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(August 13, 2002)
BULLETPROOF MONK TRADE PAPERBACK DELAYED
<sigh>...... The Bulletproof Monk trade paperback has
been delayed yet again. According to the official Image
Comics website, the comic's 1-volume re-release has been delayed
one week to the week of August 21.
(August 9, 2002)
BULLETPROOF MONK ITEMS ON EBAY
Several Bulletproof Monk-related items have sufaced for sale on
auction website Ebay.com in the past few days. Among the
items are Bulletproof Monk caps with the red letters "BPM" in
scribble writing against a plain black cap, which were given away at last
week's Comic Con in San Diego; and 8"x10" black & white
official press photographs of Sean William Scott (as "Kar")
and Jamie King (as "Bad Girl) from the movie. (click on
thumbnails below to enlarge image)
(August 6, 2002)
BULLETPROOF MONK TRADE PAPERBACK RELEASE DATE
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REPORT FROM COMIC CON SAN
DIEGO
According to the official Image
Comics website, the Bulletproof Monk trade paperback will
be released the week of August 14. The trade paperback combines all
three of the original comic's issues in one volume and includes new
artwork as well as an introduction by John Woo (producer of the
Bulletproof Monk movie). This re-release has been postponed since
April. Here is the official description of the comic at the site
(note: the movie is not directly based on the comic):
After saving a Tibetan village from
Nazi scientists, the Bulletproof Monk disappeared into legend, leaving
behind a story that has been passed down for generations and a hope for
his return. Kar, a young man now living in the U.S., searches for his
peoples' hero while he evades secret agents and tries to find acceptance
and love in a local gang.
Filmmaker John Woo provides the introduction to this collected edition
of The Bulletproof Monk mini-series. The three-part story chronicles a
young man's search for a Tibetan legend. Who is the Bulletproof Monk,
why are the Chinese afraid of him and where is he now? Features a new
cover by Mike Oeming.
As reported before, Sean William Scott and
Jamie King were at last week's Comic Con International comics
convention in San Diego to preview clips from Bulletproof Monk.
Aint-It-Cool News
has a report from Phasmatrope who was there for the preview:
*One final pseudo-event I caught was a
brief panel and rough preview of the Paul Hunter-directed
"Bulletproof Monk" adapation, starring Chow Yun-Fat, Jamie
King (formerly James), and Seann William Scott (the latter two who were
both there).
It looks more or less like your
standard kung fu actioner, and despite some decent mentor/student scenes
being Chow and Seann, didn't look like anything we haven't seen before.
I guess part of this may be having to get used to the idea of seeing
Seann William Scott of "American Pie" fame in an action role
where he's supposed to become this badass, but it'd be unfair to
pigeonhole the dude, and anyway both he and James King seemed really
excited to be involved in it.
Seann himself openly admitted to
having few interests in his spare time other than watching movies, and
that as an old fan of Chow Yun-Fat's work he was especially honored to
be performing alongside him now. We'll see...
(July 22, 2002) CLIPS TO
BE SHOWN AT COMIC CONVENTION IN SAN DIEGO
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IMAGES FROM MOVIE
Seann William Scott and Jamie King will be on hand at next
week's Comic Con International comics convention in San Diego to
preview clips from Bulletproof Monk, answer questions, and sign
autographs. The annual convention runs this year from July 31 -
August 4 at the downtown San Diego Convention Centre. MGM will also
present clips from the upcoming 007 film Die Another Day along with clips
from Bulletproof Monk. The session takes place August 2 at 3pm.
Go to the official Comic
Con International 2002 Program page for more info.
(thanks to DarkHorizons.com
for the info)
  
The above images from Bulletproof Monk
have surfaced over at the Hong Kong television station website tvb.com.
The first image has been previously posted online (at MonkeyPeaches.com
and other online publications), and the 2nd and 3rd are from clips that
the studio had previously released to media in North America and Asia.
click
here to view Bulletproof Monk webpage at tvb.com (in Chinese)
(thanks to MonkeyPeaches.com
for the info)
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