Dead of Night (The upcoming Dylan Dog movie)

[Solaris01]

IESB Exclusive Image: Brandon Routh as Dylan Dog in DEAD OF NIGHT

IESB is back from the Big Easy with Zombies on the brain.


IESB and a few online friends headed down to New Orleans early this week to check out Kevin Munroe's Dylan Dog big screen adaptation DEAD OF NIGHT.

The film, which will be a presentation of the Omnilab Media Group, is based on the best-selling Italian comic book series, ‘Dylan Dog’, created by Tiziano Sclavi and published by Italy’s Sergio Bonelli Editore. The comic book series has sold more than 56 million units worldwide and has been translated into 17 languages since its debut in 1986.

Brandon Routh, (‘Superman Returns’), stars as reluctant paranormal investigator Dylan Dog, who must save the undead hidden among us from their human predators.

Writers Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly (‘Sahara’ and ‘Conan The Barbarian’) have taken the world of Dylan Dog out of a European setting and given it a New Orleans flavor with its rich bayou and marshland backdrop.

Sam Huntington co-stars as Marcus, Dylan’s wise-cracking trusted assistant. Taye Diggs co-stars as Vargas, head of the Vampire family and Anita Briem co-stars as Elizabeth, another potential in the long line of Dylan conquests.


We will be posting our preview piece later tonight but for now here's a picture of Brandon Routh as Dylan Dog in full costume in DEAD OF NIGHT.

Big thanks to our friends down there especially the extremely awesome Gil Adler aka Mega Producer, director and pal Kevin Munroe and the guys at Platinum Studios.

Also check out other new images from the film at Shocktilyoudrop.com, Scifiwire.com, Movieweb.com and Chud.com.

Click on the image below to enlarge!

http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_ezine&task=read&page=1&category=3&article=6849

http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww260/Think_Mcfly_Think/routh_don.jpg

http://shocktillyoudrop.com/nextraimages/dylanpicsmall.jpg

http://chud.com/articles/content_images/5/dylan-dog1.jpg




Other links with more info and more pics:

Official production blog:
http://deadofnightmovie.wordpress.com/

http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21114

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=10411

http://chud.com/articles/articles/19320/1/EXCLUSIVE-FIRST-LOOK-BRANDON-ROUTH-AS-DYLAN-DOG-IN-DEAD-OF-NIGHT/Page1.html


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[West Mantooth]

Never heard of this comic,but Routh looks cool in it. IF the trailer delivers, I'll go.

[Infra-Man]

I remember first hearing about Dylan Dog when Cemetery Man came out stateside, and then geeked out when Dark Horse put out those Dylan Dog reprints about ten years ago--only scooped up the first two or three (did they just stop releasing them or did the shops I shopped at just not carry them?), so I'm glad they're all in that recent omnibus.

Will definitely check this movie out. Wonder what it'll be like.

[Solaris01]

Never heard of this comic,but Routh looks cool in it. IF the trailer delivers, I'll go.

I remember first hearing about Dylan Dog when Cemetery Man came out stateside, and then geeked out when Dark Horse put out those Dylan Dog reprints about ten years ago--only scooped up the first two or three (did they just stop releasing them or did the shops I shopped at just not carry them?), so I'm glad they're all in that recent omnibus.

Will definitely check this movie out. Wonder what it'll be like.

Yeah, West Mantooth, if you want to learn more about Dylan Dog and his world, check this link out please:

http://www.amazon.com/Dylan-Dog-Case-Files/dp/1595822062/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1239693074&sr=8-1#

It's a re-realease of the Dylan Dog Case Files (there are seven stories in it -- with more than 600 pages). I'm new to this universe as well, and recently got the book, and it ROCKS. Soo recommend it. It's very well written and entertaining. :smile:



More Updates:

*spoilers!*

Set Visit Preview: Delving Into the Dead of Night!

Unless you are a comic book aficionado with a taste for Italian artistry, you probably aren't too familiar with the character of Dylan Dog, a ghost busting, zombie fighting, werewolf loving P.I. who has headlined his own self-titled series since 1986. Very popular in his home country of Italy and created by Tiziano Sclavi, Dylan Dog first made his American debut in a series of English-language Dark Horse Comics adaptations in 1999. Now, he will be making his theatrical debut in an new film directed by Kevin Munroe, the man behind 2007's animated TMNT. Dead of Night is being produced by Gil Adler and Scott Mitchell Rosenberg from a script by Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer. Production is currently underway in New Orleans with a release date set for 2010.

Brandon Routh, who found fame as the man of steel in Superman Returns, is the perfect embodiment of Sclavi's Dylan Dog and has even learned a bit of Italian in homage to the character. Looking very much like his inked counterpart, Routh is donning Dog's signature red dress shirt and jacket for what has been described as a Ghostbusters for this generation. Sam Huntington will play his sidekick Marcus, a character that is new to Sclavi's universe. And Anita Briem, first seen in Journey to the Center of the Earth, is Dog's dagger-wielding love interest Elizabeth. Though we can't spill too many beans about the script, Elizabeth is responsible for setting Dylan's latest investigation of the supernatural into motion. Along with Marcus, who has recently become a member of the living dead, they will have to fight mutant zombies, drooling werewolves, uppity vampires, and other various incarnations of the unknown.

