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Steven Spielberg Picks Up Locke & Key For New TV Series

by James Johnson
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Steven Spielberg Picks Up Locke & Key For New TV Series

Steven Spielberg and his partners Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are bringing the Joe Hill written and Gabriel Rodriguez illustrated comic Locke & Key to TV with Josh Friedman of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles‘ helming the project. According to New York Magazine the comic is set to be made into a “major TV franchise.” Originally Kurtzman and Orci wanted to turn the comic into a full-length movie, but were happy to move forward with a TV show when Friedman came on-board. If you’re unfamiliar with Locke & Key it features three kids who watch over an old mansion that’s full of various adventures that can be found through portals.  Read more »

JJ Abrams goes retro

by Robin Parrish
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JJ Abrams goes retro

That JJ Abrams is one savvy dude. How do you possibly top a big-budget box office hit that’s a success among critics and fans both? Answer: you don’t. And Abrams knows it. Hot off his Star Trek reboot, Abrams has picked his next film, and he’s done it with a wise method: lower expectations. Instead of another big-budget epic, he’s filming a lower-budget scifi pic that’s crazy smart. The movie, which has existed under a shroud of secrecy until last weekend’s trailer preview before Iron Man 2, is an homage to Steven Spielberg’s old-school scifi pictures, from the early part of his career. The twist? Abrams, who also wrote the Read more »