'Star Trek: Picard' Already Renewed For A Second Season Before Series Premiere In January
CBS has already ordered Star Trek: Picard season 2 before the first season of the show arrives on CBS All Access in January.
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'Star Trek: Picard' Engages Michael Chabon As Official Showrunner
Michael Chabon has assumed command as the Star Trek: Picard showrunner for CBS All Access.
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Martin Scorsese's 'Silence' Gets A Poster, Frank Sinatra Biopic No Longer Happening
Check out the Martin Scorsese Silence poster and new images, ahead of the first trailer debut. Plus, an (unhappy) update on Scorsese's Sinatra.
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'Bob The Musical' Picks Up Songwriter Bret McKenzie And Screenwriter Michael Chabon
Read about the Bob the Musical Bret McKenzie and Michael Chabon news. McKenzie (Muppets) will write songs and Chabon (Spider-Man 2) will rewrite the script.
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TV Bits: 'Girl Meets World', 'Hemlock Grove', 'Masters Of Sex', Darren Aronofsky, Dan Harmon, Channing Tatum
I suppose 32-year-old Ben Savage is technically old enough to have a 13-year-old daughter, but it still feels weird to see him playing the proud dad instead of the confused kid on Girl Meets World, doesn't it? Also after the jump: Darren Aronofsky and HBO ditch Michael Chabon's Hobgoblin FX's The Strain adds John Hurt; Liv…
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Cameron Crowe Lines Up Another Project: 'Beautiful Boy'
Writer/director Cameron Crowe has been quite busy as of late and he's only getting busier. He recently cast Emma Stone in an untitled romantic comedy (likely called Deep Tiki) set in Hawaii. Now reports say he has set the follow-up to that film, too. Crowe is moving forward with Beautiful Boy, based on a novel…
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Sequel Bits: Joss Whedon Wants To Go Smaller With 'The Avengers 2', Plus: 'Beverly Hills Ninja 2', 'John Carter 2', 'Halloween 3D', '[REC]3 Genesis'
Halloween 3D gets cut and Beverly Hills Ninja 2 gets sued, but on a happier note, Joss Whedon has some really good ideas for a theoretical The Avengers 2. After the jump: Andrew Stanton and Michael Chabon are working on John Carter 2 Defying tradition, Joss Whedon wants to go smaller for Avengers 2 Speaking of…
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/Film Visits The Editing Room Of 'John Carter'
On June 20th, I flew to San Francisco to visit Barsoom Studios, in an office building minutes sown the road from Pixar Animation Studios, to see the first footage from John Carter, a big screen adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic sci-fi novel A Princess of Mars. In a screening room, Finding Nemo/Wall-E director Andrew…
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Michael Chabon To Write Disney's 'Magic Kingdom;' Director Jon Favreau Talks Research And Tone
Michael Chabon has now officially been tasked with bringing Disneyland to life in the upcoming Jon Favreau-directed film Magic Kingdom. A few months ago, it was rumored that Chabon, the author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay and screenwriter of Spider-Man 2 and the upcoming John Carter, would be writing the film, described…
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Darren Aronofsky To Direct Pilot Episode Of 'Hobgoblin,' From HBO And Michael Chabon
If you were bummed out when Darren Aronofsky left the directorial chair for The Wolverine, you weren't alone. One of the reasons that I was sad to see him skip out of the job, beyond the fact that I thought he would actually make a very good Wolverine film, was that I've really wanted to…
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Michael Chabon To Write Disney's 'Magic Kingdom' For Jon Favreau?
Last year, Jon Favreau walked away from the Iron Man franchise, allowing Marvel to pass that torch to Shane Black, and took up instead with Disney. At the Mouse House, Mr. Favreau will direct the big-budget film Magic Kingdom, which has been described in basic terms as essentially Night at the Museum in Disneyland. The…
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Michael Chabon Developing 'Hobgoblin,' An HBO Show Featuring Nazi-Busting Magicians
Michael Chabon is a literary star (The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, The Yiddish Policeman's Union) whose novels have mostly managed to escape adaptation to film. Both those novels I cited have been in development, but have yet to yield a film. Wonder Boys is the only prominent adaptation, though Mr. Chabon's first novel, The…
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Andrew Stanton Offers 'John Carter Of Mars' Update
The actors who play the characters in John Carter of Mars have long since left the Red Planet but Oscar-winning director Andrew Stanton is still hard at work. The Disney/Pixar sci-fi action film based on the books by Edgar Rice Burroughs is scheduled for release March 12, 2012 and Stanton recently gave a few updates…
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John Carter Of Mars Begins Shooting This November In Utah
After many years in development, it appears that John Carter of Mars is gearing up to begin production. As you know by now, Finding Nemo and WALL-E director Andrew Stanton will be making his live action feature debut with an adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs' 1917 sci-fi fantasy novel A Princess of Mars. KLS is…
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Michael Chabon's Unused Script For Spider-Man 2 Goes Online (Grab It Quick)
For those who thought my asinine TWBB rant was insanely lowbrow, here's a bit of high brow genre fare to level out the horror. Toasted author Michael Chabon's unused screenplay for Spider-Man 2 is now online over at McSweeney's as a PDF. Grab it here, and do so quick because the site says it will…
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Coen Brothers To Direct Michael Chabon's The Yiddish Policemen's Union
In what will mark their second consecutive film examining the Jewish experience following 2009's A Serious Man, Joel and Ethan Coen will write, direct and produce an adaptation of feted author Michael Chabon's 2007 bestseller The Yiddish Policemen's Union. Mega-producer Scott Rudin, who was behind the Coens's No Country for Old Men as well as…
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