After a good bit of searching Paramount Pictures has reportedly found a new director for its remake of the Sci-Fi classic Dune. The studio has gotten French filmmaker Pierre Morel (Taken, From Paris With Love) to replace Peter Berg, who dropped out last fall to direct Battleship instead.
Plot Summary: Mortimer “Mo” Folchart (Brendan Fraser) and his 12-year-old daughter, Meggie (Eliza Hope Bennett), share a passion for books. What they also share is an extraordinary gift for bringing characters from books to life when they read aloud. But there is a danger: when a character is brought to life from a book, […]
Saturday night Spike TV presented the third annual “Scream” awards, where good ole George Lucas won the Comic-Con Icon Award, Anthony Hopkins received the Legend Award, Wes Craven collected the Scream Mastermind Award and Tim Burton received the Scream Immortal Award.
Director/actor Kenneth Branagh is in negotiations to helm "Thor," the next Marvel Comics property that will be turned into a live-action film by Marvel Studios which is scheduled to be released in 2010.
Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige’s choice of Branagh is surprising, as Branagh hasn’t really directed an action-heavy film since his debut on "Henry V," the telling of the British king’s conquest of France.
A book about global warming has won this year’s Royal Society prize for popular science writing.
Mark Lynas’ Six Degrees:…
William Drinkard is a man who’s done it all – parent, hospital administrator, politician, world traveler, and now an author. His new book, ELOM, is scheduled to hit shelves next April, and if you met the man behind it you would quickly realize that you have to read this book. William is a deep-thinker who, after years of reading hard-core science fiction, finally decided to tackle the writing process himself. We were lucky enough to snag the very first interview with this up-&-coming author about his new novel, where he tries to answer some hard questions with his own unique perspective…
After hearing about this book at Dragon-Con from TOR editor Claire Eddie, I can’t WAIT to get my copy!! Here’s what Tor has to say about the story: One night in October when he was ten years old, Tyler Dupree stood in his back yard and watched the stars go out. They all flared […]