If Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings didn’t satisfy your appetite for seeing the story of Moses on the big screen, then you may be in luck as The Tracking Board is reporting that Paramount Pictures is developing a remake of 1956’s The Ten Commandments. The site reports that, unsurprisingly, the new film will “center […]
Warner Bros. TV adapting The Arcana Chronicles
Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. TV has snapped up the rights to The Arcana Chronicles series of YA novels and has tapped writer Seamus Kevin Fahey (Battlestar Galactica, The Following) to adapt the first book, Poison Princess, for a TV series. Written by Kresley Cole, Poison Princess “is a dystopian tale about a young woman […]
DC announces The Legend of Wonder Woman digital series
Ahead of her big screen debut in next year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, DC Entertainment is set to revisit the origins of the Amazon Princess with a new nine-issue digital comic book series The Legend of Wonder Woman. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new series from Renae De Liz (Womanthology) “will focus […]
FX bringing Y: The Last Man to the small screen
It looks like Brian K. Vaughan’s Y: The Last Man is finally heading to the screen, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that FX is teaming with Vaughan for a TV adaptation. Published by DC imprint Vertigo and launching in 2002, the ongoing series ran for 60 issues through to 2008 and “revolves around Yorick Brown […]
Star Wars: Shattered Empire and Saga top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of September 2015
Diamond Comic Distributors has revealed details of the bestselling titles of September 2015, with Marvel’s Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens – Shattered Empire #1 topping the comic book chart, and Image Comics’ Saga Vol. 5 the biggest selling graphic novel of the month. Top 10 Comic Books 1. Star Wars: The Force Awakens […]
Lionsgate adapting Night of the Living Dead spinoff comic Z-Men for the big screen
Variety is reporting that Lionsgate is teaming up with comic book publisher Double Take, a subsidiary of video game developer Take-Two Interactive Software, to adapt Z-Men, the flagship title of the recently launched Night of the Living Dead comic book universe. “We’re delighted to expand our relationship with our friends at Take-Two by partnering with […]
Sony rebooting Fantasy Island with new TV series
Deadline is reporting that Sony TV and ABC are remaking the classic 1970s TV series Fantasy Island with a reimagining of the show from writer Sheldon Turner (Up in the Air). According to the site, the new take will see Fantasy Island as the name of a company that designs and executes fantasies for clients, […]
Four more join James McAvoy in M. Night Shyamalan’s new Blumhouse film
Last week it was announced that James McAvoy (X-Men: Days of Future Past) has replaced Joaquin Phoenix (The Happening) in M. Night Shyamalan’s next project, an as-yet-untitled horror from Blumhouse Productions. Well, we now have more casting additions for the project, with Anya Taylor Joy (The Witch), Haley Lu Richardson (The Last Survivors), Betty Buckley […]
D.J. Caruso to direct Vin Diesel in xXx 3
During a promotional interview with io9 for his new film The Last Witch Hunter, Vin Diesel has revealed that director D.J. Caruso (Disturbia, Eagle Eye, I Am Number Four) has signed on helm the upcoming action threequel xXx 3. “I’m excited as hell about XXX,” states Diesel. “D.J. Caruso is directing it, which is exciting. […]
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents heading to the big screen
During a panel at the New York Comic Con, Batman producer Michael Uslan announced that he’s teaming up with China’s Huayi Brothers Media to launch a new film franchise based upon the comic book series T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents. First published by Tower Comics in 1965, the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents (or The Higher United Nations Defense Enforcement Reserves) […]