We recently visited the New Orleans set of Dead of Night, where we not only got to watch Dylan Dog and Marcus in action as they fought a giant tattooed zombie, but where we also got to participate in the actual filming of this comedic action adventure as reanimated homeless flesh eaters. From sunrise to sunset, we were dressed as dirty, mud-covered corpses that had taken to a nearby abandoned factory for solace. Dylan and Marcus arrived on the scene, and were immediately thrown into a fist-fighting match with a hulking, mutated zombie that had imbibed in a bit of vampire blood. Like many of the monsters in the film, this massive creature of the night, tattooed with ancient, evil incantations, is a man in a prosthetic suit. Portrayed by Brian Steele, his massive jaw of shark teeth are as ferocious as his hulk-sized fists.

And, true to the nature of the comic book upon which this tale is based, he does a pretty good job of beating Dylan into a tired mass of flailing limbs.

Monroe, making his live-action directorial debut with Dead of Night, proved to be a tsunami-like force behind the camera. His crew was quite proficient in setting up one stunning shot after the next, and the motion of this fast moving train worked in capturing more action in a twelve-hour period than I have ever witnessed on any movie set. At the end of the day, they actually tossed Huntington, looking like a zombified member of the East Side Kids, off a railing hooked only to an old towline. Swinging above us, our group of living dead extras were allowed the opportunity to jump and snap at him with our teeth. We also got to eat the giant mutant zombie when all was said and done. It was quite the interesting experience. And the movie looks like a great throwback to a time when films were actually fun. Dylan has an almost Jack Burton-esque vibe about him. He is confident, yet quite skilled at getting his ass handed to him by the terrifying elements that surround his waking life.

In the very near future, we will be able to share quite a few more interesting stories from the set, along with interviews from Brandon Routh, Sam Huntington, and Anita Briem, as well as some very in-depth chats with director Kevin Monroe, producers Gil Adler and Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, stunt coordinator Eric Norris, and cinematographer Geoffrey Hall. There's some crazy business going down in New Orleans, and it's not happening on Bourbon Street. It is happening on the set of Dead of Night, one of the coolest looking comic book adaptations to come along in some time.

http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEvjkDxvi09Nyy

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Dead of Night Set Visit Preview

IGN goes behind the scenes of Brandon Routh's other comic book movie.

May 8, 2009 - IGN Movies paid a visit this week to the New Orleans set of Dead of Night, a horror action-comedy based on the beloved Italian comic book Dylan Dog. The film is directed by TMNT's Kevin Munroe and the cast includes Superman Returns co-stars Brandon Routh and Sam Huntington, Anita Briem (Journey to the Center of the Earth), Peter Stormare, Taye Diggs, and TNA wrestling star Kurt Angle.

The film, scripted by Conan the Barbarian writers Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly, takes place in a world where vampires, werewolves and zombies hide in plain sight among us. These nocturnal beings try not to draw attention to themselves from humans, working third-shift jobs and avoiding the daylight. But occasionally things don't go according to plan.

Enter Dylan (Routh), a paranormal investigator all too familiar with the supernatural who is trying to put his past behind him when the story opens. But when Dylan is hired by Elizabeth (Briem) to track down a missing artifact, he -- along with amiable sidekick Marcus (Huntington), a replacement for the comic's Groucho character -- finds himself reluctantly pulled back into the realm of the undead.

Updating the story from London to the European-flavored New Orleans, the filmmakers are striving to make a movie in the vein of such comedic genre classics as Big Trouble in Little China, Ghostbusters, and Men in Black. IGN's Jim Vejvoda was on-set for two days at the now defunct Thalia Power Plant, spending one entire day made-up as a zombie extra during a climactic battle sequence. Jim spoke with stars Routh, Huntington, Briem, and Angle, as well as director Munroe, producers Gilbert Adler (Superman Returns, Valkyrie) and Scott Mitchell Rosenberg (Jeremiah), director of photography Geoffrey Hall, and was even serenaded in Icelandic by a guitar-strumming Anita Briem!

While our full set visit report is currently under embargo, we can provide you with this exclusive still from the film showing a sword-wielding Anita Briem in action.

http://moviesmedia.ign.com/movies/image/article/980/980879/briem-DON_1241740998-000.jpg

Dead of Night promises to be a fun genre flick, with healthy doses of humor, monsters, mystery and action. Look for our full set visit report on Dead of Night down the line. The film is due out next year.

http://movies.ign.com/articles/980/980879p1.html

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[Solaris01]

Interesting Update,

Quote:
Those of you in the San Diego area who happen to be attending Comicon International this July might want to save some time for some Dead of Night goodness. More details to follow, but there will be LOTS to see there. Woo hoo!!!
-Dan Forcey


http://deadofnightmovie.wordpress.com/2009/06/14/one-more-small-update/


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[Legato]

This got me thinking that the guy who made this is inspired by the Evil Dead Series

[Solaris01]

This got me thinking that the guy who made this is inspired by the Evil Dead Series

I don't know about that. The Dylan Dog series was created in the mid 80s.


