Humanoids production deal, Cassaday to direct
The Hollywood Reporter has a story this morning about how SUPERMAN producer Pierre Spengler has a 12-picture option on titles drawn from the library of Humanoides, starting with I AM LEGION, by Fabien Nury...
A Lost Princess of Mars?
A while ago, on the Old Beat we told you about a new comics series to be published by IDW based on Edgar Rice Burroughs A PRINCESS OF MARS, to be written by...
Woo and Ennis team, blood to flow
Virgin Comics released the official PR on their upcoming John Woo/Garth Ennis collaboration, SEVEN BROTHERS. Yoshitaka Amano will paint the covers. Details and PR:
Newly formed Virgin Comics is collaborating with Tiger Hill Entertainment, film-maker...
PIRATES booty can’t save Disney jobs
Even as it rakes in the doubloons from the record opening of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST Disney is planning major cutbacks following such flops as Stick It, Annapolis, Stay Alive and...
Linkie winkies
§ Gossip column All The Rage has a new writer, John Vouleris, as Blair Marnell has decided to take a much-deserved break after writing 100 columns.
§ Chris Tamarri colors an entire issue of NEXT...
FC Brandt’s INDEPENDENTS trailer up
Cartooner FC Brandt has been working on a documentary about indie comics entitled IDEPENDENTS. The trailer is up in Low Bandwdith and High Bandwidth versions. From the trailer, this looks pretty bearable, with interesting...
More on Hollywood malaise
Our dismay at PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST drew a mixed response in the comments section, but we're not the only ones feeling the dismay. Anne Thompson, one of our most favoritest...
Filmic blockbuster news
The idea of M. Night Shyalaman directing a Harry Potter movie makes baby Jesus cry.
There will apparently be a lot of wild characters in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN 3, as this casting notice posted...
PIRATES II: The death of Hollywood
My one word review of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MAN'S CHEST:
Exhausting.
Not good. It was so not good that it made me wonder if we will ever see a great studio action movie...
Reitman on Super Sex
MY SUPER EX-GIRLFRIEND director Ivan Reitman sounds off on how superhumans might be able to mate with normal humans:
What goes on in the bedroom between a normal guy and a superwoman in My...
A Pirate’s life for me!
We got a bit of flack in the comments yesterday for saying that Disneyland's Pirates of the Caribbean ride is superior to the WDW version. Look, we're not trying to stir up FL vs...
