MichaelCrichton -- whose books were made into films including "Jurassic Park" and "The Andromeda Strain" -- died Tuesday. He was 66.
The author died "after a courageous and private battle against cancer," according to his W...
MichaelCrichton has emerged from his silence of the last few years, and is putting the finishing touches on his new techno-thriller, PREY. How do we know this? The same way we always know when he's done with a novel: before it even comes out, a movie stu...
Time travel is--all puns aside--a time-tested motif in science fiction. In MichaelCrichton`s latest novel, TIMELINE, we`re not talking dinosaurs here. We`re talking the Middle Ages, and we`re talking time travel of a sort we`ve never heard of before. ...
...cience of MichaelCrichton’s sci-fi with the paperback The Science of MichaelCrichton, and Robert Rankin puts a comic spin on Dan Brown’s work with The Da Da De Da Da Code.
Noted genre authors Eric Flint and Mike Resnic pair up to edit Th...
MichaelCrichton died on Tuesday. It's a tragic loss, as any human loss is. But for some reason--and despite all of the obituaries to the contrary--it seems strange to refer to Crichton as a great ... as in "a great one," "an icon.&...
...y, author MichaelCrichton (Jurassic Park) round out the next-to-the-last week of August, starting with the excellent Westworld, from 1973. There’s nothing in the way of extras on Warner’s DVD release, but this is one of the best sci-fi efforts of its ...
Episode #1 - `Premiere.` Written by Rockne S. O’Bannon. Directed by Andrew Prowse. Astronaut John Crichton (Ben Browder), in his experimental craft on a trip around Earth during the present time, is drawn into a wormhole that deposits him on the othe...
...meline by MichaelCrichton is out in paperback now; in fact, it’s at the top of the Los Angeles Times’ paperback bestseller list. It`s a fun historico-sf-thriller (I think I just made up a genre) that I reviewed when it came out in hardcover. Something...
Richard Donner has been talking about what's happening with his TIMELINE movie project, based on the MichaelCrichton book of the same name.While talking to Fred Topol of About.com's Action-Adventure Movies page, Donner gave his update on the project, say...
...). Author MichaelCrichton is also back on board, helping to develop the storyline. Kennedy and Marshall are also readying THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE with Rob Kinkoff (STUART LITTLE) directing, with a sequel to TWISTER planned as a co-product...
The trailer for the upcoming mini-series The Andromeda Strain is online courtesy of the official A&E website. The upcoming remake of the MichaelCrichton novel is getting adapted by director Mikael Saloman (Band of Brothers) and produced by Ridley Sco...
...ased on a MichaelCrichton novel about a time travel rescue mission to medieval times. Widescreen or fullscreen editions include four featurettes.(O) ZOMBIE CULT MASSACRE (Sub Rosa/LD Filmworks) A trip to Grandma's house is complicated by a fanatical c...
...since the MichaelCrichton book. And I'm not going to tell you anything about it. My lips are sealed."[Originally appeared in Starlog.]November 5, 2002... Dark Horizons uncovered the next puzzle piece in what Jurassic Park IV could be about. Speaking t...
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Composer Garry Schyman’s score for the 2005 THQ alien invasion videogame Destroy All Humans! was a frenzied, lovingly retro science fiction horror score written in the style of 1950’s sci-fi movies ...
...hat whole MichaelCrichton/Robin Cook world of medicine and science."There'll also be an overriding mythology that will come into play from time to time, as well as a healthy dose of humor."It does the stuff my favorite TV shows and movies do...
...ke a good MichaelCrichton novel Iles spins a very believable twist on developing far-fetched technology, one that in this case underlines the hubris of human ambition. Yet beyond its inventive method for developing artificial intelligence, Footprints&...
After Richard Donner wraps the coming TIMELINE, based on the MichaelCrichton book, the helmer may be shifting over to the old west with a project called HIGH LONESOME.While talking to E! Online's Anderson Jones, Donner revealed that the project would reu...
...Director, MichaelCrichton - Writer (earlier screenplay), Jerry Weintraub - Producer, Colin Watkinson - Cinematographer, Robert Duffy - Editor
Notes: The remake of Westworld has been in the works for a years and seemed to almost be dead. Warner ...
This book reminded me of an awful lot of CONGO by MichaelCrichton, with grisly gorilla attacks on humans, missing people, a female sign-language capable simian, and a man and woman who find out what's going on. Hmm. But there the similarity ends, and tru...
