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'Alien Legion' Movie Advances With Disney And Jerry Bruckheimer
17 November 2009 1:01 PM, PST
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The classic military sci-fi comic “Alien Legion” is moving forward as a film adaptation over at Disney with producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
"Alien Legion has been optioned for some time," confirmed “Alien Legion” co-creator Carl Potts in an interview with USA Today. "The script is currently in its third rewrite."
"Bruckheimer's never done a science-fiction [movie] before,” Potts continued. “So that challenge, I think, is something that would hold his interest. The success they've had with blending CGI and live-action characters in ‘The Pirates of the Caribbean’ series could translate easily to an ‘Alien Legion’ film."
In a recent interview over at HeyUguys, Derek Haas (“Wanted”) revealed that he and his writing partner Michael Brandt (“3:10 to Yuma”) are rewriting the current draft of “Alien Legion” for Bruckheimer and Disney.
Created in 1984 by Potts, Alan Zelenetz and Frank Cirocco, “Alien Legion” was published through Marvel’s Epic imprint and followed the members
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Transformers And Comics: The Long History Of Hasbro’s ‘Revenge Of The Fallen’ Robots
24 June 2009 1:33 PM, PDT
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With “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” hitting theaters today, it’s easy to forget that, along with blockbuster movies of the live-action and animated variety, long-running cartoon series and hundreds of toys, Hasbro’s shape-changing robots have a long history in the comics world, too.
Earlier this week, we gave you our list of the five most important “Transformers” comics you should check out, and now we thought it might be worth taking a trip down memory lane with Optimus Prime, Megatron and the rest of the “Robots in Disguise” and examine the twists and turns of their long journey on the printed page.
Marvel Comics (1984-1991): While the original cartoon series was on the air, the original Generation 1 comic book series kicked off with Marvel Comics. Like the cartoon, the cast of characters in the comics depended upon toy marketing considerations.
These comics were very much the same
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