by Borys Kit, Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Sam Raimi is boarding MGM’s Poltergeist.
The filmmaker, who got his start with the Evil Dead horror movies, will produce the remake of the 1982 film — which Steven Spielberg produced and co-scripted from his original story — with Nathan Kahane, Roy Lee, and Robert Tapert. Continue reading
by Rebecca Ford , Source: The Hollywood Reporter
The musical, which has been on Broadway since 1997, has officially surpassed “The Phantom of the Opera” for the top spot.
There’s a new king on Broadway.
The Lion King, adapted from Disney’s smash 1994 animated movie, has become the all-time highest-grossing show on Broadway, surpassing Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. Continue reading
by Lacey Rose , Source: The Hollywood Reporter
ITV Studios America and HDFILMS, the company behind ABC’s re-imagining of “V,” are prepping a contemporary iteration of the 1970s space franchise.
Space: 2099 is poised for a comeback.
ITV Studios America and HDFILMS announced plans for a re-imagining of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s famed franchise of the 1970s, then called Space: 1999. The news comes months after Fox and producer Seth MacFarlane announced they would be reviving Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey, a 1980s miniseries from Carl Sagan.
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by Borys Kit, Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Patrick Sean Smith, who created the ABC Family show, is jumping into features by writing the script based on Jeff Smith’s comic book. Patrick Sean Smith, who created the ABC Family show Greek, is jumping into features. Smith has been tapped to write Bone, Warner Bros.’ adaptation of the cult-favorite Jeff Smith comic book that now has P.J. Hogan attached to direct.
Dan Lin of Lin Pictures and Animal Logic are producing the adaptation of the fantasy series, the rights to which Warners picked up in 2008. Continue reading
by Philiana Ng, Source: The Hollywood Reporter
The cable network has ordered five more specials of The Nerdist, based on Hardwick’s popular podcast of the same name. The announcement comes weeks after the pilot for the show, hosted by Hardwick and featuring Doctor Who’s Matt Smith and Craig Ferguson, aired in September as part of the network’s newly launched “Ministry of Laughs” comedy block.
The five specials, two 60-minute episodes and three half-hours, will air all through next year, timed to major network events. The first will air on Christmas Eve at 9 p.m. as a one-hour year-end review of pop culture, tech trends and more. Continue reading
by Michael O’Connell, Source: The Hollywood Reporter
The public radio quiz show makes its television debut with a “2011 Year in Review” special in December.
BBC America and National Public Radio announced Wednesday that seasoned quiz show Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me! will get its first television special later in the year.
The Peabody Award-winning program will air a taping of its “2011 Year in Review” special on BBC America, Friday, Dec. 23 at 8:00 p.m. Continue reading
by Ab Zagt, Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Eighteen years after the sudden death of actor River Phoenix, Dutch director George Sluizer says he will finish Dark Blood, the 1993 drama that Phoenix was shooting when he died of a heart attack on Halloween night outside the Viper Room in Los Angeles.
After Phoenix’s death, apparently of a drug overdose, Sluizer took the original Dark Blood footage and kept it hidden fearing, he says, it would be destroyed. The director has now re-edited the material and believes with a few adjustments – using voice over for instance – he can now deliver a final cut of the film for release next year. Continue reading
