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After 'The Lovely Bones,' Here Are Five Novels Peter Jackson Should Consider
11 December 2009 12:00 PM, PST
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There's no denying it. Peter Jackson knows his way around an adaptation. "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy was stellar, as we all know. And "King Kong," for all of it's issues, carried with it the spirit of the original. Now he's on to "The Lovely Bones," Alice Sebold's beautiful-yet-disturbing story of a young girl's trip through the afterlife following her murder at the hands of a sadistic serial killer. He had his work cut out for him there. Making that story something an audience can stomach without succumbing to overblown emotion is nigh on impossible.
I suppose that’s why it’s so strange that Jackson came to direct an adaptation of the massively successful novel in the first place. “The Lovely Bones” is a quiet book, a narrative crushed underneath the weight of trauma and loss, it’s only release in the eventual comeuppance visited upon its
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Idw Revives Famous Monsters of Filmland
7 December 2009
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Forrest J. Ackerman's legacy lives on long after his passing.
"Famous Monsters of Filmland" announced its return to print with partner Idw Publishing ("30 Days of Night," "Locke & Key"). The new Famous Monsters magazine will begin its run on a quarterly basis starting in summer 2010, and will be available in major book retailers, comic stores, and online at FamousMonsters.com .
Originally launched in 1958, "Famous Monsters of Filmland" was one of the first magazines to take readers behind-the-scenes of some of the most popular movies of present and past. Under the guidance of beloved editor-in-chief Forrest J. Ackerman, credited with nurturing and even inspiring the careers of early contemporaries such as Ray Bradbury, Ray
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Interview with Ming-Na
17 November 2009 10:37 PM, PST
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In taking on the role of International Oversight Committee (Ioa) officer aboard the Destiny in SyFy's Stargate Universe, actress Ming-Na is exploring perhaps even more uncharted territory than her character, Camile Wray. Stargate's Camille is the first Asian American lesbian on a primetime broadcast or basic cable show, and one of only a few Asian American lesbian or bisexual characters ever on primetime American TV. She's also the Stargate franchise's first lesbian character.
The actress, who began her career on a soap opera (As the World Turns) before getting her big break in The Joy Luck Club (1993) and going on to star in ER (from 1995 to 2004), has embraced her role in the Stargate universe, where soldiers and scientists interact with alien races while aboard an ancient ship locked on an unknown course and unable to return to Earth.
AfterEllen.com recently spoke to Ming-Na about the show and this week's episode,
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Review of Ray Bradbury adaptation Chrysalis
16 November 2009 11:32 PM, PST
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Year: 2009
Directors: Tony Baez Milan
Writers: Tony Baez Milan & Roger Lay Jr & Ray Bradbury (short story)
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: quietearth
Rating: 2 out of 10
I'd love to tell you this post apocalyptic Bradbury adaptation was enjoyable, but I can't. Good cinematography and production design can't hide a weak script backed by poor acting whose trademark is depressing portension and poorly timed outbursts. Set in a world on the brink of collapse where food is rationed and riots fill the news, Chrysalis fulfills it's promised metamorphosis in such a poor fashion that I can't recommend it.
With barely any setup beyond the vision of the world crumbling, which emanates from an old tv set, and the sickness of Smith (one of the scientists), the story is confined to what looks like a fallout shelter. Little more then steel walls and a bank vault of a door, Smith sneaks outside
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Ray Bradbury To Pitch Miniseries
15 November 2009 7:30 AM, PST
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Ray Bradbury has signed on with White Oak Films with the idea of creating a miniseries. The miniseries is structured as a 6-hour project broken down into six 1-hour episodes, all based on different short stories of Bradbury’s.
The plan is for each episode to be directed by a different person, none of whom have been officially signed yet. Who they pick to direct each episode will be very important, as they’re letting the director select their own favorite short story of Bradbury’s.
Ray Bradbury has authored many a short story and they’ve all become stories that have inspired generations of readers. Some notables that he’s authored “Fahrenheit 451″, “The Martian Chronicles”, “Something Wicked This Way Comes” and many others.
His famous books aren’t short stories obviously, but the directors have a list of over 400 short stories or novelettes to choose from.
Below is
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Ray Bradbury's Return to Television
13 November 2009 1:18 PM, PST
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The Award-winning author Ray Bradbury will be returning to television with the announcement yesterday of The Bradbury Chronicles, which will be a six hour miniseries based on his works. White Oak Films announced the deal although no network has picked up the project for broadcast.
