Science Fiction

Avatar star attached to futuristic comic-based crime thriller Last Days of American Crime

Sam Worthington – star of Terminator Salvation and James Cameron’s upcoming sci-fi epic Avatar – is attached to star in another sci-fi film titled The Last Days of American Crime, Variety reports. Based on Rick Remender’s comicbook of the same name, Last Days of American Crime will be released in January as a bi-monthly, three-issue ….

Win four tickets to see Star Wars in Concert at the IZOD Center this Friday

The Big Apple Comic Con is giving away four tickets to see Star Wars in Concert at the IZOD Center this Friday, November 20th. Just become a fan of Big Apple Comic Con on Facebook RIGHT HERE. Then this Tuesday, November 17th, one random lucky fan will be chosen as the winner. Star Wars In ….

Photos of the exclusive Star Trek Limited Edition Replica Gift Set and special edition Blu-ray

Amazon.com has an exclusive Star Trek Limited Edition Replica Gift Set attached to the purchase of the Star Trek Three-Disc plus Digital Copy Blu-ray version of the Star Trek film, which hits DVD and Blu-ray Disc on November 17, 2009. The U.S.S. Enterprise Commemorative Replica is modeled directly from the digital effects files used in ….

District 9 and Descent directors both up for Dune reboot?

Recently Josh Zetumer (Untitled Jason Bourne 4 Project) submitted a 175 page draft script for the new Dune film that director Peter Berg (Hancock) was at the time attached to helm. At the time, Berg said that he and Zetume would attempt to “beat the script into something manageable without offending the purists”, according to ….

New Star Wars 3D trilogy rumor picks up speed, adding Steven Spielberg and Francis Ford Coppola as possible directors!

This report is strictly a rumor for now, according to GeekTyrant and Marketsaw, but these rumblings have been around since the release of Star Wars: Episode III. I remember reading a few years ago when 3D began it’s great resurgence, that both the original trilogy, as well as the prequel trilogy, were destined for a ….

Charlize Theron circling female Road Warrior sequel lead role

According to E Online, Oscar-winner Charlize Theron is director George Miller’s choice to play the female lead in the upcoming long-in-development sequel to Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Mad Max 4. However, original Road Warrior Mel Gibson apparently won’t be donning any leather this time around. When he announced that he would commence work on Mad ….

Details on the full trailer for Avatar to be released this Friday

One of the admins over at The Avatar Game’s official Facebook page just posted that the full Avatar trailer will be released in theaters this Friday, October 23rd and then released online next Thursday, October 29th. Upon further investigation, I read on ComingSoon that the new trailer is apparently going to be a hefty 3 ….

New cast member confirmed for Robert Rodriguez’ Predators reboot

Robert Rodriguez recently revealed the cast for his upcoming Predators reboot film, which includes the likes of Danny Trejo, Adrien Brody and Topher Grace. Well this weekend, actor Derek Mears, who played Jason Voorhees in the most recent Friday the 13th, confirmed to DreadCentral that he will also be appearing in the film. “People were ….

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 ….

New cast members for John Carter of Mars film adaptation

According to Sci-Fi Wire, the cast continues to grow for John Carter of Mars, Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs‘ fantasy adventure books, with Thomas Haden Church, James Purefoy and Mark Strong joining already cast Taylor Kitsch, Samantha Morton, Dominic West, Polly Walker, Willem Dafoe and Lynn Collins. According to the report, the ….