Framelight Prods. and Arcana Studios are set to co-produce film adaptations of the graphic novels "El Arsenal" and "Frozen Wasteland" says Variety.
"El Arsenal" is set in the future when the world is on the verge of collapse and mankind's best hope lies with a Mexican mercenary who's seeking a powerful biological weapon in cockroaches.
Michael Miner ("Robocop") is in talks to adapt the screenplay.
"Frozen Wasteland" is set in an America covered in snow as rival gangs fight for control in Los Angeles, where law and order has collapsed and the government is afraid it will lose the city.
Jeffrey D. Erb, Robert L. Robinson Jr. and Sean O'Reilly will produce both films.
"El Arsenal" is set in the future when the world is on the verge of collapse and mankind's best hope lies with a Mexican mercenary who's seeking a powerful biological weapon in cockroaches.
Michael Miner ("Robocop") is in talks to adapt the screenplay.
"Frozen Wasteland" is set in an America covered in snow as rival gangs fight for control in Los Angeles, where law and order has collapsed and the government is afraid it will lose the city.
Jeffrey D. Erb, Robert L. Robinson Jr. and Sean O'Reilly will produce both films.
- 7/27/2011
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Framelight Productions and David Uslan unveiled plans to adapt the British author/illustrator Ian Beck's kid-aimed fantasy/adventure book trilogy The Secret History of Tom Trueheart, into a series of live-action feature film. There is no director or screenwriter for the movie(s) so far, the first of which is currently set to being production in mid-2010. Framelight's Jeffrey D. Erb and Robert L. Robinson, Jr. will produce with Uslan. Beck will serve as executive producer.
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- 6/18/2009
- by gwen@cynopsis.com
Right now in the creative spin cycle of Hollywood there are three ideas for movies that are on the power wash setting: remakes, comic book-based projects and turning young adult books into films. This story is about the latter.
The screen rights to the bestselling Tom Trueheart series launched in 2007 by Ian Beck have been bought by Framelight Productions. David Uslan, a guy who doesn't have more than a single credit on IMDb, will produce along with Framelight execs Jeffrey D. Erb and Robert L. Robinson Jr. Beck will also receive an executive producer credit too.
To date two books in the Tom Trueheart series have come out and a third is in the works. The series is set in a fantasy land called Land of Stories and follows the youngest son in a family of 8 brothers who has to set out to rescue his elder siblings from a villain...
The screen rights to the bestselling Tom Trueheart series launched in 2007 by Ian Beck have been bought by Framelight Productions. David Uslan, a guy who doesn't have more than a single credit on IMDb, will produce along with Framelight execs Jeffrey D. Erb and Robert L. Robinson Jr. Beck will also receive an executive producer credit too.
To date two books in the Tom Trueheart series have come out and a third is in the works. The series is set in a fantasy land called Land of Stories and follows the youngest son in a family of 8 brothers who has to set out to rescue his elder siblings from a villain...
- 6/17/2009
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Producer David Uslan, who already has an adaptation in the works for his Future Comics series “Freemind,” has just set his sights on bringing another property to life in Hollywood, but this time the honor belongs to author Ian Beck’s 2007 children’s book “The Secret History of Tom Trueheart.”
The book joins other children’s tales such as “Coraline” and “Dear Dracula” that movie makers have recently eyed for their young audience appeal.
“It could have easily been a wonderful comic book series or graphic novel. When I look at a property, I not only look for a great character-driven feature film but a video game, a toy line and a digital series as well,” Uslan told The Hollywood Reporter. “‘The Secret History of Tom Trueheart’ hits all those platforms, along with having great international appeal.”
Beck’s “Tom Trueheart” trilogy of books follows its title hero’s family,...
The book joins other children’s tales such as “Coraline” and “Dear Dracula” that movie makers have recently eyed for their young audience appeal.
“It could have easily been a wonderful comic book series or graphic novel. When I look at a property, I not only look for a great character-driven feature film but a video game, a toy line and a digital series as well,” Uslan told The Hollywood Reporter. “‘The Secret History of Tom Trueheart’ hits all those platforms, along with having great international appeal.”
Beck’s “Tom Trueheart” trilogy of books follows its title hero’s family,...