Update:

Italian magazine called L'espresso recently published this article with new pictures of the movie. Anyone here reads Italian? Unfortunately, I don't.

Here is the scan,

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/Antoblueberry/EspressoDylan01.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v340/Antoblueberry/EspressoDylan02.jpg


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[Tobias March]

Are they talking about Everett's 'Dellamorte, Dellamore'? That was based on an Italian comic (with himself as the inspiration)

[Solaris01]

Someone gave the Italian article a proper translation and posted it at the Dead of Night production blog,


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Luca Zanzi Says:
June 25, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Took the liberty of translating the article myself. Excuse any typos or funny syntax here and there. I’m sure it gets the point through.


Dylan Dog, the American

By Silvia Bizio

Zombies. Vampires. And broken hearts. The hero of Tiziano Sclavi’s comic moves to the USA. In a movie made to conquer Hollywood.

A city famous for its esoteric traditions: New Orleans. A detective, Dylan Dog, involved in unique cases in an underground world inhabited by vampires, zombies, and werewolves. His face? That of the young rising star of American cinema, Brandon Routh, the most recent Superman. A nice combination for “Dead of Night”, the first film adapted from Tiziano Sclavi’s comic “Dylan Dog”.

Sclavi had set his comic in London, but the moving of the action to Louisiana wanted by the Anglo-American production was gladly received by Sergio Bonelli, Dylan Dog’s editor since 1986. Sclavi’s Dog was referenced on the big screen in Michele Soavi’s 1994 movie “Dellamorte Dellamore”, starring Rupert Everett, the actor upon whom Sclavi drew inspiration for his hero.

Platinum acquired the film, television, and merchandising rights for “Dylan Dog” in 1997, but is only now celebrating the end of principal photography for the film directed by Kevin Munroe. The release in theatres is expected to be in the Spring of 2010: the Italian title will simply be “Dylan Dog”. The choice of location in New Orleans “had an influence on the representation of the world of the living dead”, says director Munroe on the set of the film: “We’ve tried to focus on the realism of the creatures and monsters rather than on the special effects. New Orleans’ magical background contributed to the realistic tone of the film”. The creatures Munroe mentions are those created by the same team of specialists that won the Oscar for Brad Pitt’s look on “Benjamin Button”.

The plot of the film is not taken from one or more particular issues of the comic, but tells the tale of the character, his story, his transformation from a private eye for jealous husbands into a detective of the underworld. Dylan Dog’s assistant, named Groucho in the comics, is also present. Since Groucho Marx’s estate didn’t authorize the actor’s name or image in the film, the assistant is now named Marcus: it’s Sam Huntington, already seen next to Routh in “Superman Returns”. Marcus’ murder at the beginning of the film at the hands of a zombie sets the plot in motion: Dylan Dog decides to return to the underworld of the living dead in order to not only save Marcus, who has meanwhile become a comedic zombie, but all of mankind. “The creatures from beyond the grave are very different amongst themselves”, explains Munroe: “zombies are very close to each other, they’re a sort of organized crime with a sense of family like the Sopranos, while vampires are much more narcissistic. And among the werewolves there might be old friends of Dylan Dog, who may have now at least learned to respect one another.

But the film is not only an action flick taking place among zombies and vampires. It’s also an emotional adventure in which Dylan is forced to walk the plank among human feelings and the dark side he had turned from long ago. He’s not a super hero, has no special powers: he’s a normal guy that finds himself in exceptional circumstances.”

In one of the scenes we witness in New Orleans, shot in one of the locations hardest hit by Katrina, Dylan and Marcus enter a venue in which they will be welcomed and assaulted by a group of werewolves: but before rolling begins, the masked actors make Routh giggle: “Some will protest the fact that Dog is played by an American actor. I’ll take the challenge. For me he’s a character without nation, he belongs to all” says Routh during a break. The 27 year-old American actor was familiar with the comic due to a friend who lived in Italy. “Dylan Dog’s an interesting character because, unlike the usual comic super heroes he’s full of defects, and he’s also nice. Dylan’s a loser, one who always ends up without the girl, and who falls in love at least once a month, a problem most males will understand. He’s sarcastic, but also kind hearted…” A love story couldn’t be missing from “Dead of Night”, with the beautiful Elisabeth (played by Anita Briem, the Icelandic actress seen in “Voyage to the Center of the Earth”) whom during the film becomes Dylan Dog’s partner in order to avenge her father’s death at the hands of supernatural creatures.
“At the beginning of the film we find an anguished, closed Dylan”, Routh continues: “Horrible things have happened to him, he’s no longer a true detective and limits himself to making a living as a hound for jealous husbands and wives full of lovers. But Marcus’ death brings him back into the core of the action. The presence of monsters among us evokes “Men in Black” (which was also a project by the same producer, Scott Rosenberg) or “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”. But Dylan Dog’s world is completely original”. Like in the comic, Dylan Dog isn’t a lover of violence. “He doesn’t like weapons”, explains Routh: “Rather, he uses intellect and wits to combat the monsters, he figures out their weaknesses and hits their exposed nerves. Of course, he does take out some weapons, but we’d rather keep this a secret to avoid spoilers”.

