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Crowe Developing Bill Hicks Bio-Pic

August 20, 2008 Rich Drees

One of the most important comics of the second half of the 20th sentury was Bill Hicks. With razor sharp insight, HIcks railed about politics and society with a clarity seldom seen on a club [click for more]

New STARBLAZERS/SPACE CRUISER YAMATO Film In Works

August 5, 2008 Rich Drees

Nearly a quarter of a century since it last flew across screens, the popular Japanese animated space opera Space Cruiser Yamato, known in the United States as Starblazers, is making a return. Yoshinobu Nishizaki, who [click for more]

Stern Picks Writer For ROCK AND ROLL HIGH SCHOOL Redo

July 31, 2008 Rich Drees

Actor/writer/director Alex Winter, best known as being the non-keanu Reeves half of Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure, has been signed to script a remake of Rock And Roll High School for talk radio superstar Howard [click for more]

Warners Developing Marvin The Martian Feature

July 30, 2008 Rich Drees

Bugs Bunny’s extraterrestrial nemesis Marvin the Martian is being eyed by the execs at Warner Brothers for a big screen film. According to Variety, the film will be a feature the tenacious alien coming to [click for more]

FOUNDATION Heading To Big Screen

July 29, 2008 Rich Drees

Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne, the former New Line Cinema execs who approved the production of Peter Jackson’s Lord Of The Rings trilogy, have signed on to produce a film adaptation of another classic genre [click for more]

SDCC 2008: RED SONJA Teaser Posters (Updated With Second Poster)

July 25, 2008 Rich Drees

Just because I’m on the wrong side on the continent, does not mean I can still report on San Diego COmicCon related stuff. For example, while Con attendees were sitting in a hot, stuffy and cramped [click for more]

New Line Looking For Second Blast Of HAIRSPRAY

July 24, 2008 Rich Drees

New Line Cinema has cut a deal with cult film director John Waters to write a treatment for a sequel to the hit musical version of his film Hairspray. The film version of the hit Broadway [click for more]

MTV Looking To Do Time Warp Again

July 24, 2008 Rich Drees

Here is a story from the “Who thought this was a good idea?” file. MTV is looking at producing a made-for-television remake of the 1975 cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show. Variety reports that the film’s [click for more]

Ron Burgandy Stays Classy Into The 80s

July 24, 2008 Rich Drees

Fans attending the San Diego Comics Con are discovering how classy that city is now. But if you want to find out it if stayed classy in the 1980s, you may not have to wait [click for more]

Singer To Produce New Superhero Movie At Warners

July 23, 2008 Rich Drees

It has been a good summer for superheroes, and Warner Brothers, who have had the biggest superhero success of the summer in The Dark Knight, are hoping that trend lasts a bit longer as they [click for more]