Because I haven't in awhile...

[lithera]

Hollywood Reporter says Guillermo Del Toro will be directing The Hobbit and the follow-up movie with Peter Jackson producing. I'm in. Seriously. I'd buy a ticket right now.

In an interview with the USA Today about the last issue of "Y: The Last Man," the director of the comic's upcoming adaptation, D.J. Caruso says it might become a trilogy of films.

CBS has ordered 13 episodes of "Flashpoint" (a working title for this show written in Canada), a new police drama about an elite big city Strategic Response Unit that will be broadcast later this year both on the CBS Television Network in the U.S. and on CTV, Canada's largest privately owned English language broadcast network.

Tricia Helfer has announced on her official website that she is voicing the Black Cat on "The Spectacular Spider-Man," premiering on March 8 at 10 a.m.

In some WTF news, Sam Raimi is teaming with Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Studios on a new first-run, live-action weekly series. The series, titled "Wizard's First Rule," is based on Terry Goodkind's best-selling epic fantasy series "The Sword of Truth." Where the hell is this gonna go?

Dennis Quaid will play General Hawk and Channing Tatum will be Duke in the G.I. Joe movie.

NBC has pretty much said that they've now moved away from the concept of a pilot season, which has been a long time in coming now that we have new TV shows all year round. The Writer's Strike pretty much put the last nail in the coffin, though.

Comments

[jeditigger.livejournal.com]

These days I'd go see Guillermo Del Toro and Peter Jackson's remake of The Hindenberg. I <3 those guys.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Me too.

[jeditigger.livejournal.com]

You're too young, but when I was a teenager I saw The Hindenberg in the theatre with my big brother and all I remember is the audience freaking cheering when the damned thing finally blew up. What a bad movie.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

*laughs* I can imagine, though. I've seen a few movies that bad. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation comes to mind...

[jeditigger.livejournal.com]

I never saw that one. The first one wasn't bad in a cheesy sort of way...plus it had Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, who rocks. The second one looked odious.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Pretty much.

It also stole blatantly from Star Wars.

No. I'm no kidding.

When you have a princess yelling, "No, Liu, its a trap!" you've pretty much sealed that one up for mockery.

[morgie.livejournal.com]

In some WTF news, Sam Raimi is teaming with Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Studios on a new first-run, live-action weekly series. The series, titled "Wizard's First Rule," is based on Terry Goodkind's best-selling epic fantasy series "The Sword of Truth." Where the hell is this gonna go?

.... daaamn. You must keep an eye out for this, 'cause I'm gonna wanna soooo know about it. ;)

[lithera.livejournal.com]

I'm so confused. I don't even know what you could do here.... I mean... What?

[morgie.livejournal.com]

Well, yes. Because most of his stuff was internalized, if I remember correctly. Been years.

But I figure - watching the first couple of episodes should be interesting, at the least.

[jeditigger.livejournal.com]

Please tell me what I'm missing with Goodkind. I've met him and tried to read his books and all I can think is "pompous windbag". Should I try them again?

[morgie.livejournal.com]

Well, I liked the first.... two or five? Haven't kept up with them past that. Definatately liked the early stuff better though.

Definately liked better than Jordan too. ;)

[leiden.livejournal.com]

I've read a draft of the Y: The Last Man script. It's very good, as is to be expected but immediately goes in some different directions from the comic. I'll be interested to see how this plays out.

[lithera.livejournal.com]

I think as a movie you'd have to. I haven't finished catching up on the comic but I'm over half way through. I've got a pretty good idea where I think this is going to end up, though, because this is Brian K Vaughn.

[theda.livejournal.com]

Wizards First Rule and Teaming with DIsney....


They no go together

[lithera.livejournal.com]

It hurts my brain for so many reasons.

[elsewhere7.livejournal.com]

The sooner they get this thrice-damned writer's strike over with, the better.