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Sorry Kanye West, but #BellLetsTalk is the most important thing happening on Twitter right now. The hashtag has been tweeted by millions as part of a movement to open up conversations around mental illness and bash stigma for those suffering from depression, O.C.D., anxiety and more. Started in 2010, Bell Let's Talk Day is an initiative meant to promote public discussions around mental health. Bell donates 5 cents for every call and text made on its network on Jan. 27th, as well as for Facebook shares and tweets using the hashtag. According to CBC, Bell has donated over $73 million to mental health initiatives throughout Canada.

Sorry Kanye West, but #BellLetsTalk is the most important thing happening on Twitter right now. The hashtag has been tweeted by millions as part of a movement to open up conversations around mental illness and bash stigma for those suffering from depression, O.C.D., anxiety and more. Started in 2010, Bell Let's Talk Day is an initiative meant to promote public discussions around mental health. Bell donates 5 cents for every call and text made on its network on Jan. 27th, as well as for Facebook shares and tweets using the hashtag. According to CBC, Bell has donated over $73 million to mental health initiatives throughout Canada.

Thinking about it, how does one guy envision such great games such as Metal Gear or Zone of the Enders, while at the same time carrying an entire company on his shoulders? Hideo Kojima, owner of Kojima Productions, has been doing just that for Konami for decades now. The creator of one of the most iconic franchises in gaming has even stepped up to have a big role in the publisher side of things. He helps not only operate Kojima Productions, but Konami itself. Seems logical, through one of your leading men into bigger shoes. Yet how does he do it?

We ask the question as this week we highlighted another great PlayStation Exclusive, Metal Gear Solid. This is part of a month long series that will highlight the greatest PlayStation Exclusives! Be sure to check them out!

“Storytelling is very difficult. But adding the flavor helps to relay the storytelling,...

Idw has announced in a new press release that they are currently planning on developing several television series based on their current comic book titles. To accomplish this, Idw has formed Idw Entertainment, an in-house television division that will soon begin work on developing shows based on “Life Undead”, “Brooklyn Animal Control”, and “V Wars” with additional projects on the way. The newly founded division will be headed up by David Ozer, the executive producer on AMC’s “The Walking Dead”, who will oversee the adaptation of Idw titles into future TV shows.

“Life Undead” will follow a New Orleans detective after he finds himself immersed in a supernatural world; “Brooklyn Animal Control” will follow the exploits of a special division of the NYPD that regulates a small community of werewolves in the big city, and “V Wars” will tell the story of the first Vampire War fought by humanity.

More comic book adaptations on TV? Yes Please. Idw Publishing has heard our call and is poised to deliver, with today’s announcement that it has opened a new division to fund and develop their properties for TV. Entitled Idw Entertainment, it is already moving forward with development of Life Undead and Brooklyn Animal Control, and is reportedly already near a network deal for V Wars.

Circle of Confusion, whose production side is an executive producer on The Walking Dead and whose management arm represents Robert Kirkman, amongst many others, will executive produce all projects. This is going to be so good. Here are the deets:

Comic Book Powerhouse Idw Publishing Launches New Division, Idw Entertainment, To Fund, Develop And Produce Television Properties David Ozer Appointed President of Idw Entertainment Circle of Confusion to Guide New Division’s Development and Production

San Diego, CA (October 17, 2013) – Idw Publishing, one of the...

A Bigfoot found footage film is pretty much as natural as that genre gets, and it looks like we may have a good one, in The Lost Coast Tapes. The film comes out this year, and we have two trailers, along with a couple posters and promo’s from the movie, all of which look sweet (all from Dread Central).

Corey Grant (Dysfunctional Friends) directs the film that stars Drew Rausch, Rich McDonald, Ashley Wood, Noah Weisberg, and Frank Ashmore. It was written by Brian Kelsey and Bryan O’Cain and produced by New Breed Entertainment’s Corey Grant, Chevez Frazier, and Chris Beal.

The legendary Bigfoot tale gets the found footage treatment for Corey Grant's new horror project 'The Lost Coast Tapes'. XLrator Media have uncovered the first full length trailer for the project which stars Drew Rausch, Rich McDonald, Ashley Wood, Frank Ashmore and Noah Weisberg. A small crew head out to Northern California in search of the furry faced sasquatch in order to finally put to bed the Bigfoot myth. Of course in good old fashioned found footage style all does not go according to plan. 'The Lost Coast Tapes' is due for a DVD and Blu-ray release here in the UK from 3 September 2012. Head below for the full synopsis and the new trailer....

