New Romero Zombie Film and Web Series!

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Tina Romero, George Romero’s daughter, has two horror-related projects in the works…

The first is a web series she is creating in collaboration with horror icon, Tom Savani and Robert Tinnell (who wrote and produces the series).  Actor Jason Baker described the web series by saying…

“Imagine Oldboy shot as a silent film starring Lon Chaney Sr. It’s violent…”

This sounds interesting.  More info about the web series can be found at Bloody Disgusting: First Details On Horror Web Series Directed By Tom Savini and George Romero’s Daughter.

Tina’s second project is a feature titled Queens of the Dead.  Here’s Tina…

“Queens of the Dead is a fusion of two huge parts of my world: zombies and Gay nightlife. It’s a tribute to my father as well as my entrée into the genre he grandfathered. I can’t say too much yet, but what I can tell you is that this film will have all the hallmarks of a George A. Romero classic: farce, politics, heroes, ********, and most importantly, herds of silly and slow moving walkers that you can’t help but love. But I’m doing it Tina-style, and bringing the glitter, choreography, queers & queens.”

For more details check out Bloody Disgusting: Tina Romero, George Romero’s Daughter, Directing Queens of the Dead.

As we’ve previously reported, Cameron Romero, George Romero’s son is working on his own zombie feature, Rise of the Dead.

Dorothy Malone – R.I.P.

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Dorothy Malone, Oscar winner as best supporting actress for her 1956 performance in Written on the Wind has died at age 92.  Malone is probably best known for her starring role in the  1960s TV series Peyton Place.  Visitors here might remember her for her last role as Sharon Stone’s friend in Basic Instinct. 

Dorothy Malone played in over 100 roles on film and tv, but I’ll always best remember her small role with Humphrey Bogart in The Big Sleep.  In a scene lasting less than 4 minutes, Malone made a huge impact. I’ll bet Bogart returned to the Acme Bookstore after solving the case.  I know I would have.  Check out the scene and see if you don’t agree.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Dorothy Malone’s family, friends and fans.

Sly Stallone Posts Rare 1st “Rocky” Poster Art by Tom Jung

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For my money, the Rocky poster above is perfection.  Everything from the tagline (“His whole life was a million-to-one shot”) to the black and white photography of a fighter and his woman looking at each other surrounded by stark white (nothing else in their world matters) with their backs to the viewer.  The big, bold ROCKY.  I love this poster.  It’s a classic.

And it might not have been used if they’d gone with the first Rocky poster ever made!

Sly Stallone posted on his Instagram the art by Tom Jung below saying…

Very very very rare! Believe it or not this was the first poster ever made for the first ROCKY… Hand drawn.! This is the ONLY one in existence !!!!

Sly posts a lot of cool updates on his Sly Stallone Instagram.  Click on the link here and see what else Sly had to say about the Tom Jung art.

Frank Stallone also regularly updates his Frank Stallone Instagram.

Marv from Sin City by Eduardo Risso!

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Yesterday we posted that Frank Miller’s 300 prequel premieres in April of this year.  While I’m excited about Xerxes: The Fall of the House of Darius and the Rise of Alexander, I’d really love to see Miller return with a new Sin City yarn.

Sure, Sin City is Miller’s baby.  He writes, pencils, inks and letters every page of every issue.  So a new Sin City tale is probably a long, long way off.  However, if Miller ever decides to let another artist in on the action, I’d vote for Eduardo Risso, the cat who did the Marv drawing above.

Comics Deserving Hardback Collections

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Ol’ Groove from Diversions of the Groovy Kind posted his choices for 10 Groovy Age Comics That Need To Be Collected.

One of his choices was The Best of Marvel Premiere.  Monark Starstalker created, written and drawn by Howard Chaykin appeared in issue 32.  Another Chaykin creation, Dominic Fortune, appeared in issue 56.

This got me to thinking about how much I’d like to see a collection of Chaykin’s Dominic Forturne appearances.  Surely there’s a market for that!

And while we’re at it, I’d like to see hardback collections of…

  • Black Terror by Beau Smith & Chuck Dixon and Dan Brereton
  • Scout by Tim Truman (A definitive collection)
  • MOKF – the Moench / Gulacy issues
  • Black Cross by Chris Warner