Batman 3 confirmed for 2012, adding to biggest summer for sci-fi/comic films ever

Warner Bros. has set July 20, 2012, as the release date for the third Christopher Nolan Batman film, according to HeatVisionBlog. This even though there’s no title or start date for the project. According to the report, the studio is not even in pre-production yet, and Nolan still completing post work on Inception, but apparently ….

DiCaprio to play Viking in Mel Gibson-directed historical action film

Mel Gibson will direct Leonardo DiCaprio in an untitled period drama centering on Viking culture, according to Variety. William Monahan – who wrote The Departed, Body of Lies, and the upcoming Gibson-starring Edge of Darkness – is penning the screenplay, with shooting expected to start in fall of 2010. According to the report, the principals ….

Dark Knight director’s sci-fi thriller Inception coming to IMAX

IMAX and Warner Bros. announced today that the sci-fi thriller Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan (The Dark Knight) and starring multiple Oscar nominee Leonardo DiCaprio (Blood Diamond, The Aviator), will be released to IMAX theatres simultaneously with the film’s wide release in conventional theatres on July 16, 2010. The film marks the third IMAX project ….

Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio heading to a Brave New World

Ridley Scott and Leonardo DiCaprio are developing a feature film version of Aldous Huxley’s book Brave New World, one of the most highly regarded dystopian works of literature, according to THR. The project is been set up at Universal, where Scott will direct, and DiCaprio will star, from a script by Apocalypto writer Farhad Safinia. ….

The Scarecrow follows Christopher Nolan to the sci-fi thriller Inception

Marion Cotillard (A Good Year), Cillian Murphy (28 Days Later, Red Eye) and Ellen Page (Juno) are all in discussions to join Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi thriller Inception, which he is writing and directing. Leonardo DiCaprio is already attached to star in the film. Production on the film starts this summer for a ….

Leonardo DiCaprio to star in the sci-fi action thriller Inception

Leonardo DiCaprio is attached to star in Inception, the sci-fi thriller that Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan wrote and will direct as his next film, according to Variety. According to the report, Inception will shoot this year and is set to be released in the summer of 2010, with Nolan and Emma Thomas producing. The ….

Warner Bros. releases more info on the sci-fi thriller Inception – confirms Dark Knight director’s participation

Warner Bros. has issued a press release regarding the upcoming Christopher Nolan film Inception, confirming earlier reports that the filmmaker will be working on new creative avenues – at least for the time being. But fear not Bat-fans. If he does go back the Batman franchise, he’ll probably look to out-do himself yet again, which ….

Christopher Nolan to direct sci-fi action film next – and it’s not another Batman movie

Christopher Nolan is currently developing his next project with Warner Brothers, an original sci-fi screenplay he wrote called Inception, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The Dark Knight director would like to shoot the action film this summer for release during summer of 2010, the trade reported. Nolan will produce the new film with Emma Thomas, ….

Batman 3, Flash, Get Smart 2 and Season of the Witch production updates

Sci-Fi Wire posted excerpts of a news conference in Beverly Hills given by producer Charles Roven who, among other things, confirmed that Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan is already thinking about a third Batman film, but denied rumors about the casting of any villains thus far. Roven added that a proposed Flash movie is still ….