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‘Red’ Adds McMahon, Borgnine to Cast

‘Red’ Adds McMahon, Borgnine to Cast

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  • November 13, 2009

The adaptation of Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner’s Red miniseries has moved ahead and added Julian McMahon (Nip/Tuck, Fantastic Four), Richard Dreyfuss, Brian Cox, and the great Ernest Borgnine, who will play the keeper of the CIA’s darkest secrets.  The film, scheduled for November 19, 2010 release, already stars Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman, John C. Reilly and Mary Louise Parker.

Summit Entertainment, flush with Twilight cash, is producing this film based on the 2003 WildStorm miniseries about a former black-ops CIA agent whose a quiet, retired life is shattered when a high-tech assassin shows up at his home. Willis is the spy with McMahon portraying the Vice President who heads up a shadow conspiracy. The 92-year-old Borgnine will play the man who knows the dirty secrets and Dreyfuss is a wealthy industrialist who benefitted from Government contracts. Cox is a former Cold War-era spy with an axe to grind against Willis.

Jon and Erich Hoeber wrote the script for director Robert Schwentke (Flightplan) and shooting should commence early in 2010.

Moorcock to fly the TARDIS

Moorcock to fly the TARDIS

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  • November 13, 2009

Acclaimed novelist Michael Moorcock posted the following statement on his message board yesterday:

“Looks like it’s official. I’ll be doing a new Dr. Who novel (not a tie-in) for appearance, I understand, by next Christmas. Still have to have talks etc. with producers and publishers but we should be signing shortly. Should be fun.”

By “not a tie-in” we presume he means he will pen an original novel featuring one of the Doctors. We find this very exciting news.

While there have been novelizations of television story arcs for decades, the first original novel dates back to just 1986. Led by the prolific Terrence Dicks, who has written adaptations and original prose, the line has seen many top-notch authors write adventures including a number well-regarded series of anthologies.

‘The Prisoner’ online graphic novel

‘The Prisoner’ online graphic novel

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  • November 13, 2009

To promote the reimagining of The Prisoner premiering this Sunday on AMC, they’ve created an online graphic novel to go along with it, written by M. Scott Veach and drawn by Mitch Breitweiser.

The first chapter is up now, with some motion comics stuff, because everybody’s doing motion comics nowadays…

Swipe File: Simone & Ajax and… Sesame Street?

Swipe File: Simone & Ajax and… Sesame Street?

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  • November 12, 2009

First, we have Simone and Ajax as detectives trying to find… the Maltese Duck:

and then we have Bert and Ernie (or some bizarre clay figures that sorta look and sound like them) as detectives trying to find… the Maltese Duck!

Coincidence, you say? Hah! Then how do you explain that the person hiring Bert and Ernie is a sheep… just like a sheep hired Simone and Ajax in the story the case files call On The Lamb (or the Case of the Felonious Fleece)?!?

But don’t take our word for it (as if you would), find out for yourself! Purchase The Adventures of Simone & Ajax, available for pre-order now at Amazon or available in this month’s Diamond catalog from IDW.

And check out the newest Simone and Ajax adventure, A Christmas Caper, serialized weekly here on ComicMix!

Fox Cancels ‘Dollhouse’

Fox Cancels ‘Dollhouse’

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  • November 11, 2009

The mixed reviews and poor ratings have led Fox to formally cancel Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse.

The second season show, starring and co-produced by Eliza Dushku, is currently on a planned hiatus, keeping it from the harsh glare of the November Sweeps ratings period.

The announced plan has the final episodes broadcast on these dates: two episodes each will air December 4, 11 and 18, from 8 pm to 10 p.m. The last three episodes will air on January 8, 15 and 22 at 9 p.m.

Whedon has been given sufficient notice so the final episodes will wrap up the existing storylines. Summer Glau was recently added to the cast and will play a pivotal role with her knowledge of someone’s past life.

A second season DVD set is expected but no date has been announced.

This marks the second failed series Whedon has produced for Fox, after Firefly. He has yet to issue a formal statement but no doubt it will be heartfelt and entertaining. Meantime, Whedon is also prepping to direct at least one episode of the network’s hit series Glee.

Can you pass this supervillian test?

Can you pass this supervillian test?

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  • November 10, 2009

Came across this brainteaser on BoingBoing from [wu:riddles] —

You’re a super-villain and you want to prepare a
transparency (the kind that goes on an overhead projector) with the key
points of your plan for world domination so you can present them to the
hero/superagent before you attempt to kill him in some ridiculously
novel way. You don’t want this information to fall into the wrong hands
before you’re ready. Smart villain that you are, you know you can share
the information across several slides so that if the enemy agents
capture any two of your slides, they won’t learn even the tiniest bit of
information about your plan. How?

Super-villain transparencies

Give us your answers in comments. Note that your plan should be strong enough to thwart the accursed Richards.

Happy 40th birthday, Sesame Street!

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  • November 10, 2009

On this day in 1969, the National Educational Television network premiered a show from the Children’s Television Workshop, with songs, animation, Bob McGrath, Loretta Long, Caroll Spinney, Carol Burnett, and Muppets.

Forty years later, Sesame Street has become the longest running American children’s program, having helped educate generations of children worldwide. And Bob McGrath, Loretta Long (Susan) and Caroll Spinney (Big Bird and Oscar) are still there. (Think of it– 40 years as an 8 foot tall bird.)

The effect of the show is so powerful and widespread, this song made it up to #16 on the Billboard charts in 1970:

Make sure you catch the season premiere today, with special guest Michelle Obama. Check your local PBS station for times and listings– or (sign of the times) get the Sesame Street podcast on Sesame Street - Sesame Street Podcast - Sesame Street Podcast.

The Point Radio: ‘The Prisoner’ Remade Or Ruined?

The Point Radio: ‘The Prisoner’ Remade Or Ruined?

This week, AMC premieres their updated version of the classic sf/ fantasy series, THE PRISONER. We begin our backstage visit to the set by tackling the question of how to approach the story with a 2009 eye and yet still keep at least some of the 1968 charm. Producer Trevor Hopkins gives his frank answers, plus the cast of NBC tells us what they really think about the JAY LENO situation and Warren Ellis sells more stuff to the movies!

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