We are back (finally) from Toy Fair with some verbal tours of the visual fun, plus DC’s newest direct to DVD feature (JUSTICE LEAGUE:CRISIS ON TWO EARTHS) hits this week and actor James Woods tells us about life as OWLMAN and William Shatner turns to s*it – really. PRESS THE BUTTON to Get The Point!…
A movie adaptation of author/producer Frank Beddor’s young adult book trilogy The Looking Glass Wars is in the works. During an appearance to promote the third book in the series, ArchEnemy, on Good Morning America on Friday, Beddor said he was working with producer Charles Roven (The Dark Knight, Rex Libris) to bring The Looking…
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that High School Musical star Zac Efron has been signed to play Jonny Quest in a live-action feature film. The movie, written by Dan Mazeau, is said to be a terrific young Indiana Jones style adventure. Mazeau was recently named one of the 10 screenwriters to watch by Variety….
Watchmen toys at last! Just one of the five cool things in the comic shops this week, plus The Punisher headed to DVD, Hot exclusives headed to the New York ComicCon and why no one is headed to The Oscars this year. PRESS THE BUTTON and you’ll Get The Point! And be sure to stay…
Judge Dredd, England’s long-running weekly comic feature, is returning to the screen. At 2000 AD’s website, they had the following short announcement: “Rebellion and 2000 AD are proud to announce that Judge Dredd is coming to a cinema near you soon! “Together with DNA Films, the movie production company behind such great sci-fi movies such…
Fritz Leiber’s 1943 Conjure Wife is headed back to the screen from writer/director Billy Ray (Breach). United Artists has acquired the rights to Leiber’s debut novel according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film will adapt the story of “a New England college professor who discovers that his good fortune is the result of his wife’s…
The pre-production work on the Thundercats movie proceeds apace with Charlie Wen’s impressive production art seeping online. Video game designer Jerry O’Flagherty (Gears of War) was named the film’s art director. The CGI movie is scheduled to go into production for Warner Bros. in 2009 for a 2010 release. No cast has been announced to…
Not long before the buzz started on Watchmen, another graphic novel was also on just about everyone’s Must Read list, and it still is. Jeff Kinney’s Diary Of A Wimpy Kid is one of the cool comic creator success stories soon to be a major motion picture. In an exclusive interview, Jeff tells how it…
More than likely you or someone you know would love to make a film, but those first steps are the hardest. Meet Yasmine Zapp who got her horror film, Darksound, on the screen and she shares the secrets here, plus: New Harry Potter Trailer this weekend A Thor cartoon X-Men First Class the movie Press…
It seemed like it had to happen. The life and career of Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin comes to comics, but with a twist ending. We’ve got the story, plus: Tomorrow is a bug day in Bedrock More Terminator coming from Dynamic Darwin Cooke explains just why Parker is so damn cool Do your civic…
The $130,000,000 budget for the upcoming Tintin movie, based upon Hergé’s world-wide hit comics series, has been rejected by Universal. The movie, produced and directed by Steven Spielberg (with the second installment to be directed by The Lord of the Rings‘ Peter Jackson) and written by Doctor Who’s Stephen Moffat, is the first in a proposed…
Tarzan is returning to the Big Screen but not as an animated musical sequel from Disney but a played-for-straight adventure from Warner Bros, and director Stephen Sommers (The Mummy). Variety reports this morning that Sommers and Stuart Beattie will be co-writing the screenplay. The duo last worked together on 2009’s G.I. Joe film for Paramount,…
