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...
Ledger as Joker revealed
Quite a bit of viral marketing seems to be going on with the making of BATMAN sequel THE DARK KNIGHT underway. One such exampled is this site: I Believe in Harvey Dent which shows...
More animated PERSEPOLIS
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Jackson cast in the SPIRIT?
Samuel L. Jackson is apparently in talks to play the Octopus, the villian in Frank Miller's SPIRIT movie.
Samuel L. Jackson is in negotiations to star as a mysterious supervillain in the Frank Miller-helmed...
Jane out of PUNISHER 2
Thomas Jane spills his guts to Quint at AICN about dropping out of the rumored to-be-horrible Punisher sequel.
I’m writing to tell you that I regretfully and painfully had to pull out of P2. I...
Blanchett loses weight for comics role
Cate Blanchett has been spotted out and about of late looking her usual impeccably fashionable self, but tongues have been wagging that she looks gaunt. But word is, she has lost a lot of...
Cannes news and notes
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Well it's that time of year: another super glamourous Cannes Film festival is unspooling, and soon pictures of George Clooney, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie standing on the red carpet will remind us...
