Sprinkled liberally among their coverage of the upcoming films of 2012, the LATimes also featured a couple of sci-fi films of note, including new images for “Men in Black 3″ starring Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith, as well as “The Hunger Games”, featuring what appears to be a meeting with Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, and Jennifer Lawrence. I think you can also catch a body part from Josh Hutcherson in the photo, but don’t hold me to it.
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The Smiths Heading to a Post-Apocaplytic After Earth with M. Night Shyamalan
Need a futuristic savior? Heck, you can’t do any better than Will Smith, if previous sci-fi action films have taught us anything. He’s saved us from alien invaders countless times (“Independence Day”, the “Men in Black” films), vampires (“I am Legend”), and killer robots (“I, Robot”), and now Will Smith will save us again in M. Night Shaymalan’s “After Earth”.
Hey, Noomi Rapace, Look Behind You!
Check out the latest image from Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus”, which finds Noomi Rapace skulking about a mysterious alien ship with some mysterious alien types lurking about behind her in the corridor. Those guys are somewhat dark, but they sure look mighty familiar…
Lock-Out Featurette Explains Why Guy Pearce is Such a Badass
In the Luc Besson movie “Lock-Out”, Guy Pearce plays a character name Snow. He is one badass fellow, as this featurette can certainly attest to. Heck, it’s even helpfully titled, “Snow — The Badass Guy”. I mean, you can’t get more on the nose than that, folks. Check it out, won’t you?
Very Cool Posters for Star Wars: The Phantom Menace 3D Re-Release
Hell, these posters for “The Phantom Menace” are so cool, you might almost forget that the movie sucks donkey balls. Almost.
Katee Sackhoff and Jordi Molla Will Hunt Riddick
Variety and Deadline are reporting that both Katee Sackhoff and Jordi Molla are now officially in talks to play mercenaries tracking down everyone’s favorite space fugitive with a bad attitude in “Riddick”, the third movie in the “Pitch Black” franchise from star Vin Diesel and writer/director David Twohy.
Benedict Cumberbatch Will Menace J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Sequel
Well, here’s a big ol “Star Trek” sequel news: Benedict Cumberbatch, star of the BBC’s “Sherlock” (their re-invention of the Sherlock Holmes character) has landed the lead villain in J.J. Abrams’ upcoming untitled “Star Trek” sequel.
The White-Washing of Akira Stalls. Again.
If you’re one of those people who hates the idea of Hollywood’s live-action white-washing of Katsuhiro Ohtomo’s “Akria”, then this is definitely good news to you. THR reports that Warner Bros. has, once again, put a halt to their production of “Akira”, which is currently set to be directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.
New Images for Men in Black 3 and Prometheus
As part of their 2012 movie preview, USAToday has new images from “Men in Black 3″ featuring MIB partners Tommy Lee Jones and Will Smith and “Prometheus” star Noomi Rapace. Check them both out below.
Cobra: The Space Pirate Fan-Made Teaser Trailer
Alexandre Aja’s big-budget, live-action version of “Cobra: The Space Pirate” won’t be landing for a while yet (if, that is, it actually makes it), but until then, check out a quickie fan-made teaser trailer from filmmaker Michael Paris. You don’t see much of Cobra himself, but I guess that’s the point.
First Trailer for Juan Solanas’ Upside Down
Talk about on the nose: if you thought the premise of Juan Solanas’ “Upside Down” was a little lacking in subtlety, seeing the trailer really makes that point. In short: the rich people live on top, the poor on the bottom; so that the rich are, literally, looking down at the poor. Heh. Hey, at least the film looks pretty damn good.
Japanese Trailers for Battleship and John Carter (of Mars)
You gotta figure that given the Japanese’s love for all things sci-fi, “Battleship” and “John Carter” should do reasonably well in that country. The studio probably realizes that, too, because here are two specially made Japanese trailers for the two upcoming sci-fi films.
Watch the Pilot Episode for Ron Moore’s Unaired 17th Precinct TV Show
“Battlestar Galactica” showrunner Ron Moore’s attempt at blending “NYPD Blue” with “Harry Potter” in a new show called “17th Precinct” didn’t get picked up by NBC, but if it had, this is what you would have seen. Check out the full pilot episode for “17th Precinct”, and sigh at what could have been.
Ridley Scott’s Prometheus Finally Launches its Official Teaser Trailer at Long Goddamn Last
Sheesh. Talk about kicking a dead horse to death. It seems that way with not one, not two, but three “preview trailers” for this 1-minute long teaser trailer for Ridley Scott’s “Prometheus”. Thank God the damn thing actually looks AWESOME. Without further delay, check out the official teaser trailer for Scott’s return to the sci-fi genre below.
Ford, Breslin, and Steinfeld Officially Sign on for Ender’s Game
You can officially add Harrison Ford (“Cowboys and Aliens”, the “Star Wars” movies), Abigail Breslin (of “Zombieland” fame), and Hailee Steinfeld (of “True Grit” fame) to the cast of Gavin Hood’s big-budget live-action adaptation of Orson Scott Card’s “Ender’s Game”. Steinfeld and Ford were previously reported as joining the film, but Breslin’s (below) casting is new.
