Last time, JoshBlaylock outlined the birth of the new MICRONAUTS comic book series from Devil's Due Publishing. Now he tells us what we will and won't see in this title...While the Micronauts license holder, Global Icons, gave Devil's Due a lot of freedo...
Energy Entertainment continued its charge into management of comic creators
in Hollywood by signing the Devil's Due studio to a first-look management
agreement last week.
Devil's Due was
founded by JoshBlaylock in 1999 and scored a runaway hit with G...
JoshBlaylock, who masterminded the return of G.I. JOE to comic books this year, announced at the Mid-Ohio-Con Saturday that he will be publishing MICRONAUTS comic books next year.Blaylock also announced a G.I. JOE: BATTLE FILES mini-series and firmed up ...
...l's Due's JoshBlaylock, "but it looks like there are a lot of people out there who disagree, and they're buying G.I. JOE! Seriously, I think this shows that these comics definitely have a loyal following that enjoys what we're doing."Image also suppl...
...lter, and JoshBlaylock will produce the film. The project is the second Askarieh and Alter have in development at Rogue. Earlier this year, the duo set up HACK/SLASH, based on a Devil's Due comic about a woman who hunts down slashers{Writer/Director ...
...president JoshBlaylock said. "It has more going on to it than the usual standard fare, and Salvatore has been able to tell fantastical stories or very grounded stories all set in the same world. It's like 'Da Vinci Code' with a more fantastical f...
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Optimus Prime! Snake-Eyes! Bumblebee! Scarlett! The two worlds of G.I. Joe and Transformers collide not just once, but four times in this incredible collection! Includes volumes I through IV.
Tracing ...
...e founder JoshBlaylock and G.I. JOE artist Tim Seeley as the writer and artist team on the new TRANSFORMERS book.Got a scoop? Know something that you need to tell us about? Send it to us!
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OPTIMUS PRIME! SNAKE-EYES! BUMBLEBEE! SCARLETT! The two worlds of G.I. Joe and Transformers collide not just once, but four times in this incredible collection! Includes volumes 1-4...
...President JoshBlaylock. "He's also one of the fastest artists I've worked with, and I think JOE fans will be blown away every issue. This also lets Steve run wild with MICRONAUTS, which is a childhood favorite of his, even more so than G.I. Joe."Sharp...
...President JoshBlaylock. "He's jazzed about being on this project, and I think we're in for some truly stunning Micronauts pieces."MICRONAUTS #1, due in June, also features a cover by regular series artist, Eric Hanson, as well as a pin-up by Image Vic...
...roducer), JoshBlaylock (Producer)Release Date: 2008Premise: The film will chronicle the adventures of a ragtag unit of Allied soldiers who fight Hitler's occult agents and other supernatural threats during WWII. Based on Chris Kirby's comic book serie...
Hollywood tradition dictates that an Academy Award nomination begets lucrative offer after offer, and the nominee usually reaps the immediate seven-figure benefits. But sometimes, boyhood dreams take precedence.
Buoyed by his Oscar nod for scripting 'A...
There's a long-standing tradition of storytelling brothers. The Grimms. The Coens. The Wachowskis (although that should now actually be "the Wachowski siblings", I suppose). Add to that list the brothers Pate, Jonas and Josh, formerly of Sci-Fi's shor...
Josh LeBar draws on all kinds of life experiences when giving voice to Flash Thompson for "The Spectacular Spider-Man."
LeBar, best known for his role as agent Ari Gold's arch rival Josh Weinstein on HBO's "Entourage," has lived the life of both a pr...
Josh Lucas, while he promoting his latest movie, 'Poseidon', said, "Absolutely, I want the role," when asked if he was interested in the Harvey Dent role in the 'Batman Begins' sequel.
Fans on the internet have pushed actor Josh Lucas to pursue the part of Two Face in the 'Batman Begins' sequel. "I had heard that, when I was doing press on 'Glory Road,'" Lucas said of rumors he would play District Attorney Harvey Dent (and eventual vill...
Josh Gates stars in one of the SCIFI Channel’s most successful new series; Destination Truth. He’s a passionate explorer and traveler and a true skeptic. He has a degree in archeology rather than something more animal based. “I think wha...
Warner Bros. Pictures must be hoping that Sharon Stone isn't allergic to cats because the studio has offered the actress a starring role as the female villain in "Catwoman." Stone is expected to sign on to the film. If Stone does accept, she would play La...
Josh Hopkins, who recently did a story arc on FOX's 'North Shore,' has landed the role of new character Sean Ronin in the WB's 'Global Frequency' pilot. The pilot begins shooting next month.
Josh Hartnett, taking a timeout from press on his current movie stops to talk about '30 Days of Night' with Shock Til You Drop. The website asked Hartnett why he wanted to do the film.
"Well, because it's a vampire movie, and I just think that vampire ...
"I play Captain Lennox and I'm captain of this special ops team in Iraq and we're coming back from this mission and we're about ready to start going home when Vortex comes in as a U.S helicopter and basically transforms and incinerates the base," says act...
