Tag: vampires
Universal Developing a Van Helsing Movie
Fiction’s premier vampire hunter (not counting Buffy) is making a comeback. Deadline reports that Universal is preparing an Abraham Van Helsing movie as part of their new Universal Monsters franchise. Well, not exactly; Deadline’s sources specifically say that the film will be “set in the worl...
Read MoreJames Marsters Pitched a Comic Series to DC
James Marsters is about to go from television to comics once again. In an interview with Michael Rosenbaum, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Smallville alum talked about his recent pitch to DC Comics, only saying that the concept – which he’s had in mind for several years – is awesome and that...
Read MoreSony Moves Ghostbusters and Morbius to 2021
Sony has taken a bite out of their release schedule. Deadline has just reported that both Ghostbusters: Afterlife and Morbius, the next installment in Sony’s Marvel Universe, have shifted their release dates in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Previously dated July 20, 2020, and July 31, 2020...
Read MoreJerusalem’s Lot Adaptation Gets Title, Actors
Maine’s deadliest vampires are about to rise again, as Epix is developing a TV series based on Stephen King’s short story “Jerusalem’s Lot.” A prequel to his famous (and outstanding) novel Salem’s Lot found in King’s short story collection Night Shift (also outstanding), “Jerusalem�...
Read MoreDracula Trailer Emerges From Its Coffin
A Halloween holdover rises from the grave this Christmas Season, as a trailer for the upcoming BBC series Dracula has been released online. From Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat, the creators of Sherlock, Dracula will be the latest in a long line of retellings of Bram Stoker’s legendary horror novel,...
Read MoreAwesome Cheese: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)
I’ve always loved genre mashups. While my favorites are more akin to something like Blade Runner, it’s exciting when a creator is playing with two disparate genres to create something off the wall. The modern master of the mashup, at least in novel form, is without a doubt, Seth Grahame Smith. I...
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