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AfterElton's 2012 Summer TV Guide
24 May 2012 7:08 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Summer used to be a time when your TV choices were pretty limited. But then then the cable networks wised up and realized it was a perfect season to launch new programming, since their broadcast competition had little to offer besides reruns. As a result, the summer TV schedule now has enough to keep you thoroughly entertained - a relief on those days when the heat forces you inside and prostrate on the couch.
Whether your idea of great summer TV is light drama, ridiculous reality, supernatural angst or smartass comedy there seems to be something for everyone. Here are the new shows that have our curiosity piqued and the returning shows we're excited to see back.
May 24
So You Think You Can Dance (Fox, Wednesdays)
Fox’s summer favorite returns with a new more compact format for the ninth season. There will be no results show, which will force Cat, »
- LyleMasaki
Short Film Showcase - A Trip to the Moon (1902)
18 May 2012 5:54 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
A Trip to the Moon (French: Le Voyage dans la lune), 1902.
Produced and Directed by Georges Méliès.
Written by Georges Méliès and Gaston Méliès.
Starring Georges Méliès, Victor André, Bleuette Bernon, Jeanne d'Alcy and Henri Delannoy.
Written, produced and directed by film pioneer Georges Méliès and based upon Jules Verne's From the Earth to the Moon (1865) and H.G. Wells' The First Men in the Moon (1901), A Trip to the Moon has the distinction of being the first science fiction feature film and was one of the most technically accomplished productions of its time. Featuring innovative special effects techniques and animation, the film tells the story of a group of astronomers who embark on a daring mission to the moon, where they encounter hostile creatures known as Selenites.
A Trip to the Moon was released both in black-and-white and a hand-coloured version, while the original ending - featuring a »
- flickeringmyth
Breaking News: Syfy Announces Summer Schedule, Including Series Finale of Eureka
15 May 2012 12:30 PM, PDT | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
The seemingly endless wait for the Syfy summer schedule is finally over! There is good news and bad, and one thing that is both good and bad. Let’s start with that: the Eureka Season Finale. We love Eureka, so every episode is good news; the fact that it’s a series finale, not so much. Mark your calendars – and have plenty of Kleenex in stock – for July 16 at 9/8c. Right after Comic-Con, which is early this year. We’ll see if that means a panel or not.
The good news: Warehouse 13 and Alphas return on July 23. The hmmm news is that Lost Girl will move to Fridays at 10 on July 20. Hey That’S Haven’S Spot. So Where The Heck Is Haven? Admittedly we had a head’s up that Haven would be pushed to fall when we learned that the DVDs for Season 2 weren’t being released until September but Argh. »
- Erin Willard
DC Adding 6 New Titles, Including 'G.I. Combat'
2 May 2012 8:59 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
Philadelphia -- More than eight months after upending its universe of classic heroes and ongoing titles, DC Entertainment is bringing six more titles to readers, including a contemporary take on its vintage war comic, "G.I. Combat."
The book, one of six new titles in comic shops on Wednesday, features a pair of stories that focus on modern-day U.S. soldiers in situations both fantastic, chaotic and, in some cases, out of time, too.
Writer J.T. Krul's offering focuses on a pair of special forces operatives stationed aboard a U.S. Navy ship in the Sea of Japan. As it monitors North Korea, a dead zone immune to any and all radar, sonar, satellite imagery and more pops up, causing concern about what may be hiding there.
"They see this blotted out section and it definitely piques their curiosity," he said. "That's why they send the team in."
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- AP
New Official Dark Shadows Still Of Johnny Depp & Another Possible Early Review
10 April 2012 11:55 AM, PDT | ComicBookMovie.com | See recent ComicBookMovie news »
Hollywood Elsewhere has just posted a review from a friend who has seen most of the film. And from what he has seen he describes the film as being a "gothic romance" that has Beetlejuice elements, but is much more like Burton's Sweeney Todd. Also, there was high praise for Michelle Pfeiffer's turn as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard, calling her performance, "her strongest work in years." "Johnny Depp's Barnabas Collins has a bit of a Chauncey Gardner quality as a fish out of water, and there are even elements of H.G. Wells from Time After Time as far as a cultured character trying to fit into a drastically changed society. The anachronism-based humor does work quite well. The film is funny, but it also has full-bodied horror elements. Barnabas does kill people in this and when he engages on a full-out war against Angelique (Eva Green), the evil witch who cursed him, »
5 April DVD Titles You Should Know About, Including 'Chinatown,' 'A Trip To The Moon' & 'Girl On A Motorcycle'
4 April 2012 11:05 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
While the future of home entertainment may be rapidly moving towards a digital streaming-led future, we can't be the only movie nerds who still love owning a physical copy of something. Sure, BluRay and DVD might be scratchable, easily lost and adorned by terrible box art, but there's something about the feeling of finding an undiscovered gem in the depths of a store, or getting a rarity in the post, that doesn't quite compare to clicking and watching something on Netflix.
