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The early 1990s were an exciting time for animation. Throughout the 1980s, mainstream commercial cartoons had become, well, commercials, Many of them were owned by toy companies and only put into production to advertise toy products. New cartoon shows wouldn't be greenlit unless they possessed "marquee value," which is to say they were "established IPs" (to use the modern lingo). 

This over-commercialization deeply branded a generation, but caused storytelling to suffer. Certain animators sick of the Reagan era began to branch out in the '90s, and the world experienced a sudden explosion of creativity. Animators like John Kricfalusi (whose achievements and gross misconduct alike are chronicled in the documentary "Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story") and Mike Judge began animating aggressively crude, playfully subversive shows like "The Ren & Stimpy Show" and "Beavis and Butt-head," respectively. Elsewhere, animation exhibitors Spike & Mike began touring theaters with both classic...

It seems appropriate to read about some of our greatest filmmakers during the fall. (Festival season! Prestige pics! Megalopolis mania!) Plus, a guide to cinema for kiddos from A24, a look at one of Schwarzenegger’s most fun flicks, and lots of noteworthy novels. And watch for one more roundup before the end of 2024.

The De Palma Decade: Redefining Cinema with Doubles, Voyeurs, and Psychic Teens by Laurent Bouzereau (Running Press)

Documentary filmmaker and occasional author Laurent Bouzereau has found a novel way to approach the work of Brian De Palma. In The De Palma Decade, he focuses specifically on seven films that made the director one of filmdom’s most famous and infamous figures: Sisters, Phantom of the Paradise, Obsession, Carrie, The Fury, Dressed to Kill, and Blow Out. It was a remarkable run, and Bouzereau adroitly analyzes what makes them so powerful. The book also features interviews with...

Charles Burn crafts a methodical masterpiece about self-discovery and main character syndrome that’s cast against Super 8 science fiction and the power of cinema.

“I didn’t know it would be like this. I thought making a movie would be a lot more fun.”

It’s hard to compare to the euphoria that’s experienced from a good graphic novel horror story. Expressive, disturbing images linger on the page and proceed at the viewer’s discretion as they set the pace, rather than vicious visuals that flash across the screen in a movie or television series. It’s easy to get lost in a graphic novel’s artwork and almost become haunted by its imagery. It’s a form of possession that can even feel otherworldly, as if the reader has left their body or become inhabited by something foreign. This isn’t an experience that’s felt with every graphic novel or comic,...

On Saturday evening, the curtain fell on the vibrant 22nd edition of the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival (Nifff). For 9 days, over 55,000 festival-goers were able to explore the many aspects of genre cinema in the presence of our 122 guests. The International Jury awarded the prestigious H.R. Giger “Narcisse” Award for best feature film to Tiger Stripes, the first feature film from Amanda Nell Eu. The overall prize list gives prominence to emerging filmmakers. It also awarded the Imaging The Future Award for best production design to Ti West's Pearl.

“Amanda Nell Eu managed to create a unique world that makes the audience experience the simultaneously realistic and fantastic adventures of a young girl that hits puberty in contemporary Malaysia. The maturity and the freshness of this debut feature convinced us. Granting it the award seemed like the obvious choice: we have discovered a new voice of fantastic cinema”, declared...

For more than two decades, the Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival (Nifff) has been a draw for genre filmmakers from across the globe and a pull for Swiss youth. Heading into its 22nd edition, which runs June 30 – July 8, the lakeside event will once again showcase the kind outré and audacious fare that Neuchatel’s reliable and devoted young public has come to expect, while continuing to bridge outward, welcoming more unfamiliar faces into the fold.

“By instinct, influence, and mutual attraction, genre cinema will always appeal to the young,” says Nifff director Pierre-Yves Walder. “In fact, Nifff attracts one of the youngest publics of any Swiss festival, but I’d like to convert different audiences of perhaps different ages as well. And not just for commercial reasons; I find it so interesting and essential to mix things up.”

Showcasing 124 films, including eight world premieres and seven international launches, this year...

For years, Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net has been about two things only – awesome art and the artists that create it. With that in mind, we thought why not take the first week of the month to showcase these awesome artists even more? Welcome to “Awesome Artist We’ve Found Around The Net.” In this column, we are focusing on one artist and the awesome art that they create, whether they be amateur, up and coming, or well established. The goal is to uncover these artists so even more people become familiar with them. We ask these artists a few questions to see their origins, influences, and more. If you are an awesome artist or know someone that should be featured, feel free to contact me at any time at theodorebond@joblo.com.This month we are very pleased to bring you the awesome art of…

Chogrin...

