{"id":64069,"date":"2012-10-12T12:11:54","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T12:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2012\/10\/12\/guillermo-del-toro-to-release-pacific-rim-graphic-novel-before-films-release\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T10:25:09","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T10:25:09","slug":"guillermo-del-toro-to-release-pacific-rim-graphic-novel-before-films-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/guillermo-del-toro-to-release-pacific-rim-graphic-novel-before-films-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Guillermo del Toro to Release ‘Pacific Rim’ Graphic Novel Before Film\u2019s Release"},"content":{"rendered":"

NYCC 2012 – Guillermo del Toro to Release ‘Pacific Rim’ Graphic Novel Before Film\u2019s Release<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

October 12, 2012<\/p>\n

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Film Director Guillermo del Toro<\/strong> (Pan\u2019s Labyrinth, Pacific Rim) and comic creator Grant Morrison<\/strong> (Batman, X-Men) were on hand at Legendary Comics\u2019 pre-New York Comic-Con media event to announce two all-new projects for the comics division of Legendary Entertainment. The announcements come on the heels of the launch of the first volume of The Tower Chronicles, Legendary\u2019s first original IP release written by Matt Wagner<\/strong> and drawn by Simon Bisley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

With these two projects added to the slate, Legendary is poised for an impressive 2013 with projects also being released by Mark Waid, Max Brooks, and Shane Davis (Shadow Walk) and J. Michael Straczynski (The Majestic Files) as well as further releases from The Tower Chronicles.
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As fans continue to soak in all new details regarding Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures upcoming motion picture release Pacific Rim, del Toro used New York Comic-Con to announce the Pacific Rim graphic novel. A must-read for anyone who wants to see the movie, the graphic novel will serve as a prequel, providing important details on the characters and the lead up to the story arc of the movie. Written by the film\u2019s writer Travis Beacham (Clash of the Titans), the graphic novel is written in three distinct parts \u2013 covering the in-world history from the first attack up to just before the movie.<\/p>\n

Each part tells a complete episode of that history, dipping selectively in and out of character backstories and sometimes focusing on new characters who aren’t necessarily in the movie. The idea is to expand the universe and explore how this war has affected not only our heroes, but the world beyond the film. That said, Stacker Pentecost’s (Idris Elba) origin will figure into all three parts, tracking his journey to high-ranking commander.<\/p>\n

Annihilator<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Morrison brings to the pages a thrilling story starring wild-living screenwriter Ray Spass, who has one last chance to save his career as he struggles to write a new studio tent-pole movie, Annihilator.<\/p>\n

The film centers around the incredible adventures of Max Nomax; a sci-fi rebel anti-hero who\u2019s condemned to a haunted prison orbiting a supermassive black hole, following an epic struggle against the all-knowing, all\u2013powerful artificial life form VADA and his squad of deadly Annihilators. Found guilty of the Greatest Crime in History, Nomax has vowed to clear his name by discovering a Cure for Death itself and resurrecting his lost love.<\/p>\n

But with deadlines looming and a recently-diagnosed brain tumor, Spass is running out of time and inspiration \u2013 until the real Max Nomax mysteriously appears in the world of 21st century Los Angeles with no memory of how he got there, only a terrifying warning of imminent destruction and a mission for Ray Spass.<\/p>\n

Ray\u2019s tumor is the key\u2014it contains all the information of Nomax\u2019s adventures, uploaded into Ray\u2019s head before Nomax made his great escape. Now, Ray has to finish his screenplay in order to get the information out of his head and shrink the tumor. Nomax needs Ray to finish the screenplay so he can remember how to defeat VADA and ultimately save the universe from extinction \u2013 if Makro, the unstoppable rogue Annihilator, doesn\u2019t kill get to them first, that is.<\/p>\n

But who or what is Max Nomax really? And why is it the more we learn, the less we want to know? A heart-stopping suspense thriller. A love story. An impossible mystery. A tale of vengeance and defiance \u2013 bargains and consequences – life and death \u2013 good and evil.<\/p>\n

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