Dark Knight Rises without Riddler
Christopher Nolan has told Hero Complex the official title of the DARK KNIGHT sequel.
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Kick-Ass Girl To Play Emily The Strange
Universal Pictures has hired KICK-ASS standout Chloe Moretz to star in an adaptation of EMILY THE STRANGE, reports Deadline.com.
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Schwentke, Reynolds Get R.I.P.D.
Robert Schwentke (RED) is set to direct Ryan Reynolds in an adaptation of R.I.P.D., reports VARIETY.
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Spider-Man, Turn Off the Dark Announces Dates
After long delays, the producers of the stage musical SPIDER-MAN, TURN OFF THE DARK have announced the opening dates, reports VARIETY.
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Dark Horse's Hyde Becomes Big Screen Anti-Hero
David Ellison's Skydance Prods., Dark Horse Ent. and producer Mark Gordon are working on a big screen adaptation of the forthcoming Dark Horse comic THE STRANGE CASE OF HYDE, reports HEAT VISION.
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Pride & Prejudice & Zombies Author to Pen Dark Shadows
Seth Grahame-Smith, the author of PRIDE AND PREJUDICE AND ZOMBIES and ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, has been hired to adapt Warner Bros. feature version of the supernatural soap DARK SHADOWS, reports VARIETY.
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Del Toro-Written Dark Shines in January
Disney via Miramax has selected January 21 for the release of Troy Nixey's remake of DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, reports VARIETY.
Warner Bros. Picks Up 3 Story Graphic Novel
Warner Bros. Pictures has announced today that the Academy Award–winning writer Dustin Lance Black will both write and direct the movie adaptation of Matt Kindt’s groundbreaking graphic novel, 3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man.
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Dark Toons Accompany Academy's Summer Noir Film Series
This summer the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will offer "Oscar Noir: 1940s Writing Nominees from Hollywood's Dark Side" at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
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King's Dark Tower In the Works Again
Stephen King is in negotiations with Akiva Goldsman's Weed Road and Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment about a feature adaptation of THE DARK TOWER series, reports VARIETY.
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Disney, Zemeckis Start Dark Life
Walt Disney Pictures, Robert Zemeckis’ ImageMovers and the Gotham Group are teaming up to adapt DARK LIFE, Kat Falls’ YA book that comes out this fall, reports VARIETY.
E1 Ent., Hayter’s Dark Hero Partner on Push TV Series
Leading independent studio E1 Entertainment has inked a two year television production deal with top screenwriter David Hayter and his producing partner Benedict Carver.
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Dark Void Has Plan B
Brad Pitt's Plan B have teamed with India's Reliance Big Pictures to adapt Capcom's videogame DARK VOID into a feature film, VARIETY reports.
Husk Scares Up Trio of Actors
Devon Graye (DEXTER), CJ Thomason and Wes Chatham have joined After Dark Films HUSK, according to THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER.
Dark Void Pushed to 2010
Joystiq.com reports that Capcom has pushed the DARK VOID release to 2010. The move is to avoid a full fall season of game releases. Airtight Games developed the jet pack flying game. DARK VOID was set to hit stores in September, which is the same month that HALO 3 ODST is set to drop. However, the first quarter of 2010 is looking even more packed than the fall with such titles as SPLINTER CELL: CONVICTION, BIOSHOCK 2 and RED STEEL 2 already set for release.
EA and Dark Horse Comics Blast off with Mass Effect Comic Series
Press Release from BioWare and Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comic Fear Agent in Development at Universal
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER's Steven Zeitchik reports that Dark Horse's comic FEAR AGENT is in early development at Universal Studios.
The project is now in an open-writing assignment. The rights are controlled by producer Jonathan Shestack.
The story follows a colorful, borderline alcoholic astronaut called Heath Huston, a Texasn who works as a fear agent whose mission is to destroy threats to planet Earth.
Transformers 2 Has Biggest Wednesday Opening Ever
Despite savage reviews, TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN seems bullet proof at the box office. Michael Bay's actioner had the biggest Wednesday opening ever in U.S. history, earning $60.6 million in 24 hours. HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX held the previous record of $44.2 million. On the all-time opening day list it only trails THE DARK KNIGHT ($67.2 million). The film is on pace to beat SPIDER-MAN 2's five-day total of $152.4 million, but it will have to pick up some ground over the weekend if it wants to surpass THE DARK KNIGHT's 5-day record of $203.8 million.
Nu Images Travels with Thomas Jane's Dark Country
VARIETY reports that Nu Image has secured foreign rights to Thomas Jane's 3-D thriller DARK COUNTRY. Jane also stars with Ron Perlman and Lauren German. The story follows newlyweds stuck on the Nevada highway and the hell they experience there. Hyde Park's Patrick Aiello and Ashok Amritraj produced. Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Group has the U.S. rights.
Dark Castle Saw What You Did
VARIETY reports that Dark Castle will remake William Castle's 1965 chiller I SAW WHAT YOU DID AND I KNOW WHO YOU ARE! MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D team of Todd Farmer and Patrick Lussier will pen the redux, with Lussier directing.
In the original, which was based on Ursula Curtis's novel OUT OF THE DARK, the story centered on two girls who prank phone call the wrong person.
New pic will be produced by Silver, Andrew Rona and Steve Richards. Warner Bros. will distribute.
Dark Castle Has an Apparition
Joel Silver's Dark Castle is developing the haunted house flick THE APPARITION, VARIETY reports. The project was developed by music video director Todd Lincoln, Dark Castle exec Alex Heineman and producer Daniel Alter. The plot is hush-hush, but is based on true events. Lincoln and Alter also have THE NYE INCIDENTS, based on Whitley and Craig Spector's graphic novel, set up at Dark Castle. Silver, Heineman, and Dark Castle co-president Andrew Rona will produce.
Katie Holmes Isn't Afraid of the Dark
Katie Holmes has signed on to star in the remake of the 1973 TV movie DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK, which has been scripted by Guillermo del Toro and Matthew Robbins, according to VARIETY. Del Toro and Mark Johnson will produce with comic artist Troy Nixey in the director's chair.
The original ABC production followed a young girl, her father and his girlfriend as they are haunted by devilish creatures in their home.
Dark Horse Goes Mobile
Press Release from Dark Horse Comics
MAY 4, MILWAUKIE, OR -- Dark Horse Comics, the third-largest American comics publisher, makes the leap into the digital world of mobile content today with the launch of a new app for the iPhone. With the release of the upcoming TERMINATOR SALVATION film in mind, Dark Horse has chosen a classic THE TERMINATOR story from its vast publishing archives to launch this program.
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Dark Horse Announces Participation in Diamond FOC Program
APRIL 13, MILWAUKIE, OR -- Dark Horse officially announces participation in the Diamond "Final Order Cutoff" program, or "FOC" for short. Dark Horse first announced the intent to participate in this program at last fall's Diamond Retailers summit in Las Vegas, Navada to a roar of applause heard throughout the casino.
Universal, Dark Horse to Adapt Umbrella Academy
Universal Pictures, starting up their three-year deal with Dark Horse Comics, will make UMBRELLA ACADEMY into a feature film, per VARIETY.
UMBRELLA was created by Gerard Way, the lead singer of rock band My Chemical Romance, and will have a script by RACE TO WITCH MOUNTAIN's Mark Bomback.
First published in 2007 and spinning of a second series, the property is about a disbanded group of superheroes who reunite after the death of their adoptive father, who was an alien. They carry out his plan to save the world.
