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 […]
The second season premiere of The Walking Dead was a triumphant success for AMC, as the 90 minute episode beat a 10-year record for basic cable. Over seven million viewers watched the drama unfold in its original slot, with a total of 11 million tuning in across the evening’s three showings. “The Walking Deadis one of those rare television programmes […]
Zombieland‘s Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese are penning the adaptation of Hasbro’s toyline Micronauts for Paramount Pictures’ new movie, which will produced by J.J. Abrams and Bryan Burk’s Bad Robot. […]
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It was a mixed night for Doctor Who fans at the Scream Awards held on October 15 in Los Angeles: although both Matt Smith and Karen Gillan had been nominated for Best Science Fiction Actor/Actress, and the show present in the Best TV Show category, only Smith’s portrayal of the Doctor was successful. Fans of Harry Potter and the Deadly […]
Big Finish has persuaded both of Blake’s 7‘s original leading men to reprise their roles for the first season of their enhanced audiobook series The Liberator Chronicles. Gareth Thomas and Paul Darrow will play Blake and Avon in Peter Anghelides’ story Counterfeit, in which Blake breaks into the Bovee Mining Facility, where he hopes to discover the secret of Illusium, a […]