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Let's not get Linked Behind this time

November 2, 2012By

Chopper comic

Here is the news that happened when I was busy strutting or whatever it is I do when I’m not updating TarsTarkas.NET:

**The comic Chopper – which reimagines The Legend of Sleepy Hollow as a headless biker – got some webisodes that served as a prequel, and they’ve been used to springboard a movie adaptation. Actors Tyler Mane and Andrew Bryniarski from the webisodes are set to return, and comic writer Martin Shapiro will write the script. You can watch the First Episode here

If this sounds vaguely familiar, you might be thinking of the Kolchak: The Night Stalker episode about a headless biker, also called Chopper. Or maybe the episode of The Real Ghostbusters called The Headless Motorcyclist.

**Rick Yancey’s short story When First We Were Gods is getting filmed. Aron Eli Coleite will adapt the tale about wealthy immortals and a scheme for a rich man to kill his immortal wife and replace her with his mortal mistress (giving her the immortality.) Music video and commercial director Daniel Askill will direct.

**The 2000 A.D comic Stronghold comes closer to reality after three years on the backburner, with Stellan Skarsgard and Douglas Booth signed on as leads. Paul Finch created the Stronghold comic, about knights vs zombies, and he wrote the script. Jason Kingsley directs.

Ranulf and his team of heroic knights have just conquered the land of Wales. On their way back to the castle they call home, they happen upon an unforeseen enemy – one that never fixed on battling, the undead. Seems the Welsh have been conquered and killed, but the enemy has risen again as zombies!

**The cast for Monuments Men is awesome. Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Bob Balaban, and Hugh Bonneville are signed up so far for George Clooney’s latest flick, about a group of people who steal artworks from nazi Germany before Hitler can destroy them. It’s based on Robert M. Edsel’s book, and you can read about the real Monuments Men here.

**Nic Cage is in the business of making bad films again as he’s set to star in the Left Behind remake. Arclight Films is behind this latest franchise reboot. The original trilogy starred controversial banana enthusiast Kirk Cameron, as is based on the best selling series of books that are in now way incredibly awful. Vic Armstrong, a legendary stunt performer, is signed on to direct. This will be Vic Armstrong’s second feature direction after Dolph Lundgren’s Army of One.

**IMDB Top 250 in 2 1/2 Minutes
Let’s just ignore the politics of using the IMDB top 250 as a measure of anything and enjoy the editing.

**The giant monster comic Enormous will get moviefied as well, with monster-experienced director Andre Ovredal signed on to helm the project. He directed Troll Hunter, which was pretty darn good. The comic was created and written by Tim Daniel and drawn by Mehdi Cheggour, and just moved from Image comics to 21 Ink Publishing. The prior work focused on a woman who saved lost children in a world where ecological chaos unleashes giant beasts that destroy civilization. More about Enormous at this link.
Enormous

**Presented without comment:
Wizard of Oz Kill

**Speaking of The Wizard of Oz, if you love biting political mocking of the pundit-filled wasteland that is modern media and politics, you will love Frank Conniff’s The Wonderful Pundits of Oz! Fellow MST3K alum J. Elvis Weinstein is also a voice.

**Internet buddy Vargo/Martin Schneider demanded answers from Robert Zemeckis about Mars Needs Moms, prompting Zemeckis to heartily defend his awful film. scoring a mention in Entertainment Weekly.

**At Can’t Stop the Movies, Andrew gets Ruby Sparksed up!

**Nude for Satan is the Greatest Movie EVER! on the Greatest Movie EVER podcast!

**Xsmarkthespot talks about Cloud Atlas!

**FourDK’s jungle has a Three Supermen infestation! Someone get the can of Raid!

**Fist of B-List vs Black Samurai!

**Green People’s Soup knows the truth about Disney and Jesus!

**The Vault of Buncheness battles The Atomic Brain!

**Music video of the week:

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Heathcliff

October 19, 2012By

Heathcliff

With one fat orange comic strip cat appearing periodically at the box office, it was only a matter of time before the other one appeared. The Heathcliff film has meowed back to life when Waterman Entertainment scooped up the rights. Yes, the Waterman Entertainment that gave us Alvin and the Chipmunk, Casper, Stuart Little, the upcoming Mr. Ed film, the upcoming Brave Little Toaster remake, and anything else they can get their grubby hands on. Like all those properties, Heathcliff will be a live action/CGI hybrid (though this is following the Garfield flicks’ styles, so it was expected!) They’re also looking into a TV series.

