Earlier this month Joseph Gordon-Levitt spoke about the challenges of adapting Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed comic book series The Sandman into a feature film format, which raised questions about whether its episodic nature and scope means it would be better suited to the medium of television. Well, during a Reddit AMA, Gordon-Levitt has addressed that very […]
Seth Rogen reveals that filming is underway on Preacher
Seth Rogen has taken to Twitter to reveal that filming is underway on Preacher, AMC’s adaptation of the acclaimed comic book series from Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon… Preacher is set to star Dominic Cooper (Agent Carter) as Rev. Jesse Custer, a conflicted preacher who finds himself bonded to a supernatural creature called Genesis and […]
Elizabeth Perkins joins AMC’s Preacher pilot
Following on from the news that Dominic Cooper (Agent Carter) has officially signed on as Rev. Jesse Custer in AMC’s Preacher adaptation, it has now been announced that Elizabeth Perkins (Big, Weeds) has secured a co-starring role in the pilot. According to Deadline, Perkins will play Vyla Quinncannon, “a genteel but formidable businesswoman who owns […]
Alex Meraz cast as Dashiell Bad Horse in Scalped TV adaptation
Deadline has revealed that WGN America has cast Alex Meraz (Bone Tomahawk, Suicide Squad) as the character Dashiell Bad Horse in its upcoming adaptation of the acclaimed DC/Vertigo comic book series Scalped. Scalped is described as “a modern-day crime story set in the world of a Native American Indian reservation. It explores power, loyalty and spirituality in a community […]
Flickering Myth Film Class: Using Colour
In this instalment of Flickering Myth’s Film Class, Tom Jolliffe looks at intentional use of colours in film… When it was discovered that film stock could have colour painted onto it, though painstaking and meticulous, it opened up a new dimension in cinema, previously locked into black, white and grey. It allowed a film-maker to […]
The Originals showrunner adapting comic book series Unfollow for ABC and Warner Bros. Television
ABC is expanding its roster of comic book TV shows, with the network partnering up with Warner Bros. Television and The Originals showrunner Michael Narducci for an adaptation of the Vertigo series Unfollow from creators Rob Williams and Michael Dowling. THR reports that the drama series “explores what happens when a secretive billionaire makes a […]
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 […]
Comics to Read Before You Die #26: The Sandman Vol.1 Preludes & Nocturnes
In the latest edition of Comics to Read Before You Die, Jessie Robertson looks at The Sandman Vol.1 Preludes & Nocturnes… Created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Keith & Mike Dringenberg. Released 1989. This isn’t going to be so much a review, as an awakening. Comic books have been around for many decades, but comic books […]
Warner Bros. moves Sandman to New Line Cinema, Guillermo del Toro no longer attached to Justice League Dark adaptation
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Warner Bros. has shuffled some of its DC properties, moving its upcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman and future Vertigo titles to sister company New Line Cinema in order to focus its attention of the likes of Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman and the rest of the Justice League. […]
W. Earl Brown to play Sheriff Hugo Root in Preacher
AMC’s upcoming Preacher pilot continues to round out its cast, with Deadline reporting that W. Earl Brown (Deadwood) has signed on for a regular role as Sheriff Hugo Root, whose character is described as “the mean-hearted father of Eugene Root aka Arseface, a flinty-eyed, conspiracy-credulous redneck who is not a fool and has a vulnerability to him.” […]
