A film based on the flexible, stretchable toy "Stretch Armstrong" is still alive - but it has changed studios and lost its star says Reuters. Three years ago came word that Universal Pictures was creating "Stretch Armstrong 3D", a project based on the toy that would use a script by Steve Oedekerk ("Bruce Almighty") and be produced by Brian … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2012
Foran Mining posts $1.8M loss in fiscal 2011
January 31, 2012 by
VANCOUVER - Foran Mining Corporation (TSXV:FOM) says an increase in balance sheet charges for compensation was the main factor behind a significant increase in its net loss in fiscal 2011.The Vancouver-based exploration miner said its net loss in the year ended Sept. 30 was $ 1.8 million or four cents per share.That was up from a net loss of $ … [Read more...]
Vaughn, Cast Sign For “X-Men: First Class 2”
January 31, 2012 by
20th Century Fox has closed deals with director Matthew Vaughn and the cast of "X-Men: First Class" to return for a forthcoming sequel says Heat Vision. Last year's 'First Class' was one of the best reviewed tentpole films of the year with critics scoring similar marks to the franchise's previous best effort "X2". It also pulled in a solid $ 353 … [Read more...]
Stayed charges against Pickton slammed
January 31, 2012 by
To this day, Lori Shenher doesn’t understand why an attempted murder charge was dropped against serial killer Robert Pickton in 1997. Testifying at the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, Det.-Const. Shenher — the Vancouver police officer tasked with investigating the disappearance of women in the Downtown Eastside — expressed her frustration … [Read more...]
UBC defends animal testing
January 31, 2012 by
The University of British Columbia defended its use of animal testing Monday, claiming a majority of more than 200,000 animals were used in basic science projects that cause less than minor or short-term stress. “(All animal-testing projects) go through the same stringent review (on the university’s ethics committee),” said Helen Burt, associate … [Read more...]
VPD bites back in police dog-mauling lawsuit
January 30, 2012 by
The Vancouver Police Department is fighting back against a dog-mauling lawsuit by releasing a video of the plaintiff smashing a window on a transit bus with his skateboard prior to the dog bite. Deputy Chief Adam Palmer showed video footage of Christopher Evans, 33, repeatedly smashing the passenger door window of a Coast Mountain bus. Evans, a … [Read more...]
Carnahan Planning “Death Wish” Remake
January 30, 2012 by
"The Grey" and "The A-Team" director Joe Carnahan has been hired to write and direct a reboot of the vigilante action franchise "Death Wish" at MGM, Paramount and Scott Free says The Los Angeles Times. The original 1974 Charles Bronson-led thriller follows an architect whose wife is raped and murdered and his daughter savagely beaten by three … [Read more...]
Cop says superiors had no real desire to hunt serial killer
January 30, 2012 by
The primary investigator of Vancouver's Missing Women file says she doesn't believe her superior officers had any real desire to search for a serial killer in 1998. That's when Vancouver Police had evidence Robert Pickton was murdering women, but he was not arrested until 2002. When a working group on the file dissolved in september of … [Read more...]
Swinton, Hurt, Hiddleston Love Vampires
January 30, 2012 by
Tilda Swinton, John Hurt, Tom Hiddleston and Mia Wasikowska are all set to star in Jim Jarmusch's vampire romance meets horror drama "Only Loves Left Alive" at Pandora Films says The Hollywood Reporter. The film is described as an unusual love story between two vampires who have been in love for centuries. Jarmusch is also producing. Filming … [Read more...]
RCMP release Calgary man in fatal hit-run
January 30, 2012 by
VANCOUVER - The RCMP say they've had to release a 19-year-old Calgary man arrested after a fatal head-on crash on the highway between Vancouver and Whistler Saturday.But Sgt. Peter Thiessen says the investigation into whether the man was impaired by drugs is continuing, calling such investigations complex and challenging.He says once all the … [Read more...]
