Fox has released a preview for Novation, the next episode of Fringe, which combines brief clips from the episode with some commentary from Joshua Jackson, explaining what has happened to his character Peter Bishop since he made his reappearance at the end of the fourth episode. The episode was supposed to air October 28 in the U.S., and in the U.K. […]
The Estate of Philip K. Dick has started legal proceedings against Media Rights Capital over payments resulting from the Matt Damon movie The Adjustment Bureau. According to Justin. M. Goldstein, the attorney from Carlsmith Ball LLP who is bringing the case for The Philip K. Dick Testamentary Trust, “Philip K. Dick’s trust and heirs were partners every step of the way […]
Following Brian Grazer’s suggestion that a revised budget might make a Dark Tower movie feasible, he’s now been speaking to MTV, and strongly hinted that he and production partners Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman found a home for the television sections of the story. “We’re going to do [The Dark Tower] with HBO,” Grazer told MTV. “We’ll do the TV with […]
As may be obvious from his films such as Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, Edgar Wright knows and loves cinema, and to mark Halloween next week, he’s come […]
After the stellar ratings achieved by the opening episode of the second season, and only a very minor drop-off for the second on October 24, AMC has announced that it has ordered a third season of the zombie drama The Walking Dead. “Today we are pleased to announce that the ‘dead’ shall live as we proudly renew The Walking Dead for a third […]
According to producer Brian Grazer, Ron Howard’s ambitious adaptation of Stephen King’s seven book series The Dark Tower may now get a greenlight, after some serious pruning was made to the budget. Promoting his new movie Tower Heist, Grazer told The Playlist: “We found a way to cut out $45 million out of the budget without changing the scope and […]
It was only a few weeks ago that we reported that the Harry Potter team of David Yates and Steve Kloves were reuniting to work on Warner Bros. adaptation of Stephen King’s magnum opus, The Stand, but now it seems as if Argo director Ben Affleck is going to be responsible for the project. According to a report at Deadline.com […]
According to a report in Variety, A-Team star Bradley Cooper is Steven Soderbergh’s choice to replace George Clooney as Napoleon Solo in his upcoming remake of the classic 1960s spy […]
Former Criminal Minds showrunner Ed Bernero has sold an adaptation of Marvel’s Punisher to Fox. Created for The Amazing Spider-Man comic book in 1974, The Punisher follows the adventures of […]
According to an exclusive report at Deadline, Band of Brothers and Anonymous writer John Orloff is close to signing a deal to pen the new movie adaptation of Glen A. Larson’s 1978 TV series Battlestar Galactica. “I have wanted to write this movie since I was 12 years old, and built a Galactica model from scratch out of balsa wood, […]
After various reports over the past few days suggesting that Paramount Pictures were discussing a potential fourth and fifth Transformers movie with director Michael Bay and producer Steven Spielberg, Bay […]
After some considerable time spent in development, it now appears that the long-awaited live-action Akira movie will start filming in late February/early March next year, according to a report at Variety. The paper says that Warner Bros. has given Unknown‘s Jaume Collett-Serra a $90m budget for the shoot, with Tron: Legacy‘s Garrett Hedlund under serious consideration for one of the […]
In the latest edition of Doctor Who Magazine, series head writer and executive producer Steven Moffat has criticised the decision by BBC Three to axe Doctor Who Confidential, the documentary series that has accompanied Doctor Who since its return to screens in 2005. Writing in his Production Notes column, Moffat notes, “I’m not supposed to say it, but I’m going […]
According to a report by Vulture at NYMag.com, Chuck co-creator Josh Schwartz is teaming up with Misfits’ Howard Overman to create an American version of the ASBO-with-superpowers hit series. Vulture says that Schwartz’s Fake Empire has just finalised a deal for the rights and Schwartz and Overman are planning on writing a pilot script for the American version of Misfits on […]
The Visual Effects Society has announced that the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award will be given to comic book icon, creator of multiple superheroes Stan Lee. “Stan Lee’s imagination has created a […]
127 Hours and Avatar are two of the targets in this year’s Treehouse of Horror extravaganza coming from The Simpsons this Halloween. Fresh from the announcement that the show is […]
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