By Don Kaye, Blaster.com It’s all over, folks: Universal Studios has canceled its ambitious adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower over budgetary issues. According to Deadline, the studio has scrapped the entire project—which was to consist of three feature films and two TV miniseries—because it was too expensive and
By Kevin Hall, Device.com Hey, did you hear? Total Recall, the sci-fi action classic that brought us full-body X-ray airport scanners and demanded we get our ass to Mars, is coming back sometime next year with a star-studded cast. These shots from the set offer a glimpse at some of
By Vaneta Rogers, Newsarama Contributor Jeff Smith’s Cartoon Books, one of the most successful independent publishers in the industry, has joined the growing list of comic book creators going digital thanks to the iPad and comiXology. Bone and RASL, Smith’s award-winning indie titles, are both now available through comiXology on
BY Scott Huver Charlaine Harris, the author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels, is about to squeeze the last drop of “True Blood” – but she’s not about to slink quietly into the shadows. “On the page, I have two more [Sookie] books,” Harris tells PopcornBiz of her plans to conclude
By Andrew Laughlin, for Digital Spy BBC Worldwide, the BBC’s commercial arm, has announced plans to rent digitally remastered episodes of classic Doctor Who on Facebook. Using the new Facebook Credits system, members of the social networking site will be able to visit the official Doctor Who page and stream
By Adario Strange The engine of Hollywood is currently cranking out superhero movies and television shows that promise to bring nearly every childhood comicbook icon from the last 30 years into real life. As a long time comic addict, I can say with all honestly that I never ever thought
By CBR News While Sony Online Entertainment’s “DC Universe Online” has received its fair share of updates over the past few months, it will finally get its first big downloadable content pack later this summer when the power of the Green Lantern Corps shines down upon the massive multiplayer action
By Jeff Spry, Blastr.com Fairy tale fever seems to have struck Hollywood, with all signs pointing to the hallowed green halls of the Emerald City. Oz has suddenly become the premiere destination for a battalion of producers, directors and studios stampeding to stake their claim for the next lucrative franchise
By Kathie Huddleston, Blastr.com It looks like the ragtag group of humans struggling to survive an alien invasion on TNT’s Falling Skies are going to have a lot more of the nasty bug-like skitters to battle in their future. TNT has renewed the Steven Spielberg-produced series for a second season
by John Frost, The Disney Blog Bangerter homes, in conjunction with the the Salt Lake City Home Builders Association, has come up with a great way to get visitors, and potential buyers, to their Parade of Homes event, they’ve recreated a full scale version of Carl and Ellie’s house from
By Megan Prelinger for Device.com At the end of this week on July 8, the final mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle program launches from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The program’s thirty year history is familiar to space-watchers, but less is known of the program’s pre-history. Before there was a
By THE DEADLINE TEAM, Deadline.com Russell T Davies, who created the Showtime series Queer As Folk, is back at the premium cable network with a new drama series in development there titled Cucumber. Details about the plot have been hard to come by, but it does revolve around gay men,
