[“We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.”]
Thursday, February 3, 2022
Respawn Entertainment to Develop New "Star Wars" Game Titles
Friday, January 28, 2022
BTS Digital Comic, "7Fates Chakho," is Now Live
WEBTOON and HYBE are celebrating the launch with a series of digital billboards in New York’s Times Square, as well as landmarks in major urban centers, including Seoul, Bangkok, and Taipei
Other HYBE Original Stories DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR and THE STAR SEEKERS will follow the launch on WEBTOON
LOS ANGELES & SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--WEBTOON, the world’s largest digital comics platform, and HYBE have announced that the highly-anticipated 7FATES: CHAKHO is now available worldwide in ten languages. The first episode of the webcomic created in collaboration with 21st century pop icons BTS is now available on WEBTOON, with new episodes available weekly.
“Chakhogapsa'' tiger hunters of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea. The story is HYBE’s reinterpretation of traditional Korean tiger tales and a mythological world of wild beasts. ”
To celebrate the global webcomic debut, WEBTOON has launched a series of digital billboards featuring BTS members and select scenes from 7FATES: CHAKHO. The billboards will be brought to life in select major urban centers around the world, including New York’s Times Square, Seoul, Bangkok and Taipei. These digital billboards follow a wildly successful BTS social media teaser video that accumulated more than 50 million views.
7FATES: CHAKHO is a dynamic story following seven young men bound by fate. After growing up together through a series of trials and tribulations, they must become a unified group of seven to unlock their destiny. 7FATES: CHAKHO is an urban fantasy story set in the near future, inspired by the "Chakhogapsa'' tiger hunters of the Joseon Dynasty in Korea. The story is HYBE’s reinterpretation of traditional Korean tiger tales and a mythological world of wild beasts.
WEBTOON and HYBE will also release original webcomics DARK MOON: THE BLOOD ALTAR and THE STAR SEEKERS, created in collaboration with HYBE artists ENHYPEN and TOMORROW X TOGETHER respectively. Each webcomic will be released globally on WEBTOON.
WEBTOON’s HYBE collaboration is part of the previously-announced Super Casting campaign, a group of global partnerships that bring some of the world’s most exciting entertainment companies to WEBTOON. Super Casting allows major entertainment brands to work with WEBTOON to extend incredible IP and entertainment franchises to new platforms, fans, and formats such as web novels and webcomics. Working with HYBE, WEBTOON continues its global leadership in building and nurturing global fandoms online.
About WEBTOON:
WEBTOON® is the world's leading digital platform for visual storytelling. As the first modern digital publishing and self-publishing platform for digital comics, WEBTOON has revolutionized the way visual stories are created and consumed, allowing anyone to become a creator.
WEBTOON also has become a cultural and global phenomenon, pioneering the distribution and consumption of web-based comics. With an average of 72+ million monthly active users, more people consume WEBTOON series than watch most television shows. WEBTOON features a broad and diverse catalog of content from all over the world -- including romance, thriller, fantasy, comedy and more. WEBTOON is No.1 app among 16-24 year olds in Korea and also is in the top tier among the same group in the other countries.
Launched stateside in 2014, WEBTOON has thousands of creator-owned series with episodes updating daily. Also boasting partnerships with Legendary, POW!, Top Cow/Image, and more, WEBTOON takes storytelling to the next level. Creators have been nominated for multiple Eisner Awards, as well as winning a multitude of Ringo Awards. The WEBTOON app is free to download on Android and iOS devices.
About HYBE:
HYBE, formerly known as Big Hit Entertainment, is an entertainment lifestyle platform company that innovates the music industry under the mission "We believe in music". The company was listed on the KOSPI Market of Korea Exchange (KRX) in October 2020. HYBE has established its business ventures in entertainment lifestyle upon three pillars. The label division brings creatives centered around music and artists such as BTS, TOMORROW X TOGETHER, SEVENTEEN, ENHYPEN and ZICO. Solution operates specialized business units for video content, IP, learning and games. The platform division connects and expands all of HYBE's contents and services. Based on organic operations and synergies created in each field, HYBE aims to create top-notch content, expand fan experience, and make a difference for anyone who enjoys a music-based entertainment lifestyle.
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Finalists for 34th USC Libraries Scripter Award Named
SC Libraries Name Finalists for 34th-Annual Scripter Awards
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The USC Libraries named the finalists for the 34th-annual USC Libraries Scripter Award, which honors the year’s most accomplished film and episodic series adaptations, as well as the works on which they are based.