What if your imaginary friend was a killer from a slasher film? Set in Scotland in 1994, the new comic book series The Nasty answers this compelling question with blood-splattered results as it follows 18-year-old Graeme “Thumper” Connell, who enjoys watching notorious "video nasties" with his friends in The Murder Club, until one night when they come across a cursed videotape that just might bring its cinematic nightmares to lethal life.

With the first issue of The Nasty coming out on April 5th from Vault Comics, we caught up with writer John Lees and artist Adam Cahoon (who contributed art in the first two issues before stepping in as the main illustrator in issue #3) to discuss the making of The Nasty, including exploring how horror can be comforting, taking a subversive approach to the concept of imaginary friends, and creating their own "video nasties" for this series!

Below, you can check...

(Welcome to Animation Celebration, a recurring feature where we explore the limitless possibilities of animation as a medium. In this edition: "I Married a Strange Person!")

In the 1990s, MTV ran an animated showcase called "Liquid Television," which was a groundbreaking collection of early computer-animated shorts, highly-influential hand-drawn shorts, and was the launchpad for several high-profile originals, like Mike Judge's "Beavis and Butt-Head" and "Æon Flux." MTV snagged some of the most adventurous and experimental shorts from seasoned animators and designers of the era, including Charles Burns, Richard Sala, David Daniels, and Bill Plympton.

The latter was behind the 1987 Academy Awards-nominated short, "Your Face," which featured a man singing about the face of his love, as his own face begins to distort into increasingly unusual positions. He would go on to direct the animated musical feature, "The Tune," which was self-funded and incorporated footage from his shorts "The Wiseman,...

When Owen Kline was 14 years old, he wrote cartoonist Johnny Ryan a fan letter. “I didn’t know who he was,” Ryan told IndieWire. “I just thought it was amusing that a child was sending me fan mail.” Featuring characters like Loady McGee and stories like “The Whorehouse of Dr. Moreau,” Ryan’s “Angry Youth Comix” were not exactly age-appropriate for Kline. But the introduction proved fruitful. Years later, the now 30-year-old Kline went to Ryan when he was working on his first feature, the A24-distributed “Funny Pages.”

“Funny Pages” centers on a New Jersey teen obsessed, like Kline was and clearly still is, with underground comics. After his art teacher and mentor dies in a shockingly horrific accident, Robert (Daniel Zolghadri) decides to quit school with the idea of devoting himself to his craft.

Kline was in need of drawings to represent his protagonist’s body of work,...

There’s a peculiar mix of older graphic novels and new graphic novels in our home right now. The new stuff is all part of a top-secret project I’m working on with my daughter, Tess. We can’t let the cat out of the bag yet, but you can check out her showcase of street art for the sneak peek tease. (And now that I think about it, who even puts cats into bags ?!?)

I’m struck by the wide variety of engaging, superlative creative endeavors we cram under the umbrella term “graphic novel.” While there’s one line of thinking that argues Geek Culture has outgrown the phrase “graphic novel,” it’s still handy and flexible enough for hardcore fans, casual fans, librarians, and bookstore owners.

Here are a few of the so-called Old Graphic Novels floating around here:

Fiction Illustrated Vol. 3 featured Chandler and was originally presented...

When you are obsessed with movies and the industry that makes them, it becomes a sad fact of life that you will hear about millions of amazing project ideas that simply don't come together. There was a time not all that long ago when it seemed likely that either David Fincher or David Cronenberg were going to be adapting Charles Burns' brilliant graphic novel Black Hole for the big screen. Where did that go? Down the drain. For many years, Tim Burton seemed prepared to adapt Katherine Dunn's classic, malevolent Geek Love. It never happened. And let's …...

Currently making the festival rounds, writer/director Peter Hearn’s Scrawl is a fascinating, micro-budget journey into the (dangerous) minds of a group of teenagers in England, including a pre-Star Wars: The Force Awakens Daisy Ridley. Daily Dead recently caught up with Peter for a chat about the film and the inspirational story behind its making.

Thanks for taking the time to talk to Daily Dead, Peter. As Scrawl is just starting to make its way around the festival circuit, could you give our readers an idea of what it’s about?

Peter Hearn: Gosh, where do I start? If I were to pitch it I would describe it as Big meets A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors by way of Phantasm and The Evil Dead. The story revolves around a boy who writes a comic book with his best friend, before finding situations depicted...

Join us for a rundown of all the biggest comics stories from the past seven days:

Is there a ban on new Spider-Man characters?

Spider-Gwen artist Robbi Rodriguez revealed during an interview with the Superior Spider Talk podcast that there is a "big rule" that his team couldn't create any new characters for their comic - apparently due to Sony controlling the Spider-Man film rights.

Soon enough, he was on Newsarama explaining that it had been a "misunderstanding", presumably in a voice like the brain slug victims in Futurama.

