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Moore
Exits Movie Adaptations
Alan
Moore , one of the most celebrated comic book creators of the last
decades and co-creator of the "V For Vendetta"
comic, has publicly disassociated himself from the upcoming Warner Brothers
adaptation
. The film is written and produced by the Wachowski
Brothers . And as a result, Moore cut his remaining ties with DC
Comics , including future volumes of the
" League Of Extraordinary
Gentlemen ." Moore has promised future volumes in that series will
be published by a US/UK collaboration between Top
Shelf
and Knockabout
. Moore said about film versions of his work: "As
long as I could distance myself by not seeing them, enough to keep them
separate, take the option money, I could be assured no one would confuse
the two. This was probably naïve on my part.
" He told Rich Johnston at Comic
Book Resources.com : "
After the films came out, I began to feel increasingly uneasy, I have a
dwindling respect for cinema as it is currently expressed."
Giamatti
And The Illusion
SCI
FI Wire is reporting that Paul
Giamatti is in Prague making "
The Illusionist ," based on the Steven Milhauser short story "
Eisenheim the Illusionist." Giamatti told
reporters: " I did not read the short story.
It`s been changed quite a bit, I`ve been told. It`s a period piece about
a magician [ Edward Norton
as Eisenheim] in Vienna who gets involved in political intrigue. I play
this inspector in the secret police, who tries to destroy his reputation.
It`s been a good shoot so far. It`s going great. It`s really fun to do
a period piece like this [the film is set in 1900], with horses and carriages
and top hats and crap like that." Does it
have fantastic elements? Giamatti: "It
does. Without giving too much of it away, it does. It`s undercut in some
ways, but it`s ambiguous about what`s real and what's not and what's actual.
. . . Not necessarily just magic, but there`s all sorts of weird stuff
with spiritualism and spirits being summoned and stuff like that. How much
of it is real and how much of it is not is left somewhat ambiguous in the
end." The Illusionist, with Jessica
Biel and Rufus Sewell
, is scheduled to be released in 2006.
What
Is . . Your Own Gameshow?
Last year
Ken
Jennings won $2.5 on "Jeopardy!"
Now Comedy Central has announced that
they are developing a game show for the game show champion. The executive
producer of " Who Wants to
Be a Millionaire ," Michael
Davies , will executive produce the untitled series with Jennings.
The show is expected to be on the air this year. Davies says: "
Comedy usually comes out of conflict, and there`s a conflict at the heart
of Ken. He comes across a nice, gentle, quiet man, but when you put a buzzer
in his hand, he becomes a killer." Lauren
Corrao , senior vp original programing and head of development at Comedy
Central said of the new host: "Research has
shown that our viewers are clamoring for more shows hosted by software
engineers from Utah and, fortunately, Ken was available and had a screen
test handy."
2:22
Todd
Stein has written 2:22,
about a tortured artist to who notices that strange things happen at the
same place and time every day. Alex
Kurtzman and Roberto Orci
will produce the film for DreamWorks
. Kurtzman said: "We love the idea of taking
a high-concept idea and turning into a female-driven thriller."
Edgar
Allen Stallone
Variety
reports that Sylvester Stallone
has written and is set to direct "Poe,"
about the life of Edgar Allan
Poe . Production is scheduled to begin in Europe this Fall. The father
of gothic horror, as well a the modern detective story, will be played
by Robert Downey Jr. if
Stallone gets his choice. Stallone has been pitching this project
since he completed the screenplay in 2002, but the project has only gelled
this week.
Crawlspace
Stephen
Susco will adapt the Herbert
Lieberman novel Crawlspace
for Paramount Pictures . The book,
published in 1971 was adapted for a TV
film in that same year. The story is about a retired couple who decide
to ask a shy young man who`s repairing their heater to stay for dinner.
They later discover that the man has taken up residence in the basement
crawlspace.
Reaping
Swank
Hilary
Swank will star in "The
Reaping " for producer Joel
Silver . Her character specializes in giving the scientific explanations
for myths, legends and miracles, until she travels to a town that appears
to be suffering the 10 biblical plagues. Silver said: "
It`s a very scary script because Hilary`s character comes up against something
that is very real. Gothika
was a good choice for Halle
[Berry ] because it was a thriller that made $150 million US worldwide.
It showed she could carry a commercial drama. Hilary will prove the same
thing with The Reaping. Even though these women win Oscars, studios are
reluctant to let them carry a film." Silver
plans to have The Reaping out next spring. "We
can put these horror thriller out faster than most regular studio films."
said Silver.
Comic
Previews
Newsarama.com
has a preview of
Imperial Dragons #1 .
Buzzscope.com
has previews of
Incredible Hulk #81 ,
Machine
Teen #1 &
Power
Pack #3.
Finally
DC
has posted a PDF
of
the entire first issue of the new Starman
.
--posted by Wayne
Wednesday, May 25, 2005
--posted by Wayne Wednesday, May 25, 2005
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