The finalist writers for film adaptation are, in alphabetical order by film title:
- Screenwriters Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, and Denis Villeneuve, for “Dune” based on the novel by Frank Herbert
- Maggie Gyllenhaal for “The Lost Daughter” based on the novel by Elena Ferrante
- Rebecca Hall for “Passing” based on the novel by Nella Larsen
- Screenwriter Jane Campion and author Thomas Savage for “The Power of the Dog”
- Screenwriter Joel Coen and playwright William Shakespeare for “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
The finalist writers for television are, in alphabetical order by series title:
- Danny Strong, for the episode “The People vs. Purdue Pharma,” from “Dopesick,” based on the nonfiction book “Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America,” by Beth Macy
- Molly Smith Metzler for the episode “Dollar Store,” from “Maid,” based on the memoir “Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother’s Will to Survive” by Stephanie Land
- Patrick Somerville for the episode “Wheel of Fire,” from “Station Eleven,” based on the novel by Emily St. John Mandel
- Barry Jenkins for the episode “Indiana Winter” from “The Underground Railroad,” based on the novel by Colson Whitehead
- Jac Schaeffer for the episode “Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience,” from “WandaVision” based on Marvel Comics characters created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby
Barry Jenkins, a nominee for “The Underground Railroad,” will receive the USC Libraries Literary Achievement Award for his contributions to cinematic storytelling, including his work adapting the 2017 Scripter winner “Moonlight” and the 2019 finalist “If Beale Street Could Talk.”
The 2022 Scripter selection committee selected the finalists from a field of 69 film and 42 television adaptations. Howard Rodman, USC professor and past president of the Writers Guild of America, West, chairs the 2022 committee.
Serving on the selection committee, among many others, are film critics Leonard Maltin, Anne Thompson and Kenneth Turan; authors Janet Fitch and Walter Mosley; screenwriters Mark Fergus and Erin Cressida Wilson; producers Mike Medavoy and Gail Mutrux; and USC deans Elizabeth Daley of the School of Cinematic Arts and Catherine Quinlan of the USC Libraries.
The studios distributing the finalist films and current publishers of the printed works are:
“Dune”—Warner Bros. Pictures/Legendary Pictures and Ace
“The Lost Daughter”—Netflix and Europa Editions
“Passing”— Netflix and Serpent’s Tail
“The Power of the Dog”— Netflix and Back Bay Books
“The Tragedy of Macbeth”—Apple Original Films/A24 and Penguin
The networks and streaming platforms broadcasting the finalist television series and current publishers of the works are:
“Dopesick”—Hulu and Back Bay Books
“Maid”—Netflix and Hachette Books
“Station Eleven”—HBO Max and Vintage Books
“The Underground Railroad”—Amazon and Anchor Books
“WandaVision”—Disney+ and Marvel Comics
The USC Libraries will announce the winning authors and screenwriters at a black-tie ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022, in the historic Edward L. Doheny Jr. Memorial Library at the University of Southern California. After being held in a virtual format last year amid the continuing coronavirus pandemic, the Scripter Awards are currently planning to return to an in-person event subject to up-to-date COVID-19 safety protocols.
Since 1988, Scripter has honored the authors of printed works alongside the screenwriters who adapt their stories. In 2016, the USC Libraries inaugurated a new Scripter award, for episodic series adaptation. For more information about Scripter—including ticket availability, additional sponsorship opportunities, and an up-to-date list of sponsors—please email scripter@usc.edu or visit scripter.usc.edu.
----------------------------
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
94th Oscars Announces Shortlists in Documentary Film Categories
Friday, December 31, 2021
Jason Reitman and Gil Kenan Sign Producing Deal with Sony Pictures
Thursday, December 23, 2021
Cinemark Has its Best Opening Night Ever with "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Tuesday, December 21, 2021
AMC Theatres Sets Records - Thanks to "Spider-Man: No Way Home"
Wednesday, December 8, 2021
2021 "Soul Train Awards" Announce Winners; Jazmine Sullivan and Bruno Mars Among Big Winners
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
NatGeo Sets "The Hot Zone: Anthrax" Nov. 28th
National Geographic Announces Premiere Date For THE HOT ZONE: ANTHRAX and Reveals First Look
Three-Night Television Event, THE HOT ZONE: ANTHRAX, Starring Daniel Dae Kim and Tony Goldwyn, to Premiere Thanksgiving Weekend
First-Look Teaser.
WASHINGTON & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Geographic sets Thanksgiving weekend as the airdate for its limited series, THE HOT ZONE: ANTHRAX, starring Daniel Dae Kim and Tony Goldwyn. The three-night event will premiere Sunday, November 28, 2021. The first season of "The Hot Zone" focused on the Ebola outbreak and became the network’s most-watched scripted series ever.
With the world still reeling after the attacks on 9/11, America faces a second wave—the anthrax letters. Targeting journalists and politicians, mail with anthrax powder kills five people and causes panic across the United States. Limited series THE HOT ZONE: ANTHRAX follows FBI Special Agent Matthew Ryker (Kim) as he tracks down the killer, finding himself ensnared in an unstable web of psychological warfare. Bruce Ivins (Goldwyn) is the brilliant microbiologist who becomes embroiled in the hunt. The six-hour scientific thriller follows last year’s THE HOT ZONE, which was National Geographic’s most-watched scripted series of all time.
For THE HOT ZONE: ANTHRAX, Kelly Souders and Brian Peterson serve as executive producers and showrunners. Scott Free Production’s Ridley Scott and David W. Zucker are executive producers, with Jordan Sheehan also serving as executive producer. Lynda Obst is an executive producer. Richard Preston is a co-executive producer on the series. The series is produced by 20th Television and Scott Free Productions.
