Looks like epic sci-fi action movies are getting a real boost lately, as I’m hearing more and more sci-fi theme movies going into development with major studios. The latest to get the big-screen treatment is a spec script by Shane Salerno called “The Doomsday Protocol”, which according to The Hollywood Reporter, sounds a lot like “Seven Samurai” in outer space. As you’ll recall, Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” concerned seven masterless swordsmen who are hired by poor villagers to protect their home from bandits. It was later adapted into the American Western “The Magnificent Seven”.