The leader of the BC NDP says his party will back a popular science education program cut by the BC Liberals, if it wins May's provincial election. Adrian Dix says the one million dollar a year program for the awareness and learning of science, run by Science World, should never have been cut. "The joy of learning and enjoying science and enjoying … [Read more...]
AMC & Netflix Revive “The Killing”
November 10, 2012 by
Almost three months after it was seemingly dead, Fox TV Studios is now closing a deal to bring back the AMC drama series "The Killing" through a deal with Netflix. Fox have been relentlessly trying to keep the series alive and talks ended up happening with Netflix and later AMC coming back into the situation. Showrunner Veena Sud delivered a … [Read more...]
Emmett/Furla Revive Hasbro’s “Monopoly”
October 4, 2012 by
Emmett/Furla Films will finance and co-produce three films based on Hasbro properties in the next two years says Deadline. The first cab off the rank will be the film based on the board game "Monopoly" which they hope to get into production next year. Ridley Scott was previously linked as director, that's almost certainly not the case … [Read more...]
‘Despicable’ Producers Revive A Woodpecker
November 17, 2011 by
"Despicable Me" and "The Lorax" animated feature producers Illumination Entertainment are working on a feature film based on the crimson-coifed cartoon character Woody Woodpecker for Universal Pictures says Heat Vision. First appearing as a short in 1940, the character was a rambunctious and brash creature voiced by Mel Blanc (who went on to voice … [Read more...]
Bad weather delays attempts to revive Vancouver Island marmot population
July 20, 2011 by
VICTORIA — A high snow pack is making life difficult for Vancouver Island marmots and people trying to help the population recover from ... Vancouver News latest RSS headlines - Big News Network.com … [Read more...]
