Who knew that The Neverending Story was 37 years old? It seems like just yesterday I saw it as a little tyke on VHS in my living room. Yesterday Google celebrated the 37th anniversary of The Neverending Story being published in 1979. The story, in my own personal opinion, has stood out as a favorite among readers of all ages due to the...
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In case you didn’t know, a fifth Transformers movie is indeed being made. It is titled Transformers: The Last Knight which, upon looking at, seems to be either a really great pun or a horrible misspelling. Until today, I honestly had no idea what it was going to be remotely about aside from it being a typical Michael...
TNT has been in the middle of revamping their programming, brainstorming new and innovative dramas for the TV network in order to attract more viewers as their typical audience base ages. They have had huge success this summer with their drama Animal Kingdom and have an original series geared up for the late fall TV lineup titled Good Behavior...
Now that we know we are definitely getting an American adaptation of Tsugumi Ohba’s and Takeshi Obata’s Death Note, we have been eagerly awaiting to see all the casting decisions that are being made to bring our favorite characters to life on the big screen. After receiving notification that relative unknown actor Nat Wolff had...
Dontnod Entertainment’s episodic game series ‘Life Is Strange’ has received a lot of praise, winning the BAFTA for best story, the Peabody award, and other various awards and accolades since its release. Now it looks like the game will be adapted into a digital TV series. Legendary Digital Studios and Square Enix have announced...
I’m not going to lie, this one hurt. Starting at the very beginning, our three young heroes’ path leads them to the ruins of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, where a road sign that once indicated the two cities has worn away to the point that only a handful of letters are readily legible: Sa_F___ and O__l__d. Wil grabs a...
Picking up right where we left off, the Demon moves toward Amberle and Wil tries, rather ineffectually, to protect her. Fortunately Allanon is now back up and easily dispatches the Demon, explaining that it is called a Fury and more will be coming, so they need to go. Having read the book, I would never in a million years have guessed that this...
Okay, so that wasn’t perfect, but overall I was quite satisfied. But let’s start at the very beginning: Terry Brooks and the producers of The Shannara Chronicles have been very upfront from day one that the series would not be a blow by blow transference of [easyazon_link identifier=”0345285549″ locale=”US”...
Author Patrick Rothfuss and Lionsgate recently announced that the studio has won the rights to adapt Rothfuss’ The Kingkiller Chronicle series. While other studios were interested in creating movies based on the books, the Lionsgate proposal will include multiple media platforms, namely movies, television series, and video games. The...
Today at San Diego Comic-Con, MTV announced that the highly anticipated series based on Terry Brooks’ Shannara novels will begin airing January 2016. Season one of The Shannara Chronicles will adapt The Elfstones of Shannara. The show will star Poppy Drayton as Elven Princess Amberle, Austin Butler as reluctant hero Wil Ohmsford, Ivana...