By Carol Pinchefsky, Source: Blastr.com John Carter—formerly John Carter of Mars—is the upcoming movie based on Edgar Rice Burroughs’ epic tale of an Earthman who was suddenly transported to Mars, aka Barsoom. We’ve been looking forward to this movie for quite some time, and we’ve especially hoped that it would
By Marc Bernardin, Source: Blastr.com It sounded like a geek dream come true: Erase the memory of the shoddy Sylvester Stallone flick by hiring a hot actor with major genre cred, the guy who wrote 28 Days Later, and a promising young director. Then why, after the film has wrapped,
By Dan Roth, Source: Blastr.com Uh-oh. There’s trouble brewin’ in comics and, as has become all too familiar lately, DC is at the heart of it. Seems like their recent deal with Amazon has ruffled the feathers of book behemoth, Barnes and Noble. Let’s back up the truck a second
By Raymond Wong, Source: Dvice.com Halo fans can rejoice again, because the on and off live-action movie has been resurrected from the grave. Steven Spielberg’s Dreamworks is said to be backing it. The news is based off a single press release nugget scanned by French site Halo.fr and translated by
By Matthew Jackson, Source: Blastr.com We’ve been waiting for a while now for Marvel to announce that a Doctor Strange movie will really happen, but it remains one of those films planted firmly in the “developing” category. Though the film’s future is still uncertain, Marvel owner Disney may have just
By Brandon Griggs, Source: CNN Steve Jobs, the visionary in the black turtleneck who co-founded Apple in a Silicon Valley garage, built it into the world’s leading tech company and led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday. He was 56. The hard-driving executive
By Matthew Jackson, Source: Blastr.com The director of Iron Man and Cowboys & Aliens, the co-creator of Fringe and the co-creator of Robot Chicken assembled together for one project. It sounds like an unlikely superhero team-up, but news broke today that the trio is working on a new sci-fi pilot
By Marc Bernardin, Source: Blastr.com Fox’s animated series, the longest running scripted program in the history of television, is in danger of disappearing from the airwaves if Fox can’t convince the voice cast to voluntarily reduce their salaries. A statement released by Fox claims that: “23 seasons in, The Simpsons
by: Ben Dowell and Shiv Malik, soruce: The Guardian.uk The catchphrase “Fire up the Lada,” could soon by sweeping Russia. The BBC has licensed the hit TV series Life on Mars, which turned actor Philip Glenister’s politically incorrect DCI Gene Hunt into one of the nation’s best loved TV characters,
by Lynette Rice, Source: EW.com Arrested Development may get another lease on life on the small screen: EW has confirmed that the producers of Arrested Development – the critically-acclaimed but short-lived comedy from Mitchell Hurwitz — are in talks with Showtime and Netflix about airing a limited number of original
Erika D. Peterman — Special to CNN, Source: CNN.com They’re as much a part of Americana as Spider-Man, but Archie and his pals don’t always get the respect they deserve. Think about it: Betty, Veronica, Jughead and Reggie are instantly recognizable characters and archetypes, and I’d wager that most people
By Don Kaye, Source: Blastr.com The man who created The X-Files is coming back to television—and, not surprisingly, little is known about his new project. The proposed show is called Unique, according to the Hollywood Reporter, and it is described as a “mystery police thriller” with a female lead character.
