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Sunday Runaround – Legends, Libels And Listings

Published Sun, 13 Dec 2009 04:29:45 -0600

GreekWatch: The LA Times sees the Vertigo title Greek Street as part of a resurgence of Greek legends in current entertainment tropes.

There were inscriptions written above the entrance of the Temple of Apollo at the Oracle of Delphi, and the two most famous ones were cautionary words of wisdom: "Know thyself" and "Nothing too much." Those bits of ancient advice are worth considering as two Hollywood studios hope to launch film franchises that use Greek mythology as the unlikely premise for popcorn entertainment.

LibelWatch: Young Ones star and best selling novelist Alexei Sayle has been talking about the problems the British libel laws caused him after he wrote the Geoffrey And The Tube Train graphic novel with Oscar Zarate in the eighties.

Sayle said the libel writ was issued after he wrote a graphic novel called Geoffrey the Tube Train. Someone who worked with Sayle in the comedy business claimed one of the characters resembled him and his reputation had been sullied.

The comedian said yesterday the case racked up thousands of pounds in costs, which he never recovered even after successfully defending the action. "It would have been cheaper if I'd just stabbed the fucker," he said. "The most I would have got was an Asbo barring me from certain parts of Croydon."

FilmWatch: Variety reports that Dreamworks have bid around half a million dollars for the rights to Andrea McCloud's pitch for the "I Saw You…" anthology comic edited by Julia Wertz based on Craigslist missed ads connection ads, that had everyone from Peter Bagge to Jeffrey Brown interpreting the listings.