News - April

30/04/09 - Ghostbusters unleashed on Blu-ray

Ghostbusters is to be released on Blu-ray though Sony Pictures Home Entertainment from 15 June to celebrate the film’s 25th anniversary.

The high-def set oozes with special features and interactivity, including collectible 32-page scrapbook, Slimer Mode, a picture-in-picture graphical viewing experience, a featurette on the refurbishing of Ecto-1, and more.

The movie follows university parapsychologists Dr. Peter Venkman, Dr. Raymond Stanz and Dr. Egon Spengler after they lose a research grant when their experiment methodology is proven to be bogus. The team decides to go into business for themselves and open ‘Ghostbusters,’ a ghost removal service. After struggling to get on their feet, they are summoned to investigate the strange happenings in Dana Barrett’s Central Park West apartment. What they discover is that all Manhattan is being besieged by ghosts and otherworldly demons through a portal in her building.

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29/04/09 - Ridley Scott to tackle more Aliens?

In a recent chat with the IESB website Fox's co-chairman, Tom Rothman, revealed that there may be another Alien movie in the works.

"There's been some talk," said Rothman. "Ridley Scott is right now working on Robin Hood, but I think he's toying with the idea and that would be great for us. I mean, it's always been a matter of if you can get the originator to do it that would be the greatest thing, so I've got my fingers crossed, all of them."

 

28/04/09 - Hollywood readies Videodrome clone

According to trade paper Variety, Universal Pictures is about to remake David Cronenberg's classic 1983 thriller Videodrome.

The script will be written by Ehren Kruger (The Skeleton Key), who will also be co-producing with Daniel Bobker.

In the original movie James Woods played the head of a TV channel who increases his studio's ratings by introducing a show called Videodrome. The show depicts violent torture and murder in an attempt to keep viewers glued to the screen.

 

27/04/09 - Gillian Anderson has time to play Rani

According to the Daily Telegraph, X-Files star Gillian Anderson [pictured] is to make an appearance in Doctor Who as the Rani opposite Matt Smith's Doctor.

An insider on the show said: "The team behind the show are keen for the next Doctor to have lots of new enemies and Gillian would be a glamorous and impressive addition to the list. The Rani would be a perfect role for her as the character used to be regarded as one of the Doctor's most deadly opponents."

In the original series the Rani, who is a renegade Time Lord, was played by Kate O'Mara and was responsible for the sixth Doctor's (Colin Baker) regeneration into the seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy).

 

24/04/09 - Rodriguez hunts down Predator reboot

According to the movie website IESB.net, director Robert Rodriguez is to reboot the '80s movie Predator which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Talking to journalists at the Troublemaker Studios, where Texas politicians signed a reform bill to the state's film incentive programme, Rodriguez said: "I'm going to be able to shoot my upcoming Machete here, a sci-fi action film called Nervewrackers, a reboot of the Predator series called Predators, and a couple of smaller movies called Sin City 2 and The Jetsons."

IESB.net was able to confirm that Rodriguez has signed up to direct and produce the Predator reboot, and that it will be his own take on the original movie.

 

23/04/09 - Adam Scott is bitten by new role

According to a report at the Moviehole website, Adam Scott has been cast as the male lead in Piranha 3-D. Elizabeth Shue [pictured] has already joined the cast as the female lead of the film.

The movie will be set in Lake Havasu, Arizona, where an earthquake causes the lake's floor to open up and unleash a swarm of deadly piranhas.

Piranha 3-D will be directed by Alexandre Aja.

 

22/04/09 - Raimi to creep and crawl for Dunst

In a recent interview Spider-Man director Sam Raimi revealed that he is to meet with Kirsten Dunst [pictured] soon to talk about her reprising the role of Mary Jane Watson in the fourth Spider-Man movie.

"I'm hoping that she is going to come aboard, and I've got a meeting coming up with her," said Raimi. "I think she would like to. But I don't want to speak on behalf of her."

 

21/04/09 - Smith's got some unfinished business

According to trade paper The Hollywood Reporter, Will Smith [pictured] is to star in a two-hour sci-fi TV movie for the Sci-Fi Channel, which it's hoped will be turned into an ongoing series.

