Huggy Wuggy has been called up by Hollywood.
Beating out several competitive offers, Legendary has closed an aggressive deal with Mob Entertainment to develop and produce a live-action feature adaptation of Poppy Playtime, a horror video game featuring the toy-turned-monster.
Legendary will develop and produce along with Mob Entertainment and Angry Films’ Don Murphy and Susan Montford, who recently finished filming horror movie Faces of Death for the company.
Featuring shades of Willy Wonka, Toy Story and Gremlins, the first person video game sees the player acting as a former employee of a faded toy brand who, thanks to a cryptic letter, is drawn back to an abandoned facility only to quickly discover it has become home to a host of toys, including Huggy Wuggy, Mommy Long Legs, and CatNap, that have taken on a life of their own. Players have to decipher clues, solve puzzles and use gadgets to...
Beating out several competitive offers, Legendary has closed an aggressive deal with Mob Entertainment to develop and produce a live-action feature adaptation of Poppy Playtime, a horror video game featuring the toy-turned-monster.
Legendary will develop and produce along with Mob Entertainment and Angry Films’ Don Murphy and Susan Montford, who recently finished filming horror movie Faces of Death for the company.
Featuring shades of Willy Wonka, Toy Story and Gremlins, the first person video game sees the player acting as a former employee of a faded toy brand who, thanks to a cryptic letter, is drawn back to an abandoned facility only to quickly discover it has become home to a host of toys, including Huggy Wuggy, Mommy Long Legs, and CatNap, that have taken on a life of their own. Players have to decipher clues, solve puzzles and use gadgets to...
- 5/9/2024
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie Norton on the classic sitcom “The Honeymooners,” and was the last surviving member of the cast, died Saturday in New York City. She was 99.
Randolph was in hospice care at the time of her death and died of natural causes, her son, Randy, told TMZ.
Randolph’s character was married to Art Carney’s Ed Norton on “The Honeymooners.” They were the neighbors of Ralph and Alice Kramden, played by Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows.
Born Joyce Sirola to a Finnish American family in Detroit, she got her start in show business when she joined a touring production of “Stage Door” while working at a department store, then moved to New York where she acted in theater and on television in shows such as “Buck Rogers.”
Gleason noticed her in a commercial and cast her in “The Honeymooners” in 1951. It first appeared as a sketch...
Randolph was in hospice care at the time of her death and died of natural causes, her son, Randy, told TMZ.
Randolph’s character was married to Art Carney’s Ed Norton on “The Honeymooners.” They were the neighbors of Ralph and Alice Kramden, played by Jackie Gleason and Audrey Meadows.
Born Joyce Sirola to a Finnish American family in Detroit, she got her start in show business when she joined a touring production of “Stage Door” while working at a department store, then moved to New York where she acted in theater and on television in shows such as “Buck Rogers.”
Gleason noticed her in a commercial and cast her in “The Honeymooners” in 1951. It first appeared as a sketch...
- 1/14/2024
- by Pat Saperstein
- Variety Film + TV
As 2023 comes to a close, we here at JoBlo.com would like to take a moment to pay tribute to some of the people who sadly passed away this year. Our deepest respect goes out to everyone in the industry we have lost, and our thoughts and prayers are with the friends and family of those who died in 2023. These talented individuals will always be remembered for their impact on the world of film and television.
In Memory Of…
Earl Boen
Earl Boen died at the age of 81 on January 5th. The actor was best known as Dr. Peter Silberman in The Terminator, a role he reprised in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, making him the only other actor aside from Arnold Schwarzenegger to appear in the first three movies.
Boen always wanted to inject a little more humour into his performance, but director James Cameron kept telling him no…...
In Memory Of…
Earl Boen
Earl Boen died at the age of 81 on January 5th. The actor was best known as Dr. Peter Silberman in The Terminator, a role he reprised in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, making him the only other actor aside from Arnold Schwarzenegger to appear in the first three movies.
Boen always wanted to inject a little more humour into his performance, but director James Cameron kept telling him no…...
- 1/1/2024
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group has acquired “Alien Legion,” a science-fiction comic-book series created by Carl Potts, Alan Zelenetz, and Frank Cirocco, with “Deadpool” director Tim Miller attached to direct, TheWrap has learned.
The studio picked up the IP with an eye towards building their own blockbuster space opera franchise. “Alien Legion” is being billed as “The Foreign Legion in space” or “’The Dirty Dozen’ meet ‘Aliens,’” according to creator Carl Potts, a long time Marvel comics Editor in Chief and writer.
The comic was part of Marvel Comics’ Epic Comics imprint in 1983 and centers on Torie Montroc, the young son of a mega rich interstellar business man who, rather than join the family business, enrolls in the Alien Legion at the lowest rank, joining some of the most vile and degenerate beings in the galaxy.
Potts initially published the series under Marvel’s “Epic,” banner which was a creator-owned...
The studio picked up the IP with an eye towards building their own blockbuster space opera franchise. “Alien Legion” is being billed as “The Foreign Legion in space” or “’The Dirty Dozen’ meet ‘Aliens,’” according to creator Carl Potts, a long time Marvel comics Editor in Chief and writer.
The comic was part of Marvel Comics’ Epic Comics imprint in 1983 and centers on Torie Montroc, the young son of a mega rich interstellar business man who, rather than join the family business, enrolls in the Alien Legion at the lowest rank, joining some of the most vile and degenerate beings in the galaxy.
Potts initially published the series under Marvel’s “Epic,” banner which was a creator-owned...
- 11/14/2023
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
Warner Bros. is building its own galaxy that is far, far away.
The studio has picked up the rights to Alien Legion, a star-spanning, sci-fi comic initially published by Marvel Comics, with the aim of building a homegrown space opera franchise.
Tim Miller, who directed the original Deadpool as well as Terminator: Dark Fate, is attached to direct.
Don Murphy and Susan Montford of Angry Films, the banner whose credits include Transformers and Real Steel, will produce along with Aaron Ryder.
Legion was co-created by Carl Potts, a former editor and writer at Marvel, and was introduced as part of the publisher’s creator-owned imprint, Epic Comics, in 1983. It became the line’s longest-running title, even outliving the imprint when it was moved to other publishers in the 21st century. Alan Zelenetz and Frank Cirocco are the other co-creators.
Described as “the French Foreign Legion in space,” the stories focused...
The studio has picked up the rights to Alien Legion, a star-spanning, sci-fi comic initially published by Marvel Comics, with the aim of building a homegrown space opera franchise.
Tim Miller, who directed the original Deadpool as well as Terminator: Dark Fate, is attached to direct.
