Weekly Entertainment & Movie News

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Tim Story Directing Fantastic Four
Source: Superhero Hype
Both Latino Review and IGN Filmforce are reporting that 20th Century Fox and Marvel are going with "Barbershop" director Tim Story for Fantastic Four. Story also directed the upcoming Queen Latifah action-comedy "Taxi".

Filming is expected to start in August, so stay tuned for casting news.

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New Comics 4/7

PUBLISHER
TITLE, ISSUE NUMBER, PRICE IN U.S. DOLLARS

ABSTRACT STUDIOS
Strangers In Paradise Vol III #64, $2.95

ACTOR
Actor Meridian Sephies Sadness Litho, $5.00
Actor Scion Death Of A Hero Litho, $5.00

AMAZE INK (SLAVE LABOR GRAPHICS)
Bombaby Screen Goddess #3 (Of 4), $3.50
Ghouly Boys #1, $2.95
Nightmares & Fairy Tales Vol 1 Once Upon A Time, $14.95
Tupelo #4, $2.95

ANARCHY STUDIOS
Vampi Vicious #1 Gold Foil Ed (AA), $29.95
Vampi Vicious #1 Royal Blue Foil Ed (AA), $59.95
Vampi Vicious #1-3 Ltd Cover Set, $29.95

ANTARCTIC PRESS
Quagmire Usa #2, $2.99

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
Jughead #157, $2.19
Laugh Digest #192, $2.39

BONGO COMICS
Bart Simpson Comics #6 (AA), $2.50
Bart Simpson Comics #7 (AA), $2.50
Simpsons Comics #62 (AA), $2.50
Simpsons Comics #63 (AA), $2.50

BROADSWORD COMICS
Tarot Witch Of The Black Rose Dlx Ed #25, $19.99

BUD PLANT
Humorous Illustrations TPB (AA), AR
Invisible Dirty Old Man GN, AR

CARTOON MILITIA
United Front, $3.00

CHAOS SOCIETY
Path Of The Damned Vol 2 GN, $8.00

CLAYPOOL COMICS
Deadbeats #64, $2.50

CLIBS BOY COMICS
True Story Swear To God #8, $2.95

COMIC CREATORS NETWORK
CCN Show And Tell Vol 1 TPB, $10.00

CPM MANGA
Treasure Hunter Book 1 GN, $9.99

CROSSGEN ENTERTAINMENT
Brath #13, $2.95

DARK HORSE COMICS
BPRD A Plague Of Frogs #2, $2.99
Hellsing Vol 2 TPB, $13.95
Oh My Goddess #107, $2.99
Star Wars Republic #63, $2.99

DARK PLANET PRODUCTIONS
2 To The Chest #1, $2.99
Rogues #1, $2.99

DAVE CORREIA
Play With Knives #1 (Cold Cut Distribution), $3.00

DC COMICS
Authority Vol 2 #11, $2.95
Batman City Of Light #7 (Of 8), $2.95
Batman Death And The Maidens #8 (Of 9), $2.95
Batman In Worlds Finest Archives Vol 2 HC, $49.95
Detective Comics #793, $2.95
Enginehead #1 (Of 8), $2.50
Hard Time #3, $2.50
JLA Vol 13 Rules Of Engagement TPB, $12.95
Justice League Adventures #30, $2.25
Lobo Unbound #6 (Of 6), $2.95
Looney Tunes #113, $2.25
Monolith #3, $2.95
My Faith In Frankie #4 (Of 4), $2.95
Plastic Man #5, $2.95
Robotech Invasion #4 (Of 5), $2.95
Sandman Presents Thesaly Witch For Hire #3 (Of 4), $2.95
Smallville TPB, $9.95
Superman Batman #8 2nd Printing, $2.95
Superman Birthright #9 (Of 12), $2.95
Swamp Thing #2, $2.95
Y The Last Man #21, $2.95

DEVILS DUE PUBLISHING
Dragonlance Brothers Of Honor Poster, $5.95
Dragonlance Huma Solamnic Knight O/T Crown Poster, $5.95
GI Joe Cobra Reborn Poster, $5.95
GI Joe GI Joe Reborn Poster, $5.95
Voltron Vol 2 #4, $2.95

DREAMWAVE
Transformers Armada More Than Meets Eye #2 (Of 3), $4.95

DYNAMIC FORCES
DF Action Comics #812 Turner Sgn, $29.99
DF Action Comics Caldwell Sgn #812, $19.99
DF Action Comics Kelly Sgn #812, $19.99
DF Amazing Spider-Man Greatest Villains Litho, $19.99
DF Avengers Return Of A Hero Litho Sgn, $39.99
DF JLA Ordway Sgn #94, $19.99
DF New X-Men Cgc 9.6 #152, $69.99

