‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’: Steven Moffat’s Romantic Sci-Fi Series Remake Is An Icky, Tasteless Misfire

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Sasha Urban editorThe “Arachnophobia” remake has (eight) legs, with Amblin Partners announcing Thursday that it has closed a deal with Christopher Landon (“Paranormal Activity”) to write and direct the horror-comedy.The original 1990 film, directed by Frank Marshall, tells the story of a small California town that is invaded by a colony of deadly South American spiders that were accidentally brought into the U.S. The film starred Jeff Daniels as a doctor who leads the effort to defeat the colony; John Goodman, as an exterminator who assists; with Julian Sands and Harley Jane Kozak in supporting roles.Steven Spielberg was credited as an executive producer on the original film, and it marked Marshall’s feature directorial debut.

HBO’s adaption of “The Time Traveler’s Wife” were left “disturbed” and “haunted” by a sex scene that was depicted in Sunday’s second episode, as well as the original book.In the episode, Henry — played by Theo James — explains to his love interest, Claire (Rose Leslie), how his father found out about his time-traveling powers by awkward accident. A flashback scene shows a 16-year-old version of Henry using his powers to go back in time and perform oral sex on himself when his father walks in and sees the two versions of his son — both naked and in bed together.

John Lydon to “attack” his Sex Pistols biopic series Pistol, saying that he wouldn’t expect the singer to “change the habit of a lifetime”.The director made allusions in a new interview to the former Sex Pistols frontman’s outspoken nature. Lydon, who was known as Johnny Rotten in the legendary punk band, has criticised the forthcoming biopic on several occasions since its inception.Among those is the time that Lydon called the series a “middle class fantasy” that is “rewriting history” and “would be funny if it wasn’t tragic”.On another occasion he claimed that the production was green-lit without his consent, saying that it’s the “most disrespectful shit I’ve ever had to endure”.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentMK2 Films is shooting “Curiosity Room,” a remake of Wim Wenders’s cult 1982 documentary “Room 666,” during the Cannes Film Festival. Produced by MK Prods.

Fans of Steven Moffat and David Nutter would be quick to point out that the two are no strangers to a good bit of time travel, being creatives behind great episodes of “Doctor Who” and “The Flash,” but their new series, “The Time Traveler’s Wife” is a whole new proverbial ball of time-slipping wax. READ MORE: ‘The Time Traveler’s Wife’: Steve Moffat’s Romantic Sci-Fi Series Remake Is An Icky, Tasteless Misfire The new series follows a love story between two characters, Henry DeTamble (Theo James) and Claire Abshire (Rose Leslie), with one small hitch: Henry involuntarily slips through time and meets Claire again and again throughout her life.

The Inbetweeners star James Buckley and his wife Clair Meek brought a splash of colour to the red carpet at a star-studded event in London. Sky's Up Next bash attracted a host of famous faces at Dury Lane's Theatre Royal on Tuesday evening where guests got an exclusive look at what’s coming up next on the channel.

Reba McEntire is joining the cast of ABC’s “Big Sky” as a series regular.She will play Sunny Brick, the mercurial matriarch of the Brick family, a successful backcountry outfitter with a secret history of missing customers.“Big Sky” follows Kylie Bunbury as private detective Cassie Dewell, who works with her former partner Undersheriff Jenny Hoyt (Katheryn Winnick) to investigate local crimes, taking on drug syndicates, notorious kidnappers, crime dynasties and more along the way. The series was recently renewed for a third season.

Ahead of the premiere this weekend, there has been some criticism that The Time Traveler’s Wife is promoting grooming through its’ storyline.

Rose Leslie and actor Theo James, follows the intricate love story of Clare and Henry — a time traveler — over six episodes that tests love, time and loss.Sign Up for HBO Max«All the boxes were ticked,» Leslie told ET. «Theo and I have both said that just by reading the [script] whilst we were auditioning, it really hammered home the fact that we would love to have been a part of this project and so we worked hard to get it.»In addition to , you can watch all of HBO's hit shows and blockbuster movies with an HBO Max subscription with plans that start at $10 per month.

Sega says it has multiple new titles, remasters, remakes and spin-offs planned for the next fiscal year ending in March 2023.The company talked about its upcoming strategy in a fiscal year results presentation for the last year (published on May 13), which also looked forward to what Sega has planned over the next 12 months (via VGC).In a segment about prolonging product life cycles, Sega said it has a series of “remake/remaster, spin-off [and] change of theme[s]” planned for its franchises. The company adds that last year these approaches netted it 4million unit sales, with it expecting 5million in the next fiscal year.Sega also provides examples of the types of games it is talking about, referring to remaster Sonic Colours: Ultimate, remastered collection Super Monkey Ball Banana Mania and Yakuza spin-off Lost Judgment.Whilst Sega doesn’t directly reference what this upcoming year’s games will be, it’s safe to assume that Sonic Origins – a collection of the original Sonic The Hedgehog games remastered for modern consoles – is part of this strategy.Particular mention is also made of expanding Sonic’s brand awareness, which has happened over the last couple of years thanks to the films, the character’s 30th anniversary, and the upcoming Sonic Frontiers game.Not all is going well for the hedgehog, however, as recently Sonic content creators have found YouTube marking their work as “made for kids”, which is greatly hindering the work’s reach, regardless of any themes or imagery inappropriate for children aged 13 or below.“Your video is tossed into a pool of other Made for Kids labelled content that is of poor quality, so you’re made irrelevant,” explained channel Balena Productions’ Steven Page.

Kit Harington has been photographed appearing clean shaven in a new look alongside his wife Rose Leslie. The Game of Thrones actor, who played Jon Snow in the series, was snapped attending the premiere of HBO's The Time Traveler's Wife at The Morgan Library in New York on May 11. His face was clean shaved as he ditched the facial hair which was synonymous with his character Jon Snow in the hit fantasy show.

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Rose Leslie poses for a sweet pic with husband Kit Harington at the premiere of her new series, The Time Traveler’s Wife, held at The Morgan Library on Wednesday night (May 11) in New York City.

Theo James is enjoying a day out with his wife, Ruth Kearney.

Theo James and Rose Leslie reunite for a romantic drama with a timely twist.HBO's , the new six-episode adaptation of the best-selling novel by Audrey Niffenegger, follows married couple Clare Abshire (Leslie) and Henry DeTamble (James), whose marriage is complicated by time travel. Written by Steven Moffat () and directed by David Nutter (), the series also stars Desmin Borges as Gomez and Natasha Lopez as Charisse.Prior to joining Time Traveler's Wife, James and Leslie briefly worked together on though James admittedly doesn't recall their encounter.