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The Television Academy today revealed its 2025-26 Board of Governors, who will begin serving their two-year terms on New Year’s Day. The organization notes that this is its most inclusive board ever.

Here’s a list of the 13 newly elected governors, and their fields, who will serve their first two-year term: Kevin Blank (Special Visual Effects), John Boyd, Allison Dorenbosch (Children’s Programming), Megan Galizia (Television Executives), Trayce Gigi Field (Costume Design & Supervision), Phil Gurin (Producers), Shana Hagan (Cinematographers), Siddhartha Khosla (Music), Vicki Lemar (Sound), Joseph Litzinger (Reality Programming), Angela Moos (Makeup Artist/Hairstylists), Sean Presant (Writers) and Megan Sleeper (Casting Directors).

Another 15 governors were re-elected to serve a second two-year term: Wendy Aylsworth (Science & Technology), Eva Basler (Daytime Programming), Bobbi Banks (Sound Editors), Mary Lou Belli (Directors), Hillary Bibicoff (Professional Representatives), Megan Chao (Documentary Programming), Yvette Cobarrubias (Commercials), David Hartle (Production Executives), Christina Lee...

In January of 2021, Megan Ellison got a call from Erik Lomis, the former head of distribution at her company, Annapurna Pictures, asking if she’d like to take a look at a movie whose filmmakers needed a lifeline. Disney was days away from announcing that it planned to shutter Blue Sky Studios, the 500-person, Greenwich, Connecticut-based animation studio it had inherited in the 2019 Fox acquisition, and with that closure, the Burbank media giant would be dropping Blue Sky’s most promising movie, Nimona.

“I wasn’t really engaging in new film projects at the time, but being curious, I said yes,” Ellison said, in an email.

Ellison watched the hand-drawn storyboard reels, which directors Nick Bruno and Troy Quane had adapted from Nd Stevenson’s 2015 graphic novel, and instantly connected with the title character, a shape-shifter voiced by Chloë Grace Moretz who appears most often as a young woman, but...

A review of this week’s The Deuce coming up just as soon as we measure for drapes…

“Don’t forget what you are.” -Cc

“Seven-Fifty” opens in similar territory to last week’s “There’s An Art To This,” with a pimp visiting a local transportation hub and being revealed as less confident and in control as he seems. This time out, it’s Cc turning shockingly vulnerable and childlike at the prospect of having to get on an airplane for the first time. He decides to let Lori...

Freda Black, the former assistant district attorney who was featured in the documentary series “The Staircase,” has died at the age of 57.

According to the News & Observer, Black was found dead in her North Carolina home over the weekend. No cause of death has been made public, though law enforcement told the paper that her death “does not appear to be suspicious at this point.”

A Durham County assistant district attorney from the early 1990s until 2005, Black was part of the team that helped convict Michael Peterson for murder following the 2001 death of his wife.

Also Read: 'The Staircase': Here's What Happened to Greg Taylor, the Man Exonerated After 17 Years in Prison

The Peterson murder trial was publicized by the 2004 French docu-series by filmmaker Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. It was most recently repurposed as a 13-episode series by Netflix last month.

Black ran for Durham County district attorney in 2006 and 2008, but was never elected.

(Note: This post contains spoilers for the Netflix series “The Staircase,” so you might want to finish it before reading on.)

One of the key figures in the long-running case of Michael Peterson in “The Staircase” is Duane Deaver, a blood spatter analyst who worked for North Carolina’s State Bureau of Investigation in 2002 when the case went to trial.

Deaver’s expert testimony is a major part of what lead to Peterson’s conviction for the murder of his wife, Kathleen Peterson, in 2001. The blood spatter expert insists in “The Staircase” that the patterns seen in the staircase of the Peterson home were the result of Kathleen Peterson being beaten to death. Though Peterson maintained his innocence and the defense presented blood spatter experts of its own, the jury convicted Peterson of first-degree murder in 2003, and sentenced him to life in prison.

It wasn’t until eight years later,...

