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On the heels of their success with J.C. Chandor's Margin Call, Zachary Quinto's Before The Door Pictures has announced the company's second feature project, an "untitled found-footage" romantic comedy. Quinto and producing partners Neal Dodson and Corey Moosa commence principal photography on the film this week in New York.

Longtime Before The Door collaborator Victor Quinaz is directing and keeping the details of the project including the title and general synopsis under wraps. Anonymous Content's Steve Golin and Richard Brown are also producing, with Anonymous co-financing along with their partner Fred Schaufeld, who will serve as an executive producer. Written by Quinaz, Anna Martemucci, and Philip Quinaz, the film mixes scripted and improv comedy and utilizes an ensemble of actors and comedians from the Periods Films web shorts that have been featured on Huffington Post, Funny or Die, and numerous other online comedy outlets.

Quinto commented, "As...

Exclusive: After launching his production shingle Before The Door Pictures with the Jc Chandor-directed Margin Call, Star Trek star Zachary Quinto is teaming with Anonymous Content on a second project. It's an untitled "found footage" romantic comedy that will be produced by Quinto and his partners Neal Dodson and Corey Moosa, with shooting to begin tomorrow in New York. Victor Quinaz will direct, and Anonymous Content's Steve Golin and Richard Brown are also producing. Anonymous is co-financing with Fred Schaufeld, who'll be the film's executive producer. The pic's premise is being kept under wraps, but the script was written by Quinaz, Anna Martemucci and Philip Quinaz. It's a mix of scripted and improv comedy, with an ensemble cast of comics who've performed in Periods Films web shorts seen on Funny or Die and other websites. It's the second time Before The Door has gone with a first-time helmer. That happened on Margin Call,...

The spectrum of sci-fi and fantasy works adapted for TV grows ever-larger by the day, and now Starz has decided to throw their hat into the ring.

Today that world grows a little larger, as Deadline reports that Starz CEO Chris Albrecht has secured the rights to adapt Dean Koontz' 1985 supernatural thriller Twilight Eyes for at least a six to eight-hour miniseries.

Twilight Eyes focuses on mysterious character and self-named "Slim MacKenzie," who ues his psychic powers (the so-called twilight eyes) to hunt Goblins, beings that have the capacity to mimic human form and only experience the spectrum of negative emotions. Along with girlfriend Rya Raines and friend Joel Tuck, the three operate out of a carnival and fight monsters in Yontsdown, Pensylvania.

Koontz' work hadn't been adapted for TV since 1998's Mr. Murder, though the author had previously tried to bring Twilight Eyes to the screen earlier that decade.

Horror and sci-fi author Dean Koontz is becoming a hot property in Hollywood it seems. With a film adaptation of "Odd Thomas" in production, now comes word of another Koontz property getting adapted - for cable television.

The Starz network ("Spartacus," "Camelot") is set to produce an original limited series adaptation of Koontz' 1985 novel "Twilight Eyes" reports Deadline.

The story follows a man named Slim MacKenzie, who uses his psychic powers to hunt Goblins - monsters that have the ability to mimic human beings.

Scribe Stephen Tolkin, who adapted the Koontz novels "Intensity" and "Mr. Murder" into late 90's telemovies, has teamed with Koontz' former agent Rob Lee on the project.

The aim is to do a small series run, around 6-8 episodes, and by doing it on premium cable it allows them to keep the book's strong violence and sensuality intact. One change however is that the 1970's setting...

Let's get this out of the way immediately ... this has Nothing to do with The Twilight Saga or any type of otherworldly creatures who shimmer when they shouldn't! We're talking some good old fashioned Koontz style horror here, kids!

According to Deadline Starz may be ready to roll out its first original limited series, an adaptation of Dean Koontz's 1985 novel Twilight Eyes. The project, which centers on Slim MacKenzie, who uses his psychic powers, aka Twilight Eyes, to hunt Goblins -- monsters that have the ability to mimic human beings -- is in high-priority development.

