Word on the street is that X-Men director Bryan Singer (who recently directed the Munsters reboot, Mockingbird Lane) has closed a deal to develop, executive produce and possibly direct a reboot of Rod Serling’s sci-fi/horror classic, The Twilight Zone. CBS owns the rights to the original so they are the best bet to pick up…
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S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show (2013) – status watch – latest news [UPDATE]
Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. is a planned American television series created by Avengers director and creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, and Firefly, Joss Whedon, and based on the Marvel Comics shadowy government organization of the same name. It will be produced, beginning in January 2013, by Marvel Television and air on the ABC network, and…
Riddick movie (2013) – status watch – latest news
Universal Pictures’ movie Riddick, starring Van Diesel as the shining-eyed Richard B. Riddick, is scheduled to be released September 6, 2013. Riddick began filming in January 2012 in Montreal, Canada (after being shut down temporarily in 2011 due to lack of funding). Riddick has been the antihero of four previous films in the Riddick series,…
Buzz (and controversy) over Zero Dark Thirty Movie heats up – status watch – latest news
Zero Dark Thirty (military speak for half past midnight and a reference to the time that the team of Navy Seals had successfully terminated Bin Laden’s life on May 2, 2011) has not even been released to theaters yet and it’s already racking up awards right and left. Amidst controversy over its portrayal of U.S.…
Oblivion movie [2013] – status watch – latest news
Oblivion, starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, and Andrea Riseborough, is an original and groundbreaking cinematic event from the director of Tron: Legacy and the producer of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. On a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man’s confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey…
New AMC drama, Halt and Catch Fire, will follow 1980’s personal computer boom
AMC has announced that they ordered up a pilot for a new drama, “Halt & Catch Fire”, that will follow the personal computing boom in its early days. Set in the early 1980’s, Halt & Catch Fire dramatizes the personal computing boom through the eyes of a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy whose innovations…
Syfy considering making a Waterworld sequel as made-for TV movie or stand-alone series
Forbes is reporting that the Syfy channel is considering making a Waterworld sequel either as a made-for TV movie or as a stand-alone series. Syfy network president Dave Howe told Forbes the project has been something that is “talked about endlessly”. He noted that every time the network reairs the movie, it does very well…
Mickey Mousing around with Star Wars – Disney plans three Lucasfilm productions every year
Lucas’ successor, Kathleen Kennedy, is quoted in Entertainment Weekly saying the company plans to make “two or three films each year”. Did she misspeak of did Entertainment Weekly possibly misquote her? Two or three Star Wars movies per year is going to water down Star Wars pretty quickly and could potentially ruin a great franchise. …
Seventh Star Wars movie, Episode 7 – Status Watch – Latest News [UPDATE]
Disney bought Lucasfilm today (for $4.05B) and right out of the gate they announced the Star Wars saga will continue with Star Wars Episode 7 targeted for release in 2015 and more feature films expected to continue as the Star Wars saga grows. George Lucas will serve as creative consultant. Not sure how this one…
Reports indicate Amazon is close to greenlighting new, original musical comedy titled “Browsers”
Reports indicate that Amazon is getting close to greenlighting a new, original musical comedy titled “Browsers”. The single-camera project was originally developed last year at CBS, but it didn’t get beyond the script stage. “Browsers” revolves around four interns working at a Huffington Post-esque website, with musical elements woven into the narrative.