For more information, visit our press room at www.natgeotvpressroom.com and follow @NatGeoPR on Twitter.
About National Geographic Partners:
National Geographic Partners LLC (NGP), a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and the National Geographic Society, is committed to bringing the world premium science, adventure and exploration content across an unrivaled portfolio of media assets. NGP combines the global National Geographic television channels (National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo MUNDO, Nat Geo PEOPLE) with National Geographic’s media and consumer-oriented assets, including National Geographic magazines; National Geographic studios; related digital and social media platforms; books; maps; children’s media; and ancillary activities that include travel, global experiences and events, archival sales, licensing and e-commerce businesses. Furthering knowledge and understanding of our world has been the core purpose of National Geographic for 133 years, and now we are committed to going deeper, pushing boundaries, going further for our consumers … and reaching millions of people around the world in 172 countries and 43 languages every month as we do it. NGP returns 27 percent of our proceeds to the nonprofit National Geographic Society to fund work in the areas of science, exploration, conservation and education. For more information visit natgeotv.com or nationalgeographic.com, or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Pinterest.
---------------
Monday, November 1, 2021
ThoughtScape Comics Announces New Kickstarter Campaign and Pop-Up Shop in November
- Dave Law (The Space Odditorium, Wolf Punks, Wrong Magnetic Poles)
- Karl Slominski (Cult of Icarus, Evermore Falls)
- Tyrell Cannon (Beef Bros, ERIS, IDKFA)
- Jacob Edgar (DC Comics, Dark Horse, Metal Hurlant, IDW, Dynamite) with Lesley Atlansky (Short Order Crooks, Amazing World of Gumball)
- Lane Lloyd (God-Puncher)
- Jeremy Brooks (Radd Tuffman) with Marcus Cripps
- Luke Horsman (Oathbound, 2000 AD)
- George Pendle (Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons)
- Brittany Matter (MIRANDA IN THE MAELSTROM, OFF INTO THE SUNSET)
- ...and more
Thursday, October 28, 2021
Marvel Entertainment Announces "Savage Spider-Man" Comic Book for Feb. 2022
Joe Kelly and Gerardo Sandoval's 'Savage Spider-Man' arrives in February 2022
Writer Joe Kelly just finished taking Peter Parker on the most action-packed, pulse-pounding, adrenaline-pumping adventure in Spider-Man history in Non-Stop Spider-Man... And he’s only just getting started.
This February, spinning out of Non-Stop Spider-man comes the five-issue miniseries, SAVAGE SPIDER-MAN.
Written by Kelly and featuring the distinctive and dynamic talents of artist Gerardo Sandoval, this all-new limited series will feature Spider-Man like you’ve never seen him... Peter Parker finds himself at the middle of the biggest, most wide-ranging adventure he’s ever had and out of the gate it has turned him into a savage beast! Forget everything you know about Spider-Man. All rules and regulations are out the door and Peter Parker may never be the same!
“You may think you’ve seen a monstrous or vicious Spider-Man before, but never like this,” says Spider-Editor Nick Lowe. “This book is so intense that you’re going to need to put it down between pages to get your breath back.”
"Spider-Man is always a huge challenge to draw, he’s not an easy character for an artist. But at the same time Spider-Man is a huge joy to draw and now we have a Savage Spider-Man who provides an even bigger challenge for an artist,” says Sandoval. “I have the pages that I am working on and I can say that I am doing my best work here for sure. Joe Kelly is the kind of writer that understands an artist needs enough room to create great illustrations and it makes my work easier and more fun. I really hope you enjoy this new book as much as I do!"
The latest evolution of Spider-Man begins when SAVAGE SPIDER-MAN #1 hits stands in February 2022.
SAVAGE SPIDER-MAN #1 (OF 5)
Written by JOE KELLY
Art by GERARDO SANDOVAL
Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
LAIKA Will Screen Its Films at Oregon Museum of Science & Industry Beginning Oct. 15th
- Coraline’s Other Kitchen with Other Mother/Other Father and Beldam’s Sewing table from Coraline
- Interior of Norman’s Bedroom and Mitch’s van with the gang and Zombie judge from ParaNorman
- Sparky's Market tent and Snatcher’s Truck from The Boxtrolls
- Kubo's market building from Kubo and the Two Strings
- Sir Lionel's apartment and Adelina’s boat cabin from Missing Link
- Friday, October 15: Ollie Jones, Director of Practical Effects
- Saturday, October 16: Production Designer Nelson Lowry
- Sunday, October 17: VFX Supervisor Steve Emerson
- Friday, October 22: ParaNorman and Missing Link writer/director Chris Butler
- Saturday, October 23: Brian McLean, Director of Rapid Prototyping (3D Printing)
- Sunday, October 24: Animation Supervisor Brad Schiff
- Friday, October 29: VFX Supervisor Steve Emerson
- Saturday, October 30: Head of Production/Producer Arianne Sutner