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The newly reincarnated U.K. studio Hammer Films has snatched up the rights to the Susan Hill’s horror novel The Woman in Black. The screenplay is scripted by Jane Goldman (Stardust and Kick-Ass) with James Watkins (Eden Lake) being named as director on the project. The story revolves around Arthur Kipps, …

Olivia Wilde is in negotiations to co-star alongside Daniel Craig in Jon Favreau’s Cowboys and Aliens.  Daniel Craig is now confirmed as Zeke Jackson in the film, and was signed after Robert Downey Jr. had to opt out due to scheduling conflicts. Wilde is best known for her role as …

January was a tough month for Sam Raimi with Sony deciding to go a different way with Spider-Man 4 and rebooting the franchise without him. Speculation was that Raimi’s next directing project might be World of Warcraft, but according to IESB, sources close to Raimi say that he is ready …

Arcana Studios, an award winning comic book publisher and transmedia producer, is proud to announce the upcoming graphic novel, KILLING MACHINE, by screenwriter Scott Milam that is currently in production. Killing Machine tells the tale of Franklyn J Hurt, an undercover agent for the Global Crime Task Force sent to …

For the past several years, the Marvel universe has been a dark place. From Avenger Disassembled and Civil War through The Secret Invasion, to the Siege, a dark and dreary atmosphere has permeated Marvel’s comics, but all that is about to change. Beginning in May 2010 with the release of Avengers …

Iron Man 2 rockets into theaters this spring after the fan-favorite Super Hero took the world by storm with his big screen debut two years ago. In 2010, Hasbro recreates the exhilarating action from the most anticipated Super Hero film of the year with its explosive Iron Man 2 toy line. At …

Have you ever imagined yourself as the star of a comic book?  Award-winning writer Mark Millar is offering YOU that chance!  Millar’s upcoming comic book, “Nemesis” (illustrated by Millar’s co-creator, best-selling artist Steven McNiven), is about the fight between America’s smartest cop and the world’s one and only super-villain.  Who …

Samuel L. Jackson will be co-writing a new comic called “Cold Space” as well as lending his likeness to the comic’s main character, according to MTV news. This sci-fi comic focuses on an outlaw who crash-lands on a foreign planet and looks for a way to profit off of a …

The year’s most anticipated video game Mass Effect 2 is released nationwide. In celebration, Dark Horse and Electronic Arts will release the comic to the iPhone mobile comics platform. Mass Effect: Redemption tells the exciting back-story that led up to the events of Mass Effect 2, the eagerly anticipated video game developed by …

Sony Pictures has acquired the film rights to the sci-fi novel series by Jeff Somers, with Trevor Sands to adapt the first book in the series titled ‘The Electric Church’. Jimmy Miller is producing, under the name ‘the Avery Cates Project’ after the book’s main character. Set in the not …