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Graphic novel crime noir Coward getting big screen adaptation

Variety reports that comic respected book writer Ed Brubaker is adapting his graphic novel Coward for Jamie Patricof’s Hunting Lane Films, which has nabbed the rights to the modern crime noir and attached Twilight: Eclipse director David Slade to helm. Brubaker and illustrator Sean Phillips’ Criminal series, of which Coward is the first story arc, ….

Girl With the Dragon Tattoo graphic novel coming from DC Vertigo

DC Entertainment has nabbed graphic novel adaptation rights to adapt the international phenomenon and best-selling Millennium Trilogy novels into the medium. DC Entertainment’s Vertigo imprint will partner with the estate of Stieg Larsson along with Hedlund Literary Agency to adapt the books. Each book by Larsson will be presented in two graphic novel volumes. The ….

John Landis brings Monsters in the Movies to NYCC 2011

From B-movie bogeymen and outer space oddities to big-budget terrors, Monsters in the Movies by legendary filmmaker John Landis showcases the greatest monsters ever to creep, fly, slither, stalk, or rampage across the Silver Screen. Join director John Landis (Animal House, Blues Brothers, An American Werewolf in London, Michael Jackson’s Thriller) as he talks about ….

Fantasy show Locke & Key makes its way from San Diego to New York Comic-Con 2011

The most talked-about pilot not on the Fall schedule was the Fox production of Locke & Key. After a smash-hit screening at San Diego Comic-Con that left fans wanting more, Locke & Key is making its way to the east coast for a one-time only screening at New York Comic-Con 2011. Come watch the special ….

Cult film icon Lance Henriksen joins Troma panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2011

Troma Entertainment has announced that Lance Henriksen – star of the Alien films, the critically-acclaimed television series Millennium, and author of the new book Not Bad For A Human – will speak at the Troma Panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2011. The Troma Panel, titled, “Can DIY Filmmaking Replace Hollywood? Selling Your Own Damn Movie ….

Let Me In director to helm another vampire movie, this one produced by Ridley Scott

Matt Reeves – the director behind Let Me In – has been tapped to develop and direct Fox 2000’s The Passage, an adaptation of a novel by Justin Cronin, that has Ridley Scott attached to produce, according to THR. The studio picked up the rights for The Passage and two possible sequels in a reported ….

Orson Scott Card’s epic sci-fi tale Ender’s Game back in development for the big screen

According to The L.A. times, the sci-fi film adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s seminal epic tale Ender’s Game is now back in active development, as independent production company Odd Lot Entertainment moves forward on a movie project of the Hugo and Nebula award-winning novel. According to sources, Tsotsi and X Men Origins: Wolverine director Gavin ….

Guillermo Del Toro hits the road for vampire epic The Fall

For you Strain Trilogy fans, Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan, the authors of The Strain and The Fall, are in the midst of a nationwide book signing tour to promote The Fall, the continuation of the vampire epic, which goes on sale this coming Tuesday. Check the list of venues below to see if ….

Radical releases exclusive images from Time Bomb No. 2

Issue number 2 of Radical Publishing’s Time Bomb goes on sale next week, on September 15th, and they’ve sent over another stunning review copy for me to peruse. For those of you who didn’t read issue one of Time Bomb, the story began after a small group of scientists accidentally triggered the “Omega Bomb”, after ….

Details and preview images from The Art Of District 9: Weta Workshop

WETA Workshop was nice enough to forward us some images from the upcoming book The Art Of District 9: Weta Workshop, which tells the story of, and brilliantly illustrates, the conceptual design process of the Oscar-nominated sci-fi thriller District 9, one of the most successful films of 2009. Written and directed by Neill Blomkamp and ….

Check out this Drew Struzan Hellboy movie poster that was never used

MTV Splash Page posted this unused Hellboy sketch for a proposed movie poster by legendary movie poster artist Drew Struzan, whose memorable includes posters for such classics franchises as Indiana Jones, Star Wars, and the Back to the Future series of movies. The Art of Drew Struzan, being published by Titan Books, hits store shelves ….

We’re giving away two copies of the epic miniseries America the Story of Us DVD set

From the creative minds behind Planet Earth, the exhilarating 12-part series portraying the dramatic events that shaped America’s 400 year history, America the Story of Us, arrives in a multi-platform release featuring DVD, Blu-Ray, 412 page companion book and iTunes/Zune/Playstation downloads, on September 12, 2010. To celebrate this epic release, FilmFetish is giving away 2 ….

Edgy covers for Last Days of American Crime and Mata Hari preview issue

Next week, Radical Publishing will release of The Last Days of American Crime #3 and Radical Premiere: Mata Hari, a preview for the upcoming graphic novel, and they’ve forward us some preview art, along with a synopsis for both titles. Radical Premiere: Mata Hari From Rich Wilkes (xXx), a look into the most notorious woman ….

Win one of two copies of Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy

On September 1st, Chicago Review Press will release Another Fine Mess: A History of American Film Comedy by Saul Austerlitz. Another Fine Mess takes a thorough look at what the author calls “the bastard stepchild of American film… that [still] has one of the richest veins of American cinematic culture.” To celebrate the release of ….