...t for the MichaelCrichton film, TIMELINE. X-FILES composer Mark Snow is scoring the new Warner Bros. live-action futuristic superhero TV series, BIRDS OF PREY, which debuts next week (Oct 9th, specifically). The next Pixar film, FINDING NEMO, will ret...
...e classic MichaelCrichton novel about an alien microorganism that threatens life on Earth. Part 1 begins with an alien satellite that crashes in a small town killing nearly all of the town’s inhabitants.
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THE ANDROMEDA S...
...s still a MichaelCrichton story, a good one, so that’s what makes it worth stick around for. When you dig through the flashy tech and stiff dialogue, and formulaic character development there’s still an interesting science fiction story he...
...s such as MichaelCrichton, Stephen King and J.K. Rowling have sold gazillions of books with fantastic, speculative storylines, but they're not considered SF/fantasy authors per se. Crichton and King write "best-sellers." Rowling writes "children's" li...
... works of MichaelCrichton and Neal Stephenson been marketed as mainstream fiction instead of SF? ? Would a non-SF reader be prepared for the quantum physics in TIMELINE? Would the mundanes even understand the allusion in the title CRYPTONOMICON. (It`s...
...ritten by MichaelCrichton, is about tornado chasers trying to unlock the how and why tornados are formed. The reason behind this is so they can develop an early warning system. Like all Crichton stories the film is a race against time and the elements...
It's a little sad when the highest hopes you can have for a movie sequel sound something like, "Well, maybe it won't be as bad as the last one." For most fans of the MichaelCrichton novel JURASSIC PARK, Steven Spielberg's big screen adaptation was someth...
Steven Spielberg`s dinosaur film, adpated by MichaelCrichton and David Koepp from Crichton`s bestseller, may be lacking in subtleties of narrative and characterization, but it`s hard to think of a more irrelevent criticism when applied to a film that is ...
...rected by MichaelCrichton (JURASSIC PARK novelist) and released in 1973. It was set in the future when tourists travelled to a resort where they could live out fantasy scenarios set in past environments, such as the Middle Ages or the old west. The ...
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It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park, six years since the extraordinary dream of science and imagination came to a crashing end--the dinosaurs destroyed, the park dismantled, t...
...on author MichaelCrichton. [ ] FAHRENHEIT 451 (Universal) [IMG2R]Ray Bradbury’s novel – a tale of an oppressive future in which firemen are assigned to burning books - seems a bit naďve after all these years, and relies too muc...
...nner, and MichaelCrichton, the author of the best-selling novel which the movie is based upon. Unfortunately Gerard Butler couldn't attend.Joining the stars were guests: Steve Valentine, X-MEN's Shawn Ashmore and Aaron Stanford, John Enos, David Lago,...
...that 1973 MichaelCrichton thriller about a amusement park whose animatronic robots go awry in deadly fashion, has made its debut on CD from Chapter III Records (CHA 1003-2) as part of the label’s continuing reissue on CD of MGM Records catalog soundtr...
... novel by MichaelCrichton. According to Music from the Movies, Goldsmith will also compose the theme for Rod (LAST CASTLE) Lurie’s upcoming television series, DC.Decca will release Danny Elfman’s latest (and last for some time) film score, RED DRAGON,...
...d author" MichaelCrichton, including two related to the medical field: THE CAREY TREATMENT (1972), based on Crichton's pseudonymous novel A Case of Need, starred James Coburn as an unconventional pathologist who solves a murder mystery at his Boston h...
Paul Walker has joined the cast of Paramount's developing TIMELINE, based on the book by MichaelCrichton.According to the Hollywood Reporter, Walker will pull in $3M to take one of the film's three young lead roles. Gerard Butler (DRACULA 2000) was previ...
Ben Browder, on his way to his last, official second-season shooting day for the series Farscape is feeling, well, sad. Fans in the United States have only seen eight episodes of the second season so far, and the show has been picked up for a third. Still...
At the end of Farscape’s second season, John Crichton (Ben Browder) was lying strapped to a surgical table with part of his brain gone. Scorpius (Wayne Pygram) had retrieved the chip from Crichton’s head, and Aeryn Sun (Claudia Black) was entombed on a f...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Kobayashi MakotoTranslated by:N/AAdapted by:What They SayDescribed as \"Japan\'s version of Garfield, Heathcliff, and Krazy Kat all rolled into one,\" Makoto Kobayashi\'s What\'s Michael? mixes slice-of-life cat reality with o...
Francis Ford Coppola not only led his generation of young, new filmmakers who revived the form in the early '70s, he has also made, in the course of his uneven career, some of the greatest American films ever. Now, Paramount Home Video has released two su...