White Oak's John Philip Dayton will executive produce with Merrill Capps, Todd Klick, Cory Travalena and Dale Olson doing the actual production chores. Bradbury will be an executive producer with input over stories selected and overseeing the adaptations themselves. Dayton previously partnered with Bradbury on Showtime’s The Ray Bradbury Theater, which ran from 1985-1992.
The author, now 89, remains largely confined to his home given declining health, but continues to write with Summer Morning, Summer Night his most recent work, due out in paperback next June.
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Blu-Ray Review: Stunning ‘The Prisoner’ Still Holds Viewer Interest Captive
13 November 2009 10:09 AM, PST
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Chicago – Patrick McGoohan was ready to quit. After playing secret agent John Drake in over eighty episodes of the British TV show “Danger Man” (known in the Us as “Secret Agent”), McGoohan was clearly in need of a change. Luckily, his script editor George Markstein had a great idea up his sleeve. What if Drake suddenly resigned, and his employers wouldn’t let him go? What if they kidnapped Drake and sent him to a secret location where he couldn’t escape? Markstein was clearly inspired by the actual incidents during WWII where people were incarcerated and under constant surveillance in resort-like prisons. McGoohan loved the idea, and together they created one of the most astoundingly original and richly entertaining programs in television history in “The Prisoner,” recently released on Blu-Ray to coincide with the AMC remake starring Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellen.
Blu-Ray Rating: 5.0/5.0
“The Prisoner” debuted in
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“Outer Space” to launch on Syfy, and other news.
13 November 2009 5:22 AM, PST
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Syfy will air its new comedy series “Outer Space Astronauts” on Tuesday, Dec. 8 before the “Scare Tactics” season finale.
The five-episode series employs live-action, 2-D and 3-D animation techniques. “Outer Space,” from creator/executive producer Russell Barrett and executive producers David O. Russell and Scott Puckett, centers on the galactic adventures of eight misfit astronauts on board the O.S.S. Oklahoma.
In other television news:
- Creator Kari Lizer (”The New Adventures of Old Christine”) has signed a huge three-year development deal with Warner Bros. TV to create new shows. She’ll continue to be the show runner on “Christine.”
- “Farenheit 451″ author Ray Bradbury will be shopping around his six-hour miniseries to the different networks. The six-parter will feature six of his classic short stories interpreted by six different directors, yet to be determined.
- Fox has tapped newcomer Lucas Neff, Martha Plimpton and “High School Musical” actress
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Cynopsis 11/13/09
13 November 2009 12:00 AM, PST
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Author Ray Bradbury made a deal with White Oak Films to develop a miniseries inspired by six of his short stories. The Bradbury Chronicles will be presented over six hours though no network has picked up the miniseries as of yet. Bradbury will executive produce and assist in choosing the material and adapting the stories for the project. White Oak's John Dayton will also executive produce while Merrill Capps, Todd Klick, Cory Travalena and Dale Olson all from White Oak, will produce.
http://enews.cynopsis.com/html.asp?XZY2256539UTF59
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Hordes of zombie books attack!
12 November 2009 8:40 AM, PST
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If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the years, it’s that zombies are hard to kill. And with the abundance of undead books hitting the shelves this fall and winter, it seems the incredibly popular vampire trend still hasn’t put the bullet in all those flesheating brains. From short-story collections to records of infection to silly survival guides to even some Christmas cheer, the undead have been popping up everywhere on the page; here’s a rundown of some ghoulish literature to feast your eyes upon this season:
Two of the more promising tomes in this list come in the form of anthologies. John Skipp served as an editor and commentator on an omnibus titled Zombies: Encounters With The Hungry Dead, out now from Black Dog & Leventhal. Separating the tales into two sections, “Zombies of the Old School” and “Post Emancipation,” Skipp has assembled an impressive
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
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Hordes of zombie books attack!