Don Murphy and Susan Montford of Angry Films, the banner whose credits include Transformers and Real Steel, will produce along with Aaron Ryder.
Legion was co-created by Carl Potts, a former editor and writer at Marvel, and was introduced as part of the publisher’s creator-owned imprint, Epic Comics, in 1983. It became the line’s longest-running title, even outliving the imprint when it was moved to other publishers in the 21st century. Alan Zelenetz and Frank Cirocco are the other co-creators.
Described as “the French Foreign Legion in space,” the stories focused...
- 11/14/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Sad news today as it’s been announced that Richard Moll, who played Aristotle Nostradamus “Bull” Shannon on all nine seasons of Night Court, has died at the age of 80. His publicist confirmed that he died at his home in Big Bear Lake on Thursday.
Although Richard Moll is best known for his work on Night Court, he had quite a sprawling filmography. He made appearances in movies such as Cavemen, Evilspeak, The Sword and the Sorcerer, The Dungeonmaster, Night Train to Terror, House, Wicked Stepmother, Sidekicks, Loaded Weapon 1, The Flintstones, Jingle All the Way, Scary Movie 2, and more. He was also featured in episodes of Happy Days, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, T.J. Hooker, Remington Steele, The Dukes of Hazzard, The A-Team, Highlander: The Series, Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, Hercules: The Legendary Adventures, Babylon 5, Baywatch, Married… with Children, Smallville, and more.
Moll...
Although Richard Moll is best known for his work on Night Court, he had quite a sprawling filmography. He made appearances in movies such as Cavemen, Evilspeak, The Sword and the Sorcerer, The Dungeonmaster, Night Train to Terror, House, Wicked Stepmother, Sidekicks, Loaded Weapon 1, The Flintstones, Jingle All the Way, Scary Movie 2, and more. He was also featured in episodes of Happy Days, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, T.J. Hooker, Remington Steele, The Dukes of Hazzard, The A-Team, Highlander: The Series, Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, Hercules: The Legendary Adventures, Babylon 5, Baywatch, Married… with Children, Smallville, and more.
Moll...
- 10/27/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
The "Buck Rogers" estate, overseen by the Nowlan Family Trust, have sent a cease-and-desist letter to Legendary Entertainment about the studio developing a TV reboot of "Buck Rogers", for producers Don Murphy ("Transformers") and Susan Montford at Angry Films:
"...according to the notice the 'Buck Rogers Interests' have signed an agreement with Skydance Productions LLC to produce 'Buck Rogers' content, adapting the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine 'Amazing Stories'.
"...'Anthony Rogers', a 'World War I' veteran is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han'...
"...according to the notice the 'Buck Rogers Interests' have signed an agreement with Skydance Productions LLC to produce 'Buck Rogers' content, adapting the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine 'Amazing Stories'.
"...'Anthony Rogers', a 'World War I' veteran is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han'...
- 1/24/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
"Thor: Love and Thunder” director Taika Waititi plans to write and direct a CG-animated, theatrical feature, adapting Alex Raymond's 1930's sci-fi newspaper comic strip "Flash Gordon":
"Flash Gordon" debuted January 7, 1934, inspired by newspaper comic strip "Buck Rogers".
'Flash Gordon', a polo player and Yale University graduate and his companions 'Dale Arden' and 'Dr. Hans Zarkov'...
...start their journey together as Earth is bombarded by fiery meteors.
Zarkov invents a rocket ship to locate their place of origin in outer space.
Half mad, Zarkov kidnaps Flash and Dale and the three travel to the planet 'Mongo'...
...where they discover the meteors are weapons...
...devised by 'Ming the Merciless'...
...that planet's evil ruler.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Flash Gordon"...
"Flash Gordon" debuted January 7, 1934, inspired by newspaper comic strip "Buck Rogers".
'Flash Gordon', a polo player and Yale University graduate and his companions 'Dale Arden' and 'Dr. Hans Zarkov'...
...start their journey together as Earth is bombarded by fiery meteors.
Zarkov invents a rocket ship to locate their place of origin in outer space.
Half mad, Zarkov kidnaps Flash and Dale and the three travel to the planet 'Mongo'...
...where they discover the meteors are weapons...
...devised by 'Ming the Merciless'...
...that planet's evil ruler.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek "Flash Gordon"...
- 9/21/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Legendary Entertainment continues developing a feature film reboot of "Buck Rogers", for producers Don Murphy ("Transformers") and Susan Montford at Angry Films:
"...the new film will adapt the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine "Amazing Stories", following 'Anthony Rogers'...
"...a 'World War I' veteran who is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han' who invaded the US hundreds of years earlier using fleets of airships armed with disintegration rays.
"Using wartime strategies, Rogers paves the way for a future reclamation of America..."
In 1929, "Buck Rogers" appeared in newspaper comic strips,...
"...the new film will adapt the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine "Amazing Stories", following 'Anthony Rogers'...
"...a 'World War I' veteran who is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han' who invaded the US hundreds of years earlier using fleets of airships armed with disintegration rays.
"Using wartime strategies, Rogers paves the way for a future reclamation of America..."
In 1929, "Buck Rogers" appeared in newspaper comic strips,...
- 8/31/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Legendary Entertainment continues developing a feature film reboot of "Buck Rogers", for producers Don Murphy ("Transformers") and Susan Montford at Angry Films:
"...the new film will adapt the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine "Amazing Stories", following 'Anthony Rogers'...
"...a 'World War I' veteran who is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han' who invaded the US hundreds of years earlier using fleets of airships armed with disintegration rays.
"Using wartime strategies, Rogers paves the way for a future reclamation of America..."
In 1929, "Buck Rogers" appeared in newspaper comic strips,...
"...the new film will adapt the 1928 novella 'Armageddon 2419 A.D.', written by Philip Francis Nowlan and published in the science fiction pulp magazine "Amazing Stories", following 'Anthony Rogers'...
"...a 'World War I' veteran who is investigating strange phenomena in an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine for his company, the 'American Radioactive Gas Corporation', when he is trapped by a cave-in.
"Exposed to radioactive gas, Rogers falls into suspended animation and reawakens 492 years later in the 25th century.
"Thanks to spies and infiltrators, what used to be America, is now ruled by the Chinese 'Han' who invaded the US hundreds of years earlier using fleets of airships armed with disintegration rays.
"Using wartime strategies, Rogers paves the way for a future reclamation of America..."
In 1929, "Buck Rogers" appeared in newspaper comic strips,...