Fans of Sasquatchploitation rejoice! The first full trailer for XLrator Media's found footage Bigfoot flick, The Lost Coast Tapes, has made its way online, and we have every hairy horror-filled second of it right here on tap! Check it out!

The film directed by Corey Grant (Dysfunctional Friends) stars Drew Rausch, Rich McDonald, Ashley Wood, Noah Weisberg, and Frank Ashmore. It was written by Brian Kelsey and Bryan O'Cain and produced by New Breed Entertainment's Corey Grant, Chevez Frazier, and Chris Beal. Look for the film sometime this fall!

Thanks to DC reader Avery for the heads up!

Synopsis

Sean Reynolds, an eager television host, is on a mission to debunk famed Bigfoot hunter Carl Drybeck, who claims to possess the body of a dead Sasquatch. When the team arrives in Northern California, they are immediately thrilled -- Drybeck’s zealous belief in his hoax is going to make...

Good news for fans of Sasquatchploitation! XLrator Media has found Bigfoot, acquiring North American rights to the horror/thriller The Lost Coast Tapes with plans for a fall release. Get your plaster casts ready, kids!

The film directed by Corey Grant (Dysfunctional Friends) stars Drew Rausch, Rich McDonald, Ashley Wood, Noah Weisberg, and Frank Ashmore. It was written by Brian Kelsey and Bryan O'Cain and produced by New Breed Entertainment's Corey Grant, Chevez Frazier, and Chris Beal. Look for more soon!

Synopsis

Sean Reynolds, an eager television host, is on a mission to debunk famed Bigfoot hunter Carl Drybeck, who claims to possess the body of a dead Sasquatch. When the team arrives in Northern California, they are immediately thrilled -- Drybeck’s zealous belief in his hoax is going to make for a wildly entertaining episode of campy-paranormal television.

However, when Drybeck’s hunting partner is mysteriously attacked,...

The following is a list of all comic books, graphic novels and special items that will be available this week and shipped to comic book stores who have placed orders for them.

007 Magazine & Archive Ltd

007 Magazine Archive Diamonds Are Forever #1 (not verified by Diamond), $18.00

AC Comics

Bizzare Thrills The Paragon Publications Story Tp, $29.95

Amryl Entertainment

Cavewoman Feeding Grounds #2, $3.75

Cavewoman Mutation #1, $3.75

Cavewoman Mutation #1 (Budd Root Special Edition), $6.95

Cavewoman Mutation #1 (Devon Massey Special Edition), $6.85

Antarctic Press

Dead Pooh (One Shot), $3.99

Gold Digger #137, $3.99

Steampunk Sketchbook (One Shot), $3.50

Victorian Secret Agents Steampunk Angels (One Shot), $3.99

Ape Entertainment

Richie Rich Gems #46, $3.99

Subculture Webstrips Volume 2 Die Harder Tp, $9.95

Apostle Arts

Billy Tucci A Child Is Born (One Shot)(Artists Edition), $4.99

Archaia Entertainment

Genetiks Tm Volume 1 Hc, $19.95

Archie Comics

Betty And Veronica Double Digest #200, $3.99

Jinx Hc (resolicited), $16.99

Jinx Sc (resolicited), $9.99

Kevin Keller #2 (Dan Parent Regular Cover), $2.99

Kevin Keller #2 (Dan Parent Variant Cover), $2.99

Mega Man #12, $2.99

Ardden Entertainment

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First announced at Afm back in November comes from New Breed Entertainment and director Corey Grant, The Lost Coast Tapes, starring Drew Rausch, Ashley Wood, Rich McDonald, Frank Ashmore and Noah Weisberg. "A cynical investigative journalist and his documentary team travel to a remote cabin to debunk a Cryptozoologist's claim of finding a dead Bigfoot, but their film quickly becomes a record of their life and battle against an unseen horror." The first piece of art was pretty impressive, reminding me of the one sheet for Frozen and Open Water. A second has just debuted. Keep up with the film on Facebook.

