Netflix Is Bringing 'Sense8' Back For A Two-Hour Finale
Despite being cancelled by Netflix, the late Sense8 will return with a two-hour special next year, offering fans a chance to say goodbye.
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'Sense8' Season 2 Images: More Drama, More Action, More Mind-Bending Psychic Stuff
Check out a bunch of new Sense8 season 2 images. J. Michael Straczynski and the Wachowskis' sci-fi drama returns to Netflix May 5.
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Photos: 'Sense8' Sets Season 2 Premiere Date, Confirms Christmas Special
The Sense8 season 2 premiere date is set for summer 2017. But before that, a Sense8 Christmas special drops in December. See the first photos from season 2.
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J. Michael Straczynski's 'Rising Stars' Will Be A Movie
A Rising Stars movie is coming. J. Michael Straczynski will script the film based on his own comic, about superheroes created after an extraordinary event.
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'Red Mars' TV Series Coming To Spike From 'Babylon 5' Creator J. Michael Straczynski
A Red Mars TV series is coming to Spike from Babylon 5 and Sense8 creator J. Michael Straczynski. The sci-fi drama is based on Kim Stanley Robinson's books.
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New 'Sense8' Trailer: The Wachowskis Link Eight Minds
The first Sense8 trailer from Netflix debuts footage from the new series by The Wachowskis, who are exploring a new set of sci-fi ideas.
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Early Buzz: Is The Wachowski's Netflix Series 'Sense8' Worth Watching?
Netflix has premiered the first three episodes of the Wachowskis new Netflix series Sense8, and the first Sense 8 reviews have begun to come online.
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Valiant Gets Funding To Develop Marvel-Style Valiant Comics Movie Universe
Before Marvel Studios was part of Disney, Marvel established a method of developing and packaging its own films in order to retain some control over the characters. Now Valiant Entertainment seems to be trying to do the same thing, by scoring a huge amount of investment capital from DMG Entertainment to develop a Valiant comics movie universe. DMG…
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Daryl Hannah And Naveen Andrews Join Wachowski Series 'Sens8'
The Wachowskis have revealed their Sens8 cast, and the 10-episode Netflix series will feature Daryl Hannah, Naveen Andrews, and Brian J. Smith.
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Details Emerge About The Wachowskis' Globe-Spanning Netflix Series 'Sense8'
Andy and Lana Wachowski's Jupiter Ascending has been getting a lot of attention lately, because that's what happens when you turn America's Sweetheart into Jacobim Mugatu. But it's just one of two major sci-fi projects due from the pair this year. The Wachowskis are also teaming with J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5) on their first small-screen…
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J. Michael Straczynski Teases Mystery Disney Movie, Says Marvel Is "Kicking DC's Clock"
J. Michael Straczynski definitely isn't the first person to notice that Marvel Studios is currently running circles around Warner Bros./DC. However, as a guy who's worked with both companies and written for both comic book publishers, he's in a unique position to say something about it. "I think Marvel is really kicking DC's clock," he…
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Sequel Bits: 'Transformers 4', 'The Fifth Element', 'Harry Potter', 'Cloudy 2'
Luc Besson wants to make another Fifth Element, kind of. Also after the jump: David Heyman comments on the Harry Potter spinoff Dredd finally gets a sequel... in comic book form A new Terminator comic chronicles the end of the war The newest Cloudy 2 clip features a dramatic entrance See No Evil 2 adds Freddy…
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The Wachowskis Take Television Project 'Sens8' To Netflix
Late last year, Andy and Lana Wachowski (The Matrix, Speed Racer, Cloud Atlas) announced the development of their first television project, called Sens8. Working with J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5), the two were putting together a TV series that would potentially see the Wachowskis in the director's chair(s) for an episode or two. Now the show…
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Writing Bits: 'Creature From The Black Lagoon' Starting From Scratch; 'Masters Of The Universe' Gets 'Expendables 2' Scribe, J. Michael Straczynski To Pen 'Shadowman'
Universal isn't giving up on its long-gestating Creature From the Black Lagoon remake. The project's been kicking around in one form or another since the early '80s, but has been pretty quiet the past few years. Now the studio's starting fresh with writer Dave Kajganich. The scribe is no stranger to horror remakes. He was behind…
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Wachwoski Siblings And J. Michael Straczynski Developing TV Series 'Sense8'
