Posted by Empress Eve | November 27th, 2006 at 8:47 pm
SCI FI Channel has green-lit TIN MAN, the working title for a wild SF reimagining of THE WIZARD OF OZ as a six-hour original miniseries scheduled to premiere December 2007. [Link]
A video game tie-in to the fifth Harry Potter movie, HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, is in development and is scheduled to be released along with the movie in July 2007. [Link]
Neil Gaiman will answer questions pertaining to STARDUST, the movie adaptation of his graphic novel of the same name, on the official movie Web site. [Link]
The SMURFS feature film currently in development will be a 3D computer animated movie. [Link]
Silva Screen Records will release on December 4 the DOCTOR WHO TV SOUNDTRACK, which is the first release of music from the BBC/SCIFI Channel series revival and will include music from Seasons 1 and 2 along with the new version of the theme song. [Link]
Dave Cockrum, the legendary comic book artist best known for his work on LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES and UNCANNY X-MEN, died Sunday due to complications from diabetes. He was 63. Author Neil Gaiman has a tribute to the artist on his official Web site, which he wrote two years ago for a Dave Cockrum tribute book. [Link]
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