Quite some time ago, we brought you the news when director Steven Spielberg (Lincoln) signed on to direct the big-screen adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson's novel Robopocalypse, which had its screenplay penned by prolific screenwriter Drew Goddard (Lost). Now, Deadline reports [...]
Read moreBack in March, we brought you the new when Ron Howard and Brian Grazer's production company Imagine Entertainment teamed up with Julie Yorn's LBI Entertainment to develop a new take on George Orwell's classic dystopian novel, 1984. Now, Deadline reports that [...]
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Way back in (surprise!) 1984, there was a Michael Radford (King Lear) directed big0screen adaptation of George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984, which starred John Hurt, Richard Burton and Suzanna Hamilton. Surprisingly, there hasn't been an adaptation of the novel [...]
Read moreIn October of last year, we brought you the news that director Steven Spielberg had signed on to direct the big-screen adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson's novel Robopocalypse, based on a screenplay penned by Drew Goddard (Cloverfield, Lost). At that [...]
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Expectations started soaring across the land, including here at SciFi Mafia, as soon as word came out that Stephen King and Steven Spielberg are collaborating on a dramatization of King's 2009 novel Under the Dome, for cable network Showtime, to [...]
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Just a couple of weeks ago, we brought you the news that Matthew Fox (Lost), Ed Harris (Man on a Ledge) had joined the cast of the Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace) directed big-screen adaptation of Max Brooks' novel, World [...]
Read moreThere's just over a month before the release of Ghost Story, the next Harry Dresden novel, and this urban fantasy fan is chomping at the bit. Butcher must have heard fans scratching at the walls, because he's released the first [...]
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Just a few days ago, we told you that James Badge Dale (The Pacific, The Departed) had been cast in the Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace) directed big-screen adaptation of Max Brooks‘ novel, World War Z for Paramount Pictures, [...]
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Last Summer, Brad Pitt (The Tree of Life, Cogan's Trade) signed on for the lead role in the Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace) directed big-screen adaptation of Max Brooks‘ novel, World War Z for Paramount Pictures. The novel is billed [...]
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Author: Caleb B. Wheeler Softcover: 175 pages Publisher: Spiral Productions LLC Language: English Synopsis: Our planet is locked in a state of chaos in the midst of World War II when an orphaned but powerful alien people, the Naladarians, arrive and join forces with [...]
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Screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg (Twilight) is set to adapt Pamela Sargent's futuristic, 1983 sci-fi novel Earthseed for Paramount Pictures. Earthseed is the first in a trilogy of novels by Sargent, which also includes 2007's Farseed and 2010's Seed Seeker. Check out [...]
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Paramount Pictures has acquired the rights to John Scalzi's novel, Old Man's War. Troy and Poseidon director Wolfgang Petersen is attached to direct and Scott Stuber (Battleship, 47 Ronin) will produce the adaptation, which is the first in a series [...]
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