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News - June 2008
30/06/08 - Bonham Carter to join Terminator cast
Helena Bonham Carter looks set to make an appearance in the fourth Terminator movie, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, according to trade paper The Hollywood Reporter.
While roles in the new film have been kept a closely guarded secret, sources close to the production have revealed that Bonham Carter will play a small but pivotal role in the movie.
Principal photography on the production has already started in New Mexico and the movie should be released in cinemas in May 2009.
13/06/08 - Green Arrow not fired from Smallville
After a string of regular actors were dropped from the eighth season of Smallville, fans will be pleased to hear that at least one firm favourite will return.
Justin Hartley [pictured left], who plays Green Arrow/Oliver Queen, has been signed up as a series regular for the next season, according to E! Online.
Hartley is set to appear more as Queen than Green Arrow in the new season, spending more time exploring the character's origins - which fits in with the show's decision to focus on Clark Kent before he became Superman.
It has also been confirmed that Kristen Kreuk, who plays Lana Lang, on the show, will appear in several episodes, though the exact number is yet to be determined.
12/06/08 - For Bond, one wound is not enough
Has the "curse of Bond" struck again, or has the publicity department found a new way to generate interest ahead of the film's release?
According to the Daily Mail, Daniel Craig [pictured right] had the tip of his finger sliced off during an action sequence while filming the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace.
This is the second time Craig has been injured while on the set of the movie. Two weeks ago, his face was cut and he required eight stitches.
The movie has been riddled with mishaps since the production began. Over the weekend a fire broke out at Pinewood studios, causing heavy damage to an exterior set for the film. Two stuntmen were injured in early April after unrelated car crashes. A British engineer crashed an Aston Martin into Lake Garda in Italy and during the same location shoot, an unnamed stuntman suffered head injuries in another car crash.
Quantum of Solace is to be released in cinemas on 07 November.
11/06/08 - Heroes villain to come from Mars
According to TV Guide, Francis Capra (Veronica Mars) will join the NBC series Heroes in a recurring role.
Capra [pictured left] will play Jesse, a mysterious character who turns out to be evil. The character's villainous storyline will find him crossing paths with Peter Petrelli (Milo Ventimiglia).
Capra's appearance may reunite him with fellow Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell, who is rumoured to be reprising her previous Heroes role as electric girl Elle Bishop.
10/06/08 - Hayden jumps at chance of sequel
Hayden Christensen [pictured right], star of the recent movie Jumper, has stated that he would be willing to appear in a sequel.
In an interview with the Toronto Sun, Christensen said: "We're talking about it. I know that they're having those conversations, I hear about them."
When asked if he would be interested in reprising his role for the sequel, he replied: "Oh yeah, and I think I probably will. It was set up to become a trilogy if it did well. I think they're happy with how it did so they want to make another one. But I don't think they're rushing to get into production."
Jumper was loosely based on the book by Steven Gould and centres around a young man who discovers he has the power to teleport at will.
The first movie will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on 16 June in the UK through Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
09/06/08 - Movie producers plan for Trek's future
According to Trekmovie.com, Paramount Pictures recently approached Roberto Orci, co-writer and executive producer of J.J. Abraham's upcoming Star Trek movie, about making a second Trek film.
Pressed for spoilers about the upcoming film, Orci [pictured left] said: "Alright, I can give you a spoiler about the Studio's state of mind (not about the movie itself). The spoiler is that they already want to lock us down to write the sequel. Take that as you will. Unless the studio had a horrible experience with us, they would be trying to lock us down as standard operating procedure. They haven't even seen the movie yet, so this news should not be taken as evidence that we are anything special. It's a quite normal practice."
Star Trek is due to open in American cinemas on 08 May 2009.
06/06/08 - New Herbert movie is a Dune deal
According to trade paper, The Hollywood Reporter, Josh Zetumer is in negotiations to write the latest movie incarnation of Frank Herbert's Dune.
Herbert's 1965 novel was the first in a series of six books about a struggle for control of a precious spice called Melange on the desert planet Arrakis.
Dune was first transformed into a big screen outing by David Lynch in 1984. In 2000, the Sci-Fi Channel turned the story into a miniseries.
Peter Berg is set to direct the new version, while Kevin Misher will produce. Herbert's son, Brian, and Kevin J. Anderson, who have co-written several additional Dune novels, will co-produce the movie.
05/06/08 - Moore brings us more Capricorn One
According to trade paper Variety, the remake of the 1978 sci-fi conspiracy movie Capricorn One will be directed by John Moore [pictured left] who previously directed Behind Enemy Lines (2001) and The Omen (2006).
Peter Buchman (Che Guevara) is responsible for the screenplay, which has been described as an updated re-imagining of the story about a group of astronauts on an abortive mission to Mars.
Elliot Gould and James Brolin starred in the original, which was written and directed by Peter Hyams. O.J. Simpson played a supporting role.
04/06/08 - Heroes fans to choose new characters
A new series of web-comics based on NBC's Heroes will be available soon on the internet and will introduce a dozen new characters from the Heroes universe. The most popular of these with fans are then likely to appear in the TV series.
In an interview with Sci-Fi Wire Frank Mastromauro, executive vice president of Aspen Comics, said: "We do all the online webisodes for Heroes. We just received a whole bunch of new mini-scripts for this [project]. Just in the last couple weeks, [artist and Aspen vice president] Peter Steigerwald designed 12 new characters for Heroes. All these characters are debuting online at NBC.com throughout the summer, and then, towards the end, characters who get the most votes [from fans] will probably wind up making it onto the show this fall.
"We'll be doing an e-graphic novel this summer," continued Mastromauro. "And instead of just stand-alone stories, it's kind of one, big continuous story with instances and things that happen to a lot of the characters we designed. It all leads up to the new season in September."
Click here to see the latest Heroes online comic.
03/06/08 - Transformers rumours in disguise
In a message posted on the Don Murphy.net website, Transformers 2 screenwriter Roberto Orci suggested fans could see as many as twenty different Transformers in the next film.
"I'd love and think we could almost barely manage ten on each side, with some front and centre and others as more supporting," Orci wrote.
While this isn't promising anything, it seems to suggest a much larger robot population for the sequel film.
However, rumours surrounding the next Transformers movie are rife, mainly due to Michael Bay and the production company deliberately leaking false information in order to keep fans guessing.
Transformers 2, which is being directed by Michael Bay and will star Shia LaBeouf, is scheduled for a 26 June 2009 release date.
02/06/08 - Iconic movie set destroyed in fire
A fire at Universal Studios in Los Angeles has destroyed a set from Back to the Future, the King Kong exhibit and a video vault containing more than 40,000 videos and reels.
Low water pressure and an overwhelmed sprinkler system hampered the fight against a fast-moving fire that tore through two city blocks at the Universal Studios Hollywood back lot.
Frank Reynoso, Los Angeles County fire Captain, told reporters that the blaze broke out just before dawn on 01 June on a backlot stage at the 400-acre property.
Officials said that the iconic courthouse square from Back to the Future has been destroyed, and the famous clock tower that enabled star Michael J. Fox's character to time travel has been damaged. The animatronic King Kong attraction that is part of the Universal Studios theme park tour was totally destroyed.