Seems like nonsense to us but the latest rumor is that a 'Lost' star is being considered for a part in 'X-Men 4', should the movie ever be made:
'Lost' star, Josh Holloway, who plays the conman Sawyer in the cult plane crash TV series, has been approac...
Shia LaBeouf said he went through hell working on Transformers. Did actor Josh Duhamel share the same experience? "Yeah, I guess. He didn't have to carry a big gun, though. He just had like his jeans and a sweat top and tennis shoes. We had like full army...
Because of his shooting schedule on the TV show 'Lost', actor Josh Holloway took himself out of consideration for a role in a Brad Pitt Western and as Gambit, a character producers were considering adding to 'X-Men'.
Fangoria talked with screenwriter Josh Olson who adapted "A History of Violence" for New Line and director David Cronenberg.
"There is some violence, but it is much more of a character-based drama. It's not in any way, shape or form what you could call...
Batman sequel rumor of the day: "A name that is getting a bit of run...for the 'Batman Begins' sequel is Josh Lucas. The word is that he could end up as a candidate for Dent.""
In a brief interview, actor Josh Lucas denies the rumors he's been approached to play Harvey Dent a.k.a. Two-Face in the Batman Begins sequel, but that he would be interested in the role and that he thinks the Nolan movie was magnificent.
Josh Friedman recently talked with CHUD about Fox's upcoming TV show THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, a Terminator themed series.The show will revolve around Connor and her savior son, John Connor. The series will explore what happened to Sarah Connor after t...
Josh Brolin has signed on to join the cast of the upcoming film, AMERICAN GANGSTER.The crime flick will star Russell Crowe and Denzel Washington and be directed by Ridley Scott.The Universal Pictures film is based on the life of drug-kingpin-turned-inform...
Two new names have emerged looking to join the cast of the Justice League of America.
Late last night, the IESB was tipped off that Josh Duhamel (Transformers) and Bijou Phillips (Hostel: Part 2) have both tested for unspecified roles in George Miller'...
Rumor of the day puts 'W.' star Josh Browlin in the saddle to play 'Jonah Hex' on the big screen.
Noted gossip columnist Jeffrey Wells dropped the casting news on his Hollywood Elsewhere website yesterday. Brolin's own people denied the story say...
It seems inevitable that any character from a comics-to-film movie will end up boxed and marketed as an action figure. THE HULK is no exception. Josh Lucas (who plays Major Glenn Talbot in the upcoming live ation adaptation of the Marvel comic) reveals th...
Josh Lucas has signed to star in THE TELL-TALE HEART, based on the Edgar Allan Poe story. Lucas will be playing the single father whose recently transplanted heart leads him on a frantic search to find the donor's killer before a similar fate befalls him....
Josh Lucas will join the film SMART for Nash Entertainment and 2 Bridges Productions. He will play a fictional FBI investigator who attempts to infiltrate Smart's world.The film is based on the life of GQ and Esquire magazine founder David Smart. Smart ...
Josh Hartnett, who once starred in '40 Days and 40 Nights', is now in final talks to topline '30 Days of Night' for Columbia Pictures.
The film is based on the Steve Niles graphic novel, illustrated by Ben Templesmith and published by IDW. David Slade ...
While fans of comicdom's favorite green hero, THE HULK, still have to wait until next year to see the latest adaptation of the comic book franchise, Josh Lucas (AMERICAN PSYCHO, A BEAUTIFUL MIND) waxes on about Director Ang Lee's vision for the film, whic...
What They SayThe war between Earth and its space colonies has turned childhood friends Kira and Athrun into enemies. In their Mobile Suits (giant manned robots), they undergo a life-changing epic. Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, one of the latest series situat...
Even with its problems, this episode seemed to return to the energy that made episodes in past seasons so great. Now this episode isn’t as good as the ones that were brought to mind because as much fun as it was, it was still ultimately built on sha...
According to Newsarama, Devil's Due publishing has acquired the rights to the comic book Sheena: Queen of the Jungle.“Sheena is arguably the first female super-hero, predating even Wonder Woman," said Devil’s Due President JoshBlaylock.&...
A cult favorite that received a limited theatrical run, only to develop a small but feverish following on video, TAPEHEADS is that rare comedy that actually improves with repeat viewings. The first feature directed by Bill Fishman – who later went on to C...
Genre: Crime/Suspense/Drama.Studio: Columbia Pictures.Production Company: Unknown.Project Phase: In Development.Who's In It: Mark Wahlberg, Josh Hartnett; Scarlett Johansson (Kay).Who's Making It: Brian De Palma (Director); Josh Friedman (Screenwriter); b...
Cinescape is happy to announce it's next contest: A giveaway of the first book in a new young adult series titled THE ADVENTURES OF CHANCE FOURTUNE: CHANCE FORTUNE AND THE OUTLAWS.The first in a middle grade series by author Shane Berryhill, CHANCE FORTUN...
Another Con come and gone, at least for me. As always, it's been a hoot and a half, but it has in some ways been an uneventful Con, with not as many earth-shaking revelations or presentations as in previous years. As I'm submitting this through a haze o...
