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Ann Rice Pushes Pandora to Big Screen

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ShockTillYouDrop.com broke the news that Ann Rice very much wants Pandora, the first in her New Tales of the Vampire series to be made into a feature film.. The 1998 novel is described on the author’s website this way: “Fledgling vampire David Talbot has set out to become a chronicler of his fellow Undead. The… [Continue Reading]

Neuromancer Teaser Poster Emerges in Cyberspace

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William Gibson set the literary world on its ear with his 1984 novel, Neuromancer.  Now hailed as the first cypberpunk novel, Hollywood seems to have finally caught up with the trend and the long-gestating film version seems finally to be gaining some steam.  A teaser poster was posted over at Quiet Earth. Gibson’s novel initially… [Continue Reading]

Colin Firth Corrupts Dorian Gray

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Former heartthrob Colin Firth (Mama Mia) will be joining Ben Barnes in Dorian Gray, the latest adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s classic horror tale. Directed by Oliver Parker, the movie features Barnes as Gray with Firth playing Lord Henry Wotton, the aristocrat who corrupts Gray.  Shooting has begun this week but no release date has been… [Continue Reading]

Vampire Apocalypse Sequel Due This Fall

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Author Derek Gunn’s sequel to his Vampire Apocalypse: A World Torn Asunder novel, Descent into Chaos, is coming this fall from Black Death Books.The first book in the Vampire Apocalypse universe was published in September 2006, and was optioned by producer/screenwriter Richard Finney. Finney co-wrote a screen adaptation with Franklin Guerrero, Jr. and is currently… [Continue Reading]

Gears of War Novel Trilogy in the Works

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While waiting for the next Gears of War game or the feature film, you can settle back and enjoy the first of three novels set in that realm.  DelRey has signed a deal with Epic Games and best-selling Star Wars novelist Karen Traviss has written the first book. will go on sale October 28 followed… [Continue Reading]

Foundation Coming to the Screen

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Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne, the men who built New Line Cinema into a mini-major and then exited to become producers, now have their first project ready for former masters Warner Bros. Their outfit, Unique Features, is tackling Isaac Asimov’s classic Foundation which had previously been in development at 20th-Century Fox. “This epitomizes the movies… [Continue Reading]

Koontz says Odd Thomas Optioned

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Dean Koontz announced a screenplay adapting his 2003 novel Odd Thomas is completed, telling the fans at Comic-Con International he is pleased with the outcome. The author chose not to name the screenwriter just as he teased the fans with news that some actor has already signed on to star but refused to divulge that… [Continue Reading]

King Story Promoted via Animation

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Stephen King continues to break new ground.  To promote his latest short story collection, Just After Sunset, he has authorized a video adaptation for one of the stories, “N”, which was handled by Marvel Comics. The story, which broke in today’s Wall Street Journal, will be announced and previewed later today at Comic-Con International. The… [Continue Reading]

Has The Talisman Found its Director?

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Ain’t-it-Cool-News tipped the world off to the young filmmaker named Mathieu Ratthe. The Canadian filmmaker is actively campaigning for a shot at the long-stalled big screen adaptation of The Talisman.  The Peter Straub/Stephen King novel came out over 20 years ago, got snapped up by Steven Spielberg and has remained in development hell. His campaign… [Continue Reading]

Two more from Whitley Strieber

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Author Whitley Strieber has sold his next novel, The White Shaman, to Tor Books for 2009 publication. In 2014, the book shows how mankind deals with the aftermath of the catastrophe predicted by ancient peoples for the year 2012. Strieber also sold Hybrids, an inter-species romance between man and alien, to be published in 2010.

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