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New Line Cinema's rights to the Vertigo series Y: The Last Man have officially lapsed, reverting back to creators Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, according to director Dan Trachtenberg. The studio announced early last year that Trachtenberg -- who doesn't have any features to his credit, only a handful of short films, including a very well-received Portal film -- would helm the project. He and the studio only had a limited window of time to get a movie finished, and that time has come and gone.

The on-again, off-again movie adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra's Y: The Last Man has once again come back to life, with newcomer Dan Trachtenberg being named as the latest director tasked with the prospect of bringing Yorick, 355 and Ampersand to the big screen...

If you're a fan of Portal or Portal 2 -- which had a pretty sweet tie-in comic by Mike Oeming -- this fan film called Portal: No Escape shouldn't be missed. The short by director Dan Trachtenberg originally premiered at Comic-Con, and it looks pretty impressive as it follows a young woman (perhaps Chell...