I loved the Heathcliff cartoons growing up (the version I remember best was the Heathcliff and the Catillac Cats version) and the Heathcliff books that had collections of the strips. I still have most of them, packed next to the Peanuts and Family Circus books. Wait a minute, is Hollywood raiding my childhood reading shelf??? Oh, crap, now expect movies of Beetle Baily, Pavlov the dog, a Muppets comic strip, Mad magazine, Bloom County, Hagar the Horrible, and Marvin the baby! And that’s not even counting my shelves and shelves of non-comic strip books. Sorry that I have inflicted this on America, America.
Heathcliff

via Deadline

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Say hello to my little remake! – Scarface remake gets a new writer!

October 17, 2012By

Scarface

That rumored Scarface remake inched closer to reality when a writer got attached. Paul Attanasio is set to rewrite the David Ayer script. Now, before all you people with Scarface posters and underoos get upset, remember the beloved film that you hero worship Tony Montana for is a remake itself. Universal is careful to say this isn’t a remake or sequel, but a film that takes the common elements of the first two films about an immigrant entering a criminal organization and taking it over through violence and ambition.

So basically a remake.

Just don’t tell Universal that if they say a remake isn’t a remake, it’s still a remake. Because they’ll probably respond with several paragraphs of brain-melding garbage that if deciphered will be a road map explaining everything wrong with Hollywood ever. I do hope they don’t decide to reuse the element from the original Scarface that caused Harold Lloyd’s brother Gaylord Lloyd to be shot in the eye with live ammunition while visiting the set.

via Deadline

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Son of Ernest to reboot Ernest P. Worrell

October 15, 2012By

Now, I love me a good Ernest movie. I’ve been known to get a hot cup of miak and watch commercial compilation videos. But that doesn’t mean I want another Ernest P. Worrell. I even reject those CGI Ernest commercials, and that one commercial done by the guy who wasn’t Jim Varney.

So when Son of Ernest was announced but a little bit ago, I was understandably angry. But then, why was I angry? It’s not like the Ernest movies are considered high art or anything. They’re escapist fun as we follow a good-hearted dolt and his wacky misadventures. The reason we do like the Ernest films is Jim Varney’s charisma. Now, if you get a likeable person into a roll that is respectful but not an imitation, then you have a way of bringing Ernest back without all the mess. John R. Cherry III is behind this, he co-created the character along with Varney for commercial spots and directed almost all the films. At the very least, he should keep it from getting too terrible. Maybe. Dan Ewen is set to write the script.

The correct way to do Son of Ernest is a way that follows the legacy of the father. Make Ernest Jr save something that his dad saved, like Kamp Kikakee, and through that learns about his father. And please don’t make Ernest a deadbeat dad.

One thing this has done is make me want to rewatch all the old Ernest films, which I have scattered around in various boxes. Time to go digging!

Son of Ernest

via firstshowing

Godzilla Marvel issue 4
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Baywatch will soon be running down the beach in slow motion to a theater near you!

October 5, 2012By

Spamela Hamderson

Once upon a time, there was an announcement of a Baywatch movie that then seemed to go nowhere, and the world rejoiced. But that cheer was too much, too soon, as our hopes and dreams became crushed upon the announcement that the Baywatch film is still going forward and has hit the point where a script is written and a director has been are being hired! Luck may be on our side, because the director hired is Robert Ben Garant, who is actually pretty good at giving us entertaining Hollywood fun. The script is written by Peter Tolan, but as Garant is a good writer himself, things might get polished up a bit. In any case, we should be having people in red swimsuits jiggling up and down the beach sooner than later! I can only hope that this film does well enough that we get a Baywatch Nights movie. Now that is a show that needs an ongoing film series!

