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EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: 'Eureka: Dormant Gene' Takes TV Series To Comics

Posted 4/27/09 11:30 am EST by in Boom Studios, Preview

'Eureka: Dormant Gene'The world of Sci-Fi Channel's hit television series "Eureka" continues to evolve alongside its comics counterpart, with the first issue of a new miniseries titled "Eureka: Dormant Gene" hitting shelves this week.

"Eureka" creator Andrew Cosby joins Jonathan L. Davis, the writer of 2005's "The Dukes of Hazzard" movie, for an in-continuity story that has Zoe Carter (played by Jordan Hinson in the TV series) falling for the new guy at her high school. What she doesn't know, however, is that his appearance at her high school isn't the only thing "new" about him.

Read on for more details about "Dormant Gene," as well as an exclusive, 12-page preview featuring art by Mark Dos Santos and covers by J.K. Woodward. Read More...

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'Brotherhood' Creator To Adapt '2 Guns' Graphic Novel For Big Screen

Posted 4/15/09 12:21 pm EST by in Boom Studios, News

'2 Guns'Comic book movies are about as rare as oxygen these days, from superhero fare like "Iron Man 2" to lesser-known properties such as "American Jesus." Today, you can add one more to the latter pile -- and from the title, it sounds like a double-barreled doozy.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Boom Studios' graphic novel "2 Guns" is heading for the big screen. Blake Masters, the creator of the Showtime series "Brotherhood," will adapt the comic book for Universal. Read More...

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'Blade Runner' Inspiration, Philip K. Dick's 'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep' Headed To Comics

Posted 4/7/09 5:46 pm EST by in Boom Studios, News

'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?'The Philip K. Dick story "Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?," which served as the inspiration for the 1982 science-fiction film "Blade Runner," will be adapted into a 24-issue comic book series by publisher Boom Studios.

Announced earlier today, the series will adapt the award-winning story by "mixing all new panel-to-panel continuity with the actual text from the novel." Artist Steven Dupre ("Wolf") will provide interior art for the series, and you can expect to see the first issue hit shelves in June. "Transmetropolitan" and "FreakAngels" writer Warren Ellis -- no stranger to celebrated science-fiction storytelling -- will provide "backmatter" in each issue.

Boom also provided a trio of cover images from the upcoming series. Read More...

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New '28 Days Later' Comic Book Series Announced, Will Bridge Gaps In Film Franchise

Posted 4/6/09 1:00 pm EST by in Boom Studios, fox atomic comics, News

'28 Days Later'Late last month, I brought you the first word about the partnership between Boom Studios and Fox Atomic that would produce several ongoing and limited series comics based on Fox Atomic film properties. Well, the first title to come out of the partnership was announced during this weekend's Emerald City ComiCon, and will return to the world of the "28 Days Later" film franchise.

According to the official announcement regarding the series, the "28 Days Later" comic's first story arc will focus on Naomie Harris' character from the first film, Selena, and bridge the gap between that film and its sequel, "28 Weeks Later." The series will be "firmly based in '28 Days Later' continuity" and should hit shelves in July. After the jump, I've posted a pair of cover images from the first issue, as well as a few more details about the series. Read More...

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Fox Atomic And Boom Studios Form Co-Publishing Deal For Movie-Based Comics

Posted 2/27/09 8:09 pm EST by in Boom Studios, fox atomic comics, News

'The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning'Announced today at Wonder Con in San Francisco, comics publisher Boom Studios and movie studio/publisher Fox Atomic (a division of 20th Century Fox) have formed a co-publishing agreement to produce ongoing and limited series comics based on Fox Atomic film properties.

As part of the arrangement, the Fox Atomic Comics publishing arm that previously produced original graphic novels based on Fox Atomic properties such as "28 Days Later" and "The Hills Have Eyes" will become a Boom Studios imprint. While neither company has announced any of the upcoming titles resulting from the deal, several projects are expected to go public in July and throughout the summer convention season.

"We'll be doing a number of established properties that people will be instantly familiar with and some older properties that might need a brand new coat of paint," Fox Atomic editor-in-chief R. Eric Lieb told MTV News. Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: 'Farscape' Creator Rockne O'Bannon Brings Series Back -- As A Comic Book

Posted 12/4/08 10:44 am EST by in Boom Studios, News, Preview

'Farscape' #1For fans of the cult favorite sci-fi television show "Farscape," which ended its four-year run on the Sci-Fi Channel in 2003, the adventure is about to begin again -- or rather, pick up where it left off. Series creator Rockne O’Bannon has returned to world of “Farscape” to continue the story, not as a television series, but as a four-issue comic book miniseries due out December 24 from Boom Studios.

Plotted by O’Bannon and scripted by "Farscape" novelist Keith R. A. DeCandido, the new comic will explore the events that take place immediately after the 2004 television miniseries “Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars,” a four-hour finale that changed the status quo of the “Farscape” universe dramatically.

