SeduthWith 3D effects quickly becoming a staple feature for film audiences, novelist and filmmaker Clive Barker wanted to create a narrative that took the augmented viewing experience one step further by weaving it into the narrative hook of IDW's "Seduth," his first original comic property in nearly two decades.

Co-written by Chris Monfette with art by Gabriel Rodriguez, Jay Fotos ("Locke & Key") and 3-D art expert Ray Zone, "Seduth" is slated to include 3D glasses when it drops in October, letting readers delve into the storyline's exploration of existence in more than three dimensions, with readers' experience being the added fourth dimension.

According to Barker, this effect was conceived to be a kind of "wet dream of 3D," for comic fans, positioning storytelling elements in a way that's meant to capitalize on the full potential of the visual enhancement with pointed graphic content and surreal landscapes prominent throughout the issue. Read More...

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30 Days of NightA sequel to "30 Days of Night," the 2007 adaptation of Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith's vampire comic book, is going to take a little longer than 30 days to arrive—but we're a little closer to seeing it today.

Bloody Disgusting has learned that "30 Days of Night: Dark Days" will begin shooting this October in Vancouver, Canada, with director Ben Ketai at the helm. Ketai collaborated on the "Dark Days" script with series creator Niles, and also directed a series of "30 Days of Night" webisodes as well.

"Dark Days" takes place in Los Angeles and focuses on Stella Oleson, the heroine of the first "30 Days of Night." Alongside a group of vampire hunters, Stella intentionally draws vampires out in the open in order to avenge the death of her husband Eben, played by Josh Hartnett in the 2007 horror flick. Read More...

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G.I. JoeMany folks knew G.I. Joe from the toys and the cartoon. The cartoon series was fun, but let's face it — it was also pretty cheesy. After all, how do you take a series about counter-terrorists seriously when no one ever gets hurt and the guns only shoot little beams of light that always seem to miss?

The "G.I. Joe" comics, on the other hand, have always been a horse of a different color, delving into darker themes and with a more serious tone of military life and espionage. And they’ve been around longer than you may think.

So, with "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" hitting theaters this weekend, let’s take a look at the history of G.I. Joe in comics. Read More...

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It may take some time before a modern Wonder Woman film materializes, but from Jessica Biel to Megan Fox, opinions on the role of Paradise Island's most famous part-time resident never seem far from the lips of Hollywood starlets.

Case in point: actress Jennifer Love Hewitt. When asked about her preferred criteria for upcoming roles, the star of CBS' "The Ghost Whisperer" and creator of IDW's upcoming "The Music Box," told MTV News that she's ready for some action.



"I'd really love to do an action movie. I'd really love to do like a 'Tomb Raider' or something like that," said Hewitt, "I think that'd be fun. I would love to play like a super hero or something like that. That would be awesome." Read More...

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World War RobotThere are already filmic plans for a world war waged against zombies, but how about one that's fought against an army of robots? Sure, it's been done before in "Terminator," but those Schwarzenegger-resembling robots have never taken to space, have they?

That landscape is set to change in "World War Robot," an upcoming movie based on the popular IDW Publishing comic book by writer-artist Ashley Wood. Variety reports that producer Jerry Bruckheimer picked up the comic's feature film rights during last weekend's Comic-Con International.

"World War Robot" is a galaxy-spanning conflict between man and machine, told through diary-like anecdotes from both human resistance fighters and their physically dominant robot enemies. The titular war takes place in a bevy of interplanetary locations including Earth, the moon and Mars. Read More...

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TransformersThe reported $600 million "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" has taken in worldwide means that giant robots are on a lot of people's minds this summer, and IDW Publishing hopes that will still be the case in November when they launch the first of three new titles starring the popular robots in disguise.

The "Transformers" moniker has a long history in comics, and IDW has kept the shelves full of Starscream and Megatron miniseries for quite a while now. IDW's new lineup, however, will be led by the 'bots' first ongoing title in years.

"This is the first ongoing 'Transformers' series for IDW, and there's a good reason to do it now," said IDW editor Andy Schmidt. "These stories are too big and too important to contain in even several volumes of miniseries." Read More...

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Night MaryMost people fight to wake up from their nightmares, but for the Rick Remender ("Fear Agent") and Kieron Dwyer ("XXXombies") character Mary Specter, entering the dreams of others to help resolve sleep issues is all in a night's work. Now, as Animal Logic, the studio behind "300," prepares to adapt IDW's "Night Mary," Remender reflects on the material's origins and explains why the tale is just right for a feature film.

According to Remender, bringing "Mary" to Hollywood has been a long time coming. After the adaptation cycled through a few other movie attempts that didn't quite materialize, he and Dwyer were ready to lose hope. That's when the property's management and production team at Circle of Confusion finally found a home for the series at Animal Logic. Read More...

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World War ZNext month's "G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra" movie premier may have some fans awaiting with cautious optimism given its deviations from its source material, but there's one development in Joe canon that should have "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero" fans interested -- a new comic book series penned by Max Brooks.

IDW has announced that former "Saturday Night Live" scribe and author of zombie survival tome "World War Z" is writing an upcoming five-issue "G.I. Joe" miniseries due out next year. Read More...

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Astro BoyFootage (and new casting announcements) from "Astro Boy" wowed audiences during Comic-Con, and now Summit Entertainment has released six new images from the CGI adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's massively popular manga.

The film tells the story of a scientist, Dr. Tenma (voiced by Nicolas Cage) who replaces his lost son with a powerful robot (Freddie Highmore), who must then come to terms with his own identity as a child, a robot and, most importantly, a hero. Along with Cage, actors Donald Sutherland and Bill Nighy also voiced characters in the film, and today we have our first look at all of their characters in the new images -- as well as a few more shots from the much-anticipated film. Read More...

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Jennifer Love HewittWorking with former "Party of Five" producer and comic book writer Allan Heinberg must have planted a creative seed in Jennifer Love Hewitt's head. The "Ghost Whisperer" star, who already appeared in a line of comics based on her CBS TV series character, now has a comic of her own launching in the fall from "Doctor Who" and "G.I. Joe" publisher IDW.

Her new ten-issue series "The Music Box" will be a sequence of horror stories surrounding an old-fashioned device with an ugly history.

“The chance to create my very own comic, and a horror/thriller at that, is like a very fun nightmare come true," said Hewitt. "I've always been fascinated by the notion that an inanimate object can hold as much malevolent energy as a human being can. And when they two meet, or are at cross purposes, very bad things can happen." Read More...

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Splash Page welcomes Ed Tadem to our cover artist family (our custom-designed theme up top). Currently working on the forthcoming "Avengers" animated series, Tadem's work can also be seen in the "Jackie Karma" issues of Image's "'76," and in "Pop Gun, Volume 1." Ed Tadem can be found online at EdTadem.com.
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