Azur Band Man Thing Lives Again

The Plot-Matter:

Kyle Williams saw his return equally a sheriff to his hometown of Baywater equally a career opportunity. What he couldn't accept foreseen was the reawakening of an aboriginal power in the swampy river co-operative - a ability as erstwhile and horrible as the swamp itself. A spirit called "Mantokwe" past the natives - the Man-Thing.

Frederick Schist, owner of a resident oil house, has lied and betrayed the local natives - and is now exploiting their land. To cover up his machinations, he has killed ii men and left their bodies to the swamp.

Kyle must now choose between what is right and a career supported past Schit'southward great influence and power. He must discover the power to face his past, the demonic Man-Affair and survive.

The Trailer-Thing:

The Screening-Matter:

The pic premiered on the Sci Fi Channel April 30 2005 at 9:00 pm/8:00 pm[c], with repeats scheduled for 1:00 am May 1 and 9:00 pm May 5.

More Sci-Fi Channel Screenings in 2006

Sci Fi network occasionally rebroadcast the film:

• Sunday February 26 at 9 p.m.
• Tuesday, March 21 at ix p.one thousand.
• Sabbatum, April 29th at iii p.m.
• Thursday, May 25th at 7 p.thou.

The Music Video-Matter:

The ring AzUR (DOG Productions Wayne and Luke joined with Bec And Freddie) recorded the song The Man-Thing Lives Once morethat played over the end credits of the film. Information technology was supposed to be released every bit a promo video, but since the moving picture was in a constant country of flux (financial, script, etc...) and wasn't going to get to theatres (every bit intended), the music video was pulled (lack of budget, and Marvel didn't want to leak accelerate images of the set & animate being costume earlier the films eventual release). Ane of the band members has worked on the footage and uploaded a remix on youtube.com - relish. Searches have turned some background informationon the band.

Thank you to P-TOR for tracking this video downwards for us, a dancing Man-Thing is a joy to behold.

Original Move Picture Soundtrack-Thing

Composed past Roger Mason, this was released on March 17, 2009 in digital format on the Squeamish Spot characterization and via itunes Apr 8, 2019.

No.	Title	Length
ane.	"Opening/ Swamp"	ii:thirty
2.	"Billy & Sarah"	ii:23
3.	"Old Sheriff's Part"	3:10
4.	"People Are Dying"	1:36
5.	"Ploog/Something'due south Out There"	1:42
half-dozen.	"Aviary/Trouble At The Plant"	2:50
7.	"Corley Drops In/ Dissection"	5:55
8.	"Gerber Is Nervous/ Meeting la Rogue"	2:18
ix.	"Gerber'south Body"	1:25
10.	"Descent Into Deep Swamp"	2:35
11.	"Sacred Land Man/ Dwayne Goes Down"	3:09
12.	"Kyle Paddles Upriver/ Snared By la Rogue"	7:35
13.	"Ploog's Photos/ Schoolyard"	2:27
fourteen.	"Everyone Will Dice"	6:fourteen
15.	"Pulled Apart Like a Boob"	2:sixteen
16.	"Pete Prepares to Meet his Fate"	5:49
17.	"Kyle Might Be In Trouble"	i:22
18.	"Finding the Dark Water"	7:33
19.	"Spirits of the Nighttime Water"	0:53
twenty.	"Shist Shoots Kyle & Rene"	four:05
21.	"Man Affair Returns to the Swamp"	2:41

The Cinema-Thing

The film did get some big-screen time in a few select countries:

• Russia - May 2005
• The United Arab Emirates - October 2005
• Spain - March 2005

Muck-caput JJ tracked down the following details:

Man-Thing was terminal tracked at #x in CIS-Russia, etc on May vi-8 of 2005 at $42,481 for the weekend. Total of $119,024 in eleven days of release. Source.