When Paranormal Activity 3 scares up nearly $54 million at the box office in a weekend, you know that the found footage phenomenon is not dying soon. A new Pov horror-thriller called The Lost Coast Tapes is currently being sold to distributors at American Film Market next week. The story follows "an investigative journalist and his group that travel to Northern California to find the legendary Sasquatch, but the footage of that trip is now all that remains." The film was directed by Corey Grant, with production already wrapped on the film. Check out the full poster below:

Here are some more details according to IMDb:

After a "Bigfoot Hunter" claims to possess the body of a dead Sasquatch, a disgraced investigative journalist stakes his comeback -- and the lives of his documentary film crew -- on proving the find to be a hoax. Obviously shit goes down once they actually find the creature.

From New Breed Entertainment and director Corey Grant comes The Lost Coast Tapes, starring Drew Rausch, Ashley Wood, Rich McDonald, Frank Ashmore and Noah Weisberg. "A cynical investigative journalist and his documentary team travel to a remote cabin to debunk a Cryptozoologist's claim of finding a dead Bigfoot, but their film quickly becomes a record of their life and battle against an unseen horror." The first piece of art has hit and it's pretty impressive. It reminds me of the one sheet for Frozen and Open Water. Keep up with the film on Facebook and watch for much more soon.

One title we missed that is making its American Film Market debut is Corey Grant's The Lost Coast Tapes , a found footage film playing on the Bigfoot legend. Set against the backdrop of Northern California, the film documents the found footage of a skeptical journalist who aims to prove there is no such thing as Bigfoot after someone reports they have the body of a dead Sasquatch. Drew Rausch, Ashley Wood, Rich McDonald, Frank Ashmore and Noah Weisberg star. Poster art below... Bigfoot is making a resurgence; the beast will be seen in an upcoming 3D Chinese film and Blair Witch co-helmer Eduardo Sanchez is aiming to make a new film . Visit the film's Facebook page for more.

Cinéma vérité style filmmaking and Bigfoot should go together like peanut butter and jelly! Ash and the evil dead! Jason and naked teens! It's really a wonder that anyone has yet to make an effective film focusing on the legend of the Sasquatch using this technique, but if the first poster for The Lost Coast Tapes is any indication of what's to come, one may well be on its way.

Continental Media, a new film sales company, has grabbed the rights to sell the latest horror-pov feature The Lost Coast Tapes, which just wrapped post-production and is already gaining traction with foreign distributors.The Lost Coast Tapes follows a group of investigative journalists as they set out to Northern California to debunk a rogue hunter claiming he has caged a Bigfoot.

Directed by Corey Grant and starring Drew Rausch, Rich McDonald, Ashley Wood, Frank Ashmore, and Noah Weisberg, not much...

He’s taken on aliens. He’s taken on Pumpkinhead. He’s even taken on Ghostface. Now iconic genre actor Lance Henriksen is taking on the publishing world.

It was announced today by Bloody Pulp Books that Not Bad for a Human, the official biography of Lance Henriksen, is now officially onsale online. This first printing is a Limited Edition 6 x 9 hardback with dust jacket that holds 374 pages of Henriksen awesomeness. The actor co-wrote the memoir alongside Joseph Maddrey (who also penned Nightmares in Red, White & Blue).

If that wasn’t enough to entice you, Not Bad for a Human also includes original full-page artwork by some of today’s greatest comic artists including Bill Sienkiewicz (Elektra: Assassin), Mike Mignola (Hellboy), Ashley Wood (Metal Gear Solid), Tim Bradstreet (The Punisher), Eric Powell (The Goon) and Tom Mandrake (The Spectre).

All copies ordered through this website will be Signed by Lance,...

Film Victoria and the state Government have announced that the sci fi action adventure Popbot and crime thriller John Doe will be made in Melbourne, from pre-production to post.

The projects were secured thanks to Victoria’s Production Investment Attraction Fund (Piaf), and are expected to bring in a combined $35m in production expenditure in the state, creating about 430 jobs for locals.

Popbot is based on the graphic novel series by Ashley Wood and Tp Louise. It will be produced by Resolution Independent’s Pete Ford and Media Funds Management’s James M. Vernon and Kristy Vernon.It will be shot at Docklands Studios, combining motion capture and 3D character animation, in the second half of 2011.

John Doe, from John Doe Productions and Woodburn Sweitzer Management, will be produced by Kristy Vernon and Keith Sweitzer and directed by Kelly Dolen. James M. Vernon will executive produce, with Mfm representing investors.