Black Knight

Joining the list of surprising All-New All-Different Marvel solo titles is Black Knight, with Dane Whitman rolling over a region called New Avalon on Weirdworld.

Writer Frank Tieri (New Excalibur) is returning to the character with artist Luca Pizzari (Red Skull).

Strontium Dog gets a fan film

The chaps who made the Judge Minty fan film are back and...

Comic-Con International has announced the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards for 2015. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, highlight the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from companies big and small, in print and on line. The awards will be given out during a gala ceremony on Friday, July 10 during Comic-Con International: San Diego.

Best Short Story

“Beginning’s End,” by Rina Ayuyang, muthamagazine.com

“Corpse on the Imjin!” by Peter Kuper, in Masterful Marks: Cartoonists Who Changed the World (Simon & Schuster)

“,” by Lee Bermejo, in Batman Black and White #3 (DC)

“,” by Max Landis & Jock, in Adventures of Superman #14 (DC)

“When the Darkness Presses,” by Emily Carroll, http://emcarroll.com/comics/darkness/

Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)

Astro City #16: “Wish I May” by Kurt Busiek & Brent Anderson (Vertigo/DC)

Beasts of Burden: Hunters and Gatherers, by Evan Dorkin...

Brad Pitt's Plan B Productions and New Regency have acquired rights to the new comic book Wytches, which just debuted at New York Comic Con, for a feature adaptation.

The story, created by Eisner-winning writer Scott Snyder and illustrated by Jock, follows Charles Rooks, a father who moves his family to a nearby town, to help his teenager daughter Sailor recover from a traumatic bullying incident in the woods. Sailor is still traumatized by the event, and as she begins to see familiar, shadowed figures, Charles realizes that a terrifying mythical presence is haunting her from the woods that surround neighboring towns.

Scott Snyder and Jock will serve as executive producers on the adaptation, alongside Plan B's Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner. The production company has yet to attach a screenwriter or director to adapt the comic book at this time.

Wytches is just the latest...

Exclusive: Hot off its debut at New York Comic-Con, the comic book series Wytches has been acquired by New Regency for Plan B to produce. The series is written by bestselling and Eisner Award-winning author Scott Snyder and illustrated by award-winning artist Jock. Snyder and Jock will be executive producers on the feature film adaptation.

Unveiled this week at Comic-Con, Wytches follows Charles Rooks, a loving father who moves his family to a neighboring town in an attempt to help their teenage daughter Sailor recover from a disturbing run-in with a bully. She remains haunted by the traumatic incident, unsure of what actually occurred in the woods and unable to escape a darkness growing around her. When Sailor begins to see familiar shadowed figures, Charles must help his daughter survive a terrifyingly real and mythic presence rooted within the woods and the surrounding local towns.

Wytches becomes another in a...

If your weekend consisted of checking out Matt Reeves’ wonderful Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and then wrapping yourself in a warm blanket and reminding yourself that Little Caesar is a-okay (for now, and also, that is the baby ape’s name, right?) and just gently rocking for the remainder of Saturday and Sunday, we understand. But perhaps it’s time you emerge from your emotional fog and remember some of the less wrenching parts of the film. Like that time that Alexander (Kodi Smit-McPhee) made friends with Maurice (played by Karin Konoval) by sharing the magic of books, graphic novels, and storytelling. That was nice, right? And also, what was that book? Perhaps there is some subtext buried here. In Reeves’ film, young Alexander forges a tenuous connection with the big-hearted ape Maurice, who exhibits a love for reading and knowledge early in the film, through a book (Maurice, it...

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes includes a important and surprising role for Charles Burns's Black Hole.

The acclaimed comic is used as a plot point in the hit sequel to Rise of the Planet of the Apes.

Kodi Smit-McPhee's teenage character uses his Black Hole collection as a way of bonding with the orangutan Maurice (a motion-captured Karin Konoval).

Burns said that he had given permission for the use of his book so long ago that he had forgotten about it, and did not know it would be so heavily featured.

"It was one of those things that I agreed to, and I just spaced it out," he told Philly.com.

"Occasionally, I'll get a request from a film to use a book as a prop, sitting in a room, on a table or something."

Black Hole centres around a group of adolescents in 1970s America...

Midway through Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, which opens this weekend, there is a nice little moment when teenage human Alexander (Kodi Smit-McPhee) sits down and reads the book he's been carrying around all movie to the orangutan Maurice. The scene, which you can watch below, is a minor yet compelling bit of warmth that cuts through the film's tension. So, what is this book that bonds these noble primates?  Dark yet strangely beautiful, Charles Burns's award-winning Black Hole was told over the course of 12 issues, between 1995 and 2005. It tells the story of a suburban Seattle high school in the 1970s in which students contract an Std called "the bug" or the "teen plague," which results in grotesque body mutations (horns, tales, snakelike scales, etc.), turning some into monsters of a sort. Eventually, this disease infects many kids, and they decide to flee and build a...

