I read a classified ad once: “Got no movie? Originality against you? Call The Equalizer.” Looks like the Weinsteins read it, too. Make way for more 80s revisionist TV history. The Weinstein Company has signed novelist Michael Connelly (Echo Park, Blood Work) and novelist/filmmaker Terrill Lee Lankford (Earthquake Weather) to hash out the screenplay for … Continue reading
It’s December 2005 and I’m watching oily half-naked men swing swords around. No, I am not at Garth Franklin’s latest party – it’s the set of 300, Warner Bros’ adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel take on the Battle of Thermopylae, where 300 Spartans held off maybe a million or more Persians, saving Greece and … Continue reading
This news item is mostly for those who have read the Harry Potter books – if you’re just following the movies you’ll find some pretty large spoilers to come. You’ve been warned.Harry Potter villain Jason Isaacs recently talked to SciFi Wire about how glad he was to have more to do in the fifth film, … Continue reading
With the recent spat of reality based “Hero Guide” adventure programming like Discovery Channel’s Man v. Wild and History Channel’s and Digging for the Truth, the (kind of) Sci Fi channel is developing an exploration series of its own, Destination Truth. Hosted by Josh Gates, the program has been greenlit for six episodes.Each crazy adventure … Continue reading
As Devin illuminated yesterday, JJ Abrams cryptically stated the new Star Trek will be for folks who may not have the Starfleet uniform hanging in their closet (and if they do, hopefully it’s the old ones, because Next Gen’s are stupid). Today we find out, thanks to William Shatner’s quest to remain all things Trek, … Continue reading
Sometimes it happens: a mis-alignment of the stars causes a delay in shipping, receiving, or reviewing, and seasonal DVDs slip past their dates. We just happen to have a couple of Christmas-themed releases here that have just been posted for your enjoyment. We didn’t feel like holding on to them until December 25, 2007, just … Continue reading
Charlie Kaufman, the writer of films like Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Adaptation, is making the plunge into directing with Synecdoche, New York, which is about a theater director/playwright who tries to put on a play inside a life size model of New York City inside a warehouse. Yup, sounds … Continue reading
Special Topics in Calamity Physics is a book I have been jonesing to read, but I have not been sold on the idea of buying it in hardcover. And now I feel like I’ve waited long enough that the trade will be out soon enough. If I wait a little while longer, I may be … Continue reading
It seems like it was just four news items ago that Dan reported to you that Mamma Mia!, the musical that uses 22 ABBA songs and has grossed well over a billion dollars on stages all over the globe, is being made into a movie. How time flies, because here I am with more information … Continue reading
In the early 80s, my pals and I would congregate in the basement at 3:30 pm to watch the anime series G-Force. With five heroes in silly looking bird costumes (and the girl- you can see her underpanties!), big robots and innumerable shots of gritting teeth and sweating, I think most of us actually cried … Continue reading