Lovecraft Gets Animated

May 26, 2016 admin 0

A new project will introduce a new generation to the work of master of horror H.P. Lovecraft. Created with family viewers in mind, Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom is meant to be both spooky and entertaining. From Deadline Hollywood: Ron Perlman and Christopher Plummer have been cast in the upcoming animated film Howard Lovecraft and the Frozen Kingdom from filmmaker (and Arcana Studios CEO) Sean Patrick O’Reilly. The film, based on Bruce Brown’s popular […]

Fiction: The City of Mirrors  by Justin Cronin

May 20, 2016 Tony Buchsbaum 0

Six Junes ago, I read Justin Cronin’s post-apocalyptic thriller, The Passage, and I was blown away. During my read I was amazed by the sheer volume of events and ideas he could write about, as well as how well he could do it. The story had a large cast of characters and it jumps back and forth in time, right up to the edge of confusion, yet he manages to keep all the balls in […]

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Book Expo 2016: Day 2

May 13, 2016 Tony Buchsbaum 1

by Tony Buchsbaum Things got much more crowded — and much more musical — on day two of Book Expo 2016. There were stacks of books everywhere and more authors than you could easily count. There was an even a mini-concert: Kenny Loggins performed two songs in the Quarto booth to announce his debut children’s book, Footloose. I didn’t get look at the book, but Loggins was terrific. He sang a version of his big hit “Footloose” with […]

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Book Expo 2016: Day 1

May 12, 2016 Tony Buchsbaum 0

by Tony Buchsbaum I think of it as book publishing’s running of the bulls. Thousands of people — booksellers, assorted book professionals, and press — gather in quasi-defined lines, crowds really (okay, hordes), hearts aflutter, as the minutes count down to the opening of Book Expo, North America’s biggest book-publishing trade show. There’s a great anticipation as people crane to see beyond the barricades to the publishers’ booths, where all manner of books are stacked up and waiting […]

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Blood Meridian  Adaptation Will Feature Powerhouse Cast

May 5, 2016 admin 1

Things are looking brighter and brighter for an upcoming film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s epic 1985 western, Blood Meridian. The latest news is that Russel Crowe (Fathers and Daughters, The Water Diviners) is currently negotiating to join the James Franco-directed production. From Deadline Hollywood: How’s this for a powerhouse combination: Russell Crowe is in talks to star in a James Franco-directed adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian with Tye Sheridan and Vincent D’Onofrio also boarding […]