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Midnight Release Party planned to celebrate Harry Potter and the Cursed Child release

July 31st marks the official script book release of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child – Parts I & II, the theatrical eighth installment of JK Rowling’s best-selling Harry Potter series premiering as a play on London’s West End stage. To celebrate the countdown to the latest chapter of the Harry Potter saga, Books-A-Million is ….

Starz to create show based on sci-fi novel series Outlander

Chris Albrecht of Starz Entertainment announced today that the network will partner with Sony Pictures Television to produce Outlander, an original show adapted from Diana Gabaldon’s bestselling sci-fi series of books. Starz has ordered 16 episodes of Outlander, which begins lensing in Scotland this fall. The show is expected to premiere in 2014. The series ….

John Hurt joins The Strain TV series based on Guillermo del Toro vampire trilogy

FX has tapped two-time Oscar-nominated actor John Hurt in The Strain, the pilot based on the best-selling vampire novel trilogy from Oscar-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and noted sci-fi author Chuck Hogan. Hurt joins the previously announced Corey Stoll, Kevin Durand, Mia Maestro, Miguel Gomez, Richard Sammel, Lauren Lee Smith and Jonathan Hyde. Hurt will ….

Daniel Boyd cult classic horror film Chillers released on DVD for first time

Troma Entertainment has just released Daniel Boyd’s Chillers on DVD for the first time since its original 1987 release. The DVD celebrates the release of a new graphic novel series based on the horror film and created by the director. The first issue is out now through Tranzfusion Publishing, with the second book to be ….

Cover for Dredd 3D digital comic prequel revealed

The Dredd 3D digital comic prequel hits newsstands this August, and Lionsgate Films, the company behind the upcoming franchise reboot, has premiered a first look at the digital comic’s hand drawn cover by artist Greg Staples. The prequel, written by 2000AD editor Matt Smith, will feature the comics first appearance of Ma-Ma, Game of Thrones ….

The Art of Gears of War 3 to showcase the process of building one of the best games of the year

Leading indie digital art publisher Ballistic has announced the release of The Art of Gears of War 3, a 320 page book that takes you behind the scenes of one of Epic Games’ biggest releases. The new book features character, environment, monster, weapons, vehicle concept and production art, all revealing the depth of thinking behind ….

Win a copy of former Paramount insider’s true-life tale Infamous Players: A Tale of Movies, The Mob (and Sex)

Former Paramount vice president and Variety editor-in-chief Peter Bart takes readers on a wild ride through the inner workings of Hollywood in the late-1960s and early 70s when he was a top production executive at the famous studio, working for Robert Evans, in his new book Infamous Players: A Tale of Movies, The Mob (and ….

Watchmen to return?

From a story that was originally reported on THR, I posted a preview on MyFantasyArt of the controversial upcoming DC Entertainment return to the Watchmen universe, the acclaimed 1986 graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons. This summer, DC Comics will publish a seven comic book mini-series called Before Watchmen. Every week, ….