As such, starting with this column, every month we're going to pick out five BluRays or DVDs new to the market that no self-respecting cinephile's shelves could do without. Some are shiny new versions of stone-cold classics, some are obscurities, some might even be brand new releases (although less often: those are covered pretty well elsewhere). Read on for more.
"Chinatown" (1974)
Why You Should Care: Simply put, it's one »
- Drew Taylor
My Top 10 Disaster Movies of All Time -- Is Your Favorite on My List?
4 April 2012 9:40 AM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
The unsinkable .Titanic. sets sail into theaters once again. This time, writer/director James Cameron remastered and converted the original to 3D format. Marking the 100th anniversary of the ship.s doomed voyage, the Oscar-winning .Titanic. still stands as a great disaster film.
Any film that showcases a catastrophe as its subject with characters attempting to escape or cope with the impending or ongoing disaster belongs in the disaster movie genre. Here.s my list of the Top 10 Disaster Movies of All Time.
10. .The Day After Tomorrow. . Global warming is the culprit behind this film from director Roland Emmerich. Dennis Quaid stars as a Paleoclimatologist who discovers the looming disaster and must race against time to save his son (played by Jake Gyllenhaal) who is trapped in New York. The film may be scientifically inaccurate but it still offers a plausible .what if. scenario.
9. .Cloverfield. . Director Matt Reeves teams up »
- Manny
Paramount and Indian Paintbrush Buy ‘Syndrome E’; Sony Enroll In ‘Royal Honour Society’
30 March 2012 4:20 PM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Deadline reports that Paramount and Indian Paintbrush are the latest to join the foreign book craze, having pointed resources toward Syndrome E — a soon-to-be-translated, first-in-a-trilogy French novel from Franck Thilliez. Said to be a mix of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Se7en, Syndrome E centers on Lucie Hennebelle, a detective who investigates “an extremely rare and spectacularly violent film from the 1950s,” after his friend watches the film and develops blindness.
Five men have been left dead on account of its raw power, and Hennebelle starts working with a fellow detective to uncover the secret behind “what has to be the most disturbing and powerful film ever made,” created by someone who could be “the personification of evil and the origins of violence.”
Dragon Tattoo‘s screenwriter, Steve Zaillian, will produce through Film Rites (with Garret Basch), along with Steven Rales and Mark Roybal.
Then, THR informs »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Watch Orson Welles’ Final TV Interview, Recorded a Few Hours Before He Died
30 March 2012 2:54 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The term “genius” is perhaps applied a bit too liberally when we, as fans of film and television, discuss the people we admire and their works. But it’s a word that doesn’t do justice to Orson Welles. An unparalleled talent of stage, radio, and silver screen, the man left an indelible impression on each medium. In 1938, he conducted the most infamous radio broadcast of all time, an adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds that, because of its ‘news bulletin’ format, led many listeners to believe an actual alien invasion was underway. A few years later, still in his mid-20s, he wrote, directed, and starred in Citizen Kane, often lauded as the greatest cinematic achievement of all time. And let’s not forget: he was the voice of Unicron in 1986’s The Transformers: The Movie. Hit the jump for more, and to watch the final »
- Matt Currie
Spec Script Bonanza: Studios Acquire Rights to 'The Royal Honour Society', 'White House Down', and 'Garden District'
30 March 2012 1:40 PM, PDT | Movies.com | See recent Movies.com news »
When it comes to the movies, we love to talk about actors, and directors, and trailers – but one of the most important elements of any great film is the screenplay. The script is the blueprint of the film – the very foundation upon which all great cinema is built. So, with that in mind, here are some of the scripts currently making news in Hollywood. Sony has reportedly acquired the rights to writer Joe Lupinacci’s pitch for an action-adventure film entitled The Royal Honour Society. The literary-themed period piece appears to be something of an inverse of Alan Moore’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – with writers like H.G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Jules Verne as the main characters. What those authors will do in the script hasn’t...