- 8/20/2022
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
You'd be forgiven if you feel overwhelmed by the plethora of shared universes. Did you see the first "Doctor Strange"? If you're interested in "Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness," you'll need to watch two "Avengers" movies, "Spider-Man: No Way Home," and all of "WandaVision" to understand what's going on. The DC Universe is even more confusing. While there are some projects that take place within the same continuity, there are also standalone films like "The Batman" and "Joker" that aren't set in the primary universe. DC is adopting its version of the "multiverse" in the upcoming film "The Flash," which will feature the return of Michael Keaton's Batman from the Tim Burton films, as well as Ben Affleck's version from Zack Snyder's projects. That's going to confuse your average audience member who simply thought that Robert Pattinson was the new Batman.
If you love "Star Wars...
If you love "Star Wars...
- 8/18/2022
- by Liam Gaughan
- Slash Film
To mark the Christmas season, we’ve been given a Fabulous Films Christmas Film bundle to give away.
The bundle includes Bloomfield on DVD, The Running Man on Blu-Ray, Flying Tigers on Blu-Ray, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, the Complete Series on DVD, Knocked Up on Blu-Ray, and Worzel Gummidge, A cup o’ tea an’ a slice o’ cake on DVD.
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents only
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The bundle includes Bloomfield on DVD, The Running Man on Blu-Ray, Flying Tigers on Blu-Ray, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, the Complete Series on DVD, Knocked Up on Blu-Ray, and Worzel Gummidge, A cup o’ tea an’ a slice o’ cake on DVD.
Please note: This competition is open to UK residents only
a Rafflecopter giveaway
The Small Print
Open to UK residents only The competition will close 19th December 2019 at 23.59 GMT The winner will be picked at random from entries received No cash alternative is available To coincide with Gdpr regulations, competition entry information will not be stored once the competition has ended and the winners have been chosen and prizes sent out.
The usual T&Cs can be found here. Good Luck!
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- 12/9/2019
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
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Dorothy Fontana, the first female Star Trek writer and a stalwart presence in television science fiction for four decades, died on Monday. She was 80.
The screen credit “D.C. Fontana” became a familiar one to several generations of sci-fi television viewers — and Star Trek fans in particular — but most didn’t know the pen name belonged to a trailblazing woman hoping to carve out a career in an arena long dominated by male writers, executives, and fans.
Fontana’s considerable contributions to the Starfleet universe include the classic episode “Journey to Babel” from the original Star Trek series (1966-1969), Yesteryear from the well-regarded Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973), and “Encounter at Farpoint,” the pilot for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994), which she co-wrote with the brand’s creator, Gene Roddenberry.
The New Jersey native’s television writing career began in 1960 with The Tall Man and her eclectic credits included...
Dorothy Fontana, the first female Star Trek writer and a stalwart presence in television science fiction for four decades, died on Monday. She was 80.
The screen credit “D.C. Fontana” became a familiar one to several generations of sci-fi television viewers — and Star Trek fans in particular — but most didn’t know the pen name belonged to a trailblazing woman hoping to carve out a career in an arena long dominated by male writers, executives, and fans.
Fontana’s considerable contributions to the Starfleet universe include the classic episode “Journey to Babel” from the original Star Trek series (1966-1969), Yesteryear from the well-regarded Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973), and “Encounter at Farpoint,” the pilot for Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987-1994), which she co-wrote with the brand’s creator, Gene Roddenberry.
The New Jersey native’s television writing career began in 1960 with The Tall Man and her eclectic credits included...
- 12/3/2019
- by Geoff Boucher
- Deadline Film + TV
Angryfilms is reportedly set to adapt Philip Francis Nowlan's 1928 science fiction story "Armageddon 2419 A.D." which originally appeared in Amazing Stories magazine.
What's so special about this story ? The main character of Anthony Rogers went on to score a more familiar name - 'Buck Rogers'. In the story, Rogers is held in suspended animation where he survives for just short of five centuries.
He awakens on an Earth that is caught in a futuristic Civil War, with the remnants of the United States battling both futuristic Soviets and Mongolians. Newspaper syndicator John F. Dille expanded upon the character with a daily syndicated comic strip which brought him to mass audiences - ultimately spawning film and radio serials and an early 1980s TV series.
Interestingly enough, one of the screenwriters of the new project is Flint Dille, John F. Dille's grandson. The new film, which Ed Neumeier ("Robocop,...
What's so special about this story ? The main character of Anthony Rogers went on to score a more familiar name - 'Buck Rogers'. In the story, Rogers is held in suspended animation where he survives for just short of five centuries.
He awakens on an Earth that is caught in a futuristic Civil War, with the remnants of the United States battling both futuristic Soviets and Mongolians. Newspaper syndicator John F. Dille expanded upon the character with a daily syndicated comic strip which brought him to mass audiences - ultimately spawning film and radio serials and an early 1980s TV series.
Interestingly enough, one of the screenwriters of the new project is Flint Dille, John F. Dille's grandson. The new film, which Ed Neumeier ("Robocop,...
- 7/10/2015
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
There has been a ton of speculation about Damon Lindelof and Brad Bird's sci-fi collaboration "Tomorrowland" (named after a Disney theme world), formerly titled "1952." Plot comparisons to Steven Spielberg's "Close Encounters" had fans extremely excited, and then a fascinating article from entertainment journalist and Disney expert Jim Hill popped up that took the mysterious project in a slightly different direction.
Hill claimed the film, inspired by a box of Disney World memorabilia circa 1952, would be based on an unproduced television series that the U.S. government approached Walt with. The show would reveal to American audiences that those alien buggers they had been hearing about all over the news were real. A scoop on website HitFix, however, suggests yet another possibility — one that could be even stranger than the "UFOs are real" plotline. A leaked synopsis being used by a Hollywood agency to cast the 2014 film reads as follows:
"A teenage girl,...
Hill claimed the film, inspired by a box of Disney World memorabilia circa 1952, would be based on an unproduced television series that the U.S. government approached Walt with. The show would reveal to American audiences that those alien buggers they had been hearing about all over the news were real. A scoop on website HitFix, however, suggests yet another possibility — one that could be even stranger than the "UFOs are real" plotline. A leaked synopsis being used by a Hollywood agency to cast the 2014 film reads as follows:
"A teenage girl,...
- 3/4/2013
- by Alison Nastasi
- MTV Movies Blog
Last week my colleague Ms. Thomases and I were sharing a movie experience at a Manhattan multi-mega-complex. Running the gauntlet of promotional material we passed the familiar poster advertising the franchise-saving event, Man of Steel. Once we were settled in the theater and the obnoxiously repulsive commercials started playing – most were for television shows – I mentioned to Martha that the new management of Warner Bros. hasn’t truly green-lit the Justice League movie. “They’re waiting to see how Man of Steel works out.”
