As he is wont to do, Vin Diesel has released another piece of concept art from his in-development “Riddick 3″ movie through his millions-strong Facebook page. “Riddick 3″, of course, is the sequel to “Pitch Black” and “The Chronicles of Riddick” that he and writer/director David Twohy have gestating somewhere in the bowels of Hollywood. Who knows if we’ll ever actually see it, but until then, here’s the latest piece of art from the movie. At the very least, we know Twohy is still working on it in some capacity, because according to Diesel, this comes from Twohy himself.
Archive for Sci-Fi Movie News
First Two Clips from Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Go ape for two clips from Rupert Wyatt’s “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”. The thing to take from these clips? Caesar is one smart ape.
First Official Images from Andrew Niccol’s In Time
20th Century Fox has released the first two official images from Andrew Niccol’s sci-fi drama “In Time”. From the looks of it, you can expect plenty of action beats in this one. The film co-stars Olivia Wilde, Alex Pettyfer, Amanda Seyfried, Justin Timberlake, Johnny Galecki, Matt Bomer, Cillian Murphy, Elena Satine, Vincent Kartheiser, Yaya DaCosta, Ethan Peck, Toby Hemingway, Bella Heathcote, and is due out October 28, 2011.
I Predict This Poster for The Hunger Games Will Catch Fire
Get it? Because it’s on fire? Eh, whatever, you don’t know what’s funny.
First Teaser Trailer for John Carter of Mars
Or “John Carter”, as it’s apparently just being called now. Check out your first (surprisingly very muted) teaser trailer for the movie below. I don’t know, I guess I expected more “grandness”…
First Trailer for The Thing Prequel Thaws Online
Well, it’s here. In more ways than one, natch. The alien has arrived, and so has the trailer for “The Thing” prequel. It looks … well, it’s basically the same movie as the John Carpenter 1982 original, isn’t it? Except it has Mary Elizabeth Winstead. She’s cute.
Two Clips and a Featurette for Cowboys and Aliens
Daniel Craig punches Harrison Ford and does an old fashioned chase with Olivia Wilde, except instead of Indians they’re being chased by alien spaceships. But, you know, same process. Check out two clips and a behind-the-scenes featurette for Jon Favreau’s “Cowboys and Aliens”, opening at the end of this month.
First Look at Andrew Niccol’s In Time and Colin Farrell in Total Recall
Take a gander at your first official looks at two upcoming sci-fi films: Andrew Niccol’s “In Time” (previously “Now”, among other titles), and Colin Farrell in Len Wiseman’s remake of “Total Recall”, both courtesy of the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly.
Justin Timberlake and Amanda Seyfried on the run in Niccol’s “In Time”:
Learn How to Defeat Your Clone, Cause You Might Have to One Day
Dimension Films has acquired the movie rights to Kyle Kurpinski and Terry D. Johnson’s “comedy guidebook” “How to Defeat Your Clone”. Sounds like “Surrogates” with heavy doses of “Blade Runner”. Sort of.
Is Jason Statham Taking Over the Transformers Franchise?
Well, Shia LaBeouf isn’t coming back, so someone’s gonna have to, right? Plus, when “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” made $400 million in one week, you gotta figure Paramount is already moving on a sequel, with or without Michael Bay directing.
Theatrical Trailer for Sci-Fi Found Footage Movie Apollo 18
The latest, theatrical trailer for the Timur Bekmambetov-produced Found Footage sci-fi/horror movie “Apollo 18″. See, this is what happens when humans go knocking around space. Nothing good ever happens, I tell ya.
The Count of Monte Cristo and Heart of Darkness in Space
A long-held joke in Hollywood is that once you’ve bled a franchise or movie idea dry, the only viable step is to set it in space. “Hellraiser”, “Friday the 13th”, etc, have all been taken into outer space, even if they don’t necessarily make any sense. Then again, Hollywood isn’t in the business of making movies that make sense, they’re in the business of making movies that make money, and adding “In space!” to an aging film’s tagline seems to be the full extent of their “creativity”.
Stephenie Meyer’s The Host Scheduled for 2013
2012? Not quite. Call it 2013. Principal photography for the Andrew Niccol-directed movie (which will star “Hanna’s” Saoirse Ronan is scheduled to being in February 2012 in Louisiana and New Mexico, with a release date of March 29, 2013.
Third Trailer for Cowboys and Aliens
Because you can never have too much cowboys. Or aliens. Or cowboys versus aliens.
Guillermo Del Toro’s Pacific Rim Adds Idris Elba, Charlie Hunnam
Guillermo Del Toro’s “Pacific Rim” is a badass sounding movie — humans piloting robot mechas versus invading alien monsters. Basically, a Japanese animation come to life, all of it put on the big screen with a giant Hollywood studio budget. I like the sound of this!
