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Archive for the ‘In the Works’ Category

July 24th, 2008

Dark Knight’s Chin Han Is On A Roll

In The Dark Knight, Chin Han keeps a step ahead of the Gotham mob as Lau, a Hong Kong crime lord who launders the crooks’ money. In addition to snagging a role in the biggest film of the year, Han will also play a pivotal part in Roland Emmerich’s apocalyptic 2012. SF Universe got […]

By brian -- 0 comments

July 21st, 2008

SCI FI Announces Development Slate

Not contented to rest on their laurels (which sound pretty uncomfortable if you ask me), SCI FI Channel has several new projects in the works and like many other TV networks, a good number of them are reality based.  Check them out:
SCRIPTED
BRYAN SINGER MINISERIES PROJECT
SCI FI re-teams with Bryan Singer and his Bad Hat Harry […]

By Cynthia -- 1 comment

July 20th, 2008

Comic Book Movies Reach Another Level

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No less of a critical luminary than Roger Ebert has noted there’s something special going on with the comic book movie. Beginning with Spider-Man 2 and culminating (at least so far) with Dark Knight, Hollywood is being turned upside […]

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July 17th, 2008

Woo To Direct Caliber Comic Adaptation

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Acclaimed action-film director John Woo has signed on to helm the movie treatment of comic book Caliber, an adaptation of the Arthurian legend set in the American Wild, Wild West.
Caliber is a creation of Barry Levine’s Radical Comics.  They’re a very new player on the comic book […]

By brian -- 2 comments

July 16th, 2008

Spider-Man and His Amazing Musical

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No, we’re not kidding. Spider-Man: The Musical is coming to Broadway. And it’s got big name talent attached to it. Tony winning director Julie Taymor is helming this one with music and lyrics by Bono and The Edge.
The casting call out currently is […]

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July 11th, 2008

Favreau Signs On for Iron Man Sequel

Image details: Premiere Of Paramount’s "Iron Man" - Arrivals served by picapp.com
And a million Marvel fans just released their collective breath. Jon Favreau, director of the runaway hit Iron Man, has agreed to helm the sequel according to Deadline Hollywood Daily.
There was some concern on Favreau’s part about the extremely ambitious release schedule Marvel […]

By brian -- 3 comments

July 9th, 2008

Whedon Heads for the Woods

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Variety is reporting the MGM has given the greenlight to Joss Whedon for a new thriller called “Cabin the Woods.”
The script was written by Whedon and Drew Goddard, who wrote the script for “Cloverfield.”
The two originally met on “Buffy” and Goddard went on to work on […]

By Cynthia -- 4 comments

June 28th, 2008

Rose is Turning Red for Sonja Remake

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Someone stop the Robert Rodriguez/Rose McGowan tandem before they kill again. First they announced that McGowan will star as Barbarella in a remake of that cult classic, now USA Today is reporting that she’ll play Red Sonja in a revamp of that […]

By brian -- 3 comments

June 27th, 2008

Whedon, Fillion and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

Since he couldn’t write for TV during the writer’s strike, Whedon began writing for the web because when you’re a writer you can’t not write!
And thus Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog was born. Here’s the trailer.

Teaser from Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog on Vimeo.
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June 25th, 2008

Helfter Turns Shrink for Cassidy

Our news is all so intertwined this week!  Today, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Battlestar’s Tricia Helfer has been cast to play a shrink in the new series Inseparable.  It was only a few days ago that we reported Lloyd Owen’s casting in the same series, which was created by Shaun Cassidy uncle to the […]

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