Rise of the Planet of the Apes wasn’t supposed to be good. How could a reboot that followed Tim Burton’s dismal 2001 remake even approach being a worthy successor to a much beloved franchise that’s been around—in admittedly varying quality—since the late sixties? What more could be added to a series that’s essentially built on the simple premise of apes acting like humans? The answer was, quite a lot actually.

If you look past the shameless cash grab of rebooting movies based on name recognition alone, Rise of the Planet of the Apes reinvigorated and rewrote a very familiar story in a sort of ingenious way, giving us the imagery we wanted but also sufficiently creating a new narrative. It’s something that’s fascinated me with these new Planet of the Apes movies so far. We basically already know the outcome (a hint if...

Planet of the Apes is not an easy franchise to embrace. There’s the classic original Planet of the Apes and its sequels of varying quality, then there’s the terrible Tim Burton remake and finally Rise of the Planet of the Apes, which breathed new life. Would the sequel, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes take off from that launching point, or would it become another forgettable sequel?

Much like the end credits of Rise suggested, the opening credits of Dawn show the spread and lasting effect of the Simian flu/Alz-113 virus on the world, wiping out a large portion of the human population, creating pockets of survival, leaving many without the false comforts of technology and electricity. Supplies are becoming scarce and many of the post-apocalyptic staples are present, but conceptually, most fit very well into this specific instance. To many survivors, apes are wrongly viewed...

Random House’s Knopf Doubleday group returns to this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, and they'd love for attendees to visit them at Booth #1515. Read on to see which authors will be there!

There will other Random House groups at the 2014 Sdcc as well, included Pantheon & Schocken Books and Vintage Anchor Books.

This year’s appearing authors include:

• Knopf author Anne Rice, author of Prince Lestat (October 2014) - Ms. Rice's signing will take place on Saturday, July 26, from 3-5 pm (location Tbd). And watch for a fun giveaway at the Random House booth (#1515) while supplies last.

• Doubleday novelist Chuck Palahniuk, author of Beautiful You (October 2014) - Palahniuk will appear on the Fight Club panel on Saturday, July 26, at 7 pm (Room 25Abc), and he will sign books at the Random House booth (#1515) during the convention.

• Doubleday novelist Daniel H. Wilson, author of Robogenesis (June 2014) - Wilson will speak on the Sf/Robots author panel on Saturday,...

Graphic novels can be the source of hours of entertainment, but in the apocalypse, they can be quite effective as an olive branch between enemy parties. While we’ve seen tension boiling over between humans and apes in previously released trailers and clips for the upcoming Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the latest clip from the film shows a human and an orangutan enjoying one another’s company over a shared graphic novel.

The new clip showcases Kodi Smit-McPhee’s Alexander, who approaches Maurice the orangutan (Karin Konoval) with a trade paperback copy of Charles Burns’ Black Hole comic book series, which he then uses to see if his newfound friend can read.

“A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived,...

A shy Catalan high schooler, Pol (Orial Pla) resides with his older brother, Llorenc (Javier Beltran). While not at school, Pol hangs out with his best friend, a walking and talking Teddy Bear named Deerhoof. Pol knows better than to confide in either of his two friends at school -- Laia (Rosier Tapas) and Mark (Dimitri Leonidas) -- about Deerhoof, so no one knows about Deerhoof except for Llorenc who thinks Pol is crazy; and considering that no one else can see or hear Deerhoof, Llorenc's diagnosis seems to be pretty spot on. Still trying to navigate his own sexual orientation, Pol naively ignores the flirtatious advances of Laia. It is not until Pol becomes obsessed with two mysterious new students -- Clara (Maria Rodríguez) and Ikari (Augustus Prew) -- that his sexual preference begins to grow more apparent. When Clara dies mysteriously, the door is opened for Pol to...

Peur(s) du Noir

Written by Jerry Kramsky, Michel Pirus, Romain Slocombe, Blutch, Charles Burns, Pierre di Scullo

Directed by Blutch, Charles Burns, Marie Caillou, Pierre di Scullo, Lorenzo Mattotti, and Richard McGuire

France, 2007

The French animated horror anthology Peur(s] Du Noir, or Fear(s) of the Dark, is all atmosphere, though it uses this to great purpose.

