Friday, September 01, 2006
Bombs Away for Jackson's "Dambusters" ...
The word from both Universal and StudioCanal is that WW II actioner "Dambusters", is now officially in feature development for producer Peter "King Kong" Jackson, Jan Blenkin and Carolynne Cunningham through Jackson's WingNut Films production company.Jackson associate Christian Rivers, animation director on Jackson's "King Kong" will make his directing debut on "Dambusters", based on the 1943 Allied air raid on three Axis dams essential to the enemy's steel industry. The story was subsequently developed into a novel by author Paul "The Great Escape" Brickhill and produced as a 1955 feature.
Production will begin summer 2007, targeting a 2008 release, working with a budget in the range of $30 million-$40 million. David Frost and Ken Kamins exec produce with Uiversal distributing worldwide and StudioCanal handling France.
Premise of the story follows a group of airmen pulled from the ranks of the Royal Air Force for a top-secret mission to fly deep behind enemy lines.
Jackson's Weta Digital/Weta Workshop will provide CG effects.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
"Bozo Jr" and the "Baby Stooges"
According to web reports, the late Jim Henson created a revitalizing trend in 1984, introducing a new 'baby' genre with the 'Muppet Babies' in "The Muppets Take Manhattan".This was followed by Walt Disney Company's "Disney Babies", Warner Bros. "Tiny Toons Adventures", "Baby Looney Tunes" and Hanna-Barbera's "The Flintstone Kids" and "A Pup Named Scooby Doo".
Larry Harmon Pictures Corp. is now trying to relaunch their "Bozo the Clown " franchise with "Bozo's Clown Babies" and "Bozoo Animals".
The "Baby Stooges" animated series is also being developed for 2008.
The "Bratz Babyz" toy product line, debuts next month with the release of the Fox DVD "Bratz Babyz: The Movie".
Wayan Bros. Entertainment recently produced "Thugaboo", based on the adventures of brothers Shawn, Marlon & Keenan Ivory Wayans, growing up in the inner city. First episode is titled "Sneaker Madness".
Also in the works is a "Marvel Babies" comic book series, with a toyline spin-off.
There's Some "Thing" Happening Here ...
The 'Hulk' will square off against the 'Thing' in the episode "Hard Knocks", for the Cartoon Network's "Fantastic Four", first season animated series.Cartoon Network had originally scheduled "Doomsday" to kick off the series, but the first episode will be "Trial By Fire," featuring 'Ronan the Accuser'.
'Doctor Doom' will be introduced in the second episode.
Actor Paul Dobson plays both Doom and the 'Mole Man'.
There will be an episode where Doom launches the 'Baxter Building' into space.
The cover to the comic book "Fantastic Four" #1 will be replicated in the show.
The series will feature "modern interpretations" of FF lore.
The 'anime' feel of the show, including the spray painted '4' on the Thing's chest, was developed by French studio Moonscope, co-producers of the Marvel TV series.
Hurt and McDowell In "Masters of Science Fiction"
Vancouver production shooting of the TV anthology series "Masters of Science Fiction", features 6 episodes, hosted by physicist/author Stephen Hawking"A Clean Escape" is set in a post-apocalyptic near future, starring Emmy winning actor Judy "Life With Judy Garland" Davis as a psychiatrist trying to help her patient Sam "Law and Order" Waterston recover from a lapsed memory;
"Jerry Was A Man" stars Anne "Men In Trees" Heche and Malcolm "Clockwork Orange" McDowell as a wealthy couple who acquire an 'anthropoid' named 'Jerry';
"The General Zapped an Angel" stars Terry "Lost" O'Quinn and Elizabeth "Angel" Rohm. Premise follows a group of soldiers who discover a body that is not of this earth;
"Little Brother" stars Clifton "Capote" Collins Jr and Kimberly "Close To Home" Elise, as members of a future society where justice is meted out without judges and juries;
"Watchbird" stars Sean "24" Astin and James "Six Feet Under" Cromwell, set in a "Minority Report" type world, where androids can prevent killings before they can happen;
"The Discarded", stars Brian "Our Fathers" Dennehy and John "Aliens" Hurt, in a story focusing on a group of people, sentenced to drift in space for eternity;
Must Be The Season of the "Witchblade" ...
Sneak peek Top Cow Comics' new 'Sara Pezzini' bust, featuring the possessed, female cop character from the "Witchblade" comic book series."Witchblade" was previously produced as a TNT, Toronto-shot TV series.
Now Ryan Kavanaugh, CEO of Relativity Media, David Lee and Steven Squillante, partners of IDG Films, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg, chairman of Platinum Studios and Arclight Films have arranged financing to bring Top Cow Productions' "Witchblade" to the big screen.
Production will start with two feature films, shot back-to-back.
"Witchblade" will be produced through IDG Films, Relativity Media and Platinum Studios, in association with Top Cow Productions.
Arclight Films will handle foreign sales.
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