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MOVIE & TV NEWS
Cobalt
60
The
Hollywood Reporter says that Universal
Pictures has picked up the rights to the Vaughn
Bode comic book "Cobalt 60"
with an eye to have Zack Snyder
direct. Cobalt 60 is the masked hero of a post apocalyptic world
inhabited by mutants and fantastical creatures. The title character embarks
on a quest to avenge his parents, who were murdered by the evil Strontium
90. No one has been picked to adapt the script. Created by Vaughn Bode
in 1968 the comic lasted only one story, but Bode's son, Mark, revived
the comic in the 1980's. An animated Cobalt 60 flash film is accessable
here.
The
Dark is Rising
Variety
reports that David Cunningham
will direct "The Dark is Rising,"
based on the five-book series by Susan
Cooper. The story follows a youth who discovers at age 11 that he's
a Sign Seeker, last of a group of immortals who are dedicated to fighting
a growing presence of dark forces. The film looks to an early 2007 start
and a September 28, 2007 release.
Paramount
To Provide Films Through AOL
Paramount
is the fifth major studio to sign a deal with AOL Video, and will be making
its films available for online to be downloaded for $19.99 for newer films
and $9.99 for older ones. Disney is still the only hold-out, because of
its deal with Apple to download at significantly lower prices on Apple's
iTunes Music Store.
Moon
Knight TV
Marvel
Studios has signed with Vancouverproduction company No
Equal Entertainment to make a live-action TV series based on "Moon
Knight." The hero is a soldier of fortune
named Marc Spector who becomes a vigilante after an encounter with the
Egyptian god of vengeance and moon deity.
Inkheart
Production
begins next month in Italy before moving to London on "Inkheart,"
first in Cornelia Funke's
fantasy trilogy. It is the story of a father who brings characters from
books to life by reading stories aloud to his daughter. The Iain
Softley directed film has a cast that includes Brendan
Fraser, Paul Bettany,
Jim Broadbent,
Kathy Bates,
Helen Mirren, Andy
Serkis, Rafi Gavron
and Sienna Guillory.
Mirren plays book collector Elinor Loredan while Serkis will portray villain
Capricorn. The screenplay is by David
Lindsay-Abaire.
The
Met Online
New
York's Metropolitan Opera will relay live broadcasts of its performances
on the Internet as part of its policy to open itself to a wider audience.
The weekly performances start Wednesday and will feature top artists such
as Placido Domingo
and longtime Met conductor James
Levine. The season will consist of Mascagni's "Cavalleria
Rusticana," Rossini's "Barber
of Seville" and Puccini's "Madama
Butterfly" and "La
Boheme." Peter Gelb, the Met's new general
manager, said: "Streaming operas live on
the Internet is the most immediate experience we can provide to opera lovers
all over the world and a new way to introduce opera to the uninitiated.
This is a distribution platform that can reach into homes and generate
an interest in what's happening at the Met."
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