On Thursday, the Television Academy announced the 138 nominees in 40 categories for the Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, which shines a spotlight on the independent programming and personalities of more than 20 local television stations in one of the nation's largest cities. Also read: Los Angeles Kings Stanley Cup Victory Has Hollywood All A-Twitter Greg Taylor is Vice Chair, Los Angeles Area on the Academy's Executive Committee, while Sabrina Fair Thomas and Gerri Shaftel Constant are the Los Angeles Area Governors. Categories cover a wide array of programming including special reporting, education, arts and culture, local color, crime, entertainment, promos, PSAs and.

The Television Academy announced the candidates for the Board of Governors Officers positions for the 2014 – 2015 term. All but one of the positions are running uncontested and its officers will continue on in their positions, which The Academy is seeing as a vote of confidence with Bruce Rosenblum remaining board chair for a second term. In addition to Rosenblum, below is the list of the 2014-2015 Officers: Vice Chair – Kevin Hamburger; Second Vice Chair – Frank Scherma; Treasurer – Susan Nessanbaum-Goldberg; Vice Chair Los Angeles Area – Greg Taylor. Also read: Bruce Rosenblum Named President of Legendary Television and Digital Media In...

This Week’s Must Read is actually a few weeks old, but I’ve been skipping these links posts a lot. Anyway… The Brooklyn Rail got a bunch of big names, such as P. Adams Sitney and Ken Jacobs, to discuss the legacy of their friend, Jonas Mekas. That legacy, of course, can never be summed up in just one article, but this is good.Media artist Clint Enns interviewed media artist Sabrina Ratté about her working process. Clint’s probably one of the most insightful people regarding our world of experimental media I know, so this is a must read.Filmmaker Magazine interviewed one of our favorite underground comedy directors, Zach Clark, about his new Christmas movie White Reindeer, which, of course, we’re dying to see.Our pal J.J. Murphy recently posted his annual “Best of 2012″ indie films list, as he traditionally does around this time of year.

It seems like just yesterday that Adam Green's artful use of Internet marketing heralded the arrival of Hatchet, its mock trailer offering the promise of a back-to-basics slasher trumpeted as the return of 'old school American horror' with some of the genre's most respected icons.

Jump forward six years to present day, and a hungry Hatchet fan base are looking forward to the imminent release of the third chapter, testament to the widespread appeal of Victor Crowley, Green's gloriously old school, axe-wielding creation. Foregoing some much needed sleep to speak with us, the filmmaker gracefully sat down to talk of the second season of his and fellow genre director Joe Lynch’s horror comedy sitcom "Holliston" (Blu-ray / DVD review here), his producing gig on Hatchet III, and his scribe duties on the upcoming Chris Columbus-produced kids’ monster-fantasy Killer Pizza. Last but not least, he even dropped us a...

The 64th Los Angeles Area Emmy® Awards, presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, were held tonight at the Academy’s Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre. Producing this year’s awards presentation for the Television Academy were Los Angeles Area Peer Group Governors Greg Taylor and Sabrina Fair Thomas and Los Angeles Area Vice Chair Joetta Di Bella. This year, the Los Angeles Area Governors Award was presented to Susan Stratton, pictured here arriving with the Television Academy’s Chairman/CEO Bruce Rosenblum. Those area award winners were: ABC7 – 7, KTLA5 – 7, NBC4 – 7, Fox Sports West – 4, CBS2/KCAL9 – 3, Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket – 3, Kcet – 3, CBS2 – 2, La County Channel – 2, Citytv Of Santa Monica – 1, Klcs – 1, Kmex – 1, Kttv-tv – 1, Prime Ticket – 1 A complete list of winners follows: Live Special Events – News Royal Wedding – KTLA5 Ktla News Team Outstanding Editor – News Gustavo Sampaio, Editor – CBS2/KCAL9 Outstanding Editor – Programming Garry W. Ashton, Editor – CBS2/KCAL9 Investigative Reporting...

Sometimes you guys end up missing valuable tidbits of info contained in other stories (such as interviews) that you didn't read all the way through. Totally fine and understandable; there's a lot of content here. That's why sometimes we'll pull select items and bring them to your attention. This is one of those times.

In our recent set of Chillerama interviews Adam Green spoke with our own Sean Decker about a couple of upcoming projects--namely, Hatchet III and the FEARnet television series "Holliston".

