Academy Award winning legend Anthony Hopkins is set to star in Eyes in the Trees, a reimagining of the classic H.G. Wells novel The Island of Dr. Moreau. Per Deadline’s report, Eyes in the Trees will be directed by Timothy Woodward Jr. (The Call), and star the Silence of the Lambs and The Father actor as […]
Richard Stanley may get another chance at The Island of Dr. Moreau
More than twenty years after he was fired from the project three days into shooting, South African filmmaker Richard Stanley has revealed that he may get another opportunity to direct a film adaptation of H.G. Wells’ classic tale The Island of Dr. Moreau. Stanley spent years developing the 1996 feature starring Marlon Brando and Val […]
Lord and Miller: 12 other directors who left/got fired from movies during production
Luke Owen looks at directors who left/got fired from movies during production… With the shocking news that Phil Lord and Chris Miller have vacated the director’s chairs for the yet-to-be-titled Han Solo movie over “creative differences” (some sources say they were forced out), I thought it was time to look at some other directors who […]
Exclusive Interview – Action legend Mark Dacascos discusses Crying Freeman, Drive, The Island of Dr Moreau and more
Tom Jolliffe chats with action legend Mark Dacascos about his illustrious career… Among action aficionados, Mark Dacascos is a name associated with a string of cult favourites like Crying Freeman, Drive and Brotherhood of the Wolf. He’s also known to TV audiences for his recurring villainy in Hawaii 5-0 and the recent Wu Assassins (not […]
H.G. Wells’ The Island of Dr. Moreau in development as TV series
We’ve had a couple of War of the Worlds series lately, and now it seems that The Island of Dr. Moreau will become the next H.G. Wells tale to get the small screen treatment. Independent studio Gunpowder & Sky has announced that Zack Stentz (X-Men: First Class) is writing Moreau, a sci-fi TV series which […]
IDW announces H.G. Wells’ The Island of Dr. Moreau comic book series
IDW Publishing has announced that writer Ted Adams (Diablo House) and artist Gabriel Rodriguez (Locke & Key) are teaming for a new adaptation of H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi novel The Island of Dr. Moreau. “Wells’ novel is as relevant today as when he wrote it in 1896,” says Adams. “It addresses the subject of the […]
Sleepy Hollow co-creator to explore The Island of Dr. Moreau with CBS drama series
H.G. Wells’ classic sci-fi tale The Island of Dr. Moreau is set for a new adaptation, with Deadline reporting that CBS is developing a new drama series entitled Moreau, which is being penned by Sleepy Hollow co-creator Phillip Iscove. The site reveals that the new project will follow the title character of “disgraced London physiologist […]
