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The feature film version of David Quinn and Tim Vigil's comic Faust: Love of the Damned enjoys a U.S. release on DVD today. Comics2Film has been providing month long coverage, including news, interviews and contests with our Comics2Faust section.

Today we wrap things up with  part four of John Painz's interview with Brian Yuzna, the producer and director of Faust. Yuzna talks about plans for his Fantastic Factory genre production company, including movies like Arachnid and Beyond Re-Animator.

We'd also like to congratulate Dan Curto, the grand prize winner in our Faust giveaway. Curto takes home a copy of the DVD, a poster autographed by Andrew Divoff, Screaming Mad George and Jacques Haitkin, a Faust CD soundtrack and a T-Shirt. Top prize winners also include Sergio Saldana, Sean Andress, Ken Pasini and J. Garcia. For a complete list of winners go to our winners page.

Check out part three of John Painz's interview with Brian Yuzna, the producer and director of Faust. Yuzna talks about stars Monica Van Campen and Andrew Divoff, as well as the difficulties of working within the constraints of censorship and a lower than hoped for budget.

Take a look at the Comics2Faust section news, reviews and interviews about the movie. Drawings in our Faust giveaway are currently taking place. Look for 5 new winners to be announced every day.

Check out part two of John Painz's interview with Brian Yuzna, the producer and director of Faust. Yuzna talks about stars Monica Van Campen and Adrew Divoff, as well as the difficulties of working within the constraints of censorship and a lower than hoped for budget.

Take a look at the Comics2Faust section news, reviews and interviews about the movie. Today is your last chance to to enter our Faust drawing. You can win free DVDs, Posters, T-shirts and more. It's not too late, and we begin drawing for prizes tomorrow!

Comis2Film recently talked with fan favorite actor Jeffrey Combs about his experiences on the soon-to-be released Faust. Combs plays Captain Dan Margolies, a cop trying to sort out the horrific killings in the movie while his sense of reality unravels around him. Check out Combs comments on the film and see what he has to say about the time he almost played Dr. Strange in a feature film.

And, it's not too late to enter our Faust giveaway. This is your chance to win DVDs, autographed Posters, T-Shirts and more, from the controversial movie.

As part of our continuing series of Faust movie interviews, John Painz talks to award winning makeup designer Screaming Mad George. George talks about the intricacies of turning actors into twisted, demonic creatures and shares a number of exclusive design illustrations as well.

Also, don't forget to enter our Bargain With M contest and win free DVDs, posters and more!

Want to get your hands on a copy of the Faust DVD? How about a Faust poster signed by the filmmakers? How about a T-shirt?

Well, now you can. Comics2Film has teamed up Lions Gate Films to present the Comics2FAUST contest: A Bargain With M. You could be one of over 30 lucky winners to walk away with free Faust merchandise.

The grand prize winner will receive a Faust DVD, an autographed Faust poster (signed by star Andrew Divoff, makeup artist Screaming Mad George and directory of photograph Jacques Haitkin), a Faust soundtrack CD and a Faust T-Shirt. Don't delay! This Hellishly good opportunity will be gone August 21st.

Visit the Bargain With M page for complete details!

UpcomingMovies.com points Faust fans to the RoadrunnerRecords website featuring the soundtrack for the film.

The site tells fans that the CD soundtrack could be considered "the ultimate metal compilation." Here's the track list:

UpcomingMovies reports that the MPAA has assigned the Faust movie an R rating. The movie, based on David Quinn and Tim Vigil's violent comic book, is due out on video and DVD at the end of August.

A source at Lions Gate Entertainment told Comics2Film that Faust: Love of the Damned now has a release date. The movie version of David Quinn and Tim Vigil's comic is due out direct-to-video on August 28th.

Click Here to read our hot-off-the-press review of the super-hero/horror flick.

The Creature Corner website recently spoke to actor Andrew Divoff about his work in the upcoming Faust movie. Divoff plays "M" (or Mephistopheles) in the adaptation of the David Quinn and Tim Vigil's comic.

Divoff calls the movie is trippy and talked about the experience of filming the horror flick in Barcelona. "Once we got into shooting we were in gothic land," Divoff said. "I mean, Barcelona even has a quarter called The Gothic Quarter. So, as far as having locations and backdrops that were perfectly suited to the movie, Barcelona is the place. M's mansion is an amazing location in and of itself. Natural fog, the mist was really cool. We didn't have to have a smoke machine there. It was doing it all on it's own."

Divoff also talked about his preparation for the part. "I can read a script, but until I have the make-up and until I'm in the skin, as it were, I don't really start. Also it's defining the character, picking his wardrobe and seeing where he lived, that all helped. I already knew all the lines, I knew the story, but it's weird with me."

The actor also said he got familiar with the comic books before the cameras rolled. He feels the movie captures the violent and sexual essence of the comics. "It's graphic. Absolutely, it does," Divoff said. "Especially the character, Claire, played by Monica Van Campbell. She's so sexually coy and playful with her role which is who Claire is. She's wonderful. She really, really plays it off. She's statuesque."

Faust is due out on video late this summer.

Comics2Film spoke with comic and screenwriter David Quinn about the Faust movie last night. Quinn attended Fangoria's Weekend of Horrors show in New York last week. There he presented fans with the trailer to the upcoming film.

Quinn also told C2F that he and Faust co-creator Tim Vigil saw a rough cut of the movie a few weeks ago. Both creators enjoyed the film. "It's exciting to watch. It's very fast-paced. It has a lot of the horror and the strangeness and the uniqueness of what makes Faust Faust," Quinn told us.

Although the movie has minor deviations from Quinn's script, the writer said that he's satisfied with the changes that were made. "It's nowhere near as dense and as threatening as the comic book but we've had years and lots of pages to do that story. This is just a short, single feature, so it has to be a distillation."

