You heard it here first
kids, and straight from the man himself! 30 Days of Night creator
and writer Steve Niles officially announced on the 76th weekly Bigfanboy
Livecast that his new film project is going to be Wake The Dead, based on
his IDW 2003 comic book of the same name. The film is a collaborative
project between Niles and director Jay
Russell (Ladder 49, The Water Horse:
Legend of the Deep), and a definite change of pace for Russell, who
apparently wants to do horror. Steve also mentioned the screenplay will be
written by James
V. Hart (Bram Stoker's Dracula, Contact).
People have been curious what Niles would do next, after the box office success
of 30 Days of Night last October, and it's subsequent success on DVD.
Steve expressed his excitement over the project moving forward, after getting
clearance to announce it only an hour beforehand. During his appearance on
the Livecast, he also talked about working with artist Kelley Jones on the new
DC book Batman: Gotham After Midnight, a twelve-issue mini-series.
You can hear Steve's interview more in depth by downloading the 76th episode RIGHT
HERE (right click and save - Steve comes on
just over the 16 minute mark). The Bigfanboy Livecast can be heard
every Thursday night on Talkshoe.com at 10pm Central (11pm Eastern). You
can also look for Steve Niles' new comic with Bernie Wrightson called Dead
She Said, now available from IDW Publishing. And as of this week Steve's
Batman book should be on the shelf of your local comic shop. Bigfanboy.com
says pick it up!
This is a WAKE
THE DEAD teaser put together by these guys to get ideas of what the movie
could be.
You can find out
more about Steve Niles by going HERE.
You heard it here first
kids, and straight from the man himself! 30 Days of Night creator
and writer Steve Niles officially announced on the 76th weekly Bigfanboy
Livecast that his new film project is going to be Wake The Dead, based on
his IDW 2003 comic book of the same name. The film is a collaborative
project between Niles and director 
