jorge Jiminez, R. B. Silva & Walden Wong
Published by DC Comics
If there’s one way that World’s End in any way thematically follows Earth 2, it’s that the world is perpetually on the verge of complete destruction. The ungodly battle between the Furies of Apokolips and the Earth Avatars might be over but that doesn’t mean anyone, even the audience is spared. Now the heroes face the unironically named Deathspawn, a monster with the power to kill the very heart of Earth 2. Big Barda leads an assault into the last remaining human outpost with an army of “proto-Furies” naturally they’re an army of faceless minions that have never been foreshadowed in anyway, because that would involve effort.
- 1/31/2015
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
Earth 2: World’s End # 16
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson
Art by Scott McDaniel, Tyler Kirkham, Eduardo Pansica & Paul Neary, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego
Published by DC Comics
Another week means another issue of Earth 2: World’s End, the series that would have been cancelled by now if it didn’t tie into Convergence. The odd thing to talk about this time around turns out that this entry is considerably better than the rest of the series as of yet. The title is still little more than a shameless cash grab as DC wrings what little money they can out of what’s left of Earth 2. However, when an issue of World’s End manages to just be middle of the road instead of painful to read, something’s changed.
That change is that, for at least this issue, World’s End...
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson
Art by Scott McDaniel, Tyler Kirkham, Eduardo Pansica & Paul Neary, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego
Published by DC Comics
Another week means another issue of Earth 2: World’s End, the series that would have been cancelled by now if it didn’t tie into Convergence. The odd thing to talk about this time around turns out that this entry is considerably better than the rest of the series as of yet. The title is still little more than a shameless cash grab as DC wrings what little money they can out of what’s left of Earth 2. However, when an issue of World’s End manages to just be middle of the road instead of painful to read, something’s changed.
That change is that, for at least this issue, World’s End...
- 1/26/2015
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
Earth 2: World’s End #15
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson
Art by Scott McDaniel, Eduardo Pansica & Paul Neary, R.B. Silva & Walden Wong, Jorge Jimenez, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Tyler Kirkham, Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira
Published by DC Comics
Another week, another issue of Earth 2: World’s End. Without repeating too much from any of last weeks’ reviews, the art is rushed and poorly organized, Dick Grayson’s segments are a particular eye sore, items and characters can acquire powers or abilities with no explanation, few characters have under gone any significant character change, the battle between the planetary forces of Earth and Apokolips has been going on for eight issues now and is more like a terrible fight scene from Dragonball Z, and despite being half way through the book’s run, very little has been accomplished. It’s long become clear...
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, Mike Johnson
Art by Scott McDaniel, Eduardo Pansica & Paul Neary, R.B. Silva & Walden Wong, Jorge Jimenez, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Tyler Kirkham, Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira
Published by DC Comics
Another week, another issue of Earth 2: World’s End. Without repeating too much from any of last weeks’ reviews, the art is rushed and poorly organized, Dick Grayson’s segments are a particular eye sore, items and characters can acquire powers or abilities with no explanation, few characters have under gone any significant character change, the battle between the planetary forces of Earth and Apokolips has been going on for eight issues now and is more like a terrible fight scene from Dragonball Z, and despite being half way through the book’s run, very little has been accomplished. It’s long become clear...
- 1/19/2015
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
Earth 2: World’s End #14
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson
Art by Scott McDaniel, Eddy Barrows & Eber Reffeira, Eduardo Pansica & Marc Deering, Jorge Jimenez, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego & Tyler Kirkham
Published by DC Comics
Rolling into its second half, Earth 2: World’s End #14 does something rather unexpected. It gets better. That’s not to say this issue is good by any stretch of the imagination. It’s a product of the same flaws that plagued all the previous issues: continuity hiccups, characters magically granted new abilities, bizarre logic, and one of the most baffling art management decisions of the last year, but this issue does actually improve on some of World’s End’s short comings.
What makes this issue stand out most off all is an improvement in art styles. While the much dreaded block of pencilers and inkers still looms heavy,...
