The Hollywood Reporter says that Fox is developing a stateside version of the U.K. hit series Torchwood.The project is from BBC Worldwide Prods., with original series creator Russell T. Davies writing the script and the original producing team is on board. In addition to Davies, exec producers include Davies’ producing partner Julie Gardner (former head…
Hey kids! It’s cool to create comics! TV says so! Nickelodeon has given the green light to a new mixed live-action/CG animated series, The Troop, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Writer/producer Jay Kogen (Frasier, Malcolm in the Middle and many others) will serve as showrunner for the new science fiction comedy series, from executive producer…
Hollywood’s hottest dynamic duo, Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci have named Bobby Cohen as president of Kurtzman/Orci Prods, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The pair have set up their own shop based on their commercial heat after working on The Transformers, Star Trek and related genre offerings. "Alex and Bob started at DreamWorks as writers…
The Jonah Hex movie is getting a new director, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Jimmy Hayward, who directed Horton Hears a Who, has been signed to direct Hex as his second feature, and his first in live action. Prior to directing Horton, Hayward started as an animator for Reboot and then went on to Pixar….
Disney has officially withdrawn from The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader just as the film was preparing to shoot in early 2009. The Hollywood Reporter said Disney and Walden declined to say why but it’s been known for some time that the studio has had qualms about the budget given the…
Arcana Studios has optioned five of their titles to Legacy Filmworks in a co-production deal that also involves production-finance group Bron Management according to The Hollywood Reporter. Paradox, starring Kevin Sorbo (Hercules) will be the first of the quintet to reach the cameras. Brenton Spencer (Stargate: Atlantis) will direct the story of a “homicide cop…
No sooner did Buck Rogers get optioned for a feature film this summer than the rumors named Frank Miller as the director, something that everyone involved has denied until now. The Hollywood Reporter and Variety both say Odd Lot Entertainment is close to signing Miller to adapt the comic strip to the screen. Odd Lot…
Keith Goldberg has been hired by Dark Horse Comics’ Entertainment division as Senior VP Production according to The Hollywood Reporter. Given Dark Horse’s current deal with Universal, the move was necessary to oversee the existing projects, such as War Monkeys, while giving Goldberg access to the company’s library for further exploitation in media. He will…
Fox’s Boldly Going Nowhere is being seriously considered for a midseason series pickup according to The Hollywood Reporter. The sitcom received a pilot order plus request for scripts meaning it can swing into production quickly, filling the network’s needs. Boldly Going Nowhere is produced by It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia‘s Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day and…
Joby Harold will write the screen adaptation of Platinum Studios’ Atlantis Rising for director Len Wiseman according to The Hollywood Reporter. The writer/director is also adapting Frank Miller’s Ronin for the screen. Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci will be producing the project for DreamWorks. "As a writer, Joby has an amazingly strong understanding of how…
Sonya Walger (Lost) will play the female lead in ABC’s Flash Forward, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Christine Woods (House) has also joined the cast in what is probably the hottest pilot currently in production. Walger will play Ralph Fiennes’ wife, Olivia, “who is disturbed by her vision of being in love with another man.”…
Emo Boy, a comic from Steve Emond and published by Slave Labor Graphics, has been optioned by Vanguard Films. Kyle Newman (Fanboys) is said to be directing and will cowrite the script with Emond according to The Hollywood Reporter. Vanguard hopes the film will be in the vein of Napoleon Dynamite “but with a more…
