Tag Archives: Adaptations

‘The Walking Dead’ Season 2 Finale Was a Huge Ratings Win

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

One of the most surprising facets of the hit AMC show The Walking Dead is how much of a ratings blockbuster it can be. It is particularly intriguing due to the fact that genre, horror and comic book based shows … Continue reading →

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Dream Cast: Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Matt Blackwood

Now that Marvel has its own movie studio, it’s time for the House of Ideas to try out some fresh ones on the big screen. Sure, we all know the Iron Man and Thor sequels will make a billion dollars, … Continue reading →

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Dual ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Pilots ordered by ABC and CW

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Kara Grimoire

With the recent resurgence of fairy tale themed shows such as NBC’s Grimm and ABC’s own Once Upon a Time, the Disney-owned company is now prepared to launch their second fabled show in the form of a live-action retelling of … Continue reading →

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Dream Cast: Neil Gaiman’s ‘Good Omens’

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Matt Blackwood

Over the past two decades, Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens has almost been made into a movie several times. Monty Python alum Terry Gilliam tried for years to put the comic fantasy on film, but the infamously unlucky auteur (see … Continue reading →

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Dream Cast: The Luna Brothers’ ‘The Sword’

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Matt Blackwood

With comic properties being snatched up by movie studios like lucrative hotcakes, a Luna Brothers film project is clearly inevitable. With their cinematic style, self-contained stories, and strong emotional centers, Joshua and Jonathan Luna’s titles are a perfect fit … Continue reading →

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Brian K. Vaughn to Adapt Stephen King’s ‘Under the Dome’ for Showtime

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Joe Gillis

If you’ve never read Brian K. Vaughn’s comic series Y: The Last Man, you’re really missing out. It’s very well written and has enjoyed tremendous popularity. So much so, in fact, that it’s one of the reasons Vaughn ended up … Continue reading →

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Universal Pulls the Plug on ‘Dark Tower’ Movies, TV Series

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Chris Ullrich

It what may come as sad news for fans of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower who were anxiously awaiting its translation from book series to feature films and TV series, it looks like Universal has decided to pull the plug. … Continue reading →

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Check Out the New Trailer for ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Joe Gillis

A lot of movies these days manage to have one or two interesting actors in them with the rest of the cast being so-so. However, once in a while a movie comes along that had way more than that. In … Continue reading →