EDICIONES LA CUPULA S A
El Vibora #286 (adult), $7.99
Kiss Comix #146 (adult), $7.99

EIGHTY EIGHT MPH STUDIOS
Ghostbusters Legion Dan Brereton Cvr #1 (Of 4), $3.50
Ghostbusters Legion Reg Cvr #1 (Of 4), $2.95

FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
Alice In Sexland Extreme #7 (resolicited)(adult), $3.95
Head #7 (adult), $3.95

HARRIS COMICS
Vampirella Number One Set A, $19.95
Vampirella Number One Set B, $19.95

HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE
Heavy Metal May 2004, $5.99

HOUSE OF USHER
Nantucket Brown Roasters Two Years, $3.00

IDW PUBLISHING
30 Days Of Night Return To Barrow #1, $3.99
Dark Days TPB, $19.99

IMAGE COMICS
Desperate Times #1, $2.95
Mythstalkers #8, $2.95
PVP #6, $2.95
Rex Mundi #9, $2.95
Tomb Raider #40, $2.99

LAST GASP
Gangsta Rap Coloring Book, $8.95
Raw Boiled & Cooked Comics On The Verge TPB, $24.95
Secret Life Of A Cartoonist TPB (adult), $14.95

LINSNER.COM
Linsner Girls Portfolio III Ltd S/N Ed, $30.00

MANUAL COMICS
Mauled! #2: Surgical Malpractice (Cold Cut Distribution), $3.75

MARVEL COMICS
Alpha Flight #2, $2.99
Amazing Spider-Man #506 (#65), $2.25
Avengers Thunderbolts #2 (Of 6), $2.99
Captain America & The Falcon #2, $2.99
Elektra #35, $2.99
Exiles #45, $2.99
Marvel Age Spider-Man #2, $2.25
Marvel Universe Mephisto Bust, $45.00
New X-Men #155, $2.25
Punisher The End #1 One Shot, $4.50
Spider-Girl #72, $2.99
Spider-Man Blue TPB, $14.99
Spider-Man Death Of Captain Stacy TPB, $12.99
Supreme Power #9, $2.99
Thanos #9, $2.99
Thor #77, $2.99
Ultimate Spider-Man #56, $2.25
Uncanny X-Men #442, $2.25
Wolverine #13, $2.25
Wolverine The End #3 (Of 6), $2.99

MOONSTONE
Cisco Kid #2 (Of 3), $2.95

MU PRESS
Moonie #3 (Of 3), $2.95
Wild #5 (adult), $3.75

MVCREATIONS
Rob Zombie Spook Show Intl #6, $2.95

NEW DIMENSION COMICS
Miracleman #4 Eclipse Archive Gold Ed, $39.99

ONI PRESS
Deep Sleeper #2 (Of 4), $3.50
Queen & Country Vol 5 Operation Stormfront HC, $30.00
Queen & Country Vol 5 Operation Stormfront TPB, $14.95

OVERCAST COMICS
The Gift #5, $2.95

PENNY FARTHING PRESS
Para #2, $2.95
Victorian TPB Act I (AA), $24.95
Victorian TPB Act 2 Self Immolation, $19.95

RADIO COMIX
Furrlough #134, $2.99
Genus #64 (adult), $3.50

RENAISSANCE PRESS
Amelia Rules Superheroes #2 (Of 6), $2.95

RIP OFF PRESS
Freewheelin Franklin Sez Poster 32nd Anniv Ed, $10.00

SERVE MAN PRESS
Runners Bad Goods Starter Pack, $5.00

SIRIUS ENTERTAINMENT
Lost Book Of Faerie Magic Vol 1 (AA), $2.95
Poison Elves Color Special #1 (AA), $2.95
Poison Elves Wisp Saga Part One 6 Pack, $15.00