In regard to the status of the third film in the Hatchet franchise (which will star the returning Kane Hodder as hillbilly slasher Victor Crowley and Danielle Harris as the flick’s final girl), “It’s supposed to start shooting in April,” revealed Green. “I’ve been working with the director, Bj McDonnell, and developing the script, and he’s been shooting (as camera operator) Tom Cruise’s new movie One Shot,...

Last night we hit the Dark Delicacies signing for the November 29th release of anthology film Chillerama and while there chatted with Adam Green (Hatchet, Frozen) and Joe Lynch (Knights of Badassdom, Wrong Turn 2), two of the flick’s four directors (Adam Rifkin and Tim Sullivan round out the directorial posse), as well as actress Kristina Klebe to get the skinny on the debut as well as their upcoming projects.

In addition to the principals listed above (the flick recently wrapped its "Roadshow" tour of the U.S. and is now available on Blu-ray, DVD, VOD and Netflix Streaming), cast members Kane Hodder, Lin Shaye, and Anton Troy and composer Bear McCreary were on hand to lend their Hancocks at the packed signing, where fans and horror luminaries alike (Mick Garris, Dave Parker, Mike Mendez, Neil Marshall, Axelle Carolyn and more were also in attendance) had gathered to celebrate...

Although his last few directorial projects have been mediocre at best, Chris Columbus continues to be a force for cool family entertainment in Hollywood. Recently he helped shepherd a deal at MGM that finds them landing the rights to Killer Pizza, a script written by Adam Green (Hatchet, Frozen) based on the young adult book by Greg Taylor. The story is said to have a Gremlins and Goonies-type vibe, and Chris Columbus should know -- after all, he wrote the original screenplays for both of those films. Raffaella De Laurentiis (The Forbidden Kingdom, Dragonheart) will produce along with Columbus, who is setting it up through his own 1492 Pictures. The plot is described as follows: "Toby McGill dreams of becoming a world-famous chef, but up until now, his only experience has been watching the Food Network. When Toby lands a summer job at Killer Pizza, where pies like The Monstrosity and...

Daniel Radcliffe's Arthur Kipps, from the upcoming supernatural chiller "The Woman in Black," made a recent appearance in a new still for his paranormal movie. This one finds the young lawyer storming the gates of the decrepit mansion he has been summoned to. Radcliffe investigates the dark secrets of a remote English village on February 3, 2012.

There's plenty of other terror tales today, of course, so click past the jump for more of this week's "Horror Bites."

No More 'Monsters,' 'Godzilla' Assaults New Writer

The monster movie department is shuffling their cards this week. "Back to the Future" director Robert Zemeckis has dropped out of "Here There Be Monsters" — the epic period story that finds real-life naval officer John Paul Jones battling sea monsters. Legendary Pictures is still looking for a new director, but the studio has found another writer for their upcoming "Godzilla" remake. Max...

Adam Green (Hatchet) has written a script based on author Greg Taylor’s Killer Pizza, and MGM is in the process of acquiring it, with plans for a film adaptation. According to Deadline, Chris Columbus took the project to MGM, who have been looking for something along the lines of Gremlins and Goonies.

Adam Green mentioned on his Facebook page that Chris Columbus will serve as producer. Although not confirmed, it sounds like Green will be directing if MGM moves forward with Killer Pizza:

“…I thought I’d point out that last year at this exact time I was barricaded up at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas (where I often lock myself away to write) working on the first draft of the script. Serendipity? We’ll see how it all pans out but I’ve got high hopes for this project and the process so far has been a joy.

Recently MGM Studios purchased the Where’s Waldo live-action film rights, and now they are working on adapting yet another novel. According to Deadline the MGM is in talks to acquire Killer Pizza, an Adam Green-scripted adaptation of the Greg Taylor book about a 14-year old boy who lands a summer job at a pizza joint that is actually a front for a monster hunting enterprise. Green was originally tapped to direct in 2010 before Chris Columbus was brought in to direct.

Rafaella De Laurentiis is producing with 1492 Pictures and Cj Entertainment. 1492 Entertainment’s Chris Columbus brought it to MGM after meeting with the brass there and sensing the studio’s appetite for Gremlins and Goonies-type fare, and Killer Pizza fit that bill.

