New York City, NY – Tuesday, October 1st — The Orchard, in association with Mako Pictures and Fabrication Films are pleased to announce the release of PARADOX ALICE, one of this year’s most highly anticipated independent science fiction films. A cornerstone in the new paradigm of lost-in-space sci-fi movies like Clooney and Bullock’s Gravity, PARADOX…
On July 1 -3, Fight Card Books is making Fight Card: King of the Outback available for Free at Amazon. You can find it here. About Fight Card: King of the Outback: Outback Australia 1954 Two rival tent boxing troupes clash over a territorial dispute in the Outback town of Birdsville. In the sweltering heat,…
This is seriously Smurfed up. Proving that comics lead to juvenile deliquency, we have proof of the amazing things Smurfs will do to keep Smurfette in Smurfberries. And you thought Gargamel was in the wrong… Four men dressed as Smurfs were arrested after attempting to steal a car and beating a man in Melbourne, Australia….
Paul Mannering’s new novel, TANKBREAD is now available now in Kindle format at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006F820M2Paperback edition coming soon. About Tankbread, a novel by Paul Mannering. Ten years ago humanity lost the war for survival against a spreading plague that brought the dead back to life as flesh eating monsters. Now intelligent zombies rule the world. Feeding…
Sydney Australia’s Silver Fox Comics reimagines Zorro. *Edited 9/22/11 PRESS RELEASE: Silver Fox Comics redefines Zorro in an all-new, all-original comic book series produced from Sydney Australia! “This may be the boldest and most daring Zorro comic ever created! Could this be the basis of the next Zorro movie?” John Gertz President Zorro Productions Silver…
Dateline: Sydney! It seems a fickle Frenchman, nicknamed “Spider-Man” was nabbed by Aussie Police after he scaled a 57-story building in Sydney, with his bare hands! Alain “So not Peter Parker” Robert is a noted building climber… having scaled over 70 buildings, (as only a spider can.) including the 41-story Royal Bank of Scotland building…
According to our fine friends at Comics Alliance, a gaggle of costumed cohorts congregated at the corner of Hollywood and Highland in in L.A. yesterday. In order to top Australia’s record for most people dressed in superhero costumes in one place at one time, a craigslist ad posted to bring as many cosplayers to the…
Baz Luhrman is a visual director. Couple him with fellow Aussies Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman; one would expect a strong story with terrific scenery and fine performances. Instead, we got a faded postcard called Australia. The overly long film, now out on DVD, is actually two predictable stories melded into one feature. The first…
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting that Warner Roadshow Studios has several productions being prepped for shooting Down Under in 2009. Notable among the list was Warner Bros.’ Green Lantern feature. Other films listed as likely to shoot is the third film in the Chronicles of Narnia cycle, Voyage of the Dawn Treader and Jan…
Klaatu returned to earth and audiences came to see him to the tune of $31 million in weekend estimates from Box Office Mojo. The Day the Earth Stood Still was estimated to do as high as $36 million but the mostly negative reviews no doubt caused 20th Century-Fox to revise those estimates. While good for…
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Stephen Sommers (The Mummy) will next try his hand at adapting Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan. He has a script from Stuart Beattie (Australia) that ignores the classic 1912 novel in favor of a story set in the 1930s that will be a “romp with a hefty helping of romance: Think…
The Thanksgiving weekend gave Hollywood plenty to be thankful for as the top dozen films took in $223.7 million from Wednesday to Sunday, the second best holiday weekend in history according to the Associated Press. Twilight did not manage to stay atop the charts during its second week but actually saw a rather steep drop…