STREET LEGENDS
Blokhedz #2 (Of 4)(resolicited), $2.95

TCZ STUDIO
Celestial Zone Vol 2 #9 (Of 12), $9.50

TOKYOPOP
AI Love You Vol 2 GN (Of 9), $9.99
Candidate For Goddess Vol 1 GN (Of 5), $9.99
Dragon Knights Vol 13 (Of 17), $9.99
Faeries Landing Vol 1 GN (Of 13), $9.99
Faeries Landing Vol 2 GN (Of 13), $9.99
Fruits Basket Vol 2 GN (Of 11), $9.99
Get Backers Vol 2 GN (Of 21), $9.99
Happy Mania Vol 7 GN (Of 11), $9.99
Jackie Chan Adventures Cinemanga Vol 3 GN (Of 4), $7.99
Jing King Of Bandits Vol 5 GN (Of 7), $9.99
King Of Hell Vol 5 GN (Of 8), $9.99
Les Bijoux Vol 2 GN (Of 5), $9.99
Mink Vol 1 GN (Of 4), $9.99
Samurai Deeper Kyo Vol 6 GN (Of 18), $9.99
Spongebob Squarepants Cinemanga Vol 4 GN (Of 4), $7.99
Suki Vol 2 GN (Of 3), $9.99

TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS
Van Helsings Night Off, $12.95

VANGUARD PRODUCTIONS
Space Cowboy 2003, $4.95

VERTICAL
Tezukas Buddha Vol 3 HC Devadatta, $24.95

VIZ
Animerica Apr 2004 Vol 12 #4, $4.99
Di Gi Charat Vol 4 GN Viz Ed, $12.95
Rurouni Kenshin Vol 4 GN, $7.95
Shonen Jump Vol 2 #5 May 2004, $4.99

WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT
Inquest Gamer Duel Masters Cvr #109, $4.99
Inquest Gamer Heroclix Cvr #109, $4.99
Translucent Gundam Toyfare Exclusive Figure (AA), AR
Wizard Ace Ed 1st Appearance 3 Pack, AR

magazines
Alter Ego #35, $5.95
Animation Reporter Vol 2 #4, $5.50
Back Issue #3, $5.95
Castle Of Frankenstein #35, $7.00
Club Jun04 (adult), $7.99
Club Specials 213 (adult), $8.99
Comic Aun Mar 2004 (adult), $10.99
Comic Shop News #877, AR
Comics Buyers Guide #1587, $3.99
Dune Buggies And Hot Vw May04, $3.99
Dungeon #110, $6.99
Fangoria #232, $7.99
Femme Fatales Vol 13 #4, $6.99
Filmfax #102, $9.95
Fly Rc Jun04, $4.99
G Fan #67, $4.95
International Tattoo Aug04, $5.99
Lees Toy Review Apr 2004 #138, $5.95
Monsterscene Magazine #5, $7.95
Penthouse May04 (adult), $7.99
PSM Magazine May 2004, $4.99
Sci Fi Entertainment Jun 04, $4.99
Scrye #71, $5.99
Tattoo Jun04, $5.99
Tattoo Savage Jun 04, $5.99
Thrasher May04, $3.99
Toy Cars And Models Magazine May 2004 #74, $5.99
Toy Shop #330, $4.99
Ultra For Men Vol 11 (adult), $7.99
Velvet 86 04 (adult), $7.99
Video Watchdog #106, $7.95
White Dwarf #291, $6.00
XXL May04, $3.95

books
BTVS Angel Dark Mirror MMPB, $5.99
Charmed Book Of Three TPB, $17.95
Doctor Who Empire Of Death MMPB, $6.95
Japanese In Mangaland TPB (resolicited), $24.00
Manga Madness TPB, $19.99
New Lovecraft Circle TPB, $14.95
Smallville Young Adult #9 MMPB Temptation, $6.99
Star Trek Crosswords Book 3 TPB, $10.95
Star Trek TNG A Time To Sow MMPB, $6.99
Star Trek TNG Genesis Force MMPB, $6.99
Transformers Book 3 Fusion MMPB, $6.99
Warcraft Book One Of The War Of The Ancients MMPB, $6.99
Warhammer 40000 Grey Hunter MMPB, $6.99
Weird Heroes Vol 1 MMPB, $6.99