Human-Affair opened at #1 in The United Arab Emirates back on October 28-30 of 2005. Information technology grossed $34,760. Last tracked on November 11-thirteen with $3,519 at #10. Totalled was $92,519. Source

Man-Thing opened strong at #4 for the weekend of March three-v in Spain, but information technology quickly faded, lasting 2 weeks in the top 20. Source

March 3-5: Man-Thing-- $550,984 156 theatres.
March 10-12 Man-Thing-- $263,009 -52% 156 theatres.

Full for Spain--$887,022.

International gross--$ane,098,565

The DVD-Thing:

Region i

Us (June 14 2005)
Lions Gate Dwelling house Entertainment
At the time fangoria.com reported that Lions Gate Home Amusement's DVD for the motion picture would be a blank-bones release, with only trailers every bit extras. Interesting to see how the cover image was toned down here compared to the Australian version below.

Region two

belgium

Republic of finland

French republic 2 Disc release
Metropolitan Video
Features:

Video/Audio/Subtitles:2.35:one (anamorphic) widescreeen-5.1 English Dolby Digital, 5.one French Dolby Digital-French subs only

Extras included

• Making Of (xix:30)
• v Deleted Scenes (5:56)
• three Culling Scenes (7:11)
• Visual Effects (Creature Designs): Drawings (ane:21), Digital Overlay Tests (2:24)
• Development Of Ii Set on Sequences:
• Brute Set on On Peter Horn: 1-Storyboard (:25), two-Previsualization (:23), three-Shooting Without Play tricks Photography (:57), 4-Shooting With Trick Photography one (i:05), five-Shooting With Trick Photography 2 (one:ten), vi-Shooting With Play a trick on Photography three (1:16), Flick Version (:48)
• Assault Finale: 1-Storyboard (:59), two-Previsualization (ane:thirteen), 3-Shooting Without Trick Photography (1:27), four-Shooting With Trick Photography 1 (one:35), 5-Shooting With Trick Photography 2 (2:25), 6-Shooting With Trick Photography 3 (2:27), Film Version (2:27)
• Photo Galleries: Shooting (15 photos), Make-Up (9 photos), Fauna (21 photos)
• 2 Trailers
• Net Link

forthehellofitreviews points out When it start premiered on SyFy it was in a two.35:1 transfer, merely when the U.S. DVD came out Lionsgate felt the need to blow it up to ane.78, and you all know how bad that is for a 2.35 picture show. I looked far and wide many years later for a disc with that 2.35 transfer and believe it or not according to dvdcompare France was the only country where information technology had a disc release in its right attribute ratio.
This looks to be the definitive version fans (the three of usa) will want, baring the appearance of the missing commentary (I presume one must have been recorded. Heck, if Brett Leonard and Hans Rodionoff ever want to tape i equally a podcast I'd gladly host information technology here!) sometime in the future. It would be good if this edition of the DVD got released in other regions or on blue-ray erstwhile before the death of physical media.
Some sources propose there was a one disc french release, but I have yet to verify this.

Germany Universum Picture show / Falcom Media

Greece

Holland (2005)
Dutch FilmWorks
Language selection: English
Subtitles: Dutch
Image: 16:9
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.one

Holland two Disc Steelbook Edition (17 January 2006)
Dutch FilmWorks

• Running time- 95 Minutes + 78 Minutes Extra's

DVD Special Features

Disc 1

• sixteen:9 Anamorphic Widescreen (1.78:1)
• Dolby Digital five.ane
• Upcoming Trailers
• Affiliate Pick
• Subtitles On/Off
• Actie/Horror
• English Dialogue
• Nederlands subtitles

Disc 2

• Deleted Scenes
• Trailer
• Turbulence/Swarm Tests
• Bloopers
• Concept Art
• Building Scenes
• Storyboards
• Photo Gallery
• Liner Notes
• Upcoming Trailers
• VFX Pre-Visualisation

Details from dfw.seesite.be. A long review of this edition in Dutch is online at world wide web.dvd.nl, and the dvd is available for buy from www.bol.com or www.mediadis.com.

Italy Eagle Pictures

Japan


Japan sure has a nifty charater art used on the covers for their dvds.

