The writers behind Kenneth Branagh's version of Thor (Ashley Edward Miller and Zack Stentz), will be moving from Asgard to the undead with their adaptation of the Dark Horse comic, Damn Nation. The comic, written by Andrew Cosby with art by Jason Alexander, will see its film version produced by Dark Horse's Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg. Describes The Hollywood Reporter, "Set in a U.S. evacuated after an attack from 'inhuman nocturnal predators,' the comic tells the tale of the survivors after the government has been forced to relocate to London while scientists search for a solution." Writers Miller and Stentz are also writer-producers on the Fox TV series Fringe.
Film
December 15, 2009
December 03, 2008
COUNT ELVIS?
In a recent profile of actor Frank Langella (who's currently playing Richard Nixon in Frost/Nixon), his portrayal of Count Dracula was brought up. We quote: "His film breakthrough was in 1970's Diary of a Mad Housewife, and he won his first Tony for Edward Albee's Seascape in 1975. He later starred in Dracula on Broadway, giving the vampire count a sexual possessiveness that made the 1979 movie a hit. It's a role he still hears about from fans. 'It was like being Elvis Presley for two years. It was like being a rock star,' he says."
November 30, 2008
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN: REVIEW
Says North Carolina’s Charlotte Observer, “Is there any loneliness more profound than a vampire’s? Imagine passing the centuries with no hope of lasting human contact, living always surrounded by death – the deaths of friends you lose and the deaths of strangers you kill – and hiding from a species to which you feel superior in many ways. Now imagine being stuck in the body of a middle-schooler, trapped in a frosty country that reflects the coldness of your own skin, and you have Let the Right One In. Sweden’s John Aivide Linqvist wrote the screenplay from his novel, and Tomas Alfredson directly as subtly as you could hope: The bits of carnage are brief, violent enough to convey the vampire’s disgusting compulsion, yet never gratuitous.… The film succeeds on two counts: It shows the mundane horror of the existence of Eli (Lina Leanderssohn), who will be forever 12, and the horrible mundanity of the life of Oskar (Kare Hedebrant), a normal 12-year-old who lives in the apartment next door and is found in others boys’ company only when he’s being bullied (Both actors make their debuts and could not be better).
“…The story is more his than hers. Through Oskar we feel the joy of bloodying a bully’s face for the first time, the earliest sexual stirrings, the pain of choosing between keeping one true friend and keeping the neighborhood safe from her. Vampirism is often used in our culture as a metaphor for addiction, with thirst for blood replacing a third for sex or drugs; here, it’s simply a soul-destroying condition….”
The film has been in limited release, though word is that an American version is in development.
