Triad Toys has announced it has acquired the rights to manufacture action figures based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ John Carter of Mars Saga.

Their press release stated:

Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Mars Saga is hailed as one of the most influential works to define modern sci-fi and fantasy literature. Written almost a century ago, the epic 11 volume series chronicling John Carter’s adventures have thrilled many, many generations of readers. Triad Toys is proud to announce that it has entered into a two-year licensing agreement with Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. to produce a range of collectibles, including 12-inch action figures and statues of all the central characters from the beloved novels. The collectibles will consist of both modernized concepts developed by Triad Toys as well as the classic Burroughs vision of the Mars saga with the first series of figures releasing early 2009.

Pixar’s Andrew Stanton is already at work on a script for a feature film based on the first novel and its visuals are not a part of this licensed.

Triad also announced it will produce a series of toys and collectible products based on Wanted:  Dead or Alive, the TV series starring Steve McQueen that ran from 1958-1961. 

"Comic-Con is my favorite event of the year," Seth Rogen told Sci Fi Wire. "It’s more fun to me than the movie premieres, than anything. I love Comic-Con. All of our friends come down for it, and we just have a really good time, and it’s always a lot of fun. I would love nothing more than to be able to show something at Comic-Con."

Rogen is meeting this week with Sony executives and director Stephen Chow to begin planning how best to promote Rogen’s Green Hornet feature film at next July’s event considering little footage will be ready.  Filming doesn’t begin until May presuming the actors do not strike in the meantime. The actor has begun exercising and dieting to prepare for the part of Britt Reid, the newspaper executive, who becomes the notorious crime fighter, aided by his chauffeur, Kato (Chow).

"The process has been very collaborative and very good," Rogen said about working with Chow. "He’s given us a lot of ideas. His English is …well, we keep saying when we all come out of this, we will be great communicators. He’s made great strides, I will say. It presents its own challenges at times. We get along really, really well. We are really just starting the process, very little has actually been done. … We’re actually in the very preliminary stages right now."

The movie is slated for a summer 2010 release, in between Iron Man 2 and Thor.

Warner Bros. has given a green light to Platinum Dunes’ reboot of A Nightmare on Elm Street according to Shock til You Drop. Rumors about the proposed fresh start have been circulating since Michael Bay’s production entity shot its remake of Friday the 13th, which Warner Bros. will release in March.

Wesley Strick (Cape Fear) has been at work on a screenplay with many actors, including Billy Bob Thornton, mentioned as a possible successor to Robert Englund’s Freddy Krueger. The producers, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, are hopeful Englund will at least make a cameo.

"It’s like what we’re doing to Friday the 13th," Fuller said. "It’s not Freddy cracking jokes. We want to make a horrifying movie. The concept is so scary, don’t fall asleep or you’ll die. This guy gets you when you’re most vulnerable, in your sleep. We love that. That’s the basis of the movie. It’ll be most similar to the first one but in terms of kills and dreams we’ll borrow from the entire series."

Shooting is expected to begin in the summer, most likely in Chicago.