Romania Prooptiki

Spain Paramount Dwelling house Entertainment

Sweden AKA Denmark? - Noble Entertainment

U.k. (22 May 2006)
Optimum Home Entertainment
An extra-lite i disc version with merely the moving-picture show and trailer. production code OPTD0357

Spotted by JJ Reynolds

Region 3

Cesky

Hungury RTL Filmclub

A pan and scan version of the film on DVD with an impressive title.

Malaysia

Singapore

Region 4

Australia
Force entertainment
The region four version was avaliable for rent in Australia, and was tentatively due for sale August 2005. The New Zealand conscience'south determination (publication #501594) of fourteen September 2005 to rate the motion picture Objectionable except if the availability of the publication is restricted to persons who take attained the age of sixteen years was followed by a long silence and no sign of the DVD on any store shelves. I finally tracked downward a copy through an online sale. The disc is an ex-rental copy from United Video Dinsdale in Hamilton. As usual in NZ nosotros get the same release every bit Australia care of Forcefulness entertainment

Brazil


A particluar prissy special edition in Brasil saw Manny's film paired with the Wes Craven Swamp-Thing motion picture.

Mystery Magazine- (O Monstro practise Pântano + O Homem Coisa)
Original in English language/ Dubbed in Portuguese
Subtitles - English language, Spanish, Portuguese
Duration - 190 MINUTES
Sound Format - English Dolby Digital Stereo 5.ane/ English 2.0 Dolby Digital/ Portuguese ii.0 Dolby Digital Stereo
Screen Format - Windscreen/ Anamorphic 1.78:ane
Additional Information - Accompanying Poster
Studio - dark side

Region 5

Russian

Region 6 -- Prc

No details.

Region 7 -- Reserved for Unspecified Special Use

No details.

Region 8 -- Revered for Cruise Ships, Airlines, etc...

No details.

Bootleg
1 slightly naughty person was selling a dvd of the Sci-Fi circulate not long after it screeded. This DVD featured the 'entire' (as broadcast) movie every bit well equally several boob tube trailers produced to promote the Sci-Fi presentation.

DISC 1
01. Man-Thing Sci-Fi "Adjacent" Promo
02. Marvel Pictures Original - Homo-Affair
03. Homo-Thing Sci-Fi Promo one
03. Man-Affair Sci-Fi Promo 2

The VHS-Affair:

Yes, it did hitting tape in a couple of markets. Amazon says the US casette came out September 29, 2006 which puts it later on to the end of VHS as a viable format because co-ordinate to enquiry the release of A History of Violence on March 14, 2006 was the last VHS release for a major Hollywood motion picture.

Brasil
Flashstar

U.s.a.
Lions Gate

The Response-Thing:

Initially the comments were positive. In December 2003 a source who saw an early edit contacted aintitcool.com and had some nice things to say about the motion picture.

Then rumours started to announced regarding poor reactions from preview audiences, with one source reporting that at ane screening half the audition walked out before the moving-picture show even concluded.

The film was previewed for media people at the 25th annual American Film Market in Santa Monica on the 5th of November, 2004. The film was described on the market place site equally A horror/activeness feature in the vein of Jaws and Alien based on the popular Marvel comic book of the same name.

This screening heralded the beginning of reviews, most of which have been bad:

• Fangoira 1½ skulls.
• Anon Horrible
• Moviehole.net C-form studio pap.
• KRT Wire Miss
• Bloody-Disgusting.com 7/10
• Boston Herald ..will make you run for cover
• Blogcritices It becomes a chore to picket
• Quipster ...stigma of its ineptitude...
• The Cease Push ...is inexpensive but it's not full of shit similar the balance of this new crop of comic book movies
• Wizard ...better than average for Tv set horror flick.
• Comics2Film ... those credits whiz by like lightning. It's like Sci Fi Channel was saying, "Quick, it'due south over! Get it off our network, stat!"
• Comingsoon.net ...If you get in with depression enough expectations, information technology might end up being improve than you expect.
• Bad Movies ... can't call up of a reason to recommend this picture show
• Horror View Not only is this adaptation a lot improve than numerous other sites and comic fan-boys had previously led me to believe, simply I'grand genuinely glad to have picked it up.(DVD)
• Terraaustralis ...this is a B class monster moving picture at its best, let down by a lack of extras.(DVD)