Her Oh-Oh Sense flared up. While both of us were hoping for a killer Superman flick, nothing we have seen thus far has promoted any sense of confidence. Do we need another origin story filled with the Els and the Kents? Most of us have cable teevee or DVDs or streaming video or all three, and there’s plenty of filmed presentations of that origin story.
Her Oh-Oh Sense flared up. While both of us were hoping for a killer Superman flick, nothing we have seen thus far has promoted any sense of confidence. Do we need another origin story filled with the Els and the Kents? Most of us have cable teevee or DVDs or streaming video or all three, and there’s plenty of filmed presentations of that origin story.
- 2/6/2013
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Feature Ryan Lambie Jan 25, 2013
Does an image tweeted by director Brad Bird hint at the true identity of his 1952 sci-fi project?
Inspiration for movies can come from all sorts of places - books, videogames, magazine articles, and even internet memes (see Safety Not Guaranteed). Brad Bird's enigmatic work-in-progress - currently going under the working title 1952 - takes its inspiration from an extremely unusual source: a box of stuff opened up at Disney's offices in Burbank, California.
Other than this snippet of information, the only things we've learned about 1952 are as follows: that it's a science fiction movie with a Close Encounters sense of Spielbergian wonder, that George Clooney's name is attached to it, and that Jeff Jensen (stuntman, actor, and writer) and Damon Lindelof are working on its script.
The dearth of facts about Brad Bird's film have led to all sorts of speculation - most notably,...
Does an image tweeted by director Brad Bird hint at the true identity of his 1952 sci-fi project?
Inspiration for movies can come from all sorts of places - books, videogames, magazine articles, and even internet memes (see Safety Not Guaranteed). Brad Bird's enigmatic work-in-progress - currently going under the working title 1952 - takes its inspiration from an extremely unusual source: a box of stuff opened up at Disney's offices in Burbank, California.
Other than this snippet of information, the only things we've learned about 1952 are as follows: that it's a science fiction movie with a Close Encounters sense of Spielbergian wonder, that George Clooney's name is attached to it, and that Jeff Jensen (stuntman, actor, and writer) and Damon Lindelof are working on its script.
The dearth of facts about Brad Bird's film have led to all sorts of speculation - most notably,...
- 1/24/2013
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
"Special From Next Avenue"
By Leah Rozen
Hollywood has long carried an Olympic torch for the Games and their charismatic champions
Before he wore a loincloth as Tarzan and yodeled while swinging across movie screens on a vine, Johnny Weissmuller was an Olympic swimming champ.
The strapping Weissmuller -- 6-foot-5, 190 pounds -- power-splashed his way to five gold medals in the 1924 and ‘28 Olympic Games. Recognizing a marketable hunk when it saw one, Hollywood snapped him up.
"It was like stealing," Weissmuller (1904-1984) once said of his Tarzan career, which included a dozen films between 1932 and ‘48. "There was swimming in it, and I didn't have much to say. How can a guy climb trees, say ‘Me Tarzan, you Jane,’ and make a million?"
I was a sucker for Weismuller’s Tarzan films -- as a kid, I used to watch the scratchy prints that repeatedly aired on Saturday afternoon TV.
In fact,...
By Leah Rozen
Hollywood has long carried an Olympic torch for the Games and their charismatic champions
Before he wore a loincloth as Tarzan and yodeled while swinging across movie screens on a vine, Johnny Weissmuller was an Olympic swimming champ.
The strapping Weissmuller -- 6-foot-5, 190 pounds -- power-splashed his way to five gold medals in the 1924 and ‘28 Olympic Games. Recognizing a marketable hunk when it saw one, Hollywood snapped him up.
"It was like stealing," Weissmuller (1904-1984) once said of his Tarzan career, which included a dozen films between 1932 and ‘48. "There was swimming in it, and I didn't have much to say. How can a guy climb trees, say ‘Me Tarzan, you Jane,’ and make a million?"
I was a sucker for Weismuller’s Tarzan films -- as a kid, I used to watch the scratchy prints that repeatedly aired on Saturday afternoon TV.
In fact,...
- 7/29/2012
- by Kristen Stenerson
- Huffington Post
Howard Chaykin will revive Buck Rogers. The veteran cartoonist has been announced as writer and artist on a new Hermes Press comic book series. Best known for its reprints - including some of the legendary pulp hero - the publisher has promised an "all new take" on the character by the American Flagg! creator. "When [Hermes publisher Dan Herman] casually asked me whether I had any interest in reviving Buck Rogers, my reaction was first physical - genuine goose bumps - followed by complete delight at the thought of paying back a concept that was so utterly seminal in my thinking about our medium and our field," said Chaykin. The science fiction hero first appeared in Armageddon 2419 Ad in the pages of the August 1928 issue of Amazing Stories, written by Philip Francis Nowlan. The comic will be unveiled at the "Buck Rogers, Past, Present and Future" panel at 6pm on Friday, July 13 at San Diego Comic-Con International.
- 7/10/2012
- by Digital Spy
- Comicmix.com
Whether they’re male or female, old or young, they’ve illuminated some classic movies. Here’s our top 50 list of sci-fi heroes and heroines…
On the face of it, compiling a list of truly great sci-fi protagonists should be easy. Pick a load of familiar names from a hat, write some breathlessly adoring drivel beneath them, and head off to the pub to reward a job well done.
Except it was never going to be as simple as that – and compiling lists seldom is. For every character making an appearance in the list below, there were at least two other possible candidates who didn't quite make the cut. Some sci-fi heroes were removed, then quickly reinstated. The order was jiggled around, then reordered again.
At one point, your humble writer realised there were more than 50 entries, and then had the unenviable task of hunting back through to decide which poor soul to eliminate.
On the face of it, compiling a list of truly great sci-fi protagonists should be easy. Pick a load of familiar names from a hat, write some breathlessly adoring drivel beneath them, and head off to the pub to reward a job well done.
Except it was never going to be as simple as that – and compiling lists seldom is. For every character making an appearance in the list below, there were at least two other possible candidates who didn't quite make the cut. Some sci-fi heroes were removed, then quickly reinstated. The order was jiggled around, then reordered again.
At one point, your humble writer realised there were more than 50 entries, and then had the unenviable task of hunting back through to decide which poor soul to eliminate.
- 4/19/2012
- Den of Geek
It's conventional wisdom among most old "Star Wars" fans that George Lucas should have quit while he was ahead.
"Star Wars," "Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" were everything we needed, while the prequel trilogy was obviously a childhood-ruining space abomination.
Or was it?
Turns out, the younger generation of fans doesn't see it that way at all — last year's poll on the best "Star Wars" movie ever turned up surprising results.
