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BSG Director To Craft Witchblade

Graeme McMillan — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:30:00 PDT

Very definitely going from the sublime to the ridiculous, director Michael Rymer is leaving the set of the final episode of Battlestar Galactica and heading towards the dubious bright, jewel-encrusted lights of the movie version of Top Cow's Witchblade series.

According to Variety, Rymer, who's helmed some of the most important episodes of Sci Fi's flagship from the initial mini-series right up through the current season (including contributing to the writing of the Resurrection Ship two-parter), has signed on to direct and co-produce the big budget adaptation of Top Cow's Buffy meets Green Lantern comic.

This won't be the first time that Witchblade has escaped the confines of the printed page; as well as a two-season run on TNT, the series was also adapted into Japanese Anime a couple of years ago.

Michael Rymer directing 'Witchblade' [Variety]

The Great Revelation Of True Blood's Comic Origins

Graeme McMillan — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:00:51 PDT

New HBO vampire series True Blood isn't limited its online presence to ads for fake products and the by-now-traditional ARG; they're also taking a page out've Heroes' book and getting the story started early courtesy of an online comic, The Great Revelation. Find out more and see preview images under the jump.

Serializing a print comic that will also include backstory on the series as well as an interview with the show's creator, Six Feet Under's Alan Ball, Top Cow Productions' True Blood: The Great Revelation aims to fill in some of the history of TruBlood, the show's synthetic blood substitute, as California's "vampire king" visits Japan to meet with its creators.

Following it's San Diego Comic-Con debut, True Blood: The Great Revelation launches on HBO's website July 24th.

Exclusive: "True Blood: The Great Revelation" Preview [Comic Book Resources]