Saturday, July 25, 2009

Stuff I Almost Missed

Here's a post filled with recent news that I didn't have time to get to as planned....

**A review of the script for Aaron Sorkin's The Facebook film has been posted over at Script Shadow, while one for the proposed film version of the video game "God of War" can be found at CC2K.

**Producer Lloyd Levin has acquired screen rights to Terry Moore's comic book series "Echo" says Variety.

**Three different companies have picked up the film rights to Gil Adamson's 2008 historical novel "The Outlander" says The Hollywood Reporter.

**After spending lots of time in development Hell, a live-action film based on the classic 80's cartoon series Voltron is moving ahead-off of the boffo Transformers-says The Risky Biz Blog.

**Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi have been hired to write "Staycation"a male driven comedy for producer Todd Phillips says Variety.

**John Fusco is set to pen the live-action reboot of the "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" franchise reports Variety. Producers Promise a Dark Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie

**A film adaptation of Jim Collins' 2008 novel "Beginner's Greek is in the pipeline says Variety..

**David Johnson is set to write the thriller The Colony says Variety. Story details are being kept secret, though it has been described as "The Birds" with bugs. Stacy Title and Jonathan Penner came up with the original story pitch. As a former contestant on Survivor: Penner should know a thing or two about bugs.

**Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese confirm they've written a cameo role for Stan Lee into the script for the "Spider-Man 3 " spin-off movie Venom--Get full details...

**Nicole Kidman is attached to star and produce the drama "Little Bee" says Variety.

**The Destroyer Series--a new film version of the Remo Williams: vigilante novel series, is in the works says the Risky Biz Blog

**Writer John Hamburg spoke with IGN Movies last month about his work on the "Little Fockers" script.

**A zombie feature film franchise adaptation of Gary Reed' comic book "Deadworld" is being planned says Variety.

**Screen Gems has picked up the thriller "Beautiful Girl" from Michael Cunningham Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours says Variety

**Another thriller James Robert Smith's novel "The Flock " is headed for the silver screen says The Hollywood Reporter.

**An American version of the popular Argentinean comedy "A Boyfriend for my Wife " is on the way says Variety.

**Universal Pictures got the movie rights to popular children's books series "The Official Home Of Where's Waldo? (a.k.a. "Where's Wally?") says The Hollywood Reporter. The suits have plans to turn the books, which require the reader to find the red-and-white shirted young man hidden somewhere in a crowd of people on every double-page spread, into a live-action family film.

That's it for now....

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