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Archive for June, 2010
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Kim Harrison chat
Posted on June 30, 2010 | No CommentsBack in March when Kim Harrison was promoting Black Magic Sanction, she stopped by the Barnes and Noble boards for a quick chat about all things Hollows. For those of […] -
Hugo Cabret rounds out cast
Posted on June 30, 2010 | 2 Comments“I want you to picture yourself sitting in the darkness, like the beginning of a movie. … You will eventually spot a boy amid the crowd, and he will start […] -
James Rollins’ Sigma Force series optioned
Posted on June 30, 2010 | 1 CommentVeteran producer Dino De Laurentiis (Manhunter, U-571) has acquired the rights to the entire series of James Rollins’ Sigma Force novels (six in all so far, with a seventh on […] -
Walter Mitty remake in the works
Posted on June 30, 2010 | No CommentsA remake of the 1947 film “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, itself based on James Thurber’s classic short story, is underway at Twentieth Century Fox. The studio is agressively […] -
Book trailer for Tonya Hurley’s ‘ghostgirl: Lovesick’
Posted on June 30, 2010 | No CommentsI think this is the best book trailer I’ve seen yet… -
FBI Agent’s memoir snapped up
Posted on June 29, 2010 | 1 CommentThe rights to Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World’s Stolen Treasures, by former FBI agent Robert K. Wittman, were snapped up by Graham King’s GK Films just […] -
Pretty Little Liars picked up for 12 more eps
Posted on June 29, 2010 | No CommentsProving once again the timeless appeal of teen soaps, ABC Family has ordered 12 more episodes of Pretty Little Liars, the series based on the bestselling young adult books by […] -
Trailer for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Posted on June 29, 2010 | No CommentsDoesn’t it make you want to read all the books again? -
Trailer for Never Let Me Go
Posted on June 28, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe movie, adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel Never Let Me Go, is directed by Mark Romanek, and stars Keira Knightley, Carrie Mulligan, and Andrew Garfield. It’s already being called the next Children […] -
The writer who lost his ability to read (but kept writing)
Posted on June 28, 2010 | 1 CommentThis is the wild true story of Canadian mystery writer Howard Engel – he literally woke up one morning and couldn’t read his morning paper. NPR created a video to […]