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Burlyman Entertainment is a comic book company created by Andy and Lana Wachowski, best known as the writer/director duo behind the ''Matrix Trilogy''. ==History== "Burlyman" was the ''The Matrix Reloaded'' and ''Revolutions production codename. According to the films' visual effects supervisor John Gaeta, the title is a reference to a film they all loved; the Coen brothers' ''Barton Fink''. He points out that the ''Matrix'' crew agonized and struggled to make the ''Matrix'' films, just like Fink had to, to write "THE BURLYMAN" screenplay, a wrestling picture.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Wired 11.05: MATRIX2 )〕 However on ''The Matrix Comics Vol. 1'' graphic novel the Wachowskis playfully discuss a different origin for the company's name. According to them, Burlyman, was the name of their first script, a wrestling picture. They add they either haven't seen Barton Fink, wouldn't like to see a movie that sounded like it was subtitled or that it isn't a good movie as long as it doesn't have any wrestling in it.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Matrix Comics Graphic Novel Vol. 1: Burlyman Entertainment Shop )〕 In truth, the Wachowskis are familiar with the movie and include it to a list of movies they have made to recommend to anyone who "want() to understand Hollywood".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, and Tom Tykwer Talk CLOUD ATLAS and SPEED RACER )〕 Burlyman Entertainment first started as the publisher for ''the Matrix Comics'' series started by the Wachowskis, which was published into two separate volumes. Burlyman Entertainment also published some new, non-Matrix related comics: ''Shaolin Cowboy'', written and drawn by comic book artist Geoff Darrow, who also served as the conceptual designer for the Matrix Trilogy, and ''Doc Frankenstein'', written by the Wachowskis and drawn by Steve Skroce, the storyboard artist for ''The Matrix'' trilogy, and previously worked with the brothers on the comic book series, ''Ectokid''. Since the start of the company, the release of the two ongoing series were irregular, with a professed bi-monthly release schedule that has yet to be fulfilled. The most recent issue was released in December 2007, leading to speculation the company has become defunct. On August 2010, comic book creator Geof Darrow stated the company was still going and Steve Skroce was drawing a new issue for ''Doc Frankenstein'', with plans to collect all issues in graphic novel form.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chicago Comic-Con 2010: Geof Darrow - Broken Frontier - Comic Book and Graphic Novel News & Community - Articles and Interviews )〕 On January 2014, Darrow reiterated that ''Burlyman'' is not dead, explaining that periods of inactivity are due to the Wachowskis being busy making movies, and adding that as far as he knows the ''Doc Frankenstein'' arc will be completed in 2014. On June 2014, Steve Skroce was interviewed revealing ''Doc Frankestein'' is indeed being collected in two parts the second of which includes the final two issues,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=What's Up Doc? - Steve Skroce Talks Doc Frankenstein - Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News )〕 while Burlyman Entertainment's webshop was updated to include a message stating they're still in business and "big things () ahead".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sorry,Burlyman Entertainment Shop is closed for maintenance. )〕 It was later announced that part two of the trade will be released in 2015,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Steve Skroce and the Return of "Doc Frankenstein" )〕 but this was later delayed to 2016.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Any more news on that Doc Frankenstein... - John-Pierre Newman - Facebook ) ''"It's almost finished being coloured, it's depressing how long it's taken but we had to get a new colorist because the last guy just stopped doing it. So it looks like next year."''〕 A trade of ''Shaolin Cowboy'' was also announced for release on December 3, 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FREE 8 page preview of the forthcoming... - Burlyman Entertainment - Facebook )〕 Among its seemingly canceled projects, the first volume of ''The Matrix Comics'' featured an advertisement for ''The Art of The Matrix Reloaded, Revolutions''. During initial testing a dummy version of the ''Reloaded'' book came at 588 pages, bigger and thicker than the original ''Art of The Matrix'' book. After Geof Darrow suggested that the books have been canceled due to their immense size and thus cost compared to the perceived demand,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="ART OF MATRIX RELOADED & REVOLUTION (p.k.a Just Met Geof Darrow)" - MFN Forums )〕 the last update on the books status was in 2006 in the form of a forum post by editor Spencer Lamm declaring that they had been sidetracked by the ''V for Vendetta: From Script to Film'' book and that they had yet to fully develop the idea of how to create the two ''Art'' books.〔 ''17.5.2006: Matrix-Bücher''.〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="ART OF MATRIX RELOADED & REVOLUTION (p.k.a Just Met Geof Darrow)" - Page 15 - MFN Forums )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Burlyman Entertainment」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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