Previews and Reviews that are Z's Views
That’s JK Woodward’s amazing take on Sly as Jack Carter. My buddy, Little John312 told me that JK was taking on some commissions. I’d never met or seen JK’s art, but once I did, I hopped on board. Now his site is a regular stop on my internet runs and I hope to get another Stallone commission in the future.
Check out this short video called Plot Device. My guess is that several of the folks involved in this will be bringing us major releases in the future.
Have you seen the trailer for “Drive”? It is the best looking trailer I’ve seen in a long time and if the movie turns out to be as good as the teaser indicates, then we are in for a crime classic. The source material is more than solid since it’s based on the crime novel Drive by James Sallis [that I reviewed here].
Ok. Enough of my praise. Check out the redband trailer and see for yourself.
At ComicCon this past weekend, Robert Rodriguez announced that “Frank [Miller] has written a script for Sin City 2…It could shoot as early as later this year.“
The Sin City sequel will follow the same format as the original movie with three interconnected tales. “A Dame to Kill For” will be the main title and is based on the Frank Miller story of the same name. The Long Bad Night is the second yarn with no mention of the third’s title at this point.
Today we have Karl Alstaetter’s take on Sly as Jack Carter. It’s obvious that Karl gets Carter.
Karl has worked for Marvel, DC and Image Comics. For the last several years he has been working in the toy industry and with his own publishing company, Hyperwerks. You can see more of Karl’s art at his blog and his DA site.
That’s a detail from production art for Riddick aka Riddick 3. Vin Diesel received the art as a birthday gift from David Twohy and shared it with fans via his Facebook page.
Jeremy Treece has created art for comic books, trading cards, animation and independent films. Last week we posted the Rambo piece that my buddy, John Beatty gifted me. Today we have Treece’s take on Barney Ross of The Expendables that John Beatty also surprised me with.
You can see more of Jeremy’s art here… and definitely again at the ZONE in the future.
This great trailer for Contagion makes me want to see the movie now! The trailer for The Thing is supposed to be a prequel to John Carpenter’s The Thing. It looks pretty much like a remake, but the concept is so strong, remake or prequel it could be pretty good.
Although I’m not completely sold on the latest version of The Thing set to premiere this October, I do like the poster for it. As for The Dark Knight Rises poster below… it’s not bad…
Have you seen this new trailer for Rise of the Planet of the Apes? Man, this movie just keeps looking better and better.
Jeremy Treece has created art for comic books, trading cards, animation and independent films. Not too long ago, Jeremy was sketching live on U-Stream in a marathon session. My buddy, John Beatty called me to say that he’d ordered a couple of pieces for me. The first was his take on a young Rambo. [JB also requested a Barney Ross of The Expendables and I ordered up a Jack Carter — they’ll be posted in the future.]
You can see more of Jeremy’s art here… and definitely again here at the SZ in the future.
This is the first thing relating to the new Captain America movie that I’ve seen that I haven’t really liked. This poster could have been so much better… the Red Skull should have looked more menacing… Cap should have looked bigger/broader and in a more action pose… Dum Dum Dugan should have been much bigger…
The good news is the poster may not be up to par, but the movie looks to rock.
The only thing I don’t like about this poster is Clive Owen’s mustache… and it may work for the character.
[Via IMPAwards]
Recently a couple of my favorite writers, Duane Swierczynski and Josh Bazell sat down for a two part conversation. In part one Duane and Josh talk about how they write novels, the influence of comic books & movies, and why they want to keep readers turning the page. In part two Duane and Josh discuss their first jobs, their first books, 80’s movies and tv shows, James Ellroy’s White Jazz and more.
Robbi Rodroguez did a Rocky sketch for me at last year’s Heroes Convention. When I saw that Robbi was going to be at Heroes again this year and was taking commissions early, I asked for an iconic black and white piece of Sly as Jack Carter. Robbi knew exactly what I was looking for and came through like a champ with the piece above. I was totally blown away.
You can see more of Robbi’s art here and here… and definitely again here at the SZ in the future.