“Dylan Dog” hasn’t been published in the USA for 11 years. And for the release of the film the producers and Sergio Bonelli will orchestrate a merchandising campaign followed by the publication of a comic book based on the film’s story. “The new setting of New Orleans explains Dylan Dog’s to accept the unusual in our culture” affirms Munroe: “Dog’s not convinced that humans are always right. He looks at the parallel realities to ours with an open mind. He’s a contemporary Sherlock Holmes. And in the film we’ll narrate his crazy adventures in a light hearted manner: it’s a film for all, for kids as well as adults. It’s not horror, it’s not a violent and dark thriller. There are no exploding heads and there’s no flowing blood. It’s a romantic mystery with zombies and vampires, of course, but with a depth of irony that reassures us on the integrity of our human world”.

http://deadofnightmovie.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/for-our-italian-friends/





Also, in the same blog, there is more official confirmation that there will be a comicbook adaptation/extension on the movie! This is what they said about it,

this article announces officially some news that I had hinted at in a previous post, that Bonelli would be handling the graphic novel extension/adaptation of the Dead of Night tale. I put the “extension/” part of that in there because we’re going to be doing something very, very different to bridge the worlds of the Dylan Dog comics and Dead of Night. We’ve got a really great writer that ALL Dylan Dog fans will know (name to be announced soon…) writing this bridge for us and EVERYBODY concerned is excited about how it is shaping up. Bonelli will be publishing it worldwide and Platinum Studios will be handling it in the US, so save up in the meantime.







One more Update:

‘Dead Of Night’ Star Brandon Routh Talks PG-13 Rating And Villains

Actor Brandon Routh will complete a unique comic book movie trifecta when he wraps work on “Dead of Night.” The star of “Superman Returns” already grabbed a top-shelf role in a superhero movie, and soon he’ll appear in theaters in a live-action adaptation of “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World,” based on the hit indie comic.

The third jewel in his comics-movie crown will be his starring role as Dylan Dog in the upcoming film “Dead of Night,” which will round out his résumé nicely with an Italian comics horror property — one which Routh told MTV News his producers might lighten up a bit from its source material.

“The comic property would probably be rated ‘R,’ we’re going for a PG-13 so more people can enjoy the film,” Routh told MTV News regarding the “Dead of Night” adaptation. “It’s [not just] gore and horror, it’s a lot more straight action, with a bit of comedy.”

The original Dylan Dog comics by Tiziano Sclavi included mature subject matter in their stories of the horror detective’s surreal investigations into the macabre. Routh sounded convinced about the decisions being made to keep things PG-13 in the adaptation, but he also expressed excitement about the elements the film will be plucked directly from the source material, including the story’s villains, which he said would include vampires, werewolves and zombies.

“We have an end villain that’s going to be exciting,” he said. “It’s a bigger, badder-asser version of one of the creatures.”

Routh also added that he’ll be getting far more violent on-screen as Dylan Dog than as Todd Ingram in “Scott Pilgrim.”

“Although I don’t throw punches in ['Scott Pilgim Vs. The World'],” the actor explained. “I throw a lot of punches, and get the crap beat of me in ['Dead of Night'].”

http://splashpage.mtv.com/2009/06/25/dead-of-night-star-brandon-routh-talks-pg-13-rating-and-villains/

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[Infernorhythm]

I have to say, I'm really excited for this. Classic monsters, and Brandon Routh (seriously underrated, he needs to come back as Superman) make for a good combo.

[Solaris01]

I have to say, I'm really excited for this. Classic monsters, and Brandon Routh (seriously underrated, he needs to come back as Superman) make for a good combo.

Agreed on everything! :smile:

Brandon makes a great Superman for me too. I really want to see him back as Supes as well. :frown: He looks even better now. Just look at these recent pics,

http://www.aceshowbiz.com/images/events/DGG-020582.jpg

http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q188/Anya7/Brandon%20Routh/gallery_enlarged-fanboyspremeire-re.jpg


http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g39/doubledown44/Routhatevent.jpg



And the one below is a Superman manip someone from another forum made using this Dylan Dog pic.
http://shocktillyoudrop.com/nextraimages/dylanpicsmall.jpg

He is the spitting image of Clark Kent, imo,

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/1669/unleashedp.jpg


What a waste of an awesome Superman. :(

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[Solaris01]

"Masters of Web" panel!

Jul. 2, 2009


Source: Comic-Con



Last year I had tons of fun sitting in on the "Masters of the Web" panel and talking shop with my colleagues that I don't get to see very often. I was also shocked and the response from the Comic-Con attendees. I walked up to the room and there was a huge line and I thought, "I must be in the wrong place..."