The film is surprisingly immersive, even as an anthology of six shorts with different animation styles, two of which are used as buffers between the other four, played in sequence. This manner of editing is key to the film’s success, giving it a fresh and cohesive feel. The overarching theme of the universality and perpetuity of childhood fear (signified by its sophomoric yet still effectively simple title) doesn’t quite reach far or deep enough, though, leaving the film kind of stranded in merely watchable territory.

The first short deals with the fear of intimacy,...

(Cbr) The “unadaptable” "Black Hole" has not gone away — not according to Brad Pitt, at least. In a profile on Pitt and his production company Plan B’s upcoming slate, The Hollywood Reporter states that "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" filmmaker David Fincher is still attached to adapt "Black Hole", the Charles Burns graphic novel about a sexually transmitted disease that triggers strange mutations among teenagers in the suburbs of Seattle. Twitch Film provides a helpful breakdown of the project’s history: It was once set up at Universal Pictures, with Alexandre Aja attached to direct based on a script from...

The last couple of times David Fincher and Brad Pitt joined forces, the results were two of the very best films of the 1990s: Se7en and Fight Club. Needless to say, the thought of these two Hollywood titans getting together again is incredibly exciting, and another collaboration is indeed on its way.

The Hollywood Reporter broke the news today that Pitt's company, Plan B Entertainment, will be producing a feature film adaptation of Charles Burns' graphic novel Black Hole, which David Fincher will direct. Fincher's been linked to the project since 2008, and it seems the wait is finally almost over.

For now Pitt is only attached to produce, and there's no word on whether he'll be appearing in the film.

Check out the synopsis of the graphic novel below to get an idea of what you can expect!

Graphic Novel Synopsis

The setting: suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s.

Big news this week for comics lovers. Three graphic novel adaptations have found their top international directors. David Fincher is attached to direct the eagerly anticipated adaptation of Charles Burns' "Black Hole," a '70s-set sci-fi about the spread of a horrifying Std among a group of teens in Seattle, for Brad Pitt's Plan B. Fincher is one of several directors who orbited the project, in talks since the mid-2000s. Also on the genre front, Korean director Kim Jee-woon (the brutal "I Saw the Devil") will direct "Coward," an adaptation of Ed Brubaker's underworld crime graphic novel, and "Harry Potter" helmer David Yates is slated to direct "Who Is Jake Ellis?" for Fox, from Nathan Edmonson's espionage comic series. While Brubaker adapted "Coward" himself, screenwriters for "Jake Ellis" and "Black Hole" are yet unknown, though Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman were once attached to pen "Black Hole.

News of Charles Burns’ Black Hole being adapted into a movie by David Fincher first surfaced in 2008, part of an era of cautious optimism when it seemed like every dark, cultishly adored graphic novel—from Sandman to Preacher to Y: The Last Man—was well on its way to adaptation. (Back before we all became jaded and mistrusting, then moved out to the desert to be alone with our thoughts and woodwork.) But just as all of those titles have continued to show occasional signs of life, The Hollywood Reporter passes along the word that Fincher is indeed still ...

A few years ago David Fincher was attached to direct a big screen adaptation of Charles Burns' comic book series Black Hole. The project fell apart, but Fincher is now back on board and ready to take it on. The movie will be made under Brad Pitt's Plan B production company, and here's what it's about.

The setting is Seattle during the '70s. A sexual disease, the 'bug,' is spreading among teenagers. Those who get it develop bizarre mutations - sometimes subtle. Story follows two teens, Keith & Chris as they get the bug. Their dreams and hallucinations - made of deeply disturbing symbolism merging sexuality and sickness - are a key part of the tale! This is what Fincher had to say about the project a couple years ago when he was developing it.

It’s a really great script by Dante Harper, so the hope is that will win out…...

The film adaptation of Charles Burns’ acclaimed graphic novel Black Hole is back on, and with a great team. Both David Fincher and Brad Pitt are reuniting for the project.

Based on Charles Burns’ twelve-issue comic book limited series, the story focuses on the aftermath of a sexuality transmitted diseases which causes horrible mutations in teens. Here’s a synopsis:

The setting: suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the outset that a strange plague has descended upon the area’s teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways — from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) — but once you’ve got it, that’s it. There’s no turning back.As we inhabit the heads of several key characters — some kids who have it, some who don’t, some who are about to get it — what unfolds isn’t the expected battle to fight the plague,...

The film adaptation of Charles Burns's Black Hole is moving ahead.

Director David Fincher remains on board the project, which is being developed by Brad Pitt's Plan B production company, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The 12-issue comic book series published between 1995 and 2005 centres around a sexually transmitted disease that plagues the teenagers of a 1970s Seattle suburb.

The infected, who develop random mutations, are drawn into a web of paranoia and murder.

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Snow White and the Huntsman's Rupert Sanders previously released a short based on the series.

