Liam Hemsworth, fresh off flexing his muscles in “The Expendables” and soon to be seen battling the evil Capitol overlords in “The Hunger Games”, has signed on as the male lead in Relativity Media’s time-travel sci-fi drama “Timeless”.
Lena Headey Gets Some Vigilandia with Ethan Hawke
Lena Headey, Queen Gorgo herself, has joined the cast of Ethan Hawke’s sci-fi mystery flick “Vigilandia”. I say “mystery” because no one seems to know what the Universal film is all about, and writer/director James DeMonaco isn’t telling. Yet.
Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock Game “Monsters” Trailer
Cybermen! Silurians! The Silence! Daleks! Those are just some of the alien menace that Doctor Who and River Song will be facing in the Time Lord’s new game. Here’s your first look at a new trailer for the new “Doctor who” game “The Eternity Clock”, which reveals the foes the good Doctor will be confronted with. Check it out, won’t you?
Warner Bros. Adapting Tad Williams’ Otherland Books
Warner Bros. is getting into the “Otherland” business, the series of sci-fi novels by author Tad Williams. The studio has tapped screenwriter John Scott III to adapt the first film and Dan Lin to produce.
Final Hunger Games Poster, or, Say, You Think We Can Air Brush Her Some More, Guys?
Jesus Cripes, they really put the airbrush to poor Jennifer Lawrence here, didn’t they? Criminey.
Anywhatever. Here’s the final poster for “The Hunger Games”, starring Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson as a pair of crazy kids stuck in a game where if they lose, they die. I call that Monday. Heyo! I’ll be here all week, folks.
Vin Diesel is All Dressed Up and Ready to Shank Someone in an Image from the Riddick Set
Yup, after a lot of start and stop, and start again, it appears David Twohy and Vin Diesel’s “Riddick” is actually, honest to goodness, getting made. Go figure. I know the film has been casting for a while (Katee Sackhoff, Jordi Molla, that Funk kid), but I gotta tell you, I wasn’t still sure it would actually happen. I mean, the film has so much potential to be badass, I just naturally assumed Hollywood would find a way to kill it. Cause, you know, that’s what Hollywood does.
Captain America Will Save us in Snow Piercer
If you need saving from a post-apocalyptic snow-covered world, you could do worst than Chris Evans, who has already saved us plenty of times. There were those two Godawful “Fantastic Four” movies, then he did it again in “Captain America: The First Avenger”. Now Evans will save us in the post-apocalyptic drama “Snow Piercer”.
Tom Cruise’s Horizons Gets Two Lovely Ladies
Hey, they’re not Jessica Chastain, but they’ll do.
Now that Chastain has dropped out of his sci-fi movie “Horizons”, Tom Cruise and writer/director Joseph Kosinski has replaced her with Andrea Riseborough and Olga Kurylenko. Well, not that the two actresses will be playing one role, but rather, one of them will be playing the role originally set for Chastain. Ahem.
Someone Name Nolan Funk Has Joined the Cast of Riddick
Yeah, I don’t now who the dude is, either. Here’s what Variety says:
Nolan Funk is set to star alongside Vin Diesel in the next installment of the “Riddick” franchise. Funk can be seen next in the Bold Films pic “Evidence” and just wrapped the co-lead role in the ABC Family pilot “Intercept.”
Platinum Studios Still Thinks You Could Use an Atlantis Rising Movie
“Atlantis Rising” is a limited series comic book about Atlantis declaring war on the surface world, and you know, invades. Yeah. It’s going to be pretty damn expensive to make, which is probably why a film version of the comics hasn’t moved since it was announced nearly four years ago. Heck, at one point Len Wiseman was even attached to direct.
George Lucas May Quit Making Movies And It’s All Your Fault, Fanboys
On my list of things to worry about, George Lucas retiring to a life of making small arthouse indie films that only a few dozen people on the east and west coasts will ever see is not exactly at the very top. It’s somewhere between “doing laundry” and “finishing that apple I started last night”. So yes, this revelation that ol George is feeling a bit insulted that so many fanboys on the Interwebs hates his guts for relentlessly and pointlessly tinkering with the “Star Wars” movies does not feel me with sadness.
Volkswagen Hits Another Star Wars Parody TV Spot Out of the Park
You gotta love Volkswagen. Their “The Force” trailer from last year, featuring the little Darth Vader walking around trying to use the “Force” to do bad things to various objects (and creatures) in his house was easily one of the best commercials during last year’s Super Bowl. The car company has a new Star Wars-inspired commercial that they plan to run during this year’s Super Bowl, and this one involves dogs barking out the “Imperial March” from the franchise. Awesome, awesome stuff.
Hunger Games Sequel Gets Writer, New Pic
Hard to believe, but yes, “Hunger Games” fans, the first movie based on the Suzanne Collins trilogy of novels will be heading to a theater near you in March. Until then, check out a new image (above) and this news that a writer has officially been hired to pen the second film in the series, “Catching Fire”.
Syfy Picks up Justin Marks’ Source Code — er, I mean, Seven Days — er, Make that Rewind
The Syfy Channel is apparently still in the original science fiction TV business. Who would have thunk it? They have “Alphas”, “Warehouse 13″, and “Haven”, but for the most part their line-up is pretty much taken up with cheapie Reality TV shows and wrasslin’. They do still show reruns of your more popular sci-fi shows, but I’m guessing that’s because they bought the rights years ago, back when they were actually a sci-fi channel, and, well, mind as well use it.
