Just got the DVD cover art and specs for the upcoming “Starship Troopers 3: Marauder” in the inbox today. Casper Van Dien reprises his heroic role as the fearless Johnny Rico in the third installment of the hugely popular global sci-fi adventure phenomenon. The swarming, killer bugs are back wreaking havoc on humanity in this awe-inducing action-packed adventure also starring Jolene Blalock (Star Trek: Enterprise), Amanda Donohoe, Boris Kodjoe, Marnette Patterson and Catherine Oxenberg. “Marauder” is written and directed by Ed Neumeier, who also wrote the previous two films in the series, and is “presented” by Paul Verhoeven. DVD cover art for the Blu-Ray and regular DVD edition, including specs, below.
I have to admit: Alex Proyas’ movie career hasn’t exactly gone as I had expected. He’s done some good sci-fi movies in the past (and “The Crow” was pretty good, too), like “Dark City” and “I, Robot”, but he’s never really broken through since “Dark City”. I mean, “I, Robot” was good entertaining fun, but it wasn’t GREAT, not in the sense that “Dark City” was GREAT. Hopefully his latest, “Knowing”, will be much better. Besides a first look at the teaser poster (to your left, which unfortunately is as big as it comes at the moment), there’s a full synopsis for the movie below.
Apparently the failure of Sci Fi Channel’s recent television version of Flash Gordon hasn’t dulled Columbia Pictures’ enthusiasm for a big-screen movie version, because they’re currently in early negotiations to nab the character’s movie rights. If they do get their way — and really, why wouldn’t they? — Columbia plans on delivering the movie to Breck Eisner (”Sahara”) to direct, with Neal Moritz producing.
Wasn’t it just earlier today that I posted an interview with Dollhouse creator Joss Whedon about how the show came about? Well forget about that, because at this moment we have the two-minute trailer for the upcoming show, which was created and shown to the media at the recent FOX upfront show, where networks present their shows, new and old, to the press. The trailer is called “Where Are You”, and the show stars Eliza Dushku, Olivia Williams, and Tahmoh Penikett. 
Bye bye, John Amsterdam? That appears to be the case, or at least, according to TV Guide, which I have the very unfortunately pleasure of saying has never been wrong about show cancellations before, and I doubt if they’re wrong this time. They got the Bionic Woman cancellation right months in advance, and saw the writing on the wall for Jericho — both times! — too. And now, New Amsterdam is gone.
Yes, if everyone has their way, apparently. According to movie site IGN, negotiations are currently under way between Nu Image/Millennium Films (the same people responsible for “Rambo” and the upcoming “Conan” remake) and “Sin City”/”300″/”The Spirit” director Frank Miller to take the helm of the big screen version of Buck Rogers in the 25th century or thereabouts. How it happen, and why, is very convoluted, but suffice it to say, Miller and the current holder of the Buck Rogers rights are buds, and since Miller is now a director … makes sense, right?
At last, we have the DVD cover art and specs for the second (and final?) Stargate made-for-DVD movie, “Continuum”. Amazon.com has the title listed as being available July 29, 2008, but you can pre-order your copy now. Ben Browder, Michael Shanks, Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, and Claudia Black returns for a second go-around in a Stargate movie, this time they must stop Ba’al from changing history by traveling into the past. And if you saw the bootleg trailer that was posted a while ago, you also know that Richard Dean Anderson makes a guest appearance.
What exactly is “Sleep Dealer”? It’s a new science fiction movie from Mexico, directed by Alex Rivera from a script by David Riker. The film has been making waves on the festival circuit, thanks in part to its timely and politically motivated storyline. The film stars Leonor Varela, most well-known to genre fans from “Blade 2″ and other Hollywood movies, and Jacob Vargas, and uses its sci-fi content as an allegory for today’s political climate vis-a-vis the immigration issue and other topics.
A satellite crashes down in Utah. With it comes a previously unknown virus which is dubbed “Andromeda” and, as the tagline for this updated version of Michael Crichton says: “It’s a bad day to be human”.
The first official teaser trailer for Vin Diesel’s sci-fi actioner “Babylon A.D.” has finally arrived online, with an introduction by director Mathieu Kassovitz to boot. The film stars Vin Diesel as Toorop, and is based on the novel by Maurice G. Dantec. It’s the kind of role that Vin Diesel was born to play — the laconic loner badass who will take your crap just long enough to shove your head up your ass. Very cool looking trailer, even if you don’t know French. You don’t have to know French to realize this thing has real potential.