Slice of SciFi News Briefs

Well kids, I’m still out of town but have found a few minutes to bring everyone up-to-date on a few items for a short news brief.

French filmmakers Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo have signed up to do the writing and directing for a remake of Clive Barker’s 1987 horror film “Hellraiser” for Dimension Films. Barker is on tap to produce.

Nicholas Cage’s sequel film “National Treasure: Book of Secrets” debuts in theaters om December 21, 2007. Cage is now set to shoot the new political thriller “The Vanished,” a story about a father in search of his American-born Muslim son, who’s missing overseas.

Gary Fleder is attached to direct and produce the thriller “Darkling Cove.” The film revolves around a young woman who moves to a small beach town to recover from a traumatic event and winds up unearthing a crime.

Variety on Wednesday launches VarietyJapan.com, the first dailyJapanese-language website that will provide daily coverage ofentertainment industry in Japan and Hollywood.

The new ABC Family original movie “Nature of the Beast” and the basic cable premieres of “An American Haunting” and “Boogeyman” will join other Halloween/Horror themed programming airing the 13 nights leading up to Halloween October 19 — October 31.

Captain America LIVES and in January 2008 CAPTAIN AMERICA #34 marks the debut of a brand new Captain America. Check HERE for the early designs and thoughts from Alex Ross, Ed Brubaker, Steve Epting and Tom Brevoort.

In an interesting move from the leaders of film studios and television networks, their proposal to revamp residuals for writers has been taken off the table. The decision was designed to cool off Hollywood’s strike fever, according to Variety. Both sides if the negotiations remain far apart, but this might indicate a cooling off of the more radical feelings that have been issued from the parties involved. If an agreement can’t be reached by October 31, 2007 a strike by the Writers Guild of American will be called.

The countdown to SCI FI Channel’s highly anticipated miniseries “Tin Man” continues ticking on the clock. Here are a few more juicy tidbits to whet your appetite for the series –
Check out this exclusive interview with two of the stars of “Tin Man,” Zooey Deschanel and Alan Cumming. Here is a “Tin Man” trailer for your enjoyment. And finally, there’s a nice sneak peek of the land of OZ, called “The Road Home”.

China says that it wants role in space station and hopes to join an international space station project that already counts leading space powers like the United States and Russia as its members, a government official told CNN on Tuesday.

The Jason Bourne novels will receive the Variety Blockbuster Book toFilm Award, one of the special prizes announced in advance of thethird annual Quill Awards.

OK, that’s it for now from me while I am away enjoying time from the FarPoint Media news office. I’ll see you all in a few days. Ciao for now.