The events at the end of Farscape’s first season are resolved in `Mind The Baby,` the first episode to air in season two. Despite the maneuvers of Scorpius (Wayne Pygram) and the behavior of Crais (Lani John Tupu), Moya is able to return, recover Aeryn (...
On a special edition of ABC`s television show POLITICALLY INCORRECT, host Bill Maher was discussing the Oscar telecast with a panel of guests including Chris Isaak and Michael Medved. The conservative critic was spewing his usual bile about an alleged Hol...
Some evil never dies. The Shape has been shot, stabbed, burned and thrown out of windows, yet keeps coming back for more. Even non-traditional methods, like less than stellar sequels, haven’t been able to take down modern horror’s original mass murderer. ...
A plethora of rumors online are now confirmed with solid word that Michael Jackson will be appearing in the coming MEN IN BLACK 2. And, despite the visual joke in the first MIB, the singer will not be playing an alien.While talking to Variety columnist Mi...
Sitting down to interview Michael Clarke Duncan who stars alongside Tom Hanks in The Green Mile, the first thing I notice is his jovial, garrulous manner. He`s friendly, open, and extremely happy to talk about the biggest role of his acting career. Big. T...
Michael Praed is quite proud of himself, for reasons only a parent would understand. He had just returned to his home in England to see his son and daughter in their local school`s Nativity play. `They were fantastic!` the proud father beams, just begging...
Possible SPOILER sub-plot details inside this article, reader. This story/rumor clarifies previous rumors on which character Anthony Michael Hall will be playing in Nolan's THE DARK KNIGHT next year. Previously, online news stated that Hall could be playi...
Movie mogul Michael Bay received death threats from Transformers fans when he was announced as the film's director. The blockbuster movie maker was not a popular choice to take charge of the first Transformers film and fans of the toys and animated TV ser...
Michael Shanks plays Dr. Daniel Jackson on the popular television series STARGATE SG-1. He leaves the series this season by way of a much-publicized, much-lamented character death ("Meridian"). But no one really dies in science fiction, and Dr. Jackson wi...
MAccording to ComingSoon.net, Michael Bacall has joined Quentin Tarantino's half of the double feature GRINDHOUSE. Bacall will join Eli Roth, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Bell, Kurt Russell and Omar Doom in the film.GRINDHOUSE will include two films joined by fau...
Michael Nyman's 'MN Records' have released a new series of albums entitled Composer's Cuts. The series highlights what the composer refers to as the "continuous evolution" of his film music. He suggests that with the performance of certain cues in the con...
The CW have released 17 new images from 'Smallville' season 8, episode 8. The episode, called "Bloodline" features the return of one of season 7's top attractions.
KARA RETURNS — Clark (Tom Welling) receives an anonymous package c...
This hasn't been the greatest season for pilots. Don't get me wrong: there have been several that I think will develop into worthwhile shows, assuming they survive long enough to do so. We've seen a bumper crop of high-concepts (PRISON BREAK) and genre ...
He's big, bigger than most. But can he stack up against The Rock? You better believe it, says Michael Clarke Duncan who co-stars with the famous wrestler in The Rock's first starring role in THE SCORPION KING."He's six four, two seventy," says Duncan. "I'...
Anchor Bay Entertainment is releasing HALLOWEEN: 25 YEARS OF TERROR on DVD July 25, 2006.The DVD will take a look at the history surrounding the horror franchise, including a backstage look at all of the classic films as well as feature a host of bonus ma...
...tation of MichaelCrichton's chilling THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN. Wise and Crichton confined their action to a compact underground laboratory as a small team of scientists studied a growing pathogen from space, and built suspense out of when or if the bug wo...
The CW have released 16 new images from October 23rd episode of 'Smallville' entitled "Prey". Sam Witwer's character Davis Bloom begins his descent into what the Smallvillified version of the comic-book heavyweight Doomsday!
Here's the officia...
Tonight's FARSCAPE season premiere shows once again why the series has often been called the best SCIFI show on TV. Last season ended with Moya's crew members scattered to the solar winds. FARSCAPE's producers were unsure of the show's fate, so in case th...
Currently co-starring alongside The Rock in the hit action film THE SCORPION KING, Michael Clarke Duncan is riding high. After his Oscar nominated turn in THE GREEN MILE, the actor has had a string of roles in popular films. In THE SCORPION KING, The Rock...