A schedule for the Black Hole film is yet to be announced.

Several years ago, director David Fincher was attached to make Black Hole, based on Charles Burns' graphic novel. However, the project fell apart in 2008, when screenwriters Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary left the project.

Black Hole is now back up and running with David Fincher returning to the helm and Brad Pitt producing through his Plan B company.

It isn't known if Plan B has a new screenwriter attached to adapt the property as of yet. Here's the official description of the graphic novel.

"The setting is Seattle during the '70's. A sexual disease, the 'bug,' is spreading among teenagers. Those who get it develop bizarre mutations - sometimes subtle. Story follows two teens, Keith & Chris as they get the bug. Their dreams and hallucinations - made of deeply disturbing symbolism merging sexuality and sickness - are a key part of the tale!"

The adaptation was originally set up at MTV Films,...

Brad Pitt and his Plan B production company are bringing David Fincher's proposed "Black Hole" project back to life.

Not to be confused with the 1979 Disney sci-fi epic, or its Joseph Kosinski-directed remake in the works, the film is an adaptation of Charles Burns' acclaimed graphic novel.

The story follows a group of Seattle teens in the 1970s who contract an incurable sexually-transmitted disease that causes shocking mutations.

Paramount scored the rights years ago and set Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman to work on the script, with Alexandre Aja directing. Five years ago, Fincher came in to replace Aja.

Since then though, the film has stalled and become one of several projects on Fincher's 'films I'll get around to doing one day' list.

Now, Plan B has unveiled their upcoming slate of projects they're moving forward with and have included 'Hole' on the list. The list also includes Andrew Dominik's "Blonde,...

Black Hole is back on. And David Fincher is still directing. Assuming, of course, that someone can come up with the money.Charles Burns' acclaimed graphic novel has been one of the great 'unadaptable books' that fans have lusted to see an adaptation of over the decade or so that it has taken to rise to prominence. Considered unadaptable not because of structural or technical issues - the story is straightforward enough and all of the technical demands can be easily met with current technology - the story has been considered untouchable for years because it fuses graphic sex and violence - plus bizarre mutations triggered by an Std - amongst high school kids. It's just like real life, basically.The thorny subject matter hasn't stopped people...

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Not to be mistaken with the 1979 Disney film turned upcoming Joseph Kosinski remake, author Charles Burns' “Black Hole” remains one of the great adaptations lying in wait. Published between 1995 and 2005, the highly acclaimed graphic novel drew attention from Hollywood immediately, with Paramount snagging the rights and putting Alexandre Aja to direct and the team of Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman to pen a script. In 2008, David Fincher replaced Aja as helmer, but Gaiman and Avary drifted away shortly thereafter. The project has since become another “what-if?” scenario; one of Fincher's "lost projects" we hoped he would one day return to. And now looks like Brad Pitt and his production company Plan B is helping to make that happen. Looking to the future following their Oscar contender “12 Years a Slave,” Pitt's label Plan B has laid out an ambitious slate of projects...

A few years ago , it was announced that director David Fincher would be bringing Charles Burns' comic series Black Hole to the big screen. Originally set up at MTV films with author Neil Gaiman and Rover Avary penning the screenplay, the film ended up like so many other Hollywood projects and never materialized. Now, in a story from The Hollywood Reporter , comes the news that Fincher is back on the project and will be making the film under Brad Pitt's Plan B production company. No official word on casting, script or a release date, but here's the officialy description for the comic: The setting is Seattle during the '70's. A sexual disease, the 'bug,' is spreading among teenagers. Those who get it develop bizarre mutations - sometimes subtle. Story follows two teens,...

The Ignatz Awards for excellence in independent comics has announced its nominees for 2013. Among those honored are veterans like Peter Bagge, Charles Burns, Tom Hart, and Johnny Ryan, alongside younger creators such as Lilli Carré, Michael DeForge, Ulli Lust, and Charles Forsman. Winners will be announced September 14 at this year's Small Press Expo in North Bethesda, Maryland. Outstanding Artist Lilli Carré for Heads Or Tails Michael DeForge for Lose #4 Miriam Katin for Letting It Go Ulli Lust for Today Is The Last Day Of The Rest Of Your Life Patrick McEown for Hair Shirt Outstanding Anthology ...

The Top 5 Contemporary Comic Books We'd Like To See In Porn The longer this list gets the more obvious it is to me why comic book porn wish lists aren't common as air: they're incredibly weird. By Johannah King-Slutzky A study has found that superhero parody porn outsells all other kinds (except celebrity sex tapes). The finding follows on the heels of big budget porno Man Of Steel XXX: A Porn Parody, one of the most expensive movies of its kind ever made. At a budget of $100,000, Man Of Steel XXX is outspent only by the seventies classic Caligula. Here are 5 suggestions for upcoming superhero features from a fresher, weirder stock. 5. The Teens of Black Hole One of the problems with compiling a list of contemporary porn-able superheroes is that so many contemporary comics are already very sexy. Black Hole, Charles Burns's dystopic allegory about [...]...