There is an audience that is just waiting for a gremlins-esque movie and if Columbus can capture the magic and wit of the Gremlins movie then I...

According to Amazon, Greg Taylor.s book Killer Pizza is aimed for readers age 10 and up and follows a kid who takes a job at a pizza place, only to discover the restaurant is a front for a monster hunting organization. Apparently, MGM is looking to give the story the big screen treatment. According to Deadline MGM is in talks to nab Adam Green.s scripted adaptation of Taylor.s Killer Pizza, a book which Goosebumps mastermind R.L. Stine describes as .a slice of horror that I couldn.t put down.. The movie is set to be produced by Rafaella De Laurentiis with 1492 Pictures and Cj Entertainment. Chris Columbus brought the project to MGM in response to the studio.s apparent .appetite for Gremlins or Goonies-type fare.. According to /Film, Green was set to direct the film, but it's not known whether or not that's still the case. Assuming ...

MGM is in talks with 1492 Pictures and Cj Entertainment to pick up the Adam Green-scripted adaptation of Greg Taylor's book "Killer Pizza" says Deadline.

The story follows a 14-year old boy who lands a summer job at a pizza joint that is actually a front for a monster hunting enterprise.

Rafaella De Laurentiis is producing the project which is said to have a "Gremlins" and "Goonies"-style tone.

Adam Green (Frozen) has scripted an adaptation of Greg Taylor's young adult novel Killer Pizza, about a 14-year old who gets a summer job at a pizza place that is a front for a monster hunting outfit. Now MGM has picked up the script -- the latest buy from the revamped studio that has bought the Eminem boxing film [1] Southpaw and the rights [2] to Where's Waldo? More details below. Deadline [3] says that Chris Columbus brought the novel to the attention of MGM after he sensed that MGM execs had an "appetite for Gremlins and Goonies-type fare." Columbus' company, 1492 Entertainment, will produce with Cj Entertainment. Green was attached to direct [4] the film last year, but whether that will continue to be the case is unknown. Here's how things go down in the book, according to Amazon [5]: Fourteen-year-old Toby Magill, a closeted Food Network junkie, gets a summer job flipping dough at Killer Pizza.

Greg Taylor's book of pizza and monsters with B-movie sensibilities may be taking the next step forward to have its big screen adaption with Chris Columbus shepherding the project. Pizza you’ll die for! Toby McGill dreams of becoming a world-famous chef, but up until now, his only experience has been watching the Food Network. When Toby lands a summer job at Killer Pizza, where pies like The Monstrosity and The Frankensausage are on the menu, things seem perfect. His coworkers, Annabel and Strobe, are cool, and Toby loves being part of a team. But none of them are prepared for what’s really going on at Killer Pizza: It’s a front for a monster-hunting organization! Learning to cook pizzas is one thing, but killing hideously terrifying monsters? That’s a whole other story. Still, if Toby...

Adam Green has directed some pretty adult-oriened horror fare in the Hatchet series but his next project might be something younger kids can enjoy. Looking to mimic the success of films like Goonies and Gremlins, MGM and Chris Columbus (who, not so coincidentally, wrote both of those films) have acquired Killer Pizza, a new script written by Green based on the book by Greg Taylor. The novel follows a group of teens who gets a summer job at a local pizza joint. What starts as your typical...

MGM, fresh off news that they’ll be adapting the not-so-fresh kid’s book franchise Where’s Waldo?, is in talks with low-budget horror auteur Adam Green (the filmmaker behind little-seen schlockers like Hatchet and Frozen) to produce Killer Pizza, an adaptation of the quite-lesser-known-than-Where’s Waldo? Greg Taylor book of the same name. Taylor’s book tells of a 14-year old boy and his job at a pizzeria that’s really a front for a monster-hunting business [Deadline].

Chris Columbus and his 1492 Entertainment banner will produce the film which will be decidedly aimed towards families, a la The Goonies and, more recently, Super 8. This marks another property MGM is jumping into (don’t forget Eminem’s Southpaw), marking a pronounced comeback into the business of making movies by the company that was once as powerful as the lion that roars in its bumper, before falling into bankruptcy.

That said,...

