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‘The Addams Family’: Tim Burton Teaming With ‘Smallville’ Creators For New Live-Action Series

Charles Barfield — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 18:05:57 +0000

If you were to ask an average film or TV fan who should be the director to bring back a live-action series remake of “The Addams Family,” you’d likely hear the name Tim Burton from just about everyone. Burton is a filmmaker that not only has been hugely influenced by “The Addams Family,” but his projects feel like they could very well exist in the same universe with Gomez and Morticia.

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Sam Worthington Getting Yet Another Action Figure As ‘Quartermain’

Oliver Lyttelton — Fri, 14 May 2010 11:54:00 +0000

It seems like Sam Worthington misses shooting at CGI aliens. The Australian actor, and star of “Avatar” and “Terminator: Salvation,” has started to move away from sci-fi with roles in the upcoming dramas “Last Night,” “The Debt” and “The Fields,” but most of the films that he’s attached to in the future are returns to the big-budget tentpole world, with the likes of “Dan Dare” and “Dracula: Year Zero” on his slate. And now the star is taking on another hero of pulp fiction.

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Timothy Olyphant Replaces Sharlto Copley In Sci-Fi Alien Flick, ‘I Am Number Four‎’

Jacob Combs — Wed, 12 May 2010 14:37:00 +0000

Update: It turns out the real reason Copley has been replaced is both much more amazing and hilarious than the boring “scheduling conflicts” story. According to FilmDrunk, “Sharlto Copley wanted wear a prosthetic nose and fake ears like Spock and look like an alien in the movie, while director DJ Caruso was adamant that the aliens were supposed to look just like regular humans, hence why they’re able to fit in. This was apparently such a sticking point that neither would budge, and Copley left the project.” That is the best departure story we’ve heard in a long time.

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Sam Raimi Leads New Television Effort, Alfred Gough And Miles Millar To Scribe Michael Bay’s ‘I Am Number Four,’ Amber Heard In ‘Zombieland’

Simon Dang — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:59:00 +0000

Sam Raimi has teamed up with Joshua Donen’s Stars Road Entertainment in a two-year, first-look deal with Sony Pictures TV. CBS’s Robert Zotnowski is spearheading the company’s TV efforts. Raimi’s past TV efforts include “Xena: Warrior Princess,” “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys” and “Legend Of The Seeker.” [THR]

“Smallville” producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar will scribe an adaptation of James Frey and Jobie Hughes’ novel, “I Am Number Four” which already has Michael Bay on board as a producer and possible director.

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