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Make: Live 8/10/11 — Metalworking (video)

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Make: Live episode 14 is all about metalworking. Metalworker and Madagascar Institute director Hackett taught Matt to arc weld, and gave a sneak peek of his new TV show for the Science Channel, Stuck with Hackett, which premieres August Broadcasting platform : Vimeo Source : Craftzine.com blog Discovery Date : 11/08/2011 19:20 Number of articles : 2

Make: Live 8/10/11 — Metalworking (video)

Open Road Acquires Adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s The Host for Distribution

Before Twilight , Summit Entertainment was a small studio you never heard of; Open Road is hoping to follow the same path. The distribution company founded by AMC and Regal Theaters has acquired Stephenie Meyer’s The Host , which has Saoirse Ronan already lined up as star in a dual-role. Andrew Niccol is set to direct. Twi-hards, get excited! [ Deadline ]

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Open Road Acquires Adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s The Host for Distribution

Philip K. Dick’s Daughter Endorses Michel Gondry’s Ubik

Isa Dick Hackett, daughter of Philip K. Dick and chief executive of Electric Shepherd Productions, is currently overseeing a number of her late father’s works to the big screen. One of them is Ubik , Dick’s 1969 science fiction novel about a group of people experiencing strange shifts in reality in a future where psionic powers are widespread and the lines between life and death are blurred — and Hackett’s confident that Michel Gondry is the filmmaker for the job.

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Philip K. Dick’s Daughter Endorses Michel Gondry’s Ubik