If you haven’t read Garant and Thomas Lennon’s book Writing Movies for Fun and Profit: How We Made a Billion Dollars at The Box Office and You Can Too!, you need to, as it hilariously exposes and skewers how Hollywood writing is done.

via Vulture

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Waterman Entertainment to process all entertainment into family friendly live action/CGI hybrids

September 24, 2012By

Mr Ed Surfing

Mr. Ed is dead set on being made into a film (of course, of course), and Fox 2000 was developing the property, but before you can say “Ghost of Hot to Trot murdered them in their sleep”, Waterman Entertainment has stepped up and taken over, announcing it as a live action/CGI hybrid. You might know Waterman Entertainment from when they bought the rights to The Brave Little Toaster and announced it was going to be a live action/CGI flick. Or their live action/CGI films Caspar, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Alvin and the Chipmunks 2: The Squeakquel, Alvin and the Chipmunks 3: Chipwrecked, Stuart Little, and Stuart Little 2.

What does all this mean? It means pack your bags, it’s over. Everything you ever loved as a child will soon be live action/CGI hybrids. California Raisins, Rude Dog, Fraggle Rock, Galaxy High, Turbo Teen, those Reese’s Pieces commercials with the blue alien guy, Madballs, and Micro Machines. All on the list. Waterman Entertainment is like the Borg, chasing down your childhood dreams and packaging them for a brave new world. Though I still demand my Francis the Talking Mule reboot!!!

I will forgive them if Mr. Ed surfs, though. But only if it is a real horse.

Just check out this rambling press release! Aren’t press releases fun? I can copy/paste them in and fill up lots of space, making it look like I spent hours writing this post.

WATERMAN ENTERTAINMENT CONTINUES TO BUILD FAMILY LIBRARY WITH POPULAR CHILDREN’S TITLE MR. ED

Family Entertainment-Based Company to Develop
Franchise Films

Los Angeles, CA (September 21, 2012)–Family-based production outfit Waterman Entertainment is developing a feature film concept based on the iconic family television property, MR. ED. The property fits seamlessly into the company’s business model, which is to identify existing and successful family brands that can be developed into live action/CGI feature film properties.

Over the past twelve months the company has been aggressively seeking out family-friendly brands that have franchise potential and ancillary viability on platforms including television, digital, literary, and merchandising. In doing so, Waterman Entertainment works in conjunction with the creators and rights holder’s to tap their wealth of knowledge around their characters and storylines allowing for stronger content that remains true to the property.

Steve Waterman, who founded and manages the company along with his sons Tucker and Cooper, has served as an Executive Producer on theatrical features including CASPER with Universal; ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS, ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: THE SQUEAKQUEL and ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED with 20th Century Fox; and STUART LITTLE and STUART LITTLE 2 with Columbia Pictures, among other credits.

Cooper Waterman said, “We are identifying properties that have had success with multiple generations of parents who feel comfortable and have excitement about reintroducing the characters and storylines to their own kids and grandkids. While each property remains independent of each other, they will share the commonality of addressing social values, morality lessons, and characteristics that are clearly identifiable for kids with comedic elements for all age groups.”

The company recently announced the acquisition of rights for THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER, a project that Disney released as a fully animated feature in 1987. Waterman will present the reimagination as a CGI/live action property and give it a contemporary storyline, while preserving the original essence of the characters and moral lessons behind the story.

Waterman Entertainment is focused on acquiring properties and growing them across multiple platforms to support the theatrical release. Tucker Waterman continued, “When we develop properties we don’t limit them solely to the big screen. They are iconic characters and brands that have appeal far beyond movies. We will be utilizing both traditional and new methods to bring these characters to audiences in a myriad of platforms.”

Waterman Entertainment (www.watermanent.com) is a family-owned and operated media and entertainment company that focuses on creating, financing and distributing film, television, and digital media properties across multiple platforms for family audiences. The company works closely with creators and rights holders and manages all licensing rights to their brands and characters to exploit ancillary revenue streams tied to worldwide theatrical releases.

He’s come to save our souls!

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