Koontz has shied away from TV in the past few years, and no book of his has been adapted to the small screen in a decade. His former agent at Wma, Rob Lee, now head of his own production company Bayonne Entertainment, remembered Koonz once talking about Twilight Eyes as a potential miniseries. But...

Exclusive: Back when Chris Albrecht took the reins of Starz as CEO more than a year ago, he said that the programming focus of the pay cable network will be on original series and big event miniseries/limited series. With nothing in the pipeline in the big event arena, Albrecht picked up the eight-part miniseries Pillars of the Earth. Now Starz may be ready to roll out its first original limited series, an adaptation of Dean Koontz' 1985 novel Twilight Eyes. The project, which centers on Slim MacKenzie, who uses his psychic powers, aka Twilight Eyes, to hunt Goblins -- monsters that have the ability to mimic human beings -- is in high-priority development. Koontz has shied away from TV in the past few years and no book of his has been adapted to the small screen in a decade. His former agent at Wma, Rob Lee, now head of...

Hey gang! WonderCon 2011 invading San Francisco on Friday, April 1st through Sunday, April 3rd and the three-day schedule has been unleashed! Unfortunately we won't be able to make it up there this year, but if you are going, it looks like there's a ton of stuff for you to check out! I wish to hell I was going!

The convention will feature presentations and screenings for Falling Skies, Green Lantern, Super, Cowboys & Aliens, The Three Musketeers, Hanna, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Iron Man Anime, Priest, Immortals, Doctor Who, Terra Nova, Thundercats, and more.

Check out the full schedule below and start planning you WonderCon adventure!

Friday, April 1

12:30-1:30 Nerds! The Secret Origins of Game Designers— Comics. Movies. Games. Did you know that a life of fandom might be perfect training for a career as a video game designer? Learn the secret origins of industry veterans Haden Blackman...

Roger Hargreaves' classic "Mr. Men" books were a staple of my childhood. My mother might even tell you I had an especially close relationship with "Mr. Messy" (I still do). So it is with no small amount of joy that I greet the news today of a planned "Mr. Men" animated film!

Shawn Levy is set to produce the adaptation, which doesn't currently have a writer or director attached, The Hollywood Reporter reveals. The series, which has previously been the subject of four different TV shows, spans 48 books, giving Levy and his team plenty to pore over in adapting the source into a feature-length tale.

What Levy doesn't have access to is the series of planned follow-ups that never got off the ground. Our MTV super-spies have managed to track down five of the never-published "Mr. Men" books, written by a shadowy figure who calls himself Mr. Made-Up. Read...

When I was in high school I absorbed stories by Koontz, King, Cornwell, and Crichton. Granted, I probably should have paid more attention to the "suggested" reading list - but I've always enjoyed quick paced novels that don't leave much aftertaste in my head. I have cherished favorites that I'm weary of rereading fearing that they won't hold up to what I remember - Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King, From Potter's Field by Patricia Cornwell and the classic Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton. One of my all time favorite classic Dean Koontz stories is Mr. Murder.

Marty Stillwater is a mystery thriller writer just beginning to gain mainstream attention for his dark novels. "I need... I need... I need..." is magnetized on Marty's cassette recorder during a seven minute trance state. When Marty realizes what transpired, he is overcome with a sense of dread - like something is barreling down on him,...

Archaia Comics has revealed details of its upcoming crime series Mr. Murder Is Dead, Newsarama reports. The series is set in a pulp noir world and centres around an elderly police officer, named Gould Kane, who gets caught up in a murder mystery. "It's totally noir. People get punched and shot, and maybe in the middle of it, they'll solve who killed Mr. Murder," said writer Victor Quinaz. "I really feel like, at the core of all noir, is this really cool philosophy. If you're familiar with the Philip Marlowe or Sam Spade characters, they become the moral arbitrator. And in the end, they have to be in judgment. (more)...