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TRON Sci-Fi Babe To Be Olivia Wilde
Olivia Wilde, seen every week being smart and delicious on House is a Sci-Fi babe in waiting. She is about to appear in skintight future fashion in Decembers “TRON: Legacy” also starring Jeff Bridges. We are not sure what part Olivia will play in the goings on within that silicon world but I can guarantee you she’ll be good and yes of course, hot. Here’s a few of Olivia’s latest snaps from Elle Magazine.
James Cameron Could Really, Really Care Less about the Terminator Franchise Nowadays
MTV currently has a sit-down interview with “Avatar” guy James Cameron, and they’ve been asking him a ton of questions about his past movies and future endeavors, and they’ve been cutting it up into dozens of little posts separated by topics. The latest is all about the “Terminator” franchise, which Cameron of course created only to hand over to someone else after the ground-breaking “Judgement Day”. So what does Cameron have to say about, possibly, coming back to the world of cyborgs and human resistance fighters? Lots, but not very good things to say, alas.
Frame 137 Short Film, Short Stuff Kicking Ass In Post Apocalyptic Action
The kid in this Sci-Fi short film based on the work of James O’Barr (The Crow) is 10. All the ass kicking he does in the film is his own self, no stunt little people or others involved. Sam Ransom plays Jonny Z. Moms not around so Jonny fends for himself in any way he damn well pleases. It’s shot on that Red camera you’ve been hearing about. Looks awesome. Has a guy named Samppa Von Cyborg in it for god’s sake. I mean, please. Judd Tilyard directs. It’s cool so go watch it. Thanks Quiet Earth.
Will Jeremy Renner Put the Hurt on Peter Berg’s Battleship?
In another one of those endless “road to the Oscars” articles that you’re going to be deluged with on, well, the road the Ocars, there is this Reuters article that offers up a very brief mention of “The Hurt Locker” star Jeremy Renner, who has been nominated for a Best Actor in the movie, in talks to board Peter Berg’s big-screen adaptation of “Battleship”. If the idea of a movie based on the “You sunk my battleship!” game gives you the giggles, then you haven’t read what Berg has planned. It’s got aliens. It’s got an invasion. It’s got coolness. And now, potentially, it may have gotten Jeremy Renner.
So Wrong it’s Right: Predator 2 Dancing Outtake
Remember “Predator 2″? The sequel to the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie starring Danny Glover (genius casting there, guys) as a supercop taking on the Predators in the big city? Via UGO, here’s an outtake from the movie where the stuntment in the Predator suits get down and boogie. Apparently this was supposed to play during the closing credits, or some such. Later, Danny Glover shows up and gets down with the Predators. It’s all oh so very wrong and yet oh so very right.
Stargate Universe Gets Alien Cast Members
Stargate Universe is about to make it’s grand re-appearance on April 2nd. What will become of Dr. Rush? Will he be able to jumpstart that crashed alien scooter that was smack down in the sand and return to the Destiny to deliver some mad professor style retribution?
John Moore To Direct Final Orbit
John Moore of “Max Payne” fame, will direct “Final Orbit”, a little story of space tourists that can stranded aboard the “Tourist Module” (maybe they’ll call that Colbert) on board the International Space Station. There’s an accident and they alone must science their way to survival after I would guess the real astronauts or cosmonauts get sucked into space after an accident. Gale Anne Hurd’s (Terminator(s), Tremors, Abyss) Valhalla Pictures will produce. Thanks ComingSoon for the tip.
James Bond’s Brother from Langley Joins Source Code
Via his Twitter account, director Duncan Jones has announced the addition of the very cool Jeffrey Wright (Felix in the last two “Bond” movies) to his sci-fi actioner “Source Code”.
Just met with the lovely Vera Farmiga and Jeffrey Wright. Feeling quite thrilled to have two such scorchingly good actors in Source Code!
The CW Renews Supernatural for a Season 6, Kripke Steps Down
The CW’s “Supernatural” is pretty much the only decent thing on that young-people-having-sex-obsessed network that I bother to DVR. The show is currently in its fifth season and in the middle of its demon apocalypse storyline, with Satan and the Angels fighting for the survival of the planet and the boys Winchester stuck dab smack in the middle. The show’s creator and mastermind, Eric Kripke has always said that he’s planned the show as a 5-year story, with that arc wrapping up at the end of this season. Now comes word that the CW has renewed the show past the demon apocalypse storyline, which means changes are afoot.
The Behind The Scenes Horrors Of The Predator Planet
Somebody snapped up some close up shots of a few set pieces for Nimrod Antal’s “Predators”, the rebooted return to those Sci-Fi, beady eyed crab faced guys that like to go invisible, shoot dudes and call it “hunting”. There’s some cool stuff here. You’ve got the human bones in the fireplace, the viscera hanging from trees look, always tasteful and shots of gnarly trees and what looks like razer sharp road signs.
Steven Spielberg Returns To The Dinosaurs?
Steven Spielberg may return to his Jurassic period soon if he climbs on board Fox’s Terra Nova, a series I described as The Jetsons Meet The Dinosaurs. A family in the future travels back in time to prehistoric Earth where they face serious family bonding challenges created from running away from things with teeth bigger than Junior. Sister Sally’s raygun isn’t going to be much good I’m afraid.
Chronicles of Riddick Sequel Plot Details
The Hollywood Reporter has given us our first taste of what the “Chronicles of Riddick” sequel will be all about — basically a “back to basics” storytelling that, from the sounds of it, is more “Pitch Black” than the clunky, epic-wannabe mess that was its sequel, “The Chronicles of Riddick”. Hey, I liked both movies, but let’s face it, who the hell cares about the Underverse or whatever the hell it was called. Give me a primitive, primal looking Riddick going up against people in high-tech suits with space guns armed with only a prison shank and it’s all good.
Luc Besson Plans A Sci-Fi Space Prison Breakout
Luc Besson has some serious Sci-Fi street cred, having been the mind behind the ridiculous “5Th Element”, starring Big Bruce Willis of “12 Monkeys” fame. Luc has some craziness in mind for us with his next movie, a prison break saga set in a space station, way up in high orbit. Seems that 500 of the world’s worst evil doers are locked up here, too dangerous or too escapey to be housed on the big blue. They are kept asleep during their tenure but somehow get awoken by a force unknown, setting them free to try to escape back to good old Earth.
