Twilight Zone Episode Becomes Movie

Richard Matheson’s classic Twilight Zone Episode “Death Ship,” is being adapted for the screen by ‘3:10 to Yuma’ scribe Michael Brandt. The original episode is about the arrival of three astronauts to a planet, and the subsequent discovery of a crashed ship identical to their own, the twist is, the bodies they find are there …

Tobey Maguire to Produce ‘Afterburn’

Tobey Maguire will be producing ‘Afterburn.” The property, based on the post-Apocalyptic comic from Red 5, it is one year after a solar flare burned half the planet, and treasure hunters are venturing into scorched territory to retrieve artifacts. No word if Tobey will act in the film, it sounds like a fun sci-fi project, …

Xbox Live Gamerscore Controversy

Major Nelson announced on his blog the action taken by Microsoft on the ongoing Gamerscore tampering. For those of you who don’t know, Microsoft introduced Gamerscore on Xbox Live as a way to track your progress in your game collection by earning “achievements,” in them. For something with little reward other then bragging rights, it’s …

Clancy MMO?

Ubisoft announced last week that it acquired full rights to the Clancy brand/name free of all future royalty payments. Arstechnica reports that Ubisoft is working on developing a Clancy branded MMO. It seems like MMOs are a hot thing, but very rarely do these products take off. Would such a niché property do well in …

‘South Park’ Goes Viral

Internet South Park viewers have always found a way to catch up on their favorite  show. Well, that just got a lot easier! You will be able to watch every single episode of the show on southparkstudios.com.

‘Smashing Pumpkins’ Sue Virgin Records

Apparently, members of the band Smashing Pumpkins are suing Virgin Records for “illegally using their name in promotional deals that hurt the bands credibility with fans.” In a breach of contract suit, they cited 20 years of hard work threatened by Virgin’s use in a Pepsi/Amazon.com promotion. Are they serious? Is anyone going to really …