Pop Culture Roundup March 21, 2007

Once it wraps up its series of complete "Terry and the Pirates" books, IDW Publishing will give "Little Orphan Annie" the same treatment.

Mullaney told ICv2 that he intends to publish Little Orphan Annie in a similar hardcover format to the one he is using for Terry & the Pirates with the Sunday pages reprinted in full color, though in the case of Little Orphan Annie each volume will contain an entire complete storyline rather than the 2-years-per volume format he is employing for Terry & the Pirates.

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The Bay City Rollers are suing their former record label.

The band says in the lawsuit, filed Tuesday, that Arista owes it royalties on millions of dollars. That was money generated by selling albums, compact discs, multimedia licenses and merchandise, along with rights to commercials, movies and even telephone ring tones.

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Columbia has an option to produce a Green Hornet movie.

"The Green Hornet" follows the adventures of Brit Reid, a millionaire publisher who moonlights as a masked crime fighter. It started as a radio serial hatched by "Lone Ranger" creators Fran Striker and George Trendle in 1936 -- traveling to comicbook, film and TV by the 1960s -- but recent attempts to develop it for the bigscreen hadn't panned out.

The property had been in development at Universal and Miramax, with Kevin Smith developing it for the latter studio a few years ago (Daily Variety, Feb. 18, 2004). Moritz obtained the film rights and optioned them to Sony, where he's based.


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NPR visits famed 1960s record producer Joe Boyd, who worked with Pink Floyd, Nick Drake, Fairport Convention and others.

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Billboard has info about the long-awaited Traveling Wilburys reissues, due out June 12.

"Traveling Wilburys Volume 1" and "Traveling Wilburys Volume 3" will be available together in one package with bonus tracks and a DVD of rare footage, as a deluxe linen-bound edition, a vinyl set and a digital bundle. The DVD boasts a 24-minute documentary and five music videos.

UPDATE: Full info on the Traveling Wilburys reissue here.

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Check out this ongoing Podcast documentary on jazz legend John Coltrane.

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The official Doctor Who site has been updated with teasers and info about the show's third season, which starts March 31 in the UK.

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