Something wicked this way comes and we get a look at it, plus Marc Silvestri
cashes a check, the Thunder God may be on the skinny side, plus "Smallville,"
"Dragonball Z," "Transformers 2" and more.
In the battle of box office receipts, Robert Downey Jr. still reigns supreme for the
second week in a row, despite Emile Hirsch's high speed antics and psychedelic
special effects.
Eric Stoltz (SCI FI Channel's Triangle) has signed on to star opposite Esai Morales in SCI FI's two-hour Battlestar Galactica prequel pilot Caprica, while Frances Fisher has been tapped for an eight-episode arc on Eureka, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
ABC is zeroing in on a series pickup of David E. Kelley's time-travel drama pilot Life on Mars, starring Jason O'Mara, with October Road creators Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec and Scott Rosenberg coming in as executive producers and ABC Studios as a co-producer with 20th Century TV, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Platinum Studios, Top Cow Productions and Arclight Films will team on a live-action feature adaptation of Witchblade, based on the Top Cow comic-book franchise, Variety reported.
Peter Fonda has joined the cast of SCI FI Channel's upcoming two-hour pilot Revolution, about a planet colonized by humans, Mark Stern, executive vice president of original programming, told SCI FI Wire.
Ben Barnes, who plays the heroic title character in the upcoming sequel The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, told SCI FI Wire that he starts out as a bit of a tragic character because of his sad upbringing in the land of Telmarine.
Sheriff Jack Carter will find a love interest on SCI FI Channel's original series Eureka in the upcoming third season--and so will his automated house, S.A.R.A.H., producers told SCI FI Wire. (Possible spoilers ahead!)
Elisabeth Moss, who appears in an episode of NBC's upcoming horror anthology series Fear Itself, told SCI FI Wire she had to learn how to hold a gun and do some stunts for the role.
Jake Weber, who plays a father on NBC's Medium, told SCI FI Wire that he's completed production on She Lived, a supernatural thriller movie in which he also plays a concerned dad.
Kelly Preston, whose guest role on NBC's Medium wraps up in the season finale on May 12, told SCI FI Wire that she's willing to return next season no matter the ultimate fate of her scheming character.
Speed Racer stalled in its opening weekend behind returning superhero Iron Man, the Associated Press reported. Speed, from the Wachowski brothers, debuted in second place on the May 9 weekend, taking in only about $20.2 million against a budget estimated at $120 million.
The first ever Seattle DC Nation yielded some interesting info, such as a "yes" to a
Batwoman series, Peter Pan's "Fables" status and a Lex Luthor / Swamp Thing
team-up.
The Mondo Marvel panel at ECCC was filled with lots of laughs, a few (false)
tears, and the shocking revelation of Brian Bendis’ bathroom reading habits.
Richard Starkings, Jay Faerber and Robert Kirkman tease a variety of upcoming
Image Comics projects (complete with massive art gallery), all from the comfort of
a couch.
Lots of new books on Top Cow’s slate, including the second Pilot Season slew of
titles, this summer's "Broken Trinity" event and...another Darkness video game?
CBR News has learned that comic book great Gene Colan was hospitalized this
past week due to various health complications resulting from liver failure.
Atomic Comics owner Mike Malve stops by to tell CBR readers what happened after the Image Founders signing on FCBD, plus we've got a new gallery of pics from the event and...the most collectible set of plates ever?
It was a busy week on the editorial side that saw Keith Giffen return to column duties and reviews for big releases like "The Invincible Iron Man" #1, "Secret Invasion" #2, "House of Mystery" #1 and more.