Whiteout

green · 01-28-2007, 07:31 PM

http://filmick.blogspot.com/

Joel Silver is producing a heist-come-chase film called White Out. It's apparently a bit like Hard Rain, but instead of being set amidst torrential floods, it all goes down in the middle of a calamitous snowstorm; and it's also a bit like Insomnia in that the Antarctic setting is about to be plunged into months of darkness as the story gets underway.

Kate Beckinsale is reportedly set to star as US Marshall Carrie Stetko, our heroine in pursuit of the robber-killers.

These plot details may be a little off the mark, I'm afraid, but here's the easy way to check them out: the film is an adaptation of Greg Rucka's 1999 Eisner Award-winning comic book miniseries of the same name.

more on the story...
http://www.gregrucka.com/whiteout.html
You can't get any further down than the bottom of the world—Antarctica. Cold, desolate, nothing but ice and snow for miles and miles. Carrie Stetko is a U.S. Marshal, and she's made The Ice her home. In its vastness, she has found a place where she can forget her troubled past and feel at peace.... Until someone commits a murder in her jurisdiction and that peace is shattered. The murderer is one of five men scattered across the continent, and he has more reason to hide than just the slaying. Several ice samples were taken from the area around the body, and the depth of the drilling signifies something particular was removed. Enter Lily Sharpe, who wants to know what was so important another man's life had to be taken for it. But are either of the women prepared for the secrets and betrayals at the core of the situation?

**Hunter Rider** · 01-28-2007, 09:38 PM

I really like the sound of this

and Kate

Darth Elektra · 01-28-2007, 11:36 PM

Sounds intresting.

BloodyWolverine · 01-29-2007, 04:06 AM

Can 't wait until they have a full casting list.

KenK · 01-29-2007, 06:47 AM

Wasn't Reese Witherspoon supposed to do this movie like five years ago?

green · 01-29-2007, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KenK

Wasn't Reese Witherspoon supposed to do this movie like five years ago?

Yes.

green · 01-30-2007, 05:16 PM

http://www.superherohype.com/news.php?id=5158

Sena Directing Beckinsale in Whiteout
Source: Production Weekly
January 30, 2007

Dominic Sena (Swordfish, Gone in Sixty Seconds) is set to direct Whiteout, an Antarctic whodunit adapted from a series of graphic novelsby Greg Rucka, reports Production Weekly.

Kate Beckinsale is in talks to topline the film scheduled to start shooting the first week of March in Montreal and Manitoba.

Written by Erich and Jon Hoeber, Whiteout follows U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko as she uncovers the first murder ever in the Antarctic just as the sun is about to set for six months. She must catch the killer before he leaves the ice or be stuck there with him in the dark for six months.

Darth Elektra · 01-30-2007, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by green

Written by Erich and Jon Hoeber, Whiteout follows U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko as she uncovers the first murder ever in the Antarctic just as the sun is about to set for six months. She must catch the killer before he leaves the ice or be stuck there with him in the dark for six months.

Sounds good.

Antonello Blueberry · 01-30-2007, 05:35 PM

Didn't any of you read the comic-book this movie is based on?
It's good, written by Greg Rucka and at a certain point something not so nice happens to the main character, Carrie.

matrix_ghost · 01-30-2007, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antonello Blueberry

Didn't any of you read the comic-book this movie is based on?
It's good, written by Greg Rucka and at a certain point something not so nice happens to the main character, Carrie.

GangBang ?

**Hunter Rider** · 01-30-2007, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by green

http://www.superherohype.com/news.php?id=5158

Sena Directing Beckinsale in Whiteout
Source: Production Weekly
January 30, 2007

Dominic Sena (Swordfish, Gone in Sixty Seconds) is set to direct Whiteout, an Antarctic whodunit adapted from a series of graphic novelsby Greg Rucka, reports Production Weekly.

Kate Beckinsale is in talks to topline the film scheduled to start shooting the first week of March in Montreal and Manitoba.

Written by Erich and Jon Hoeber, Whiteout follows U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko as she uncovers the first murder ever in the Antarctic just as the sun is about to set for six months. She must catch the killer before he leaves the ice or be stuck there with him in the dark for six months.

Not exactly who i hoped for but I liked Swordfish and Gone in 60 seconds was ok so hopefully he will do a good job

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antonello Blueberry

Didn't any of you read the comic-book this movie is based on?
It's good, written by Greg Rucka and at a certain point something not so nice happens to the main character, Carrie.

Ive just ordered the books and if you mean what i'm guessing you do then that might not make the cut

Steve Lieber · 01-30-2007, 10:16 PM

Hey there:
First, to those of you recommending the books, thanks! I'm really proud of having illustrated them, and it means a lot to see that they're still being talked about.

Second, I hope this sort of transparent shilling isn't heavily frowned upon here, but for those of you who haven't read WHITEOUT, our publisher Oni Press is going to re-issue the first issue of the first series as a giveaway for Free Comic Book Day.

If you haven't read it yet, here's the whole first issue at my site.

