Viggo Mortensen has been offered the lead role of Henry Clemens in Neil Marshall's "The Last Voyage of the Demeter" at Millennium Films says Bloody Disgusting. Based on a chapter in Bram Stoker's classic novel "Dracula", the story describes the disturbing voyage taken by the vampire count to England on a merchant vessel shipping cargo from … [Read more...]
New Line Remakes “The Last of Sheila”
June 19, 2012 by
Beau Flynn ("Journey 2: The Mysterious Island") will produce a remake of the 1973 murder-mystery "The Last of Sheila" for New Line says The Hollywood Reporter. Anthony Perkins and Stephen Sondheim penned the original which is set on a yacht in the Mediterranean where a Hollywood producer has invited friends to join him on the anniversary of his … [Read more...]
De Niro Confirmed For “Last Vegas”
May 11, 2012 by
Robert De Niro will star opposite Michael Douglas in Jon Turtletaub's comedy "Last Vegas" for CBS Films says The Hollywood Reporter. The story follows a quartet of retired boomers called upon for a Las Vegas bachelor party by their friend (Douglas), a ladies man who is settling down and marrying a woman half his age. De Niro will play the … [Read more...]
Memorial held for hang glider who died last weekend
May 5, 2012 by
A memorial was held Saturday for Lenami Godinez-Avila, the 27-year-old woman who plunged to her death from a hang-glider flight in Harrison Mills last weekend. Jason Warner, safety director of the Hang-gliding and Paragliding Association of Canada, says the tribute was organized by glider pilots. About 30 pilots gathered at the site where … [Read more...]
One last May Day hurrah
May 1, 2012 by
A dramatic end to a May Day protest along Commercial Drive. It started with a bon fire at Commercial and Charles. About 50 protesters, many in black, covering their faces blocked traffic. Shortly thereafter, the Vancouver Police Department Riot Squad turned up in full gear. This man saw the whole thing happen, "They were obstructing the … [Read more...]
Over the last 5 years what the Translink board makes in pay has absolutely skyrocketed.
April 17, 2012 by
The cost of the Translink board of directors has skyrocketed over the last five years going up hundreds of thousands of dollars. Back in 2007 the total renumeration for the Translink board was $ 126,000. When the provincial government overhauled the board the following year that's when the costs started to spike. The latest … [Read more...]
Vision Vancouver spent a bundle in the last civic election.
March 16, 2012 by
As several candidates have already done ahead of Monday's deadline, Vision Vancouver has filed its campaign disclosure statements from the fall civic election. Mayor Gregor Robertson's party raised $ 2.3 million in 2011, and spent $ 2.2 million in the civic campaign. Donations come from about 2500 individuals and 250 organizations, … [Read more...]
Writers Boarding “Y: The Last Man”
March 15, 2012 by
It has been a day of revivals with the seemingly dead "Sin City 2" and "Arthur and Lancelot" both getting a chance at coming back to life. Now the same is happening for the film adaptation of "Lost" scribe Brian K. Vaughan's acclaimed comic mini-series "Y: The Last Man". Heat Vision reports that two new screenwriters, Matthew Federman and Stephen … [Read more...]
Teacher Talks: No change since last week
January 25, 2012 by
They've been at the bargaining table for more than 70 sessions now, and still no progress. That from the head of the BC Teachers' Federation, who says last week's modified proposal by the union, has failed in sparking any progress at the table. Susan Lambert says in her opinion, so far, only one side has been willing to bargain, "But we had hoped … [Read more...]
“Miss Peregrine,” “Last Man” Script Deals
December 4, 2011 by
Jane Goldman ("X-Men: First Class," "The Woman in Black") is set to adapt Ransom Riggs' novel "Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children" which Tim Burton is circling to direct at Chernin Entertainment says Deadline. The book follows a 16-year-old whose childhood was filled with stories his grandfather told him about an orphanage for unusual … [Read more...]