It's a good time to be a fan of Andy and Lana Wachowski, aka The Wachowski Siblings, aka Wachowski Starship. Their new film, Cloud Atlas, is not just a massive and impressive undertaking, but an effective achievement with a blissfully humanist conclusion. The pair are doing more interviews and actually making personal appearances to promote…
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'World War Z' Finds A DP In Robert Richardson, Could Begin Shooting As Early As This Month
Once feared to be dead, the silver screen adaptation of Max Brooks' zombie bestseller World War Z has recently sprung back to life stronger than ever. Cinematographer Robert Richardson has just been brought on to serve as DP -- and considering that he's the award-winning eye behind films like Kill Bill, Inglourious Basterds, and Shutter…
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DreamWorks Buys J. Michael Straczynski Script 'Voices From The Dead' About Houdini And Arthur Conan Doyle
One of the most interesting pop culture stories from the early days of the 20th century is the friendship between Harry Houdini and Sherlock Holmes creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Spiritualism was all the rage at the time -- think seances, levitations, speaking to the dead, and so forth, driven in part by people hoping…
Read MoreExclusive First Look: J. Michael Straczynski's 'Superman: Earth One'
Everyone is talking about the recently announced Christopher Nolan-produced David Goyer-written Zack Snyder-directed Superman film project, which will set place during Superman's "early days" with a story which is rumored to follow journalist Clark Kent who is traveling the world "trying to decide if he should, in fact, even become Superman." This week DC Comics…
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J. Michael Straczynski Penning Video Game Adaptation Shattered Union, Still On Paul Greengrass Project
UPDATE: Since publishing this, /Film reader Eneko Ruiz pointed me to Straczynski's own site, where an email he reprints (from Oct 24) suggests that he's not actively working on Silver Surfer. JMS writes: "My guess is that since my draft was closely tied into FF2, which is ancient now, they've struck off in a different…
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Matthew Carnahan Rewriting World War Z
What's going on with the big screen adaptation of Max Brooks' book World War Z? J. Michael Straczynski wrote a screenplay, which seems like over a year ago, and Quantum of Solace helmer Marc Forster has been attached to direct. But aside from comments from Stazzynski or Foster here or there, we really haven't gotten…
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James Cameron To Remake Forbidden Planet?
In October, we told you that Babylon 5 creator an Changeling scribe J. Michael Straczynski was hired by Warner Bros to pen a remake of Forbidden Planet. Now IESB claims that James Cameron is once again eyeing the project. He was at one time attached to it post-Titanic, but nothing came of it. If true,…
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World War Z Will Be A HUGE Scale Zombie Movie
MTV had the opportunity to talk with J. Michael Straczynski about his upcoming adaptation of Max Brooks' World War Z. Straczynski says that it will be the first large scale zombie film. "Most zombie movies to this point have been small, focusing on a few people in a house. And this has got real scare.…
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Marc Forster To Direct World War Z
Paramount has hired Quantum of Solace director Marc Forster to helm World War Z, the big screen adaptation of Max Brooks bestselling novel World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War. The 352 page book chronicles the aftermath of a great zombie-human war. Changeling scribe J Michael Straczynski penned the screenplay, which AICN…
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J. Michael Straczynski To Write Forbidden Planet Remake
Warner Bros has hired J. Michael Straczynski to write a remake of Forbidden Planet. The original saw a group of Earth scientists who are sent some 17 light years away to investigate what happened to a colony of settlers on Altair-4. They find a man with a secret and his daughter who somehow survived a…
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J. Michael Straczynski Developing A Silver Surfer Movie?
20th Century Fox must be expecting Fantastic Four 2 to make some big bucks this weekend. The bad reviews couldn't stop the first film from selling tickets, and it seems like the studio believes they have another box office winner. The LA Times is reporting that Fox has already put a feature spinoff starring The…
Read MorePage 2: Jolie And Eastwood, Borat Censored, 300 On NES, An Inconvenienced Superman And More
What if Zack Snyder's 300 were a NES video game? It would probably look and sound something like this. What do you get when you mash up Superman Returns and Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth? You get An Inconvenienced Superman, a short trailer for a movie that will never be. Someone reedited The Departed into…
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