2010.06.30 – “Mister Green” in NYC – Woodstock in the City

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From the Woodstock Film Festival newsletter:

June 30 – WFF’s WOODSTOCK IN THE CITY SERIES, presents
FUTURESTATES – a compilation of shorts
How will Americans live in the 21st century? Which political and social issues will have dire consequences in 10 or 20 years? On Wednesday, June 30th, at 7:30PM at 92Y Tribeca, the Woodstock Film Festival and 92Y Tribeca are proud to present five inspired short films, created by visionary independent filmmakers (including WFF alum Tze Chun), that comment on our contemporary world by depicting a series of dystopian never-never lands of the near future.
Films will include:
Mister Green by Greg Pak won the Best Short Film Award at the Sci Fi London Film Festival.
The Rise by Garret Williams features an older couple that must forego their dreams of retirement.
Silver Sling by WFF Alum, Tze Chun has corporations offering to pay for chemically accelerated surrogate births.
Tent City by Aldo Velasco takes place in a world where housing is granted only to the powerful.
Tia And Marco by Annie J. Howell shows us a world in which all American citizens in good health are required to serve one year in a government job.
A Q&A with participating filmmakers will follow the screening.
FUTURESTATES is a co-production of the Independent Television Service (ITVS)

2010.06.04 – 06.14 – “Mister Green” at the Ohio Independent Film Festival

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Greg Pak’s short film “Mister Green” will screen at the Ohio Independent Film Festival as part of a special program that will be shown at Blue Arrow Records, The Cafe at Arts Collinwood, and the Market Avenue Wine Bar before the festival (June 4 to 11) and in the lobby of the Beachland Ballroom during the festival (June 12-14).
Click here for the full festival schedule.

iFanboy.com interviews Pak and Van Lente about Amadeus Cho and “Heroic Age: Prince of Power”

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An excerpt:

Matt Adler: Amadeus Cho seems to be a rare character, in that very few new characters have caught on and taken hold in readers’ minds the way he has. Why do you think that is?
Fred Van Lente: I think partly it’s because his creator, Greg Pak, never gave up on him, and found opportunities use him in big events like World War Hulk, where he could get maximum exposure — and WWH led directly to Incredible Hercules, of course.
Greg Pak: Editors Mark Paniccia and Nate Cosby deserve huge credit here. They loved the character from the start and were as eager as I was to engineer his next appearance. And Marvel’s David Gabriel gets a gold star for suggesting the Hercules/Amadeus team up book in the first place.
In terms of the character himself, you can never predict just what readers will pick up on. But Amadeus seemed to fill a certain niche in the Marvel Universe at the time, and by providing such a contrast, he made a great foil for established Marvel characters like Hulk and Herc. We were also incredibly lucky to have the amazing Takeshi Miyazawa do the original character design and have fantastic artists like Gary Frank, Carlo Pagulayan, Leonard Kirk, and all of the Incredible Hercules artists put their spin on him. Reilly’s new design for Amadeus in Prince Of Power is the icing on the cake, growing the kid up a bit while maintaining that irreverence that makes him so fun.

Click here to read the whole thing.

Marvel celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with Greg Pak and Amadeus Cho

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Last week, Marvel celebrated Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a few articles featuring writer Greg Pak and comic book character Amadeus Cho, among others. Here are some links:
Asian-Pacific American Heritage Week on Marvel.com
First Look: Heroic Age: Prince of Power #2
Greg Pak on APA Heritage Month
Interview with Pak, Van Lente, and Parker about Amadeus Cho and Jimmy Woo
Unlimited Highlights: APA Heritage Month picks from Marvel Digital Comics