Personal/Website News
Michele and I interviewed cosplay couple Steven and Tiffany Carmel Lake on the Scholars from the Edge of Time program where we talked about the art of cosplay.
Earlier in the week I had a quick appearance on the Voice of Olympus program to talk about Antonio Margheriti’s film Devil of the Desert Against the Son of Hercules. Both podcast appearances have been added to the podcast appearance index.
I did a write up of the neo-peplum comic Elysian Fields #0 and an interview with the comic’s creator Michael Oden.
This upcoming weekend we will be recording our newt episode of the H. P. Lovecast Podcast where we discuss stories form the book Swords Against Cthulhu.
Michele and I will also be appearing on the program Chatting with Sherri.
General Neo-Peplum News
Michael Oden’s neo-peplum comic, Elysian Fields: The Pyramid Gambit, launches on Indiegogo.
Screenrant has an article up “10 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About The Making Of Gladiator (2000)” in honour of the film’s 20th anniversary that was celebrated earlier this year. A condensed list of the trivia:
- General Maximus was an amalgam of many historic peoples, with Mel Gibson, Antonio Banderas, and Hugh Jackman all considered for the role.
- There was lots of re-writes and ad-libbing
- The coliseum was 1/3 built and 2/3 CGI
- Opening battle scene in Germania took 3 weeks to film
- Oliver Reed died and his remaining scenes were accomplished with rewrites, body doubles, and CGI.
- Maximus was going to fight a rhino instead of a tiger.
- Film shot with different cameras and different frame rates.
- The blurry sequences during a big fight scene were accidentally caused during post-production, but they went with it.
- Joaquin Phoenix was super nervous to play his part, so to help out, Russell Crowe got him drunk.
- Crowe got lots of injuries making the film.
The upcoming Hindi fantasy film Brahmāstra (trailer) looks to contain many India-style sword and sandal elements.
Just learned of the Byzantine Empire neo-peplum comic Theophano: A Byzantine Tale. The folks at Fanbase Press have an interview with the comic’s illustrator, Chrysa Sakel. The graphic novel is readily available on Amazon, I’ll be checking this out!
Legendary sword and sorcery film Beastmaster is getting the 4K treatment over at Vinegar Syndrome.
Comicon.com offers a sneak peak at Vampirella/Red Sonja #10.