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New DVD Releases 4/6

Angels in the Endzone
Angels in the Infield
Before and After
The Best of the Muppet Show: Diana Ross
Blaze
Charade: The Criterion Collection
Charlie's Angels: Season Two (6-disc set)
Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)
Christina Aguilera: Stripped: Live in the UK
City of Joy
Deceived
The Dresser
Feast of July
F.E.D.S.: Special Edition
For Me and My Gal
Freaks and Geeks: The Complete Series
Friends: Season Seven (4-disc set)
Galerians: Rion: Special Edition
The Grapes of Wrath: Fox Studio Classics
The Greatest Show on Earth
Half a Sixpence
Hope Springs
In the Good Old Summertime
In Living Color: Season One (4-disc set)
Jack the Giant Killer
Jefferson in Paris
The Kennedy Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy
Lightning the White Stallion
Little Monsters
The Little Prince
Love Finds Andy Hardy
The Maldonado Miracle
The Matrix Revolutions (2-disc set)
Me and the Kid
Meet Me in St. Louis (2-disc set)
Murda Muzik
My Family
Our America
Passionada
The Pink Panther Film Collection (6-disc set)
Police Academy 20th Anniversary Special Edition
Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment
Police Academy 3: Back in Training
Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol
Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Police Academy: Mission to Moscow
Police Academy Giftset (7-disc set)
A Pyromaniac's Love Story
Red Riding Hood
Reggae Nation: The Real Spring Break
Ring of Bright Water
A Room With a View: Special Edition
Safe Passage
The Search for Jesus
Sylvester
Son of Flubber
The Swan Princess
The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Treasure
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
Ziegfeld Girl

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Michael Madsen Says Brosnan is Done with 007
Source: Coming Soon


The Toronto Sun talked with Michael Madsen (Kill Bill: Vol. 2), who is a good friend of Pierce Brosnan, about the next James Bond film.

"Pierce lives right down the beach from me. Our kids play together," Madsen said. "And he told me he doesn't want to do another one. I also heard that they bought him out. I really don't know but an impasse is an impasse."

Madsen said he was told that Brosnan will be replaced with an Australian, although he did not know who.

Madsen said he himself is interested in the new Bond because he was supposed to get a role in it. He last worked with Brosnan as Bond in Die Another Day, playing Damian Falco.

"Well, I was going to do it with Pierce but, now that Pierce is out of the Bond picture, I don't know what is going to happen. If (producer) Barbara Broccoli calls me up and says: 'Michael, I want you to be in the James Bond picture,' I'll probably go do it, but I'm not going to call her."

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Fantastic Four Casting Rumors!
Source: Superhero Hype
Latino Review has added to their news from last night that Tim Story is directing Fantastic Four...

We've been told that two key people are in talks [rumored] to play THE THING and DR DOOM.

First up is THE THING, our source tells us that Michael Chiklis currently the star of TV hit series The Shield is up for the role as Benjamin Grimm aka The Thing.

Second is DR Doom our source also tells us the recent Oscar winner Tim Robbins is up for the role for Dr.Doom.

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Million-Dollar Booty
Source: Entertainment Weekly
J. Lo's mom wins $2.4 million slots jackpot. Guadalupe Lopez wins big return on $3 investment in Atlantic City by Gary Susman

Love don't cost a thing, but college can be expensive; fortunately, Guadalupe Lopez now has $121,000 to fund the higher education for her two grandchildren. Lopez, better known as J. Lo's mom, picked up a check for that amount Saturday night at Atlantic City's Borgata casino after winning a multimillion-dollar slot machine jackpot playing for just 10 minutes and betting just $3, the New York Daily News reports. (She'll get the rest of the $2.4 million windfall in installments over the next 19 years.) According to Us Weekly, that first check will go toward the grandkids' college fund.

Lopez, a 58-year-old retired Bronx kindergarten teacher, apparently has better luck as a gambler than her almost son-in-law, Ben Affleck. His lavish gambling sprees were reportedly one of the issues that split up Bennifer, but a source tells People magazine that Ben was the one who taught Guadalupe to gamble. Her 800,000-fold return on her investment will yield a total of $2,421,291.76, the Borgata's biggest jackpot since the casino opened last summer. By comparison, Ben and Jennifer's movie ''Jersey Girl'' earned an estimated $2,178,000 in theaters nationwide that same night. (It's grossed $15.8 million in its first 10 days.) Guess the Atlantic City gambler was the more lucrative Jersey girl.

(Posted:04/06/04)

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John Woo Bringing Metroid to the Big Screen
Source: Coming Soon


John Woo has optioned Nintendo's best-selling video game franchise Metroid for the big screen, says The Hollywood Reporter. Woo will produce the sci-fi movie and has the option to direct. Terence Chang and Brad Foxhoven will share production responsibilities. Lion Rock Productions' Suzanne Zizzi also is attached to the project.

The plan is to release the first film before 2006. The movie will center on the origins of the game's female protagonist, sexy bounty hunter Samus Aran, and relate her adventures battling the insidious life-sucking Metroids and their controlling force, Mother Brain.

"We have to assume the mainstream audience is unfamiliar with the property," Foxhoven said. "As for the rest of the film, we will stay true to the game and have Samus battling the Metroids and Mother Brain in a fight for control of the galaxy."

