When Sinister director Scott Derrickson was hired to direct Doctor Strange for Marvel Studios, we first wondered if his co-conspirator C. Robert Cargill might end up writing the latest draft of the movie. That wasn't to be, and Jon Spaihts ended up getting the Strange gig instead. But the director and writer of Sinister now…
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Sci-fi writer Harlan Ellison is suing New Regency over Andrew Niccol's In Time, claiming that the film is a ripoff of his story "'Repent, Harlequin!' Said the Ticktockman." Ellison has a reputation for being lawsuit-happy -- in the past, he's successfully sued to get a credit on The Terminator after claiming the movie was based…
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Harlan Ellison is a notoriously prickly fellow. Aside from his many works, Ellison is infamous for his decade-long feud with Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry after he rewrote much of Ellison's only Trek episode, "The City on the Edge of Forever." Now that the franchise is in the hands of J.J. Abrams, Ellison is offering…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: You probably know Alex Proyas as the director of films like The Crow, Dark City, Garage Days, I Robot and Knowing, but for the next week and a half the filmmaker has agreed to become a guest blogger on /Film. I asked Alex to blog about some of his influences, and you can…
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Dreams with Sharp Teeth, a twenty-six-years-in-the-making bio-doc on the life, times, rants, and raves of science fiction writer/raconteur Harlan Ellison directed by Erik Nelson, is a perfect primer for anyone unfamiliar with Ellison's contributions to the written word, television, and film. Be forewarned, though, Nelson gives Ellison free reign to express his dissatisfaction about anything…
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