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- Mike Bracken
Sony Outbids Paramount for White House Down; Also Acquires The Royal Honours Society
30 March 2012 10:45 AM, PDT | FusedFilm | See recent FusedFilm news »
Sony Pictures is looking to expand their action title line by acquiring two action-genre pics. According to Variety, Sony purchased the action piece White House Down, having outbid against rival movie studio Paramount Pictures. The Amazing Spider-Man scribe James Vanderbilt penned the White House Down script, which has been described as Die Hard meets Air Force One.
Vanderbilt has also worked on the script for the upcoming Total Recall and did a couple of rewrites for the Robocop reboot script. He has also been offered to write the sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man. According to the trade, Vanderbilt will also produce the movie.
The Royal Honours Society was the second project that Sony picked up. According to THR, the movie will be based on stories of such authors as H.G. Wells, Jules Verne and Robert Louis-Stevenson in an action-adventure tale. Joe Roth and Palak Patel are in talks to produce the movie. »
- Mike Lee
Sony Picks Up White House Down and The Royal Honours Society
30 March 2012 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Sony Pictures has closed deals to acquire action script White House Down and the literary-themed action-adventure pitch The Royal Honours Society , according to Variety and Heat Vision . White House Down , from The Amazing Spider-Man screenwriter James Vanderbilt, is described as Die Hard meets Air Force One . Vanderbilt will also produce with his Mythology Entertainment partners Bradley Fischer and Laeta Kalogridis. The Royal Honours Society , meanwhile, comes from Ernest Lupinacci and will be produced by Joe Roth and Palak Patel. According to the trade, the movie is "described as the iconic stories of some of England's greatest writers from the late 19th century - among them H.G. Wells (The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man), Jules Verne (20,000 Leagues »
Sony Picks Up White House Down and The Royal Honours Society
30 March 2012 12:41 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Sony Pictures is planning on developing action drama's White House Down and The Royal Honours Society. Both were picked up after a Heated bidding war between the studio and Paramount.
White House Down comes from The Amazing Spider-Man writer James Vanderbilt and is an action drama that combines Die Hard and Air Force One. The writer is also producing with Mythology Entertainment's Bradley Fischer and Laeta Kalogridis. Sony bought the script for $3 million.
The second, The Royal Honours Society, is a literary action-adventure from Ernest Lupinacci, which follows H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, Robert Louis Stevenson through their adventures in the early 19th century.
Both projects are still in early development. »
- MovieWeb
Brit Lit heroes in The Royal Honours Society bought by Sony Pictures
29 March 2012 11:25 PM, PDT | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »
Think of this new movie project like The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen but done for the writers of the League characters. Sony Pictures has bought an idea for a movie called The Royal Honours Society which postulates English 19th century novelists H.G. Wells (The War of the Worlds), Jules Verne (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea), Robert Louis Stevenson (The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) and some unrevealed others.
The idea was pitched by Ernest Lupinacci and has producers Joe Roth (Alice in Wonderland) and Palak Patel (Snow White and the Huntsman) working on it. Lupinacci hasn't any screenwriting credits to his name but he sold another idea, called the Museum of Supernatural History, to DreamWorks a while back.
