Movie news: THE BOYS and AKIRA GNs potentially to sell many copies
A couple of graphic novel film adaptations making the rounds this am. First, Columbia has a film based on THE BOYS in development, with producers Neal H. Moritz, Ken F. Levin and Jason Netter...
Wolverine cast fills up
On the POSITIVE tip for Marvel's movie fortunes, a bunch of new cast members for the WOLVERINE movie were just announced, and they will provide Beat fodder for months to come.
Danny Huston, a...
Landis on Gaines
Variety reports a frequently reported on comics-related biopic has acquired a director. John Landis will make Ghoulishly Yours, a biography of EC/Mad publisher William M. Gaines:
Pic's centered on an anti-establishment group of artists and...
Fox sues Warners over Watchmen
MEANWHILEFox is suing Warners over the labyrinthine rights to the Watchmen movie:
Fox claims that between 1986 and 1990, it acquired all movie rights to the 12-issue DC Comics series and screenplays by Charles McKeown...
Tolkien Heirs Sue New Line
The Tolkien Trust, which represents the estate of JRR Tolkien has filed a lawsuit against New Line claiming they are owed $140 million :
Charging “unabashed and insatiable greed,” the plaintiffs said in the complaint...
Hulk movie news
While Marvel's IRON MAN movie starring Robert Downey Jr. has been getting tons of positive press, strong buzz and a primo Super Bowl trailer slot, stable mate THE INCREDIBLE HULK, the Edward Norton-starrer has...
Wolf Boy movie in the works
Evan Kuhlman's Wolf Boy: A Novel has been optioned by the Weinstein Co. for a possible film.
The novel -- which deals with a young boy's grief after his brother is killed in...
Super Bowl Comic Book Trailer Spectacular
While pundits will argue for years over who was the bigger loser -- the Patriots or Paula Abdul --there were movie trailers to tide us over.
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Above, the new WANTED trailer displays an...
IRON MAN trailer tease
Marvel has released a teaser from the Super Bowl Iron Man trailer. WE had to crop the image a bit -- so here for the whole thing.
Third ASTERIX film a Euro hit
Variety reports that Asterix at the Olympic Games has opened on a record 1,078 screens in France and grossed $4.1 million, which is a lot for France. The film is the third in...
Del Toro on Hobbitses movies?
A few people have written to ask us about the Guillermo Del Toro directing the Hobbit thing. We'll let First Showing explain:
Before we get any further, numerous sources confirm that New Line Cinema won't...
Besson to direct Tardi
We can't improve on the classic Variety-ese in their lead for this story:
Eyeing its next movie franchise, Luc Besson’s EuropaCorp has inked with Gallic graphic novel publisher Casterman for the bigscreen adaptation rights to...
