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Spartacus: Blood and Sand stars to invade San Diego Comic-Con 2010

I guess this will be my first official Comic-Con 2010 post. Starz announced that Spartacus: Blood and Sand stars Andy Whitfield (who plays Spartacus), Lucy Lawless (Lucretia), John Hannah (Batiatus), Viva Bianca (Ilythia), along with executive producer and head writer Steven S. DeKnight will appear on a panel at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday, July ….

Spartacus: Blood and Sand – The Complete First Season disc features content too risqué even for cable

Starz Original series, Spartacus: Blood and Sand, comes home when Anchor Bay releases the critical and audience hit as a heroic four-disc DVD and Blu-ray on September 21st. Both the Spartacus: Blood and Sand – The Complete First Season DVD and Blu-ray are clad in high-end collectible, book-style packaging. Executive produced by Rob Tapert, Sam ….

Spider-Man prequel gets a new release date and will be shot in 3D

Sony announced yesterday that it will release the fourth Spider-Man film in 3D on July 3, 2012, according to THR. The studio also ditched the one-time title of Spider-Man IV and has branded the project “untitled”, adding to speculation that the new film will be a reboot of the Marvel character’s origin story. Sony had ….

Raimi, Maguire and Dunst all off Spider-Man 4, which is now set to be a prequel

Right on the heels of news that John Malkovich was still attached to Spider-Man 4 as a villain (SEE HERE), Sony’s Columbia Pictures has reportedly scrapped the project all together and is rebooting the franchise, according to THR. The studio is apparently parting ways with director Sam Raimi and franchise stars Tobey Maguire and Kirsten ….

John Malkovich still attached to Spider-Man 4 as lead villain

According to SlashFilm, John Malkovich recently confirmed recent rumors that he has been cast in Sam Raimi’s troubled Spider-Man 4…well, sort of. Many suggestions were that as Malkovich would play lead villain The Vulture (a.k.a. Adrian Toomes), if Raimi – who hated the most recent version of the script – gets his way. However, Sony ….

Exorcism of Emily Rose director tapped for supernatural suspense thriller

Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose, The Day the Earth Stood Still) has been tapped by Lakeshore Entertainment to direct the supernatural suspense thriller The Living, Variety reports. Lakeshore’s Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi will develop and produce the film, with Paul Harris Boardman – who co-wrote and produced Derrickson’s Exorcism of Emily Rose ….

Spider-Man 4 confirmed for IMAX in 2011 with Creature from Black Lagoon writer scripting

IMAX and Columbia Pictures announced that the highly-anticipated Spider-Man 4 will be released to IMAX theatres simultaneously with the film’s worldwide release on May 5, 2011. The fourth installment of the successful Spider-Man franchise, based on the Marvel character, will be digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience. To date, ….

Lucy Lawless, Andy Whitfield and more to promote Starz’ upcoming Sam Raimi-produced action series Spartacus: Blood and Sand at Comic-Con ’09

Stars Lucy Lawless, Andy Whitfield and Peter Mensah, along with Executive Producers Rob Tapert and Steven S. DeKnight, will be giving audiences a first-ever look at Starz upcoming original drama Spartacus: Blood and Sand, and will be unveiling the exclusive first edition of the series-inspired comic with special Comic Con cover. In the new series ….

House of Flying Daggers director to remake the Coen Brothers’ Blood Simple?

Back in February, Shockya reported that Spider-Man director Sam Raimi was attached to produce a remake of the martial arts film House of Flying Daggers. Now comes a report from Empire, that Zhang Yimou – director of that seminal kung fu epic as well as Jet Li’s Hero, and choreographer of the amazing display at ….

District 13 and Taken director headed to Tokyo thriller

Pierre Morel is attached to direct an as-yet-untitled Tokyo-set thriller for Paramount, according to Variety. Sounds like a project in Morel’s wheelhouse for sure – his previous efforts include the cult French martial arts film Banlieue 13 (released in the U.S. as District 13), and last year’s breakout action thriller Taken, which featured Liam Neeson ….

Straczynski writing Forbidden Planet and Pulitzer-winner writing Spider-Man 4

Hollywood is getting serious about grooming its adaptations and remakes right from the start, by hiring the best writers in the industry. According to The Hollywood Reporter, J. Michael Straczynski, who penned the Clint Eastwood film Changeling, has been tapped to write the long-in-development remake of cult sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet for Warner Bros. Warners ….