We asked our resident Fanboy to explain Millennials' loyalty to "Phantom Menace," etc. So he wrote us a short one-act play.
Obviously.
Ext. The Inky Blackness Of Space. Night. (Or Maybe It's Day, It's Hard To Tell In The Inky Blackness Of Space.)
Yellow lettering approaches us on a slant. It reads.
Planet Fanboy: Episode VI – Rerelease of the Prequels. It is a time of great confusion for adult nerds. 'Star Wars' films are in theaters,...
"Star Wars," "Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" were everything we needed, while the prequel trilogy was obviously a childhood-ruining space abomination.
Or was it?
Turns out, the younger generation of fans doesn't see it that way at all — last year's poll on the best "Star Wars" movie ever turned up surprising results.
We asked our resident Fanboy to explain Millennials' loyalty to "Phantom Menace," etc. So he wrote us a short one-act play.
Obviously.
Ext. The Inky Blackness Of Space. Night. (Or Maybe It's Day, It's Hard To Tell In The Inky Blackness Of Space.)
Yellow lettering approaches us on a slant. It reads.
Planet Fanboy: Episode VI – Rerelease of the Prequels. It is a time of great confusion for adult nerds. 'Star Wars' films are in theaters,...
- 2/9/2012
- by Jordan Hoffman
- NextMovie
When Harry Knowles, the Grand Mufti of movie bloggers, has a birthday party he does it up big. It starts with the Internet's most die-hard cinemaniacs filling out an elaborate application for a coveted, assigned seat at Austin's Alamo Drafthouse Theater, and ends with intense film junkie bragging rights.
The event, appropriately called Butt-Numb-a-Thon, is a (more than) 24-hour movie marathon mixing hard-to-find vintage prints and first looks at forthcoming films. In years past, attendees have had sneak peeks at movies like "King Kong", "Kick-Ass" and "Hobo With A Shotgun", as well rare opportunities to see flicks like Disney's "Song of the South" or Orson Welles' "Chimes at Midnight."
This year, after a Friday night kick-off party at an elaborate pinball arcade, the lucky few exchanged tips on how long to wait until drinking coffee (everyone has their own theory) and tried to guess the line-up. This was my second Bnat,...
The event, appropriately called Butt-Numb-a-Thon, is a (more than) 24-hour movie marathon mixing hard-to-find vintage prints and first looks at forthcoming films. In years past, attendees have had sneak peeks at movies like "King Kong", "Kick-Ass" and "Hobo With A Shotgun", as well rare opportunities to see flicks like Disney's "Song of the South" or Orson Welles' "Chimes at Midnight."
This year, after a Friday night kick-off party at an elaborate pinball arcade, the lucky few exchanged tips on how long to wait until drinking coffee (everyone has their own theory) and tried to guess the line-up. This was my second Bnat,...
- 12/12/2011
- by IFC
- ifc.com
It’s happening as I sit here typing, on a Thursday, about 30 miles due south of the village where I happily abide, and, barring as always the unforeseen, I’ll be in the midst of it sometime tomorrow, mingling with armies of strangers, gazing at exhibits both exotic and banal, almost certainly meeting folks I have known for decades but seldom see whelmed by noise and flashing lights and color and celebrities and hucksters and the breath of chaos…
I refer, of course, to the New York Comic Con. (You thought I meant Armageddon? Naw… but maybe next week…) This is the younger, but extremely vigorous sibling of the monstrous (in at least two meanings of the word) San Diego Comic Con, but it is no wimpy little brother. Like Athena, springing from the head of Zeus, the Nycc arrived burly and mature, though a bit disorganized, three years ago...
I refer, of course, to the New York Comic Con. (You thought I meant Armageddon? Naw… but maybe next week…) This is the younger, but extremely vigorous sibling of the monstrous (in at least two meanings of the word) San Diego Comic Con, but it is no wimpy little brother. Like Athena, springing from the head of Zeus, the Nycc arrived burly and mature, though a bit disorganized, three years ago...
- 10/20/2011
- by Dennis O'Neil
- Comicmix.com
There has to be some background for this column, or at least a little bit of story, just so readers can understand why I would be so excited about a particular book that I finally found in my favorite used bookstore a couple of weeks ago.
This whole thing really starts back when I was a tiny little starry-eyed sprocket. My mom and dad took me to dinner at a restaurant that just happened to have those square gumball machines that had a glass panel in the front and those plastic capsules with little toys or pieces of jewelry or other gewgaws sure to attract the attention of small children and make them beg endlessly to get something and relieve their parents of the horrible burden of all that change in their pockets. The machine that I was eying had a shiny holographic printed card in the front with stars...
This whole thing really starts back when I was a tiny little starry-eyed sprocket. My mom and dad took me to dinner at a restaurant that just happened to have those square gumball machines that had a glass panel in the front and those plastic capsules with little toys or pieces of jewelry or other gewgaws sure to attract the attention of small children and make them beg endlessly to get something and relieve their parents of the horrible burden of all that change in their pockets. The machine that I was eying had a shiny holographic printed card in the front with stars...
- 7/20/2011
- by dragonwomant
- Boomtron
"Buck Rogers", the first comic strip outer space hero, is being relaunched by director Paul W.S. Anderson from a screenplay by "Iron Man" co-writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, for Paradox Entertainment, currently rebooting "Conan."
The new film will be lensed in 3D for producers Lawrence Abramson, Jeremy Bolt and Fredrik Malmberg, with George Furla, Anderson and "Buck Rogers" estate holder Flint Dille executive producing.
"Buck has already been such a huge influence on action-adventure franchises like 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones,' so for me it is a thrilling opportunity to be allowed to return to the source and relaunch such an epic character," Anderson said.
"...Before caped heroes were leaping tall buildings, Buck Rogers was spanning the stars . . . and the centuries. A man accidentally thrust into an extraordinary future, Buck is science fiction’s first superstar and one of our culture’s most enduring icons.
In its original version,...
The new film will be lensed in 3D for producers Lawrence Abramson, Jeremy Bolt and Fredrik Malmberg, with George Furla, Anderson and "Buck Rogers" estate holder Flint Dille executive producing.
"Buck has already been such a huge influence on action-adventure franchises like 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones,' so for me it is a thrilling opportunity to be allowed to return to the source and relaunch such an epic character," Anderson said.
"...Before caped heroes were leaping tall buildings, Buck Rogers was spanning the stars . . . and the centuries. A man accidentally thrust into an extraordinary future, Buck is science fiction’s first superstar and one of our culture’s most enduring icons.
In its original version,...