The good news is that the panel is returning for its third year at Comic-Con and once again I'll be one of the guests. Joining me will be Robert Sanchez (IESB), Jeremy "Mr. Beaks" Smith (AICN), Drew McWeeny (HitFix), Brad Miska (Bloody-Disgusting), George "El Guapo" Roush (Latino Review), Ryan Rotten (Shock Till You Drop), Paul Christensen (MovieWeb), Devin Faraci (CHUD), Vic Holtreman (ScreenRant) and Wilson Morales (BlackFilm).

Director Kevin Munroe (TMNT) will be moderating the panel and Superman himself, Brandon Routh, will be in attendance to debut some new footage from his upcoming movie DEAD OF NIGHT. All that and there are certainly a lot of hot-button issues that will spark some serious debate (and possible chair-throwing brawl). All you need to do is head to Room 32AB on Thursday at 3pm (though based on last year's interest, I'd suggest showing up a bit early). See you then!

http://joblo.com/index.php?id=27315


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[Solaris01]

The Masters of the Web are Coming to Party at Comic Con 2009

The Masters of the Web, yes we are callous enough to call ourselves that, will be holding a panel again this year at the largest gathering of geeks anywhere on Earth - San Diego Comic Con International.
The panel will be held on Thursday from 3:00 – 4:00 in Room 32AB. Last year it was standing room only so if you are coming, plan to get there early!
We've got some big surprises with director Kevin Munroe moderating the panel this year as well as stars Brandon Routh, Sam Huntington and Anita Briem in attendance to give us a sneak peek at the big screen adaptation of the Dylan Dog comic books, DEAD OF NIGHT.Come see your favorite, albeit sweaty and freakishly pale, web guys that have left their homes to attend the biggest gathering of comic book fans anywhere.
Thursday afternoon between 3:00 and 4:00pm you need to be room in 32 AB for the most awesome panel ever...not really but its still pretty cool.
An autograph signing session for DEAD OF NIGHT will immediately follow the panel and will include Brandon Routh, Sam Huntington, Anita Briem and Kevin Munroe over in Autograph Alley. An exclusive First Look DEAD OF NIGHT poster will be given away. Masters of the Web Panel with an Exclusive Sneak Peek at Dead of Night - For the third year in a row the most popular genre and movie websites are coming together to discuss how new media have affected movie making, what it takes to run a popular site, and much more in a panel discussion and Q&A session. Participants include Robert Sanchez (IESB.net), Ryan Rotten (Shocktilyoudrop.com), Mike Sampson (Joblo.com), Jeremy Smith (Aintitcoolnews.com), Brad Miska(Bloody-Disgusting.com), Drew McWeeny (Hitfix.com), Devin Faraci (CHUD.com), Paul Christensen (Movieweb.com), Wilson Morales (Blackfilm.com/AOL Black Voices), Vic Holtreman (Screenrant.com) and George Roush (Latinoreview.com).
Director Kevin Munroe (TMNT, Dead of Night) will be moderating.
Special guests include Brandon Routh, Sam Huntington and Anita Briem who will preview an exclusive sneak peek of their new film Dead of Night based on the Dylan Dog comic books.

http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7112&Itemid=99






Ashok Amritraj's Hyde Park Entertainment Group and Platinum Studios Inc. have announced that principal photography has wrapped in New Orleans, Louisiana, on their gothic thriller, Dead of Night. The film, which is also a presentation of the Omnilab Media Group, is based on the world's best-selling horror comic series, "Dylan Dog," created by Tiziano Sclavi and published by Italy's Sergio Bonelli Editore. The comic book series has sold over 56 million units in 17 languages since its debut in 1986.

Brandon Routh (Superman Returns) stars as reluctant paranormal investigator Dylan Dog, who finds himself in a "turf war" between and among the undead, and Sam Huntington who co-stars as Marcus, Dylan's wise-cracking trusted assistant. Also co-starring are Taye Diggs (TV's "Private Practice") as Vargas, head of the Vampire family, Anita Briem (Journey to the Center of the Earth) as Elizabeth, another potential in the long line of Dylan conquests and Peter Stormare (Constantine), as Wolfgang, the head of the werewolf family.

The film is directed by Kevin Munroe, whose 2007 re-imagining of TMNT resurrected the billion dollar franchise and is written by Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly (Sahara and Conan the Barbarian).

"Dylan Dog is a character that brilliantly mixes charisma, affability, and hard-driven principles," said Munroe. "I couldn't be happier with Brandon's portrayal -- he meshed all of those aspects into a charming action hero, funny as he was ass-kicking. I can't wait to share his work with the world."

