Maveric
07-26-2008, 05:56 PM
Believe it or not…
July 19th, 2008
Author JK Parkin
The Greatest American Hero is returning next week at the San Diego Comic-Con … look for an interview with series creator Stephen J. Cannell and actor William Katt on Newsarama next week for more information. Until then, you can check out a video teaser and press release after the jump…
After twenty-five years, this beloved cult series is being re-introduced to the world as a comic book series. In addition, two special announcements will be made regarding the resurrection of the “Greatest American Hero” franchise.
http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/07/19/believe-it-or-not/#more-8864
Greatest American Hero - The Return: Comics, Toon & Film
By Vaneta Rogers
posted: 2008-07-22
The Greatest American Hero franchise will start its resurgence this fall with a six-issue comic book series from Arcana Studios in conjunction with Catastrophic Comics, the publishing company recently launched by the TV show's star, William Katt.
The six-issue series will be drawn by artist Clint Hilinski and written by Katt with Christopher Folino and Sean O'Reilly. "The initial three books will be a re-telling of the origin story from the two-hour pilot, although we've taken some liberties," Katt said. "We've truncated some of the storyline with the kids. And we changed a little bit of the bad guys, giving them more of a role in it. We wanted a recurring villain in it -- kind of like a Lex Luthor.
Stephen Herek (Mr. Holland's Opus, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure) is slated to direct the movie, with a screenplay written by Chris Matheson and Ryan Rowe.
"It's Ralph Hinckley and Pam Davidson and Bill Maxwell," Cannell said, indicating that the original three characters from the TV show would still be the focus of the movie. "We rehung it slightly in the screenplay. And with most action movies, you'd try to get an MPAA rating on it of PG-13. But this movie script we've got is a PG. I want it to be something that kids can go and see. So it has a lot of humor in it; it's got a lot of effects. But basically, it's still Ralph with the suit destroying his life, and Maxwell's the Fed he can't control, and all those elements that were in the last story were rehung slightly. You don't want to do just a cookie-cutter reproduction of the pilot. You want to bring it to life for a new audience and a new generation."
Also announced in San Diego will be a series of four-minute animated shorts for the web and cell phones that will tell stories from the Greatest American Hero. The Flash animation will differ from the comic books because it will fill in a gap between the first two seasons.
"We have Connie, Bob and Bill on board [to do voices] and we will do our best to get the supporting roles," said Christopher Folino, Katt's partner at Catastrophic Comics.
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080722-GAHReturns.html
July 19th, 2008
Author JK Parkin
The Greatest American Hero is returning next week at the San Diego Comic-Con … look for an interview with series creator Stephen J. Cannell and actor William Katt on Newsarama next week for more information. Until then, you can check out a video teaser and press release after the jump…
After twenty-five years, this beloved cult series is being re-introduced to the world as a comic book series. In addition, two special announcements will be made regarding the resurrection of the “Greatest American Hero” franchise.
http://blog.newsarama.com/2008/07/19/believe-it-or-not/#more-8864
Greatest American Hero - The Return: Comics, Toon & Film
By Vaneta Rogers
posted: 2008-07-22
The Greatest American Hero franchise will start its resurgence this fall with a six-issue comic book series from Arcana Studios in conjunction with Catastrophic Comics, the publishing company recently launched by the TV show's star, William Katt.
The six-issue series will be drawn by artist Clint Hilinski and written by Katt with Christopher Folino and Sean O'Reilly. "The initial three books will be a re-telling of the origin story from the two-hour pilot, although we've taken some liberties," Katt said. "We've truncated some of the storyline with the kids. And we changed a little bit of the bad guys, giving them more of a role in it. We wanted a recurring villain in it -- kind of like a Lex Luthor.
Stephen Herek (Mr. Holland's Opus, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure) is slated to direct the movie, with a screenplay written by Chris Matheson and Ryan Rowe.
"It's Ralph Hinckley and Pam Davidson and Bill Maxwell," Cannell said, indicating that the original three characters from the TV show would still be the focus of the movie. "We rehung it slightly in the screenplay. And with most action movies, you'd try to get an MPAA rating on it of PG-13. But this movie script we've got is a PG. I want it to be something that kids can go and see. So it has a lot of humor in it; it's got a lot of effects. But basically, it's still Ralph with the suit destroying his life, and Maxwell's the Fed he can't control, and all those elements that were in the last story were rehung slightly. You don't want to do just a cookie-cutter reproduction of the pilot. You want to bring it to life for a new audience and a new generation."
Also announced in San Diego will be a series of four-minute animated shorts for the web and cell phones that will tell stories from the Greatest American Hero. The Flash animation will differ from the comic books because it will fill in a gap between the first two seasons.
"We have Connie, Bob and Bill on board [to do voices] and we will do our best to get the supporting roles," said Christopher Folino, Katt's partner at Catastrophic Comics.
http://www.newsarama.com/comics/080722-GAHReturns.html