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was introduced to youngsters everywhere. 'The Batman' features a younger,
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"The Lex and Lana relationship is going to really heat up. They're both kind of lonely, dark creatures, and I think there's some attraction there," said actor Michael Rosenbaum, who plays Lex Luthor on 'Smallville'. "And obviously the relationship between...
Actor Michael Chiklis said, "they are getting ready to do it," when asked about a 'Fantastic Four' sequel. The actor reports that the writers are half way through the script.
In a video interview Michael Chiklis calls talk of him playing The Thing in 'Fantastic Four' a rumor, but also goes on to say it is a "definite possibility" and "would be fun."
Michael Rosenbaum (Smallville's Lex Luthor) talks about the show's return to new episodes, the possibility of directing next season, and what his plans are beyond Smallville.
Yesterday (Sunday, March 28), Michael Rosenbaum was at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California for Creation Entertainment's Sci-Fi Summit. Click to view images.
Hollywood producer Michael Uslan sat down with CBR News to discuss the upcoming "The Spirit" film. Uslan talks about plans for the film, which characters may make it into the production and what sort of involvement creator Will Eisner will have with the f...
"Royal Scam," a new episode of Spider-Man guest-starring Michael Clarke Duncan as the Kingpin, will air Friday on MTV at 10 p.m. Comics Continuum has info about the episode and design illustrations of the Kingpin.
Click here to watch a video interview with Michael Rosenbaum talking about his first experience directing his castmates and...himself. The interview is directly from the set of next episode "Promise" scheduled to air on March 15th.
Michael spent about 30 minutes talking to the press this past weekend about his newest film Transformers and explains a bit about his on-set reputation. .
E! Online has a minor blurb with director Michael Bay about 'Transformers 2' in a "five-second' interview:
"It's not about upping [the ante]. It's about still keeping the heart," Bay says of the inevitable sequel. He adds that the new movie will featur...
In an interview with AllHipHop.com, actor Michael K. Williams reveals that he's appearing in the upcoming 'Incredible Hulk' movie. Williams provides no details about the role he plays in the film.
The actor may be best known for his recurring role as gan...
British thespian Michael Sheen (Tony Blair in The Queen, Lucian in the Underworld films) has two new high profile projects coming to his resume in the near future. Variety reports the actor has been cast in Samuel L. Jackson's upcoming thriller Unthinkabl...
After years of being the primary reason to watch 'Smallville', actor Michael Rosenbaum is parting ways with the series.
From the first episode, Rosenbaum's nuanced portrayal of the conflicted and tormented Lex Luthor riveted fans to the show. Below is ...
The Continuum continues its series of features on the cast of Kids' WB!'s Legion of Super Heroes today with Michael Cornacchia, who provides the voice of Bouncing Boy. The interview took place during a signing at Comic-Con International in July.
"When...
Last night at the premiere of Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Michael Bay spent a few minutes with the IESB and gave us a quick update on Transformers.
Those of you who missed the nice behind-the-scenes footage of 'Transformers' when it debuted in grainy fashion on YouTube, can now catch a crisp QuickTime version on director Michael Bay's website. The clips, which were shipped on the 20th Anniversary DVD...
From the official Michael Bay website regarding the 'Transformers' teaser trailer: "None of the Mars story, launch footage, and rover footage is going to be in the movie.
"Yes, Bay did shoot the rover footage."
According to IESB, Michael Bay has signed on to direct the Jerry Bruckheimer produced Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.The film, is based on the video game, which follows an adventurous prince who teams up with a rival princess to stop an angry ruler f...
In late June, NECA (The National Entertainment Collectibles Association) will be putting out a Michael Myers bust sitting on top of a carved pumpkin. The "Mini-Bust" will glow in it's own luminescent way, via a few button cell batteries.NECA states, the ...
SoundtrackNet has posted a report on Steve Jablonsky's recording session for the new Michael Bay science fiction/action thriller about cloning, THE ISLAND. Jablonsky, noted for scoring the 2003 remake of THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE, TV's DESPERATE HOUSEWI...
Age: 40 Most Recent Film: The Island Best Film: Pearl Harbor Most Underrated Film: The Rock Did You Know: Won the Gold Lion for The Best Beer Campaign (Miller Lite) at Cannes. Why He Matters: With James Cameron busy with his documentaries and enjoying all...
In 1987, the 20th Century Fox thriller BLACK WIDOW hit the screens, starring Debra Winger and Theresa Russell. A deadly seductress marries a series of wealthy men, murders them, collects their estates, and gets away with her crimes thanks to her assumptio...