Now this is a project that sounds like it could be awesome! Deadline reports that MGM is in talks to acquire a spec script adaptation from filmmaker Adam Green of Greg Taylor's 2009 novel Killer Pizza. Green is the fan-favorite indie horror director of Hatchet I & II and Frozen and it sounds like he'll be directing this, too. It's likely that Rafaella De Laurentiis (DragonHeart, The Last Legion) will produce with 1492 Pictures and Cj Entertainment. It sounds like such a great concept for a kid-focused horror, about a 14-year old boy who lands a summer job at a pizza place that's actually a front for a monster hunting organization. Read on! The project has been in development ever since the book hit, but it sounds like it's moving forward with MGM, likely for a 2013 premeire. Learning to cook pizzas is one thing, but killing hideously terrifying monsters? That’s ...

Adam Green continues his ongoing quest to work himself to death with several projects on the horizon including Killer Pizza, which has delivered some good news along with the pepperoni.

According to Deadline MGM is in talks to acquire Killer Pizza, an Adam Green spec script adaptation of the Greg Taylor book about a 14-year-old boy who lands a summer job at a pizza joint that is actually a front for a monster hunting enterprise.

Talks are under way for Rafaella De Laurentiis to produce with 1492 Pictures and Cj Entertainment. 1492 Entertainment’s Chris Columbus brought it to MGM after meeting with the brass there and sensing the studio’s appetite for Gremlins and Goonies-type fare, and Killer Pizza fit that bill.

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MGM is in talks to acquire Killer Pizza, an Adam Green (Hatchet, Hatchet II, Frozen) spec script adaptation of the Greg Taylor book about a 14-year old boy who lands a summer job at a pizza joint that is actually a front for a monster hunting enterprise. Talks are underway for Rafaella De Laurentiis to produce with 1492 Pictures and Cj Entertainment. 1492 Entertainment's Chris Columbus brought it to MGM after meeting with the brass there and sensing the studio's appetite for Gremlins and Goonies-type fare, and Killer Pizza fit that bill. The company also acquired Wheres Waldo, which had been developed as an animated film property by Illumination Entertainment.

We've heard of Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, but never Killer Pizza's. Deadline is reporting that MGM is in talks to buy Adam Green's spec script for Killer Pizza. The spec is an adaptation of Greg Taylor's book about "a 14-year old boy who lands a summer job at a pizza joint that is actually a front for a monster hunting enterprise."

Rafaella De Laurentiis may produce along with 1492 Pictures and Cj Entertainment. 1492's Chris Columbus brought the project to MGM after hearing that the studio execs were interested in a "Gremlins and Goonies-type project.

Gremlins and Goonies are two movies that I have a lot of love for, so this is great news. What are your thoughts on Killer Pizza coming to the big screen?

Here is a description of the book from Amazon:

Pizza you’ll die for!

Toby McGill dreams of becoming a world-famous chef,...

Exclusive: MGM is in talks to acquire Killer Pizza, an Adam Green-scripted adaptation of the Greg Taylor book about a 14-year old boy who lands a summer job at a pizza joint that is actually a front for a monster hunting enterprise. Rafaella De Laurentiis is producing with 1492 Pictures and Cj Entertainment. 1492 Entertainment’s Chris Columbus brought it to MGM after meeting with the brass there and sensing the studio’s appetite for Gremlins and Goonies-type fare, and Killer Pizza fit that bill. After a long period of being frozen, MGM has become an active buyer, recently partnering with Sony on the Antoine Fuqua-directed Eminem-starrer Southpaw after DreamWorks let that project go. The company also acquired Where’s Waldo, which had been developed as an animated film property by Illumination Entertainment. Apa and Industry rep the writer and CAA repped the book.

Fans of the Greg Taylor fantasy series Killer Pizza celebrated today’s news that MGM acquired rights to the popular book with plans to adapt it for the big screen. Deadline reported today that Adam Green wrote the script and Chris Columbus’ 1492 Pictures joined Cj Entertainment as producers. Green also wrote and directed the cult horror films Frozen, Hatchet and Hatchet II as well as the horror documentary Digging Up the Marrow. Taylor drew inspiration from classic B-movies in his tale of 14-year-old Toby Magill, who gets a summer job at Killer Pizza parlor only to discover with his coworkers that it’s a front for a monster-hunting organization and they enlist to become Monster Combat Officers.

