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About Derek McCaw
In addition to running Fanboy Planet, Derek has contributed stories to Arcana Comics (The Greatest American Hero) and Monsterverse Comics (Bela Lugosi's Tales from the Grave). He has performed with ComedySportz, City Lights Theater Company and Silicon Valley Shakespeare, though relocated to Hollywood to... work in an office? If you ever played Eric's Ultimate Solitaire on the Macintosh, it was Derek's voice as The Weasel that urged you to play longer. You can buy his book "I Was Flesh Gordon" on the Amazon link at the right. Email him at [email protected].

James Gunn Talks Family Films for the Dead

March 19, 2004 Derek McCaw 0

A few years ago, when I was just a stringer for the late Daily Radar, I experienced my first San Diego Comic-Con. That summer a […]

Fifteen Minutes With Cliff Meth About god’s 15 minutes

March 5, 2004 Derek McCaw 0

A few months ago, occasional Fanboy Planet contributor Jason Sacks turned in an interview with legendary writer Harlan Ellison. The occasion? Clifford Meth, a friend […]

The Jekyll Journals: Saturday In The Backyard

March 4, 2004 Derek McCaw 0

After an intense week of filming, you’d think that writer/director Scott Zakarin would be able to enjoy his Saturday, especially since he had to be […]

Matt Keeslar: This Man, This Monster

March 1, 2004 Derek McCaw 0

Casting the dual role of Jekyll and Hyde proved to be one of the hardest tasks before director Scott Zakarin. In early drafts of his […]

The Jekyll Journals: Jonathan Silverman Being Less Than Reputable

February 24, 2004 Derek McCaw 0

I spent two days on the set of Jekyll, all in the secret basement laboratory of Henry Jekyll (Matt Keeslar). On the first day, the […]

The Jekyll Journals: Hyde For Fighting

February 23, 2004 Derek McCaw 0

On any film involving action, your stuntwork is only as good as your coordinator. In past interviews with Scott Zakarin, he has stressed how lucky […]

The Jekyll Journals: In Jekyll’s Lair

February 13, 2004 Derek McCaw 0

Metallic echoes thunder through the cavernous boiler room as a haggard Dr. Henry Jekyll desperately runs for his assistant, Ziggy Poole. Pounding down a steel […]

The Jekyll Journals: Half-way Through Shooting

February 13, 2004 Derek McCaw 0

Creative Light Entertainment invited me down to the set of Jekyll, at a time when they were doing a lot of filming in the basement […]

The Jekyll Journals: A Gentleman’s Gentleman Turned Cyberpunk

February 12, 2004 Derek McCaw 0

In my two days on the set of Jekyll last week, the schedule was such that only three actors were on set. As a result, […]

Siena Goines: She Who Steals Hyde’s Heart

February 3, 2004 Derek McCaw 0

Last week, I called down to the set of Jekyll, with the intention of getting an update from Scott Zakarin during a break in filming. […]

Capturing The Lightning: An Interview With Mark Hamill

January 27, 2004 Derek McCaw 0

Editor’s Note: This was published in 2004 — but pulled over to the Fanboy Planet 3.0 site on May 26, 2017. What follows is the original […]

From Washington, D.C. To DC Comics

January 22, 2004 Derek McCaw 0

Last year, DC found a stunning new talent to replace Kevin Smith after the filmmaker revitalized Green Arrow. Except Brad Meltzer wasn’t quite a “new” […]

The Jekyll Journals: One Week Before Shooting

January 19, 2004 Derek McCaw 0

Maybe you’ve noticed that we’ve got a lot of stuff on this upcoming film Jekyll. Yes, it’s the intention of Fanboy Planet to run frequent […]

One Producer To Bind Them All: An Interview With Barrie M. Osborne

January 15, 2004 Derek McCaw 0

If the name Barrie M. Osborne doesn’t quite ring a bell, it’s probably because his producing partners on his last project got all the good […]

Bringing New Life To An Old Monster

January 2, 2004 Derek McCaw 0

Alternately toiling over a drawing desk and a computer graphics program, Mark Teague provided key artwork for Creative Light Entertainment’s upcoming release, Comic Book: The […]

The Duality Of Scott Zakarin

December 19, 2003 Derek McCaw 0

We’ve had an open dialog with Creative Light Entertainment for a couple of years, ever since the filming of Comic Book: The Movie at San […]

Rob Worley’s EPIC Journey To Marvel

December 15, 2003 Derek McCaw 0

It’s been a rocky year for the creators involved in Marvel’s Epic imprint. Designed as a way to break new talent, the project has appeared […]

Dividing Fans And Taking On Dilbert: Kyle Baker Part Two

December 1, 2003 Derek McCaw 0

In part one of our interview, Kyle Baker discussed the process of getting into Plastic Man, on sale from DC Comics this week. But Baker […]

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Review: The Haunted Mansion

November 26, 2003 Derek McCaw 0

Eddie Murphy had a bit in his stand-up where he pointed out that you’d never find a black family in a haunted house movie. It […]

Working Without Anatomy: Kyle Baker On Plastic Man

November 25, 2003 Derek McCaw 0

Kyle Baker has the perfect sensibility for Plastic Man, something that few others than his creator Jack Cole have had.

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