Platinum Studios chairman and CEO Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, who brought the billion dollar "Men in Black" franchise to Sony, and Hyde Parks' Amritraj are producing with Gilbert Adler (Valkyrie, Superman Returns and Constantine). Executive Producers include Omnilab Media's Christopher Mapp, Matthew Street and David Whealy, Cinemarket's Peter Graves, The Greenberg Group's Randy Greenberg, who brought all of the parties together, Hyde Park's Patrick Aiello, Kevin Munroe, Lars Sylvest and Film Production Capital LLC's Will French and Stephen Roberts. Platinum Studios' Brian Altounian and Rich Marincic are co-producing along with Hyde Park's Manu Gargi.

Hyde Park and Platinum Studios completed the financing for the picture with Omnilab Media, and Hong Kong-based Standard Chartered Bank. Omnilab Media will play a key role in securing and/or overseeing North American distribution for the picture as it recently has for "The Bank Job," "W," and "The Messenger."
Locations for "DEAD OF NIGHT" included the Saenger Theatre, Lafayette Cemetery, Canal Street in the French Quarter, the Buckner Mansion and Latter Memorial Library in the Garden District, the Beaux Mart, the Andry Street Wharf, Audubon Park and the Louisiana Film Studios.

The film is currently in post-production in Burbank, California with Academy Award-winning editor Paul Hirsch ("Star Wars," "Footloose," "Mission Impossible" and "Righteous Kill"). Additional behind-the-scenes talent includes Cinematographer Geoff Hall ("Dying Breed" and "Chopper") and three-time Academy Award-winning Makeup Effects House DRAC Studios ("Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Bram Stokers' Dracula" and "Mrs. Doubtfire").

http://www.superherohype.com/news/topnews.php?id=8485


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[Solaris01]

2 more Updates,


Omnilab Media is continuing to invest heavily in production, with its latest thriller, Dead of Night, wrapping up its US-based shoot last month.
Producer Gilbert Adler says Dead of Night – which follows a reluctant private investigator drawn into the world of vampires, werewolves, ghouls and the undead – attracted strong interest from investors.
“The way movies are pieced together these days, in regards to the financing, is not like the old days when you used to visit four dentists in Michigan or Sydney and ask them to write you a cheque,” he told IF FX from the set in New Orleans last month.
“It's far more sophisticated because of the interest in the picture from around the world. We found out about Omnilab – they loved the script, had the right attitude, were very clued up about making sure the quality would be of a certain standard and have been great partners all the way.”
The $US20 million film is currently in post-production and also counts Hong Kong-based Standard Chartered Bank as co-financier.
The film is based on the best-selling Italian book series Dylan Dog, written by Tiziano Sclavi, which has sold more than 56 million units worldwide and been translated into 17 different languages.
The story is about the adventures of a supernatural private eye (Dylan Dog - played by Brandon Routh) who seeks out monsters on the streets of the Louisiana bayou in his signature red shirt, black jacket and blue jeans. Originally set in Europe, the filmmakers have instead chosen to set it in New Orleans’ marshy swampland.
“In our movie, Dylan Dog is retired but decides to come back to work because something bad has happened to a person he cares about a great deal. His friend Marcus works alongside him on the investigations, making it a terrific buddy movie,” he says.
“It features plenty of great make-up effects created by DRAC Studios, who won an Oscar for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. They have created some really cool transformations for some of the characters – the likes of which we haven't ever seen in movies before. I always like to do something a bit different on each movie and to push the envelop a little bit because nobody wants to see the same old thing all the time.”
The film is directed by Kevin Munroe, whose 2007 re-imagining of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles resurrected the billion-dollar franchise. Munroe will focus less on the character’s transformation from human to non-human and more on the seamless interaction between the living and the undead.
As well as featuring extensive make-up effects, Adler says the film will include CGI, stop motion animation and time-lapse photography.
“I don't think any movie can sustain itself just by using one type of effect. We basically look at the character and allow everything to grow from there. For instance, a certain effect will be needed to create an emotional connection with the audience – so we think about how we can accomplish this in the best way.
“But we won't be using any fully CGI creatures because that kind of effect is used too much in the world of commercials and I think it is more than a turn off than an enhancement to the movie. You really have to make sure the quality is there in all areas to make it feel like its real. Once the audience does not feel like it's real, it all over.”
The Lab Sydney general manager Lewis Pullen says it has been funding films for a long time. The Lab is one of several companies owned by Omnilab.
“We are interested in filmmakers with credibility who have done a good job in securing finance for a movie. One of the ways in which we help local filmmakers get their project off the ground is by cash flowing the Tax Offset.
“I'm also happy to work with local filmmakers in the domestic market on lower level budget movies too. We are definitely planning to lift our involvement in this area too. Supporting filmmakers to get their films up is as good as it gets and we want to continue to work hard in this area.”
Omnilab also funded other well-known films such as The Bank Job, W and The Messenger.
“Bran Nue Dae is another movie we helped to get off the ground. Without our help it would never have got up and running. It's also great to be working in a joint venture with George Miller on Happy Feet 2 because we do actually see a chance of building a world class film industry here.”
Omnilab will find an Australian distributor for Dead of Night and its post-production company iloura will do the visual effects on the movie.
http://if.com.au/2009/07/07/article/Omnilab-revives-Dead-of-Night/XBNCDOTKEO.html




IESB is once again hosting our WRATH OF CON party. Those of you that were there last year, and you know who you are, will agree that it was a kick ass event with plenty of booze, boobs and well, more boobs.

