There’s nothing I like more than seeing an indie comic book series become an indie film. Exciting casting news comes from the live-action adaptation of Matt Spradlin and Barry Wernick’s hit comic book series, Bad Kids Go to Hell (2009), [...]
Read moreLUNA: Paramount Fast-Tracks Doug Liman’s Trip to the Moon
The moon still holds perpetual fascination for those of us on earth. Paramount has greased the tracks on a sci-fi film called Luna with director Doug Liman (Covert Affairs, The Bourne Trilogy) on board as a writer, director and producer. [...]
Read moreFox Looks To Concoct Explosive Sci-Fi Project With James Cameron, Sam Worthington, TRANSFORMERS Producer, And CALL OF DUTY Writer
20th Century Fox is cooking up an explosive combination of talent for a sci-fi action project called Myth from Call of Duty writer, Will Staples. The studio seeks to reunite Avatar director James Cameron with actor Sam Worthington with the [...]
Read moreX-MEN: FIRST CLASS F/X Lead Embarks On Directorial Debut
The Visual Effects Supervisor for X-Men: First Class, John Dykstra, is going behind the camera for his directorial debut with the feature film Super Zero, an adaptation of an award-winning graphic novel written by Jeff Lemire called Tales From the [...]
Read moreTRON: LEGACY Sequel Moves Forward With New Writer
Walt Disney Pictures’ Tron: Legacy grossed more than $400 million across the globe this past winter and even though it wasn’t seen as a smashing blockbuster hit, there is sufficient interest in the digitized world that a sequel is in [...]
Read moreTEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES Reboot Picks Up New Writers
As SciFi Mafia reported to you last August, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot effort under Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon had just brought Michael Bay and his Platinum Dunes production company aboard to propel the project forward. Now, according to Deadline, [...]
Read moreDAREDEVIL Relaunch Taps FRINGE Scribe For Frank Miller’s BORN AGAIN
Fox has tapped into the writing talent of Brad Caleb Kane, writer/ producer on Fox cult show Fringe, to bring some edge to the studio’s relaunch of Daredevil. As SciFi Mafia reported to you in March, Fox is going forward [...]
Read moreTRUE BLOOD: Behind the Face of The American Vampire League
Just who is Nan Flanagan? She is the face of the American Vampire League on HBO’s True Blood and she’s got her work cut out for her as she battles a PR war to win back the appeal of the [...]
Read moreTORCHWOOD: MIRACLE DAY Character Video Reveals Conspiracy
Bloody hell. If you saw Torchwood: Children of Earth, you know that Russell T. Davies can take Torchwood to dark and stark places and this next installment, Torchwood: Miracle Day, looks like it takes Torchwood balls to the walls. The [...]
Read moreTHE WALKING DEAD: Hungry For Zombies? Here’s Your First Look At Season Two
Can’t wait for the next season of AMC’s The Walking Dead? Neither can we. Take a look at these fresh pics of the gruesome zombies from the upcoming second season, which is currently shooting in Atlanta, Georgia. Showrunner Frank Darabont teased [...]
Read moreTORCHWOOD Spoiler: You Never Thought Captain Jack Harkness Would Do This
Russell T. Davies is pulling another masterful plot twist on Torchwood. On the upcoming latest installment of the Torchwood saga, Miracle Day, Davies is making Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) do something the character hasn’t done in many, many years. [...]
Read moreKevin Smith Seeks Geeks For Comic Store Reality Show
Who better to develop a show about comic book lovers than someone who knows? Kevin Smith (Clerks, Chasing Amy), aka Silent Bob, recently put the call out to fellow comic book geeks to congregate at his comic book shop, The [...]
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