Final days for Rory and Amy are being filmed now!  Get ready for a bumby season 7!

Season 7 | Photo Galleries | Doctor Who | BBC America.

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Gallifrey 2012 | Gallifrey One’s Network 23.

Jonathan Liebesman, who directed the 2011 “Battle Los Angeles” and the upcoming “Wrath of the Titans,” is in talks to direct “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” TheWrap has confirmed.

The movie is a live-action version of the popular comic book and television series.

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” is being produced by Michael Bay, Brad Fuller and Andrew Form at Bay’s Platinum Dunes.

Also read: Michael Bay Directing Next ‘Transformers’ Film

Liebesman is one of three directors who had been under consideration.

He last worked with Bay on the 2006 “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.”

Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec wrote the script.

It is a Paramount movie.

via Jonathan Liebesman in Talks to Direct ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ | Reuters.

Sony Pictures has made a preemptive 7-figure deal for Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance co-director Brian Taylor to write and direct a live action adaptation of the iconic video game Twisted Metal. Ghost Rider’s Avi and Ari Arad are producing the adaptation of the game, which has been published in various configurations by Sony Computer and is one of the biggest selling video games. The newest version of the game was just released today for PlayStation 3. Avi Arad, of course, has been a producer of Sony’s Spider-Man films since the beginning, including the upcoming 3D The Amazing Spider-Man. All this action occurs as Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance opens this weekend, with Nicolas Cage reprising the title role and Idris Elba also starring.

Like the game, the film will revolve around an underground event that pits a number of combatants in a fight to the death. They are outfitted in armored weaponized cars that are pimped out with heavy weaponry that includes missiles and machine guns. Some drop mines or launch electrical charges. The proprietor of the race is Calypso, a string-puller dedicating to examining the human condition, such as what makes a peaceful man violent, what terrifies a violent man and who will make a Faustian bargain in which they risk their lives. The sole survivor will get any wish granted.

I’m told that the film will include such signature contestant characters as Sweet Tooth, a homicidal clown who drives an ice cream truck, and Doll Face, a young woman who is trapped behind a porcelain mask and who drives an 18-wheeler.

This is the first project that Taylor has done solo. He has always teamed with Mark Neveldine on such films as the Crank series. There have been two so far, and they are talking about making a third, in 3D, as well as a possible future Ghost Rider. The team will continue to write and direct films together. Taylor is repped by UTA.

via ‘Ghost Rider’s Brian Taylor In 7-Figure Sony Deal To Write/Direct ‘Twisted Metal’ Movie – Deadline.com.

DC will be continuing the Smallville series, however, this Smallville series will be continued not as a TV show, but as a comic book. Well, a digital comic book and then later as a print. It will be called SMALLVILLE SEASON 11 the show had 10 seasons. The comic book will be written by Brian Q. Miller, who was a writer on the show as well. The first digital release will be on April 13, 2012 and a weekly digital release afterwards. A print will be released afterwards periodically starting May 16th, and along with the print copy is an episode guide.

The book will pick up where the show left off with Clark as Superman. The book will also have other character favorites such as Green Arrow, Lois, Lex Luthor, and Chloe. In addition to Miller, many other comic book hitters will be part of the book, such as Gary Frank, who will be doing the print covers, Cat Staggs on digital, and Pere Perez for the interior.

Six months after Clark Kent donned the cape and took to the skies to save Earth from Apokolips… enter Season 11!” enthuses Miller.  “New allies abound!  New enemies afoot!  And old friends return where they’re least expected!  Pere and colorist Chris Beckett have done a fantastic job of capturing the look of the show and the players, and Gary and Cat are knocking it out of the park on covers. I couldn’t be more excited to help give seasoned viewers and new readers an all-access pass to Clark’s first year in the cape.

via Smallville Season 11 to be released « Nerd Reactor.

Check out these scents from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab based on Joseph Michael Linsner‘s Dawn comic book series!

DAWN: MAIDEN
Tea roses, honeysuckle, heliotrope, olive blossom, milk, and honey.

DAWN: MOTHER
Red roses, saffron, honey, and frankincense.

DAWN: PRIESTESS
Damascus rose, jasmine, myrrh, opoponax, white sage, and patchouli.

DAWN: CERNUNNOS
Terebinth pine, basil, green sandalwood, fig leaf, armoise, lemon balm, cypress, myrrh, black cedar, and juniper.

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab :: The Dawn Collection

Following its announcement in early January, DC Comics has released new details on “Batman: Earth One” written by Geoff Johns with art by Gary Frank. Announced in January with a general 2012 release date, the publisher via its blog The Source has revealed the full solicit information for the original graphic novel including a July 4 release date. While there weren’t many new details released by DC, the solicit did mention Bruce Wayne is on the hunt for his parents’ killer with his eyes set on the Mayor of Gotham City and Alfred Pennyworth may be attempting to “put an end to the Batman.”

