ICYMI: SSN’s Top Originals From 7/21 – 7/25/14

ICYMI: SSN’S TOP ORIGINALS FOR 7/21 – 7/25/14

Comic-Con: The 8 Hot Comics Ripe for Film & TV Development

It can be hard to weed through the massive array of booths and panels for available properties, so SSN has done the legwork for you, picking eight properties with both big and small screen potential here (SSN)

Comic-Con: How Dark Horse Is Empowering Creators – Their 8 Most Innovative Comics

Dark Horse continues its mission to empower the best creators to do their best work, an M.O. that’s working out pretty well for companies like Netflix (who earned 31 Emmy nominations this year) who trust their talent and wind up with stronger properties because of it. SSN takes a look at a few Dark Horse titles that prove the notion that trusting creators yields innovative work, starting here (SSN)

Spotlight: How Zachary Levi Made Nerd HQ the Place to Be During Comic-Con

Actor Zachary Levi is also known as the man who started Nerd Machine, a lifestyle brand for geek culture that sprung up in 2010; since 2011 they’ve held the annual Nerd HQ confab in San Diego during Comic-Con. Read on for a behind the scenes look at how the event was created and the months it takes to plan. (SSN)

Outside Hall H: Your Go-To List of the Lounges, Development Troves, & Mini-Cons Happening In and Around Comic-Con

Luckily for industry execs, a few companies have struck out on their own and created events outside the main venue where new ideas and burgeoning talent can be found. Here’s SSN’s list of events, mini-conventions and some hidden hideaways, where you’ll get a breath of fresh air and maybe even some properties ripe for development. (SSN)

Spotlight: Magic In the Moonlight’s Jacki Weaver on Woody Allen vs. David O. Russell

SSN spoke to two-time Oscar nominee Jacki Weaver about landing her first role in a Woody Allen film, what it was like to shoot in the south of France, and how Allen compares to David. O Russell. (SSN)