Book Watching Archive

  • Review: When the first trailer came out, I was dubious. Then the reviews started to hit and they were surprisingly good, so I moseyed on in to theaters to see […]

    Tangled – movie review

    Review: When the first trailer came out, I was dubious. Then the reviews started to hit and they were surprisingly good, so I moseyed on in to theaters to see […]

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  • From Variety – Joining the likes of Wonder Woman and The Hulk, another comics superhero is on the hunt for a TV series to call their own: The CW is […]

    DC’s Raven in development at The CW

    From Variety – Joining the likes of Wonder Woman and The Hulk, another comics superhero is on the hunt for a TV series to call their own: The CW is […]

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  • A Beauty and the Beast retelling, the best Olsen twin casting EVER, plus Neil Patrick Harris and a cute couple. SOLD. Based on the book by Alex Flinn, Beastly hits […]

    Beastly – new trailer

    A Beauty and the Beast retelling, the best Olsen twin casting EVER, plus Neil Patrick Harris and a cute couple. SOLD. Based on the book by Alex Flinn, Beastly hits […]

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  • This is the behind the scenes featurette that aired on HBO last night. This show looks epic… Book Jacket: Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons […]

    Inside HBO’s Game of Thrones

    This is the behind the scenes featurette that aired on HBO last night. This show looks epic… Book Jacket: Long ago, in a time forgotten, a preternatural event threw the seasons […]

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  • From DHD – Sony Pictures Entertainment has preemptively bought a pitch from producer Matt Tolmach and writer Craig Fernandez for a modern day retelling of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It’s too early yet […]

    A modern day Frankenstein is being assembled

    From DHD – Sony Pictures Entertainment has preemptively bought a pitch from producer Matt Tolmach and writer Craig Fernandez for a modern day retelling of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It’s too early yet […]

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  • From DHD – And Catherine Hardwick continues her hot streak. Fresh off Red Riding Hood, the Twilight director is closing in on a deal to helm the feature adaptation of […]

    Catherine Hardwick near deal for The Maze Runner

    From DHD – And Catherine Hardwick continues her hot streak. Fresh off Red Riding Hood, the Twilight director is closing in on a deal to helm the feature adaptation of […]

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  • From DHD – Daniel H. Wilson is having a very good year. Not only is Steven Spielberg set to direct a feature adaptation of Wilson’s upcoming book Robopocalypse, but now […]

    Daniel H. Wilson’s AMP lands at Summit

    From DHD – Daniel H. Wilson is having a very good year. Not only is Steven Spielberg set to direct a feature adaptation of Wilson’s upcoming book Robopocalypse, but now […]

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  • Japan’s live action feature adaptation of Hiroya Oku’s popular manga looks completely ridiculous and yet still totally awesome. Since the trailer below doesn’t have subtitles, here’s the general plot: Two students […]

    GANTZ – trailer

    Japan’s live action feature adaptation of Hiroya Oku’s popular manga looks completely ridiculous and yet still totally awesome. Since the trailer below doesn’t have subtitles, here’s the general plot: Two students […]

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  • From Variety – The Hollywood obsession with comics continues, with New-Gen Universe becoming the latest to join the fray. A live action feature adaptation of New-Gen is in the works, with […]

    New-Gen feature adaptation in the works

    From Variety – The Hollywood obsession with comics continues, with New-Gen Universe becoming the latest to join the fray. A live action feature adaptation of New-Gen is in the works, with […]

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  • From THR – Tom Sheppard, a three time Emmy Award winning writer (for animated series Back to the Barnyard and Pinky and the Brain) has optioned the right to Julian F. […]

    The Grounding of Group 6 in development

    From THR – Tom Sheppard, a three time Emmy Award winning writer (for animated series Back to the Barnyard and Pinky and the Brain) has optioned the right to Julian F. […]

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