Oscar-nominated composer Michael Kamen has died. The 55-year-old, who gave us such memorable scores for such films as DIE HARD, LETHAL WEAPON, HIGHLANDER and X-MEN, passed away due to his battle with multiple sclerosis. Doctors said that Kamen suffered a ...
UC: UNDERCOVER creator Shane Salerno and ARMAGEDDON director Michael Bay are reuniting on a new pilot for ABC about the real-life war between 1920s crusader Eliot Ness and Chicago gangster Al Capone. The story between the two was first made popular by the...
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surpremo Gary Mann popped in on a book reading/signing by Michael Chabon last week. Chabon is touring to support his new all-ages book, Summerland.
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Brian Michael Bendis is definitely one of the good guys. Not only is he one of the hardest working men in comics, with titles like POWERS, ALIAS, ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN, ELEKTRA, and many more under his utility belt, but he's a gracious fellow to boot. After...
While covering the recent Los Angeles Comic Book and Science Fiction Convention, CINESCAPE photographer Sue Schneider caught up with actor Michael Pare', self-proclaimed Hollywood hermit and star of the syndicated television series STARHUNTER. Perhaps bes...
In an interview with MTV, director Michael Bay expressed interest in doing another sequel to the Bad Boys franchise."I don't know. Will Smith's people called. They're fun to work with, those guys," Bay said. He also added that producer Jerry Bru...
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Michael Cera (Superbad) is in final negotiations to star in Scott Pilgrim's Little Life, says The Hollywood Reporter. Edgar Wright is directing the adventure romance, based on the graphic novel of the same name published by Oni Press. Marc Platt, Eric Gi...
A few weeks after Bloody-Disgusting announced it, Platinum Studios and Top Cow has confirmed to the trades that Michael Rymer will be directing its adaptation of Witchblade. The Australian director has primarily worked with Universal's "Battlestar Ga...
Paramount Pictures has confirmed that Michael Giacchino, noted for his scores for The Incredibles, Mission: Impossible III, and the forthcoming animated comedy, Ratatouille, is indeed attached to the new Star Trek movie. In fact, it was only officially co...
According to Bloody Disgusting, Michael Clark Duncan is the director's first choice to play the role of Vlad in the upcoming Todd Lincoln film, Hack/Slash.In the film, based on the hit horror comic from Devil's Due Publishing, Cassie Hack hunts and kills ...
The Hollywood Reporter ran a story today announcing the new Michael Bay film we told you about last week titled 2012: The War for Souls. HR had a bit of new information to report, including an updated plot synopsis.The film will reportedly center on...
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Michael Angarano is in negotiations to star alongside Jackie Chan and Jet Li in an untitled project.The film, to be directed by Rob Minkoff from a script by John Fusco, will see Angarano play a troubled 17-year-old wan...
According to Sci Fi Wire, Michael Biehn has confirmed that he talked with director James Cameron about a role in the helmer's upcoming SF epic film Avatar."I've had two very very good meetings with Jim," Biehn said. "And they went very well...
It seems to be a crime thriller focused news morning with a former Batman star (Val Kilmer) announced as leading one while here we have the current Batman's partner (Michael Caine) set to lead another. The trades reports the actor getting attached to lead...
Exclusive Video clips of a typical day with Michael Bay on the set of "Transformers" - which includes yelling at extras - and even more pictures from action scenes with Bumblebee, tanks, crashed cars and extras.
Part one of an interview with Michael Uslan, the man behind all of the Batman movies, and how hard it was to take the Dark Knight to the screen from 1979 on.
Previously, we learned of Michael Uslan's mission - if you will - to bring a dark and serious 'Batman' film to theaters. A mission and process that provd to be a decade-long.
With The Batman kicking off its fourth season on Saturday on Kids' WB!, The Continuum caught up with producer Michael Goguen for a short interview on Friday to discuss the series' new dynamics.
"Robin is hugely important to the series, just as he is to...
Basking in the third-biggest premiere weekend of the year, Fantastic Four star Michael Chiklis said a sequel might be coming fairly quickly.
"I've heard grumblings that we might start as early as next spring," Chiklis told Access Hollywood on Monday. ...
Michael Chiklis guesses that he's been asked to growl out "It's clobberin' time" several thousand times by now — not that he minds. The 41-year-old actor, who plays the brawny Ben Grimm/The Thing in Fantastic Four — is a big-time comic book fan since chil...