A science-fiction, action-adventure film, based on an award-winning Australian comic book series, will be shot in Melbourne later this year. Based on the Ashley Wood and Tp Louise graphic novel series of the same name, Popbot will be produced by Resolution Independent.s Pete Ford and Media Funds Management's James M and Kristy Vernon. Wood announced a movie was in development in 2006 in his blog. He will provide art direction and design for the film. The post-modern science-fiction film will combine live action and motion capture technology and 3D character animation. Shot at Docklands Studios Melbourne and finance arranged by Mfm, the film will go into production in the second half of this year. Popbot joins crime thriller John Doe, which will be shot in Melbourne...

For the first time the Armageddon Expo headed to Adelaide, Australia bringing with them some big names and Killer Film was there, to bring you all the excitement! A great time was had, the guests were fantastic and they took some time out to have a chat with Killer Film over the weekend.

Interview with Lance Henriksen

Lance Henriksen: I’m rearing to go tomorrow and Sunday for the show, we’re gonna be entertaining everybody.

Marcella: It’s the first time Armageddon has come to Adelaide.

Lh: Oh really, wow that’s fantastic. We’re going to have to have a great time then!

MP: What can you see us about Tron: Uprising?

Lh: Wow. That is going to be a really good quality show.

MP: I saw the trailer for it last night, wow!

Lh: Oh, did you like it?

MP: I loved it, I’m a huge Tron fan!

We may not know much about what the current unrest in the Middle East will mean for everyone today but we all know that eventually, our end as a species will come at the hand of robots and the advancement of artificial life or at the rotting flesh of zombies. It’s a known fact. Seriously though, we just can’t get enough robots and zombies. Look at how quickly The Walking Dead caught mainstream TV viewers by surprise, and Michael Bay can’t let that money-making juggernaut of a franchise, The Transformers go. Now there’s a chance we could see both genres hit the big screen together.

Back in 2006, writer and Idw Chief Creative Officer Chris Ryall and painter Ashley Wood came up with a two-issue comic story, Zombies vs Robots where the last remaining human, a young infant girl, fends off hordes of zombies with an impressive array of robots.

Lance Henriksen has become a legend in the horror genre. He’s played pretty much every character imaginable, and has a long storied career that is truly fascinating. Bloody Pulp Books, a new small art house book publisher, announced that their next publication will be a biography of Mr. Henriksen, More after the bounce...

The biography is being written by Bloody Pulp founders Steve Niles (30 Days of Night, Criminal Macabre) and graphic designer Alex Lodermeier (1974design). As of right now, the illustrations by Bernie Wrightson, Eric Powell, Tim Bradstreet, Mike Mignola, Ashley Wood, Bill Sienkiewicz and many others.

Steve Niles had this to say about their new publication: "We’re making it ourselves and selling it ourselves. I am deeply indebted to Lance Henriksen (who just met me last week) for allowing us to publish his book. It’s going to be a real challenge but will give me first...

Keeping the Alien-themed news rolling this morning... Bloody Pulp Books announced that it is spearheading the independent release of a Lance Henriksen biography featuring artwork by Bernie Wrightson, Eric Powell, Tim Bradstreet, Mike Mignola, Ashley Wood, Bill Sienkiewicz (his art below) and Tom Mandrake. Given the scope of the man's career, this is sure to be an interesting read. Blood Pulp Books, a publishing outfit formed by Steve Niles and Alex Lodermeier, just revealed this news, so details are scarce, but we'll keep you posted on the release as news comes in.

Last summer we got the early word that Lance Henriksen would be writing an autobiography of his iconic life and career with the help of Nightmare in Red White and Blue writer/producer Joe Maddrey, and now we finally know the title and who will be publishing it.

Not Bad for a Human (official site here) is the name of Henriksen's book, and it will be published in a limited edition by Steve Niles and Alex Lodermeier at Bloody Pulp Books this summer. It will feature illustrations by Bernie Wrightson, Eric Powell, Tim Bradstreet, Mike Mignola, Ashley Wood, Bill Sienkiewicz, and many others although the line-up may change slightly.

Niles posted the image you see below of the T-shirts Lance will be giving away at his Australia convention stops this month at Armageddon Expo in Sydney (Feb. 26/27) and Adelaide (March 5/6). The art featured is by Bill Sienkiewicz. Steve explains: "I...

Michael Bay, the man who gave us Tranformers 2’s jive-talking robots, will be co-producing a big-screen adaptation of the Idw comic Zombies vs. Robots with his production company/horror-remake machine Platinum Dunes—and he’s starting, at least, with a script by a solid genre talent.

