Freelance writers are reporting that PiQ magazine editor Kevin Gifford notified them that the magazine's current July issue is the last one. Freelancers will still be compensated for any work they had done for the unpublished August issue. According to the reports, PiQ's editorial staffers have already vacated their office. PIQ has not made a formal, public announcement about its status yet, and PIQ staffers were unavailable for comment.
PIQ began publishing in March after A.D. Vision ceased publication of its Newtype USA magazine. PIQ inherited much of Newtype USA's editorial staff, stable of freelance writers, and list of subscribers. However, PiQ differentiated itself by expanding its focus beyond Newtype USA's anime/manga coverage to popular culture in general. It also offered Newtype USA subscribers two issues for every remaining issue of Newtype USA still owed on their subscriptions. The July issue is PIQ's fourth issue.
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Capra Coming To Heroes
Francis Capra (Veronica Mars) is joining the NBC hit Heroes this fall in a recurring role, TV Guide reported. Capra will play Jesse, a mysterious character who turns out to be evil. The character's villainous storyline will find him crossing paths with Peter Petrelli (Milo Ventimiglia), the site reported.
Capra's appearance may reunite him with fellow Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell, who is rumored to be reprising her previous Heroes role as electric girl Elle Bishop in the upcoming second season.
Capra's appearance may reunite him with fellow Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell, who is rumored to be reprising her previous Heroes role as electric girl Elle Bishop in the upcoming second season.
"Happening" Needed R Rating
M. Night Shyamalan, writer-director of the upcoming paranoid thriller The Happening, told reporters that there was no way around its R rating. In the film, an unexplained event compels people to commit suicide in often grisly ways. Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo and Ashlyn Sanchez star as a quartet of Philadelphians trying to stay one step ahead of the deadly threat, which could be man-made, a force of nature or the result of an accident.
"I got an R on two other movies, on The Sixth Sense and The Village," Shyamalan said during a press conference in New York on June 9. "I got an R initially, for the intensity of certain scenes, and I needed to pull back a sound effect. We were right on the line, and I could always just pull back a sound effect and re-submit it, and they'd go, 'Oh, it's much better.' And all I did was take out some sound effects. It's always the impact; what you emotionally feel is different than what I actually showed." But on The Happening, Shyamalan couldn't dodge the R.
"The screenplay that I wrote, there was just no way to do it any other way," he said. "One of the movies I was thinking about was Pan's Labyrinth. I was thinking about that a lot when I made the decision, because I didn't want to make it as an agenda. You want to make an organic decision about: What does the material want to do? And when I thought about Pan's Labyrinth, which had visceral moments of violence juxtaposed against the softer kind of things that are going on against the canvas; it gave it authority and some teeth."
Shyamalan added that a PG-13 version of Guillermo del Toro's Pan would not have worked as well. "It wouldn't have stayed with me the way that movie has stayed with me," he said. "And so [on The Happening] it felt like the right balance of things. It was exciting, and it was disturbingly easy to shoot all those scenes. I had such a fun time." The Happening opens June 13.
"I got an R on two other movies, on The Sixth Sense and The Village," Shyamalan said during a press conference in New York on June 9. "I got an R initially, for the intensity of certain scenes, and I needed to pull back a sound effect. We were right on the line, and I could always just pull back a sound effect and re-submit it, and they'd go, 'Oh, it's much better.' And all I did was take out some sound effects. It's always the impact; what you emotionally feel is different than what I actually showed." But on The Happening, Shyamalan couldn't dodge the R.
"The screenplay that I wrote, there was just no way to do it any other way," he said. "One of the movies I was thinking about was Pan's Labyrinth. I was thinking about that a lot when I made the decision, because I didn't want to make it as an agenda. You want to make an organic decision about: What does the material want to do? And when I thought about Pan's Labyrinth, which had visceral moments of violence juxtaposed against the softer kind of things that are going on against the canvas; it gave it authority and some teeth."
Shyamalan added that a PG-13 version of Guillermo del Toro's Pan would not have worked as well. "It wouldn't have stayed with me the way that movie has stayed with me," he said. "And so [on The Happening] it felt like the right balance of things. It was exciting, and it was disturbingly easy to shoot all those scenes. I had such a fun time." The Happening opens June 13.
