Announced late last month, Boom Studios' upcoming "Die Hard: Year One" comic book series will take Bruce Willis' hard-luck hero John McClane back to his roots in a story that unfolds more than a decade before his 1988 adventure at the Nakatomi Plaza. Veteran writer/artist Howard Chaykin, who will be scripting the prequel, spoke with MTV News about what readers can expect from the series when it hits shelves this August -- including some of the familiar movie characters and elements of New York City history that will find their way into story.

"We're dealing with McClane as a 23-year-old Marine veteran, new to the force from Queens, just loving his job," Chaykin told MTV News. "The series is going to explain exactly how he got his gold shield." Read more...

A new management company called Elevate Entertainment has inked an overall deal with Howard Chaykin, the accomplished comic book writer and artist of "American Flagg!," to option two comic books from his catalog and three new titles for TV and film development.

Announced in The Hollywood Reporter, the story makes no mention of which Chaykin projects might be in the works as potential movie deals -- but even with a library that contains a vast amount of comic books, the writer's most popular creation, "American Flagg!" is almost certainly towards the top of the list. Read more...