Deadline reports that The Burrowers’ J.T. Petty wrote a spec screenplay titled Inherit The Earth based on the Ashley Wood/Chris Ryall comic. The film will be a co-production between Platinum Dunes, Circle of Confusion and Idw for Sony Pictures, and produced by Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Dave Alpert and Rick Jacobs. The movie focuses on the last survivor on Earth, a young girl who is protected by a group of robots from a pack of zombies that are intelligent and evolved.

Aspiring screenwriters, take note. To sell a spec script in Hollywood nowadays, you need only follow this simple three-step formula: 1. Base the story on an existing comic book 2. Come up with a catchy and/or ironic title 3. Add zombies It really is that simple. Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes production company is currently setting up a project called Zombies vs. Robots, based on an Idw comic by Ashley Wood and Chris Ryall. It may sound like it could be a sequel to Jon Favreau's upcoming Cowboys vs. Aliens, but the two are apparently unrelated. Sony Pictures has picked up the distribution rights after a bidding war with multiple studios. Hey, at least it's not another board game movie, right? The plot revolves around a young girl who is the last survivor on earth. A group of robots must protect her from roving zombies that are "intelligent and evolved." What remains...

When I was a kid, I had two films I always wanted to see. One was Cowboys fighting Aliens, we are getting that now (Cowboys & Aliens). The other was zombies versus robots. We are now getting that one, too. Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes will now develop the Idw Publishing comic book, Zombies vs. Robots, for a feature adaptation with Sony Pictures. It is said that screenwriter J.T. Petty used the comic book as the basis for his spec script Inherit the Earth, which was also included in the package deal for Platinum Dunes and Sony.

The story revolves around a young girl who is the last human left on Earth after a worldwide zombie outbreak. She is protected by a group of robots from the fierce zombies, who are more intelligent than zombies we’ve seen in the past. Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood created the comic book series.

Mash-ups, ya’ll – they’re the new black! On the heels of the Super Bowl trailer for Jon Favreau’s highly-anticipated "Cowboys & Aliens" comes news of yet another head-to-head Hollywood battle: "Zombies vs. Robots!"

Action master Michael Bay is attached to produce, and the script is based on the comic of the same name, created by Ashley Wood and Chris Ryall. Word is that the plot focuses on the last human on earth – a little girl – who is protected from evolved and ruthless zombies by a group of robots. Sounds a bit like “I Am Legend” to us — maybe Bay will nab Willow Smith for the lead role?

There’s sure to be more news on this budding project as it progresses, but let’s get straight to the point: with "Cowboys & Aliens" and "Zombies vs. Robots" in the can — not to mention the even more ridiculously titled "Mega Shark vs.

After finishing their comic book series for Idw Publishing, writer Chris Ryall went ahead and wrote a spec script based on his and artist Ashley Wood's property, Zombies vs. Robots. I think you can figure out what the story is about from the title, right?

Set in the future, ZvsR is about the last surviving little girl and how she is protected from the flesh-eating undead by a troop of robots. It sounds like a high concept, no blood kind of premise.

The spec was represented by Circle of Confusion, a Hollywood management company. A partnership came when Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes wanted to be involved with the project, and together the two approached Sony Pictures. Just like one of the nameless undead that the comic shows, the studio bit and acquired the Zombies vs. Robots spec.

As long as we don't confuse Zombies vs. Robots with Cowboys & Aliens,...

Comic book adaptations are becoming increasingly popular around Hollywood since the success of movies like Batman Begins and Iron Man, and zombie movies are also gaining in popularity with the success of movies like Zombieland and TV shows like AMC's The Walking Dead. One of the more recent trends is the blending of genres, such as the upcoming Cowboys and Aliens and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Zombies vs. Robots is a triple threat, and screenwriter J.T. Petty (The Burrowers) recognized it.

Deadline reports that Sony Pictures has acquired Petty's spec script titled Inherit the Earth, which was adapted from the Idw Publishing comic book Zombies vs. Robots created by writer Chris Ryall and artist Ashley Wood. The story is set in a bleak world where a zombie outbreak has overtaken humanity, leaving one young girl as the sole human survivor who is protected from the hordes by robots.

Zombies vs.

Zombies may not be making rapid gains on the overwhelming popularity of vampires these days, but the geek nation has certainly embraced a rising trend in stories about the shambling brain-munchers. Now Michael Bay is boarding that train, entering into a co-production deal with Idw Publishing to develop a film adaptation of the publisher's "Zombies Vs. Robots" comic book series.

