Month: September 2010

James Cameron’s True Lies becoming TV series?

Avatar director James Cameron’s 1994 blockbuster espionage action film True Lies, is headed to ABC television as a weekly series, according to THR Livefeed. ABC has made a script deal for the project, with Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment, Fox TV producing and Rene Echevarria as writer/showrunner and co-executive producer. If greenlit, the project will mark the ….

All-Star Superman voice cast lines up

James Denton (Desperate Housewives), Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) and Anthony LaPaglia will lend their voices to Warner Bros. Animation’s All-Star Superman, the animated film adaptation of the acclaimed comic, according to HeatVision. All-Star Superman – which has won three Eisner Awards, two Harvey Awards and three Eagle Awards – is the 10th DC Comics story ….

Clive Barker joins guest list for Weekend Of Horrors 2

Artist, writer and filmmaker Clive Barker – creator of Candyman, Hellraiser, Nightbreed and countless others – has joined the list of celebrities attending Creation Entertainment’s Weekend Of Horrors II, coming to the Marriott Burbank Airport Hotel in Burbank, California. Barker joins a cavalcade of horror and cult film icons, including Bruce Campbell, Sid Haig, Jeffrey ….

Lloyd Kaufman’s Troma goes in a new direction with Purge

Troma’s most recent acquisition, Purge, stretches the boundaries of science fiction and the age range of Troma’s audience. An original creation of Australian writer-director David King, Purge offers something previous youth-only-oriented Troma films have not: a point of identification for the Baby Boomer generation. King spent his 1970s rebelling through a camera lens. Part of ….

Black Dynamite comic and animated series to preview at New York Comic-Con 2010

New York Comic-Con 2010 is just around the corner, and I’ve heard surprisingly little so far surrounding the film and TV-related events that will take place during the 3-day fan fest. So we were very excited when Black Dynamite director Scott Sanders sent in info on the Black Dynamite panel that will take place on ….

AMC releases final poster for The Walking Dead adaptation

Today AMC released the key art for its upcoming original drama The Walking Dead, which premieres on Halloween night, October 31st, at 10pm. Executive produced and written by Academy Award nominee Frank Darabont, The Walking Dead tells the story of the months and years following a zombie apocalypse. The series, based on the comic by ….