The party will take place on Friday night at the Hard Rock Hotel on the rooftop once again and will be loaded with plenty of VIPs, celebrities and online folk. We've got several really great sponsors and partners pulling out all the stops at the party including Poynt, Dead of Night, TNA Wrestling, Capcom vs Marvel 2, FEARnet Horror Channel, 20th Century Fox, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, Monster, American Original Entertainment, Poor Boy Productions/Poor Dog Entertainment and many more.

TNA Wrestling is even bringing down a six sided wrestling ring along with some of their hottest names including Kurt Angle, Chris Daniels, Suicide and the Motorcity Machine Guns.


You can see the logo of the movie ("Dead of Night") on the invitation card for the party. It's the same exact style they use on the Dylan Dog comics,

http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=7113&Itemid=99

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[Solaris01]

Comic-Con Clarification


Just to make it clear to everyone planning to come (and I hope there are thousands of you!):

The panel starts at 10am on Thursday July 23rd in Room 32AB.

The autograph session with Kevin, Brandon and some surprise others starts at 12 noon in the autograph hall.
There are no tickets for the autographs, but there is a full hour between the panel and the signing session, so there should be plenty of time to get upstairs and get a good place in line. Knowing the guys that are signing, they’ll probably stay as long as the Con lets them, as they love fans. So there shouldn’t be any trouble everyone getting an autograph that wants one.

I’ll be there in the audience and will provide a full report here after it happens. I’ll try to make it that night, in fact, but I’m not promising anything. I just got to see the footage they’ll be showing today and it’s pretty freakin’ cool!!!

http://deadofnightmovie.wordpress.com/2009/07/15/comic-con-clarification/


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[West Mantooth]

Sucks he's going to hounded with questions about Supes when we all know he doesn't know anything. Heck, the WB doesn't know anything.

[Solaris01]

Teaser Poster

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g39/doubledown44/deadofnight.jpg

http://shocktillyoudrop.com/nextraimages/dylan-poster-small.jpg

http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/comicsnews.php?id=11167


Official Movie Site:
http://www.deadofnight-themovie.com/






SDCC 09: Dead of Night Preview
Brandon Routh and the filmmakers behind the Dylan Dog movie.


July 23, 2009 - IGN Movies was on-hand today for the "Masters of the Web" panel at San Diego Comic-Con, where the stars and filmmakers of the forthcoming comic book adaptation Dead of Night provided fans with a first look at the movie.

The horror action-comedy is based on the beloved Italian comic book Dylan Dog. The film is directed by TMNT's Kevin Munroe and the cast includes Superman Returns co-stars Brandon Routh and Sam Huntington, Anita Briem (Journey to the Center of the Earth), Peter Stormare, Taye Diggs, and TNA wrestling star Kurt Angle. Routh, Huntington, Briem, Munroe, and production companies Hyde Park and Platinum Studios presented a promo reel of footage to the fans.

Dead of Night, scripted by Conan the Barbarian writers Joshua Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly, takes place in a world where vampires, werewolves and zombies hide in plain sight among us. These nocturnal beings try not to draw attention to themselves from humans, working third-shift jobs and avoiding the daylight. But occasionally things don't go according to plan.

Enter Dylan (Routh), a paranormal investigator all too familiar with the supernatural who is trying to put his past behind him when the story opens. But when Dylan is hired by Elizabeth (Briem) to track down a missing artifact, he -- along with amiable sidekick Marcus (Huntington), a replacement for the comic's Groucho character -- finds himself reluctantly pulled back into the realm of the undead.

Updating the story from London to the European-flavored New Orleans, the filmmakers are striving to make a movie in the vein of such comedic genre classics as Big Trouble in Little China, Ghostbusters, and Men in Black.
The promo reel showed both behind-the-scenes footage as well as scenes from the movie. The reel opened with a man holding a gun to Dylan's head, accusing the private eye of ruining people's lives. Dylan tells the man he cocked the gun too soon. We see Dylan blowing away men at a card table, Stormare confronting Dylan, a funny scene where Sam's character Marcus learns from Dylan that he's become a zombie, and a lot of footage of Dylan battling a giant, muscle-bound demon (played by Brian Steele) as well as Dylan getting roughed up by Angle.