- 6/17/2009
- by Brian Warmoth
- MTV Splash Page
Framelight Productions and David Uslan are set to adapt the "Tom Trueheart" children's book trilogy into a series of feature films, says The Hollywood Reporter . Production on a first live-action film, based on the 2007 book "The Secret History of Tom Trueheart," is targeted for a mid-2010 start on a planned $60 million budget. Framelight's Jeffrey D. Erb and Robert L. Robinson Jr. will join Uslan in producing the film, with the series' British author, Ian Beck, on board as executive producer. A screenwriter will be hired shortly. An adventure fantasy, the "Trueheart" series follows a young boy and his older brothers in the Land of Stories. The original "Trueheart" was published in 2007, and a second book, "Tom Trueheart and the...
- 6/17/2009
- Comingsoon.net
Framelight Prods. and David Uslan are set to adapt the "Tom Trueheart" children's book trilogy into a series of feature films.
Production on a first live-action pic, based on the 2007 book "The Secret History of Tom Trueheart," is targeted for a mid-2010 start on a planned $60 million budget. Producers expect to have distribution in place before production.
Framelight's Jeffrey D. Erb and Robert L. Robinson Jr. will join Uslan in producing the film, with the series' British author, Ian Beck, on board as exec producer. A screenwriter will be hired shortly.
An adventure fantasy, the "Trueheart" series follows a young boy and his older brothers in the Land of Stories. The original "Trueheart" was published in 2007, and a second book, "Tom Trueheart and the Land of Dark Stories," was published last year.
Beck is working on a third literary adventure, "Tom Trueheart and the Land of Myths and Legends." Framelight...
Production on a first live-action pic, based on the 2007 book "The Secret History of Tom Trueheart," is targeted for a mid-2010 start on a planned $60 million budget. Producers expect to have distribution in place before production.
Framelight's Jeffrey D. Erb and Robert L. Robinson Jr. will join Uslan in producing the film, with the series' British author, Ian Beck, on board as exec producer. A screenwriter will be hired shortly.
An adventure fantasy, the "Trueheart" series follows a young boy and his older brothers in the Land of Stories. The original "Trueheart" was published in 2007, and a second book, "Tom Trueheart and the Land of Dark Stories," was published last year.
Beck is working on a third literary adventure, "Tom Trueheart and the Land of Myths and Legends." Framelight...
- 6/16/2009
- by By Carl DiOrio
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Comic book series "Deadworld" is set to enter cinemas. Dark Hero Studios' David Hayter and Benedict Carver are developing a feature franchise based on the horror series with Pandemonium's Bill Mechanic.
According to Variety, Hayter will adapt the screenplay, and he and Mechanic will be producing alongside Framelight's Robert L. Robinson Jr. and Jeffrey D. Erb.
Hayter, who will also conceive and design the look of the film, told the trades' website, "It's very much about the design of the Deadworld and creating cool, frightening but not necessarily gory creatures. I am a huge fan of zombie mythology."
"Deadworld" will pick up four months after an apocalypse in which humans are overrun by flesh-eating corpses. The dead will overtake the planet, with only a few humans present. The protagonist is King Zombie, who holds a grudge against the survivors who made him an outcast.
According to Variety, Hayter will adapt the screenplay, and he and Mechanic will be producing alongside Framelight's Robert L. Robinson Jr. and Jeffrey D. Erb.
Hayter, who will also conceive and design the look of the film, told the trades' website, "It's very much about the design of the Deadworld and creating cool, frightening but not necessarily gory creatures. I am a huge fan of zombie mythology."
"Deadworld" will pick up four months after an apocalypse in which humans are overrun by flesh-eating corpses. The dead will overtake the planet, with only a few humans present. The protagonist is King Zombie, who holds a grudge against the survivors who made him an outcast.
- 6/11/2009
- icelebz.com
Dark Hero Studios partners David Hayter and Benedict Carver have joined with Pandemonium's Bill Mechanic to turn the comic book "Deadworld" into a zombie feature franchise, says Variety . Hayter ( Watchmen ) will write the screenplay, and he and Mechanic will produce with Framelight's Robert L. Robinson Jr. and Jeffrey D. Erb. Carver and Pandemonium's Suzanne Warren will be executive producers along with Gary Reed, who wrote and co-created the comic. "Deadworld" veers from the popular zombie mythology of depicting an apocalypse in which humans are overrun by flesh-eating corpses. "Deadworld" picks up four months after that event, where the Dead overtake the Earth, with humans few and far between. The protagonist is King Zombie, a Harley-riding corpse...
