The late Ian Fleming is best known for creating the James Bond novel series. Writing twelve novels in the series and two short story collections, the series would continue on after his death with new writers as well as the hugely successful 007 film series. How Fleming created Bond, and how his own life mirrored his works, are set to be revealed. British auctioneering corporation Sotheby’s will be selling more than 160 letters between Ian Fleming and his wife Ann Charteris. These letters shed light on their tumultuous relationship, from its beginnings as an affair while Ann was still married …
The Scooby-Doo franchise has seen many different cartoons, books, films, and television shows over the years. Next summer will see the release of the latest iteration of the mystery solving team, titled SCOOB. The film will show the origins of Mystery Inc., with Shaggy and Scooby-Doo first meeting Fred, Velma, and Daphne and solving the mystery of the ghost known as Cerberus. Warner Bros. released new photos for the film exclusively on Fandango. The stills feature both young and old Scooby and Shaggy as well as the new Mystery Machine. SCOOB releases on May 15th, …
With shows like The Sopranos, Westworld, The Wire, Sex and the City, Oz, and Game of Thrones, HBO is one of the most influential cable networks on television. And how the company came to be so big will be the subject of a new book. Vox reports that journalist James Andrew Miller has started working on an oral history of the company, chronicling the founding of the company in 1972 to its current incarnation now that it is under the wing of AT&T. Image Via Book Soup According to sources familiar with the project, Miller has already interviewed …
Based on H.G. Wells’ classic novel of the same name, The Invisible Man was a horror film released in the 1930’s about a scientist who decides to make himself invisible but goes crazy after he succeeds, resulting in a reign of terror. The film is now a part of the Universal Classic Monsters series along with Frankenstein, The Wolfman, and Dracula. Image Via IMDb A remake of the film had been planned to be a part of Universal’s “Dark Universe,” which would tie in all of their monster characters into a shared universe, with Johnny Depp as the …
Tons of Game of Thrones news has hit over the last few days. The original writers left the Star Wars franchise, one of the proposed prequels centering around the White Walkers was just cancelled, and another one focusing on the Targaryans, titled House of the Dragon, has been given a 10-episode order. With all this news happening all at once, what does the creator of the world of Westeros have to say about it? Image Via The Indian Express George R. R. Martin spoke about all these developments in a blog post titled The Dragon Takes Wing. He …
