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Zappa to head Disney's Kingdom Comics

28 December 2009 11:28 PM, PST | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »

Disney has appointed Ahmet Zappa as head of its Kingdom Comics line. Zappa - the son of renowned musician Frank - was hired by the firm after studio execs purchased the film rights to his graphic novel Monstrous Memoirs Of A Mighty MCFearless. "Comics first got me reading... I fell in love with the pictures and the stories," he told Royal Flush magazine. "I designed MCFearless for dyslexics like myself with tons of images, to really engage the reader on every page and make (more) »

- By Mark Langshaw

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Disney Gets Green

11 June 2009 6:05 PM, PDT | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »

Even though it would not be orthodox for something big name to go ‘green’, this is not the kind of green were normally talking about. This particular green is Disney’s latest creation, The Odd Life of Timothy Green. Spawning from an idea from actor and producer Ahmet Zappa, Disney nabbed themselves someone to take part of the ‘modernized fable’.

Director and writer Peter Hedges (Dan In Real Life) will pen and obviously direct the new feature. Zappa will produce alongside Scott Sanders. Disney is keeping the plot under wraps for the time being, but once this puppy gets rolling there will be a big flood of updates heading our way. »

- Melissa Molina

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Peter Hedges to helm and script "The Odd Life of Timothy Green"

11 June 2009 | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »

Peter Hedges will write and direct "The Odd Life of Timothy Green" for Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The idea came from Ahmet Zappa who produces with Scott Sanders and is a modern-day fable.The plot details are being kept under wraps. Zappa is a principal at Monsterfoot Productions as well as running Kingdom Comics. Mara Jacobs is executive producing the project. Hedges wrote the Steve Carell comedy "Dan in Real Life" and received an Oscar® nomination for his co-writing »

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Head Case: Season 1 comes to DVD and M&C's giving away 10 copies

13 March 2009 7:38 AM, PDT | Monsters and Critics | See recent Monsters and Critics news »

Therapy gets unconventional when Head Case: Season One arrives on DVD from Starz / Anchor Bay and M&C.s giving away 10 copies. Meet Dr. Elizabeth Goode, Ph. D (Alexandra Wentworth), a brash and judgmental therapist who uses her own unconventional methods of therapy to treat the elite of the entertainment, sports and music industries. Her unique brand of treating the celebrity psyche has made her the .it. therapist in Hollywood and NY with an undeniably thriving practice. Rosanna Arquette, Andy Dick, Ione Skye, Lea Thompson, Richard Kind, James Denton, David Alan Grier, Greg Grunberg, Monica Potter, Joel Madden, Christopher Lloyd, Jason Lewis, Jonathan Silverman, Jennifer Finnigan, Ahmet Zappa, Trudie Styler, Cindy Margolis and Jeff Goldblum guest »

- Patrick Luce

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Zappa's Monsterfoot nabs film rights to zombie graphic novel Minions Of Ka

3 February 2009 9:54 AM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »

Well this is interesting news. The boys at Dread Central are reporting that Monsterfoot Productions, which is run by Frank Zappa's son, Ahmet Zappa, has picked up the film rights to the epic zombie comic "Minions of Ka". In case you don't remember, Minions was created by Mike Furno, Dave Wilbur and Michael Ahern and is quite the sprawling epic spin on the zombie mythos.

The Minions of Ka have commanded the undead for thousands of years. Their power has been used to create and destroy empires. In possession of this great power, The Catholic Church has their sights set on the throne of Charles II. An unnamed warrior for hire finds himself caught between the Church and the English Monarchy in one of the greatest conspiracies of all time.

You can check out the first issue on the Minion's official website

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Exclusive: Minions of Ka New Site, Movie Deal!

3 February 2009 8:42 AM, PST | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »

I’m sure I don’t have to remind you guys of the badass zombie graphic novel we’ve been touting for a while now, Minions of Ka, created by some of the coolest guys we’ve ever met ... do I? All right, maybe I do just because we’ve been very quiet about it since it was released; we don’t even have a review for it yet (hard to find an objective staffer, you see), but trust me if you’ve not read it; it fucking rocks.

The story nicely tweaks the age-old zombie story, giving a compelling and politically driven reason for their existence. You can read about it, or at least part of it, by visiting the newly re-launched official Minions of Ka website, where the entire first chapter is now available. And in case you've forgotten, you can still read the story Jack Ketchum wrote »

- Johnny Butane

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Gay Of The Dead: Fangoria.com’s new Bloody Blog

9 January 2009 1:41 PM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »

Fangoria.com has launched Gay Of The Dead, the first-ever gay horror blog to be featured on a major non-gay horror website. The blog is written by out filmmaker Sean Abley, who helmed the critically acclaimed gay sci-fi/horror flick Socket.

“I want my blog to not only be the place to find out all about the burgeoning gay horror genre, but also to explore the good and bad in mainstream horror from a gay fan’s perspective,” Abley says. “I think it will be interesting to any horror fan, gay or straight. And hopefully it will be more of a big conversation than just a blog: I plan on responding to as many comments as I can.”

“I am thrilled to have Sean doing a Bloody Blog for Fangoria.com,” says Fangoria editor Tony Timpone. “With gay horror and gay characters/themes in straight horror becoming more popular and interesting than ever before, »

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