With 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: The Last Stand burning up the summer box office and Warner Bros.’ Superman Returns sure to follow, premium cable channel Starz is set to air When Comic Books Attack, a 24-hour marathon of comic-book based movies such as Hellboy, Sin City, Tank Girl, Steel, Judge Dredd, Blade: Trinity and Nick Fury: Agent of Shield. Also debuting on the network later this month is Starz The Hollywood Reporter: Comic Books on Film, a new half-hour documentary special that will examine the successful trend of bringing these pulp stories of hyper heroics to the big screen.
Starz The Hollywood Reporter is a weekly entertainment news program that focuses on the big business of making movies. The comic-book special includes interviews with Superman Returns star Brandon Routh, Batman Begins‘ Christian Bale and X-Men trilogy castmates Hugh Jackman and Halle Berry. It will premiere on June 25 at 6:30 p.m. as part of the movie marathon. To see a preview of Starz The Hollywood Reporter: Comic Books on Film, go to http://boss.streamos.com/wmedia/starzencore/20060602/comic_book_lf_w_grfx_w.wvx.
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