“Gary and I are tackling Batman from the beginning, before he knows what he’s doing and with a very different ultimate goal in mind,” Johns told The Source in January. “He’s never left Gotham. And our Gotham and the people in it are very gray. Our heroes unlikely. Our villains hidden. Our story is only beginning with volume one.” Although he’s written numerous ongoing series for DC, “Batman: Earth One” marks Johns’ first original graphic novel. After the initial announcement of the “Earth One” graphic novels, Johns spoke with CBR News, mentioning Dick Grayson will play a role in “Batman: Earth One.”

Artist Gary Frank also expounded on how “Batman: Earth One” begins the evolution of Batman as a hero. “It’s essentially the first piece of the jigsaw,” the artist told The Source in January. “He’s not the Batman people know, but he might be one day. He’s certainly not yet a superhero. The fun is to watch him piece the persona together drawing on his experiences and the influences of those around him and, at this stage, the idea of becoming a ‘superhero’ hasn’t even entered his head.”

via “Batman: Earth One” Hits in July – Comic Book Resources.

Columbia is no longer part of The Boys club.

The studio was developing the adaptation of the violent and edgy comic book from writer Garth Ennis and artist Darick Robertson but has put the project into turnaround.

The book follows the adventures of a CIA squad, known informally as “the boys,” whose job is to keep watch on the proliferation of superheroes and, if necessary, intimidate or eliminate them. Writing duo Matt Manfredi and Phil Hay, as well as Seth Rogen, had worked on the screenplay since the project was first set up in 2009.

Producers Neal H. Moritz of Original Film and Kickstarts Jason Netter will now shop the project around town.

In addition, sister label Screen Gems has untethered itself from Mortal Instruments, the adaptation of the Cassandra Clare YA fantasy series.

Scott Stewart had been attached to direct while Lily Collins and Jamie Campbell Bower were attached to star in the story of a human woman helping human-angel hybrids fight evil forces.

Constantin Film, which controls the rights, may self-finance or seek a co-financier as it develops this on its own. Stewart, meanwhile, is no longer directing, focusing on a TV version of his Screen Gems flick, Legion.

via Columbia Pictures Drops Comic Book Adaptation The Boys Exclusive – Hollywood Reporter.

Tony Moore and Robert Kirkman were friends as teenagers, and both launched their comic book careers together. In the intervening time, they’ve had some disagreements, some public, about the ownership of the runaway success of The Walking Dead. They co-created the series in 2003, and Moore did the artwork for the first six issues. But now, Moore is suing Kirkman over the revenues of The Walking Dead.

You can read the details, as they are known at The Hollywood Reporter. The basic gist is that Moore alleges he hasn’t received any revenue or financial statements regarding The Walking Dead since they came to an agreement on the property in 2005.

I spoke to Moore in 2010, after the TV series premiered on AMC, and we touched on the issue as it was at the time. He said there was a disagreement over ownership, and they had since come to terms with one another. You’ll see Tony Moore’s name in the credits for the show, and he flew out to LA for the premiere. Last we heard, all was well.

The thing is, no matter who is right and who is wrong, this is ugly, and could have shockwaves throughout the comic industry. The fact is, The Walking Dead is the prime example of success in indie comics. There’s nothing out there that even touches it in terms of sales that isn’t from Marvel and DC. It’s a small industry, and you just don’t want to see things like this happen in today’s comic market. We’ve supposedly learned so many lessons from the past regarding rights, ownership, and copyright, but when you work with friends by the skin of your teeth, you rarely think this is going to be an issue. Then, a decade later, something like this can happen.

I just hope this can somehow be settled amicably, and both of these creators can get back to making comics.

UPDATE:02/10/2012 – Robert Kirkman has issued a statement to The Hollywood Reporter in response to the lawsuit:

“The lawsuit is ridiculous, we each had legal representation seven years ago and now he is violating the same contract he initiated and approved and he wants to misrepresent the fees he was paid and continues to be paid for the work he was hired to do. Tony regularly receives payment for the work he did as penciler, inker and for gray tones on the first six issues of The Walking Dead comic series and he receives royalties for the TV show, to assert otherwise is simply incorrect.”

The statement is paired with scans from the title page from early issues of The Walking Dead comic, which credit Moore as “Penciller, Inker, Gray tones.”

via UPDATE Robert Kirkman Responds to Tony Moore’s THE WALKING DEAD Lawsuit.