The L.A.-based marketing agency Dilemma is seeking co-producers for a feature film adaptation of Martin Shapiro's horror comic "Chopper". Described as a modern-day spin on "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", the story follows a headless motorcycle rider looking for vengeance in the afterlife. Earlier this year, Dilemma produced an ambitious nine … [Read more...]
“The Boys” Comic Adaptation Resurrected?
August 19, 2012 by
"Anchorman" director Adam McKay says that the previously dead adaptation of the comic "The Boys" may have come back from the dead. McKay, who became attached to the project last March, recently tweeted that Paramount has picked up the property. Said tweet was quickly removed. The comic follows the adventures of a CIA squad, known informally as … [Read more...]
“Last Blood” Comic Getting Adapted
July 16, 2012 by
Producer Rick Benattar ("Real Steel", "Ironclad") and Cascade FilmWorks are teaming on a live-action feature adaptation of the popular webcomic "Last Blood" says Deadline. The story is set in a future in which vampires battle zombies to protect the last surviving humans and preserve their supply of fresh blood. Simon Hunter ("Mutant Chronicles") … [Read more...]
Hobbit, Rim, Steel Comic Con Posters
July 7, 2012 by
Warner Bros. Pictures is using today to premiere, on Facebook, some special posters for the upcoming films on their panel next Saturday at the annual San Diego Comic Con. This morning came the first one-sheet for Guillermo del Toro's monsters vs. giant robots epic "Pacific Rim". At lunch they premiered a new one-sheet for Peter Jackson's "The … [Read more...]
2012 Comic Con Film/TV Panel Schedule
July 1, 2012 by
San Diego Comic Con kicks off again in less than two weeks, the biggest annual geek celebration on the planet with well over 125,000 people cramming the South Californian city and convention center for the five-day event. The entire convention sold out ages ago and hotel rooms across the city have been booked for months. Aside from last year, I've … [Read more...]
Several Studios To Skip Comic Con’s Hall H
June 13, 2012 by
Warner Bros. Pictures and Disney Pictures look to be the must-see film-related panels in the 6,000-seat Hall H at this year's San Diego Comic Con, a year in which several of the major studios look to be opting out. Variety reports that Warners has reserved a three-hour block Saturday with presentations for Peter Jackson's "The Hobbit: An … [Read more...]
Refn Directs Comic Adaptation “Button Man”
June 3, 2012 by
Nicolas Winding Refn ("Drive") is in talks to direct the comic adaptation "Button Man" at DreamWorks says Deadline. "Judge Dredd" creator John Wagner co-wrote the graphic novel with Arthur Ranson about a hired gun offered a fortune to take part in a game organized by bored millionaires that sets trained killers against one another in a fight to … [Read more...]
Warner & Goldsman Adapt “Lucid” Comic
March 12, 2012 by
Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired film rights to Michael McMillian's pop-fantasy comic book mini-series "Lucid" reports Variety. The story follows Agent Matthew Dee who uses his skills as a covert spy and Combat Mage to ensure America’s freedom from the grip of evil. Throw in elements of Arthurian legend and occult mythology. Both … [Read more...]
Summit To Adapt “Area 52” Comic
September 28, 2011 by
Summit Entertainment has acquired the film rights to Brian Haberlin's comic "Area 52" reports Deadline. The story follows a top-secret Antarcitca warehouse the U.S. government uses to store hideous creatures and mystical weapons. When an aggressive new alien is accidentally hatched, the group of misfits hired to watch over the warehouse must … [Read more...]
Jim Henson’s “Sand” Script Becomes Comic
August 30, 2011 by
Comic publisher Archaia has converted late "Muppets" creator Jim Henson’s unproduced "A Tale of Sand" script into a comic reports LA Weekly. Editor-in-Chief Stephen Christy says “It’s the last and only screenplay that Henson never got to produce in his lifetime so we’re bringing it to life as a graphic novel.” Both Henson's daughter Lisa and The … [Read more...]
