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Diary of the Dead Dawn of the Dead meets Cloverfield. 

Crash, the 2005 best picture Oscar winner, will become a 13-episode TV series (Variety) 

Lionsgate and Marvel agree to terms with the WGA, which ensures that Lionsgate can begin prepping for season two of Mad Men while Marvel resumes work on projects Captain America, Thor, Ant-Man, and The Avengers.

I saw the movie I Am Legend, starring Will Smith, yesterday. The movie loosely follows Richard Matheson’s short story I Am Legend. In fact, its been made into a movie two previous times, The Last Man on Earth (1964) and The Omega Man (1971), and it follows those adaptations more than the original.

Weekly wrap-ups return with this rundown of the Writers’ strike, a new release of Blade Runner, a new X-Men movie, and the return of Lost and Psych on the horizon.

The pattern of storytelling we are accustomed to in the West was put down in writing almost 2500 years ago in Aristotle’s classic treatment on epic poetry and tragedy, his Poetics. What Aristotle meant by ‘tragedy’ was what we call drama today.

We’re looking forward to three new movies this fall season because they are adaptations of good books. Read on to learn more about No Country For Old Men, The Golden Compass, and I Am Legend. Leave a comment about other upcoming books becoming movies.

Will there be another season of Eureka? How about Flash Gordon and Battlestar Galactica? We have lots of news from what’s going on in the world of science fiction.

Hollywood is ecstatic about the latest data about box office revenues. After discussions fell apart between NBC and Apple about free downloads on iTunes, NBC has gotten the best of Apple by using Blockbuster and Amazon.

Wes Anderson makes phenomenal movies. If I made a top ten list of my favorite movies, they would include The Life Aquatic and The Royal Tenenbaums. Even though his movies aren’t for everyone, it looks like his newest - The Darjeeling Limited - will be another classic for those who love his work.

Three of my [...]