Gary Oldman to join sci-fi thriller Book of Eli
Gary Oldman is in talks to star with Denzel Washington in The Book of Eli, the action thriller from Warner Bros. and Alcon. Albert and Allen Hughes are directing. This according to a story by The Hollywood Reporter. The script has been developed by Gary Whitta and Anthony Peckham, and centers on a lone hero ….
New trailer for sci-fi thriller Push online
Push is a sci-fi thriller that involves a group of young American ex-patriots with telekinetic and clairvoyant abilities, that are in hiding from a clandestine U.S. government agency bent on turning them into weapons. They band together and utilize their various abilities for a final job, that will allow them to escape the clutches of ….
Even more new pics from J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek
Entertainment Weekly nabbed even more photos from the J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek movie last night and posted them on their website. The new Star Trek will kick off next summer’s blockbuster season on May 8, 2009, and explores the early Starfleet careers of future Enterprise officers, and presents a new vision of Star Trek, featuring ….
Road Warrior director and Brad Pitt team up for Odyssey
Brad Pitt turned Homer’s epic poem The Iliad into the 2004 film Troy. Now Warner Bros. is hoping to team Pitt up with George Miller to adapt the Greek poet’s other masterwork, The Odyssey. Their intention is to transfer the tale to a futuristic setting in outer space, if you can believe that. Both Homer poems ….
New details on J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek film
Tomorrow’s issue of Entertainment Weekly features a cover portrait of Zachary Quinto and Chris Pine from the new Star Trek movie, and contains a selection of newly released photos from the film, some of which have been getting some play on the web already, making “Trekkies” and sci-fi fans like myself, even more excited about ….
Details on Swamp Devil
Filmmaker David Winning (Andromeda, Stargate: Atlantis, Blood Ties) directed the Canadian feature film Swamp Devil, starring Bruce Dern which premiered on Sci Fi last Sunday. The film previously won the Best Foreign Feature film award at this year’s Big Island Film Festival in Waikoloa, Hawaii and the director was also honoured there with a Special ….
Trailer for the other Outlander movie
There is another film called Outlander, that will be in theaters soon. It stars Jim Caviezel, and features a rather unique storyline of vikings vs aliens. The film received a limited international release, and will go straight to DVD on November 18, 2008. Check out the trailer below.
Chainsaw Massacre director to helm big-budget sci-fi invasion flick
Jonathan Liebesman, director of Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning and Darkness Falls, is in negotiations to direct Battle: Los Angeles, a sci-fi action film that Neal Moritz is producing for Columbia Pictures. According to a story by The Hollywood Reporter, Battle: Los Angeles revolves around a Marine platoon’s encounter with an alien invasion on the ….
Spielberg eyeing British sci-fi novel for feature
In addition to just closing a major deal to go independent from Paramount Studios, DreamWorks has acquired the screen rights to the 1968 sci-fi novel Chocky, by late British science fiction writer John Wyndham, who is famous for writing The Day of the Triffids, which was also adapted in a film in 1962. According to ….
The X-Files: I Want To Believe Blu-ray to have web enhanced features
The truth is finally out there on DVD and Blu-ray! Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment presents The X-Files: I Want To Believe, a gripping feature film based on the global phenomenon that descends onto DVD and Blu-ray Disc (BD) on December 2nd. Marking the Studio’s first foray into BD-Live, The X-Files: I Want To Believe ….
Sci-fi thriller Ghouls coming to DVD
Ghouls is a sci-fi thriller, written by Brian D. Young and directed by Gary Jones, and follows a young American girl who discovers her supernatural heritage and connection to the evil spirits plaguing her ancestral town. The film follows Jennifer (Kristen Renton), a young college student who visits her grandparents’ Romanian village after the death ….
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen teaser trailer
Below is a teaser trailer for the upcoming Michael bay film Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen. The film hits theaters on June 26, 2009. Megan Fox, Shia LaBeouf, John Turturro, Josh Duhamel, Rainn Wilson, Isabel Lucas, Tyrese Gibson, Nina Dobrev, Matthew Marsden, Peter Cullen, Darius McCrary, Samantha Smith and Kevin Dunn. UPDATE: Yes, it ….
The Seven Samurai take on Armageddon
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Fox has picked up a spec script by Shane Salerno (AVPR: Aliens vs Predator: Requiem) titled the Doomsday Protocol. Plot details are secret, but it is said to be an epic sci-fi adventure, in the vein of The Seven Samurai, involving a group of aliens and humans with various abilities, ….
Original Conquest of the Planet of the Apes screening at Fantastic Fest in HD
Fantastic Fest is one of the premiere genre film festivals on the U.S. Each year, it continues to outdo itself, with inventive film selection and an ever-increasing list of classics brought back to the big screen. This year’s festival includes great retrospectives, including a look at Aussie Exploitation films, which will include Mad Max, The ….
James Cameron says Avatar largest scale sci-fi project he’s ever attempted
James Cameron was recently interviewed in Los Angeles about his upcoming sci-fi epic Avatar, where he’s been working feverishly on the new film, which is due in theaters on December 18, 2009. According to a story in The Edmonton Post, the director says that his 1997 blockbuster Titanic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, pales ….