"I'm hearing a little bit of both [positive and negative reactions to the makeup for The Thing in 'Fantastic Four'], but the wonderful news is that the people who have seen the movie have pretty much, uniformly been very positive, and if you read the blog...
In an exclusive interview with CINESCAPE, Hollywood "Jack of all Trades" and fan favorite comic book scribe J. Michael Straczynski revealed that his RISING STARS feature film adaptation is farther along then most have imagined."I turned in the fourth draf...
At the GM celebritytra event held on Tuesday at the Paramount lot, all the stars came out to celebrate fashion and cars. We caught up with director Michael Bay, producer Tom DeSanto and actor Tyrese Gibson all from the Transformers movie due out July 4th ...
Who is Anthony Michael Hall portraying in The Dark Knight movie?
Hall's character is an investigative reporter for the GCN, which was photographed on Aug. 19. The scene shot that day, which is about three-fourths of the way into the film, goes like so....
Ben Jones, Brandon Vietti, and Michael Chang, animation directors on 'Batman: The Brave and the Bold' talk about the new show and reveal some of the guest heroes, including Tomar-Re, Kilowog and Dr. Fate!
IESB.net spoke exclusively with actor Michael Peña who told them that he's been offered a role in the upcoming 'Green Hornet' movie.
Peña would not get specific about his part, but said that Seth Rogen offered him the role while they were a...
Yes, we live in an age where realistic looking Transformers can get their own live-action movie. Robots in disguise will soon be everywhere as the like-titled Paramount/DreamWorks film -- executive-produced by none other than Steven Spielberg, among other...
A couple of weeks ago we asked y'all to send in your questions to Smallville star Michael Rosenbaum. Here's The CW Source's interview with the infamous Lex Luthor. Thanks for your questions and enjoy!
At the recent New York Comic-Con, producer Michael Uslan commented on the upcoming "Shazam" motion picture, featuring DC comic book character 'Billy Batson', who can magically change into supernaturally powerful 'Captain Marvel'.
The property has gone th...
Director Michael Bay, is asking Transformers fans to e-mail their questions to him at the following e-mail adress askmichaelbay@yahoo.com. Some of those will be answered through a video interview to be aired in few weeks. So here is your chance to have yo...
In an interview promoting his new movie Kickin' It Old Skool, Michael Rosenbaum talks about his planned departure from Smallville, as well as his hopes for more humor for his character.
Universal and Marc Platt Prods. have tapped Michael Bacall to adapt comicbook 'Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life.'
The first in a three-part series by Bryan Lee O'Malley, published last year by Oni Press, follows a suburban slacker who finds himself...
'Powers' co-creator Michael Oeming said, "I'm not sure on the movie, I've read several drafts of the screenplay, and I believe another is coming. The good this is Sony wants to make a great film, the only downside of that is finding a script that good wil...
"We've talked about [returning for a 'Sin City' sequel]," says actor Michael Clarke Duncan, whose character Manute figures into the 'Sin City 2' source story "A Dame To Kill For".
"Manute has a very big role [in that] and I certainly wanna be a part o...
The Jan. 9 issue of TV Guide features an interview with Smallville's Lex Luthor, Michael Rosenbaum, as he talks about the upcoming Jan. 12 episode and Lex's turn to the side of evil. Contains spoilers.
One day, "Smallville" star Michael Rosenbaum, who plays the bad, bald Lex Luthor, wants to direct comedies. In preparation, he decided to start close to home.
"Truth be said, it's a good episode," Rosenbaum says. "I'm so happy. I'm proud. I had a lot ...
Michael Chiklis says the Thing's relationship with Alicia moves forward slightly in 'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer', but still has a way to go.
"Yes, and it's my understanding that that's going to develop a lot more in the third installmen...
Michael Helfant has ankled his post as chief operating officer of Beacon Pictures to join Marvel Studios as Avi Arad's No. 2. He comes to Marvel as the comicbook publisher is developing a slate of 10 films it will finance and produce internally with a $52...
"Ever since I was a kid and knew that I wanted to write for movies, there were two things in particular that I wanted to adapt - James Bond and 'Fantastic Four' and I've been lucky enough to do both," says screenwriter Michael France, who has become well-...
Producer Michael Uslan chatted up The Marvel Family Web about plans for New Line Cinema's upcoming "Shazam" movie.
Uslan told the big red site to expect announcements as the development effort warrants them and to look for the movie itself some time "A...
"He's a good judge of character, and he wants unconditional love like we all do, but he never gets it," says Michael Rosenbaum, who plays the character on "Smallville" who will eventually become Superman's worst nightmare...
