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‘The Leaves’ Fall to Summit
Following their acquisition of DC’s Red, Summit has secured the rights to Virgin Comics’ just released graphic novel The Leaves by Kevin J. Walsh.
From Cylons to Silicon: Rymer Mounts ‘Witchblade’
How does one go from working on one of the most intelligent television series of the last decade to one of the worst comic properties ever inked? Ask Michael Rymer, who will be directing a feature film version of the Top Cow comic Witchblade.
Verhoeven Continues WW2 Fetish
An industry outcast for six years following Hollow Man, he’s now the Dutch Scorsese attaching himself to projects like he's trying to make up for lost time. The director is adding yet another to the pile with The Forgotten Soldier, based off Guy Sajer’s World War II memoir.
Padilha Gives ‘Marching’ Orders to Cheadle
Brazilian filmmaker Jose Padilha, fresh off a Golden Bear win at the Berlin Film Fest for his Elite Squad, has been tapped to write and direct the prison corruption drama Marching Powder.
Korean Western ‘Good’ Enough for IFC
IFC Films seems to be cornering the market on South Korean blockbusters. After snagging the rights to 2008’s current box office champ The Chaser they’ve gone and picked up the most anticipated release of the year, Ji-woon Kim’s spaghetti western The Good, the Bad, and the Weird.