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Inception – 2 New TV Spots
Two new TV spots for Christopher Nolan’s INCEPTION have surfaced.
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – Battle Recut
Here is a new clip from THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE – titled “Battle Recut.” If you’ve always dreamed of seeing the undead rumble in the forest, aided by some transparent CGI – well, you dream has come true!
Last Airbender: Aang Through the Courtyard
http://www.youtube.com/v/ephRZxNKmDE&hl=en_US
Last Airbender: Fire Nation is Here
Clip from M. Night Shyamalan’s film version of the popular cartoon AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER.
The Last Airbender: Katar and Zuko fight
Clip from M. Night Shyamalan’s film version of the popular cartoon AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER.
X-Men Producer Wants ‘Wonder Woman’
Sci-Fi Wire reports from the Sci-Fi Awards that X-MEN producer Lauren Shuler Donner would like to produce a Wonder Woman feature.
“I’m campaigning to produce Wonder Woman for DC and Warners. They don’t want it, but I just think she’s the greatest character. She’s right up there, as you know, with Superman and Batman, the [...]
Del Toro on his future projects
The best news today is not that Peter Jackson will be directing THE HOBBIT. It’s that Guillermo Del Toro, having left THE HOBBIT, can now focus his attention on the myriad other projects he has in development. He discusses them at length in this interview with Collider.com, given during the Saturn Awards. Unfortunately, the bottom [...]
Peter Jackson will direct Hobbit films
Mike Fleming of Deadline New York reports that, despite initial denials, Peter Jackson will in fact direct the two films based on THE HOBBIT, J.R.R. Tolkien’s predecessor to THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Every since Guillermo Del Toro left the director’s chair, speculation among the fan community – and Hollywood in general – has been [...]
‘Avatar’ Takes 10 Saturn Awards
TrekMovie.com covered the 36th Annual Saturn Awards ceremony last light in L.A.
James Cameron’s AVTAR was the big winner, walking away with TEN of the Awards from The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films.
2010 Saturn Award Winners
Best Science Fiction Film: AVATAR
Best Fantasy Film: WATCHMEN
Best Horror Film: DRAG ME TO HELL
Best Action Film: INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
Best [...]
DC Comics Now On PlayStation, iPhone
–Paradigm Shift For Comics Medium?–
Running a little behind on this news, as in a way it falls between the cracks of our coverage. But it’s a visual media, and targeted right at genre fans.
DC Comics announced a partnership with comiXology and PlayStation®Network for two separate digital comics distribution deals that launched Wednesday, June 23rd.
A [...]
‘Martian Chronicles’ Headed for Screen Again?
The L.A. Times says “sources” tell them that John Davis, a 20th Century Fox-based producer who was involved with ALIEN Vs. PREDATOR and the will Smith vehicle I, ROBOT has optioned the rights to Ray Bradbury’s The Martian Chronicles.
The book is a loosely connected selection of short stories, some that have little to [...]
“Never Let Me Go” Trailer
Keira Knightley stars in this sci-fi drama about the mysterious goings-on at a British private boarding school. What’s the truth about Hailsham? I guess we’ll just have to see the film and find out for ourselves.
Sense of Wonder: Was Hollywood ruined by Star Wars and Jaws?
A couple days ago, R. Patrick Alberty weighed in on the subject of whether JAWS (1975) ruined the modern Hollywood blockbuster. The inspiration for Alberty’s piece was this editorial by Ross Douthat, defending JAWS and STAR WARS against charges made by John Podhoretz and David Edelstein. I wanted to weigh in on the subject, not [...]
