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Stephen King's next writing project has bite, as the master of horror brings his take on vampires to monthly comic books. Beginning in March 2010, "American Vampire," a new ongoing comic from Vertigo, will be released each month with two stories - one by short story writer Scott Snyder and the other by King himself. "Steve's excited to say this is his first original comic," said Snyder, who first came up with the concept that King further developed in his story. ... Full Story »

Director David Bowers has every reason in the world to sound relieved. After innumerable trials and tribulations his latest project, the CGI feature film version of "Astro Boy," had its world premiere in Japan. "It was very well received," said Bowers, whose past directorial effort was "Flushed Away." "It got praise and did some ridiculously powerful figures over there, which is always encouraging. When I was there, it was a very surreal scene. I mean I was there along with Astro Boy, and next thing I knew, the Honda Asimo robot walks on the stage. ... Full Story »

The heat for the second (live-action) Transformers movie is starting to build. Sure, seeing Megan Fox straddle a motorcycle the way she does is going to cause some kind of excitement, and can make the average fanboy forget the value of an original Megatron action figure in a box. Still, in the next few months the Transformers will see another important event in their history. This September marks the 25th Anniversary of the Autobots' and Decepticons' debut. It was in the five-part syndicated television mini-series "More Than Meets the Eye" on September 11, 1984. ... Full Story »

On Oct. 21, the first issue of Del Rey Comics' adaptation of Peter Straub and Stephen King's 1984 collaborative novel "The Talisman" hits comic book shops. The series is written by Robin Furth, King's former research assitant who also adapts King's "Dark Tower" novels for Marvel Comics, and illustrated by Tony Shasteen. "The Talisman," which is also being developed by television by Steven Spielberg and Kathleen Kennedy, tells the story of young teen named Jack Sawyer, who can save his dying mother only by retrieving a magical talisman. ... Full Story »

It may be time for Hollywood to retire the phrase "Unfilmable Novel." Because if "Where the Wild Things Are," which debuts in theaters this Friday, can be made into a movie, after all its trials and tribulations, then it stands to reason that there is no book Hollywood can't translate to the big screen. Producers spent decades trying to crack the riddle of how to bring Maurice Sendak's sparse, 1963 literary classic to theatrical life. ... Full Story »