12 November 2009 8:40 AM, PST
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If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the years, it’s that zombies are hard to kill. And with the abundance of undead books hitting the shelves this fall and winter, it seems the incredibly popular vampire trend still hasn’t put the bullet in all those flesheating brains. From short-story collections to records of infection to silly survival guides to even some Christmas cheer, the undead have been popping up everywhere on the page; here’s a rundown of some ghoulish literature to feast your eyes upon this season:
Two of the more promising tomes in this list come in the form of anthologies. John Skipp served as an editor and commentator on an omnibus titled Zombies: Encounters With The Hungry Dead, out now from Black Dog & Leventhal. Separating the tales into two sections, “Zombies of the Old School” and “Post Emancipation,” Skipp has assembled an impressive
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
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Hordes of zombie books attack!
12 November 2009 8:40 AM, PST
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If there’s one thing we’ve learned over the years, it’s that zombies are hard to kill. And with the abundance of undead books hitting the shelves this fall and winter, it seems the incredibly popular vampire trend still hasn’t put the bullet in all those flesheating brains. From short-story collections to records of infection to silly survival guides to even some Christmas cheer, the undead have been popping up everywhere on the page; here’s a rundown of some ghoulish literature to feast your eyes upon this season:
Two of the more promising tomes in this list come in the form of anthologies. John Skipp served as an editor and commentator on an omnibus titled Zombies: Encounters With The Hungry Dead, out now from Black Dog & Leventhal. Separating the tales into two sections, “Zombies of the Old School” and “Post Emancipation,” Skipp has assembled an impressive
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
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TV Tidbits: Ray Bradbury Developing Six-Hour Miniseries, SyFy Launching Comedy Series Outer Space Astronauts, Current TV Gets Dumbed Down
12 November 2009 3:00 AM, PST
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Even though legendary sci-fi author Ray Bradbury is ready to say "To hell with the Internet!", it appears he's willing to give television a bit more leeway. The author has signed on to develop a six-hour miniseries which will feature six of his short stories, each by a different director. The adapted stories aren't known yet since each director will get to choose their favorite. The project is currently being shopped around to different networks---though if SyFy doesn't snap this up, ima have to choke an Ewok.
Bradbury has an extensive list of short story work, dating from 1938 to this year, so the possibility of choices is fairly wide. I'm more familiar with his novels than his shorts, so I can't really predict which would be best for adaptation (though as always, we'd love your suggestions in the comments). What I can say for sure is that the hour-long format
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- Devindra Hardawar
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Halloween and Horror Books Every Fan Should Own
18 October 2009 1:22 AM, PDT
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Horror fans love this time of the year. For those of us not living in La, there's the chill in the air, the colorful leaves, pumpkins everywhere, dead cornfields to explore … if you dare. So, in honor of Our official holiday, I have come up with a list of books and some movies every horror fan should at least take a look at, if not outright add to your book or DVD library.
Without further ado (and in no particular order):
Creepy Places to Visit:
Creepy Crawls: A Horror Fiend’s Travel Guide by Leon Marcelo, Santa Monica Press, 380 pages
I Love this book!! Leon Marcelo travels the world, literally, to find places of horror both real and fictional. Rome to visit the Dario Argento Profondo Rosso Shop then to George Romero’s Pennsylvania and H.P. Lovecraft’s New England. Marcelo also covers Stephen King country, Poe’s Baltimore,
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More horror screenings and Zombie Walks!
14 October 2009 12:17 PM, PDT
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Halloween is coming, and fright flicks are everywhere at repertory houses and special showings. Joining the screening events we previously listed here and here are more big-screen revivals of classic fear films, plus a couple of East Coast Zombie Walks!
• Canadian undead fans can take part in the 7th Annual Toronto Zombie Walk, which takes place Saturday, October 24 beginning at 3 p.m. This one starts at Trinity Bellwoods Park (meeting place is the pit between Dundas Street and, appropriately enough, Gore Vale Avenue) and ends at the Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor Street West), where the festivities continue with a Cinema of the Dead double feature of Thom Eberhardt’s Night Of The Comet and Lucio Fulci’s Zombie. Admission to the movies is $16 for ghouls and $20 for regular humans; more info on the Walk can be seen here, and on the screenings here.