Monday, June 9, 2008
2009 Assorted Movie News
ComingSoon.net cited an interview with Terrence Howard at Military.com in which he revealed that he will begin filming Iron Man 2 in March of 2009.
Dan Mazeau is the latest screenwriter to be hired to work on an untitled Jake Gyllenhaal action film about lunar colonization. Director Doug Liman wrote the original screenplay with John Hamburg, and it was later revamped by Black Hawk Down author Mark Bowden.
CHUD.com confirmed fan speculation that Michael Bay's upcoming sequel Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen will draw on the mythology of the Transformers comics and the origin of a Lucifer-type character known as the Fallen.
Dan Mazeau is the latest screenwriter to be hired to work on an untitled Jake Gyllenhaal action film about lunar colonization. Director Doug Liman wrote the original screenplay with John Hamburg, and it was later revamped by Black Hawk Down author Mark Bowden.
CHUD.com confirmed fan speculation that Michael Bay's upcoming sequel Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen will draw on the mythology of the Transformers comics and the origin of a Lucifer-type character known as the Fallen.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
The Vertigo Encyclopedia
Slickly produced and highly informative books about comics such as DK Publishing’s The Marvel Encyclopedia have sold extremely well in both the bookstore and direct markets and, given the devoted following that DC’s Vertigo imprint has developed, DK’s The Vertigo Encyclopedia is likely to follow suit. The 240-page, full color hardcover edition of The Vertigo Encyclopedia ($30) by Alex Irvine is due out in September and will clearly be one of the top holiday books of 2008.
The Vertigo Encyclopedia includes comprehensive entries for all the key Vertigo properties including The Sandman, Preacher, Hellblazer, 100 Bullets, DMZ, Swamp Thing—and the two series that are currently burning it up in both the comic shops and the bookstores, Bill Willingham’s Fables and Brian K.
Vaughn’s Y: The Last Man--as well as 72 additional Vertigo delights that will all receive the in-depth treatment (120 other lesser-known Vertigo releases are covered in an “A to Z Gazetteer” section). The in-depth entries include an overview of the series, profiles of the creators involved, storyline summaries, creation notes, illustrated profiles of all the major characters, collections of outstanding moments, plus lists of all trade paperbacks and spin-offs associated with the property.
The Vertigo Encyclopedia includes comprehensive entries for all the key Vertigo properties including The Sandman, Preacher, Hellblazer, 100 Bullets, DMZ, Swamp Thing—and the two series that are currently burning it up in both the comic shops and the bookstores, Bill Willingham’s Fables and Brian K.
Vaughn’s Y: The Last Man--as well as 72 additional Vertigo delights that will all receive the in-depth treatment (120 other lesser-known Vertigo releases are covered in an “A to Z Gazetteer” section). The in-depth entries include an overview of the series, profiles of the creators involved, storyline summaries, creation notes, illustrated profiles of all the major characters, collections of outstanding moments, plus lists of all trade paperbacks and spin-offs associated with the property.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Wilson Has Transformers 2 Role
Rainn Wilson (NBC's The Office) told MTV that he has been cast in DreamWorks' Transformers 2, the sequel to last year's megahit about a race of automotive automatons, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The sequel reteams director Michael Bay with returning stars Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson and John Turturro.
Wilson will reportedly have a small role in the sequel as a college professor to LaBeouf's new undergraduate. Discussions with Jonah Hill to take another small role did not pan out. The story was conceived by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, who wrote the first movie, as well as Ehren Kruger, who wrote the screenplay.
Filming began in Los Angeles in recent weeks and is moving to Pennsylvania and then overseas.
Wilson will reportedly have a small role in the sequel as a college professor to LaBeouf's new undergraduate. Discussions with Jonah Hill to take another small role did not pan out. The story was conceived by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, who wrote the first movie, as well as Ehren Kruger, who wrote the screenplay.
Filming began in Los Angeles in recent weeks and is moving to Pennsylvania and then overseas.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
"Heroes" News
NBC announced that it will bring back Heroes on Sept. 22 with a one-hour clip show at 8 p.m. ET/PT and a two-hour season premiere at 9, Variety reported; Chuck, meanwhile, returns for a second season on Sept. 29 at 8 p.m., and Knight Rider debuts at 8 p.m. on Sept. 24.
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