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Make that two more futuristic sci-fi epics for Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. is working on two sci-fi projects with former New Line co-chiefs Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne, according to The Hollywood Reporter. After leaving New Line, the duo formed the Unique Features banner in June of this year, which also funnels it’s projects through Warners. Shaye, along with Unique’s Dylan Sellers are producing Control-Alt-Delete, ….

Newark to get documentary treatment on Sundance

The Sundance Channel will air a new documentary series, focused on the challenges facing New Jersey’s largest city, Newark, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Oscar-winner Forest Whitaker, along with Marc Levin and Mark Benjamin will produce the new series. Called Brick City, the series will center on Newark Mayor Cory Booker, the city’s residents and ….

Win a copy of the classic The Day the Earth Stood Still on Special Edition DVD

On December 2nd 2008, Fox Home Entertainment will release an all new Special Edition of the sci-fi classic The Day the Earth Stood Still on DVD & Blu-ray. One of the greatest sci-fi classic films of all time finally gets the special edition treatment it deserves before the remake hits theaters next month. The original ….

New Naruto media to release nearly simultaneously in U.S and Japan

VIZ Media has announced an innovative and unprecedented multimedia plan to provide a near-simultaneous Japan-U.S. release of NARUTO, one of the most popular Japanese animated and manga properties in the world. Beginning on January 15th 2009, the latest episode of the NARUTO SHIPPUDEN animated series will be available for free viewing on the ultimate destination ….

Mystery Science Theater 3000: 20th Anniversary Edition DVD review

The Peabody Award-winning, Emmy-nominated cult TV series Mystery Science Theater 3000, which became a pop culture landmark in the 1990s by poking fun at horrible movies of every genre and time period, has been successfully brought back to life by Shout! Factory. On October 28th, the pop culture treasure hunters, released four episodes that have ….

Bootleggers have found a way to pirate Blu-ray?

Here we go again. I guess this was bound to happen eventually. I just didn’t figure it would be this quick. The Wall Street Journal reports that bootleggers using a type of Blu-ray ripping software, have figured out a way to extract the high-def content from copyright protected Blu-ray discs, and then recompress the video ….

Writers chosen for XXX: The Return of Xander Cage

Michael Ferris and John Brancato, who wrote the upcoming Terminator Salvation, are in talks to pen a script for another sequel. The pair are negotiating to write XXX: The Return of Xander Cage, which will reunite Vin Diesel with director Rob Cohen, according to Variety. The writing duo, who also wrote Terminator 3 and the ….

Robotech film gets new writers

Alfred Gough and Miles Millar (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, TV’s Smallville) are writing a new draft of the live-action Robotech movie adaptation for Warner Bros., according to The Hollywood Reporter. Lawrence Kasdan, who wrote The Empire Strikes Back, wrote a previous version of the screenplay. Robotech was a 1980s anime series that ….

Eckhart to star in Battle: Los Angeles

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Aaron Eckhart will star in Battle: Los Angeles, the sci-fi action film Jonathan Liebesman (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, The Killing Room) is directing for Columbia Pictures. Eckhart had one of his biggest roles to date last summer, playing Two-Face in The Dark Knight. The Chris Bertolini story of ….

Ennio Morricone in talks to score Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds

Italian music composer Ennio Morricone, whose resume includes some of the greatest action films of the 1960s through today, including such cult classics as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly with Clint Eastwood, A Dollar a Head with Burt Reynolds, A Fistful of Dynamite with James Coburn, Night Flight from Moscow with Yul Brynner, ….

Seven minute preview and new trailer for Day the Earth Stood Still

Some of you may have already watched this 7 minute preview of The Day the Earth Stood Still remake. It gives many more story clues than the initial trailer, which has been playing on TV and attached to other films. Scott Derrickson, who helmed The Exorcism of Emily Rose, is handling directing duties on DTESS, ….

Full trailer for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Warner Brothers has released the full trailer for the upcoming Harry Potter adventure. This is probably to soothe fans that were hoping for a complete film at this time, before the studio had to push the release to next year, because of delays related to the writer’s strike. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince follows ….

Enjoy cult classic horrors during Monster HD’s Thanksgiving Day of the Dead

This Thanksgiving, Monsters HD will be airing the network’s traditional undead buffet with all the trimmings, called Thanksgiving Day of the Dead. This year includes premieres of the George Romero cult classic Day of the Dead and the neo-classic, The Rage, from director and special-effects master, Robert Kurtzman. Day of the Dead (1985) In this ….

Full Star Trek trailer attached to Quantum of Solace gives story clues

The full trailer for Star Trek was indeed attached to Quantum of Solace (which rocked). The trailer rocked, too. It gives a host of storyline windows, including Captain Kirk’s mischievous childhood years on Earth, Spock’s origins, and some possible love affairs on board the ship. According to the Chicago Tribune, the new Star Trek movie’s ….

Isaac Asimov time travel novel End of Eternity getting film adaptation

New Regency has acquired the rights to Isaac Asimov’s time travel novel The End of Eternity, according to Variety. The futuristic tale describes humanity as being controlled by a ruling class called The Eternals, members of which can manipulate time to alter history and prevent disasters or wipe out undesirables. Eternals had the power of ….