Category Archives: Adaptation

Rod Roddenberry & Benderspink Team Up for ‘Days Missing’ Adaptation

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Sebastian Suchecki

Benderspink is teaming up with Roddenberry Entertainment to co-develop television and film adaptations of Days Missing. This will mark the first Roddenberry property to find its way to the big screen since J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek and the first TV … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adaptation, Announcements, Comics, Movies, News, Sci-Fi, TV | Tagged Andromeda, Benderspink, Days Missing, Gene Roddenberry, J.J Abrams, JC Spink, Rod Roddenberry, Roddenberry Entertainment, Star Trek: Enterprise, Trevor Roth | Comments Off

Rodrigo Santoro Returning as Xerxes in ‘300: Battle of Artemisia’

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Sebastian Suchecki

It has been confirmed that Rodrigo Santoro will reprise his role as Xerxes in 300: Battle of Artemisia. Santoro will join Eva Green (Casino Royale) as Artemisia, Sullivan Stapleton (Darkness Falls) as Themistocles, and Jamie Blackley (Snow White and The … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adaptation, Casting, Comics, Movies, News, Prequels and Sequels | Tagged 300: Battle of Artemisia, Casino Royale, Darkness Falls, Eva Green, Frank Miller, Jamie Blackley, Noam Murro, Rodrigo Santoro, Smart People, Snow White and the Huntsman, Sullivan Stapleton, Xerxes | 1 Comment

Box Office Report: ’21 Jump Street’ Hauls In A Victory Over The Strong Holding ‘Lorax’

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

There is some good, some awesome, some sad and some well excepted news in this weeks box office results. Coming in at number one for the weekend, 21 Jump Street makes a splash with $35 million, and it’s very good … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adaptation, Animation, Box Office, Columbia Pictures, Comedy, Disney, Movies, News, Sci-Fi, Sony, Universal Pictures | Tagged 21 Jump Street, Action, Box Office Report, Casa de mi Padre, Channing Tatum, Columbia Pictures, Comedy, Danny Devitio, Disney, John Carter, Jonah Hill, Movies, News, Taylor Kitsch, The Lorax, Top 10, Universal Pictures, Weekend, Will Farrell | Comments Off

Scorsese and DiCaprio Joining Forces Again For ‘The Wolf Of Wall Street’

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Sebastian Suchecki

Director Martin Scorsese (Gangs of New York, The Departed) and Leonardo DiCaprio (Shutter Island, The Aviator) have both committed to an adaptation of The Wolf of Wall Street. This film will be the fifth time the duo will be working … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptation, Announcements, Casting, Directors, Drama, Movies, News | Tagged Boardwalk Empire, Gangs of New York, Goodfellas, Jordan Belfort, Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Shutter Island, Terrence Winter, The Aviator, The Departed, The Wolf of Wall Street | 1 Comment

‘Y: The Last Man’ Movie Adaptation Lives Again as Two New Writers are Brought In

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

There are few long form comic book stories that really feel like a single cohesive whole. It is just hard to maintain total continuity in style and storytelling over more than a half a decade’s worth of single issues. Brian K. Vaughn … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Adaptation, Announcements, Comics, Movies, New Line, News, Vertigo, Warner Bros, Writers | Tagged Adaptation, Brian K. Vaughn, Comics, Matthew Federman, Movies, News, Pia Guerra, Stephen Scaia, Vertigo, Writers, Y: The Last Man | Comments Off

Raimi & Cronenberg to Work Together on ‘The Knife Man’ Adaptation

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Sebastian Suchecki

It looks like two horror icons will be working together on a television adaptation of The Knife Man. The exciting part is the harshly grim nature of the subject matter fits right into what David Cronenberg (Scanners, The Fly) and … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptation, Announcements, Horror, News, TV | Tagged David Cronenberg, Drag Me to Hell, Friday Night Lights, Rolin Jones, Sam Raimi, Scanners, The Evil Dead, The Fly, The Knife Man, Weeds | Comments Off

‘The Dark Tower’ Films and Television Series May Be Back On Thanks to Warner Bros

Posted on March 13, 2012 by Sebastian Suchecki

When Universal Studios decided to back out of making three feature films and two limited-run TV series based on Stephen King’s mammoth post-apocalyptic Western The Dark Tower back in July, many thought it was the end of the project. Luckily … Continue reading →

Posted in Adaptation, Books, Comics, News, Universal Pictures, Warner Bros | Tagged Akiva Goldsman, Apollo 13, Brian Grazer, Dark Tower, Frost/Nixon, Javier Bardem, No Country for Old Men, Ron Howard, Stephen King, The Dark Tower | Comments Off

Box Office Report: ‘John Carter’ Lands with a Thud, While ‘The Lorax’ Continues To Bring in The Green

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

That unfortunate loud thudding noise you just heard was John Carter‘s opening weekend. The mega budget, would be franchise starter came in at a beyond disappointing 30.6 million. Good enough for second place to last week’s winner, The Lorax. Speaking of this … Continue reading →