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson
Art by Scott McDaniel, Eddy Barrows & Eber Reffeira, Eduardo Pansica & Marc Deering, Jorge Jimenez, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego & Tyler Kirkham
Published by DC Comics
Rolling into its second half, Earth 2: World’s End #14 does something rather unexpected. It gets better. That’s not to say this issue is good by any stretch of the imagination. It’s a product of the same flaws that plagued all the previous issues: continuity hiccups, characters magically granted new abilities, bizarre logic, and one of the most baffling art management decisions of the last year, but this issue does actually improve on some of World’s End’s short comings.
What makes this issue stand out most off all is an improvement in art styles. While the much dreaded block of pencilers and inkers still looms heavy,...
- 1/11/2015
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
Earth 2: World’s End #13
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson
Art by Scott McDaniel, Tyler Kirkham, Jack Herbert & Vicente Cifuentes, Jorge Jimenez, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Stephen Segovia & Jason Paz
Published by DC Comics
With now thirteen issues out, Earth 2: World’s End has reached the halfway point until the series’ conclusion this March. Sad to say, this issue casts a poor image for the second half to come as it does absolutely nothing to improve any of World’s End’s flaws.
To beat the dead horse once again, this series has major hang ups by delegating the pencil and ink duties of its massive team by subplots instead of whole issues. This week, like every last one, is a downright mess with constantly changing teams every two to six pages. Such a management style could have worked if it were not...
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson
Art by Scott McDaniel, Tyler Kirkham, Jack Herbert & Vicente Cifuentes, Jorge Jimenez, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Stephen Segovia & Jason Paz
Published by DC Comics
With now thirteen issues out, Earth 2: World’s End has reached the halfway point until the series’ conclusion this March. Sad to say, this issue casts a poor image for the second half to come as it does absolutely nothing to improve any of World’s End’s flaws.
To beat the dead horse once again, this series has major hang ups by delegating the pencil and ink duties of its massive team by subplots instead of whole issues. This week, like every last one, is a downright mess with constantly changing teams every two to six pages. Such a management style could have worked if it were not...
- 1/6/2015
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
Earth 2: World’s End #12
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson
Art by Scott McDaniel, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Eduardo Panscia & Paul Neary, Jack Herbert & Vicente Cifuentes, Jorge Jimenez, Tyler Kirkham & Joe Weems
Published by DC Comics
After a surprisingly pleasant side step last week, Earth 2: World’s End returns to form with scatter shot story and a ten member art team. It’s quite the loss as last issue was a much better paced and tightly focused read and now once again the audience is subjected to a confused mess of a plot with changing art every two to four pages.
Incidentally, there are some over all improvements. The lesser artists mostly focused on the Flash/Hawkgirl storyline has been replaced with someone far more competent. The pencils and inks all look more like real people instead of melted action figures. However that...
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson
Art by Scott McDaniel, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Eduardo Panscia & Paul Neary, Jack Herbert & Vicente Cifuentes, Jorge Jimenez, Tyler Kirkham & Joe Weems
Published by DC Comics
After a surprisingly pleasant side step last week, Earth 2: World’s End returns to form with scatter shot story and a ten member art team. It’s quite the loss as last issue was a much better paced and tightly focused read and now once again the audience is subjected to a confused mess of a plot with changing art every two to four pages.
Incidentally, there are some over all improvements. The lesser artists mostly focused on the Flash/Hawkgirl storyline has been replaced with someone far more competent. The pencils and inks all look more like real people instead of melted action figures. However that...
- 12/27/2014
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
Earth 2: World’s End #11
Written by Daniel H. Wilson
Breakdowns by Scott McDaniel
Pencils by Paulo Siqueira
Published by DC Comics
This week brings something miraculous as Earth 2: World’s End finally calms down from the hectic and segmented narrative it’s been rolling with since its launch. This issue is something surprising as the paragraphs of pencils and inkers usually accredited for a single issue gives way to Paulo Siqueira. It seems this issue is meant to serve as filler and explanation for some of the things the series has left unexplained. It’s a nice breather, but not quite enough to salvage the series.