THR is describing The Royal Honours Society as an action-adventure, which would fit in the same sort of style as The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I admit there's some decent »
- Patrick Sauriol
Sony Acquires White House Down from The Amazing Spider-man Scribe; Studio Also Picks Up The Royal Honours Society
29 March 2012 9:29 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
Sony has recently acquired two action-oriented spec scripts. Here they are at a glance: First up from The Amazing Spider-Man scribe, James Vanderbilt, comes White House Down, an actioner that is said to be a combination of Die Hard and Air Force One. Secondly, Sony acquired The Royal Honours Society, a literary-themed action-adventure from Ernest Lupinacci. The plot concerns the adventures of some of England's greatest authors of the late 19th century. Hit the jump for more on each project. Variety reports that Sony won a bidding war for White House Down against rival studio, Paramount. The studio has shown its support for Vanderbilt with their checkbook, as the scribe not only wrote the Spider-Man reboot, but also one for Total Recall. He's also polished up the RoboCop reboot script and is currently working on an adaptation of Red Riding. Oh, and he's been invited back to write a treatment »
- Dave Trumbore
Sony Picks Up Literary Adventure 'Royal Honour Society' (Exclusive)
29 March 2012 7:43 PM, PDT | The Hollywood Reporter | See recent The Hollywood Reporter news »
In a pre-emptive move, Sony has picked up The Royal Honour Society, a literary-themed action-adventure pitch from Ernest Lupinacci. Joe Roth and Palak Patel are attached to produce. Details are vague, but it's described as the iconic stories of some of England's greatest writers from the late 19th century -- among them H.G. Wells (The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man), Jules Verne (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth), Robert Louis Stevenson (Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) -- together in an action-adventure tale. Think of it as a reverse
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- Borys Kit
Being Human’s Sam Huntington to Guest on Warehouse 13
13 March 2012 5:00 AM, PDT | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
Syfy is great with crossover episodes and guest casting stars of the Syfy galaxy in their Original Movies. So although it’s no surprise, it’s still great news that Syfy has announced that Sam Huntington, werewolf Josh in Syfy‘s Being Human, will be guest starring in the upcoming season of Warehouse 13. Here’s the press release:
Sam Huntington Of Syfy’S Hit Series Being Human Will Guest Star On Warehouse 13 This Season
March 12, 2012
Sam Huntington Of Syfy’S Hit Series Being Human Will Guest Star On Warehouse 13 This Season
New York – March 12, 2012 – Sam Huntington, star of Syfy’s critically acclaimed hit series Being Human, will guest star during Warehouse 13’s upcoming fourth season as jazz musician “Ethan.”
Production is currently underway in Toronto, Canada.
Said Warehouse 13 executive producer Jack Kenny: “We love bringing other Syfy icons on to Warehouse 13… There’s »
- Erin Willard
John Carter (2012)
9 March 2012 10:42 PM, PST | Planet Fury | See recent Planet Fury news »
Directed by Andrew Stanton
Written by, based on the novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Featuring Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Thomas Haden Church, Dominic West
John Carter is surprisingly good. Shockingly good.
It’s a big-budget, effects-heavy sci-fi adventure movie so I naturally expected some kind of embarrassing, Michael-Bay-James-Cameron type of bullshit complete with one-liners and nonsensical plots and lots of shit shoved onto the screen, but what I got was a well-executed and thoughtful action-adventure movie that stays relatively faithful, in important ways, to the 1912 adventure novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
shot from the film
Art for the comic based on the novels, for comparison of faithfulness
I don’t know how big of a nerd you are, but I have read practically all the John Carter books and recently reread A Princess of Mars, the book upon which this film is based, so I could refresh my »
- Superheidi
We Welcome Julie Benz Back to Sci-Fi as Defiance Casts its Female Lead
9 March 2012 4:00 AM, PST | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
Oh sure she’s been in a lot of shows, but the SciFi Mafiosi know her as Darla in Angel and more recently as Stephanie in No Ordinary Family. We are therefore thrilled to tell you that Julie Benz is returning to sci-fi as the female lead in the jointly developing Syfy series and Trion Worlds game Defiance.
The show and online game are set in the future on a war-ravaged Earth where humans and aliens live together. We told you back in January that Grant Bowler (Captain Gault in Lost and Cooter, leader of the werewolf biker gang in True Blood) had been cast as the male lead, boomtown lawman Jeb Nolan. Ms. Benz will be playing Amanda Rosewater, the newly appointed mayor of the town.
Deadline also reports that Tony Curran (Vincent Van Gogh in Doctor Who), Stephanie Leonidas, and Jamie Murray (H.G. Wells in Warehouse 13) have »
- Erin Willard
'John Carter' And Our Other Favorite Movie Martians
8 March 2012 2:51 PM, PST | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
by Ryan Rigley
This weekend marks the release of Disney's newest blockbuster, "John Carter," an adaptation of the popular sci-fi novels first published in 1912 and featuring a hero of the same name. Largely based on the novel "A Princess of Mars" in which John Carter makes his first appearance, Disney's "John Carter" tells the story of a Civil War veteran that is brought to Mars and imprisoned by the 12 foot tall, savage-like Martians that inhabit the planet. Eventually, John Carter makes his escape and is subsequently put to the task of rescuing the Princess of Helium, Dejah Thoris.
It's a tale as old as time, being equal parts romance and action/adventure movie. However, that's not the reason we're looking forward to it. Sure, Taylor Kitsch plays quite the hunky John Carter. But it's the 12 foot tall Martians and handful of other deadly space beings that's got us really excited! »
- MTV Movies Team
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