Fans of the Greg Taylor fantasy series Killer Pizza celebrated today’s news that MGM acquired rights to the popular book with plans to adapt it for the big screen. Deadline reported today that Adam Green wrote the script and Chris Columbus’ 1492 Pictures joined Cj Entertainment as producers. Green also wrote and directed the cult horror films Frozen, Hatchet and Hatchet II as well as the horror documentary Digging Up the Marrow. Taylor drew inspiration from classic B-movies in his tale of 14-year-old Toby Magill, who gets a summer job at Killer Pizza parlor only to discover with his coworkers that it’s a front for a monster-hunting organization and they enlist to become Monster Combat Officers.

Fans of the Greg Taylor fantasy series Killer Pizza celebrated today’s news that MGM acquired rights to the popular book with plans to adapt it for the big screen. Deadline reported today that Adam Green wrote the script and Chris Columbus’ 1492 Pictures joined Cj Entertainment as producers. Green also wrote and directed the cult horror films Frozen, Hatchet and Hatchet II as well as the horror documentary Digging Up the Marrow. Taylor drew inspiration from classic B-movies in his tale of 14-year-old Toby Magill, who gets a summer job at Killer Pizza parlor only to discover with his coworkers that it’s a front for a monster-hunting organization and they enlist to become Monster Combat Officers.

MGM is picking up Killer Pizza , the script Adam Green penned based on the novel by Greg Taylor. The film follows a teen who takes a gig at the eponymous pizza delivery joint which is really a cover for a monster hunting organization. Cj Entertainment and Chris Columbus' 1492 Entertainment will produce with Rafaella De Laurentiis. Green was first attached to the property in early 2010. Columbus brought Green's script to the studio which, according to Deadline , was looking for "'Gremlins' and 'Goonies'-type fare." Green, who directed Frozen and the "Hatchet" films, has a segment in the upcoming Chillerama , hitting DVD later this month.

It's looking like MGM will be picking up Killer Pizza , the script Adam Green penned based on the novel by Greg Taylor. The film follows a teen who takes a gig at the eponymous pizza delivery joint which is really a cover for a monster hunting organization. Cj Entertainment and Chris Columbus' 1492 Entertainment will produce with Rafaella De Laurentiis. Green was first attached to the property in early 2010. Columbus brought Green's script to the studio which, according to Deadline, was looking for " Gremlins and Goonies -type fare." Green, who directed Frozen and the Hatchet films, has a segment in the upcoming Chillerama , hitting DVD later this month.

Adam Green is set to direct the new film with an interesting title Killer Pizza. And that’s not all, he will also be in charge for the script, that will be based on the Greg Taylor novel.

We guess this is wonderful news for all horror fans out there, since we all know that Green is writer and director of the horror film Hatchet and forthcoming sequel Hatchet 2, so is there better guy for this pizza-adaptation? Definitely no…

The official description from the book goes like this: “Pizza you’ll die for! Toby McGill dreams of becoming a world-famous chef, but up until now, his only experience has been watching the Food Network.

When Toby lands a summer job at Killer Pizza, where pies like The Monstrosity and The Frankensausage are on the menu, things seem perfect. His coworkers, Annabel and Strobe, are cool, and Toby loves being part of a team.

Heat Vision is reporting that Chris Columbus' 1492 Pictures and South Korean media company Cj Entertainment are coming on board to help produce an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Newberry Medal-winning young-adult novel "The Graveyard Book."

The book centers on a young boy raised in a graveyard and educated by ghosts.

Neil Jordan is writing the script and will direct the live-action movie.

The project has seen its financing come and go but is back from the dead thanks to 1492 and Cj's involvement. Cj also will co-finance "Graveyard" and distribute the pic in Korea and Japan.

They will also be producing these projects as well:

"Killer Pizza": The action-packed, coming-of-age comedy is about a 14-year-old boy who lands a summer job at Killer Pizza -- where such pies as the Monstrosity and the Frankensausage are on the menu -- but quickly learns it's a front for a monster-hunting organization.