Click here to post all the questions you want to ask Smallville Star Michael Rosenbaum and the interview with the answers will be posted on the CW Source in a few days.
At SDCC J. Michael Straczynski spoke about the Silver Surfer film he's writing for Marvel Studios.
"It picks up right where the FF movie left off and it's designed to answer the questions that were asked in the movie but really weren't dealt with there...
Dave McKean and Neil Gaiman bring their unique visions of storytelling to the feature film "MirrorMask," set for release in 2005. CBR News spoke with Executive Producer Michael Polis to learn more about the film.
Screenwriter's Voice recently sat down with screenwriter Michael France who talks shop on translating The Punisher for the big screen, creating the Frank Castle character, his work on The Hulk, the state of his Fantastic Four draft, and the fate of comics...
Columbia Pictures has Terminator Salvation screenwriters Michael Ferris and John Brancato in mind to flesh out the script for their next franchise installment of XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, which will feature Vin Diesel back into the top role. The wri...
From his message boards, director Michael Bay talks world politics, IMAX and how the upcoming writers strike may postpone 'Transformers 2':
"The President spoke - the same blah blah blah, tweaked smile, like he's pulling to wool over us, blah blah - We...
In this video interview Michael Caine refutes the joking suggestion that Batman's butler Alfred will be the star of 'The Dark Knight'.
"I'll tell you who it's about. It's about Heath Ledger as The Joker. He will be the talking point of the next Batman,...
Newsarama.com has a run-down of the J. Michael Straczynski panel from WonderCon. The comics, TV and film writer talked about the planned 'Silver Surfer' movie, for which he has rendered the screenplay.
For what the Silver Surfer movie entails Straczyns...
According to Comic Book Resources, Aspen founder Michael Turner told attendees of Wizard World Chicago tht he was, "really, really excited...and optimistic," about the "Fathom" movie.
"We finished our first week. One of the best first weeks on a movie I've ever experienced. We shot over 250 set ups," writes 'Transformers' director Michael Bay. "I'm working on the military aspects of the film right now in New Mexico at Hollaman Air Forc...
Writer-artist Joseph Michael Linsner has created a legion of fans with his independent comic books featuring the Dawn character. Sirius Entertainment, the small publisher for which Linsner usually works, recently capitalized on that popularity by re-offer...
There is something almost breathtakingly counterintuitive about trying to psychoanalyze Michael Myers, one of cinema’s great boogeymen since director John Carpenter first introduced the indestructible psychopath in 1978’s uber-slasher film Hal...
What They SayAs the countdown to The Claw\'s launch of the catastrophic \"Time of Happiness\" project draws ever closer, the deadliest \"Original Seven\" member, Fasalina, makes her move against Van and his allies. Thrown off by her bizarre and unorthodox...
Ah, it must be fall. The air is cooling. The leaves are turning. Shows are swapping timeslots or being carved neatly from network lineups. And one of the early casualties is the man so badass, James Cameron tried to kill him in three separate films (but o...
Genre:Adventure/Comic Book Adaptation.Studio:20th Century Fox.Production Company:1492 Pictures.Project Phase:Released.Who's In It:Ioan Gruffudd (Reed Richards/"Mr. Fantastic"); Michael Chiklis (Benjamin J. Grimm/"The Thing"); Jessica Alba (Susan "Sue" Sto...
In part one of CINESCAPE's exclusive Rockne S. O'Bannon interview, the FARSCAPE creator discussed two of the three third season episodes he scripted while acting as the show's executive producer. In this final installment, O'Bannon discusses "Fractures."I...
Titan Magazines has supplied KryptonSite with an interview with Michael Rosenbaum that will appear in the official Smallville Yearbook Magazine, which will go on sale May 25. In the interview, Michael talks about impressions of Lex (including Gene Hackman...
Click to view a clip of Michael Rosenbaum at the 2004 WB Upfront at Madison Square Garden with E!Online's Gossip Gal Kristin. Note: Scroll down till you see Michael.
Click here to watch a second interview with Michael Rosenbaum which is a version of the preview but this time including interviews with Allison Mack, a bridely dressed Kristin Kreuk, John Glover and Annette O'toole expressings their views of Michael as a ...
Could it be that one series has actually learned from the mistakes of another? On April 15, 2001, THE X-FILES aired an episode called "Empedocles" that seemed set to create a new mythology for the Doggett-Reyes era of the series. Abandoning the alien trap...
