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Change Of Plan – Stephen King’s 11/22/63 Headed To TV With Bad Robot

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

The last time we discussed Stephen King’s time travel story 11/22/63 is when Jonathan Demme was planning to adapt it into a feature film. Well… that isn’t happening.

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David Cronenberg, Isabelle Huppert And Holy Motors’ Denis Lavant To Make Body Art

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

This thing has cinehipster appeal just dripping off of it. Hopefully, it will also be good.

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Dotter Of Her Father’s Eyes Wins Costa Award For Best Biography

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Rich Johnston

Announced on BBC’s Front Row (listen to it here), Dotter Of Her Father’s Eyes by Mary Talbot and Bryan Talbot has won the Costa Best Book Award for Best Biography.  Another graphic novel had been noiminated for Best Novel, Days of …

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Saturday Runaround – Comics Are Still Not Just For Kids Anymore

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Rich Johnston

COVER STORIES Charles Rousseau is signing at Cards, Comics And Collectibles in Maryland from noon today, and the store will naturally have their exclusive Adventure Time #10 cover by Charles for him to sign. Jae Lee will be doing similar …

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Stephen Colbert Announces His New Book – America Again, Re-Becoming The Greatness We Never Weren’t

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Also, a cartoon farting dinosaur

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Neil Gaiman And Phillip Pullman Talking About Fairytales In London

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Rich Johnston

At the end of next month, timed to coincide with Phillip Pullman‘s Grimm Tales For Young And Old, Pullman will be sitting down for an evening of conversation about fairytales with Neil Gaiman at the Cambridge Theatre in London, currently …

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Chris Sanders’ The Croods Gets An “Art Of” Book, Cover Is A Great Family Portrait

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

I’ve said it before but it bears repeating: the concept art for CG films can often be beautiful and astonishing in ways the finished films are not. Here’s a brilliant bit of artwork for Dreamworks’ The Croods, coming next spring. …

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Warner Bros. Set Wheels In Motion For A Prequel To The Shining, As Stephen King Readies His Own Sequel

Posted on July 29, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Could we be looking forward to duelling Shining spin-offs?

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The Return Of Firefly? Whedon Unleashes His Snark

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Rich Johnston

From San Diego Comic Con today, courtesy of Kate Kotler. Question: Are you thinking of a Firefly reboot if the Science Channel special goes well? “Yes.” -Joss Whedon “Opening sequence [of the Firefly reboot] is a conversation between Wash & …

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“Science” Has Found The “Perfect” Casting For 50 Shades Of Grey – But Who The Hell Is It?

Posted on July 7, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Universal and Focus Features spent so much money on the rights to turn that dirty Twilight fanfic 50 Shades of Grey into a movie that they’re bound to make a move sooner or later. But who to cast? Well, don’t worry, …

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Under The Skin Of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter With Director Timur Bekmembetov

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

The director of Wanted has made a movie about Abraham Lincoln killing vampires. He was probably very confused by my sincere line of questioning.

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A Look Inside Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, The Director’s Cut

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Coming up later, lots of discussion of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. I got to speak to both director Timur Bekmembetov and screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith at the weekend, and will be bringing you news of what we spoke of. Firstly, though, …

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Why Gary Ross Turned His Book-In-A-Film Into A Book-In-Real-Life

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Next up from Hunger Games director Gary Ross? Well, not the Hunger Games sequel, sadly. But he does have his own project coming along in November, and it’s a curious kind of movie spin-off.

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Seen Cabin In The Woods Yet? Then You’ll Want A Good Look At This…

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

If you haven’t seen Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard‘s Cabin in the Woods yet, what follows will spoil a small handful of surprises for you. I doubt you want to come in cold, so maybe bookmark this page and get …

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JK Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy For September

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

JK Rowling’s publisher, Little Brown have revealed the basics in respect of her upcoming first novel for adults. Covering it here does make sense, honest, because, there’s precisely zero percent chance this won’t be a film. Indeed, I reckon we’ll …

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The Neil Gaiman/Jonathan Ross/Mark MIllar/Tony Lee Charity Doctor Who Book

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Rich Johnston

There is a Doctor Who book edited by TV media guru Steve Berry and illustrated by Ben Morris, raising money for Alzheimer’s Research UK. It features a number of celebrities and their thoughts about Doctor Who. Some people have worked …

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VIDEO: A Good Look At Taschen’s Beautiful Pedro Almodóvar Archives

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

You’re very lucky if you know somebody who would buy you The Pedro Almodóvar Archives for Christmas. More likely it’s the kind of thing you’d treat yourself to. Here’s a guided video tour of my copy, with a few cameo …

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Superb New Trailer And Intriguing Concept Art For John Carter

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Brendon Connelly

Andrew Stanton has made it very clear that he thinks Pixar’s way of making movies is superior to the standard model for live action feature production. This would begin, I’d imagine, in the pre-production and concept art stages – though …

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