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RED Director? You May Very Well Think That, But I Couldn't Possibly Comment

From The Hollywood Reporter this morning:

Robert Schwentke is painting the screen "Red."

The director of "The Time Traveler's Wife," who has been flirting with a number of projects, is in negotiations to take the reins of the Summit Entertainment thriller, starring Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman. Erich and Jon Hoeber wrote the screenplay, which is based on the WildStorm/DC Comic.

San Diego 2009 Notes

I was in Los Angeles for a couple of days before heading down to San Diego, for an insane sequence of meetings that included spending most of one day on the Warner's lot. Passers-by might have seen me and Bruce Timm huddled under a tree for shade and frantically smoking cigarettes before Californians came and shot us for committing Air Crimes. I have a few things in the process of Maybe Happening on the lot right now. Bumped into Craig Flores, who's my exec on OCEAN and Untitled Arthurian Thi

Station Ident: 100%

Still pissed off that I was hustled out of San Diego before I could see Paul Pope spin at Onyx/Thin. Still amused that Paul Pope still looks like a Paul Pope drawing.

Good morning, freakshow. This is Warren Ellis dot com. How are you today?

REMAKE/REMODEL: Gorilla With A Human Brain

Every week, I dig out an ancient character for the arty types at my message board to fuck around with. This week, I gave them a classic from 1941:

Jack Castle was both a drunk and assistant to a mad scientist. He is knocked unconscious by the mad doctor, so Castle would not reveal the nature of the doctor's experiments to Elsa, the doctor's niece. Castle's brain is removed and then placed into the body of a gorilla. When he awakens from his operation, he seeks revenge. First, he kills the mad doc

ANGEL OF DEATH On DVD

As written by the excellent Ed Brubaker. As you can see. Because these people do the right thing, obviously. It's out today on DVD in the US, and in Canada, but not yet in the UK. Bastards.

Trixie Bedlam's Big Black Cock

New York City, you lucky town:

DO ANYTHING: 009

A brief definition of the Atom Style, or why Joost Swarte is in a flying car with Raymond Loewy:

No Future is fear of the future, inability to cope with the future, the inability to desire — desire was a key postpunk word, as in the politics of desire, the philosophy of desire — and is ultimately fuckless. And no-one wants a fuckless future.

Station Ident: Balls

It's way too early, got woken by the post. Off to the pub in a bit. Good morning — and it's actually still morning here. This is Warren Ellis Dot Com.

(Lenora Claire shot by Nicollo Clemetson)

Brew Dog Get Free Publicity - From The BBC

Brew a beer that is ten quid a bottle and 18.2%, stand back and let screaming idiots do all the PR for you:

"It is utterly irresponsible to bring out a beer which is so strong at a time when Scotland is facing unprecedented levels of alcohol-related health and social harm. Just one bottle of this beer contains six units of alcohol - twice the recommended daily limit."

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Brew Dog. For clever humans.

AICN: A Couple Of Bits

A couple of new details on Marvel Anime and Untitled Arthurian Thing at AICN.