Director Timur Bekmambetov (“Wanted,” Night Watch,” “Day Watch”) will next tackle a reimagining of the Herman Melville’s classic “Moby Dick” for Universal Pictures. The famed Russian director is currently in production with the third film in the “Watch” franchise — “Twilight Watch.”
Los Angeles-based Harbor Light Entertainment and Tokyo-based Lotus have assembled an international consortium to remake helmer Akira Kurosawa’s 1950 classic “Rashomon.”
Fox has given the greenlight for a January 2009 premiere for the new Tim Roth (“The Incredible Hulk”) starrer “Lie to Me.” Roth will star as Dr. Cal Lightman, a specialist who can read the human face, body and voice and determine, more accurately than any polygraph, whether the person in front of him is lying.
The UK’s Channel 4 has set up a YouTube-type site called 4mations that will bring together the best animation from around the world. 4mations, which launched on Monday, is an advertising supported Website that pays animators for their work, and joins other Channel 4 sites dedicated to documentary and comedy that provide a similar service.
The CW Network’s “Supernatural” season premiere did amazing well last Thursday and it finally revealed who dragged Dean from Hell – Castiel, an angel of the Lord, played by Misha Collins. Castiel is set to star in the show for the entire new season and has some great stuff coming up with Dean and Sam.
A bevy of new film schools are springing up all across the Middle East. The region is seeing a new interest in developing a whole new generation of filmmakers.
Our friends in the UK, The Geek Syndicate, will be hosting a panel for Britain’s largest comic convention in October. The guest on the panel will be Paul Cornell (writer on Doctor who and writer of the comic wisdom and Captain Britain and MI:13), Doug Braithwaite (artist on Justice, Secret Invasion: Thor), Mark Buckingham ( artist on Fables) and Dave ‘Watchmen’ Gibbons. Find out more about the event at http://www.thecomicsshow.co.uk/events.htm.
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Heya,
Brandon from MoonBooks.Net and The Science Fiction Radio Theater here. Thanks for the mention! I listen to Slice of Sci-Fi while performing my Sanitation Engineering duties every day.
I just wanted to point out a really cool story to everyone. It’s called The Racer, and it’s the story Death Race (and Death Race 2000 obviously) is based on.
Be sure to check it out, it’s a blast!
The Racer at SciFi Radio Theater
Brandon
Thanks for featuring http://www.4mations.tv – we’re hoping it’s going to be a hub of entertainment for both animators and people looking for just damn funny content. Plus there’s cash rewards up for grabs for the most popular films and games each month.
Now that we’ve also launched TH!NKS this means anyone can create an animation in a matter of minutes – however it’s addictive!
🙂