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Lost and Alias creator producing period robot graphic novel adaptation

Paramount Pictures, J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production shingle nabbed rights to the graphic novel Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel, a story centered on a robot set in the Victorian Age, HeatVision reports. Boilerplate was written by Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett, and tells the story of the world’s first robot, who purportedly, in the ….

Espionage comic Crosshair closes film adaptation deal at Comic-Con

Mandeville Films’ partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman announced today that Mandeville and Top Cow Productions will team up to produce a feature film version of Top Cow’s comic book “Crosshair.” Mandeville learned of the project of the eve of San Diego’s Comic-Con, and, after extensive negotiations, closed the deal over the weekend to adapt ….

More aliens heading towards Hollywood

Paramount Pictures has nabbed a sci-fi pitch from first-time writer Bobby Glickert titled Confidential Alien Project, to be produced by Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form, according to HeatVision. The story is getting the Area 51 treatment, and apparently involves alien abduction. The film will be based on Glickert’s treatment ….

Sneak peek at Lady Robotika

Lady Robotika, the inter-galactic rock ‘n roll sexy cyborg heroine, is the brainchild of Jane Wiedlin (legendary guitarist for the Go-Go’s) and Bill Morrison (Eisner Award-winning creative behind The Simpsons Comics, Futurama Comics, Roswell, Little Green Man and Heroes Anonymous). The new super-heroine debuted last week with Lady Robotika issue #1: Slaveship to the Stars! ….

Win a swag bag from the guys behind Mystery Science Theater 3000

Fans of the legendary hit show Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K) and internet sensation RiffTrax.com are in for a hilarious night of live comedy on Thursday, August 19 when NCM Fathom, Something Awful and RiffTrax team up again to present RiffTrax LIVE: Reefer Madness at 8:00 p.m. Eastern / 7:00 p.m. Central / 6:00 p.m. ….

Take a first look at the Iron Man 2 Blu-ray release

Iron Man 2 blasts onto Blu-ray and DVD on September 28th, exploding with hours of exciting behind-the scenes footage. San Diego Comic-Con 2010 will be the first place you’ll get a sneak peek at the upcoming release. Iron Man 2 co-producer Jeremy Latcham will be presenting highlights from the Marvel Entertainment Booth (#2329) today (Thursday, ….

Fantastic Fest schedule includes yakuza crime thrillers, cult horrors and martial arts heroes

The sixth edition of Fantastic Fest, which describes itself as a film festival with the boring parts cut out, is scheduled for September 23-30th, in Austin, Texas. The festival announced part of its programming for this year’s event, including: Bedevilled (2010) Director: Cheol-soo Jang, South Korea, 115 minutes If you beat, brutalize, dehumanize and torment ….

Win a copy of premiere 3D software for animation and modeling

Smith Micro will be at San Diego Comic-Con International 2010 this week, showing off the newest versions of Manga Studio, Anime Studio and Poser, along with a sneak-peak of the Emily the Strange Tooncard Creator launching in August. The company also announced recently that they’ll be bringing along Watchmen co-creator Dave Gibbons (See Here), who ….

Radical Publishing to unveil film project based on Earp: Saints for Sinners sci-fi western at Comic-Con 2010

Sam Raimi is set to direct Earp: Saints for Sinners, an adaptation of a Radical Publishing graphic novel that Mandeville Films partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman are producing for DreamWorks, according to HeatVision. The Earp: Saints for Sinners movie will be based on a script by the graphic novel’s co-creator Matt Cirulnick (Paid in ….

Fox offering Futurama, Simpsons, Avatar and Predators exclusives during Comic-Con 2010

Fox Consumer Products is bringing loads of collectible goodness to San Diego Comic-Con this year, by offering exclusive items based on its most popular TV shows and movie franchises. They will have a number of premium products for fanboys to brag about this year, including: Avatar – Mattel will be offering “The Final Battle” action ….

New action drama No Ordinary Family bringing super powers and free t-shirts to Comic-Con 2010

ABC has a series of San Diego Comic-Con 2010 events planned to celebrate its new action drama, No Ordinary Family – all of which take place on Saturday, July 24th. Things commence at 1:00 p.m., when Michael Chiklis and Julie Benz will be available in the No Ordinary Family booth (#3921) to autograph full-sized posters ….