Thursday, June 18, 2009

Whiteout Timeline

1998: Oni Press publishes Whiteout, a 4-issue comic book miniseries written by Greg Rucka and illustrated by Steve Lieber.



2000: Whiteout is nominated for multiple Eisner Awards.



2001: Whiteout Volume 1 trade paperback published.



2007: At PAX 2007, Greg Rucka tell us that the Whiteout movie "[is] gonna look real pretty."



2009: First official trailer for Whiteout, starring Kate Beckinsale as U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko (apologies on behalf of YouTube for the unfortunate still image):



Movie opens in September. I remain cautiously optimistic.

~CKL

1 comment:

LC said...

LOVE the premise. And like Kate Beckinsale so much more for this role than Reese Witherspoon (whom I can never shake free from Legally Blonde). Beckinsale just seems like a much darker character, something this movie seems it'll need.

Thanks for posting and always broadening my horizons CKL.