- 9/28/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
To celebrate the release of the 1980 Flash Gordon movie on Blu-ray, Mark Pickavance takes a timely look back at that film and the classic 30s serial…
In my own mind, Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon was always the part of a slew of science fiction concepts, encompassing a Gulliver-like adventure where the ordinary man and intergalactic peculiar collide head-on. Technically, the 30s comic book appearance came after Buck Rogers, but I'd also say they both were heavily influenced by the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and specifically John Carter Of Mars.
But, as well syndicated as the Flash Gordon comic strip was, it was the three serial films starring Buster Crabbe as Flash, the first appearing in 1936, that really lit the rocket on this particular character. The amazing longevity of these serials meant that I saw them as a child in Saturday morning cinema screenings, and they regularly appeared on...
In my own mind, Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon was always the part of a slew of science fiction concepts, encompassing a Gulliver-like adventure where the ordinary man and intergalactic peculiar collide head-on. Technically, the 30s comic book appearance came after Buck Rogers, but I'd also say they both were heavily influenced by the works of Edgar Rice Burroughs, and specifically John Carter Of Mars.
But, as well syndicated as the Flash Gordon comic strip was, it was the three serial films starring Buster Crabbe as Flash, the first appearing in 1936, that really lit the rocket on this particular character. The amazing longevity of these serials meant that I saw them as a child in Saturday morning cinema screenings, and they regularly appeared on...
- 8/23/2010
- Den of Geek
Rob Liefeld reveals Ryan Reynolds, everybody's favorite cinematic Deadpool, might abandon the role now that next year's Green Lantern movie is to be the first of a trilogy.
Unless, of course, Gl tanks. Then it's every man for himself.
According to Rob, who created Deadpool for Marvel Comics, Warner Bros is determined to make Reynolds' superhero persona exclusively restricted to the Emerald Emasculator. He points out that Harrison Ford managed to handle both Han Solo and Indiana Jones; since I'm older, I'll note Buster Crabbe handled both Flash Gordon And Buck Rogers... as well as Tarzan, Billy the Kid, Captain Gallant, and Red Berry. And we might not have the bandwidth to list all of Timothy Dalton's appearances as comics and heroic fantasy characters.
The directing chores on Deadpool have been offered to Robert Rodriguez with a start date sometime after production wraps on Spy Kids 4, should he take the gig.
Unless, of course, Gl tanks. Then it's every man for himself.
According to Rob, who created Deadpool for Marvel Comics, Warner Bros is determined to make Reynolds' superhero persona exclusively restricted to the Emerald Emasculator. He points out that Harrison Ford managed to handle both Han Solo and Indiana Jones; since I'm older, I'll note Buster Crabbe handled both Flash Gordon And Buck Rogers... as well as Tarzan, Billy the Kid, Captain Gallant, and Red Berry. And we might not have the bandwidth to list all of Timothy Dalton's appearances as comics and heroic fantasy characters.
The directing chores on Deadpool have been offered to Robert Rodriguez with a start date sometime after production wraps on Spy Kids 4, should he take the gig.
- 8/12/2010
- by Mike Gold
- Comicmix.com
Science fiction writers of every generation had their own visions of the future, but what if their predictions became a reality? Rob dons his silver suit and delves into the archives to find out...
To me, living in 2010 seems like the future (well a bit anyway), and some of the things people dreamt of in years gone by have indeed come to pass. We have iPods which contain all our music, videos and data like the PADDs in Star Trek, have unlocked parts of the human genome, cloned livestock and created primitive artificial life. And while we don't have jet-packs, teleporters or the ability to travel to Mars, current technology hasn't don't too badly on the whole.
We love our technology, all sleek, thin and mobile, full of wafer-thin elements that can pass data at massive rates, wrapped up in shiny and lovingly-designed bits of kit. The ‘aesthetic of the...
To me, living in 2010 seems like the future (well a bit anyway), and some of the things people dreamt of in years gone by have indeed come to pass. We have iPods which contain all our music, videos and data like the PADDs in Star Trek, have unlocked parts of the human genome, cloned livestock and created primitive artificial life. And while we don't have jet-packs, teleporters or the ability to travel to Mars, current technology hasn't don't too badly on the whole.
We love our technology, all sleek, thin and mobile, full of wafer-thin elements that can pass data at massive rates, wrapped up in shiny and lovingly-designed bits of kit. The ‘aesthetic of the...
- 6/28/2010
- Den of Geek
“Buck Rogers” is making a warming a spot for himself in new media with this upcoming webseries from Cawley Entertainment Company and Retro Film Studios. The webseries, entitled “Buck Rogers In The 25th Century”, launches from the “Generation One” Buck Rogers franchise.
Cawley Entertainment Company and Retro Film Studios have secured the rights with the Dille Family Trust for the project. The franchise owner, Flint Dille will be involved with the project in an Executive Producer capacity.
Here are excerpts from press releases describing the webseries below:
Buck Rogers has seen various incarnations of the character on television, movies, radio and in books. This will be the first live action series of Buck Rogers in nearly 30 years and the first web based series of the characters.
Executive Producer James Cawley will be bringing Buck back to his beginnings telling the story from the perspective of a 22 year old Buck Rogers...
Cawley Entertainment Company and Retro Film Studios have secured the rights with the Dille Family Trust for the project. The franchise owner, Flint Dille will be involved with the project in an Executive Producer capacity.
Here are excerpts from press releases describing the webseries below:
Buck Rogers has seen various incarnations of the character on television, movies, radio and in books. This will be the first live action series of Buck Rogers in nearly 30 years and the first web based series of the characters.
Executive Producer James Cawley will be bringing Buck back to his beginnings telling the story from the perspective of a 22 year old Buck Rogers...
- 3/28/2010
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
Buck Rogers is coming to the big screen in 3D with Paul W.S. Anderson directing from a script by "Iron Man" co-writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway.According to Variety, Lawrence Abramson, Jeremy Bolt and Fredrik Malmberg will produce through Paradox Entertainment.Buck Rogers, about a fighter pilot who awakens in the 25th century, was introduced in 1928 as Anthony Rogers in Philip Francis Nowlan's novella "Armageddon 2419 A.D." in the pulp magazine "Amazing Stories." The character was later renamed Buck Rogers and was featured in the comic strip "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century," which was published from 1929 to 1967. Its success paralleled the development of space technology in the 20th Century and spawned radio shows, films and TV shows...
