New Line Heads For "The Great Unknown"

Image Comics' 2009 'lowfi-scifi' mini-series "The Great Unknown", by writer/illustrator Duncan Rouleau is in development as a New Line feature film, to be adapted by Michael Starrbury for director Jorma Taccone ("MacGruber"). Producers are Mark Gordon, Jennifer Todd and studio supervisor Drew Simon :

"...everything 'Zach Feld' imagines - impossibly - shows up somewhere else. It's as if someone is reading his mind and selling his incredible thoughts to the highest bidder. His friends and family think Zach is a freeloader with delusions of grandeur - making up one weird story after another to defend his directionless life. They might be right. But when Zach begins to dig deeper into the mystery, he discovers that they might be very, very wrong. Has someone been sneaking around inside Zach's mind...?"

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Target Kids "The Avengers"

Sneak Peek a new commercial for Target stores, featuring Marvel Comics superheroes as kids, in support of the upcoming launch of Disney's "The Avengers" in 3D, May 4, 2012 :

"...Marvel Studios presents in association with Paramount Pictures 'Marvel’s The Avengers'–the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes 'Iron Man', 'The Incredible Hulk', 'Thor', 'Captain America', 'Hawkeye' and 'Black Widow'.

"When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, 'Nick Fury', Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as 'S.H.I.E.L.D.', finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins..."

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"The Art Of The Mass Effect Universe"

Thanks to BigGameHunter, Sneak Peek illustrations from the Dark Horse/BioWare hardcover book "The Art of the Mass Effect Universe", by Casey Hudson and Derek Watts, based on the video game series by Canadian developer BioWare.

"...featuring concept art and commentary by BioWare on the games' characters, locations, vehicles, weapons, 'The Art of the Mass Effect Universe' is the most complete companion available to gaming's most compelling series, the 'Mass Effect' trilogy..."

"Mass Effect', the series of sci-fi action role-playing video games developed by BioWare for the Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows and PlayStation 3, was first released in 2007, beginning with a 'player-created' character named 'Commander Shepard' and his/her mission to save the galaxy from a race of mechanical beings known as the 'Reapers' and its followers, including 'Saren Arterius'.

The first game sees Shepard facing 'Sovereign', a Reaper left as a vanguard, who plans to allow the Reaper fleet currently hibernating in extra-galactic dark space to invade the 'Milky Way'and destroy all sapient organic life, continuing a mysterious cycle of destruction.

The second game takes place two years later, and sees Shepard battling the 'Collectors', an alien race abducting entire human colonies in a plan to help the Reapers return to the Milky Way.

The third and final game centers on the final battle against the Reapers.

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"Danger Girl: Revolver" - April 4, 2012

IDW Publishing's "Danger Girl: Revolver #3, available April 4, 2012, is written by Andy Hartnell and illustrated by Chris Madden, with covers by Madden and J. Scott Cambpell :

"...while on target to recover a missing Peruvian treasure, 'Abbey Chase' encounters a deadly new rival who may beat her to the punch. Will Abbey reach it first, or will the sudden involvement of Peru's most powerful villains prompt her to stand clear of the inevitable explosion...?"

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Producers Exploring "Allan Quartermain" Novels

Sonar Entertainment and Ecosse Films ("Camelot") will team up for a $30 million, 10-part action-adventure TV series based on author H. Rider Haggard's 'Allan Quatermain' novels.

The adaptations will be scripted by Richard Kurti and Bez Doyle.

Quatermain is the protagonist of H. Rider Haggard's 1885 novel "King Solomon's Mines" and its various prequels and sequels, characterized as an English-born professional big game hunter and occasional trader in southern Africa, who supports colonial efforts to spread civilization in the 'Dark Continent', though he also favours native Africans' having a say in their affairs.

Quatermain is an imperial outdoorsman who finds English cities and climate unbearable. He prefers to spend most of his life in Africa, where he grew up under the care of his widower father, a Christian missionary. Native Africans refer to Quatermain as 'Macumazahn' ("Watcher-by-Night") a reference to his nocturnal habits and 'keen instincts'.

Quatermain is frequently accompanied by his native servant, the Hottentot 'Hans', a wise and caring family retainer from his youth.

The book series spans 50 years of Quatermain's life, from ages 18 to 68 and is considered the public domain 'inspiration' for George Lucas' 'Indiana Jones' character.

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