If there’s one thing that makes this issue stand out it’s that the story is much more focused. Main World’s End scribe, Daniel H. Wilson takes over this issue which is entirely about the New Gods team,...
Written by Daniel H. Wilson
Breakdowns by Scott McDaniel
Pencils by Paulo Siqueira
Published by DC Comics
This week brings something miraculous as Earth 2: World’s End finally calms down from the hectic and segmented narrative it’s been rolling with since its launch. This issue is something surprising as the paragraphs of pencils and inkers usually accredited for a single issue gives way to Paulo Siqueira. It seems this issue is meant to serve as filler and explanation for some of the things the series has left unexplained. It’s a nice breather, but not quite enough to salvage the series.
If there’s one thing that makes this issue stand out it’s that the story is much more focused. Main World’s End scribe, Daniel H. Wilson takes over this issue which is entirely about the New Gods team,...
- 12/27/2014
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
‘Earth 2: World’s End’ #10
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson
Art by Scott McDaniel, Jack Herbert & Vincente Cifuentes, Jorges Jimenez, Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira, and Jan Duursema & Drew Geraci
Published by DC Comics
With two and a half months under its belt, the real flaws of ‘Earth 2’ have been made apparent. By far one of the series’ greatest crimes has been how it handles its art duties. With so many issues coming out at a rapid fire pace, a creative team should have a perfectly clear plan for pencillers, inkers, and colorists to follow. Previous weeklies have done this successfully like the excellent ‘52’, where the prolific Keith Giffen did rough break downs for every issue. ‘Batman Eternal’ and ‘Futures End’ are two current weekly titles that have a team of four rotating artists. One of the things that has done the greatest disservice to...
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson
Art by Scott McDaniel, Jack Herbert & Vincente Cifuentes, Jorges Jimenez, Eddy Barrows & Eber Ferreira, and Jan Duursema & Drew Geraci
Published by DC Comics
With two and a half months under its belt, the real flaws of ‘Earth 2’ have been made apparent. By far one of the series’ greatest crimes has been how it handles its art duties. With so many issues coming out at a rapid fire pace, a creative team should have a perfectly clear plan for pencillers, inkers, and colorists to follow. Previous weeklies have done this successfully like the excellent ‘52’, where the prolific Keith Giffen did rough break downs for every issue. ‘Batman Eternal’ and ‘Futures End’ are two current weekly titles that have a team of four rotating artists. One of the things that has done the greatest disservice to...
- 12/15/2014
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
‘Earth 2: World’s End’ #9
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson
Arty by Scott McDaniel, Tyler Kirkham & John Livesay, Stephen Segovia & Jason Paz, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Eduardo Pansica & Walden Wong
Published by DC Comics
It’s time to do the regular ‘Earth 2: World’s End’ analysis again and unfortunately, not much has changed. The series continues to suffer from the overwhelming art team and terribly unengaging storylines. One thing of note is the addition to the art team, Scott McDaniel, who takes on the duty of panel breakdowns. However, what change he was to have brought is nigh invisible, save for some slightly better set up pages.
This week, the story involves the primal forces of the Earth seeking out their new avatars. After nearly deserting Solomon Grundy and Sam Zhao to hold off the falling fragments of the moon, Alan Scott returns...
Written by Daniel H. Wilson, Marguerite Bennett, & Mike Johnson
Arty by Scott McDaniel, Tyler Kirkham & John Livesay, Stephen Segovia & Jason Paz, Robson Rocha & Guillermo Ortego, Eduardo Pansica & Walden Wong
Published by DC Comics
It’s time to do the regular ‘Earth 2: World’s End’ analysis again and unfortunately, not much has changed. The series continues to suffer from the overwhelming art team and terribly unengaging storylines. One thing of note is the addition to the art team, Scott McDaniel, who takes on the duty of panel breakdowns. However, what change he was to have brought is nigh invisible, save for some slightly better set up pages.
This week, the story involves the primal forces of the Earth seeking out their new avatars. After nearly deserting Solomon Grundy and Sam Zhao to hold off the falling fragments of the moon, Alan Scott returns...
- 12/9/2014
- by Grant Raycroft
- SoundOnSight
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