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The show won’t be on the air until January at the earliest but that didn’t stop rabid fans from filling Hall H to hear Joss Whedon, Eliza Dushku and Tahmoh Penikett hold forth on their Fox series Dollhouse. Whedon opened the talk by admitting to a long-standing man-crush on Penikett. The Battlestar Galactica star now… [Continue Reading]
Lots of interesting bits and pieces of news was overheard or revealed on the Comic-con show floor or at panels. Greg McLean, director of the forthcoming Rogue, said he was on the west coast firming up plans for his next horror project. Terry Goodkind’s Wizard’s First Rule, soon to be a syndicated televisions series produced… [Continue Reading]
ABC has landed Harvey Keitel for his first television series, the American version of Life on Mars. He will be Detective Gene Hunt, heading up the 1970s homicide department when he finds himself working with the time displaced Detective Sam Tyler, to be played by Jason O’Mara. Known for using any means necessary to do… [Continue Reading]
News from around Comic-Con International: VH1’s Scream Queens reality show has named James Gunn, Shawnee Smith and acting coach John Homa as judges. Smith will pull double duty as host while Homa will direct the aspiring actresses. John Carpenter may direct a project from Steve Niles (30 Days of Night), adapting a project originally written… [Continue Reading]
The long-stalled and totally unnecessary MTV remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show is said to be finally happening. Word has it there will be new music although the original Jim Sharman and Richard O’Brien script will be used. “I’d like to see it shown a year from this coming Halloween, but that’s up to… [Continue Reading]
The first Comic-Con International press release kicked things off nicely: Cartoon Network has kicked off development on three much-loved comic book titles: Firebreather, The Vanishers and Mice Templar. Image Comic’s Firebreather, created by Phil Hester, and Mice Templar, by Mike Avon Oeming and Bryan Glass, will be developed as animated original movies. IDW Publishing’s The… [Continue Reading]
True Blood: The Great Revelation will be a prequel to the new HBO vampire series True Blood debuting in September. he comic book is written by David Wohl (The Darkness) with art by Jason Badower (Heroes online comic), colored by Blond and story by Brian Cain and Gregg Hale (The Blair Witch) at Campfire. Starting… [Continue Reading]
Joss Whedon has posted a lengthy piece over at Whedonesque where he talked with Rutherford D. Actualperson about why he felt it necessary to shoot a new inaugural episode to his Fox series Dollhouse. “The fact is, I’m very proud of the ep we shot and the series is making me crazy with the excitement,”… [Continue Reading]
Canada’s Fantasia film festival ended and handed out awards from their Feature Films competition. Little surprise, Sweden’s Let the Right One In took multiple awards, fueling its rep as one of the best films of the year. BEST FILM Let the Right One In – Tomas Alfredson (Sweden) BEST DIRECTOR Tomas Alfredson – Let the… [Continue Reading]
The Sci Fi Channel announced highlights for the forthcoming television and beyond. The channel shuffled the deck and formed Sci Fi Ventures which encompasses Sci Fi Media (SciFi.com, Dvice and Fidgit and a new theatrical film banner, Sci Fi Films); Sci Fi Games (a partnership with Trion Worldwide and an equity stake in BigPoint Games);… [Continue Reading]
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