• This year’s official New York City Zombie Crawl takes place Sunday,
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Michael Gingold)
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Carla Laemmle's 100th Birthday Bash
9 October 2009 2:26 PM, PDT
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Carla Laemmle is turning 100 on October 20th of this year, and she's celebrating in style! Fans will likely remember her for her onscreen appearance at the beginning of Universal's classic horror movie, Dracula. Some heavy hitters in horror and Gov. Schwarzenneger himself will be attending this milestone event. Take a look at the official press release below:
“Carla Laemmle’s Centennial Birthday Gala”
Carla Laemmle Celebrates Her 100Th Birthday With Lifetime Achievement
Awards To Be Presented At The American Cinematheque At The Egyptian
6712 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028
Officially Sponsored by Famous Monsters of Filmland and Universal Studios
Hosted by Tom Tangen, Inge Jaklin, Robert Bradford, Rosemary Weinglass,
and Robert Aragon
**** Photo Opportunity ****
Los Angeles, CA October 6, 2009 – American actress, Carla Laemmle, niece of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle, will be celebrating her 100th birthday with her family and friends at the American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theater in Los Angeles,
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Heroes: Ink In The Answers
29 September 2009 1:00 AM, PDT
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I haven't exactly watched Heroes as faithfully as I could've, but circumstances have compelled me to check it out again. I admit it bogged me down to look back on the previous season and catch up with everything - from new villains to the Carnies. Then again, who can say if those categories aren't similar?
Anyway, I was reminded of Ray Bradbury's story about "The Illustrated Man" when I caught a glimpse of Heroes' "Ink." If you aren't familiar with that sci-fi short, it's about a guy who was inked by a woman from the future, and whose tattoos change every time a new tale is spun. So translating all this to the show, basically it's series-newbies Samuel (Robert Knepper) and Lydia (Dawn Olivieri).
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Horror anthologies on the march
9 September 2009 3:55 PM, PDT
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With our favorite time of year just around the corner, Fango’s got news of a trio of literary terrors to keep you occupied throughout the fall. And if you’re partial to anthologies and short-story collections, get ready to rejoice.
First up, Running Press has just put out the third volume in its Dark Delicacies series, subtitled Haunted, and it looks to be their biggest yet. Edited by Del Howison and Jeff Gelb, Dark Delicacies III features 20 new works by the likes of genre legend Clive Barker, Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk, Masters Of Horror creator Mick Garris, Jeepers Creepers director Victor Salva, 100 Feet’s Eric Red, veteran horror scribe Richard Christian Matheson, Fango contributor Axelle Carolyn, First Blood author David Morrell and many more, with a foreword by The Shining actor Steven Weber.
Also arriving this month is Twilight Zone: 19 Original Stories On The 50th Anniversary, a
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Samuel Zimmerman)
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Amazon Apologizes for Destroying '1984' Copies, Offers New '1984' Copies (or $30)
4 September 2009 7:51 AM, PDT
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After suffering multiple black eyes in the blogosphere and plenty of ire from Kindle users, Amazon has finally decided to make good on its ill-advised decision to delete illegally distributed copies of George Orwell's 1984 from users' Kindle e-reader devices.
Those who purchased the book only to find it remotely deleted from their devices without warning will receive a digital copy of the book–with all their annotations still intact--or a $30 credit for Amazon products. Or they can just opt for a $30 check. Considering they paid just 99 cents for the book, it's not such a bad deal for customers. It has, however, been quite the ordeal for Amazon.
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos offered the following apology to customers in an email sent to those affected by the mass deletion:
"This is an apology for the way we previously handled illegally sold copies of 1984 and other novels on Kindle.
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Fangoria Comic Screams Interview with David Hine
19 August 2009 8:07 PM, PDT
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In a Fangoria Comic Screams Exclusive, Fango's Mike Fish goes one-on-one with writer David Hine.
Formerly a writer on major superhero titles like X-men, Civil War, The Brave And The Bold, and Spawn, Hine recently sunk his teeth into the horror genre with the new book Fvza: Federal Vampire And Zombie Agency.
Due out this October, just in time for Halloween, Hine gives Fango the full scoop on the series, the double-sized monthly issues, and what sets it apart from the rest.
A Fangoria Comic Screams Interview With: David Hine
Comic Book: Writer – Fvza: Federal Vampire And Zombie Agency
Radical Comics | Available at Comic Shops Everywhere – October 2009
Fangoria: Welcome to Fangoria, David. Did you bring your fangs for some blood?
David Hine: Never go anywhere without them.
Fangoria: You’ve been writing comics for quite some time now, with some major stints over at Marvel Comics (X-men: The 198 and Civil
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- no-reply@fangoria.com (Mike Fish)
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