Cinescape's latest contest, A giveaway of the first book in a new young adult series titled THE ADVENTURES OF CHANCE FOURTUNE: CHANCE FORTUNE AND THE OUTLAWS, has now ended.The winners are:JasonPhillipDimitreusDavidJeffAdamJimNicholas JeffreyMattThe first...
Genre:Drama/Crime/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio:New Line Cinema.Production Company:Benderspink.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Viggo Mortensen; Maria Bello; Ed Harris; William Hurt.Who's Making It:David Cronenberg (Director); Josh Olson (Screenwri...
Most known for his role in the tween hit television show 'Drake and Josh' on Nickelodeon, Drake Bell is no stranger to the screen. One of his earliest roles was starring opposite Tom Cruise in 'Jerry Maguire' and now Bell is a leading man and the star o...
Daniel Clowes is a master of the melancholy. His comic book serial, GHOST WORLD, collected together in the graphic novel of the same name, is one of the most truly sublime downers I've ever had the pleasure to read. You'll find yourself trying to shake th...
What They SayThe war between Earth and its space colonies has turned childhood friends Kira and Athrun into enemies. In their Mobile Suits (giant manned robots), they undergo a life-changing epic. Mobile Suit Gundam Seed, one of the latest series situat...
Comic Con 2007 in San Diego has listed their full lineup. I'll be posting the movie and television sections of the COMIC CON event.. This will include lots of information for you to judge on what to see if you happen to go to it.
Another thing, if ...
Genre:Crime.Studio:Unknown.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:In Development.Who's In It:Josh Hartnett (Sleven); Lucy Liu (Linda); Ben Kingsley ("The Rabbi"); Bruce Willis; Morgan Freeman.Who's Making It:Paul McGuigan (Director); Jason Smilovic (Sc...
From a press release:
Culver City, CA (12/17/07) – From producers Sam Raimi (director, Spider-Man trilogy, producer, The Grudge) and Robert Tapert (producer, The Evil Dead series) and director David Slade (Hard Candy), comes '30 Days of Night', ava...
This is easily been the worst season of 24 to date. There have been a few good episodes but overall it has just been weak. The two hour season finale is actually a good representation of what the series did wrong and right this season. In t...
When Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles premiered many of us thought, why? Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines was absent Linda Hamilton (the original Sarah Connor) and was really just a rehash of what had already been done in Terminator 2: Judgment D...
When Clive Barker's SAINT SINNER debuted on the Sci-Fi Channel, it was accompanied by one of the most remarkable film scores to grace cable television in years. 30-year old composer Christopher Lennertz, recent veteran of 17 feature films - from the subli...
The Superman Celebration kicked off on Thursday June 11th this year and man was it hot! I hadn’t been since 2006 and it seemed hot then, but this year it stayed in the 90s throughout the week.
The attending celebrities were 2-time Emmy Award and ...
PULSE is not just bad, but surprisingly bad it fails in basic ways that movies in its genre generally manage to get right even when the overall framework is severely faulty. In fact, PULSE had more going for it initially going in than many of its kindred...
Genre:Action/Science Fiction.Studio:Columbia Pictures.Production Company:Unknown.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Josh Lucas; Jessica Biel; Jamie Foxx; Richard Roxburgh; Sam Shepard; Joe Morton.Who's Making It:Rob Cohen (Director); W.D. Richter (Screenw...
The SCI FI Channel apparently liked what they saw out of their television series EUREKA and DESTINATION TRUTH. The genre based network has ordered a return of both shows for 2008. Here's the press release...
"Eureka" will begin production on a ...
So it has been a while since I reviewed an episode of this series. I haven’t stopped watching, I’ve just been waiting to see if it would get surprisingly better or noticeably worse. The story has changed, but the series has maintaine...
Warner Bros. has sent out an alert to us media outlets saying there's a ton of new items for their upcoming 3-D remake Journey to the Center of the Earth. They weren't kidding around either. The studio has unveiled seven new video clips over at Yahoo toda...
You may never of heard of him, but Rodney Bingenheimer has been a fixture on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood for over a decade and years ago was dubbed THE MAYOR OF SUNSET STRIP. As a matter of fact I've known Rodney since the late sixties and he, like most...
Recently Revolution Studios' and Columbia Pictures held the premiere of 13 GOING ON 30 at the Mann Village Theater in Westwood, California.13 GOING ON 30 is the story of Jenna Rink (Jennifer Garner) who just wants to be pretty and popular. On the eve of h...
A new spec screenplay has created a lot of heat in Hollywood thanks to Mel Gibson's THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST. Bobby Florsheim and Josh Stolberg's THE PASSION OF THE ARK was sold to Columbia Pictures for $1.5 million dollars, with another million waiting ...
With a title like FURRY VENGEANCE, you'd think that the story would be about some of nature's finest getting their payback on humans. If you did, you're right on the mark.New Line Cinema has written a check for $750,000 to writers Mike Carnes and Josh Gil...
Today's edition of Lying in the Gutters, which delivers insider news and scoops for the comic industry, has published a report from an individual with knowledge of the SIN CITY movie that Robert Rodriguez is now filming. Thanks to that scoop, we've learne...
Not only does ABC have not one, but two popularly and critically acclaimed shows (LOST and DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES), as well as several entirely watchable shows that haven't yet cracked the top of the ratings (BOSTON LEGAL and LIFE AS WE KNOW IT)...Not only ...
