Newcomer Brad Ingelsby has been hired by Warner Bros. to adapt WildStorm’s Sleeper into a feature film. Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ short-lived sf/crime comic lasted two 12-part maxiseries and was somewhat tied to the greater WildStorm continuity. In fact, the first maxiseries ended and spun events into the Coup D’Etat crossover event. Ingelsby sold…
Variety reports that Warner Bros. has acquired screen rights to Headshot, a three-book graphic novel series from Alexis Nolent. Alessandro Camon will write the script based on the French novel, with Alexandra Milchan and Smallville creators Alfred Gough and Miles Millar on board to produce. Headshot focuses on "an unlikely alliance between a cop and…
Swedish director Tomas Alfredson, in America promoting the release of his acclaimed Let the Right One in, seems to have softened his stance against an English-language remake. As we reported last week, he was critical of the need to reinterpret his efforts. Now, he told Sci Fi Wire that it’s okay for Matt Reeves (Cloverfield)…
David Fincher, while promoting his next feature, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, told reporters that the film adaptation of Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama was likely dead. Despite the most recent draft of a script being delivered in April, financing proved difficult for the classic novel. "It looks like it’s not going to…
Shack News is reporting that Blizzard and Legendary Pictures’ adaptation of Warcraft won’t be ready for next year, as had been previously announced. "I don’t know about the 2009 date," says Blizzard president Mike Morhaime about the film’s progress, "but it is still something we are very excited about." "We do have a draft of…
One film Guillermo del Toro will not be directing for Universal is the adaptation of Hater, the film he will produce with Mark Johnson. Instead, Variety reports that Juan Antonio Bayona has been signed to direct the movie based on David Moody’s thriller and adapted to the screen b Glen Mazzara (The Shield). Bayona is…
Radical Publishing is a relative newcomer to the comic book industry, but they’re already hard at work converting their graphic novels into films. Variety reports that the publisher "has secured funding from Singapore and will self-finance" adaptations of their comic book properties. The company already has an excellent working relationship with Singapore-based art studio Imaginary…
The lizards are coming, and we’re not talking about Dr. Curt Connors’ family reunion. A remake of the 1980s miniseries V is being developed by ABC. The series is written by The 4400 co-creator/executive producer Scott Peters, who will also executive produce V. "Whenever I mention V to anybody, they still have a lot of…
Update: Variety is now confirming that Josh Brolin is in talks for Jonah Hex. Just yesterday we reported that several films are gearing up for production starts between spring and summer of 2009. One of those films is Warner Bros.’s adaptation of Jonah Hex, DC Comics’ resident western gunslinger. Though actor Thomas Jane put himself…
Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio are set to adapt Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World. The novel, written in 1932, features a dystopian future where society is divided into castes, humans are genetically engineered and learn through sleep technology. In an exclusive interview with io9, Scott confirms that he’s hard at work on the project. He…
Another animation company has been formed as Marvin Gleicher, co-founder and former CEO of Worldwide Operations for Manga Entertainment, has opened Marvin Media. His first effort will be adapting Paul Kanter’s Floating Moon as a feature-length animated film. It will be directed by Keiichi Sato (Wolf’s Rain) from Manabu Ishikawa’s screen adaptation. The movie can…
Vampires remain popular as noted by the success of HBO’s True Blood series and the enduring appeal of Dracula. It’s with little surprise to see that Mike Newell’s 50 Canon Entertainment has optioned Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson character for development. Mercy’s adventures take place in Washington state’s Tri-Cities area. She’s a VW mechanic living in…
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