Graeme McMillan

Born in a crossfire hurricane in the Scotland of the 1970s, Graeme was raised on a diet of comics, Doctor Who and gritty life on the streets just like in Trainspotting. Escaping to the US and life as a writer in 2002, he has written for Time, Wired, Playboy and the Hollywood Reporter, amongst many other places.

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Milk Screenwriter To Create Small Movie About Big Man

Dustin Lance Black, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Milk, has joined the long line of moviemakers taking their inspirations from comic books. But even thought Black’s new movie, 3 Story: The Secret History of The Giant Man, will feature a man larger than the norm, don’t assume that this will be another standard superhero …

New Thundercats, Ho?

This poster showed up at my door this morning (Excuse the early-morning iPhone photo):

If the glossiness of the iPhone shot is too much, this is the important part:

Along with the poster, there was a note telling me to “Answer The Call,” along with a link to a website that offered up this additional image –

– along …

Happy 20th Birthday, Total Recall

It’s the twentieth anniversary of the release of Total Recall, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Paul Verhoven’s appropriately subtle science fiction tale of a man whose dreams reveal a forgotten history and connection to Mars. But, while the movie may be best remembered for the line “Consider that a divorce” and watching people’s heads react to …

FlashForward Ep. 1.22: How Soon Is Now?

With a season’s worth of mysteries to clear up, ABC’s FlashForward reached its conclusion last night with answers, contradictions and the most unsatisfying series finale imaginable.

Even if the series had been renewed fro the second season its makers were clearly hoping for – Why else include a second flashforward at the very end of …

Official: James McAvoy Is Young, Hairy Charles Xavier

Both X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine have shown us that the young Professor Charles Xavier looks just like a CGI’d Patrick Stewart in an unconvincing wig, but Matthew Vaughn’s X-Men: First Class looks set to reveal that he was, in fact, a Scot with genuine follicles.

Wanted‘s James McAvoy will play the young Xavier …

Michael Bay To Bring His Explosive Touch To Ninja Turtles

Transformers director Michael Bay clearly wants to touch your childhood. How else to explain the fact that, in addition to his uber-successful movies about robots in disguise, he’s just signed on to produce the movie reboot for four well-known Heroes In A Half Shell?

Bay’s production company Platinum Dunes has been brought in to …

Is ABC Really Hoping To Reboot Alias?

With Lost barely finished, you’d think that ABC would want to take a break from serialized geek-friendly shows for awhile, especially following the cancellation of FlashForward and failure of Happy Town. A new rumor suggests just the opposite, however, saying that the alphabet network are so desperate for a new Lost that they’re looking …

Disney On Kirby Lawsuit: Vague And Baseless

In a move sure to surprise no-one, the Walt Disney Company have gotten involved in the ongoing legal battle between the heirs of Jack Kirby and recent Disney purchase Marvel Entertainment over the rights to the many characters that Kirby created for the publisher, including the X-Men, Iron Man, the Hulk and many more.

On Monday, …

DC Confirms Shift To $3.99 Price Point

DC Comics has confirmed reports that it is moving to a $3.99 price point for some of its 32-page DC Universe and Vertigo imprint series effective July, following a week of speculation sparked by the release of the publisher’s August solicitations.

Bleeding Cool was the first to break the news that the publisher was not only following …

How Superman Finally Got The Krypton He Deserves

It’s taken more than 70 years, but Superman finally has the one thing he’s always wanted: a home. Today sees the release of Superman: War of The Supermen #4, the final part of a massive, four-year-long arc running throughout various DC Comics titles that has seen his homeworld of Krypton come back to life – and the characters’ creators …

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