OPINION: First of all, a point of clarification: a certain web site which shall remain nameless felt the need to link to last week's column with the headline CINESCAPE BLASTS HELLBLAZER'S CONSTANTINE, with a "synopsis" line reading "Who needs to see a mov...
THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDATIONSAfter several notable years scoring video games (MEDAL OF HONOR series) and television (ALIAS), composer Michael Giacchino scores a hit with his effervescent score to Pixar’s THE INCREDIBLES, released on CD by Walt Disney Record...
Opening in theaters on November 10 is Robert Zemeckis' THE POLAR EXPRESS, the director's most ambitious project to date. Known for pushing the edge of special effects with his films such as the BACK TO THE FUTURE trilogy and the digital alterations of his...
Ben Kingsley has joined the cast of LUCKY NUMBER SLEVEN, the gangster film being directed by WICKER PARK's Paul McGuigan. Kingsley joins Josh Hartnett and Lucy Liu in the film, with production scheduled to commence in December.Kingsley's character is the ...
CHARLIE'S ANGELS co-star Lucy Liu is in talks to join the cast of LUCKY NUMBER SLEVEN, the gangster flick with Josh Hartnett topping. WICKER PARK helmer Paul McGuigan will film the movie beginning next month.Liu's character is a coroner named Linda who fa...
HULK co-star Josh Lucas, who is taking the lead in next summer's STEALTH, has emerged as the new frontrunner for Jerry Bruckheimer's GLORY ROAD. Lucas would play Texas Western basketball coach Don Haskins, the man who led an all-black team to the NCAA cha...
Based on Actual Television ShowsGreetings Cinescapers! This week I'm proud to point out that William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy will be working together again on a project that will milk these two to the full extent of their abilities. Yes, you guessed rig...
The creatures who bring us CHUD have an exclusive look at a scene from the upcoming drama WONDERLAND starring Val Kilmer, Lisa Kudrow, Janeane Garofalo, Christina Applegate, Josh Lucas and Dylan McDermott. The movie is opening in limited release this week...
Last night my lovely wife suggested we convert an entire wall in our living room into shelves for DVD storage.SPOTLIGHT OF THE WEEKThis week, our spotlight falls like a deep dish pizza on one of the most satisfying theatrical releases of the year, paired ...
After hearing rumors that Owen Wilson (SHANGHAI KNIGHTS) and Josh Lucas (HULK) were the frontrunners for the role, a decision has finally been announced as to who will play the police detective ally for CATWOMAN. Actor Benjamin Bratt has won the part of D...
Standing there amidst the bales of hay and corn stalks at the Los Angeles premiere of JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood you expected any second for someone to jump out at you dressed as the Creeper. JEEPERS CREEPERS 2 has quite a lar...
This coming November Marvel Comics will release a hardcover collection of some of their most memorable art published in the past two years. THE ART OF MARVEL COMICS VOL. 1 will be the first in a series of volumes showcasing the stellar artwork by some of ...
Screen Gems' IN THE CUT opens in Los Angeles and New York on Wednesday, October 22 and nationwide on Friday, October 31. On Thursday October 16, the Los Angeles Premiere was held at the Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills.Seen o...
Actress Jessica Biel will suit up alongside HULK co-star Josh Lucas in STEALTH, the high-tech action/thriller gearing up for Columbia Pictures. XxX director Rob Cohen will make the picture from a W.D. Richter penned screenplay. Laura Ziskin and Mike Medav...
Scarlett Johansson has been cast in THE BLACK DAHLIA as the mysterious lady named Kay. Johansson's character is a lookalike of the slain Black Dahlia woman, 1940s starlet Elizabeth Short, and she also proves to be a femme fatale for the two Los Angeles po...
According to today's issue of Variety, Richard Roxburgh has been cast in the new thriller STEALTH. He joins Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel and Jamie Foxx who are playing ace fighter pilots assigned to field test and then destroy an advanced prototype jet fighte...
Josh Duhamel (star of the upcoming WIN A DREAM DATE WITH TAD HAMILTON!) has been cast in the leading role for ANTARCTICA, a new project set up at Disney. Duhamel will play one of two researchers who were crossing the frozen continent when an unexpected co...
Hilary Swank is the latest addition to the cast of THE BLACK DAHLIA, based on James Ellroy's novel of the same name. Brian De Palma (MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, FEMME FATALE) will direct the project that also stars Josh Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson.Based on t...
After being stuck seemingly forever in development hell, it looks like James Ellroy's BLACK DAHLIA film is finally getting a pardon. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE director Brian De Palma has climbed aboard the project and actors Mark Wahlberg (THE ITALIAN JOB) and ...
Mars will invade Earth once again, but this time it will be documented by Steven Spielberg. The INDIANA JONES director will helm a new remake of H.G. Wells classic science fiction invasion story THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, with it looking very likely that Tom ...
ProgAID was set-up in the wake of the terrible earthquake and Tsunami disaster that tragically struck on the December 26th 2004. F2 Music decided to co-ordinate the recording of a CD single to help raise as much money as possible for those that need it.Th...
