• Fox Orders New 'Global Frequency' TV Pilot Based On Warren Ellis Comic Series

    The Warren Ellis-penned comic book series Global Frequency is getting its third shot at television. A decade ago, The WB tried to set a Global Frequency TV series in motion, shooting a pilot based on the comic about an organization that attempts to protect the world from the influence of covert government actions. But the show…

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  • Nick Cave Really Wants To Score A Horror Film

    Nick Cave is a killer rock songwriter, and he and creative partner Warren Ellis have crafted a significant identity as a film scoring duo. Their music for The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is among the great western film scores, and they've done excellent music for films such as The Proposition and Lawless.…

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  • Movie Trailer #2: Red

    I know there's resistance to Red based on the fact that the film looks quite a bit different from the Warren Ellis comics upon which it is based. I haven't read the comic, so can only approach the film based on what I see -- and I really enjoy the stuff we've been shown so…

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  • Movie Trailer: Red

    I would never have guessed that the director of Flightplan and The Time Traveler's Wife might turn out the most entertaining-looking under the radar comic book adaptation of this summer. But I grinned all the way through the trailer for Robert Schwentke's Red, which adapts Warren Ellis' graphic novel about a group of retired CIA…

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  • Trainspotting's John Hodge Rewriting Guy Ritchie's King Arthur Project

    The last time we talked about Guy Ritchie's King Arthur movie, it was suggested that a new script was going to be called for, superceding the Warren Ellis draft and now, we've found out who the new writer will be. The lucky winner is John Hodge, probably most famous for having written Danny Boyle's Shallow…

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  • Guy Ritchie Attached To The Warren Ellis Version Of Excalibur

    You may recall that, last year, Warren Ellis mentioned he was working on a treatment for an Arthurian film that may or may not be a remake of Excalibur. Now Warner Bros. has evidently attached a director to the film: Guy Ritchie, ready for more adventure after scoring a success with Sherlock Holmes. Pajiba reports…

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  • Legendary Pictures Brings The Warren Ellis Comic Series Gravel To The Screen

    Constantine didn't entirely work out as a franchise starter or as an adaptation of its source material, the comic Hellblazer. But there's room for more than one supernatural solider or detective on screens. So Legendary Pictures, which loves to develop comic book movies (recent Batman and Superman films, 300, Watchmen, Jonah Hex) has picked up…

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  • Warren Ellis Writing Arthurian Movie...Or An Excalibur Remake

    Prolific writer Warren Ellis has a post on his site today that mentions a project he didn't get a chance to talk about while doing press for his Marvel Anime projects at Comic Con. He has penned a draft of an Arthurian movie for Hollywood Gang, the outfit that optioned his graphic novel Ocean and…

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  • Morgan Freeman Joins The Big Screen Adaptation Of Warren Ellis' Red

    Morgan Freeman is in talks to star alongside Bruce Willis in a big screen adaptation of Warren Ellis’ Wildstorm comic book Red for Summit Entertainment. The three-issue mini-series is about a former black-ops CIA agent who is forced out of retirement when a high-tech assassin shows up to kill him. The official comic description from…

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  • Warren Ellis' Red And Ocean Headed To The Big Screen

    Comic Book writer Warren Ellis is finally headed to the big screen. Summit Entertainment (Twilight) announced this morning, a big screen adaptation of Ellis’ Red, about a former black-ops CIA agent who is forced out of retirement when a high-tech assassin shows up to kill him. The comic, first published as a three-issue mini-series by…

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