“The Peacekeeper Wars mini-series was designed to be a grand and fitting climax to the ‘Farscape’ saga, in case that was as far as it went. But it also left the door open for further adventures if that ever became a possibility,” says O’Bannon. “When the opportunity to return to the ‘Farscape’ universe with all new stories in a Boom Studios comic series became available, it was wildly exciting.” Read More...

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Halloween Week: Chris Morgan And Kevin Walsh Find Witches In 'Salem' & Create A New Action Hero

Posted 10/31/08 11:38 am EST by in Boom Studios, Hot Stuff, News, Preview

'Salem: Queen of Thorns'Halloween Week continues here on Splash Page with more exclusive interviews, previews and features covering the scariest comics hitting shelves in the days to come. Check back each day this week for more horror that hails from the world of comics.

"So there's this guy, okay?"

For "Salem: Queen of Thorns" writers Chris Morgan and Kevin Walsh, that's how all their story ideas start out -- and their current action-adventure miniseries set in one of the most infamous periods in American history is no exception. The "guy" in question this time around eventually became Elias Hooke, a sickle-wielding action hero who once fanned the flames of Salem's notorious Witch Trials, but now attempts to make up for his sins by destroying an evil creature known as "The Queen of Thorns."

"He is so close to being a bad guy, so close to being a supervillain," said Morgan, who counts the screenplay for "Wanted," the big-screen adaptation of Mark Millar's 2003 series, among his previous projects. "I'm always like, 'Thank God he's one of the good guys, because if he ever turns, we're f---ed." Read More...

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Halloween Week: Oscar Nominee Kim Krizan Tells 'Zombie Tales,' We Preview Her Full Story

Posted 10/30/08 5:51 pm EST by in Boom Studios, Preview

'Summer 2061' in 'Zombie Tales' #9Halloween Week continues here on Splash Page with more exclusive interviews and previews of the scariest comics hitting shelves in the days to come. Today we give you you a FULL, 8-PAGE STORY from Boom Studios' upcoming "Zombie Tales" #9 anthology.

Kim Krizan wants to eat your brain. No, not really -- but she does want to defy your expectations.

The Oscar-nominated writer of 2004's "Before Sunset," Krizan returns to a decidedly different world from her film projects in an upcoming issue of Boom Studios' horror anthology "Zombie Tales." Her contribution to the anthology, "Summer 2061," is a sequel to a story she contributed to the first issue of the anthology series, "Spring 2061," and picks up where Krizan’s group of human resistance fighters left off: in a world ruled by zombies.

"Its about Zombie Olympics," Krizan told MTV News about the second installment of her zombie trilogy, which concludes in "Zombie Tales" #11. "This zombie has turned humans into slaves for entertainment, and this human group has come out of hiding to witness the situation. They are faced with a decision about how they’ll handle this. They're vastly outnumbered, so they can decide to scamper back to their cave or do something about it -- facing the probability that they will be killed." Read More...

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Halloween Week: H.P. Lovecraft's Mythos Reigns Supreme In This 'Fall Of Cthulhu: Apocalypse' Preview

Posted 10/29/08 4:38 pm EST by in Boom Studios, Preview

'Fall of Cthulhu: Apocalypse' #1Halloween Week continues here on Splash Page with more exclusive interviews and previews of the scariest comics hitting shelves in the days to come. Check back each day for more horror hailing from the world of comics.

Here at the Splash Page hacienda, we've always said that nothing says Halloween like a massive, tentacled beast from the void that inspires madness at the mere glimpse of its visage.

Yes, we've always said that -- and now we finally (and thankfully) have a reason.

Scheduled to hit shelves in December, "Fall of Cthulhu: Apocalypse" #1 kicks off a new series that promises to tie together Boom Studios' various "Cthulhu" titles in a single arc that explores what happens when the Great Old One himself arrives for a little visit. Read More...

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Boom Announces 'Eureka' Season 1.5 Series With Co-Creator, Stars And Webcomic

Posted 10/28/08 3:45 pm EST by in Boom Studios, News

'Eureka'Boom Studios co-founder and "Eureka" co-creator Andrew Cosby opted to avoid the standard promotional routine this week and instead used a new video to announce a new series of comics based on the hit Sci Fi Channel original series. While it would've been a risky maneuver for most publishers, Cosby was fortunate to have a familiar face drop by for the announcement: actor Ed Quinn, who plays fan-favorite character Nathan Stark on the series.

Cosby, who will be writing the series alongside "Frank TV" writer Brendan Hay, described the print series as the equivalent of a "Season 1.5" for the over-arching story of Eureka, a town full of brilliant scientists whose experiments frequently have unexpected -- and potentially dangerous -- results. According to the video, both Quinn's character -- who is often compared to Marvel's brilliant "Iron Man" billionaire, Tony Stark -- looks to figure prominently in the series along with Erica Cerra's character, Deputy Jo Lupo. Following the debut of the print series, Boom also plans to launch a "Eureka" webcomic written by the series' lead (and "Flash" comics superfan), Colin Ferguson.

You can check out the video after the jump, but be sure to stick around for the outtakes near the end of the clip. It looks like Cosby throws a mean punch! Read More...

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