Who are you calling a troll? The Grendel in question in Beowulf & Grendel, a muscular, ardently naturalistic retelling of the ninth-century Anglo-Saxon saga, may be on a bloody tear, and Tomb Raider 2's Gerard Butler rattles a lot of heroic chain mail. But...
PRESS ARCHIVES
Month: August 2006
Sturla Gunnarsson Speaks of Beowulf and Grendel
Recently I had a great opportunity to sit down and have a heart to heart with the director of the 2005 feature "Beowulf and Grendel" which saw a 16 week run in Canada and is now making it's way into select American theaters. The experience was fantastic overall and I...
The Graphic Novel Comes of Age
Hollywood is becoming enamored of the graphic novel, and for all the right reasons. From a creative perspective, these works offer the freedom that comes from working independently. After all, it's a personal medium - often with just one creative talent doing both the...
Fatter Than Fat Comicon Report
Here's the first ever Comicon report by film ick's roving spy in San Diego. I'm going to go into itallics and then everything that follows will be the work of one Elisabeth Rappe. Give me a while and I might get to drop back in and proof her text a little too - don't...
Beowulf and Grendel roars onto DVD in September
Filmed in Iceland and staring Gerard Butler, Stellan Skarsgård, and Sarah Polley, Beowulf and Grendel (the latest adaptation of the classic tale) is set to hit DVD on September 26th for the suggested retail price of $29.98. The film is adapted from the Anglo-Saxon...
Zack Snyder Talks ‘300’ and ‘Watchmen’
After everything was said and done at the 2006 Comic-Con there was one panel that continues to stick in my mind more than all the rest and that is the Warner Bros. release 300. The film is being directed by Dawn of the Dead remake helmer Zack Snyder and stars Gerard...
BRIEFLY: GERARD BUTLER ON 300, COMICS, & COMIC-CON
It’s already become the stuff of legends. After the exclusive 300 trailer ran at the panel San Diego Comicon, the lights came up and it was Gerard Butler, King Leonidas himself, that said he wanted to see it again! I got a chance to talk with Butler soon after the...