Movie Shorts

Despite not being a comic book movie fan, there are a few projects coming out that I am pretty excited about. First, how could any comic fan not be excited about DC's animated movie The New Frontier. With Bruce Timm and Darwyn Cooke both heavily involved, this looks to be one of the most faithfully translated creations in years. I'm sure most of you saw the trailer that Warner and DC put out during the San Diego Comic Con, but they have also released a new trailer showing much more actual footage. So far I've only been able to find it on YouTube, but them's the breaks.

In other comic to movie news, the Hellboy II trailer has popped up on the IGN site. OMFG! I was a little worried when I heard Del Toro was getting away from the strict adaptation for this one, but it looks like it really works. Realizing that with a already built in audience of fans from the comic and the first movie, he's taken this one into the realm of the big budget slugfest. Which, after seeing the trailer, is apparently exactly what a Hellboy movie should be all about. I'm glad to Johann appear, don't know if he will be that big of a character, but glad to see him regardless.

Last but not least, I did get out to see The Mist this past week. Really, really, really good. Until the last two minutes. They should have kept the original ending from King's book. Oh well.

-Dan