Talk about an odd couple: could you imagine 30 Days of Night writer Steve Niles ever sitting down to make nice with Stephenie Meyer, author of The Twilight Saga???

Well, apparently that scenario isn’t just my own skewed version of What The-?!; in a recent interview with MTV News, Niles talked about how his insatiably hungry vampires from the 30 Days of Night graphic novel stacked up against Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and the rest of The Cullen Family vamps from The Twilight Saga. Shockingly enough (at least to me), Niles had nothing but good things to say about Twilight:

Steve Niles

“It’s just a different way of looking at things…Everybody assumes ...

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]]> http://screenrant.com/vampire-showdown-steve-niles-30-days-of-night-stephenie-meyer-twilight-saga-kofi-10503/feed/ 25 http://screenrant.com/30-days-of-night-most-likely-going-straight-to-dvd-ross-6964/ http://screenrant.com/30-days-of-night-most-likely-going-straight-to-dvd-ross-6964/#comments Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:43:55 +0000 Ross Miller http://screenrant.com/?p=6964 One of the more worthwhile vampire flicks of the last few years is 30 Days of Night, an adaptation of the bloody and violent comic mini-series by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith. Director David Slade (who will be directed the third Twilight movie, Eclipse) did an excellent job with it and I liked it when I saw it in theaters – but it improved for me on DVD. It’s not a fantastic film, but the vampire mythology they have in it, with the vampires having their own language amongst other things, was one of the coolest things to grace the big-screen back in 2007.

There have been rumors and whispers about a possible sequel going around ever since the first one came out, and those who are into their comics know there is not only a sequel in that form ...

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]]> http://screenrant.com/30-days-of-night-most-likely-going-straight-to-dvd-ross-6964/feed/ 6 http://screenrant.com/weekend-movie-news-wrap-november-9-2008-niall-4179/ http://screenrant.com/weekend-movie-news-wrap-november-9-2008-niall-4179/#comments Sun, 09 Nov 2008 18:49:29 +0000 Niall Browne http://screenrant.com/?p=4179 It’s Sunday so that can only mean one thing – The Weekend Movie News Wrap Up!

This week:

John Landis robs with graves with Burke and Hare; Spielberg and Will Smith eye Oldboy; Tom Hanks doesn’t take The Road To Purgatory; we can expect another 30 Days of Night and Carpenter and Cage think that it’s a Riot that they are no longer Scared Straight. Also there is the usual Box Office break down.

Box Office

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa ruled the weekend with an estimated $60 million, beating its predecessor which managed to make $47 million back in 2005. Man, family movies are making so much money these days (like when have they never?).

The runner-up spot goes to Role Models starring Seann William Scott and Paul Rudd. The film was predicted to gross around $11 million over the weekend, but instead it should make somewhere between $17-19 million. Kevin Smith must be ...

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30 Days of Night is one of those movies that’s hard to assign a star rating to when reviewing it. There are some movies that I just don’t examine too closely because they’re basically just designed to provide a thrill. You could argue the point that this only deserves and I really wouldn’t argue with you about it too much. Also, you need to know that I have not read the graphic novel the movie was based on.

The film opens promisingly enough with a number of very cool shots: From closeups on the face of a man who looks like he’s been through hell to vistas of the desolate icy wilderness surrounding the little Alaskan town where the movie takes place. ...

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]]> http://screenrant.com/review-30-days-of-night-vic-1031/feed/ 7 http://screenrant.com/30-days-of-night-sequel-vic-1020/ http://screenrant.com/30-days-of-night-sequel-vic-1020/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2007 19:58:20 +0000 Vic Holtreman http://dev2.screenrant.com/30-days-of-night-sequel-1020/ My buds over at ReelzChannel emailed me to let me know that although 30 Days of Night hasn’t even opened yet (it comes out in a few days) there’s already talk of a sequel. Here’s a brief quote from an interview they’ll be releasing tomorrow with screenwriter Brian Nelson regarding the possibility of a sequel happening:

“I’ll just tantalizingly say it is possible you might see more of The Stranger [a main character in the film] in the future.”

Look for the full interview tomorrow on their site.

Source: ReelzChannel (Be warned, there are plot spoilers on that page)

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]]> http://screenrant.com/30-days-of-night-sequel-vic-1020/feed/ 4 http://screenrant.com/30-days-of-night-photos-vic-990/ http://screenrant.com/30-days-of-night-photos-vic-990/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2007 00:15:03 +0000 Vic Holtreman http://dev2.screenrant.com/30-days-of-night-photos-990/ There are 26 new images from the upcoming vampire flick 30 Days of Night over at ReelzChannel.com. Most of the interesting ones are too creepy for me to put here full size (this isn’t a horror site after all), but you can see them by clicking on the pic on the left or on the link at the end of this post.

I don’t know much about this movie beyond having seen the trailer, but it looks like it may be one of the better vampire movies to come along. It’s directed by David Slade, who is the same guy who did the incredibly stick-to-your-brain movie about an online predator meeting his match, Hard Candy.

30 Days of Night opens on October 19th.

Source: ReelzChannel.com

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]]> http://screenrant.com/30-days-of-night-photos-vic-990/feed/ 2 http://screenrant.com/grab-bag-o-news-vic-754/ http://screenrant.com/grab-bag-o-news-vic-754/#comments Sat, 09 Jun 2007 18:43:39 +0000 Vic Holtreman http://dev2.screenrant.com/grab-bag-o-news-754/ Sheesh, it’s easy to fall behind on this movie news stuff… miss a couple of days and there’s tons of new info out on all kinds of movies. So here’s a quick grab bag of news for ya…

Bill Shatner has no idea what’s going on with Star Trek 11. Are they sure they’re going to put him in it? TrekWeb

This was a big week for new trailers. There’s a new poster and trailer out for the next Will Smith Sci Fi flick I Am Legend. Gut reaction? Looks like it’s going to be a good one. Apple.com

A trailer for the Invasion of the Body Snatchers remake titled simply The Invasion, starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. I could be wrong but to me this looks like one of those well made trailers for a movie that isn’t so great.
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