Walden Media and the Walt Disney Co. have signed Josh Hutcherson to star in BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA.As previously reported, the centers on a boy whose life is changed when he befriends an outsider. The two create a world called Terabithia, an imaginary kingd...
Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media have signed Zooey Deschanel for BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA. She joins a cast that already includes Josh Hutcherson and AnnaSophia Robb.Hutcherson and Robb play two classmates who, because of their outsider status, create t...
Josh Braun and Roger Kass have set up BUTTON MAN: THE KILLING GAME at DreamWorks.The graphic novel by John Wagner and Arthur Ranson centers on group of jaded millionaires who pit their own personal assassins against each other in a clandestine, deadly gam...
Apple.com is now offering the trailer for Warner Bros.' POSEIDON. The film opens in theaters on May 12th, 2006.From the official site: "When a rogue wave capsizes a luxury cruise ship in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, a small group of survivors ...
Fox TV has made a pilot commitment to Warner Bros. TV and C2 Pictures' THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES. Josh Friedman will write the script and serve as the executive producer. C2's Andrew Vajna and Mario Kassar will also executive produce. The show will cent...
Here is a list of some of the key and Cinescape related nominees for this year's 78th Annual Academy Awards for outstanding film achievements of 2005, which will be presented on Sunday, March 5, at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland® and televi...
First, let me tell you about Kudos. My first run-in with this British production company came with A&E's airing of MI-5. Known as SPOOKS in the UK, the series was the UK's answer to 24 and ALIAS, a sort of MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE with accents. The neat thi...
Aaron Zigman has been hired to compose the orchestral score for Disney's and Walden Media's fantasy adventure BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA, directed by Gabor Csupo based on the novel by Katherine Paterson. Recording artist Alison Krauss has decided to step down f...
Columbia Pictures held the World Premiere of S.W.A.T. on July 30th at the Mann Village in Westwood. The movie was inspired by the 70's television series of the same name which starred Steve Forrest, (who does a cameo as a S.W.A.T. truck driver), Rod Perry...
Transformers seems to be adding cast members day by day. Continuing with that trend ... Bernie Mac and Josh Duhamel have signed on board to play roles in Michael Bay's Transformers: The MovieMac will be playing a human salesman in the film. The films bu...
This past week, at the Todd/AO Scoring Stage in Studio City, California, composer Klaus Badelt recorded his score to the upcoming Wolfgang Petersen film, POSEIDON. The film, a remake of the 1972 disaster classic, THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, in which a tidal w...
Not to damn it with faint praise, but THE SHAGGY DOG is never unpleasant it's agreeable and once in awhile, it has an actually hilarious sight gag. The movie's problem, such as it is, isn't that it's a remake, but rather than its updated elements crib fr...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS David Newman's expressive and expansive score for SERENITY, Josh Whedon's big-screen incarnation of his short-loved TV series, FIREFLY, recently released by Varese Sarabande (302 066 682 2), is as quietly passionate as was the ...
DreamWorks Animation has announced a full development slate for their two-picture-per-year release schedule through at least 2009. They have set KUNG FU PANDA, which Jack Black providing the voice of the panda, for a 2008 release. The movie, which is heav...
Generally speaking, I've enjoyed the recent glut of comic book adaptations that Hollywood has been bringing us. There've been a a few I didn't really care for, like BLADE: TRINITY and CONSTANTINE. But, even those were fairly entertaining in their own righ...
LOST's Josh Holloway has been set to star as a kidnapper in Gold Circle Films' supernatural thriller "Whisper." The story centers on on the abduction of a young boy in New England.Sarah Wayne Callies will co-star as his girlfriend. Stewart Hendler is dir...
The Sci-Fi Wire had a chance to chat with Joel Silver this past Saturday, at WonderCon, about his "Wonder Woman" project. Silver told them he is interested in having Josh Whedon write and direct the new film version.Silver is quoted as saying, "'Donner r...
New details about the premise of FATHOM, a new science fiction series in development for NBC, have been sent to us. Originally announced last month, the network has ordered a pilot episode for the one-hour adventure series. At the time of our initial arti...
20th Century Fox has purchased the spec script ORPHAN'S DAWN by writer Josh Friedman, for development as a possible new science fiction franchise for the studio. The story is set in the future on a starship the size of a city, trying to find a new home af...
Continuity, thy name is ENTERPRISE. Though by no means the best story in TREK history, "In a Mirror, Darkly" certainly has the distinction of being one of the most enjoyable romps for those who appreciate its barrage of in-jokes. A prequel of sorts to t...
You've probably heard by now that Alan Moore has permanently dissociated himself from DC Comics, its affiliate Wildstorm, and America's Best Comics the imprint Moore started in 1998. This is significant news, and yet it's not entirely unexpected. This is...
Howdy all, welcome back to another action-packed week of obscure references and questionable wit. Got plenty of new show previews to cover this week, and I was finally able to get my hands on a copy of the SURFACE pilot (thanks NBC!), so we'd best get rig...
The fighter plane action genre has not exactly been famed for subtlety, ambiguity or plot twists that catch us off-guard. STEALTH changes all that, putting a surprisingly thoughtful (in this context) science fiction/sociopolitical spin on things that give...
