Silver Surfer vs. the US Mint!!!
Who wouldn't like a piece of the Silver Surfer? Maybe even to carry around in your pocketses.That must have been what 20th Century Fox and the Franklin Mint were thinking when they cooked up...
Star Wars Celebration wrap-up
There was a huge Star Wars convention in LA this weekend to celebrate Star Wars' 30th Anniversary, which kicked off all sorts of news and notes and photo ops .ICv2 News has the ultimate...
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Exhaustion’s End
I don't have too much to say about Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. It should have been called "At Ordeal's End." I was sorely disappointed by POTC II, and III is cut...
Neil Gaiman to direct DEATH movie with LaBeouf?
film ick has scoop:
Later this year - if all goes well - Neil Gaiman will be directing his first feature film. It's an adaptation of his Death: The High Cost of Living mini-series, and...
PERSEPOLIS shares Jury Prize at Cannes
The animated PERSEPOLIS, co-directed by Marjana Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud has shared the Jury Prize at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The film tells of Satrapi's girlhood in post-Revolution Iran. The film will be...
Radical new comic book publisher
Wow! Radical! And Blatant! And it's another one of those Hollywood Studio development deals. Some very familiar names and faces involved however.
Fresh out of a first look deal with Dark Horse Comics, producer...
The Joker’s Viral marketing
Michael Climek lays out the fun and games behind the Heath Ledger Joker reveal. A very appropriate campaign, and one that should be fun.
Keanu ready to get big, blue, naked?
According to AICN, three actors have been approached for Zack Snyder's WATCHMEN Patrick Wilson, Keanu Reeves and Jude Law:
So that means we’ll see The Prom King, Patrick Wilson, suit up as Night Owl. I...
Studio Briefing 3: Alvin Schwatz film in the works
Here's today's offbeat entertainment item: the filmmaking duo behind WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW has optioned the memoirs of Superman writer Alvin Schwartz:
Global Intelligence Press has optioned "An Unlikely Prophet" and its sequel,...
Studio Briefing 1: Rodriguez + Barbarella = good times
Well, here is a movie that is sure to be tasteful! Robert Rodriguez is set to direct a remake of Barbarella, based on the Euro graphic novel by Jean-Claude Forest.
"Dino De Laurentiis...
Iran now peeved over PERSEPOLIS
It seems Iran's professional political complainers are not just annoyed at hyper-stylized fictional remembrances of 2000-year-old wars, they also dislike cartoon films made from autobiographical comics!:
Iran has protested to France over the screening at...
