by Eric Medina, Aug 1 2011 // 8:00 AM
Tucker & Dale vs Evil is a comedy horror film about two hillbillies on their dream vacation to a cabin in the woods who get mistaken for kidnappers when they try to help out a girl that fell into the lake. Completed in 2010, this film has had a tough time finding a distributor after it premiered at Sundance.
I sat down with the director, Eli Craig, to talk about his experience with this film. The conversation started off light, with him telling me about the new trailer that was premiering that weekend at their panel in Hall H.
The Flickast: So are you having a good weekend? Have you gotten to experience Comic Con at all?
EC: I haven’t. I’ve just been doing these interviews. But I do want to go check it out. My 5 year-old son is in there somewhere running around with a chainsaw and a hillbilly costume.
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Posted in: Comedy · Comic-Con · Directors · Exclusive · Horror · Indie · News · SDCC 11
Tagged: Alan Tudyk, comedy horror, Comic-Con, Eli Craig, Interview, San Diego Comic Con 2009, SDCC11, Sundance, Tyler Labine
by John Carle, Jul 6 2009 // 8:30 AM
With San Diego Comic-Con, the biggest gathering of geekdom in the world, fast approaching, fanboys and girls prepare for one of their favorite parts of any big convention: the exclusives. Action figures, variant covers, statues, t-shirts, keychains and all other random swag branded with fan’s favorite comic, movie and tv show characters can be found in the halls of the massive San Diego Convention Center.
With San Diego Comic-Con also being the premier event for new product and franchise announcements, information and promotion, it’s only fitting that every year, their exclusives keep getting better and better.
Here are just some of the ones we here at The Flickcast are looking forward to this year:
DC Direct Blackest Night Action Figures
Limited to 1500 pieces each, except for the Green Lantern version which will have 3000 units produced, and priced at $20 each, Blackest Night is kicked off in to full effect with Hal Jordan getting the color treatment from five of the eight Lantern Corps. After having seen Hal already don a blue ring in the build to blackest night, is it possible that this is a preview of what may come for our hero?
Did the vision Hal had where Sinestro said he needs Hal’s help mean this Sinestro Corp uniform could be in Hal’s future? Regardless, DC Direct puts out high quality figures that are fantastically sculpted and these look to be no exception.
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Posted in: Comic-Con · Comics · DC · Events · Geek · Marvel · Movies
Tagged: Absolution, Blackest Night, Convention Exclusives, Dark X-Men, DC, Green Lantern, Marvel, Mighty Muggs, Minimates, San Diego Comic Con 2009, Transformers, Utopia, Wolverine