New Line Cinema has hired Josh Olson to adapt the Japanese manga comic book MONSTER. MONSTER created by Naoki Urasawa is a psychological thriller that centers on a young doctor who saves the life of a little boy only to find out a few years later that th...
This latest animated feature from Hayao Miyazaki has enough common ingredients to fit in comfortably with PRINCESS MONONOKE, SPIRITED AWAY, and the rest of his canon. It's the story of a plucky heroine, an alluring stranger, fantastic flying machines, odd...
Filmmaker brothers Josh and Jonas Pate have a new science fiction TV series in their brains, and NBC has asked them to make a pilot for series consideration. The show is called FATHOM and The Hollywood Reporter describes its premise as being about "myster...
One thing you would never call Paul Verhoeven as a director is `subtle.` Even his early European films like THE FOURTH MAN contained their share of graphic imagery gouged eyeballs, to site one example) meant to shock you out of the complacency often produ...
Heroes has not been the disaster this season that everyone has be proclaiming it to be, but it has been much weaker than season one. The show recently saw its lowest ratings to date and in response a couple of the primary writer/producers were fir...
With thousands of digital television signals streaming into our homes, channel surfing with our thumbs on TV remote controls has become an exercise in its own right. As we attempt to make sense of the kaleidoscopic images offering infinite choices, there ...
NBC just can't seem to get enough of the epic tale Jason and the Argonauts. Eight years after the network released a miniseries starring Jason London, Frank Langella and Dennis Hopper, the peacock network is going for a new take of the story.
Me...
Two more horror films have joined the ranks of this year's After Dark's 8 Films to Die For lineup. Leigh Whannell (Saw) and Nathan Phillips' Dying Breed and Adam Gierasch's directorial debut Autopsy have joined the slate of five already announced films fo...
From a Press Release
DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures recently announced that director Michael Bay will shoot key sequences of 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' with IMAX(R) cameras. Bay will integrate the IMAX footage with state of the art...
In part one of our interview with Kevin Bacon on the making of Hollow Man,, the star described some of the difficulties caused by wearing make-up that allowed Sony Pictures ImageWorks to remove him digitally from the frame, thus creating the illusion of i...
The original voice of Optimus Prime, Peter Cullen, is still the voice of the character and will lend his voice to Paramount's upcoming film TRANSFORMERS.Cullen will again voice the most famous Transformer, Optimus Prime, when the film hits theaters July 4...
THE CROW a franchise first made popular with the original film starring the late Brandon Lee and derived from a comic book series created by James O'Barr has always lurked somewhere on the periphery of genre entertainment, enjoying cult status but often...
This week brings an assortment of intriguing scores just released or near due – and the death of a horror film music icon. On the soundtrack front, from sci-fi comedies like EVOLUTION to England’s female version of Austin Powers, MODESTY BLAISE – and a sp...
The post-Halloween horror doldrums are still keeping the release of new terror titles to a minimum, but mid-November has a nicely eclectic mix of movies that should offer something for almost any fan. The cream of the video crop for the week is far remov...
If one was to philosophically understand what Paul Verhoeven is trying to accomplish with the much anticipated Hollow Man, perhaps you could sum it up as, `The art of invisibility without being invisible.` Hollywood is again revisiting the past by re-inve...
Summer is traditionally a time for people to spend outdoors, engaged in fun recreational activities such as tsunami sweating, swatting mosquitoes, coping with severe sunburn and braving long lines at theaters showing highly hyped summer blockbusters. For...
Hollywood Reporter has a round up of this weekend openers, lead by the comic-based '30 Days of Night'. Movie theaters have suffered for weeks of soft numbers (compared to this time last year) and with lots of movies opening this weekend, hopes are high fo...
Josh Hartnett, who stars as sheriff Eben Oleson in the upcoming horror film 30 Days of Night, told SCI FI Wire that he tried to talk the producers into giving him a beard at the beginning of the film, but he was overruled.
"The turmoil of the beard re...
Gerard Butler and Steven Strait are set to take a bite out of Screen Gems' postapocalyptic vampire Western "Priest." The two are in negotiations to star, while Andrew Douglas has signed on to direct. Based on a comic book by Min-Woo Hyung, "Priest" center...
Danny Huston is sharpening his teeth for "30 Days of Night," Columbia Pictures' adaptation of the horror comic book. The story takes place in an Alaskan town where 30 days of continual winter darkness attracts a horde of hungry vampires. Josh Hartnett and...
Rachael Taylor and Amaury Nolasco have been cast in DreamWorks' "Transformers" and Tyrese Gibson is in negotiations to join them. Michael Bay is directing the live-action adaptation of the 1980s Hasbro toy line of giant robots that morph into cars, trucks...
'A History of Violence' exec producers Josh Braun and Roger Kass have sold off rights to 'Button Man: The Killing Game' -- a graphic novel by John Wagner and Arthur Ranson -- to DreamWorks for a bigscreen adaptation.
'Button' is a stylish thriller abou...