The summer can be a really long break for shows like Prison Break. The show has a very convoluted plot with many crossing story threads and a fairly large cast so it’s easy to forget different parts of the two previous seasons. To make thi...
So you’ve heard the buzz about Powers, right? The comic that crosses genres by providing crime noir stories in a superhero world? Yeah, that one. The one your comic shop—like so many others—sold out of while you sat back listening to all the hype. And now...
In a CINESCAPE exclusive, BABYLON 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski revealed that the ill-fated spin-off series CRUSADE may finally be brought to an acceptable close.Set five years after the events of BABYLON 5, CRUSADE tells the story of the Ranger ship E...
As previously reported, Michael Jackson recently filmed a cameo appearance for the coming MEN IN BLACK 2... though now he says he has plans to return to the franchise later. According to Empire Online, while participating in an online chat, Jackson respon...
In an announcement on a Babylon 5 Usenet group, J. Michael Straczynski has revealed that he has just signed to be the executive producer of a new science fiction television series for a pay cable TV network. Although Straczynski is not revealing any speci...
Gordon Michael Woolvett has no trouble relating to Seamus Harper, his techno-geek character on Gene Roddenberry`s Andromeda. The Canadian actor brags about being a geek himself. The first time he met executive producer Majel Barrett Roddenberry, Woolvett ...
Yeah, so, I know all you guys want to talk about last week's ANGEL, but here's the thing: I didn't watch it.That's right. I said it. I didn't watch it.Now wait, before you shoot off an email summarizing the whole episode for me, I already got a synopsis.Y...
I hate summer reruns, but as Monty Python has taught me, I always look on the bright side of life.I try to use this time to check out some shows I didn't get to watch the first time around. I mean, my TiVo can only record so much. Poor little overworked t...
THIS WEEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS Scheduled for release on September 5th from Lakeshore Records, the soundtrack to JET LI'S FEARLESS is a massive action/adventure score from the composer of HOUSE OF FLYING DAGGERS and Kar Wai Wong luxurious drama, 2046, Shigeru...
'Superbad' stud Michael Cera is in final negotiations to star in 'Scott Pilgrim's Little Life' for Universal, so sayeth The Hollywood Reporter.
Edgar Wright is directing the adventure romance, which is being produced by Marc Platt and Eric Gitter. Wrig...
Dutch movie site MovieAlert.com has added all the figures together and came to the following conclusion. Because of his work on the Transformers Movie, Michael Bay has become only the 13th person in movie making history to be part of the Director's Billio...
Art collections are almost review-proof; you either like the person's work or you don't, and if you do, chances are that owning a handsome hardcover gallery of their work will please you. Still, it is possible to design these books poorly, or skip eras of...
Let fly with all the type-casting jokes you want, but it seems Barry Sonnenfeld has cast pop singer Michael Jackson for a cameo in MEN IN BLACK 2, and he's not having the famously odd recording legend play an alien. "Michael really wanted to be in the mov...
As announced earlier this week, Michael Bay's production company Platinum Dunes struck a deal with Dimension Films to develop and produce films for that studio. According to the trade stories, the first slate of Platinum projects being developed will be p...
Film music lost one of its finest contemporary practitioners this week with the sudden death of Michael Kamen on November 18th. The 55-year old composer had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1996, but had persevered with a number of musical assign...
If you ever meet Michael Dorn sans his infamous Klingon makeup, you’d be hard pressed to place him as Star Trek`s Lt. Commander Worf outside of his height. These days he sports a close-cropped patch of white hair, a side-effect from wearing the `turtle sh...
Marvel Comics will be the first to admit that comics have hit on hard times in recent years. Some of the company`s key titles have lost their once impenetrable foothold in the marketplace, and marquee characters such as Spider-Man have lost their stature ...
There's something about the words "to be continued" that TV audiences simultaneously love and hate. On one hand, it means the story is going to have at least another hour to unfold its hitherto unexpected complexities before us. On the other hand, it me...
Fahrenheit 9/11 by Corona's Coming Attractions (Mon 08-09-2004)
Genre:Documentary.Studio:Lions Gate Films.Production Company:Dog Eat Dog Films.Project Phase:In the Can.Who's In It:Michael Moore (Himself); George W. Bush (Himself).Who's Making It:Michael Moore (Director, Screenwriter); Michael Moore, Jim Czarnecki, Ka...
Every so often Hollywood hits us with a pleasant surprise that in fact really should not be a surprise. I cheered when I heard that Michael Clarke Duncan got nominated for an Academy Award for his supporting role of the wrongly convicted John Coffey in w...