Best,
Steve Lieber

Darth Elektra · 01-30-2007, 10:49 PM

Can I find the book on Amazon?

Steve Lieber · 01-30-2007, 11:41 PM

Whiteout at Amazon.

And I'll include links to a comic shop too, because they've been the ones supporting the book all this time:
Things from Another World.
(Again, apologies if coming on the boards and doing this is obnoxious. If I'm breaking a rule here, go ahead and delete my post.)

Darth Elektra · 01-30-2007, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Lieber

Whiteout at Amazon.

And I'll include links to a couple of comic shops too, because they've been the ones supporting the book all this time:
Khepri.com.
Mars Import.

(Again, apologies if coming on the boards and doing this is obnoxious. If I'm breaking a rule here, go ahead and delete my post.)

No, its all cool. You saved me from finding a link. Thanks.

Antonello Blueberry · 01-31-2007, 03:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Lieber

Hey there:
First, to those of you recommending the books, thanks! I'm really proud of having illustrated them, and it means a lot to see that they're still being talked about.

Second, I hope this sort of transparent shilling isn't heavily frowned upon here, but for those of you who haven't read WHITEOUT, our publisher Oni Press is going to re-issue the first issue of the first series as a giveaway for Free Comic Book Day. Here's the new cover I drew:

If you haven't read it yet, (and don't feel like downloading the pdfs,)
this is a great way to give it a test drive.

Best,
Steve Lieber

Hi Steve, welcome to the boards. It's nice having another artist here (Jamal Igle and David Williams are very active on the boards). Do you have any other info on the movie you'd like to share? What are you working on right now? Hoe does it feel to have your own page on wikipedia?

**Hunter Rider** · 01-31-2007, 05:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Lieber

Hey there:
First, to those of you recommending the books, thanks! I'm really proud of having illustrated them, and it means a lot to see that they're still being talked about.

Second, I hope this sort of transparent shilling isn't heavily frowned upon here, but for those of you who haven't read WHITEOUT, our publisher Oni Press is going to re-issue the first issue of the first series as a giveaway for Free Comic Book Day. Here's the new cover I drew:

If you haven't read it yet, (and don't feel like downloading the pdfs,)
this is a great way to give it a test drive.

Best,
Steve Lieber

Welcome to the hype,nice to have you here

that's a great pic

Bastila · 01-31-2007, 07:58 AM

Sounds cool, so it's a comic book? I also saw its a book as well.
And Kate is in it, so I will be seeing it.

Anyone read the comic any good?

Rac · 01-31-2007, 09:33 AM

Shouldn't this be in the Misc. Comic Book Films section?

Antonello Blueberry · 01-31-2007, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rac

Shouldn't this be in the Misc. Comic Book Films section?

Yes.
Now Warner has 2 comic-book movies in 2008. Whiteout and The Dark Knight.
Will they make a triplet with Watchmen?

Steve Lieber · 02-01-2007, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antonello Blueberry

Hi Steve, welcome to the boards. It's nice having another artist here (Jamal Igle and David Williams are very active on the boards). Do you have any other info on the movie you'd like to share? What are you working on right now? Hoe does it feel to have your own page on wikipedia?

Unfortunately, I don't have much beyond what's already been released. I'm just tremendously excited to watch all this develop.

Now that I'm all done gnawing on Speedball in Civil War: Frontline, my current projects are widely varied. I'm designing a bunch of floats for an indoor parade at a Japanese amusement park. I've got a comic about the 1962 escape from Alcatraz that I'm illustrating for the California Parks Commission. And after that, I'm finally going to to get back to UNDERGROUND, a thriller that Jeff Parker (Agents of Atlas) and I have been working on. (There was a short story teaser for this in the Four Letter Worlds anthology that Image put out a couple of years ago.)

And to Bastila- It's only a comic. Comics people (like me) have a bad habit of using the words "comic," "graphic novel" and "book" interchangably. To be exact: Whiteout was a 4 issue limted comic book series that was collected into a paperback graphic novel. Same with the sequel, Whiteout:Melt.

Bastila · 02-01-2007, 12:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Steve Lieber

And to Bastila- It's only a comic. Comics people (like me) have a bad habit of using the words "comic," "graphic novel" and "book" interchangably. To be exact: Whiteout was a 4 issue limted comic book series that was collected into a paperback graphic novel. Same with the sequel, Whiteout:Melt.

Cool, I like comics so I will be ordering that tonight!
Look forward to reading it!

Antonello Blueberry · 02-01-2007, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bastila

Cool, I like comics so I will be ordering that tonight!
Look forward to reading it!

For you

Bastila · 02-01-2007, 12:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antonello Blueberry

For you

Ciao! lol saw your Italian.

and I just got up that link up as well as you just posted it lol and I just brought it!

green · 02-02-2007, 02:57 PM

So for anyone that's read the graphic novel, would the movie be spoiled if read ahead of time?