This September, the silver screen adaptation of John Wagner and Vince Locke's graphic novel "A History of Violence" hits theaters. Convention goers were given a sneak peek of the film and a chance to chat with the film's writer, Josh Olson, and the film's...
Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS) will unveil its TRANSFORMERS movie merchandising program at the American International Toy Fair in New York, as fans of all ages eagerly anticipate the first-ever live-action feature film from DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pict...
Check out the Access Hollywood interviews with cast Shia LeBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel & Tyresse Gibson and director Michael Bay talk about the Transformers Movie.
Seven clips, behind the scenes footage and a new featurette from the upcoming horror film "30 Days of Night" starring Josh Hartnett, Melissa George, Ben Foster and Danny Huston, based on the comic-book by Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith.
Josh Hartnett, star of the upcoming 30 Days of Night, joins producer Sam Raimi to talk about the vampire movie, which is based on Steve Niles and Ben Templesmith's graphic novel
Check out another interview from the Transformers stars Tyrese Gibson and Josh Duhamel talking about the movie, training for their respective roles and their favorite transformers...
It's the Autobots versus the Decepticons in this sneak peek at the sci-fi film based on the popular '80s animated TV series. Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson and Josh Duhamel star.
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Josh Hartnett, most recently seen in the summer's PEARL HARBOR, has been talking about a scene in the coming BLACK HAWK DOWN. Hartnett is one of the ensemble cast of the film which dramatically tells the true-life story of a 1993 American military operati...
The networks are slowly starting to unveil their new line-ups and, well, part of me wishes they'd keep their stinkin' shows to themselves. EMERIL. BAM! It sucks.CROSSING JORDAN. I think my sister put it best. While watching the show she said, "This is tot...
In anticipation of a busy 2003 summer, Revolution Films is shuffling around its spring and summer lineup. VARIETY reports that the following movies have received scheduling changes:1. ANGER MANAGEMENT, starring Jack Nicholson (THE PLEDGE, MARS ATTACKS and...
Random thoughts alert!You know what? Tuesday nights are too crowded, TVwise. There's BUFFY, GILMORE GIRLS, 24, AMERICAN IDOL (please forgive me, I can't help myself), SMALLVILLE, KINGPIN, THE SHIELD, and to a lesser extent - A.U.S.A. and LESS THAN PERFEC...
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER has announced that Hyde Park Entertainment is joining forces with Crusader Entertainment to acquire the rights to the classic fantasy comic strip MANDRAKE THE MAGICIAN from the Hearst Corp.'s King Features Syndicate. The companies h...
VIDEO NEWSThe FX cable network's groundbreaking Emmy-nominated cop show, THE SHIELD, will soon join 24 as a TV series released to DVD after the airing of only its first season. The series is packed with profanity, nudity, sex and police corruption, plus a...
VIDEO NEWSOne of the next big titles coming to home video will be this summer’s hit, MEN IN BLACK II. The current word on the DVD release is that it will be a 2-disc set. Disc one will feature the film in either anamorphic or full screen image along with ...
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER says that Josh Harnett is the leading candidate to don SUPERMAN's red cape as of last week, when the actor was screen tested for the role.As previously reported, the primary consideration in the negotiations is the actors willingnes...
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER notes that Josh Hartnett, previously a close contender for the role of SUPERMAN, has declined the project.New candidates reportedly include Brendan Fraser, Paul Walker, and Matthew Bomer.Questions? Comments? Let us know what you thi...
For nearly two decades, the enigmatic path to Hollywood set upon by Marvel Comics' hottest properties had been one plagued by misfortune. Be it the web of legal issues locking up production of SPIDER-MAN or the "studio shuffle" that besieged DAREDEVIL ear...
Director Christian Ford is developing a supernatural-themed movie project titled INVISIBLE, to be written with partner Roger Soffer. The story is about a young New York City woman who develops feelings of insignificance; she begins to feel like no one car...
Here's a wacky twist on the buddy action-comedy: Instead of pairing two culture-clashing heroes from different racial/ethnic backgrounds (one or both of them comedians take your pick), how about matching up two stiff, white straight-men who collectively ...
Today we've got four snaps of Josh Hartnett and Harrison Ford in HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE, their upcoming cop/buddy action flick. You know the drill: a veteran detective has to take a rookie partner under his wing and show him the ropes. This time around the ...
Wolfgang Petersen has picked the face that toppled an empire. The director of TROY has selected German-born actress Diane Kruger to play the Queen of Sparta in the Warner Bros. movie set to begin filming on April 22.Kruger has been a rising star in Franc...
While watching the latest installment in the FRIDAY THE 13th series, JASON X, we couldn't help but notice that the characters kept claiming that notorious slasher, killer, and general ne'er-do-well Jason Voorhees had claimed "over 200" victims during the ...
Josh Lucas, last seen in A BEAUTIFUL MIND, has signed on as Talbott, Bruce Banner's best friend, in Ang Lee's THE HULK.In joining the cast, Lucas will again work with MINDS co-star Jennifer Connelly, as well as Nick Nolte (who plays Banner's father) and S...
Though Ridley Scott's timely BLACK HAWK DOWN is currently scheduled to hit theater screens wide in 2002, the film will be released in limited distribution late this year in order to be eligible for Academy Award considerations.According to Variety, the fi...
