Edgar Wright To Direct Grasshopper Jungle Adaptation “Grasshopper Jungle” is a coming-of-age tale about an Iowa teen who, along with his friends, causes a deadly plague that unleashes an army of human-sized praying mantises, whose hedonistic lifestyle is admired by the young protagonist. – The Wrap
I’m Loving: Eid Mubarak! It’s Henna Time!
Hello All, Today is Eid (Eid Mubarak!) and I’m writing from the past because I’ll be having too much fun while this goes up (Brunch! Bowling! Lucy!). There are two Eids a year for muslims; this one is called Eid al-Fitr and marks the end of Ramadan. That’s thirty days of fasting (no food or water from…
Queen Kelsea Is Here To Rule
The Queen of The Tearling Erika Johansen HarperCollins *Advance Reviewer’s/Reader’s Copy (ARC)
Forbes’ Top Highest-Paid Actors (and Actresses) List Is Very White And Manly
Forbes released its Highest Paid Actors List yesterday and Robert Downey Jr topped the list with $75 million. Not surprising given his very profitable role as Iron Man in 4 Marvel films, two of which joined the very exclusive billion dollar club. According to Variety: Forbes says it compiles its salary figures based on talks with agents, producers, lawyers…
More Female Friendly Content At This Year’s San Diego Comic Con
According to a Variety article (and the SDCC program), there’s more programming for female geeks than ever before through panels such as Female Heroes, Then And Now and spotlights on female creators like Mimi Pond (Over Easy) and Fiona Staples (Saga).
Mentorship Program For Girls In Animation To Launch in October
According to Variety, Women in Animation will be launching their six month mentorship program in October until March as a pilot program. The goal of the project is to help mentor women in the arts, science and business of the animation industry and their focus will be inclusion of women in the field. The pilot program…
Logan Pictures Options Kelly Thompson’s “The Girl Who Would Be King”
io9 announced Friday that author Kelly Thompson’s book The Girl Who Would Be King will be turned into a movie via Logan Pictures. The book takes on an interesting twist of the superhero mythos about two young women with super powers – Bonnie and Lola – and was more than successful in its Kickstarter campaign in 2012 (at…
Update on the Possible Black Widow Solo Film
Latino Review has released an interview with David Hayter about the rumored Black Widow film he’s working on according to IMDB. He sets the record straight: For ‘Black Widow,’ I wrote [a script] ten years ago and I was attached to direct it then. Then a few female action movies came out and they didn’t do…
Marvel Announces Five Dates For Untitled Films Through 2019
Marvel Studios announced Friday afternoon the dates of five mystery movies yet to be titled from July 27, 2017 to May 3rd, 2019. Ant-Man is set to come out on July 17, 2015 and Captain America 3 is slated to come out on May 6, 2016 against Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
The Thursday Book Beat: The Problems With Traditional Publishing
Marvel & Little Brown Team Up on MCU Kids Books Marvel is collaborating with Little, Brown & Co on kids books that will act as tie ins to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. They’ll start off with five Guardians of the Galaxy novels that will come out before its release in August. Titles include Guardians of the…
The Bone Clocks Author Writes A Twitter Short Story
@David_Mitchell is the author of the popular book, Cloud Atlas, which became a film in 2012. With his newest release, The Bone Clocks, on the horizon, Mitchell has begun penning a 6,000 word short story, The Right Sort, via Twitter every day as a companion to the novel. It’s set in 1978. Mitchell will unveil…
#WWACTV: Germany Wins FIFA 2014, Under The Dome is Underwhelming and Feeling Feverish for The Musketeers
The #WWACTV chat is where the casual TV viewer and the self-professed (or in denial) addict discuss the newest shows and old favourites. During our July 13th chat, we discussed: Your thoughts on livetweeting and spoilers. The rules when it comes to spoilers and book adapted TV shows. Movie actors/actresses coming to television? Viewers now taking chances on…