Tag "Stephen King"

Spielberg to Produce Microsoft’s ‘Halo’ Series

May 21, 2013 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Steven Spielberg will exec produce a live-action TV series based on the popular video game franchise Halo for Microsoft’s new console Xbox One. The series will include exclusive interactive Xbox One content that is created in partnership with 343 Industries and Xbox Entertainment Studios, says The Hollywood Reporter. Halo was [...]

Gang of Seven to Use $100M China Fund for ‘Biker Mice’ Movie

July 28, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

Gang of Seven Animation has announced a new $100 million Animation Film Fund in partnership with the Chinese Government. One of the first films slated to be financed through the fund is a reboot of the 1990s popular animated television series Biker Mice from Mars, which ran from 1992-1996 and again [...]

Comic-Con: ‘Dapper Men,’ ‘Wilson’ Tie for Key Eisner Award

July 25, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The Will Eisner Comic Book Industry Awards ended for the first time in a tie, with the Best Graphic Album-New award going to two books: Return of the Dapper Men, by Jim McCann and Janet Lee, and Wilson, by Dan Clowes of Ghost World fame. The awards, presented to recognize the [...]

Universal Decides Against Building ‘Dark Tower’

July 19, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The plug has been pulled on The Dark Tower. Universal Studios has passed on a previously announced ambitious plan to adapt the popular Stephen King book series into three movies and two runs of television, apparently because the studio’s new owners balked at the high cost of the project, reports [...]