• SFX Magazine... Man-Thing has been labelled as "Marvel'due south Swamp Matter", which does both comics a disservice. Human being-Thing, because it hit comic book counters mere months after Swampy, which is far too soon to be a rip-off; and Swamp Thing because, well... Man-Matter'due south rubbish.

  Following this tradition, the film version is abysmal, despite a plot that deviates from the source material. Homo-Matter is vaguely chivalrous in the comics; here he's borderline psychotic. His superpower was to "know the fear" of anyone who wandered into his swamp - hither, he just has the ability to control veg. We're not certain who idea "this would exist perfect for a T&A horror pic!", but if we always meet them, we'll punch them in the confront.

  Honestly, it's hard to convey how bad this thing is - so stylistically bereft the cinematography will make you lot think there'due south something wrong with your television receiver. As for the performances, when your pb role player looks depressed in every scene, information technology'southward fourth dimension to pack upward and go habitation.

  Extras: Some terrible films come packaged with ace extras. Compulsive browsers should count themselves lucky that this is a vanilla. Sam Ashurst

  Human being-thing creator Gerry Conway and Swamp Thing inventor Len Wein roomed together at college, which may explain why they pitched the same idea at the same time. Nosotros're sure they'd hate the film too.

Viewers posted reviews after the Sci-Fi screening at Super HeroHype, Yahoo Movies, and IMDB.

When I finally tracked down a copy on DVD my flatmates and I saturday downwards to sentinel it on the next rainy day. The Good points: Steve Bastoni gives his character some genuine menace. Matthew Le Nevez fabricated for an constructive hero. The cinematography is nifty. Some of the dialogue is amusing. The special effects wait impressive.

The Bad points: The story is presented in the most cliched way imaginable, with very few of the characters being more than than crude sterotypes (ruthless man of affairs, dumb swamp-billys, sagely native). There's some rather bad over-interim on display. The attempts at American accents by almost of the cast produced howls of derision and laughter. The selection of songs to get with events/characters is heavy handed.

My Verdict: I'one thousand glad I only spend NZ $9 on this. I'll watch it once again some mean solar day, but only in private and then I never once more inflict it on my friends or family. I certainly won't be in any hurry to spend coin on the 2 disc sets.

The Cast and Coiffure-Thing:

The Man-Thing Actor-Thing

7ft 1/4" Tall histrion, weight lifter, not-competetive bodybuilder and ex- professional wrestler Conan Stevens has an entry in his blog recounting his time on the film, with some squeamish backside the scenes photographs.

The Suit for a Human being-thing

Monster Legacy interviewed Nick Nicolaou, co-founder of the company Make-Up Effects Group, who brought Man-Matter to life.

The Public Talk-Thing:

The Australian film organisation Popcorn Taxi hosted a on-stage conversation with director Brett Leonard and some members of the crew on fourteen April, 2004. Check out the photographs. Reports were that this was to include a sneak-peek of footage from the picture.

The Killer-Thing?

A poster to a IMDB message board who claimed to be related to Steve Bastoni mentioned that he told them that he's the guy who kills the Man-Thing.

The Australian Alligator Hunter-Thing?

