DreamWorks reports it will develop author Daphne du Maurier's 1938, romantic suspense novel "Rebecca" for the big screen, with writer Steven Knight ("Eastern Promises") adapting a new screenplay.
"Rebecca' was previously adapted by director Alfred Hitchcock for producer David O. Selznick, in the 1940 feature starring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine and George Sanders.
"..when a naive young woman marries a rich widower and settles in his gigantic mansion, she finds the memory of his first wife 'Rebecca' maintaining a grip on her husband and the household servants..."
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According to reports, the classic 1970's sci fi TV series "Space: 1999", created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson will be updated as a new series under the more 'contemporary' title of "Space: 2099", from HDFilms ("V").
"Science fiction is a powerful format capable of visualizing the human condition in thought-provoking ways," said Jace Hall, president of HDFilms, who will executive produce the new show with ITV Studios International.
The original British-produced TV series ran from 1975 to 1977.
In the opening episode, nuclear waste from Earth stored on the Moon's far side explodes in a catastrophic accident, September 13, 1999, knocking the Moon out of orbit and sending it and the 311 inhabitants of 'Moonbase Alpha' hurtling into space.
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DC Entertainment reports that the new comic book series, "Smallville Season 11", continuing the CW TV series that ended May 2011, will be scripted by former "Smallville" series writer Bryan Q. Miller. Illustrators for the new series are print cover artist Gary Frank, digital cover artist Cat Staggs and interior artist Pere Perez.
"Six months after 'Clark Kent' donned the cape and took to the skies to save Earth from 'Apokolips', enter 'Season 11'," said writer Miller.
The series will be published digitally April 13, 2012, with new digital chapters released every week. Online chapters will also be offered in a print periodical, along with an episode guide to the "Smallville" TV series. The first print issue will be released, May 16 2012.
The graphic novel picks-up where the "Smallville" TV series ended (with 'Clark Kent' officially becoming the costumed 'Superman'), including the characters 'Oliver Queen' aka 'Green Arrow', 'Chloe Sullivan' aka 'Queen', 'Lois Lane', 'Lex Luthor' and 'General Lane'.
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Sneak Peek the new 'xenomorph' cover art for SEGA's upcoming video game "Aliens: Colonial Marines", adapting the 1986 feature film "Aliens" by director James Cameron, introducing a gung-ho group of interplanetary soldiers.
The first-person 'shooter' for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, is also based on characters/creatures of the first "Alien" movie by director Ridley Scott.
"'Aliens' is one of the most influential science fiction properties of all time,” said Randy Pitchford, President of Gearbox Software.
"Designed as an interactive successor to the landmark films from Twentieth Century Fox, this is a dream project about which our studio is deeply committed and passionate."
The squad-based "Aliens: Colonial Marines" has the player control four 'Colonial Marines', each with a different personality and primary weapon.
Additional weapons including flamethrower, 'pulse rifle', 'smartgun', pistol, and various types of grenades.
The player controls one marine at a time, issuing orders to others using 'context-sensitive' commands, able to switch between characters at any time.
Players can also control particular locations using tactical positioning and turrets to fend off attacks.
Primary enemies in the game are 'Aliens' that will attempt to outflank the player, forcing the use of tactical combat.
Several different types of Aliens will appear and attack differently, with 'Facehuggers' attempting to attach themselves to the player character's face.
'Warrior Aliens' are the primary enemies, based on the designs of artist HR Giger, established in the "Alien" feature films.
'Scouts' are faster and will spy on the player characters' activities. 'Drones' will primarily carry and position eggs and work into the heart of the 'Hive' serving the 'Queen'.
The story of "Aliens: Colonial Marines" is scripted by "Battlestar Galactica" writers Bradley Thompson and David Weddle, with events of the game, set after the feature "Alien 3".
"...A 'Colonial Marine' search and rescue team has been sent to investigate the 'USS Sulaco' in search of 'Ellen Ripley', 'Corporal Dwayne Hicks' and the rest of the missing marines who were dispatched to 'LV-426'..."
The development team also recreated the vehicles of the original films.
Concept artist Syd Mead, who worked on "Aliens", was hired to design areas of the Sulaco ship that did not appear in the film but will play in the game.
In development since 2006, "Aliens: Colonial Marines" will be released Fall 2012.
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Actress Mary Elizabeth Winstead ("Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter"), has been cast as the lead in the upcoming feature "The Darkness", to be directed by Daniel Stamm ("The Last Exorcism").
The screenplay by Megan Holley ("Sunshine Cleaning") adapts author Henry James' 1898 ghost story "The Turn of the Screw".
The new story will follow an American student working for a tutor in an English manor house who becomes convinced that she and the children in her care are being haunted.
Producers are Joe Neurauter, Felipe Marino and Ben Forkner, targeting a European start, Summer 2012.
DreamWorks reports it will develop author Daphne du Maurier's 1938, romantic suspense novel "Rebecca" for the big screen, with writer Steven Knight ("Eastern Promises") adapting a new screenplay.
"Rebecca' was previously adapted by director Alfred Hitchcock for producer David O. Selznick, in the 1940 feature starring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine and George Sanders.
"..when a naive young woman marries a rich widower and settles in his gigantic mansion, she finds the memory of his first wife 'Rebecca' maintaining a grip on her husband and the household servants..."