Nintendo will unveil its eighth "Metroid" game, "Metroid Prime 2," at its E3 press conference May 11.

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A Police Academy Reunion Movie in the Works?
Source: Coming Soon


Former football player and star of the "Police Academy" series, Bubba Smith revealed to About.com that a reunion movie is in the works. "Yeah, I think we might do one this year," he said.

Asked whether this would be a theatrical or TV production, Smith said, "theatrical. If we get all the people we want. We can get the whole cast, but there are some people that we want as our children who would be going in."

The veteran cast would apparently be training a new generation. Bubba says that a lot of the original cast, including Steve Guttenberg, are up for the project.

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AMAZING SCREW-ON HEAD TO SCI FI
Source: Comics Contiuum

Cable network Sci Fi on Monday announced it is developing Mike Mignola's Amazing Screw-On Head as animated series.

Here's how the network described the show:

"Adapted from the critically acclaimed, Eisner Award winning comic book by Mike Mignola (Hellboy), Amazing Screw-On Head is a half-hour animated comedy based on the exploits of one of history's unsung heroes. A secret agent who never made the history books, Screw-On Head is in the employ of the U.S. Government. A robot that screws his head onto a wide variety of bodies, Screw On Head battles those who threaten our civilization."

Bryan Fuller and Jason Netter will executive produce. Fuller will be writing and Netter, of Kickstart Productions, will oversee animation.

The network also announced the Shawn Ashmore of X2 and Kirstin Kreuk of Smallville will be starring in the event movie Earthsea, and that it is working with Stan Lee on three new movies.

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CD Releases this week

THE ADVANTAGE The Advantage (5 Rue Christine)

DIANA ANAID Beautiful Obscene (Five Crowns)

TREY ANASTASIO Seis de Mayo (Elektra)

AND ONE Aggressor (Metropolis)

ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI Fingers Crossed (Bar/None)

ATOM AND HIS PACKAGE Hair: Debatable (CD/DVD combo; live recording of band’s last show; ICE #205) (Hopeless)

AUDIO LEARNING CENTER Cope Park (Vagrant)

THE BEAUTIFUL MISTAKE This Is Who You Are (Militia Group)

GREGG BENDIAN’S INTERZONE Gregg Bendian’s Interzone (Atavistic)

BJORKENHEIM, RAOUL & KRAKATAU Ritual (Cuneiform)

JACK BLADES (of Night Ranger) Jack Blades (Sanctuary)

BLONDIE The Curse of Blondie (ICE #204) (Sanctuary)

BLUE COUNTY Blue County (Curb)

THE BUTCHIES Make Yr Life (w/cover of the Outfield’s "Your Love") (Yep Roc)

CALEXICO Convict Pool EP (ICE #205) (Quarterstick)

JAMES CARTER Live at Baker’s Keyboard Lounge (ICE #205) (Warner Bros.)

THE DAMNWELLS The Bastards of the Beat (Red Ink/Epic)

DARK LOTUS (members of Insane Clown Posse, Twiztid and ABK) Black Rain (Psychopathic)

DECREE Moment of Silence (Metropolis)

DEERHOOF/KIT Buddy Series Vol. 2 (Narnack)

OISIN MAC DIARMARA Ar an bhfidi (On the Fiddle) (Green Linnet)

DILATED PEOPLES Neighborhood Watch (ICE #205) (Capitol)

DIOS dios (w/cover of Neil Young’s "Birds") (Startime International)

DISILLUSION Back to Times of Splendor (Metal Blade)

THE DT’S Hard Fixed (Estrus)

DUJEOUS? City Limits (Third Earth Music)

EDGEWATER South of Sideways (Wind-Up)

EDGUY Hellfire Club (Nuclear Blast)

ELF POWER Walking with the Beggar Boys (ICE #205) (Orange Twin)

ROB ELLIS Music for the Home Vol. 2 (The Leaf Label)

END. The Sounds of Disaster (Ipecac)

FANTASY Take Me in Your Arms (Ark 21)

FEAR BEFORE THE MARCH OF FLAMES Odd How People Shake (Rise)

FOCUS 8 (Paras)

FOLLY Insanity Later (Triple Crown)

FRIENDS OF DEAN MARTINEZ Random Harvest (Narnack)

BILLY GIBSON In a Memphis Tone (ICE #205) (Inside Sounds)

JEFF HAMILTON TRIO The Best Things Happen... (Azica)

ROLAND HANNA Tributaries: Reflections on Tommy Flanagan (IPO)