What Are Friends For?: Fores’ Debut Slow Burn Bizarre Falters at the Finish

While it’s most memorable element will undoubtedly remind audiences of Donnie Darko or a more sinister version of Seth McFarlane’s Ted, Spanish filmmaker Marcal Flores’ debut, Animals, resides entirely in its own weird little universe. A nightmarish coming-out tale, the strange and surreal take a subdued backseat to dry humor, though a prescient uneasiness always seems to gnaw at the outskirts of the action. But Fores’ doesn’t manage to land the ship smoothly, and an overtly dramatic final few frames considerably diminishes the methodical menace established by the protagonist’s anticipated instability.

Pol (Orial Pla) is an introverted teenager that lives alone with his older brother, Llorenc (Javier Beltran), a cop that gruffly tries to keep an eye on him. Pol spends a majority of his time alone, playing or listening to alternative...

The 2013 Eisner Award Winners have been announced at San Diego Comic-Con with Chris Ware leading the wins for his celebrated work Building Stories, alongside Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ Saga which also won a number of awards.

The Eisners are awarded each year at the San Diego Comic-Con and are the most prestigious awards in the comics industry, being the comics equivalent of the Oscars.

The Eisners are named after Will Eisner, one of the most celebrated artist/writers in comics whose works included creating the superhero series The Spirit as well as his masterpiece, A Contract with God, one of the best books of the 20th century.

This year saw artist/writer Chris Ware pick up the lion’s share of the awards for his book/construction project Building Stories, winning Best New Graphic Album, Best Writer/Artist, Best Lettering, and Best Publication Design.

Also among the winners...

Fantasia 2013 has announced the second wave of titles screening this year. If the first wave, along with the announcements of special guests wasn’t enough to get you excited, this surely will.

009 Re: Cyborg

Japan Dir: Kenji Kamiyama

Mechanized mayhem, mysticism and moral ambiguity meet when the influential ’60s manga/anime property 009 Cyborg gets a dark, postmodern makeover care of the mighty Production I.G, in the spirit of the iconic Ghost In The Shell films. Anime fans won’t want to miss this one. North American Premiere.

Animals

Spain Dir: Marçal Forés

Evocative of both Donnie Darko and Leolo with a touch of Charles Burns, Animals taps into a volatile whirlpool of adolescent anxieties and identity issues, addressing complex themes through a wealth of unconventional approaches. A heavy trip, but an entertaining and fantastical one. Winner: Best First Feature, Sant Jordi de Cinematografia 2013, Official Selection: Sitges 2012, Miami International Film Festival 2013. Quebec Premiere.

The full Fantasia 2013 lineup will be announced next Tuesday, July 9th, but in the meantime we have the second wave of titles to share, and per usual, it's a doozy!

From the Press Release:

Following last week’s first wave of programming announcements, the Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to unveil several additional highlights to warm you up for our July 9th Press Conference, where we’ll be unveiling of our full 120+ film lineup. The festival runs from July 18 to August 6.

Official Opening Night Film – Takashi Miike’s Shield Of Straw (North American Premiere)

Hot off its screening in official completion at the Cannes Film Festival, Takashi Miike’s riveting crime thriller Shield Of Straw will be kicking off Fantasia’s 2013 edition with its first screening on the North American continent. Shield Of Straw stars Takao Osawa, Nanako Matsushima, and Tatsuya Fujiwara. Fantasia’s 1997 screening of Fudoh marked the...

Comic-Con International has released the complete list of nominees for the 2013 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. The winners of the award will be revealed during the annual ceremony held at Comic-Con International in San Diego on July 19.

Official Press Release

Comic-Con International (Comic-Con) is proud to announce the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2013. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from crime noire to autobiographical works to cartoon adventures.

Three titles lead the 2013 list with 5 nominations each. Chris Ware’s critically acclaimed Building Stories (published by Pantheon) has nods for Best Graphic Album–New, Best Writer/artist, Best Coloring, Best Lettering, and Best Publication Design. Also garnering 5 nominations are Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’s Fatale (published by Image) and Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye (published by Marvel...

Comic-Con International is proud to announce the nominations for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards of 2013. The nominees, chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges, reflect the wide range of material being published in comics and graphic novel form today, from crime noir to autobiographical works to cartoon adventures. Three titles lead the 2013 list with 5 nominations each.

