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Warners Readies Third Clash with Titans

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Despite the fact that the second installment isn't due out until next year, Warner Bros. is getting ready for a third installment of the CLASH OF THE TITANS franchise, reports Heat Vision.

Left Behind Series to Get Reboot

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Cloud Ten Pictures has decided to reboot its LEFT BEHIND film series, which are based on Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins' popular novel series, reports Heat Vision.

Bill Paxton To Direct Kung Fu for the Big Screen

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Bill Paxton is in negotiations to helm a big screen adaptation of KUNG FU, reports Deadline.com.

Toy Story 3 Writers Tapped for Phineas and Ferb Feature

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Michael Arndt (TOY STORY 3) has been brought on to rewrite the PHINEAS AND FERB feature, reports Deadline.com.

Logan's Run Hires New Writer

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Andrew Baldwin, who penned Timur Bekmembatov's RED ASPHALT, has been hired to rework Nicolas Winding Refn's LOGAN'S RUN remake, reports Heat Vision.

New Line Buys Found Footage Tornado Flick

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New Line Cinema has bought the spec script CATEGORY SIX from John Swetnam, reports Deadline.com.

Coward Graphic Novel Coming to Big Screen

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Hunting Lane Films has picked up the rights to writer Ed Brubaker and illustrator Sean Phillips' COWARD graphic novel, writes Heat Vision.

Mortal Kombat Reboot to Adapt Forgotten Novel

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Paramount has hired Oren Uziel (MORTAL KOMBAT) to adapt Cat Patrick's sci-fi novel FORGOTTEN, writes The Hollywood Reporter.

Arc, Vanguard Team on Nut House Toon

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Vanguard Animation is partnering with Arc Prods. on its CG 3D animated heist film, "The Nut House" with production to start in January.

Warner Bros. Buy Sci-Fi Spec The End

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Warner Bros. has purchase the sci-fi spec script THE END from Aron Eli Coleite, reports Deadline.com.

FOX Launches Writer’s Initiative For TV, Features, Digital

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Fox Audience Strategy today unveiled a distinctive new advanced writer’s program – the Fox Writer’s Intensive – designed to nurture experienced writers with diverse voices, backgrounds and life experiences and create a strong pipeline of well-rounded talent for potential staffing as writers, story editors or showrunners on Fox productions.

DRAGON AGE: DAWN OF THE SEEKER - WRITTEN BY JEFFREY SCOTT

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Emmy-winning writer Jeffrey Scott gives a sneak peek of his latest feature writing project, Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker.

Affleck To Direct The Stand

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Warner Bros. has tapped Ben Affleck to direct their feature version of Stephen King’s THE STAND, reports Deadline.com.

Sherlock Holmes 3 Finds No Heroics Writer

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Warner Bros. has hired Drew Pearce, the creator of the superhero spoof comedy TV series NO HEROICS, to write SHERLOCK HOLMES 3, reports Heat Vision.

Doctor Strange Writers To Adapt Millar's War Heroes

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Universal is in talks with Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer (DOCTOR STRANGE) to adapt Mark Millar and Tony Harris comic WAR HEROES, reports Heat Vision.

Ga'Hoole Writer to Pen Singer's Battlestar Galactica

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John Orloff (LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS: THE OWLS OF GA'HOOLE) is in talks to pen Bryan Singer's feature remake of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, reports Deadline.com.

Vaughn, Millar, Gibbons Team on Secret Service Comic

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Director Matthew Vaughn, comic book writer Mark Millar and WATCHMAN artist Dave Gibbons are teaming up for the comic THE SECRET SERVICE, reports Heat Vision.

Capilano U Lit Prof to Pen Wedge's Live-Action Debut

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Ryan Knighton, who is an author and contemporary literature teacher at Capilano University, has landed the job of adapting Paul Hoffman's WINGS OF MADNESS: ALBERTO SANTOS-DUMONT AND THE INVENTION OF FLIGHT, which will mark Chris Wedge's live-action directing debut, reports Variety.

39th Annual Annie Award Tickets On Sale Now

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood announces today that tickets for the 39th Annual Annie Awards are now on sale.

In The Dust Vampire Graphic Novel Gets Film Deal

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Solipsist Films has picked up the rights to Top Cow's upcoming vampire graphic novel IN THE DUST, reports Heat Vision.