• DC Comic 'DMZ' Coming To SyFy From 'Mad Men' And 'Gravity' Producers

    After the second American Civil War, Manhattan is classified an independent demilitarized zone, also referred to as the DMZ. There, a photojournalist is stranded and becomes embroiled in complex politics and warring factions. That's the plot of Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli's DC Comic DMZ, which ran from 2005 to 2012. Now, the story is coming to the…

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  • 'Temple Run' Charging Towards Movie Screens Courtesy Of Warner Bros.

    Briefly: The makers of the mobile game Temple Run didn't invent the "endless runner" by a long shot, but they did nail it with the Indiana Jones-inspired game that casts players as an adventurer on the run from relentless demonic monsters. Temple Run, in fact, is one of those rare success stories that drives legions…

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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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  • Filming Begins On 'Paddington' Starring Colin Firth, Nicole Kidman And Hugh Bonneville

    Another incredibly popular children's book series is getting the big screen treatment. This time it's Paddington, which is about a small bear who travels to London and gets taken in by a kind family. Based on the popular series written by Michael Bond, Oscar-winner Colin Firth will provide the voice of the Paddington bear, Oscar-winner…

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  • Warner Bros. Picks Up 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' Author Seth Grahame-Smith's 'Unholy Night' In Seven-Figure Deal

    Lionsgate's adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's novel Pride & Prejudice & Zombies is still struggling mightily to get off the ground, and Fox's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, based on another Grahame-Smith book, won't be out til next year, but that's apparently not deterring the writer's fans in Hollywood. Warner Bros. has just acquired the screen rights to…

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  • Lionsgate Buys 'Black Swan' Writer Mark Heyman's 'XOXO'

    It's been months since Black Swan co-writer Mark Heyman began shopping his upscale thriller XOXO, but the project has finally found a home at Lionsgate. After months of negotiation, the studio has just finalized a deal to acquire Heyman's spec script, described as "Fatal Attraction for the digital age." As previously reported, Darren Aronofsky and…

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  • 'Harry Potter' Producer To Next Tackle 'The Night Circus'

    David Heyman is the man who brought Harry Potter to the big screen. It was he who took a chance on a young author named J.K. Rowling and her story about a young boy wizard and introduced it to Hollywood. That seemed to work out as he's coming off the eighth and final film of…

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