Day: November 8, 2010

AMC bringing back The Walking Dead for full 13-episode season

It was posted on The Walking Dead fan page at MyFantasyArt.com today that AMC has renewed the instant hit series, with a 13-episode season. CLICK HERE or read the entire story below. AMC announced today the renewal of The Walking Dead for a 13-episode second season. Since debuting Sunday, October 31, The Walking Dead has ….

John Carpenter to direct adaptation of comic Darkchylde

Darkchylde Entertainment and Weta Workshop (@wetaworkshop) announced today that a project Weta has worked on for some time has found a director. And it’s none other than ‘cult cinema icon’ John Carpenter. John Carpenter is onboard to direct Darkchylde, based on the comic by Randy Queen about a good hearted southern teen cursed to become ….

Donnie Yen’s Ip Man coming to The Samsung Experience this Thursday

In order to continue doing screening events at the Samsung Experience, ScenePR – which sponsors networking events for indie filmmakers around New York – needs to get a blowout crowd there this Thursday, November 11th, when they will be screening Wilson Yip’s Ip Man. And If you sign up today (Nov. 8th) by midnight, it’s ….

Wanted director and Weinsteins working on sci-fi thriller Apollo 18

Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov and The Weinstein Company have announced work on Apollo 18, a sci-fi thriller they hope to release as fast as March 2011, according to THR. The sci-fi thriller Apollo 18 is based on a screenplay by Brian Miller, winner of the inaugural Astana International Action Film Festival screenplay competition, which was ….

Lalo Schifrin, Robert Vaughn, Bullitt screening and more to highlight this week’s tribute to Cult Cinema Icon Steve McQueen

Yesterday, November 7th, marked 30 years since Steve McQueen’s untimely passing at age 50. In tribute to the Cult Cinema Icon, Jules Verne Festival creators Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and Frederic Dieudonne have announced The Official 30th Anniversary Tribute Events to Steve McQueen. The event kicked-off yesterday at 11AM on Hollywood Blvd., four days before the Official ….

Scarlett Johansson looking to join Matt Damon in Cameron Crowe’s ‘Zoo’

Scarlett Johansson is in final talks to star opposite Matt Damon in the Cameron Crowe true-life drama We Bought a Zoo, THR reports. We Bought a Zoo is based on a memoir by Benjamin Mee, who used his life savings to buy a dilapidated zoo on the English countryside, filled with 200 exotic animals, both ….

Disney finds assassins with action comic adaptation Cowboy Ninja Viking

Disney has picked up film adaptation rights to an action comic titled Cowboy Ninja Viking, with Zombieland writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick attached to write the script, according to THR. Mark Gordon, Management 360, Wernick, and Reese are attached to produce the project, which features a violent action story centering on an assassin with ….