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Every half hour a new group would be let in and shown a collection of trailers and then lead out through a side door where movie props awaited. The first trailer show was what they called the "sizzle" real for Universal and Legendary Pictures Warcraft that opens in March 2016 The very first shot you see[...]

The Universal adaptation of the BOOM! Studios comic Day Men has landed Will Simmons to write the screenplay. Day Men is created by Matt Gagnon and co-written with Michael Alan Nelson with art by Brian Stelfreeze The series takes a twist on the normal vampire tale as it focuses on the humans that work to protect[...]

Universal has a plan to turn their classic monsters – The Mummy, Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolfman – into a Marvel-style shared universe They hired Alex Kurtzman and Chris Morgan to develop the universe starting with the Jon Spaihts written The Mummy: The First Monster being first out of the gate. If you believe Badass Digest, that last[...]

Universal's The Huntsman, the prequel to Snow White And The Huntsman, is being set for an April 22, 2016 The movie recently had director Frank Darabont (The Walking Dead) come aboard to take over the project and he has written the latest draft of the script The movie will focus on the previous meeting of[...]

In an interview with IGN.com, the head of Marvel Studios was asked about the possiblity of Universal and Legendary Pictures making a Sub-Mariner movie Kevin Feige responded with, "No." They then asked him if a Namor film was going to be made, would Marvel be the one to make it… "Yes, but it's slightly more complicated than[...]

We've been getting an idea of what Roberto Orci is up to since the split, but what is his former partner doing? Alex Kurtzman and writer Chris Morgan have been tapped to reboot Universal's classic monster movie franchises according to deadline.com. Before the Fast and the Furious, Jurassic Park and the Bourne franchises became what Universal[...]

Universal Studios Hollywood has announces it is cancelling its Bill & Ted Halloween Horror Nights show, heavily criticised for being homophobic Also racist Also terrible.. The focus of their ire was the portrayal of Superman, who was "turned gay" by being sprinkled with "fairy dust" before turning into a string of gay stereotypes played for laughs[...]

Well, deadline.com is reporting that Universal has indeed optioned the month old property for what is being described as "a pre-emptive seven-figure bid". The two studios have worked together recently on 2 Guns which opened up with 27.4 million and took #1 at the box office for the weekend That result led Universal to want to dive into the[...]

I learned this the first time I went to the San Diego Comic Con in 2010. Gerry Conway Asks Fans To Crowd Source Payments For DC Comic Creators  Gerry Conway writes; I need your help. Most-Read TV/Film Stories Monday: Pacific Rim Is Not Like Transformers, But Try Telling That To Twitter Despite Guillermo Del Toro's Pacific Rim having almost nothing in[...]

Ed Brown writes for Bleeding Cool. Universal have now closed a deal to take the sequel to Dumb and Dumber from Warner Bros This means we'll soon enough see Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels return as the dull duo, apparently embarking on another road trip. First, though Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly have to finish another rewrite of[...]

September 21st 2012, opening night of the 22nd Universal Horror Nights Wow What-an-amazing-night. POTENTIAL SPOILERS AHEAD I've tried to keep this review vague for those of you that want to be surprised by the attraction, and detailed enough for those of you who can't make it Hopefully you will be able to grasp an idea of what[...]

Rick Remender tweets; If this doesn't make you crazy excited for what is coming up in SECRET AVENGERS nothing will With Frankencastle, Vampire Wolverine, the Werewolf Captain America from Man And Wolf, an Egyptian mummified Thor, a horned devilish Daredevil, an insectoid Spider-Man, an actual Hawk of a Hawkeye we appear to have a host of Universal[...]