April 20, 2024

Steindorff To Adapt Khoury’s “Origin”

Scott Steindorff ("The Lincoln Lawyer") and his Scott Pictures label have scored the film rights to Jessica Khoury's upcoming young adult novel "Origin" says Heat Vision. The story follows Pia, a young woman created to be immortal by a scientist somewhere in the Amazon jungle. On her 17th birthday, she escapes her compound, meets a village boy … [Read more...]

Maingear and Origin PC shove Intel’s Core i7 2700K into gaming rigs, overclock it beyond 5GHz

Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock were both unavailable for comment, but we're guessing the pair would be quite pleased to see that the tech world's Need For Speed is hardly fading. Maingear and Origin PC have both announced this week that their high-end gaming desktops are now available with Intel's Core i7 2700K -- a beast of a processor that's … [Read more...]

Gibson’s Hanukkah Origin Film Gets A Rival

While many are still wondering if Mel Gibson's long planned Judah Maccabee biopic will go ahead at Warners, someone else has already begun work on a rival project says Risky Biz Blog. Producer Bruce Nash ("Modern Marvels") is assembling his own adaptation of the Hanukkah origin story. Said project could either be a feature or mini-series, it's … [Read more...]