Sci Fi News Daily Digest: Josh Whedon's Next Movie, Werewolf Revival to Go Straight to DVD, and More

News and Updates November 1st:

Deadline Hollywood: Avengers Director Joss Whedon Launches Next Film Under Bellwether Pictures Banner - After wrapping their first film Much Ado About Nothing, Joss Whedon and Kai Cole’s micro-studio Bellwether Pictures has set a follow-up. It’s the supernatural romance In Your Eyes.

Geeks of Doom: Universal’s Untitled Werewolf Thriller Heading Straight To DVD In 2012 - As the negativity surrounding Universal’s attempt at bringing back the story of The Wolf Man into theaters with last year’s clunker still exists, the studio has not been quiet about their next attempt to revive the franchise.

Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Cancellation Watch: American Horror Story Gets a Second Season and Once Upon A Time Holds Up in Its Second Week - It comes as no big surprise, but FX has announced that they will renew their new supernatural series The American Horror Story for a second season.

Deadline Hollywood: Fox And DirecTV Reach New Carriage Agreement For Cable Networks Like FX (Which Airs American Horror Story) - Following marathon negotiations, and with only a few hours to spare before the midnight deadline tonight, Fox and DirecTV have reached a new carriage agreement.

Blastr.com: Set visit reveals what Elijah Wood's Frodo is up to in The Hobbit - We've known for a while that Elijah Wood was headed back to Hobbiton to don the wig, ears and feet of Frodo Baggins once again for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit. What we didn't know was exactly why

Cancellation Watch from Axiom's Edge Sci Fi: Tracking the weekly ratings and the cancellation prospects of the science fiction and fantasy shows currently airing on broadcast and cable networks.

Cybermage: New Science Fiction and Fantasy Books November 2011

Sci Fi Mafia: Chuck Co-Creator Bringing U.S. Remake of Superpowered U.K. Series Misfits

Deadline Hollywood: AFM: Focus Features Intl. Shops Ruairi Robinson-Directed Last Days On Mars

BleedingCool.com: Golden Age Batman And Detective Comics Collection Surfaces In Ohio

Deadline Hollywood: AFM: Paranormal Activity’s Oren Peli, FilmNation Team On Fright Film

Deadline Hollywood: Paramount Hires John Glenn For Sci-Fi Thriller Abducted

Reviews:

Geeks of Doom: The Walking Dead Chronicles: The Official Companion Book - The Walking Dead Chronicles: The Official Companion Book is, as the title would indicate, the official behind-the-scenes book for The Walking Dead.

ScienceFiction.com: Comic Book Review: Avengers Solo #1

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