Moviehole reported that histrion Ian Bliss was interviewed in the Melbourne Beat mag

The film sticks pretty close to the Marvel comic which was a rather cult comic ....It's essentially most a swamp creature and stays quite true to the darkness of how it was drawn in the comic. I play an alligator hunter who patrols this large swamp with his brother. Jack Thompson is involved and he would be the highest profile actor in the slice. What they've done is not attach any proper noun actors and filled information technology predominantly with Australians in an attempt to permit the flick work on information technology'due south own merit, to allow the film to be a bit darker and riskier than the chimera-gum comic volume adaptations we've seen recently. They promise it works for the film but it could also piece of work confronting it.

dvd.net.au as well asked Elation nearly the film

Well Man Matter is based upon a rather obscure Marvel comic most a swamp fauna. Marvel comic readers are aware of Man Thing, and it's simply really a small audition. Only I'm not sure how it's going to work in a motion-picture show. Information technology's probably going to be a pretty absurd cult film that will become off big time. Brett Leonard that directed it has a actually nice moving ridge of one-act in it. It was a hell of a lot of fun to work on though, and the vibe is that it will be a funny horror film, as a rough cut leads anyhow.

The Kiwi Connection-Thing:

New Zealand's own Rawiri Paratene, star of Whale Rider , Shortland Streetand i time presenter on Play Schoolwas interviewed in the NZ magazine The Listenerand mentioned his work on the film...

Terminal year he was in Australia shooting a movie called Man-Thing, which is another of the plain endless run of treatments of Marvel Comics Titles... Human being-Affair is actually Marvel's equivalent to DC Comics Swamp Thing - a man turned horrid swamp creature. In the motion picture Paratene plays a Native American shaman. Mangrove swamps and rivers well-nigh Sydney stood in for Louisiana exteriors.

He was offered the task, without auditioning, after American manager Brett Leonard saw Whale Passenger. It's a depression budget motion picture, simply that budget - somewhere in the $US 15-20 million vicinity - dwarfs Whale Rider'southas does the pay cheque. The crew were all off Matrixand Star Warsproductions. I enjoyed Sydney. I enjoyed the harbour and savour Australians. They're wink at their work. I was very impressed by them

(7 February 2004)

The Screenwriter-Affair:

Hans Rodionoff chatted with Comicbookresources almost his work on the film and related comic.

Even though Rodionoff's script focuses on human being protagonists he felt it was important to capture the spirit of the comic book. He tried to include many of the ideas found in the comic. Man-Thing is true-blue to the spirit and the tone of the original comic books. To me, that means that it should exist a very atmospheric, creepy story about a mysterious entity in the swamp. The story touches on the thought of the Nexus of All Realities, but information technology'southward really just a pit terminate. Jennifer Kale is a cracking character, and someone that I would dearest to include in a sequel. I'one thousand keeping my fingers crossed that I get that opportunity. Just she'southward not in this movie, and neither is Howard the Duck. Other fundamental characters in the comic book are referenced, but not seen straight. One of the trademark catch-phrases in the Man-Thing comics was, 'Those who know fear burn at the touch of the Man-Thing.' Comic fans will be pleased to know that the cinematic Man-Thing might also have this power. In this film, everybody knows fear, and at that place's plenty of burning in the end...

Check out a afterwards interview with Fangoria

The Co-creator-Thing

The script is based on the Cry of the Native! story-line from Fright (Gamble into...)#15 and 16 which was written by Steve Gerber. I asked him in an interview if he had any contact with the motion picture makers involved. His reply: No.

The Promotion:

The Fetish-Thing

Spotted on e-bay, amateur artist Sean Green has been making Man-Affair Mantokwe Fetish dolls (7"x3"x1.5"). A lot of experimenting with paint colours and then there's many coats of paint. Very small chip nether left hand, showing clay. Less than a 1-16" effectually. Three 1-16" or smaller scuffs near centre of back. All painted over with Rustolium 'Painter'due south Touch' Clear. Glow in the dark eyes! I'll probably make a one-half dozen. One for myself. There going to all exist unlike.and this is the commencement one.

The Articles-Thing:

Fangoria #242 (April 2005) included a v page commodity on Man-Thing past Daniel Dickholtz.

The Tagline-Thing:

The original tag-line The Nature of Frightappears to have been changed by SciFi Channel to Your fright is his deadliest weapon.

The Trailer-Matter:

Finally this has appeared online courtesy of the New York Times. Note, this is a different and I think more than constructive version than the one on the Region 4 DVD.