Unfinished Business will focus on an ex-cop who starts to see visions of the memories of recently-deceased people and he takes on the charge of helping these lost souls finish their unfinished business.

 

20/04/09 - Sarah Connor Chronicles terminated?

According to Entertainment Weekly, Fox studios will not be renewing Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles for a third season.

A source close to the show is reported to have said: "It's done. Everyone has pretty much known for a couple of weeks."

This won't come as much of a surprise to anyone who's been following the show's share of the viewing market. But, even with poor ratings, there is a glimmer of hope for fans. The network has yet to make a final decision, and won't until they release their autumn schedule on 18 May.

 

17/04/09 - Family Guy movie may be live action

In a recent interview Family Guy creator Seth McFarlane [pictured] revealed that a proposed movie based on the TV series may be live action rather than animated.

On Adam Carolla's radio show, McFarlane said: "I can say with definitive assuredness that [a movie] will be out. Within the next few years.

"We already know what it's gonna be. We've been trying to lock into something that makes it so that it has to be a movie, as opposed to an extended Family Guy episode. And I like The Simpsons Movie, but that's something they could do with animation on TV because they're not constrained by sets. You have to find some way to make it so that it has to be a movie."

When asked if this meant it may be live action, McFarlane said: "Possibly, possibly. Here and there. It will not be a 90-minute Family Guy episode."

 

16/04/09 - The latest on Stargate Universe

According to trade paper The Hollywood Reporter, Stargate: SG-1 cast members Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks and Gary Jones will all make guest appearances in the next spin-off Stargate series, Stargate Universe.

Stargate Universe will star Robert Carlyle, Lou Diamond Phillips and Ming-Na and revolves around a group of survivors aboard an Ancient ship who are unable to return to Earth.

Christopher McDonald has also been cast to portray Senator Allan Armstrong, who oversees the Stargate programme and whose daughter Chloe Armstrong (Elyse Levesque) is aboard the stranded ship.

 

15/04/09 - Green Hornet director is buzzing

In a recent interview with Sci-Fi Wire Michel Gondry [pictured], director of the upcoming superhero movie Green Hornet, stated that he is looking forward to combining his idiosyncratic ideas with the demands of a big-budget studio action movie.

In the interview Gondry said: "We have a producer, Neal Moritz, who's pretty damn successful; he released Fast and Furious, which had [one of] the biggest openings of all time, so he's going to guide us in our differences, and so far all of my ideas, he loves them and says 'I like the ideas, and I'm open to them.'"

Green Hornet is based upon the 1960s television serial - which was itself based on 1940s radio serials - about a masked hero who fights crime.

The movie is scheduled to be released theatrically on 25 June 2010.

 

14/04/09 - Pine must be mad to join The A-Team

In a recent interview with MTV Chris Pine [pictured], who plays Captain Kirk in the new Star Trek movie, has revealed he's actively pursuing a major part in the A-Team TV movie.

"We've talked about it," said. "I'd love to. Murdock is my man. I love Murdock. We’ve talked about something happening. I don’t think the script is quite done yet or something. But who knows?"

 

09/04/09 - Fiennes may play Hades in remake

According to trade paper Variety, Ralph Fiennes [pictured] is in negotiations to play Hades in Louis Leterrier's remake of Clash of the Titans.

If the deal goes as planned, Fiennes will be joining a cast that includes Gemma Arterton, Mads Mikkelsen, Alexa Davalos and Sam Worthington. Liam Neeson has also signed on to portray the Greek god Zeus, but his status is now unclear due to the untimely death of his wife, actress Natasha Richardson.

It's not clear when production will start on Leterrier's remake, which is a retelling of the Greek myth of Perseus, but it is known that Fiennes is keen to make this before he returns to take on Lord Voldemort for the final time in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

 

08/04/09 - Verbinski jumps ship on Pirates film

According to trade paper Variety, Gore Verbinski [pictured], who directed the last three Pirates of the Caribbean movies, will not be involved with the fourth film in the franchise. Verbinski will instead work on Bioshock.

"I had a fantastic time bringing Pirates to life, and I am eternally grateful to Jerry [Bruckheimer - producer], Johnny [Depp] and the rest of the creative and production team," said Verbinski. "I'm looking forward to all of us crossing paths again in the future."

