Posts Tagged ‘Vampire’
Posted by bob in Films, News on August 1st, 2008
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 novel opens in present-day Paris in a crowded cafe, where David meets Pandora. She is two thousand years old, a Child of the Millennia, the first vampire ever made by the great Marius. David persuades her to tell the story of her life.
“Pandora begins, reluctantly at first and then with increasing passion, to recount her mesmerizing tale, which takes us through the ages, from Imperial Rome to eighteenth-century France to twentieth-century Paris and New Orleans. She carries us back to her mortal girlhood in the world of Caesar Augustus, a world chronicled by Ovid and Petronius. This is where Pandora meets and falls in love with the handsome, charismatic, lighthearted, still-mortal Marius. This is the Rome she is forced to flee in fear of assassination by conspirators plotting to take over the city. And we follow her to the exotic port of Antioch, where she is destined to be reunited with Marius, now immortal and haunted by his vampire nature, who will bestow on her the Dark Gift as they set out on the fraught and fantastic adventure of their two turbulent centuries together.”
Posted by bob in News on July 31st, 2008
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 seeking financing. (more…)
Posted by bob in Films, News on July 31st, 2008
Platinum Dunes has opened the official website to their remake of Friday the 13th. It’s got little new to offer but bookmark it and see what develops.
The award winning Swedish film Let the Right One In has been scheduled by Magnolia Pictures/Magnet Releasing for a limited run in October before a DVD release. The same outfit will then release Timecrimes in the same manner this December. Both are part of a series Magnet is calling Six Shooter Film Series that also encompasses Eden Log, Special, Big Man Japan and Donkey Punch. (more…)
Posted by bob in Films, News on July 26th, 2008
At Comic-Con International, director Patrick Tatopoulos introduced audiences to his Underworld: Rise of the Lycans cast: Rhona Mitra (Spartacus), Bill Nighy (Pirates of the Caribbean), and Kevin Grevious.
The event began with a rough cut of the trailer for the January 2009 release. Where there was rough animation, Tatopolous explained CGI effects would be inserted when completed.
After working on the first two films in the series, he had ideas of what should be done next which earned him a shot at directing the third film, making his debut. The prequel, he said was “bolder…Goes back to origin of slavery and the quest for freedom. The story between the two protagonists, Sonya and Lucian, it’s a great love story and that’s how it’s done.” (more…)
Posted by bob in News on July 25th, 2008
HBO’s True Blood took its turns before the news-hungry fans at Comic-Con International. Alan Ball, series producer, announced, “We have three more days of shooting and then we will wrap.” He directed fans to the viral websites that are either pro or against vampires. There’s also an online blood test people can take to see which blood type is most tasty.
Posted by bob in Films, News on July 25th, 2008
Twilight’s presentation yesterday packed Hall H with women and girls and kids, all eager for a glimpse of Summit Entertainment’s adaptation of the Stephenie Meyer vampire romance.
The panel included Taylor Lautner (who plays Jacob Black), Edi Gathegi (Laurent), Rachelle LeFevre (Victoria), Kristen Stewart (Bella), Cam Gigandet (James), Robert Pattinson (Edward), Meyer and director Catherine Hardwicke.
Hardwicke admitted that like the audience, she fell in love with the book and “wanted to see Bella and Edward living, breathing — and we just tried to do the best we could.”
Knowing the fervor of her readership, Meyer said she felt pressure and held out for a script she was happy with. She added that she always saw the story as a film first before writing it and is delighted with how it has been shot.
In between clips and comments from the cast, a few tidbits came out include news that Muse is definitely contributing a song to the soundtrack and actor Pattinson may as well.
Posted by bob in Comics, News on July 23rd, 2008
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 tomorrow, the first 16-pages will be available at HBO’s website for the series (www.hbo.com/events/trueblood/). Copies will be distributed at Comic-Con International and there will be a panel about the series with director Alan Ball and author Charlaine Harris. (more…)
Posted by bob in Films, News on July 10th, 2008
We’ve mentioned how Twilight is going to dominate the horror world for a while thanks to the Stephenie Meyer novel sales and forthcoming big screen adaptation. Tomorrow, five months before release, it nabs the coveted cover to Entertainment Weekly.
Night Crew is the name of a new project coming from Stampede Entertainment, the folk behind Tremors. Ron Underwood (Tremors) will direct the new film which the company says is “a fast-moving monster tale full of quirky characters, scary moments, and laugh-out-loud humor, but this time in an urban setting.” The script was written by S.S. Wilson (Wild Wild West) and Brent Maddock (Tremors 1-4).
Described by Variety as an eco-horror tale, The Colony, has been green lit by Participant Media in association with Room 101 and Vertigo Entertainment. The idea came from Stacy Title and Jonathan Penner (Let the Devil Wear Black) who are at work on the screenplay.
Posted by bob in Films, News on July 5th, 2008
We ran the Children’s Top Ten list the other day to show you the strength of Stephenie Meyers’ vampire romance work. Now we’re hearing that the second book in her series, New Moon, may be getting a green light before Twilight even opens On December 12. If true, Summit Entertainment is eyeing a December 2009 release date. Producer Wuck Godfrey noted to Shocktilyoudrop back in March, “The goal is, we’ve got the [sequel] script ready to go and come December we want to shoot it for about the same time - for the weather and stuff we don’t want to be in the heat of the winter. Obviously, you know the next book and know we can go out into the sun a little bit more. Hopefully, we’ll have it ready to go and ready to start prepping for the beginning of next year.”
Posted by bob in News on July 3rd, 2008
Publisher’s Weekly just released the list of Bestseller Children’s Fiction Books (top 10), Week of June 9, 2008. We present it here because it’s telling of Stephenie Meyer’s influence on kids and speaks well of how Twilight will do when it opens this Christmas. It is also not the only genre entries which bodes well for the next generation of fans.
Twilight; Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown/Tingley)
Eclipse; Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown/Tingley)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules; Jeff Kinney (Abrams/Amulet)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid; Jeff Kinney (Abrams/Amulet)
New Moon; Stephenie Meyer (Little, Brown/Tingley)
The Quest Begins; Erin Hunter (HarperCollins)
Lock and Key; Sarah Dessen (Viking)
The Book Thief; Markus Zusak (Knopf)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret; Brian Selznick (Scholastic Press)
The Mysterious Benedict Society; Trenton Lee Stewart (Little, Brown)
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..
