One of the nice surprises at Comic-Con was seeing how faithful Overture's remake of arty Swedish horror film "Let the Right One In," titled "Let Me In," is to the source material.
When the movie was first announced, many denounced it as an unnecessary American remake. The initial trailer seemed to play up the horror movie elements, and fans know there is much more to the movie than a simple vampire sucking some blood.
At Comic-Con, director Matt Reeves did his best to show that his movie is anything but a simple vampire movie, and unveiled some clips showing some great character moments that capture the lonely vibe of the original.
Top Cow comic "Crosshair" has been targeted for feature film treatment.
Mandeville Films partners David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman, best known for producing the romantic comedy "The Proposal," have teamed up with Top Cow to produce "Crosshair." The duo also has comic book adaptations "Earp: Saint for Sinners" and "Alibi" in the works.
Mandeville execs, in Comic-Con for the unveiling of Radical Publishing’s "Earp," closed the deal over the weekend after furious negotiations.
Erich and Jon Hoeber, the writers behind Summit's upcoming action thriller "Red," are in negotiations to rewrite "Man on a Ledge" for the company.
The heist thriller has been gathering steam, and this week Asger Leth entered negotiations to direct the project, which has Sam Worthington attached to star and Lorenzo di Bonaventura producing.
Following Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment's lukewarm unveiling of "Green Lantern," Warners has pulled the curtain up on the first images for its poster campaign.
And it's not too shabby. Not too shabby at all.
The poster comprises four elements in total that come together in words (the taglines are from the famous Lantern oath) and picture (the make up a double shot of the famous lantern logo). And in some way they reveal to us more than the Con panel did; we actually see how Mark Strong looks like as Sinestro and how messed up Peter Sarsgaard is as Hector Hammond.
Paramount is the latest to snatch up an aliens-related pitch, this time from rookie scribe Bobby Glickert to be produced by Michael Bay and Platinum Dunes partners Brad Fuller and Andrew Form.
Though the plotline is getting the Area 51 treatment, the pitch, known as the "Confidential Alien Project," involves alien abductions.
SAN DIEGO -- The stakes are high at Comic-Con, the pop-culture marathon that took over the San Diego Convention Center -- and much of the surrounding town -- for the past five days.
On one side are the Hollywood studios, looking to win over the hearts and minds of geek tastemakers. On the other side are the self-proclaimed geeks, eagerly inhaling TV and movies but not quite trusting Hollywood to get all the genre fare right.
So who came out on top at this year's edition? Consider some of the epic matchups:
A "Rocky Horror Picture Show" episode was the biggest news coming out of the "Glee" panel.
After first-time Emmy nominee Chris Colfer mentioned he wanted to do "The Time Warp" in the new season, co-creator Ryan Murphy revealed that he and the writers were currently working on it. Read more
Will Eisner's graphic novel "A Contract With God" is being adapted into a live-action feature by writer-producer Darren Dean.
"God" recounts Eisner's memories of growing up in a New York City tenement, and four directors, who will each helm one chapter of the tale, have lined up to bring it to the screen.
The entire "Community" cast came out to a packed ballroom at the Hilton Bayfront on Saturday and many of them were overwhelmed, including Gillian Jacobs who confessed that she cried after seeing the number of people who showed up to support the series. Read more
Heat Vision sets its sights on what’s hot in the world of fanboy entertainment, from blockbuster films to the comic books that inspire them. Its author is Borys Kit of The Hollywood Reporter.
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