The series is set in a world devastated by the zombie apocalypse. The last surviving human is an infant, one who is fortunately protected by an army of robots.

So really, what you're looking at is the setup for an epic confrontation between an entire planet's worth of zombies and a bunch of cold, emotionless robots. Does anyone really win here? We certainly do, since we'll get to watch the two factions clash from the safety of a movie theater.

Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes will produce with Circle of Confusion...

Platinum Dunes is planning a film adaptation of Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood's comic book title "Zombies vs. Robots" for Sony Pictures reports Deadline.

The story revolves around a young girl who is the last human left on Earth after a worldwide zombie outbreak. She is protected by a group of robots from the fierce zombies, who are more intelligent than zombies we've seen in the past.

The deal also includes J.T. Petty's "Inherit the Earth" spec script which used the comic as its basis. Michael Bay, Bradley Fuller, Andrew Form, David Alpert, and Rick Jacobs will produce.

Michael Bay is going to make a film which combines sci-fi and horror. Deadline Hollywood reports Sony Pictures has acquired rights to adapt Idw's comic book titled "Zombies vs Robots" into a feature film with the "Transformers" director producing.

Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Dave Alpert and Rick Jacobs also join Bay as the producers, while Ted Adams will be executive producing. The story centers on a young girl who is the last survivor on earth. She is protected by a group of robots from a pack of zombies that are intelligent and evolved.

Deadline has not gotten words on who will direct the upcoming movie. In the meantime, Jt Petty has used the Ashley Wood/Chris Ryall-created comic as the basis for a spec script called "Inherit the Earth".

Michael Bay has finished filming "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" which was shot in 3-D and will head into U.

Sony Pictures have picked up the rights to the latest comicbook mash-up doing the rounds in Hollywood, Zombies vs. Robots.

The film, which is set to be produced by Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes production company, is currently going under the title of “Inherit the Earth“. Platinum Dunes will be going into the project in partnership with Circle of Confusion and Idw Publishing who brought the story to print back in 2006. This from Deadline:

T Petty has used the Ashley Wood/Chris Ryall-created comic as the basis for a spec script called Inherit the Earth. The film will be a co-production between Platinum Dunes, Circle of Confusion and Idw, and produced by Michael Bay, Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Dave Alpert and Rick Jacobs. Ted Adams is exec producer. More than one studio was interested.

The film follows the story of a young girl, the last surviving member of the...

Sony Pictures has purchased screen rights to the 2007 Idw comic book series "Zombies Vs Robots" for a film adaptation by producer Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes.

The "Zvr" comic book series was created by writer Chris Ryall and illustrated by Ashley Wood:

"...Scientists 'Throckmorton', 'Winterbottom' and 'Satterfield' create a portal for time travel, but a test of the portal's capabilities returns one of the scientists back as a dead heap. Sentient robots are then designed and used to exploit time travel, but the robots inadvertently bring back a zombie plague.

"With the human race eventually decimated, it is the sentient robots that are all that are standing between the future survival of mankind (which hinges on keeping a baby girl alive) and a seething mass of undead. The robots protect the baby until such time as they can clone the child, thus ensuring mankind's continuation..."

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Hollywood has finally gotten around to combining two time-tested institutions, zombie movies and robot movies. It’s about time, guys. The friendly folks over at Sony Pictures have acquired the rights to “Zombies Vs. Robots”, the Ashley Wood and Chris Ryall created comic book. The adaptation will be produced through Michael Bay’s company, Platinum Dunes. J.T. Petty, who directed “The Burrowers” in 2008, is on tap to write the script, currently titled “Inherit the Earth”. There’s no word on a director, but it isn’t a huge stretch of the imagination to picture Petty in the big chair. Here’s the synopsis of “Zombies Vs. Robots” from Amazon: A post-apocalyptic world overrun by zombies has only one chance at recovery—a team of robots that must protect and clone a lone surviving human baby. They just need to do this amidst the endless hordes of zombies who have been...

In a press release sent out today, it was announced that Sony Pictures has acquired the movie rights to the Idw Publishing comic book series, Zombies vs. Robots.

The comic, written and created by Chris Ryall with Ashley Wood handling artwork, tells the story of robots who fight off waves of hungry zombies as they try and protect the last surviving human.