HAYMARKET RIOT Mog (recorded by Steve Albini) (Thick)

CATHERINE HICKMAN Simply Gorgeous (Razor & Tie)

I-20 Self-Explanatory (Capitol)

ICARUS The Birdy Electric (The Leaf Label)

IN FLAMES Soundtrack to Your Escape (Nuclear Blast)

INFAMOUS MOBB Blood Thicker Than Water - Vol. 1 (w/bonus DVD; ICE #205) (IM3/Monopolee)

JACKPOT F+ (Surfdog)

KATE JACOBS You Call That Dark (produced by David Schramm) (Bar/None)

JOHN WILKES BOOZE 5 Pillars of Soul (Kill Rock Stars)

SALIF KEITA Remixes from Mouffou (Decca)

THE KICKS Hello Hong Kong (TVT)

BEN KWELLER On My Way (ATO/RCA)

LANSING-DREIDEN The Incomplete Triangle (Kemado)

DAVE LIEBMAN GROUP In a Mellow Tone (Zoho)

THE LIVING LEGENDS Creative Differences (w/bonus disc) (Legendary Music)

LOCAL H Whatever Happened to P.J. Soles? (Studio E)

THE M’S The M’s (three-EP set) (Brilliante)

RUSSELL MALONE Playground (ICE #205) (MAXJAZZ)

BARRY MANILOW 2NightsLive! (two CDs; ICE #205) (Arista/BMG Heritage)

MATT MARQUE Nothing Personal (Atavistic)

PAT MCGEE BAND Save Me (Warner Bros.)

TOM MCINTOSH With Malice Towards None (IPO)

MILKSHAKE JONES Milkshake Jones (Paisley Pop)

MIXEL PIXEL Rainbow Panda (Mental Monkey)

MOCEAN WORKER (Adam Dorn) Enter the MoWo! (ICE #205) (MoWo! Inc.)

MODEST MOUSE Good News for People Who Love Bad News (ICE #205) (Epic)

MOZAIK Live from the Powerhouse (ICE #205) (Compass)

CHARLIE MUSSELWHITE Sanctuary (ICE #204) (Real World)

OF MONTREAL Satanic Panic in the Attic (ICE #205) (Polyvinyl)

OLD TIME RELIJUN Lost Light (K)

ON!AIR!LIBRARY! On!Air!Library! (Arena Rock)

ON THE SPEAKERS EP (Universal)

GINNY OWENS Beautiful (Rocketown)

PIT ER PAT Emergency (Overcoat)

DOUG POWELL Day for Night (Parasol)

PRE) THING 22nd Century Lifestyle (V2)

PULLEY Matters (Epitaph)

BLAKE RAINEY Appetizer Sickness (Two Sheds)

LOLA RAY I Don’t Know You (Red Ink/DC Flag)

HENRY ROLLINS Nights Behind the Tree Line (2.13.61)

TODD RUNDGREN Liars (Sanctuary)

SATYRICON Volcano (Red Ink/eatURmusic)

RON SEXSMITH Retriever (ICE #205) (Nettwerk)

MATT SHARP (ex-Weezer and Rentals) Matt Sharp (In Music We Trust)

SLOW TRAIN SOUL Illegal Cargo (Tommy Boy)

ROSALIE SORRELLS My Last Go Round (Red House)

SPACEWAYS, INC. VS. ZŸ Radiale (Atavistic)

SPINNING IMAGES DNA (Starpolish)

SPLIT SHIFT Tension (Elektra)

SPYMOB Sitting Around Keeping Score (Ruthless/Epic)

JOHN STEIN TRIO Interplay (Azica)

JOAN STILES Love Call (Zoho)

TAHITI 80 A Piece of Sunshine (CD/DVD combo) (Minty Fresh)

TAMIA More (Elektra)

TEADA Give Us a Penny and We’ll Be Gone (Green Linnet)

THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS Indestructible (w/cover of The Beach Boys’ "Caroline, No") (Barsuk)

THROBBING GRISTLE Mutant TG (remixes by Carl Craig, Simon Ratcliffe and Chris and Cosey) (novamute)

TIGHT PHANTOMZ Nightfool (EP) (Southern)

TOOTS AND FRIENDS True Love (guests Keith Richards, Bonnie Raitt, No Doubt, Ryan Adams, Eric Clapton, The Roots, Bootsy Collins and Willie Nelson; ICE #203)) (V2)

TRUMAN Payne Avenue (Geffen)