The fourth Pirates movie will begin production in 2010, with Johnny Depp returning as Captain Jack Sparrow, if it is green lit.

 

07/04/09 - Fuller is full of news on Heroes

In a recent interview with Sci-fi Wire, Bryan Fuller [pictured], who is returning to Heroes as co-executive producer and writer, talked about where he sees the future of the show going.

Talking about how he wanted to shape the next season of the show, Fuller said: "I just really wanted to get everything back to a character base. I think character was shoved aside for plot. The second year with the virus was interesting, but then it got complicated and techno-babbly. With Villains, it started out interesting and then became about formula. When they started talking about how we were injected with our powers and it became sci-fi ghetto storytelling, I became disconnected.

"Mohinder went from a noble scientist to being a mad scientist with Jeff Goldblum hair and wardrobe. Claire became so strident and unlikable because she was just whining, bitching and holding a gun. I was just concerned the wheel had been jerked so sharply in the wrong direction with what had worked about the first season, which was ordinary people with extraordinary powers. Everything ordinary about their lives went out the window, and everything was extraordinary. That was my frustration."

Fuller also addressed Ali Larter's new character, Tracy Strauss, who seemed to die in the climax of Cold Snap. Asked if that was the last we would see of her, Fuller said: "Oh, no. There was a lot of debate over whether she's winking, but no, she's not winking. She's blinking, and a tear comes down. There was miscommunication with the visual effects, where you were only supposed to see one of her eyes. It was definitely a blink and a shedding of a tear. Tracy comes back in a really big way later on in the season.

Fuller worked on the first season of Heroes, before leaving to work on Pushing Daisies. When that show ended, Fuller returned to Heroes.

 

06/04/09 - Robert Downey Jr. talks Iron Man 2

In a recent interview with the Entertainment Tonight website, ETOnline, Iron Man 2 star Robert Downey Jr. [pictured] revealed further information about the upcoming superhero sequel.

"The film is almost entirely about character, and yet we still have twice as much action as we did last time, so it's going to be nuts," said Downey.

"Essentially Iron Man 2 is about looking behind the armor, or the armature, of a superhero. It's one thing to say you're Iron Man, it's another thing to be fully ready to do that."

Talking about his co-star Scarlett Johansson, who plays the femme fatale Black Widow, Downey said: "We've been rehearsing, and she's in insane shape. She's getting lean and mean."

 

03/04/09 - Familiar guest stars on new Stargate

In a recent interview with the Gateworld website Brad Wright [pictured], co-creator of Stargate Universe, revealed that Stargate SG-1 star Richard Dean Anderson will guest-star on the new show.

"Rick is doing episodes of Universe," said Wright. "He was just here yesterday shooting an episode of Universe with us. So that relationship is always ongoing, and it's good to have him back."

Stargate Universe is a spin-off of Stargate SG-1 and Stargate Atlantis and follows a group of SGC personnel who set off on a reconnaissance mission to the Destiny, a ship built by the Ancients, only to wind up on a never-ending mission when the crew learns the ship can't return to Earth.

Gary Jones, who played Walter Harriman on SG-1 also revealed that he will be appearing in the new series.

 

02/04/09 - Men in Black could be back

According to the Movieweb website, Sony Pictures has confirmed that it is currently in the early stages of prepping for a third movie in the Men in Black franchise.

The announcement was made by Rory Bruer, president of Sony Worldwide Distribution, who also mentioned the studio was currently working on Ghostbusters 3 and Spider-Man 4.

Apparently Bruer mentioned that if all three movies go ahead they will be released in 2011.

 

01/04/09 - Harry Hill to spoof iconic movies

Movie fans will get a rare treat this Christmas as Harry Hill is currently recording a TV special called Harry Hill's Movie Burps, which will star Hill in a number of spoof outtakes from iconic movie scenes.

There will be various sci-fi moments including Hill appearing as the chestburster from Alien, as Kirk with an unconvincing toupee in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and as the real face of Darth Vader [pictured] from Return of the Jedi.

Harry Hill's Movie Burps will be an hour-long special shown on Christmas Day.

 

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