Michael Bay, along with Brad Fuller and Andrew Form and their Platinum Dunes Productions will produce Zombies vs. Robots in a collaboration with Idw and Circle of Confusion, with Sony handling distribution.

Synopsis In the Zombies Vs Robots comic series, the last remaining human in the world is protected by an assortment of robots against overwhelming zombie hordes. When the robots mistakenly expose the human infant’s presence to the zombies, it leads to an all-out battle for the survival of mankind. The series takes a playful look at a far-fetched concept,...

Are horror comic adaptations the Next Big Thing? In the wake of The Walking Dead's success, it certainly seems so; what with Locke and Key, Cowboys & Aliens, Sandman, and Preacher all set to hit screens large and small in the months ahead. Now we can add another title to the list -- Idw's Zombies Vs. Robots. Love 'em or hate 'em, Michael Bay's Platinum Dunes production company (which still has a remake of Monster Squad in the pipeline) are the folks in charge. But take heart in the fact that the thinking-man's horror hound, J.T. Petty (The Burrowers) is handling the adapting chores. More after the jump. Deadline reports that Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood's fan-favorite...

Sony Pictures has acquired the rights to the Idw Publishing comic book Zombies vs. Robots, in which the last human survivor of a walking-unded apocalypse is defended by a metallic army. The genre mash-up will be produced by Michael Bay, which suggests the robots and zombies will eventually find a non-violent way of working out their differences, of course.

The series began in 2006, written by Idw’s version of Mad Men’s Don Draper, chief creative officer Chris Ryall, and artist Ashley Wood. The comic-book house also publishes new versions of G.I. Joe and Transformers, as well as the...

So much for Platinum Dunes taking a break from the genre! Word of another new project from the team of Brad Fuller and Andrew Form has broken online, and the good news is that it's not a remake or a sequel.

According to Deadline Hollywood's fixation with robots and the undead has fueled a spec package deal that includes underlying rights to Idw's Zombies vs. Robots.

Jt Petty has used the Ashley Wood/Chris Ryall-created comic as the basis for a spec script called Inherit the Earth. Not clear yet whether that will be the title or not, but we'll keep an eye on things.

"The film focuses on a young girl who is the last survivor on earth. She is protected by a group of robots from a pack of zombies that are intelligent and evolved."

The film will be a co-production among Platinum Dunes, Circle of Confusion,...

Isn’t that a catchy idea? Michael Bay, Jt Petty and Sony think so, since they’re producing, writing, and releasing Zombies vs. Robots, a spec idea that’s being developed as a comic by Idw Publishing. The screenplay by Petty (The Burrowers) is based on the comic’s authors (Ashley Wood/Chris Ryall) idea of um, zombies fighting robots. With Platinum Dunes and Sony Pictures behind this, I doubt if this will be crappy, but it could go either way, depending on the tone.

Actually, scratch that: this should be Awesome. he film focuses on a young girl who is the last survivor on earth. She is protected by a group of robots from a pack of zombies that are intelligent and evolved.

Source: Deadline...

Sony and Platinum Dunes are set to team up in bringing the Idw series "Zombies Vs. Robots" to the bigscreen, and all over the world, aspiring screenwriters commit suicide out of pure existential fear that there is no reason to even try anymore. I like Jt Petty, who evidently turned the Idw comic into a spec script called "Inherit The Earth," and I think he's an underrated screenwriter.  And Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood actually did create something pretty cool with the original series.  It's lean and mean as a book, focused on a sort of philosophical war between three mad...

We all know how much Michael Bay loves him some robot action. He’s directed two massive Transformers blockbusters (with one more about to hit us) and the chances that the metallic men might destroy the odd building or two is something that has his heart growing several sizes. Now it looks like he’s aiming to combine that robophilia with another big current trend – zombies, as Sony has picked up the rights to Idw comic book Zombies Vs Robots for Bay’s Platinum Dunes company to produce.Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood launched the book in 2006, and it’s set on a post-apocalyptic world overrun with the undead. So far, so factory standard for zombies, but then it introduces a team of robots into the mix who are tasked with tracking down the last surviving human baby and cloning her so we can survive.Jt Perry, who wrote horror pic The Burrowers,...

Sony and Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes (i.e. the guys behind the Friday the 13th and Nightmare on Elm Street remakes) have picked up the rights to produce an adaptation of the Idw comic book Zombies Vs. Robots

According to Deadline, video game screenwriter J.T. Petty (Splinter Cell) is using the comic as the basis for a new film entitled Inherit The Earth, which basically means that the cult hit comic will be making it onto the big screen, but under a different guise.