Strieber works his usual prose magic in this imaginative follow-up to THE HUNGER. His rich, realistic dialogue plays beautifully against the complex and believable vampire world that he creates.Vampires, in this world, call themselves "Keepers." Once upon...
Image Comics has announced that G.I. JOE #2 will be in stores on Oct. 31, almost a month earlier than its originally solicited ship date.The announcement comes roughly a month after the first printing of G.I. JOE #1 sold out within a week. The original ru...
The trailer for Columbia Picture's release of Ridley Scott's BLACK HAWK DOWN has been posted online. The film's emsemble cast includes Josh Hartnett, Tom Sizemore, Jason Isaacs, Ewan McGregor, and Sam Shepard. The film is an adaptation of Mark Bowden's bo...
Genre:Horror/Sequel.Studio:MGM.Production Company:American Zoetrope/Myriad Pictures.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It: Jonathan Breck ("The Creeper"); Ray Wise (Jack Taggart); Eric Nenninger (Scott Braddock); Nicki Lynn Aycox (Minxie Hayes); Drew Bell ...
After a movie-going year in which a string of disappointing World War II pictures (PEARL HARBOR, ENEMY AT THE GATES, CAPTAIN CORELLI'S MANDOLIN) seemed even more irrelevant when the real bullets started flying post-Sept. 11, director Ridley Scott's BLACK ...
With so many of 2001's genre entries turning out to be good (HARRY POTTER) or great (LORD OF THE RINGS), the year's Golden Razzies didn't have as many genre entries as it has in past years.That being said, there were still more than a few films hyped to g...
In parts one and two of CINESCAPE's discussion with Josh Hartnett and Tom Sizemore, the duo discussed their new war drama, BLACK HAWK DOWN. The film, which is based on the 1993 true story of U.S. soldiers who found themselves trapped in Somalia when two o...
In the first part of our Ridley Scott profile, the director explained how the events of Sept. 11 affected the release of his new military drama, BLACK HAWK DOWN. The true tale of U.S. servicemen who were stranded in Somalia in 1993 and participated in the...
In news that will put the next installment of the INDIANA JONES series in even deeper limbo, Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg are working to reteam on the World War II drama GHOST SOLDIERS.Cruise and Spielberg, who just finished work on MINORITY REPORT, ar...
THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS producer Neal Moritz will remake the '80s action flick LET'S GET HARRY for Columbia Pictures. The script for the new version will be penned by writers Scott Rosenberg (CON AIR) and Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec (both writers on F...
Spartan sequel planned for 300?
The Rumor: A sequel is on the horizon for Zack Snyder’s adaptation of the Frank Miller comic 300.
The Source: Producer Mark Canton to SOSHollywood
The Mania Verdict: TRUE---Warner Bros. lists the budget for 3...
Maria Bello is in negotiations to star opposite Viggo Mortensen in "A History of Violence" at New Line Cinema. David Cronenberg is directing. Adapted by Josh Olson from John Wagner and Vince Locke's graphic novel, "Violence" tells the story of an ordinary...
Ed Harris and William Hurt are in negotiations to join the cast of "A History of Violence" at New Line Cinema. David Cronenberg is directing, with Viggo Mortensen toplining. Adapted by Josh Olson from John Wagner and Vince Locke's graphic novel, "Violence...
David Cronenberg is set to helm an adaptation of "A History of Violence" at New Line Cinema. Book is the first in the Paradox Graphic Mystery line published by Paradox Press/DC Comics.
The graphic novel was penned by "Judge Dredd" creator John Wagner. ...
I read '30 Days of Night' by Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith a few years ago, and I remember really liking it, though I can't, for the life of me, actually recall anything about it. So I figured that makes me a perfect candidate to review the film...
Rumors have been
flying for months placing Josh Hartnett as a favored candidate to play Superman
on the big screen. Now The Hollywood
Reporter gives some solid info on Hartnett's flirtation with the part.
According to the
write-up, Hartnett screen ...
"Cursed" victim Josh Jackson got talking to UK's TRL about missed opportunities, looming opportunities and, squeal girly squeal, whether Pacey will ever return.
Jackson confirmed reports that he was up for "Batman Begins" before Chrissy Bale snagged th...
IGN recently learned that a Sin City videogame was in the works. While we know nothing of the game (platform, publisher, etcetera), the news comes as no real surprise given our industry's focus on franchise titles, specifically star-studded franchise titl...
The man himself appeared on the Jubilee stage at Paris Las Vegas to set up the clips. Bay seemed comfortable as he thanked the crowd for their support, but not without also commenting how much money he has made for them over the years, ticking off several...
Written by Josh Oppenheimer and Thomas Dean Donnelly, the film follows the magician's entrance into a world of grand magic and adventure. Jackson Mandrake has always lived life on the edge. Working as an underground magician, Mandrake's act has grown far ...
"Yeah, please call," actor Josh Lucas urged the 'Batman Begins' team, before following it up with a message to fans: "I do want to do it, I love the rumor; please keep it up. What I like so much about it is that question, the duality of Harvey..."
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