Syfy has announced a new series in production that could be really fun, and features some great elements. Five Ghosts is about a 1930s treasure hunter who is possessed by the ghosts of Merlin, Robin Hood, Sherlock Holmes, Musashi, and [...]
Read moreExclusive: Len Wiseman Attached To Produce THE NEW WEST, Jimmy Palmiotti “Couldn’t Be Happier”
Following up on our exclusive interview with Jimmy Palmiotti and the big screen adaptation of Palmiotti and Phil Noto’s 2005 sci-fi western comic book miniseries, The New West, we have good news on the forward momentum in the development of [...]
Read moreDCC 2012: Exclusive Interview – Jimmy Palmiotti Talks About THE NEW WEST Movie
A man, his horse, and a sword. Welcome to The New West! Back in February, we told you that Jimmy Palmiotti and Phil Noto’s 2005 sci-fi western comic book miniseries, The New West, would be heading for the big screen [...]
Read moreVoltage Pictures Takes You to the Edge of a Black Hole With the Sci-Fi Thriller ALTER
What if a black hole showed you the future? That’s what the sci-fi spec script, Alter, from John and Thomas Sonntag is about. Stationed around a black hole “a team of scientists aboard a space station receive a transmission showing [...]
Read moreAlexandre Aja Has a Taste for Blood and Vampires of the Hong Kong Underworld with UNDYING LOVE
I don’t know about you, but we never quite see enough Asian monsters in American films, save Lo Pan of Big Trouble in Little China, but Undying Love brings us just that. Last July, we brought you news about Warner [...]
Read moreJimmy Palmiotti and Phil Noto’s THE NEW WEST Is Headed for the Big Screen
Benderspink and Wizard magazine founder Gareb Shamus have nabbed the film rights to Jimmy Palmiotti and Phil Noto's 2005 sci-fi western comic book miniseries, The New West, which was published by the now defunct Black Bull Entertainment. THR reports that Shamus, [...]
Read moreJonathan Ross’ TURF Gets Picked Up for Big Screen Adaptation
Last spring, we brought you a story about Kick-Ass director Matthew Vaughn reportedly being lined up to direct an adaptation of the English television and radio presenter Jonathan Ross' comic book mini series Turf. The series from Image Comics was [...]
Read moreBROKEN Film In The Works, Score One for Indie Sci-Fi Fans
One of my first gigs here at SciFi Mafia was to read and review a little indie book titled, Broken by Susan Jane Bigelow about a young man who can see the future and a former superhero named Broken who [...]
Read moreSummit Entertainment to Adapt Image Comics Series AREA 52
Just last week, we brought you a report about Atlas Entertainment adapting Langley High, an upcoming graphic novel from BenderSpink’s J.C. Spink and Christopher Cosmos. Now, Benderspink will be executive producing the big-screen adaptation of the Image Comics series, Area [...]
Read moreGraphic Novel LANGLEY HIGH Gets Picked Up for a Big Screen Adaptation Before It Even Gets Published
Comics and graphic novels have been serving as a wealth of source material for Hollywood lately. Atlas Entertainment is actually preempting the graphic novel it’s adapting for the big screen by working on the film before the graphic novel even [...]
Read moreThe DANGER GIRL Film Moves Forward With Three Beauties Attached to Star [Updated]
Back in April of last year, we brought you the news that director Todd Lincoln (The Apparition) was set to helm the big-screen adaptation of the WildStorm comic book Danger Girl, created by J. Scott Campbell and Andy Hartnell, the [...]
Read moreTake On Vampires Hong Kong-Style! Warner Bros To Adapt UNDYING LOVE
Now this is a story of boy meets girl that involves boy battling an army of monsters in the Hong Kong underworld! In line with the vampire trend in entertainment today, this adaptation of a comic book mini-series by Image [...]
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