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Television & Film 

Studios Hope New Books Mean New Movie Franchises

July 20, 2017July 19, 2017 Mindy Inlow 569 Views 0 Comments 21 Laps, adaptations, animation, Brown Books for Young Readers, Dan Cohen, Drew Daywalt, faeries, fantasy, Folk of the Air, franchise, Holly Black, Hybrid, Little, live action, Michael De Luca Productions, Oliver Jeffers, series, Shawn Levy, Sony Pictures, The Cruel Prince, The Day The Crayons Came Home, The Day the Crayons Quit, Universal Pictures

Looks like the studios are looking to find new franchises for their younger audiences. Will they have hits on their hands with THE CRUEL PRINCE and THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT?

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Podcast Television & Film 

It’s Your Friendly Neighborhood LEVEL ELEVENTY-SEVEN #120

July 16, 2017July 16, 2017 SciFi4Me Staff 547 Views 0 Comments Iron Man, Jon Favreau, Jon Watts, Level Eleventy-Seven, Marisa Tomei, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Comics, Marvel Studios, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., SciFi4Me Radio, Sony Pictures, Spider-Man, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Tom Holland, Zendaya

In our 120th episode, we spin a web of discussion about the latest Marvel Cinematic Universe adventure, featuring Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, back where he belongs.

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Horror4Me Television & Film 

Simon Pegg & Nick Frost Launch Stolen Picture with SLAUGHTERHOUSE RULEZ

May 23, 2017May 23, 2017 Ann Laabs 1520 Views 0 Comments Comedy-Horror, Cornetto Trilogy, Crispian Mills, Henry Fitzherbert, Hot Fuzz, Nick Frost, Paul, Shaun of the Dead, Simon Pegg, Slaughterhouse Rulez, Sony Pictures, Stolen Picture, The World's End

Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s new production company takes aim at the British Boarding School tradition with Slaughterhouse Rulez, directed by Crispian Mills.

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Television & Film 

VENOM: Tom Hardy to Play Eddie Brock, Fleischer to Direct

May 19, 2017 Jason P. Hunt 996 Views 0 Comments casting news, comic book movie, Eddie Brock, Marvel Comics, Ruben Fleischer, Sony Pictures, Spider-Man, Tom Hardy, Venom

Reports are circulating that Sony is spinning its web around Tom Hardy to play another comic book character, but will he be a hero, anti-hero, or a villain?

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Television & Film 

Imagine Entertainment and Sony Buy Sci-Fi Adaptations

April 11, 2017 Mindy Inlow 842 Views 0 Comments adaptations, afterlife, Amazon, Brian Grazer, Daniel Stewart, Fragment, Imagine Entertainment, Josh Bratman, Marcus Sakey, Noah Griffith, Ron Howard, sci-fi, short film, Sony Pictures, The Story Factory, thriller

Studios purchase the new and the old. Upcoming release AFTERLIFE is going to Imagine Entertainment while two-year-old short, FRAGMENT, goes to Sony.

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Television & Film 

Will The Real Robin Hood Please Stand Up?

March 13, 2017March 13, 2017 Mindy Inlow 989 Views 1 Comment Appian Way, Disney, Dreamworks, dystopian, Hollywood Gang Productions, Jamie Fox, Lionsgate, Margo Robbie, Marian, Merry Men, Nottingham & Hood, Robin Hood, Robin Hood 2058, Robin Hood: Orgins, Sherwood Forest, Sony Pictures, Taron Egerton, Tony Lee, Warner Bros.

It’s all about location, location, location. For Hollywood, that happens to be in Sherwood Forest.

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Television & Film 

There Is A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC At Sony

March 1, 2017February 28, 2017 Mindy Inlow 644 Views 0 Comments A Darker Shade of Magic, adaptations, book adaptation, fantasy, G-Base Productions, Gerard Butler, Neal Moritz, Sony Pictures, V.E. Schwab, Victoria Schwab, Young Adult

Sony teams Gerard Butler and Neal Moritz for A DARKER SHADE OF MAGIC.

