With Halloween mere days away, it was a nice surprise when Neil Gaiman dropped by the MTV offices to discuss his latest project, "The Graveyard Book" -- now number one on its respective New York Times list. Given the intense interest in Hollywood to adapt it before it ever came out, we had to ask: Will there be a movie version?
Yes, according to Gaiman.
"I don't know if I can talk about this, but seeing that you've asked me, and seeing that I haven't been told by anybody that I can't talk about it," Neil revealed, "but yes."
Despite the various Hollywood studios who bid on "The Graveyard Book" -- a couple of which proposed to make the story about a boy raised by ghosts into an animated feature -- the author decided he wanted a live-action version instead ("I want to see the ghosts for real. I want to be able to touch the graveyard"). Read More...
Taking Kevin Smith’s name in vain is a running joke on “Entourage” – so much so that Smith likes to joke, “Ari Gold? He’ll never be my agent. And I’m never going to work with Vinnie Chase.”
Before "The Invisibles," before "Doom Patrol," before "Animal Man," even before "Zenith" -- there was "Doctor Who." Grant Morrison cut his teeth on the comic versions sprung from the TV version, writing three stories that 20-some years later, people still talk about. Accordingly, IDW is reprinting them, with the first issue collecting "Changes" and "Culture Shock," now in color and currently in stores, with other early stories by Dave Gibbons soon to come. And now, Morrison wants to do more.
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It’s not easy getting a movie made. And sometimes, it’s even harder to get a graphic novel made. Just ask actor and author Eric Bogosian, who has had an idea for the past ten years for a “futuristic fantasy story” that he first pitched to movie companies, and when that didn’t pan out, turned to comic book publishers such as Vertigo (home of one of his comic book heroes, 
Casting Call: Who Should Be In Sam Mendes' 'Preacher' Movie?
Posted 10/31/08 1:49 pm EST by Jennifer Vineyard in Commentary, Vertigo
JESSE CUSTER
When "Preacher" was first getting off the ground years ago, James Marsden was cast as Jesse, a former preacher who has the Voice of God -- when he speaks, you have no choice but to follow his command, even if it's "Eat your gun." Marsden, no offense, doesn't seem quite that powerful. But Nathan Fillion -- who already played a nasty preacher on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and got the western thing down pat on "Firefly" -- seems like he could make anyone do his bidding.
Runners-up: Johnny Depp, Casey Affleck, or Matthew McConaughey (if you dye his hair black).
TULIP O'HARE
Tulip is a tomboy who her dad (when he thought she'd be a he) wanted to name John William Grady O'Hare. Practically raised as a boy, Tulip needs to have a certain toughness -- no big, weepy empathetic eyes. Cameron Diaz originally wanted the part, but she still seems a little too sweet. How about Ali Larter?
Runners-up: Terminatrix Kristanna Loken also has the right look, but does she have the range? Read More...
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