There are also glimpses at the relationship between Routh and Briem's characters, beginning with her hiring of Dylan and his explaining to her that New Orleans is where you go if you're a creature of the night who wants to hide in plain sight.

http://movies.ign.com/articles/100/1006547p1.html


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[Solaris01]

Video interview with CBR on his upcoming movies,

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=video&show_id=130861


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[Solaris01]

Great new interview,

SET VISIT: We Creep Into the Dead of Night with Brandon Routh and Sam Huntington!

http://www.movieweb.com/news/NEF8rOHJFyZsJL



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[Solaris01]

Updates,

"Dead of Night" on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dylan-Dog-Dead-of-Night-FILM/110077592945


Brian Altounian on the first Director's Cut of the movie (video),
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1212666960516&ref=mf



Excellent article delving into Dylan’s character (and Hellboy's),

Dylan Dog vs. Hellboy: A Study of Pulp and Pop Pastiche

http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/109764-dylan-dog-vs.-hellboy-a-study-of-pulp-and-pop-pastiche/



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[Solaris01]

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
DylanDogFilms's Channel

http://www.youtube.com/user/DylanDogFilms


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[Solaris01]

Exclusive Test Screening Review of ‘Dead of Night’


– by VANNA LAND –

A few nights ago, I was able to attend the very first test screening of “Dead of Night,” starring Brandon Routh (of “Superman Returns”) as Dylan Dog and directed by Kevin Munroe (of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).

The screening was “invite only” and the audience was prepped before the screening that we were the very first audience to view the film and that it was not in the final ready-to-be-released form. We were warned that much of the CGI was still to be added, but to use our imaginations as to what it might be, that the finished movie would be every bit as polished as other current movies.

I was fortunate to sit with three people in the theater that helped fill up the time waiting for the movie to start. After talking about the business to one of them, he confessed that he was a screenwriter. I won’t mention his name, since I believe I was the only one who knew he was there. I will say this: I was in very good company and just wanted to give a shout out in case he reads this. I look forward to your next work hitting the big screen.
In case you are not familiar with the Dylan Dog character — he is a very big deal in Italy — the original character was created by Tiziano Sclavi in the mid-1980s and is a recovering alcoholic nightmare investigator living in London.

The world in which he lives is filled with monsters — such as vampires, zombies and werewolves from the movie world — who secretly living all around us. Dylan almost always wears the same clothes: a red long-sleeved shirt, black jacket and a pair of blue jeans. In the comics, he has an assistant named Groucho who is a former celebrity impersonator who became frozen into the character he once impersonated. Dylan and Groucho drive around in an old black-over-white VW convertible bug. Oh, and Dylan gets beaten up … a lot … but he always gets the girl … unfortunately not for long.

Now, to the movie. Much of the Dylan Dog lore is there, such as the trademark clothes and the VW bug. However, due to the fact that Disney has trademark rights to images of a white VW bug (thanks to “Herbie”), the colors are reversed, with white over black.

Dylan’s world-weary attitude is fully intact and is well played by Routh.

Due to issues concerning the cost to license the Groucho character, Dylan’s assistant — played by Sam Huntington (Jimmy Olsen in “Superman Returns”) — is a new character named Marcus.

Marcus is soon living his own nightmare with a lot of humorous turns — at least it is funny for the audience. It is never fully explained just why Dylan has relocated to New Orleans, but we are shown the reasons why he turned his back on his nightmare investigations and is trying to leave the past behind him … along with the nightmare world.

I found the movie totally charming from start to finish with plenty of laughs, just enough gore and suspense and lots of witty banter, even between the most unlikely of characters.

At first, I thought Routh seemed a bit stiff, then I realized he was channeling Dylan as the graphic comic shows him to be, complete with dry humor and a little world weary demeanor. I think he nailed the character, in fact. That said, I must also say that Sam Huntington almost stole the show. He was that good. You could really feel that the Dylan and Marcus characters presented on screen were buddies. And the ending was a big surprise.
I believe the movie will have a broad appeal beyond the typical horror genre fans. The audience certainly seemed to enjoy the movie. Everyone was laughing at the right times and quiet at other times. I found the humor was just right — as was the pacing and action scenes. Dylan was the dry reluctant hero who returns to his true calling; the female lead, Elizabeth, is played with just the right amount of fragility and spunk by Anita Briem (of “Journey to the Center of the Earth”); and Marcus was a riot almost from the get-go. Rounding out the cast was Taye Diggs as the leader of a Vampire gang, Brian Steele as an imposing Tattooed Zombie and Kurt Angle as a powerful werewolf.

The movie had a nice mix of music, but, just as we were warned, there were a lot of CGI special effects that still need to be added. At certain places, a caption would pop up saying CGI XYZ here. Also, in a big fight scene, we got to see the wires on Routh that were used to propel his character after being hit. It was cool to be able to see that. At the end it just said, “Credit Roll,” or something to that effect.

Speaking of the end, the ending definitely leaves the idea for sequels wide open.

“Dead of Night” is due to take a bite out of the box office Spring or Fall 2010.

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[Solaris01]

Trailer for DYLAN DOG: DEAD OF NIGHT!!

http://www.upcominghorrormovies.com/news/trailer-dylan-dog-dead-night


Looks awesome!

[The Batman]

Both Routh and Huntington come off well, but some of the other stuff not so much. There's just something about the look and lighting that makes the thing look, well, cheap. I dunno, it's in post-production apparently so all that might improve.

Could've done without the Buffy-styled vampires too.

How was Scott Pilgrim Solaris01?