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jumper

Jumper: Here's Why You Should Skip the Movie and Just Read the Book

Jumper may have made $30 million at the box office this past weekend, but the original book has been out for more than 16 years, and they don't bear much resemblance to each other except for the main character's name and the teleporting. In fact, once the book was optioned and turned into a movie, author Steven Gould wrote a third Jumper novel (the second was Reflex) called Jumper: Griffin's Story, and it's meant to be much closer to the movie. Interestingly, on the publication page inside this third book, you'll find the words: "The character of Griffin O'Conner copyright 2007 by New Regency Films." Ah the tangled web of copyright. We decided to read the original book and compare it to the movie, and you can check out the differences in our spoiler-laden list below. Here's one spoiler we don't mind sharing with the world: The original book is better than the movie. More »

8:40 AM on Thu Feb 21 2008
By Kevin Kelly
4,326 views, 23 comments

Latest by n/a: why do they appear to have lightsabers in the movie? Anyone, anyone? more »

interworld

What's Happening With Neil Gaiman's Interworld?

Neil Gaiman and Michael Reaves' Interworld has been optioned by Dreamworks Animation a decade after they first pitched it to Hollywood. The story of a boy who can travel between alternate universes is now in the lovely world of development. Although whether that's development hell or development utopia remains to be seen. Click through for the tortured history of Interworld. More »

10:20 AM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Kevin Kelly
1,655 views, 15 comments

heroes

Heroes Series Cashes In . . . With Books

With the writer's strike threatening to spread into the holidays and beyond, NBC is rushing a novelization of Heroes to print the day after Christmas. This Heroes novel is the first book to try and capitalize on the writer's strike. After all, with the number of game and reality shows on television increasing daily, people are going to have to turn to books if they want to get their fill of . . . television. But will it be good television? Maaaybe. Details after the jump. More »

8:00 AM on Thu Dec 13 2007
By Kevin Kelly
55 views, Comment

logan's run

Logan's Run Remake Finally Happening ... Maybe

Logan's Run is one the only few films that was firmly rooted in the science fiction genre and wasn't titled Star Wars to come out of the 1970s. It's also been stuck running in place in Hollywood's favorite prison: development hell. Will the remake actually happen this time? More »

10:01 AM on Tue Nov 13 2007
By Kevin Kelly
153 views, Comment