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British film director and writer Anthony Minghella has died aged 54.
Minghella’s films included The English Patient - which earned him an Oscar for best director in 1997 - as well as Truly, Madly, Deeply and Cold Mountain.
He had an operation for a growth in his neck last week and the operation seemed to have gone well. But he had a fatal haemorrhage early on Monday.
Our sympathies go out to Mr Minghella’s family.
Posted in Movies •
Terry Pratchett’s first Discworld novel, The Colour of Magic, adapted for TV by Mob Films is to screen Easter weekend on Sky One in the UK.
Speaking to the Guardian, Pratchett said “When Mob Films called, I nearly said no because I hadn’t heard of them. And then they had another go and I said, ‘Look, we’re going to have a nice chat, get along very well, have a nice dinner and then your head will burst open and the tentacles will come out.’ And they said: ‘Oh no. We’re very nice people.’ And I said: ‘Everyone says that. No one says they’re bastards.’ Fortunately, there was a total absence of tentacles. It was rather like a family - rows, sulks, people shouting at each other - but no tentacles, which is the important thing.”
You can read the complete interview here and read about the adaptation here.
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Posted in Books & Comics, Television •
According Sci-Fi Wire, Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 masterpiece The Seven Samurai is on the cards for an update thanks to screenwriter John Fusco. Fusco has turned down the project several times from Harvey Weinstein but recently changed his mind.
“Harvey offered me the project a couple of times, and I didn’t think it was a good idea for obvious reasons. It’s hallowed ground. Finally, we met and explored the idea of setting it in a more contemporary setting among contractors like the Blackwater guys. Suddenly, it felt very relevant and real.”
Posted in Movies •
Following the news from December last year that Peter Berg is attached to direct a bigscreen version of Frank Herbert’s classic sci-fi novel Dune for Paramount Pictures, Variety writes that the adaptation is now moving ahead.
The project is out to writers, with the producers looking for a faithful adaptation of the Hugo- and Nebula Award-winning book. The filmmakers consider its theme of finite ecological resources particularly timely.
New Amsterdam’s Richard Rubenstein, who produced Sci Fi’s Dune and sequel Children of Dune, is producing alongside Sarah Aubrey of Film 44, Berg’s production banner. John Harrison and Mike Messina will executive produce.
Paramount envisions the project as a tentpole film.
Posted in Movies •
Hulk Is Hero. It has been a long and hard two years for director Louis Letterier. To bring The Incredible Hulk to the screen was not only only a huge task in terms of scale but also in terms of a media and fanbase who were protective over a character they felt had been misconstrued […]
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I am a little leary of the situation. The truth will come out when, and if the US economy, and the dollar begins to strengthen. If prices remain high, you’ll know someone is lying. Either OPEC doesn’t have the supply they claim they have, or Analysts are incorrect when they say demand has decreased. Personally, I don’t buy the claim that demand has decreased. Population is ever increasing, so, the the demand should always be increasing. 
- jangofett101