- 3/25/2010
- by Adnan Tezer
- Monsters and Critics
After a lot of fits and starts, Buck Rogers is finally going to wake up in the 25th century again — thanks to Paul W.S. Anderson, who has signed on to direct a 3D feature film based on the character originally created by Philip Francis Nowlan and was launched way back in the 1920s. The character’s most famous incarnation is, no doubt, the TV show “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” starring Gil Gerard and the comely Erin Gray. Anderson is of course no stranger to genre filmmaking, having recently directed the sci-fi/actioner “Death Race” remake, and before that, the Kurt Russell sci-fi actioner “Soldier”. He was also responsible for “Event Horizon” and the “Resident Evil” films. Basically, if you saw a cool sci-fi movie and thought the premise rocked, but the execution was, eh, just sort of okay, then it was probably a Paul W.S. Anderson film. The...
- 3/25/2010
- by Nix
- SciFiCool.com
"Buck Rogers", the first comic strip outer space hero, is being relaunched by director Paul W.S. Anderson from a screenplay by "Iron Man" co-writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway, for Paradox Entertainment, currently rebooting "Conan."
The new film will be lensed in 3D for producers Lawrence Abramson, Jeremy Bolt and Fredrik Malmberg, with George Furla, Anderson and "Buck Rogers" estate holder Flint Dille executive producing.
"Buck has already been such a huge influence on action-adventure franchises like 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones,' so for me it is a thrilling opportunity to be allowed to return to the source and relaunch such an epic character," Anderson said."
"...Before caped heroes were leaping tall buildings, Buck Rogers was spanning the stars . . . and the centuries. A man accidentally thrust into an extraordinary future, Buck is science fiction’s first superstar and one of our culture’s most enduring icons. In its original version,...
The new film will be lensed in 3D for producers Lawrence Abramson, Jeremy Bolt and Fredrik Malmberg, with George Furla, Anderson and "Buck Rogers" estate holder Flint Dille executive producing.
"Buck has already been such a huge influence on action-adventure franchises like 'Star Wars' and 'Indiana Jones,' so for me it is a thrilling opportunity to be allowed to return to the source and relaunch such an epic character," Anderson said."
"...Before caped heroes were leaping tall buildings, Buck Rogers was spanning the stars . . . and the centuries. A man accidentally thrust into an extraordinary future, Buck is science fiction’s first superstar and one of our culture’s most enduring icons. In its original version,...
- 3/25/2010
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil) has signed up to direct Buck Rogers, which is going to be released in 3D. Iron Man co-writers Art Marcum and Matt Holloway will write the script. According to Deadline New York, the big screen adaptation is:
…a new version of the classic tale of a fighter pilot who quickly acclimates to the future and puts his skills to use defending the planet against invaders.
Buck Rogers has already been adapted many times in Hollywood, from the early black and white serials starring Buster Crabbe, to the 80s TV show Buck Rogers in the 25th Century which starred Gil Gerard and Erin Gray. Cawley Entertainment Company and Retro Film Studios are also currently working on a Buck Rogers web series, which also stars Gerard and Gray, this time as the parents of Buck Rogers.
…a new version of the classic tale of a fighter pilot who quickly acclimates to the future and puts his skills to use defending the planet against invaders.
Buck Rogers has already been adapted many times in Hollywood, from the early black and white serials starring Buster Crabbe, to the 80s TV show Buck Rogers in the 25th Century which starred Gil Gerard and Erin Gray. Cawley Entertainment Company and Retro Film Studios are also currently working on a Buck Rogers web series, which also stars Gerard and Gray, this time as the parents of Buck Rogers.
- 3/24/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Buck Rogers In The 25Th Century, the first science fiction comic strip, hit the newspapers in 1929, finally ending its long run in 1967. Writer Phil Nowlan created the character in two Sf pulp stories (published in Amazing Stories) before teaming with artist Dick Calkins on the spin-off strip. Buck Rogers is a former Air Force officer who falls into suspended animation while investigating a strange gas in a mineshaft. He awakens 500 years later to an America that has been conquered by Monguls. Buck meets Wilma Deering, who recruits him to fight the invaders; Dr. Huer, a brilliant scientist who will soon have Buck rocketing to other planets; and Wilma’s brother Buddy. Sometime space pirate “Killer” Kane became Buck’s primary nemesis along with Kane’s sultry assistant Ardala Valmar. No sooner has Buck vanquished the invaders than he, and the Earth, are confronted by the menace of the Tiger Men from Mars.
- 12/18/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (Dan Scapperotti)
- Starlog
In this incarnation of our Videolog column (which began in 1982 with VHS and Betamax and later laserdisc), Starlog posts information weekly regarding selected genre titles being released (or re-released) now on DVD and Blu-ray. Prices listed are Msrp, though any clickable links lead to Amazon where the savings can be significant.
DVD Releases for November 3, 2009 (Posted late due to our recent Fango event in Vegas)
Aliens In The Attic (Fox, $29.99 DVD; $39.99 Blu-ray): It’s summer vacation, but the Pearson family kids are stuck at a boring lake house with their nerdy parents. That is until feisty, little, green aliens crash-land on the roof with plans to conquer the house and then Earth. Using only their wits, courage and video game-playing skills, the youngsters must band together to defeat the aliens and save the world—but the toughest part might be keeping the whole thing a secret from their parents!
DVD Releases for November 3, 2009 (Posted late due to our recent Fango event in Vegas)
Aliens In The Attic (Fox, $29.99 DVD; $39.99 Blu-ray): It’s summer vacation, but the Pearson family kids are stuck at a boring lake house with their nerdy parents. That is until feisty, little, green aliens crash-land on the roof with plans to conquer the house and then Earth. Using only their wits, courage and video game-playing skills, the youngsters must band together to defeat the aliens and save the world—but the toughest part might be keeping the whole thing a secret from their parents!
- 11/6/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (Allan Dart)
- Starlog
Capes, Crooks & Cliffhangers: Heroic Serial Posters Of The Golden Age by John E. Petty & Grey Smith (Ivy Press, tpb, 308 pp, $39.95)
Action heroes of films past are the focus of this reference book. It’s a fine introduction to serials for new fans that also serves as a superb art gallery of colorful posters and vintage photos, imagery that will delight veteran buffs. By the way, for those who may have forgotten: serials were low-budget films (made from 1912-56) primarily intended for youthful audiences and most frequently played on Saturdays; they offered adventures in bite-size episodic chapters that usually ended with our heroes apparently dead in life-threatening situations. “To be continued!” the screen screamed—and moviegoers knew that though the good guys would somehow get out of that formidable fix, it would be best to return next week to find out exactly how.
Capes concentrates its individual chapters on those important...
Action heroes of films past are the focus of this reference book. It’s a fine introduction to serials for new fans that also serves as a superb art gallery of colorful posters and vintage photos, imagery that will delight veteran buffs. By the way, for those who may have forgotten: serials were low-budget films (made from 1912-56) primarily intended for youthful audiences and most frequently played on Saturdays; they offered adventures in bite-size episodic chapters that usually ended with our heroes apparently dead in life-threatening situations. “To be continued!” the screen screamed—and moviegoers knew that though the good guys would somehow get out of that formidable fix, it would be best to return next week to find out exactly how.
