A company called "The Golden Closet" purchased a number of wardrobe items from Paramount Pictures a few years ago and one of the items they found was Rembrandt's vest from The Warriors. Allen from The Golden Closet takes up the story on how the vest was acquired and restored... 

How the vest was acquired: We purchased a group of unidentified wardrobe directly from Paramount Pictures Wardrobe Department several years ago. We were invited to the studio’s wardrobe department located on the Paramount lot and hand selected what we’d hoped would be key pieces of motion picture memorabilia that could be identified as screen used. Among the items we purchased were two East Gate vests that were used in “The Warriors”. One belonged to Cochise (David Harris) and was complete with the original patches. The interior of that vest had the character name “Cochese” (sic) handwritten inside. It was sold at a Profiles in History auction in 2006 for $15,000.

Dabel Brothers Publishing has announced the creative team of writer David Atchison, artist Chris Dibari, and Kieran Oats as colorist for The Warriors comic book. The Warriors, the widely known cult classic movie from Paramount Pictures, based on Sol Yurick's novel, will be adapted into comic book form come February 2009. The series will be five issues and will sprout a few offshoot series and one-shots.

"I'm really excited to be a part of the Warriors film adaptation. Chris and Keiran are both tremendous talents. My goal with the script is to keep the spirit of the film and make the translation as close as possible," says David Atchison. "Chris and I are also going to show the strengths of the comic book medium and add some 'effects' that can only be added in comic book form. It's just going to be a celebration of pop culture with a cult classic."

David Atchison is known for many different projects, which extend from co-creating/writing Occult Crimes Taskforce with Rosario Dawson all the way to scripting the Method Man graphic novel with Method Man himself. David's talents don't stop there though, he is also a screenwriter, producer and journalist. He recently successfully pitched "True Believer," an in-production back door pilot for NBC/ Universal's Sci Fi Channel.

Designer Marc Ecko have announced a limited edition apparel line to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the classic film, The Warriors.  The collection, which consists of four T-shirt designs and one hoodie, will be available in department and specialty stores and online at shopecko.com on November 7, 2008. 

Marc Ecko, Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Marc Ecko Enterprises, said, “When we started talking with Paramount about paying tribute to the movie, I kept hearing the clinking of bottles in my head and the classic line, ‘Warriors….. come out to play’.  Just as we were incredibly successful with our limited edition Star Wars collection, I knew The Warriors line would also appeal to a broad range of fans who have kept the film alive all of these years”. The limited edition series will be available in distribution channels where Marc Ecko brands are available including Macy’s, Dillards, and specialty stores, as well as all *ecko unltd. retail stores and on shopecko.com.
       
Commenting on the deal, Michael Corcoran, President, Consumer Products & Recreation Group, said, “The Warriors continues to represent an iconic, street-hip sensibility, and the designs by Marc Ecko capture this sensibility perfectly.  Fans of the film will be pleased to have access to this fashion-forward apparel.”

http://www.shopecko.com/

Dabel Brothers Publishing have announced that they are working on a Warriors comic which will be available early next year. We don't have any further details at this time, but check out the new comic section which has a cool teaser ad for the comic. The site should now be functioning correctly which now means I can get to work adding and updating content. I have started work in the gangs section to provide more information on each of the main gangs.

I am in the middle of redesigning the site (which I hope you like!). However, it will mean that over the next few days some of the links may be broken. The site is going to be a lot more user-friendly, fully updated and have extra content added so keep checking back over the next few days!