TUNNEL RATS Tunnel Rats (UpRok/Tooth & Nail)

VEHEMENCE Helping the World to See (mixed by Will Solares) (Metal Blade)

THE WARREN BROTHERS Well Deserved Obscurity (ICE #205) (Savoy Jazz/429)

WINNERYS And... The Winnerys (Rainbow Quartz)

PATRICK WOLF Lycanthropy (Tomlab)

SHANNON WRIGHT Over the Sun (Quarterstick)

MARY YOUNGBLOOD Feed the Fire (guests Jethro Tull’s Ian Anderson) (Silver Wave)

ZEKE ’Til the Livin’ End (w/bonus DVD; ICE #205) (Relapse)

VA The ’90s (TVT)

VA Buzzin’ Fly Vol. 1 (Ben Watt mix album) (Astralwerks)

VA Electric Gypsyland (remixes of gypsy band music) (Six Degrees)

VA Modern Wild Dub (w/Chicks on Speed,!!!, Radio 4 and others) (Select Cuts)

VA Neo Japan Series: Neo Soul (Tofu)

VA The Passion of the Christ (Songs Inspired by) (ICE #205) (Universal South)

VA Pink Panther’s Penthouse Party (w/Fischerspooner, Kinky, Fatboy Slim, Peggy Lee and others; ICE #205) (Virgin)

VA Tracks and Fields (two CDs; ICE #205) (Kill Rock Stars)

VA Urban Themes (TVT)

OST The Alamo (score by Carter Burwell) (Hollywood)

OST Ella Enchanted (new Anne Hathaway film) (Hollywood)

OST Johnson Family Vacation (new Bow Wow/Vanessa Williams/Cedric the Entertainer film) (Def Jam)

DVD Reggae Nation: The Real Spring Break (w/bonus CD; Eek-A-Mouse, Sean Paul, Slightly Stoopid, Badfish and more) (Image Entertainment)

DVD This Is Circumstantial Evidence (live footage of Moving Units, Cattle Decapitation, the Locust and Blood Brothers) (Three One G)

DVD BBMAK Music in High Places: Live in Vietnam (Image Entertainment)

DVD BRIAN MCKNIGHT Music in High Places (Image Entertainment)

DVD KENNY CHESNEY Road Case: The Movie (ICE #205) (BNA)

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Tarantino mulls ''Kill Bill,'' ''Pulp Fiction'' spinoffs
On his back burner are an animated ''Bill'' prequel, a sequel, and the long-gestating ''Vega Brothers''
Source: Entertainment Weekly



POST-NUPTIAL PLANS Tarantino has many plans for The Bride (Thurman)

The upcoming ''Kill Bill -- Vol. 2'' may not be the last installment in the ''Kill Bill'' saga. The way Quentin Tarantino talks about it, his brainchild is practically unkillable, running rife with possible prequels, sequels, and spinoffs. ''Yeah, I’ve been thinking about revisiting the story in a couple of ways,'' he told England's Empire magazine. ''I’ve been thinking about doing it as an anime feature that would tell the entire origin of Bill, the marked-for-death crimelord played by David Carradine in the two films. The writer-director elaborated at a press junket over the weekend, telling Zap2It.com: ''I have an idea about writing, like I did for the animation section in 'Vol. 1,' a Japanese anime feature about the origins of Bill -- how Bill became Bill, you know, and deal with his three godfathers -- Esteban Vihaio, Hattori Hanzo and Pei Mei.''

Other ''Bill''-related ideas: a graphic novel about the DiVAS, the movies' female assassin squad; and a feature-length sequel, possibly animated, possibly live, about Nikki, the little girl who sees her mother, Vernita ''Copperhead'' Green (Vivica A. Fox), die at the hands of Uma Thurman's Bride in ''Vol. 1.'' Of course, Tarantino says, he'd shoot it in about 15 years, when the girl is an adult. ''It would be Nikki going out to get revenge on the Bride. Uma wouldn't be the star, she'd kind of be the bad guy, because the little girl kind of deserves her revenge.''