Capes concentrates its individual chapters on those important...
- 8/27/2009
- by no-reply@starlog.com (David McDonnell)
- Starlog
A new, 4K restoration of "The Wizard of Oz" will screen digitally Monday at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater as part of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' series "Hollywood's Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939."
Jerry Maren, who portrayed one of the Lollipop Guild members in Munchkinland, will be present for a Q&A before the film.
The pre-show, which will begin at 6:45 p.m., will include videotaped interviews with Margaret Hamilton and Ray Bolger from a 1983 Academy event, the 12th chapter of the 1939 serial "Buck Rogers," starring Buster Crabbe and Constance Moore, and the 1939 winner for Cartoon Short Subject, Walt Disney's "The Ugly Duckling."
The screening marks the public premiere of Warner's 4K digital restoration of the film, which won Oscars for its original score and song "Over the Rainbow."...
Jerry Maren, who portrayed one of the Lollipop Guild members in Munchkinland, will be present for a Q&A before the film.
The pre-show, which will begin at 6:45 p.m., will include videotaped interviews with Margaret Hamilton and Ray Bolger from a 1983 Academy event, the 12th chapter of the 1939 serial "Buck Rogers," starring Buster Crabbe and Constance Moore, and the 1939 winner for Cartoon Short Subject, Walt Disney's "The Ugly Duckling."
The screening marks the public premiere of Warner's 4K digital restoration of the film, which won Oscars for its original score and song "Over the Rainbow."...
- 7/29/2009
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will screen Ernst Lubitsch's "Ninotchka," starring Greta Garbo, on Monday July 13 at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills as part of its "Hollywood's Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939" series.
Pre-show elements will include the ninth chapter of the 1939 serial "Buck Rogers," starring Buster Crabbe and Constance Moore, and the animated short "The Autograph Hound," featuring Donald Duck.
"Ninotchka" received four Academy Award nominations: best picture, best actress for Garbo, writing (original story) for Melchior Lengyel and writing, screenplay for Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Walter Reisch.
Pre-show elements will include the ninth chapter of the 1939 serial "Buck Rogers," starring Buster Crabbe and Constance Moore, and the animated short "The Autograph Hound," featuring Donald Duck.
"Ninotchka" received four Academy Award nominations: best picture, best actress for Garbo, writing (original story) for Melchior Lengyel and writing, screenplay for Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder and Walter Reisch.
James Cawley is boldly going where a few others have gone before. The producer of Star Trek: Phase II has teamed with screenwriter/novelist Flint Dille for a Buck Rogers web series and hopes to produce twenty 40-minute web episodes about the space adventurer. (Thanks to TrekMovie.com for the scoop.) Cawley Entertainment secured the rights to the classic character – created in 1928 by Philip Francis Nowlan – and will focus on how Rogers went from World War I to 25th century Earth using a “retro-contemporary” look and CGI. Dille and Cawley will serve as executive producers of the web series, with Dille also serving as a consultant; the property has been owned by the Dille Syndication Co. since John F. Dille purchased the character for the comic strip in 1929. Cawley has already cast his Buck Rogers and is going with an actor he’s familiar with: Bobby Rice, who played Peter Kirk in Phase II.
- 1/14/2009
- by Lesley Goldberg
- Tubefilter.com
No sooner did Buck Rogers get optioned for a feature film this summer than the rumors named Frank Miller as the director, something that everyone involved has denied until now. The Hollywood Reporter and Variety both say Odd Lot Entertainment is close to signing Miller to adapt the comic strip to the screen.
Odd Lot hired Miller to direct The Spirit, which opens on Christmas Day and producer Deborah Del Prete let slip in October that Miller would move to the science fiction hero next. Odd Lot obtained the rights from Nu Image/Millennium, which has been holding the rights since the summer, obtained from the Dille Trust. The Trust is headed by John Flint Dille, a longtime friend of Miller's, and he may have started the rumor at the time of the deal.
Miller will reportedly write and direct the adaptation which will likely follow his personal dark vision of dystopias.
Odd Lot hired Miller to direct The Spirit, which opens on Christmas Day and producer Deborah Del Prete let slip in October that Miller would move to the science fiction hero next. Odd Lot obtained the rights from Nu Image/Millennium, which has been holding the rights since the summer, obtained from the Dille Trust. The Trust is headed by John Flint Dille, a longtime friend of Miller's, and he may have started the rumor at the time of the deal.
Miller will reportedly write and direct the adaptation which will likely follow his personal dark vision of dystopias.
- 12/19/2008
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
As if our Green Hornet news wasn’t enough about something only your grandpa cares about, here’s another one. Noted hat-wearer Frank Miller now has the rights to the Buck Rogers franchise and, according to The Hollywood Reporter, is preparing to write and direct a feature adaptation. It will be, according to the report, (insert drumroll) a “darker take.” Sorry, I just passed out from surprise. While we are definitely fans of Miller’s visual alacrity - and we’re certain the shellacking The Spirit is taking is unwarranted, maybe it is time to take a little break from Miller’s “darker takes” for a while. My father, who used to have ice delivered by the block to his apartment growing up, is a big fan of Buster Crabbe’s Buck Rogers serials. He’d probably consider seeing this new version but I dbout they’ll advertise in the Aarp quarterly.
- 12/19/2008
- UGO Movies
It’s pretty amazing what people accidentally will say on the red carpet at awards shows. The most recent example happened over the weekend when The Spirit producer Deborah Del Prete referred to her next project with director Frank Miller was an old sci-fi hero. This virtually confirmed the rumor that began over the summer that Miller would tackle the first Sf comic strip character.
When the rumor first surfaced over at IGN, Nu Image/Millennium Films quickly told him “that no deal is set yet for the rights or Miller, and that they are still mulling over director contenders.”
IESB's Robert Sanchez could not get Del Prete to confirm if she was referring to Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers, both of whom have been optioned for film this year. The site did some additional digging and report, “sources very close to the Miller camp…confirmed the sci-fi hero that...
When the rumor first surfaced over at IGN, Nu Image/Millennium Films quickly told him “that no deal is set yet for the rights or Miller, and that they are still mulling over director contenders.”
IESB's Robert Sanchez could not get Del Prete to confirm if she was referring to Flash Gordon or Buck Rogers, both of whom have been optioned for film this year. The site did some additional digging and report, “sources very close to the Miller camp…confirmed the sci-fi hero that...
- 10/24/2008
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
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