The Universal Pictures project, which is set to go before cameras in March, follows a disgraced paleontologist, his enthusiastic assistant and a macho tour guide who find themselves in a strange world inhabited by dinosaurs, monkey-people and evil reptilian "Sleestaks" following a disastrous "routine expedition."
...The TV series, from producers Sid and Marty Krofft ("H.R. Pufnstuf," "Sigmund and the Sea Monsters"), aired on NBC from 1974 to 1976.
Marty Krofft, who will serve as a producer with his older brother, praised the writers of the feature script, Chris Henchy and Dennis McNicholas.
"What they did is keep the integrity of the show, but they made it very funny for Will. The adventure is all there. There are going to be 50 Sleestaks!"
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Jack Kirby's "Hunger Dogs" graphic novel, a 1980s attempt to tie up the storylines from his 1970s "New Gods" comics, will be restored, expanded and included in the fourth and final volume of DC Comics' New Gods Omnibus series.
Here's DC's press release:
March, 2008, will see the release of JACK KIRBY’S FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS VOL.
4, the final hardcover collection in this highly acclaimed series.
Highlighting this volume will be THE HUNGER DOGS, with 24 pages of art
restored to the original inks by Mike Royer.
“We are excited to share with readers Kirby’s original vision for the epic’s
end in Vol. 4 of the FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS series,” says Georg Brewer, VP —
Design and DC Direct Creative. “This collection features 24 pages at the
size that Kirby penciled them, the way they looked before being altered to
fit the larger trim size of the HUNGER DOGS graphic novel. Faithfully inked
by Mike Royer, these pages are incorporated within the HUNGER DOGS story,
which is completely re-colored with a sensibility consistent with the
previous OMNIBUS hard covers. Along with the Fourth World character entries
he drew for WHO’S WHO: THE DEFINITIVE DIRECTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE, these
exciting, rarely seen aspects of Kirby’s work and this important story make
this a must-have for every serious comics collector.”
In addition to THE HUNGER DOGS and art from WHO’S WHO, the JACK KIRBY’S
FOURTH WORLD OMNIBUS VOL. 4 HC will collect MISTER MIRACLE #10-18, FOREVER
PEOPLE #11, NEW GODS #11 and the 48-page story “Even Gods Must Die,”
originally published in 1984’s NEW GODS #6.
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A Pennsylvania man found a near-mint copy of Detective Comics #27--that's the one featuring the first appearance of Batman--in his attic.
Collector Todd McDevitt said the Batman issue he bought is worth about $250,000, but he won't say exactly how much he paid or who sold it to him.
"It was a typical story of someone cleaning up junk in their attic and finding an old comic book and wondering if this was one of those ones that was worth a lot of money," McDevitt told the Beaver County Times.
Man, I wish I had a magic attic.
Best Batman Sites.
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Here are covers for the next three Doctor Who novels.
Best Doctor Who Sites.
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Actor Eric Bana will play the villain in the upcoming Star Trek film.
Plot details and even character descriptions of the J.J. Abrams-helmed project are being kept under wraps.
Anton Yelchin, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana and Leonard Nimoy have already boarded the USS Enterprise. Casting is under way in New York and London, and Abrams had been expected to pursue bigger-name actors for the roles of the villain and the Federation captain, the latter of which remains unfilled.
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Comic Book Resources has pics from the next two episodes of "Heroes."
Best Heroes Sites.
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New York Magazine presents the 10 Most Incomprehensible Bob Dylan interviews.
Best Bob Dylan Sites.