Hatchet/Frozen helmer Adam Green will direct a big screen adaptation of Greg Taylor's young adult novel Killer Pizza for Chris Columbus' 1492 Pictures. The action comedy tells the story of a 14-year-old who gets a summer job at Killer Pizza, which turns out to be a front for a monster-hunting organization. What excites me most about this film is that it sounds like the kind of films that Columbus was creating in the 1980's Amblin era of Gremlins and The Goonies. Also, while I have yet to see Green's Hatchet, I was impressed with his contained three person single-location thriller Frozen, which premiered at Sundance. Here is the official description from the book: Pizza you’ll die for! Toby McGill dreams of becoming a world-famous chef, but up until now, his only experience has been watching the Food Network. When Toby lands a summer job at Killer Pizza,...

Chris Columbus' 1492 Pictures and South Korean Cj Entertainment are teaming up to finance and produce three major features reports Heat Vision.

The first is an adaptation of Neil Gaiman's young-adult novel "The Graveyard Book." Neil Jordan is writing the script and directing the story which centers on a young boy raised in a graveyard and educated by ghosts.

The second is the coming-of-age comedy "Killer Pizza" based on the Greg Taylor novel. Adam Green ("Hatchet") is set to write the project about a 14-year-old boy who lands a summer job at pizza parlour which turns out to be a front for a monster-hunting organisation.

The third is "Carpe Demon", an adaptation of Julie Kenner's novel about a stay-at-home mother who is charged with cleaning up her demon-ridden small town. Columbus will pen a new draft of the screenplay.

Now this is something we are looking forward to. Based off the Greg Taylor novel "Killer Pizza", director and horror mastermind Adam Green will be adapting and directing this off-beat horror comedy...

What is "Killer Pizza" all about? It's a comedy about a 14-year old who lands a summer job at a pizza joint which serves pizza pies like The Monstrosity and The Frankensausage, but is actually a front for a monster-hunting organization. Sounds like more than good times and for those of you that have read the book you know what kind of madness is in-store. This is truly a perfect film in our eyes for director Adam Green and one that we can't wait to her more about.

Source: Variety

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Chris Columbus, savior of a lost genre? You snicker, but it may very well be the case.

In these pages we have long lamented the loss of the 1980's style kids horror and fantasy film, the unique subgenre of films that made most of us into film geeks in the first place and a genre that was effectively killed by a single rule change when the MPAA tightened up ratings on films that featured kids in peril and / or kids swearing. Thanks to that one move, any future films along the lines of Goonies or Gremlins would no longer be accessible to their target audience and so producers simply stopped making them.

In the world of this sort of film no company loomed larger than Amblin Entertainment and in the world of Amblin the key writer was Chris Columbus. Before he turned to directing with 1987's Adventures In Babysitting Columbus...

1492 Pictures and South Korea-based Cj Entertainment unveiled their first slate this morning since signing a three-year development deal late last year to create family-friendly films with global appeal. 1492 partners Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe pick the projects, and Cj funds development and will co-finance production with studio partners. They start out with three thrillers. * Killer Pizza is a comedy about a 14-year old who lands a summer job at a pizza joint which serves pies like The Monstrosity and The Frankensausage, but is actually a front for a monster-hunting organization. Adam Green is adapting the Greg Taylor [...]...

Superheroes were center stage at the Hollywood Reporter's 38th annual Key Art Awards, held Friday night at the Geffen Contemporary at Moca in Los Angeles.

Sam Raimi, who has directed Sony's three "Spider-Man" movies, accepted the 2009 Visionary Award, given to a filmmaker who inspires movie marketers.

And "The Dark Knight," director Chris Nolan's second Batman movie, led the list of award winners, taking home eight prizes, including three best of show awards for its theatrical poster, theatrical TV spot and home entertainment print.

The animated "Wall-e" was a close runner-up, earning seven awards, including one best in show citation for home entertainment, new release packaging.

Warners, which fielded "Knight," and Disney, which released "Wall-e," earned 10 awards each, as did Paramount, thanks to a mix of films that included "Iron Man," "Tropic Thunder" and "The Godfather: Coppola Restoration" DVD.

Sony rounded out the top four studios with eight wins.

Design firm Blt & Associates,...