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A&E Developing ‘Let The Right One In’ TV Series Let the Right One Inis the latest story to move from film to television. After a bidding war that involved Showtime and A&E, the latter network has won the rights to develop aLet the Right One InTV series. The A&E series will join the network’s stable of other shows that also jump off from films:Bates Motel, based on Psycho, andThe Returned, which is a remake of a French series that was, in turn, a remake of a French film....

Amazon Orders ‘The Man In The High Castle’ Series The pilot for Amazon’sThe Man in the High Castledeviated in several major respects fromPhilip K. Dick’s original novel — about an alternate timeline in which Germany and Japan won WWII, and occupy divided United States territory — but it’s a good hour of television, and a very promising start to the series. Evidently enough people saw it that way, and the show was ranked highly enough for Amazon to order it to series....

Bad Vegan Review: Another Shocking, Twisty True Crime Docuseries From Netflix Are people really so trusting? I consider myself skeptical by nature, and social anxiety keeps me from genuinely opening up to folks. But if there’s one thing I’ve learned from watching a series of recent Netflix true crime documentaries, it’s that some people areverytrusting. “The Puppet Master: Hunting the Ultimate Conman,” “The Tinder Swindler,” and now “Bad Vegan” are three Netflix docs that are eerily similar....

Comic-Con Leftovers: Photos And Videos Unfit To Print San Diego Comic-Con 2009 is over, but you’re able to still read up onall our coverageandlisten to our wrap-up podcast. During the course of the Con, I used my iPhone, Flip camera, and Canon SD camera to compile a lot of photo and video that helped give some flavor for what it was like to be there (the photo above was the view from our hotel room)....

Cool Stuff: 100% Soft’s Kaweidoscopes Art Series Is Adorable And Trippy As Hell One of the most unique and unmistakable pop culture artists working today is100% Soft. His adorable illustrations have brought cute flair to our favorite movies and television shows. His artwork is so delightful that the likes of Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm commissioned him to create the little emojis that appear on Twitter with certain character and title hashtags....

David Dalaithngu, The Beloved And Celebrated Aboriginal Actor, Has Died Indigenous Australian actor David Dalaithngu passed away today at the age of 68 after battling lung cancer for four strenuous years. In a statement released Monday night, the south Australian premier, Steven Marshall, stated, “It is with deep sadness that I share with the people of South Australia the passing of an iconic, once-in-a-generation artist who shaped the history of Australian film and Aboriginal representation on screen....

Donnie Yen Offered Role In ‘The Expendables 2’ Here’s something that’ll get me into the theater forThe Expendables 2right quick, if it pans out:Donnie Yen, one of the current champion fighters on film, has been offered a role inThe Expendables 2. That’s according toTwitch, which says that producer Avi Lerner offered Yen a “tailor-made” role in the film, which should shoot in October. Yen’s own people confirmed the offer, but didn’t give any indication of whether he’s likely to take it....

Exclusive: Gabz Gives Captain America, Thor And Hulk New Art Prints In New Solo Gallery Show The work of pop culture artistGabzhas paid tribute to some of our most favorite movies of all-time. Previously, he’s tackled theoriginalStar WarstrilogyandtheIndiana Jonestrilogy, both in the same style. But soon we’ll get to see a variety of different prints from the artist. Gabz (real nameGrzegorz Domaradzki) is getting a solo gallery show from Bottleneck Gallery and Grey Matter Art titledI Am Gabz!...

James Gunn Says Mantis And Nebula Have ‘Pretty Huge’ Roles In Guardians Of The Galaxy 3 Who needs Hamlet when you’ve got Nebula? Karen Gillan’s blue cyborg space assassin may have 12 soliloquies in “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” if James Gunn’s official verified Twitter account is to be believed. That’s likely a joke on Gunn’s part. However, he recently replied to a retweetedComicBook.comarticle that said a reading of his “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol....

James Nesbitt And Adam Brown Join ‘The Hobbit’ Warner Bros has just officially confirmed thatJames Nesbitt(Bloody Sunday, Millions, Waking Ned Devine) and newcomerAdam Brownhave joined the cast ofPeter Jackson’s big screen adaptation ofThe Hobbit. Nesbitt will play Bofur, “a disarmingly forthright, funny and occasionally brave Dwarf.” Brown will play Ori, “another of the Dwarf Company which sets out to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the infamous dragon, Smaug.” Hit the jump to read the full press release, which includes comments from Peter Jackson....

Joaquin Phoenix Reveals The Surprising Inspiration For His ‘Joker’ Laugh Jokerwon’t be your average comic book movie. The upcomingTodd Phillipsfilm is taking a much different approach to the Batman character – aiming for an R-rating, playing the festival circuit, and already generating awards season buzz. Whether or not the movie will live up to this hype remains to be seen, but you can be confident in starJoaquin Phoenix’s abilities. Phoenix is one of the best actors working today, and he clearly took this role seriously....

Joe Johnston To Direct The Wolf Man Last week afterMark Romanekquitthe $85 million remake ofThe Wolf Man, names began to drop over possible replacements. Brett Ratner? Ick! John Landis? How strange! Cloverfield’s Matt Reeves? Really?? And now comes word thatJoe Johnstonhas come aboard the project to save the day. And while some are giving Johnston a hero starring credit in this story (yes, he was the guy who designed Boba Fett and won an FX oscar for Raiders of the Lost Ark), am I the only one to remember that this is also the guy who made the horrendous third Jurassic Park film?...

Kelly Le Brock’s Favorite Scene In Weird Science Is One Of Its Most Ridiculous It’s not entirely clear who wrote or spokethe famous quote,“From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but one step.” For all intents and purposes, it may as well have been coined by writer/director John Hughes, whothroughout his careerdisplayed a mastery of that very principle. Hughes had a particular knack for inserting ridiculous elements in his films, letting the surreal creep into scenes with such fluidity that their outrageousness only stands out upon reflection....