R.I.P. – Andrew Vanja

Andrew Vanja, one of the producers behind the Rambo franchise has died at the age of 74.  Vanja’s producing credits include many of my favorite films including: First Blood, Rambo, First Blood, Part II, Angel Heart, Extreme Prejudice, Rambo III, Total Recall, Tombstone, The 13th Warrior and many others.

Thanks for the hours of entertainment, Mr. Vanja.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Andrew Vanja’s family, friends and fans.

Steranko Prelim for Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Here’s something you don’t see everyday.  It is a vintage Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD prelim by Steranko. 

Can you believe it was rejected?  It was supposed to be the cover to the first issue. 

Truth be told, I like the published cover of the first issue better, but Steranko used a modified version of the art above for the cover of issue 5 and it was accepted. 

Source: Jeff Rose.

“No Country for Old Men” Gets the Cinephilia & Beyond Treatment!

No Country for Old Men is a modern classic.  If you agree, then you’re going to want to check out No Country for Old Men: The Coen Brothers and Cormac McCarthy’s Ruthless Examination of Life.

Click on the link and you’ll find…

  • Joel Coen & Ethan Coen’s screenplay for No Country for Old Men
  • Lessons from the ScreenplayNo Country for Old Men—Don’t Underestimate the Audience.
  • Joel and Ethan Coen, Josh Brolin, and Javier Bardem discuss the making of No Country for Old Men.
  • “Just a cameraman”: an interview with Roger Deakins by Lynnea Chapman King
  • Storyboards
  • The making of No Country for Old Men
  • No Country for Old Men: Josh Brolin’s Unauthorized Behind the Scenes
  • The Coen Brothers interview on No Country for Old Men (2007)
  • Rare behind-the-scenes photos
  • and much more!