As anticipated, Bryan Fuller is heading back to Heroes as part of a two-year deal with Universal Media Studios. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fuller would return to Heroes’ writers room in time for episode 20. That means most of the creative work on volume four, kicking off February 2, will be done before he…
Just the other day we were talking about Steve Spielberg and Will Smith teaming up for the English language adaptation of the South Korean hit Old Boy. Additional details have been coming out with The Hollywood Reporter saying Mark Protosevich (I Am Legend) will likely be the screenwriter. Smith, who acted in the film, recommended…
Universal Studios would like to revisit the Klumps once more and have put out an open call to writers for pitches for a third Nutty Professor film according to The Hollywood Reporter. Universal and Imagine Entertainment saw ox office success with two films based on the 1963 Jerry Lewis classic. The previous two were tour…
Smallville’s fathers, Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, have been signed to adapt Robotech into a live-action feature for Warner Bros. No director, cast or production dates have been released. The 1980s anime series ran in America courtesy of Harmony Gold USA and was one of the first noteworthy anime series from that era. It was…
The Hollywood Reporter named its top 40 showrunners with genre mastermind Joss Whedon heading the list. The role of showrunner has evolved through the years but is the producer charged with making the television series hum, from concept to airdate. They tend to direct the creative process and are involved in every aspect such as…
DreamWorks outlined for The Hollywood Reporter which of the properties it retained after its divorce from Paramount are now on their “high-priority list”. Among them are a few genre properties including: Cowboys and Aliens: The adaptation of the Platinum Studios comic is still being written by now executive producers Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci. Ron…
Ridley Scott is going to Boardwalk in style. He is in talks with Universal to direct a movie based on the Parker Brothers’ classic Monopoly according to The Hollywood Reporter. Scott first announced his interest in the project on June 19, 2007. Pamela Pettler (Corpse Bride) is already at work on a screenplay for the…
Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Yancey Arias and Bruce Davison are being left at the curb as NBC orders a major retooling of its Knight Rider revival. The network has shown faith in the show, giving it a full season’s order, only to watch the ratings go into a death spiral. "It’s a reboot," executive producer/showrunner Gary…
The CW’s Reaper gained a lot of fan press when last season’s pilot was directed by Kevin Smith. Now, after a bout with the Writer’s Strike, the show is on its way back for Season Two and we get the inside story from Satan himself, series regular Ray Wise, plus: The Simpsons anger a gay…
The Hollywood Reporter named Pixar’s John Lasseter its Innovator of the Year. The trade paper noted that the animator has smoothly inherited the mantle from Disney’s Nine Old Men, the animators who created the classic films. The last of them, Ollie Johnston, passed away recently. “Heart. Inventiveness. Inspiration. These are Lasseter’s own hallmarks,” the paper…
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal has picked up the movie rights to the upcoming Viper Comics graphic novel Villains. Universal reportedly paid a mid-six-figure sum for the rights, which could prove profitable if the lesser-known property enjoys the same super-hero buzz that other films in the genre have yielded. Sean Bailey produces via his…
CBS Interactive is gearing up to make a strong push with original programming for multi-platform delivery. They announced that it will partner with Saturn to craft Novel Adventures which will star Daphne Zuniga (One Tree Hill). The premise follows four female friends who perform activities based on moments taken from classic books such as the…