Chris Ware’s critically acclaimed Building Stories (published by Pantheon) has nods for Best Graphic Album–New, Best Writer/artist, Best Coloring, Best Lettering, and Best Publication Design. Also garnering 5 nominations are Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’s Fatale (published by Image) and Matt Fraction and David Aja’s Hawkeye (published by Marvel). Both are nominated for Best Continuing Series, Best New Series, Best Writer, Best Penciller/Inker, and Best Cover Artist. (Fatale also shares the coloring nomination for Dave Stewart.)Close behind with 4 nominations are Boom!/kaboom’s Adventure Time (Best New Series,...

The most popular comics and their principal characters have seeped into the public’s consciousness to such an extent that even octogenarians know who Bruce Wayne and Peter Parker are (with the exception of my grandma, who thought Peter Parker was the simple lad with the bonk eye that works in her local supermarket.)

But there are a huge number of original comics that don’t feature well-known characters or have film franchises built around them that can offer a reader something memorable, different and occasionally batshi*t crazy.

Here we’re going to look at 10 of the best alternative graphic novels and comics that have flown under the radar of mainstream fame, all of which should be essential reading for any comic book fan…

10. Black Hole

If reading comics leaves you with some serious body inadequacy issues then Black Hole could be for you. It’s a 12 issue comic...

Submit your vote for Reviewer of the Year!

Every year, the Classic Horror Film Board recognizes the best in the horror/sci-fi/fantasy realm with the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Awards. Fans of the genre can vote for their favorites in over thirty categories, and this year, Cinelinx would like to ask you to vote for one of our own, staff writer Victor Medina, as Reviewer of the Year (Category 29)! We've even included the ballot below so you can vote!

Votes must be submitted by copying and pasting the ballot into your personal email, making your choices, including your name, and sending it in. Votes for Reviewer of the Year are write-in only, so you must be sure to include Vic's name yourself under Category 29 when you vote. Pre-filled ballots are not allowed, so we can't do it for you! Remember, you must write in "Victor Medina, Cinelinx.com" yourself.

Charles Burns continues to bend reality to his own warped will in The Hive, the second part of the trilogy begun back in 2010 with X’ed Out. That volume introduced us to Doug, a sad-sack loser type who was in pretty sorry shape when we joined his story. Doug was heavily medicated, trudging through life in the aftermath of some incident which had left him with a bandaged head and a reliance upon pain pills. As a result, Doug was constantly fading in and out of the real world, slipping from remembrances of a relationship with a girl named Sarah to fever dreams involving otherworldly creatures, floods, crying maggots and other oddities.

The Hive slips right back into the same surreal groove; and yes, it’s highly recommended that you read X’ed Out before diving in here. It’s not that things will make more sense, exactly – Burns is...

Yes, there are comic books and novels at Nycc – key word being comic. I got to interview several people at the convention, including people from Random House Audio, Pantheon Books and Ossm Comics.

First up, Rachel Tripp from Random House Audio was there talking about their audio books.

I’m Rachel Tripp and I’m here with Random House Audio. Promoting different audio books, like how we have a lot of different adult and children audio books- and today we’re featuring Star Wars. We’re doing a bunch of other audio books which are pretty cool. We’re featuring a narration project where people can be a narrator can come and record one of 4 clips from Heir to the Empire, which is a Star Wars extended universe. So people can come and they can do their cool Star Wars character voices and we’ll send recordings back after the...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

3D Total Publishing

Elysium Art Of Daarken Sc, $34.99

Abstract Studios

Rachel Rising #12, $3.99

Adhouse Books

Pope Hats #3, $6.95

Amp! Comics For Kids

Foxtrot Kids Edition Volume 1 Aaaa Tp, $9.99

Amryl Entertainment

Cavewoman Gangster #2 (Of 3), $3.75

Amulet Books

Hereville How Mirka Met A Meteorite Hc, $16.95

Antarctic Press

Gold Digger #143, $3.99

Nazi Zombies #4, $3.99

Zombie Kid Diaries Grossery Games Mini Comic (Halloween Comicfest 2012)(was ‘Littlest Zombie Mini Comic’), Ar

Ape Entertainment

Old McMonsters Haunted Farm Bride Of Porkula Gn, $6.99

Rise Of The Guardians Hidden Truth And Other Stories Gn, $6.99

Strawberry Shortcake Scouts Mini Comic (Halloween Comicfest 2012), Ar

Apostle Arts

Billy Tucci’s A Child Is Born Hc, $15.99

Archaia Entertainment

Cow Boy Hallow’s Eve Mini Comic (Halloween Comicfest 2012), Ar

Archie Comics

Archie #638, $2.99

Archie And Friends Double...