Distilled as it is, the movie is definitely in keeping with the spirit of the comic. "A lot of it is literally translated right out of it," Quinn told C2F. "Other things have been condensed or combined."

Quinn points to the character of Detective Dan Margolies, played by Jeffrey Combs, as an example. That character combines both the cop and journalist character from the comics.

The movie is due out on video tape and DVD late this summer. Quinn told us that he and Vigil will be involved with the DVD. "[Director] Brian Yuzna mentioned that he wanted both of us to do a creators commentary. That would be fun. I know Brian is also doing a commentary."

A theatrical release of the movie is possible, but unlikely. However, some of the comic book conventions have expressed interest in screening it. Quinn is working to help make the arrangements.

Some additional goodies are being prepped to follow the release of the movie.

Roadrunner Records will release the movie's soundtrack on CD.

DarkTales publications will release a paperback titled Faust: Love of the Damned Screenplay—The Creators’ Cut.

Quinn is currently at work on a novelization, due out later this year. It'll be released as a signed, limited edition hardcover through Dark Muse as well as a paperback from DarkTales.

Finally the recently revived Rebel Studios and Re-Animator Records are set to release a CD called Every Drop of Blood Has a Soul—David Quinn Speaks. "Over the years I've written a lot of Faust prose," Quinn told us. "So I'm doing a CD of me reading the fiction. Some of it will be little bites from the novel. Others will be longer sections of short stories set in the world of Faust." Quinn said it'll be a theatrical reading.

At the aforementioned Fangoria show, Quinn announced that he and Vigil would resume operations with Rebel Studios this year. Vigil will continue to act as publisher and art director, while Quinn, handles marketing and licensing. In August they'll publish Faust Communion Collection, the first of several trade paperbacks collecting the original Faust Acts. In October, Rebel will present the beginning of the long-awaited conclusion of Love of the Damned, Faust Act 12.

The first review of the upcoming movie based on David Quinn and Tim Vigil's comic Faust has hit the web. Nicole Rebsher, who saw the film at the Cinenygma film festival last month in Luxembourg, has posted the review on her Jeffrey Combs fan site. The review is translated from German, positive and contains spoilers.

Combs stars as Detective Dan  Margolies, a character who Quinn described as "trying in vain to make his Faustian mind wreck into a cop movie."

A source at Lion's Gate Entertainment gave Comics2Film a status report on the U.S. Release of the Faust movie. According to our source, the movie doesn't have a firm release date yet, but August or September are looking very probable. As suspected, the movie is going directly to video. However, our source refused to completely rule out a theatrical release for the film, stating that Lion's Gate is still considering its options.

Filmax has opened their official website promoting the movie Faust: Love of the Damned at faust.filmax.com. The studio has put together a moody, Flash-based site that is in keeping with the tone of the movie. However, the site is a Spanish-language site, which may frustrate monolingual fans.

An updated and more revealing trailer for the film can be found on the site. The QuickTime clip features some new imagery including a glimpse at Jasper's transformation and some nice shots of the full costume. As with the rest of the site, the soundtrack for the trailer is also in Spanish. The trailer can be found under the menu option "el poder."

The site also features a complete cast and crew listing, production design sketches, an image gallery, and downloadable wallpaper and screen savers. You can also join Jasper Johns in drawing red pentagrams in his padded cell.

Thanks to M. Terry Jackson, Faust fan and editor TBL Magazine, for the tip.

Comics2Film recently spoke with Faust director Brian Yuzna about the recently completed film based on David Quinn and Tim Vigil's comic. Yuzna provides this account of the movie's recent screening in Barcelona.

Mark Frost as Faust Image is ™ and © Filmax

"Faust screened at Sitges Festival Thursday Oct 12 to sold out audiences and won best F/X. Mark Frost, myself, Julio Fernandez, Fermi Riexach and (the soon to be famous) Monica Van Campen introduced the film," The director told C2F. "Unfortunately it was a digital to film transfer so the film lacked detail and sharpness and many late arriving digital shots were incomplete, but the movie was a success and has created a great deal of excitement in Spain and Europe for the Fantastic Factory, the line of Sci-Fi and Horror films that Fernandez and I are creating along with a studio in Barcelona."

Festival attendees also got a look at other upcoming Yuzna projects. "Before Faust were screened trailers for the next Fantastic Factory film, Arachnid directed by Jack Sholder (The Hidden, Nightmare on Elm Street 2, Wishmaster 2) and Darkness, the new movie from hot new director Jaume Balaguero (The Nameless)," Yuzna told us.

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"The soundtrack of FAUST is bomb and the CD will be available next month in North America from Roadrunner Records," Yuzna said. The soundtrack includes music from Sepultura, Fear Factory, Nailbomb, Machine Head, Soulfly and others.

Yuzna went on to say, "Faust will screen at San Sebastian Fantastic Festival next week and November 12 at the Stockholm Festival. It will be released in Europe (in its finished form) next February. American audiences should start emailing the hell out of Trimark Pictures and Lion's Gate who own the North American rights demanding to see Faust in movie theatres as soon as possible."

Comics2Film checked in with Lion's Gate to see what the plans were for the movie. We were assured that that Faust will definitely be available to American audiences. Lion's Gate only recently acquired the North American rights in a "negative pickup." They haven't seen the movie yet, but will be screening it this week in London and next week in Milan. After the right people have seen the movie Trimark and Lion's Gate will develop a strategy for releasing the movie, be it theatrical or some other means.

In the mean time, M. Terry Jackson of TBL Magazine directs fans to an online trailer which was recently posted at the Stockholm International Film Festival website. The trailer provides readers with a pretty decent look at the character in costume.