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Horror4Me Television & Film 

Spooked Paramount Drops Horror Films, Sony Jumps Into The Game

February 9, 2017February 9, 2017 Mindy Inlow 949 Views 0 Comments /reddoor, Ad Astra, Brad Pitt, film, Friday the 13th, horror, Horror4Me, James Gray, movies, Paramount, Sony Pictures, thriller, World War Z 2

After a box office fail, Paramount drops FRIDAY THE 13TH and WORLD WAR Z 2 from their schedule. However, Sony decides to play with new script, /REDDOOR.

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Gaming Podcast Television & Film 

ECHO CHAMBER: The RESIDENT EVIL Franchise

February 5, 2017April 2, 2017 Ann Laabs 1119 Views 0 Comments Apocalypse, Echo Chamber, Milla Jovovich, Playstation, podcast, Resident Evil, SciFi4Me Radio, Sony Pictures, T-Virus, Umbrella Corporation, Video Games, zombie apocalypse, zombies

The gang gathers to discuss the history and current status of the RESIDENT EVIL franchise? Has it played out?

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Gaming Television & Film 

Tim Miller to Produce SONIC THE HEDGEHOG

November 1, 2016 Jason P. Hunt 668 Views 0 Comments animation, Blur Studio, CGI, Jeff Fowler, Sega, Sonic the Hedgehog, Sony, Sony Pictures, Tim Miller

No longer attached to the DEADPOOL sequel, director Tim Miller is working up a new adaptation of a classic video game for Sony.

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Television & Film 

Astronaut Scott Kelly Biopic in the Works

September 15, 2016 Jason P. Hunt 593 Views 0 Comments adaptations, Amy Pascal, astronaut, books, International Space Station, NASA, Scott J. Kelly, Sony Pictures

Astronaut Scott Kelly’s record-setting time in space, the subject of his upcoming memoir, already has a film deal in place with Sony Pictures.

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Podcast Television & Film 

Who You Gonna Call? SciFi4Chicks Takes On GHOSTBUSTERS

September 11, 2016September 11, 2016 SciFi4Me Staff 541 Views 0 Comments Chris Hemsworth, feminism, Ghostbusters, ghosts, Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Paul Feig, podcasts, reboot, Remakes & Reboots, SciFi4Chicks, SciFi4MeRadio, Sequels, Sony Pictures

SciFi4Chicks takes on GHOSTBUSTERS, the bias of nostalgia, and the idea of supporting female-led movies for the sake of female roles.

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Reviews Television & Film 

GHOSTBUSTERS Good Fun, Childhoods Remain Unruined

July 15, 2016 Kelly Luck 594 Views 0 Comments Chris Hemsworth, Columbia Pictures, comedy, film, Ghostbusters, ghosts, Kate McKinnon, Katie Dippold, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, Melissa McCarthy, movie, Neil Casey, Paul Feig, reboots, review, Sony Pictures

The new GHOSTBUSTERS manages to preserve the spirit of the originals while being very much its own story.

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Television & Film 

The Rock is the New Doc: Dwayne Johnson to Play DOC SAVAGE

May 30, 2016October 22, 2016 Jason P. Hunt 740 Views 0 Comments casting news, Doc Savage, Dwayne Johnson, movies, pulp fiction, reboot, Shane Black, Sony Pictures, superhereos, The Man of Bronze, The Rock

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is set to star as The Man of Bronze in Shane Black’s new version of DOC SAVAGE.

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Books Television & Film 

Viking Winnick Heads to THE DARK TOWER

April 27, 2016June 26, 2016 Jason P. Hunt 495 Views 0 Comments adaptations, Brian Grazer, casting news, Idris Elba, Katheryn Winnick, Ron Howard, Sony Pictures, Stephen King, The Dark Tower, The Gunslinger

THE DARK TOWER moves forward with the addition of VIKINGS star Katheryn Winnick in an unspecified role.

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