Tarantino is also apparently still talking, as he has been for a decade, about ''The Vega Brothers,'' a prequel to both ''Reservoir Dogs'' and ''Pulp Fiction'' that would tell the backstory of the gangsters played by Michael Madsen and John Travolta, respectively, in those earlier films. ''Kill Bill'' costar Madsen told Zap2It that Tarantino had figured out a way around the fact that both actors have aged a decade since their characters first appeared. ''So, he's going to do it and he has the idea and the idea works very well,'' Madsen said. ''I think it's just going to be a matter of getting the screenplay finished and actually getting out to shoot it because I think we're going to do this World War II thing first,'' he said, referring to ''Inglorious Bastards,'' the WWII action movie Tarantino is actually committed to doing next, in which Madsen will also costar. As for Travolta, who was also doing a press junket this weekend for ''The Punisher'' (which will open April 16 opposite ''Kill Bill''), he said he's willing to do ''The Vega Brothers'' whenever Tarantino is ready. ''But that's up to Quentin,'' Travolta told Zap2It. ''I don't question him. I wouldn't even ask him.''

As if Tarantino didn't have enough on his back burner, he told SciFiWire he'd also been talking to Pierce Brosnan about the possibility of directing the next James Bond movie, a remake of ''Casino Royale.'' Unlike the 1967 spoof, Tarantino's version would be straight and would focus more on character and plot than on spectacle, he said. ''I won't do anything that will ruin the series,'' he said, offering an apparent open-letter pitch to the franchise's producers. ''Wouldn't it be great to have a James Bond movie that didn't cost $115 million and only cost $40 million or something like that?'' he said. ''You know it's going to make its money back, and we [would] all do good. Maybe we win the critics this time, then you're back in business the way you were before.''

Of course, it's possible that none of these ideas will ever come to fruition. After all, Tarantino went three years without making a movie between ''Pulp Fiction'' and ''Jackie Brown'' and another six years before resurfacing with ''Kill Bill.''

(Posted:04/06/04)

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Lions Gate Films Books Flight of the Dead
Source: Coming Soon


Lions Gate Films is fast-tracking a new zombie film, Flight of the Dead, for a September start date.

The film follows the tale of two zombies being shipped back to their homeland after they are captured. But when the deadly creatures come unexpectedly to life aboard an airplane, the begin to wreak high-altitude havoc.

The original draft of the "Flight" screenplay was written by Gary Parker and Tom Lavangnino, with rewriting done by Dunning and Lorenzo Ozouri. No director is on board yet.

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National Geographic is Erupting Krakatoa
Source: Coming Soon


National Geographic Feature Films is gearing up to film a Titanic-style epic adventure/love story set amid the 1883 Krakatoa volcanic explosion off the coast of Java, reports Variety.

Gavin Scott is writing an original script to focus on relationships that take place against the turbulent backdrop of the decline of Dutch imperial power; the rise of Islamic fundamentalism; the advancing role of science and technology; and the cataclysmic eruption.

Simon Winchester, author of bestselling nonfiction book "Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded," will consult on the project, although his book was not optioned.

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Ron Perlman Says Hellboy 2 is a Go
Source: Superhero Hype
Thanks to all the fans for writing in about this one. Hellboy star Ron Perlman appeared on Fox's The Best Damned Sports Show Period where he said, "We got the news this morning and God willing, and [Guillermo del Toro] writes a decent script (snaps his fingers) BOOM!, and I'm sure he will".

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MARS movie may be out of Rodriguez`s orbit
Development jeopardizes A PRINCESS OF MARS
Source: Cinescape

Director Robert Rodriguez may be in danger of not directing A PRINCESS OF MARS, Paramount Pictures' big budget sci-fi actioner based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs classic novel. The story first broke last evening on IGN FilmForce where a longtime source told the website that the movie studio and the director have had a "falling out" due to Rodriguez resignation from the Directors Guild of America. The filmmaker recently resigned so he could share a co-director's credit with SIN CITY comic creator Frank Miller on the Miramax movie of the same name now filming. The Guild doesn't allow its members to share a credit on a film with a non-guild individual, which forced Rodriguez to resign so he could make the SIN CITY film with Miller.

The problem is that Paramount Pictures cannot hire someone to direct one of their films unless they are a member of the DGA -- which Rodriguez is now not.


FilmForce attempted to seek confirmation of denial of the rumor from Rodriguez's camp as well as Paramount and Alphaville Pictures, the MARS movie producing partner. After a time Rodriguez's publicist returned FilmForce's call and issued the following statement: "As of today, we are not dropping out. We are still very much making that movie."


The story took on a larger role when today's Variety hit the web. The trade magazine is also reporting that Rodriguez's resignation from the guild has now jeopardized the development of the film. Furthermore, Variety reports that the director has no intention of rejoining the Guild once work is complete on SIN CITY. There is a possibility, albeit a remote one, that the Guild may allow a concession and the way could be paved for Rodriguez to direct A PRINCESS OF MARS for Paramount. The studio remains hopeful that a solution can be found.