Workaholic Peter Jackson is apparently ratcheting away on his latest project down there in New Zealand with Wingnut called “Mortal Engines”, a really cool post apocalyptic sci-fi fantasy about cities that roll around on giant treads and eat everything in their paths for fuel and resources. “Mortal Engines” is based on the works of author Phillip Reeve and his so far five books targeted towards a youth audience.
Archive for December 22, 2009
Has Peter Jackson Begun Work On Mortal Engines?
The Second Teaser Poster For Christopher Nolan’s Inception
More teasing. As if grade school, junior high, high school, college and work weren’t enough, Christopher Nolan is now teasing me again with this new poster for his latest and let’s just posit, probably highly nifty summer Sci-Fi extravaganza “Inception”, starring Leo DiCaprio and homegirl Ellen Page. This poster is apparently the end run of the mazes found at YourMindistheSceneoftheCrime, the “Inception” site. Pretty clever. I’m going to check it out. “Inception” hits theatres July16th in normal theatres and the IMAX. Thanks Comingsoon.
Mythbusters Investigates Captain Kirk’s Gorn Gun
Normally I’d be reluctant to admit this, but I’ve spent a completely abnormal amount of time considering the probability that Captain Kirk’s desert made diamond cannon in the episode “Arena” would have been more likely to kill the good Captain or simply to have fizzled out. Shortly thereafter of course our scaly friend Mr. Gorn would have eaten Kirk’s face, either in the pieces that were left on the ground or, while still attached to James after the Gorn had finished hunting and skinning him.
Sci-Fi Babe Spotlight: Mila Kunis
Nothing says Christmas more for me personally than a great Sci-Fi babe spotlight. It gets me nice and festive. This time around our lucky winner is the stunning and talented Mila Kunis, soon to grace our silver screens alongside Denzel Washington in post apocalyptic Sci-Fi duster “The Book Of Eli” opening next month. Happy Holidays Mila.
New Doctor Who: The End of Time Preview
“Doctor Who” fans have been waiting for more than a year for this, David Tennant’s swan song as he hands the reins over to Matt Smith. But it won’t be a peaceful handover, as The Master has been reborn on Christmas Eve and threatens humanity.
Avatar (2009) Movie Review
Right away I’m going to tell you that my biggest challenge in writing this review of “Avatar” is to keep my gushing to a minimum. A task that is going to be almost impossible. “Avatar” blew doors off that I didn’t even know I had on the car.
Epic And Hilarious 70 Minute Review Of Star Wars Episode 1
Man I love people with OCD. Obsession just never gets old. In my dreams I do a review of Episode 1 of “Star Wars” where I slice and dice apart the film and explain for you how bad it was in exacting detail. We all know how bad the movie was (except maybe for George), and just how heinous a crime it was to be so careless with the most beloved property in Sci-Fi history.
Morpheus Joins Predators
The fine folks over at Collider has news that Laurence Fishburne, Morpheus himself, has joined the cast of Nimrod Antal’s “Predators”. The only thing known about the role is that he will be playing a character named Noland, and that’s pretty much it. Fishburne joins a cast that already includes Adrien Brody, Topher Grace, Danny Trejo, Alice Braga, Derek Mears, Walton Goggins, Oleg Taktarov, and Louis Ozawa Changchien. The sequel has elite human warriors on the Predator planet, being hunted by super Predators.
Open Discussion Thread: Avatar
After all the awaiting, all the wondering, and all the anticipation, James Cameron’s “Avatar” is finally here. The film, estimated by some to have cost over $500 million to make, opens today and insiders are already predicting a box office in the $200 million dollar range. And let’s face it, if you even dare call yourself a sci-fi fan, you’re going to go see this movie.
Emma Bull – War For The Oaks
After delving into Life On The Border and immersing myself in such a wonderful story I began to ponder the Urban Fantasy genre a bit more seriously, after all it has been years since this fantasy niche showed up and now its burning up the readers charts.
Panoptigon From Lionsgate Sends A Message
Lionsgate and Peter Cornwell from “A Haunting In Connecticut” are set to bring the old Sci-Fi standby, the message to your past self device, to film with “Panoptigon”. A salesman receives a recorded message from himself telling himself that the world is going to end and only he can save it. Sounds nifty. I guess that frames the inevitable question. Do you trust yourself?
The Iron Man 2 Trailer Has Arrived
To hell with the preview of the preview, the maximum velocity “Iron Man 2″ trailer has hit the world and it’s ridiculous. I’m feeling some Rocky 3, Mr. T against a gone soft Rocky flavour here with Mickey Rourke playing the garage builder, chip on his shoulder Russian and Tony Stark gone even more Hollywood. You’re going to love it. Catch it for now in sweet HD via Apple.
Day Of The Triffids MiniSeries Preview Vids
BBC is once again mining that old school Sci-Fi magic with their remake of Day Of The Triffids. What’s it all about? Man eating plants! How great is that? After a solar storm, plants created to produce a new oil substitute break free of their human oppressors and begin to enthusiastically munch on the British.
Iron Man 2 Preview Preview With Some Added War Machine
Entertainment Tonight has a preview coming up tomorrow giving us the inside scoop on how “Iron Man 2″ is going to rock. If you’re like me, you went into the first Iron Man with low expectations. Obviously, I left the theatre loving it. Big shoes to fill for the second installment. I get the feeling that writers and directors know that audiences are expecting story and character in their super hero films. Judging from the preview, looks like we’re on track. So this is a preview of the preview. It has enough tasty bits in there to wet your whistle for the big one tomorrow that we’ll try to bring you. Thanks ComingSoon.
Watch an Extended Cut of SyFy’s Caprica Pilot Online Now
The folks at the SyFy Channel would like to get their audience really excited for their upcoming “Battlestar Galactica” spin-off TV show, “Caprica”, which is set to premiere early next year, January 22. The cable net has put all 90-ish minutes of the pilot online for free ahead of the show’s bow as part of their strategy (you can click on the link to go watch it now, or watch it in the embed below). Of course, that’s if you haven’t already seen the movie yet, which was already released on DVD nearly a year ago.
