The first trailer has been released for the prequel story X-Men: First Class that’s quite cool and gives a nod to Bryan Singer‘s initial film, with the original actors Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart featured briefly via clips. The younger counterparts look comfortable playing these classic characters with the villainous beginnings of Magneto portrayed by […]
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New 3D Fantastic Voyage Finds It’s Director
The 1966 film Fantastic Voyage was a memorable sci-fi special effects extravaganza that was directed by Richard Fleischer and starred screen siren Raquel Welch. The story followed a team of scientists that along with a specially designed nuclear submarine, were shrunk using advanced miniaturization technology to journey inside the body of a fallen diplomat and […]
Bram Stoker’s Mythology Revamped as ‘Harker’
Warner Bros is revamping the mythology of Bram Stoker’s original ‘Dracula’ that will be a departure from Francis Ford Coppola‘s overblown interpretation. The new story will be set in the present day and the ‘Van Helsing’ of the story will be the character Harker, a Scotland yard detective who hunts the elusive Dracula. Seems Vampires […]
J.J. Abrams Unveils Super 8
Super 8 is the new J.J. Abrams flick that’s shaping up to be an exciting throwback to the classic sci-fi genre, overrun by a deluge of today’s hi-tech alien invasion stories. In the tradition of ‘Close Encounters’ and maybe even ‘E.T’, ‘Super 8’ is set in the time when those films changed sci-fi adventure stories […]
Terra Nova – TV Promo
Here’s the first TV promo for the upcoming show Terra Nova that airs in May on Fox and other networks soon after. It’s a mega-bucks production that’s rumored to cost around $4 million an episode so it’s going to have to generate big numbers and a loyal following to keep it on the air. It’s […]
Captain America – First Promo
After considerable development time and months of waiting, the first teaser of Marvel’s Captain America is finally here. Starring Chris Evans, the promo starts off with his character looking puny until he volunteers for a secret military experiment that transforms him into the bulked up physique Chris is famous for. If only those machines were […]
Wayne and Garth’s Oscar Picks 2011
Thanks to NBC and the gang at Saturday Night Live, Mike Myers and Dana Carvey have brought their famous characters out of retirement for a reunion on the comedy showcase that continues to be a launching pad for veritable talent. The segment begins with a reference to Phil Hartman‘s ‘Cable 10 Public Access’, with the […]
Javier Bardem Talks Bond, Ralph Fiennes May Play Nemesis #2
With MGM’s financial woes resolved and Spyglass Entertainment taking over, the brakes are finally off the production for the next James Bond movie with casting and location scouting underway. With news that Judi Dench was returning – which was something of a no-brainer, word spread last week that Javier Bardem had been offered a lead […]
Scream 4 – Adding More Thrills
If you’re looking forward to the next installment of the Scream series from filmmaker Wes Craven, you might be amongst the fans who were concerned that the film was undergoing re-shoots. While this can sometimes imply a clunky story and flawed resolution, the master director claims that this is not the case. Wes Craven tweeted […]
Ghostbusters 3 – Waiting For Bill Murray
The long awaited third installment of the Ghostbusters franchise still has a major hurdle to overcome and that is Bill Murray’s approval of the script. Sony Pictures, Harold Ramis, Dan Aykroyd and Ivan Reitman all like the much revised Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky script, though Bill Murray hasn’t even read it. With some franchises […]
Elijah Wood’s Big Break as Video Game Boy
Here’s a blast from the past that’s been buzzing around the net which shows a young Elijah Wood getting his big break into film. For movie buffs, nerds, geeks and the like, most will know that it was Back to the Future Part II made in 1989. The scene take place in the Cafe 80’s […]
Eva Green Set to Join Johnny Depp in Burton’s Dark Shadows
Eva Green who turned the Bond girl role upside down is now set to join Johnny Depp in the Tim Burton directed adaptation of Dark Shadows. Based on the 60s TV soap, Green is set to play the powerful witch Angelique who’ll have something of a love hate relationship with Depp’s vampire, Barnabas Collins. The […]
‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Script is ‘Phenomenal’
Anticipation for the next installment of Batman is reaching fever pitch even though the film doesn’t open til next year. Warner Bros recently announced that Anne Hathaway had joined the cast to play Selina Kyle aka Catwoman and that Tom Hardy would be playing a villain, though not as Dr. Hugo Strange as it was […]
Darren Aronofsky Wants Hugh Jackman to Bulk Up for ‘The Wolverine’
Hugh Jackman recently stepped out for a workout on Thursday (January 27) after the snowstorm in New York City. The 42-year-old Aussie actor is working hard to pack on the muscle for his upcoming reprisal of his Wolverine character, and it was recently announced that he’d be presenting at the 2011 Oscars. He’s excited to […]