Dora is setting a course for New York City — and this time, she’s going to need a much bigger backpack. RELATEDTV Goes to the Movies: Your Guide to 60+ Adaptations — Galaxy Quest, Heathers, The Karate Kid and More Nick Stoller (Neighbors, Storks) is penning the script, with Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes — along with Andrew Form […]
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Robert Zemeckis Executive Producing a Live-Action ‘Jetsons’ Series
Discussions about a live-action movie based on Hanna-Barbera’s 1960s cartoon, The Jetsons, began in the 1990s. Most recently, an animated version at Warner Bros. picked up some momentum with the hiring of Sausage Party co-director, Conrad Vernon. While The Jetsons may finally hit the big screen (again) in the coming years, they may return to television as well. Below, learn more […]
Facebook to start producing own original TV shows this summer to boost ad revenue
Social media giant Facebook has approached Hollywood studios with a view to creating original TV content by the end of the summer. Facebook has discussed budgets of as much as $ 3 million per episode in meetings with Hollywood talent agencies and executives including, but not limited to, Creative Artists Agency, United Talent Agency, William […]
Plastc Shuts Down Without Ever Producing an Actual Product
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Brett Ratner Producing the Hugh Hefner Biopic
Over a decade ago, director Brett Ratner (Tower Heist) began developing a Hugh Hefner biopic called Playboy. Brian Grazer was going to produce the film about the founder of Playboy, which Oliver Stone once developed a few drafts for alongside 8 Mile screenwriter Scott Silver. Ratner and all involved talked about Robert Downey Jr. and Hugh Jackman for the role, but eventually Universal dropped the […]
Sponges innocent of producing a toxic industrial chemical
Enlarge / This branching tube sponge wouldn’t seem to benefit much from a flame retardant. (credit: NOAA) Scientific advancements have led to the introduction of many new chemicals into daily life. Unfortunately, along with their benefits, some of those chemicals have brought problems with toxicity. One group of chemicals that has faced this challenge is called […]
Italdesign wants to start producing more limited-production cars
Italian design firm Italdesign announced today that it will launch its newest brand at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. The new brand is meant for “ultra low series production cars” and is called Italdesign Automobili Speciali. It even gets its own special badge that will appear on cars that Italdesign works on that fit the […]
