I don't want David Tennants reign as the Doctor to end!

'Heroes' star Grant writes zombie comic

Tuesday, September 22 2009, 09:18 BST

By Hugh Armitage, Comics Reporter

Heroes actress Brea Grant is writing a series of comics about zombies in the 1920s with her brother Zane.

Grant - who played Daphne Millbrook in Heroes - is collaborating with her brother on We Will Bury You for IDW Publishing.

The series will feature art by Kyle Strahm and covers by 30 Days of Night's Ben Templesmith.

"Growing up in a small town, [Zane and I] got really close because we didn't know that many people who were into the music and books we were into," Grant told MTV News. "So, it's logical to me that we would work together.

"We have a similar sense of the world, sense of humor and work ethic, so it just really works out."

The siblings will be focusing on life in the early 20th century as much as they will the hordes of flesh-eating undead.

"We wanted to include worldviews of the time, slang and even jobs that you might not hear about in a normal history class," said Grant.

"It may sound lame, but there's no reason you can't learn while reading a comic."

We Will Bury You will debut in early 2010.

awesome!, can never have enough zombie comics!

Eckhart wants role in 'Batman' sequel

Friday, September 18 2009, 23:15 BST

By Mark Langshaw, Gaming/Comics Reporter

Rex Features

Aaron Eckhart has expressed interest in reprising his role as Two-Face in Christopher Nolan's follow-up to The Dark Knight.

The actor portrayed Harvey Dent and his disfigured alter-ego in Batman's last film outing, which saw the character seemingly killed off in the end. Eckhart, however, is now appealing to Nolan to bring the villain back in a soap opera-inspired twist.

"I think I've talked myself out of the job. I thought I'd died. But you know, America's grown up on soap operas and reinventing people so why doesn't Chris take that into consideration," he said.

Eckhart added that he would "love" to return as the character, but would understand if Nolan made a clean break from the last film out of respect for the late Heath Ledger, who died from an accidental drug overdose in January 2008.

"If Chris asked me back, I would love to. Heath really was meant to come back as The Joker [for the next movie] as we all would want him to do so. Maybe this will be the way it is and be its own little thing."

Production on the next Batman film is rumoured to begin next year.

I would love to see that role again because I think he nailed two-face but I just think after the way it ended in Dark Knight I am not sure its going to be easy to write him back in...it could end the arguments on whether he broke his neck when he fell.

Duo make a return to 'Silent Hill'

Roger Avary, Samuel Hadida sign on for game adaptation

By Steven Zeitchik

Sept 14, 2009, 11:00 PM ET

TORONTO -- Roger Avary and Samuel Hadida of Davis Films are climbing back up "Silent Hill."

The screenwriter and producer have signed on for a sequel to their 2006 video game adaptation.

The original, based on the Konami game, centered on a woman who travels to a desolate town to seek help for her ailing daughter only to find supernatural occurrences taking place there.

Davis Films aims to shoot the movie next year after "Resident Evil 4," which it's now prepping.

TriStar released the original "Silent Hill," which earned $47 million domestically; the label has not confirmed involvement on the follow-up.

Avary, best known for his work on Quentin Tarantino scripts such as "Pulp Fiction," also is penning video game adaptation "Return to Castle Wolfenstein" for Davis Films.

The deal is one of several projects for Hadida's company. The French-based banner has come to Toronto with two projects -- Michael Bassett's "Solomon Kane" and the Terry Gilliam-helmed "The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus."

"Kane," based on Robert Howard's early 20th-century pulp novels that blend fantasy and history, screened in the Cannes market in the spring, and Davis Films is hoping for new attention and offers at TIFF. The pic is set to play Wednesday in the Midnight Madness section.

"The cut is basically the same, but a lot of distributors wanted to see it with an audience, which could really affect how a film plays," Hadida said.

Despite the lesser-known cast -- James Purefoy, starring in the title role, is perhaps the best-known name -- the filmmakers believe "Kane" could sell on the brand value of the Howard creation.

"The property is the star," said Paul Berrow, who is producing with Hadida.

"Parnassus" will be released by Sony Pictures Classics following an involved postproduction process that included a stop at Cannes in May.

In addition to the "Resident Evil" franchise, Hadida counts movies such as "Good Night, and Good Luck" and "The Rules of Attraction" among his credits.

I am quite happy about this!

I would love a 5th Indie movie because I loved the 4th even though people say its nuked the fridge!, infact the fridge part was my favourite bit!

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