- 6/11/2009
- Comingsoon.net
Dark Hero Studios partners David Hayter and Benedict Carver have joined with Pandemonium's Bill Mechanic to turn the comic book "Deadworld" into a zombie feature franchise, says Variety . Hayter ( Watchmen ) will write the screenplay, and he and Mechanic will produce with Framelight's Robert L. Robinson Jr. and Jeffrey D. Erb. Carver and Pandemonium's Suzanne Warren will be executive producers along with Gary Reed, who wrote and co-created the comic. "Deadworld" veers from the popular zombie mythology of depicting an apocalypse in which humans are overrun by flesh-eating corpses. "Deadworld" picks up four months after that event, where the Dead overtake the Earth, with humans few and far between. The protagonist is King Zombie, a Harley-riding corpse...
- 6/11/2009
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Dark Hero Studios' writer David "Watchmen" Hayter and Benedict Carver have teamed with Pandemonium producer Bill "Coraline" Mechanic to adapt the comic book Deadworld into a feature franchise. Hayter and Mechanic will produce with Framelight's Robert L. Robinson Jr. and Jeffrey D. Erb with Carver and Pandemonium's Suzanne Warren executive producing with Deadworld co-creator Gary Reed. Hayter will also 'conceive and design' the look of the upcoming film. "I am a huge fan of zombie mythology", said Hayter. Currently published by Image Comics, the comic book series follows survivors in a post-apocalyptic scenario brought on by zombie attacks. Originally published by Arrow Comics in 1987, Deadworld was written/created by Stuart Kerr and Ralph Griffith, illustrated by Vince Locke. Arrow eventually ceased publication, selling all titles to Gary Reed's Caliber Comics. By issue 12, Reed took over as the main writer. The series returned to print in 2005 through Image Comics, with...
- 6/11/2009
- HollywoodNorthReport.com
Dark Hero Studios partners David Hayter, co-writer of Zack Snyder’s Watchmen, and Benedict Carver have joined with Pandemonium's Bill Mechanic to turn the Deadworld comic book series into a zombie feature franchise, say the trades. Deadworld veers from the popular zombie mythology of depicting an apocalypse in which humans are overrun by flesh-eating corpses. Deadworld picks up four months after that event, where the Dead overtake the Earth, with humans few and far between. The protagonist is King Zombie, a Harley-riding corpse who holds a grudge against the survivors who made him an outcast. Hayter, whose other screenwriting credits include X-Men, X2 and The Scorpion King, will pen the screenplay for Deadworld, and he and Mechanic will produce with Framelight's Robert L. Robinson Jr. and Jeffrey D. Erb. Gary Reed, who wrote and co-created the comic, will executive produce. Mechanic, who ran Fox when Hayter wrote the first X-Men film,...
- 6/11/2009
- by James Cook
- TheMovingPicture.net
New York -- Fanboys with a taste for edgy comic and graphic novel adaptations will be served by the new filmmaking outfit Framelight Prods.
Producer Jeffrey Erb and entrepreneur Robert Robinson Jr. have launched the shingle with options on several properties, including the Marvel Comics tale "Dr. Deth With Kip and Muffy" from "G.I. Joe" author Larry Hama. Framelight plans to produce six to eight films during the next five years in the $20 million-$80 million range, focusing on strong stories with powerful characters.
Other projects on the slate include Gary Reed's Caliber Press and Image Comics zombie series "Deadworld" and the supernatural thriller "Sins of the Fallen" and classic tale "1001 Arabian Nights" from Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco's Zenescope Entertainment. Framelight intends to add video game and toy properties to its list of future film adaptations.
"We don't want to traditionally option a title; we want to partner with the...
Producer Jeffrey Erb and entrepreneur Robert Robinson Jr. have launched the shingle with options on several properties, including the Marvel Comics tale "Dr. Deth With Kip and Muffy" from "G.I. Joe" author Larry Hama. Framelight plans to produce six to eight films during the next five years in the $20 million-$80 million range, focusing on strong stories with powerful characters.
Other projects on the slate include Gary Reed's Caliber Press and Image Comics zombie series "Deadworld" and the supernatural thriller "Sins of the Fallen" and classic tale "1001 Arabian Nights" from Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco's Zenescope Entertainment. Framelight intends to add video game and toy properties to its list of future film adaptations.
"We don't want to traditionally option a title; we want to partner with the...
- 9/15/2008
- by By Gregg Goldstein
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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