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New series based in The Walking Dead universe coming in 2015

Variety reports that AMC has announced that it’s developing a companion series to the hit show The Walking Dead. The new series is being put together by The Walking Dead comic creator Robert Kirkman, along with the show’s executive producers Gale Anne Hurd & Dave Alpert. According to the reoprt, the companion series has a ….

Actress Sheila Frazier to attend 40th Anniversary screening of cult classic Super Fly

Next Friday, August 16th, The Museum of the Moving Image will celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the landmark blaxploitation film Super Fly, with a screening of the film at 7PM, as part of the Changing the Picture and Fun City: New York in the Movies 1967–75 film series. Actress Sheila Frazier, who played Georgia opposite ….

Wong Fei-hung character to return in martial arts film Rise of the Legend

Bill Kong’s Edko Films is set to reboot the iconic Wong Fei-hung film franchise with a movie titled Rise of the Legend, Film Business Asia reports. Christine To, who co-wrote martial arts films Fearless and True Legend, is writing the script. The short official synopsis implies that the story centers on a younger incarnation of ….

Weinstein Co. teams with Celestial to remake Shaw Bros. classic martial arts films

The Weinstein Co. has signed a two-picture deal with Celestial Pictures to remake a pair of classic martial arts action films from the Golden Era of Hong Kong cinema. The companies will produce English-language versions of Come Drink With Me and Avenging Eagle. John Fusco, who wrote the Marco Polo TV series and co-wrote the ….

Live-action Akira film gets a “new” director

Variety reports that filmmaker Jaume Collet-Serra is in talks with Warner Bros. to return to the Akira directors chair for the studio. Collet-Serra left in early 2012 after production on the project stalled. According to the report, in early 2012, the studio shut down pre-production for script rewrites and budgetary concerns. At the time, Collet-Serra ….

Samuel L. Jackson joins Matthew Vaughn’s Secret Service

Variety reports that Samuel L. Jackson has joined the cast of director Matthew Vaughn’s upcoming Secret Service. Fox has already locked in its two heroes – Colin Firth and Taron Egerton. Now the production looks one step closer to ramping up production on The Secret Service with Jackson now set to play the villain. Production ….