Screenwriter Jeremy Slater Discusses Why The Fantastic Four Was Not So Fantastic

Screenwriter Jeremy Slater has an interesting take on why the most recent film reboot of The Fantastic Four underperformed with critics, fans and at the box office. August 22, 2016

Mike Mignola Writing New Hellboy Adventure for Dark Horse called Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea

Mike Mignola is writing a new Hellboy adventure for Dark Horse with Gary Gianni doing the artwork and Dave Stewart doing the color. August 18, 2016

Univision to Buy Gawker Media for $135 Million

Gawker is being sold to Univision for $135 million. Univision outbid Ziff Davis for the blog network. August 16, 2016

President Obama Shares His 2016 Summer Reading List

President Barack Obama is a big reader, as are his children. His 2016 summer reading list has a mix of nonfiction, general fiction and science fiction. August 15, 2016

PEN America Announces New $50,000 PEN/Nabokov Award

Pen America announces the return of the PEN/Nabokov Award, with an international twist to the literary prize. It carries a $50,000 cash purse. August 14, 2016

George Orwell to be Honored With Bronze Sculpture by BBC his Former Employer

George Orwell, author of 1984, will be immortalized in a bronze sculpture outside the BBC, his inspiration for the always lying Ministry of Truth. August 13, 2016

Time Magazine Runs Trump Meltdown Cover

Time magazine has a cover illustrating a Donald Trump meltdown. August 12, 2016

Criminal Minds Star Thomas Gibson Suspended for Kicking Writer

Thomas Gibson was suspended from Criminal Minds for kicking a writer on the set. August 11, 2016

The Phantom Tollbooth to be a Feature Film

Norton Juster's The Phantom Tollbooth will be a feature film. Michael Vukadinovich will write the script. August 10, 2016

Jonathan Franzen Sells Out to Adidas

Jonathan Franzen did a hilarious bit on Seth Meyer's show. He reads from the paperback version of his novel Purity, but his sponsor Adidas wanted some changes to the text. August 10, 2016

George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards Being Adapted for Television

George R.R. Martin's long running superhero anthology series Wild Cards is being adapted for television. August 8, 2016

Mobile Mogul Kim Kardashian Talks Feminism at BlogHer Conference

Mobile mogul Kim Kardashian talked about feminism at the BlogHer conference in Los Angeles. August 6, 2016

Google Play Launches Bubble Zoom Technology for Digital Comics

Google Play has launched a technology called Bubble Zoom for digital comics to zoom in on speech bubbles. August 6, 2016

Oprah Chooses The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead for Oprah's Book Club

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead is climbing the bestseller lists after being chosen by Oprah for her Oprah's Book Club. August 5, 2016

Yale Study Finds Those Who Read More Books Live Longer

Want to live a longer life? Then pick up a book and get reading. Yale researchers say that reading confers longevity benefits. August 5, 2016

Forbes Releases 2016 List of Highest Earning Authors

James Patterson tops the list of the highest earning authors for 2016 with pre-tax earnings of $95 million. August 3, 2016

J.K. Rowling: No More Harry Potter Stories After Cursed Child

JK Rowling says there will be no more stories about Harry Potter after the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child August 1, 2016

Unpublished Michael Crichton Novel Dragon Teeth to be Published by HarperCollins

An unpublished manuscript by the late Michael Crichton was found by his widow Sherri.Dragon Teeth will be published in the spring of 2017 July 30, 2016

Starz Releases First Trailer for Neil Gaiman's American Gods

Ricky Whittle and Ian McShane star in the first trailer for Starz's adaptation of Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods. July 29, 2016

Anna Faris Inks Memoir Deal, Chris Pratt to Write Forward

Anna Faris will write a memoir to be published by Dutton. It will be based on her popular web series, Anna Faris is Unqualified. July 28, 2016

Five American Authors Make Longlist for 2016 Man Booker Prize

The longlist for the prestigious Man Booker Prize has been announced and five American authors made the list. July 28, 2016

Verizon on Verge of Acquiring Yahoo

Verizon appears to be on the verge of acquiring Yahoo. The deal could be announced next week. July 22, 2016

German Author is Amazon's First Literary Author to Sell More Than a Million Books

German author Oliver Potzsch has now sold more than one million books world wide. He is published by Amazon's literary imprint. July 22, 2016

Stephenie Meyer's Next Book is a Spy Thriller

Twilight author Stephenie Meyer's next book will be a spy thriller which will be released in November, 2016. July 19, 2016

Melania Trump's RNC Speech Triggers Plagiarism Allegations

Melania Trump gave an excellent speech at the RNC last night. But now she is being accused of plagiarism Michelle Obama's 2008 speech to the DNC. July 19, 2016