April 18, 2024

Councillors stand pat on leash bylaw

Green Coun. Adriane Carr has lost a ruff battle to change a city bylaw against leashing up dogs unattended in public. Carr introduced a motion Tuesday for the city to tweak its animal-control bylaw, allowing dog owners to tie up their four-legged friends to a bike rack or parking meter outside stores. But Vancouver council voted to keep the bylaw … [Read more...]

Ben Affleck To Direct King’s “The Stand”

Ben Affleck has been selected (but is not yet signed) as director for the adaptation of Stephen King's magnum opus "The Stand" at Warner Bros. Pictures and Vertigo Pictures says Deadline. The novel, first published in 1978 and revised in 1990, is a story of good vs. evil after a virus wipes out most of the American population. The survivors end up … [Read more...]

Rodrigo Santoro Makes A “Last Stand”

Rodrigo Santoro is in talks to play rookie cop Frank Martinez in Kim Ji-woon's action thriller "The Last Stand" at Lionsgate says Latino Review. Andrew Knauer and Jeffrey Nachmanoff penned the script in which Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the sheriff of a sleepy little town who runs up against an escaped drug cartel leader heading for the Mexican … [Read more...]

“Deathly Hallows” Duo Adapt “The Stand”

David Yates and Steve Kloves, the director and script writer of the last three "Harry Potter" films, look to be re-teaming on the film adaptation of Stephen King's "The Stand" at Warner Bros. and Vertigo Pictures says Hitfix The novel, first published in 1978 and revised in 1990, is a story of good vs. evil after a virus wipes out most of the … [Read more...]