01-28-2007, 07:31 PM	#1
green ... Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: frisco Posts: 6,967	Whiteout http://filmick.blogspot.com/ Joel Silver is producing a heist-come-chase film called White Out. It's apparently a bit like Hard Rain, but instead of being set amidst torrential floods, it all goes down in the middle of a calamitous snowstorm; and it's also a bit like Insomnia in that the Antarctic setting is about to be plunged into months of darkness as the story gets underway. Kate Beckinsale is reportedly set to star as US Marshall Carrie Stetko, our heroine in pursuit of the robber-killers. These plot details may be a little off the mark, I'm afraid, but here's the easy way to check them out: the film is an adaptation of Greg Rucka's 1999 Eisner Award-winning comic book miniseries of the same name. more on the story... http://www.gregrucka.com/whiteout.html You can't get any further down than the bottom of the world—Antarctica. Cold, desolate, nothing but ice and snow for miles and miles. Carrie Stetko is a U.S. Marshal, and she's made The Ice her home. In its vastness, she has found a place where she can forget her troubled past and feel at peace.... Until someone commits a murder in her jurisdiction and that peace is shattered. The murderer is one of five men scattered across the continent, and he has more reason to hide than just the slaying. Several ice samples were taken from the area around the body, and the depth of the drilling signifies something particular was removed. Enter Lily Sharpe, who wants to know what was so important another man's life had to be taken for it. But are either of the women prepared for the secrets and betrayals at the core of the situation? __________________ "You always hear that people want to see something different. Then you give them something different, and they don't know how to deal with it." -Darren Aronofsky

01-28-2007, 09:38 PM	#2
Hunter Rider Ronin SHH! Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Camp Manuel Posts: 121,229	Re: Beckinsale in Whiteout? I really like the sound of this and Kate __________________ thinkmcflythink.com Movie fans, hop in your Delorean and check it out! "Now this life is etched in black but I wont be looking back, the rain washed out the tracks, I'll never find again"

01-28-2007, 11:36 PM	#3
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01-30-2007, 05:16 PM	#7
green ... Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: frisco Posts: 6,967	Re: Beckinsale in Whiteout? http://www.superherohype.com/news.php?id=5158 Sena Directing Beckinsale in Whiteout Source: Production Weekly January 30, 2007 Dominic Sena (Swordfish, Gone in Sixty Seconds) is set to direct Whiteout, an Antarctic whodunit adapted from a series of graphic novelsby Greg Rucka, reports Production Weekly. Kate Beckinsale is in talks to topline the film scheduled to start shooting the first week of March in Montreal and Manitoba. Written by Erich and Jon Hoeber, Whiteout follows U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko as she uncovers the first murder ever in the Antarctic just as the sun is about to set for six months. She must catch the killer before he leaves the ice or be stuck there with him in the dark for six months. __________________ "You always hear that people want to see something different. Then you give them something different, and they don't know how to deal with it." -Darren Aronofsky

01-30-2007, 05:35 PM	#9
Antonello Blueberry Inglorious bastard Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Rome, Italy Posts: 7,876	Re: Beckinsale in Whiteout? Didn't any of you read the comic-book this movie is based on? It's good, written by Greg Rucka and at a certain point something not so nice happens to the main character, Carrie. __________________ http://www.storyofstuff.com/

01-30-2007, 10:16 PM	#12
Steve Lieber Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 11	From the illustrator Hey there: First, to those of you recommending the books, thanks! I'm really proud of having illustrated them, and it means a lot to see that they're still being talked about. Second, I hope this sort of transparent shilling isn't heavily frowned upon here, but for those of you who haven't read WHITEOUT, our publisher Oni Press is going to re-issue the first issue of the first series as a giveaway for Free Comic Book Day. If you haven't read it yet, here's the whole first issue at my site. Best, Steve Lieber Last edited by Steve Lieber; 08-08-2009 at 04:26 PM.

01-30-2007, 10:49 PM	#13
Darth Elektra Film. Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: South Carolina Posts: 26,067	Re: Beckinsale in Whiteout? Can I find the book on Amazon?

01-30-2007, 11:41 PM	#14
Steve Lieber Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 11	Re: Beckinsale in Whiteout? Whiteout at Amazon. And I'll include links to a comic shop too, because they've been the ones supporting the book all this time: Things from Another World. (Again, apologies if coming on the boards and doing this is obnoxious. If I'm breaking a rule here, go ahead and delete my post.) Last edited by Steve Lieber; 08-08-2009 at 04:31 PM. Reason: Dead links.

01-31-2007, 07:58 AM	#18
Bastila Deathdealer Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: London/Essex Posts: 9,966	Re: Beckinsale in Whiteout? Sounds cool, so it's a comic book? I also saw its a book as well. And Kate is in it, so I will be seeing it. Anyone read the comic any good? __________________ ''So Say We All!'' LACUNA COIL Superman! \S/ ''For six centuries I was a loyal soldier to the vampire clan. But I was betrayed'' SpideyLad reads my sig...

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02-02-2007, 02:57 PM	#25
green ... Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: frisco Posts: 6,967	Re: Beckinsale in Whiteout? So for anyone that's read the graphic novel, would the movie be spoiled if read ahead of time? __________________ "You always hear that people want to see something different. Then you give them something different, and they don't know how to deal with it." -Darren Aronofsky

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