The Photographs-Thing:

Back in March 2004 comixfans.com posted the starting time image from the pic.

In mid-February 2005 more images from the motion-picture show were released to Comics Continuum,

The Mask-Thing:

Looking for a special Halloween costume already? Perhaps a Man-Thing mask based on the flick might appeal.

The Production History-Thing:

Plans changed radically for this project over the years since intentions to brand a film near Man-Affair were announced back in 2001. At that time it was intended to be a straight to video release.

Filming was conducted in Sydney, Australia without much in the way of news or promotion. The product wrapped in 2003.

Marvel Studios' Ari Arad (Producer) told The Continuum that the lead character in the upcoming Man-Thing movie would exist a combination of prosthetics and estimator-generated effects.

From the outset, Man-Thing was intended to exist a prosthetic, CG-enhanced beast,Arad told The Continuum during a visit to Marvel Studios So there was a peachy deal of R&D.... There'southward positional stuff happening on location, on the gear up, but at the same time the stuff y'all don't currently see in camera was e'er engineered to be enhanced by digital effects. And so when yous see the flick, hopefully the line is pretty blurry. It's non an all-CG creature.

In January 2004 Arad said that Human being-Thing is a scrap more than of a departure from the original comic than Curiosity'due south other films. Information technology'due south a horror picture show,he said. Information technology'due south a unlike telling of the Man-Affair. He'southward more menacing.Then in April 2004 Arad stated that the pic had been completed, with the finished print received and waiting to exist tested with audiences, subsequently which an verbal release date would be adamant. According to Yahoo! Movies in June 2004, the picture was rated R for violence, grisly images, linguistic communication and some sexuality past the MPAA.

For a while the US release appointment for Man-Thing was going to be Halloween (Oct 31) 2004, but when Curiosity Enterprises released its Second Quarter financial report, Human being-Thing was included in the 2005 line-up with a release appointment 'to exist decided'. This suggested a lack of confidence in the film, and fabricated the publishing schedule for the prequel comic series and merchandise paperback a misfire. During Marvel's second quarter conference call in tardily July Arad stated That's probably a good thing ...Nosotros'll discuss in the next few weeks where we are going with information technology.. It seems those talks were less than positive, because the motion-picture show was nowhere to be seen in the release schedule included in Marvel'southward 2004 Third Quarter financial report, though the Internet Moving-picture show Data Base was still showing October 2005 every bit expected release engagement in the United states. Past late 2004 Arad had fallen strangely silent on the pic's progress, and it was left upward to Fierce Entertainment'due south Christopher Petzel, a spokesperson from i of the other production companies involved, to annotate that he anticipated an early on 2005 release date for the film: As far as I am aware Lions Gate is planning a release during the month of April 2005..

Somewhere forth the mode the producers decided they had a moving-picture show that either didn't warrant, or couldn't get U.s. movie house distribution, so suddenly the film was re-branded a SciFi Pictures' film for cable Television set. Thus it ended upward back where it started every bit a 'video' release, though over the intervening years the video format died and DVD had taken its place.

Screenwriter Hans Rodionoff was interviewed by Comics Continum virtually the moving picture shortly earlier it screened.

The Continuum: Was it a big disappointment that the flick didn't brand theaters?

Rodionoff: Man-Affair has been a thwarting to me in a number of ways, only the non-theatrical release is the least of them. Under the circumstances, I call up it's a good matter that it's premiering on the Sci-Fi Channel.

Marvel Universe appearances

Thor: Ragnarok trailer plus moving picture (2017)
The first shot from the second trailer (released Jul 22, 2017) for the flick included a alpine building festoon with graphic symbol heads, the summit one of which is Manny. And so why should his visage beautify a building on an conflicting planet? My gauge; he'due south been a past participant in the gladiatorial style fights which Thor and Blob stop upwardly part of.

Spotted by several folks on the face up books.

Azur Band Man Thing Lives Again

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