Posted by Empress Eve | July 6th, 2006 at 11:59 pm
British actress Freema Agyeman will replace Billie Piper in the third season of DOCTOR WHO. [Link]
NATALIE PORTMAN will play the muse of painter Francisco Goya in the upcoming Milos Forman flick Goya’s Ghosts and has reportedly filmed nude torture scenes for the movie. [Link] *Update* Natalie’s publicist announced yesterday that a body-double will be used instead, and she will not be filiming any nude scenes for Goya. Oh well!
Marvel Comics held a press conference today to discuss the recent unmasking of Spider-Man in the CIVIL WAR comic book series. [Link]
A live-action version of the 1974 stop-motion holiday TV special The Year Without a Santa Claus is in the works, with John Goodman to play Santa. [Link]
The release date for supernatural thriller PULSE, starring Veronica Mars’ KRISTEN BELL, has been moved to Aug. 11.
Blue Water Productions will release a new comic book line in December under the banner Ray Harryhausen Presents which will contain new adventures based on the creations of visual-effects artist Ray Harryhausen. [Link]
Previews of upcoming comic books series Xena and Highlander. [Link]
Dragons of Autumn Twilight, the first book of the popular DRAGONLANCE series, is being adapted into an animated film starring Lucy Lawless and is scheduled for release August 2007. [Link]
Students of the Unusual™ comic cover used with permission of 3BoysProductions
The Mercuri Bros.™ comic cover used with permission of Prodigal Son Press