This name change is presumably to cut ties with the upcoming Cowboys Vs. Aliens, which has nothing to do with this production but will inevitably lead many a Joe Average into thinking it is some sort of sequel, due to its similarly ridiculous title.

The comics plot focuses upon a ‘young girl who is the last survivor on earth,’ who is ‘protected by a group...

Though there are arguments to be made for the quality of some of Michael Bay's movies, his company Platinum Dunes has succeeded in producing absolutely nothing anyone has liked, from crappy horror movie remakes like A Nightmare On Elm Street to crappy original horror films like The Unborn. So now that the studio is jumping on two trends at once with an adaptation of the graphic novel Zombies vs. Robots, there's pretty much no reason to believe things will go differently this time. According to DeadlineInherit The Earth, which is based on the Zombies vs. Robots graphic novel by Chris Ryell and Ashley Wood. The story focuses on a young girl who is protected by a group of robots who are the last bastion against the zombie hordes. Sony will be distributing the film, having apparently beaten out at least one other studio for the rights.Cowboys & Aliens this summer,...

Had enough of zombies? Fed up with the glut of giant robot movies? Well, why not pit the brain-guzzlers against the oil-guzzlers? That’s what Sony Pictures is doing, having acquired the rights to Zombies Vs. Robots, a comic series written by Chris Ryall, with art by Ashley Wood and published by Idw. [Deadline]

Several studios were reportedly interested in the material, but Sony nabbed it. The project – which is being adapted by screenwriter Jt Petty (The Burrowers) as a spec script called (at the moment) Inherit the Earth – is a joint effort by Platinum Dunes, Circle of Confusion (which has solid zombie chops, having produced The Walking Dead) and Idw.

Michael Bay will be producing, along with Brad Fuller, Andrew Form, Dave Alpert and Rick Jacobs. The plot of the comics has something to do with a band of robots protecting the last girl on earth from flesh-starved zombies. I...

And one more genre mash-up comic has sold an option to a major producer or studio. The comic Zombies vs Robots, by Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood, led to a spec script of the same name by video game scriptwriter turned film writer/director Jt Petty (The Burrowers, S&Man). Three companies -- Platinum Dunes, Circle of Confusion and omic publisaher Idw -- have teamed together to co-produce for Sony Pictures. Deadline [1] says the spec script "focuses on a young girl who is the last survivor on earth. She is protected by a group of robots from a pack of zombies that are intelligent and evolved." At this point, that's all the info Deadline has. No director, no other talent. But we know that the backstory of Zombies vs Robots has three smarty scientists creating a sort of time-travel warphole, though which robots are sent into the future after the...

The rights for Idw's comic book "Zombies vs. Robots" have been acquired by Sony. Chris Ryall and Ashley Wood created the series. According to Deadline, the story at the center of the comic serves as the basis for Jt Petty's script Inherit the Earth , which will be produced by Platinum Dunes, Idw and Circle of Confusion. The film will focus on a young girl - the last survivor of Earth - who is being protected by robots. Protection from what? A group of highly intelligent zombies.

Spawn #200 (Image) marks the landmark issue in this best-selling series. One chapter finally closes for the undead superhero, while another is about to begin. Long-time fans will surely be talking about the surprising last pages, which take the series in a completely new direction. To ring in this milestone event, creator Todd McFarlane invites other top-notch artists—such as Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld Marc Silvestri and Ashley Wood—to contribute variant covers.

Spawn #200 has sold out on the day of its release. Image Comics has announced a second printing for the landmark issue of Todd McFarlane's series. It featured the work of a host of creators including Greg Capullo, David Finch, Michael Golden, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Marc Silvestri, Danny Miki, Ashley Wood and Robert Kirkman, who both wrote and illustrated their own story. "Obviously, it's great to have any book (more)...

Image Comics has released a teaser for the 200th issue of Todd McFarlane's Spawn #200. Available this week, the double-sized special is written and illustrated by McFarlane in collaboration with a host of high-profile creators. Walking Dead scribe Robert Kirkman helped script the story, while Greg Capullo and Danny Miki contributed interior artwork. Capullo, David Finch, Jim Lee, Rob Liefeld, Marc Silvestri and Ashley Wood worked with McFarlane on the cover design. "In June of 1992 the (more)...