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 [...]
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DAREDEVIL 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 [...]
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Happy Birthday, John Scalzi
The author of Old Man's War, Zoey's Tale, and the new release Fuzzy Nation turns 42 today. Happy Birthday, Mr. Scalzi. Keep doing what you do, and we'll keep loving you. [...]
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Calling All Writers: Are You The Next Big Author?
Everyone who likes to tell a story has some dreams, be they big or small, to be a published author. In this day in age, it seems like a fairly simple task. With all the great self-publishing options out there, [...]
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R.I.P. Dwayne McDuffie
Comic book, television, and movie writer Dwayne McDuffie, who wrote comic books for Marvel and DC and co-founded the comic book company Milestone Media before crossing over to television and animation, has died at the age of 49 from complications [...]
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R.I.P. Stephen J. Cannell
Legendary producer, writer, novelist, and occasional actor Stephen J. Cannell died at the age of 69 this past Thursday evening of complications associated with melanoma at his home in Pasadena, California. Cannell created or co-created more than 40 Television shows, [...]
Read moreMarc Guggenheim Talks About The Green Lantern Trilogy and The Flash
Back in June, Warner Bros. hired Greg Berlanti (No Ordinary Family), Michael Green (Smallville) and Marc Guggenheim (FlashForward), all of whom worked on the screenplay for the original Green Lantern currently in production, to assemble the treatment for a second [...]
Read moreTim Burton Taps Ed Wood Writers For The Addams Family
Back in March we told you that Tim Burton was set to create a new stop-motion, 3D adaptation of The Addams Family. The film will be based on the original cartoons by Charles Addams, which appeared in The New Yorker [...]
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Cash Strapped MGM Heading To THE OUTER LIMITS
MGM Studios and it's productions have been stuck in development hell for the past year, and just this past July the studio received a sixth extension on debt payments from its 140 creditors. Coinciding with that extension, MGM reportedly hired [...]
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Green Lantern: Filming Complete, First Look at Kilowog, Sequel Greenlit and Writer Hired
DC Entertainment's Chief Creative Officer and comic book/television writer, Geoff Johns took to twitter just a few days ago and said that the Martin Campbell directed big-screen adaptation of Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds which has been filming in New [...]
Read moreLOST’s Damon Lindelof Rewriting Ridley Scott’s Alien Prequel
There hasn't been too much recent news on Ridley Scott's forthcoming Untitled Alien Prequel #1 for 20th Century Fox. The last we heard was that there would be two 3D prequels. Now, a new writer has reportedly left the island [...]
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R.I.P. Harvey Pekar
Comic book icon Harvey Pekar has passed away at the age of 70 in his Cleveland home, following a battle with prostate cancer, asthma, and high blood pressure. Pekar's autobiographical comic book series American Splendor , written by Pekar and [...]
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