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Star Wars live-action TV show Soon? Plus a show for preschoolers!?
Friday, March 19th, 2010 | Sci-fi, Television | No Comments
Star Wars live-action TV show is coming soon-er?
The show would be set between the eras of Star Wars: Episode III—Revenge of the Sith and Star Wars: Episode IV—A New Hope. The show will not feature any characters we have seen in the movies. Early reports (Like, 2 years ago?) said there would be no Jedi, no light saber fights. Boy I hope thats changed!
Has anyone been cast? People from all over the world have been met with, but no word on official casting.
The show is still untitled, yet due to debut this year (2010) and has no net work home yet. Rumor is, the show is in preproduction in Australia.
But wait! There IS more. We have toasters, t-shirts, lunch boxes, action figures, light saber chop sticks, toys, legos, video games and who knows what else? Movies, cartoons, and books for all ages! What about…preschoolers?
The latest from Skywalker Ranch, according to iesb, is that a director has been brought on board to direct a new animated series based on the popular Star Wars: Galactic Heroes line of toys.
The key demographic for the series will be preschool- to kindergarten-aged children, as you can tell from the working title for the project, which is believed to be— Squishies. – Source
Is a Wookie going to teach us our ABCs and 123s?
Sci-Fi News: Smallville renewed, Demon apocalypse and Tron animated! [3.1.10- 3.7.10]
Sunday, March 7th, 2010 | Sci-fi | No Comments
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen won Worst Movie of 2009 at the 30th Annual Golden Raspberry Awards. Ouch.
Fox has renew Fringe. I cant say I ever saw the show. But the photo with the announcement says im missing something interesting.
Alien reboot news: Alien’s reboot will be in 3D and they are shooting for a trilogy. The first movie is going to be a ‘prequel’ and will NOT deal with the backstory from the 1979 original movie.
Stephen King’s Pet Semetary is going to be remade.
Green Lantern, starring Ryan Reynolds, is set to premiere on June 17, 2011. And it will be in 3D.
Smallville has been renewed for a 10th season.
Supernatural was renewed for a 6th. There’s a challenge. How do you top the apocalypse?
Warehouse 13 comes back in July with new episodes.
V- will return March 30 to reveal more of the spaceship and Anna’s true face.
New episodes of Futurama will air on Thursday, June 24, at 10:00 p.m. Remember for a while there Fox was saying they were going to replace all the voice actors? No worries, they didn’t. The original voice cast has returned.
Tron – Will end up an animated series geared towards kids age 6-14. This, along with one can only assume gobs of toys and apparel, is being put together by Disney to help promote Tron Legacy which opens December 17.
Warner Brothers is going to make Space Invaders into a movie. If they don’t show someone in the movie playing the original game. I will be highly disappointed.
Thoughts on Heroes Volume 5 – Redemption
Saturday, February 13th, 2010 | Sci-fi, Television | No Comments
Save the cheerleader save the world…or DOOM IT!! Claire, whatever have you done? Saved the show? Saved the world? Or doomed both? Read on folks!
Volume 5 – Redemption not only was about characters finding redemption, it was also about the series finding redemption. Did they earn it? With Seasons three and four having failing to live up to the charm and wonder of the shadow and characters that season one delivered. Season 5 had a lot to make up for, and fast.
To start, Nathan. Talk about beating a dead horse. The character’s fate has been in the balance at the end of -every- season to date. Thank goodness that ass is dead.
Claire and Grechen kiss, thumbs down. Them playing rock band, thumbs up. Me being left with the impression Claire is going lesbian for Grechen, thumbs down.
Hiro and Ando’s adventures through out the season? DOUBLE THUMBS UP. I enjoyed every moment of Hiro’s story this season. Even though it was a little sad to see Hiro and Charlie had to part ways the way they did. The scenes of scrambled brains Hiro over shadowed that. Hiro has always made the shadow for me. Him and Sylar. But its good to see other characters coming into their own.
I didn’t like Emma. Something about her just didn’t click with me. The concept was good. A woman who is deaf, but could -see- sounds and control it to either draw people in, or pull like a sonic blast and direct it at someone. However, I hope this is a character we don’t see again, and remains a character exclusive to this season.
The Carnival? Very well done. From start to finish the concept was brilliant. Th
is group of people just minding their own business. They made a living together, as a family and community of people with different abilities. As Joseph had honest intentions, good intentions- his brother Samuel might have too, but he went on the wrong way to get his goals and in the end was consumed by obsession.
Which brings us back to CLAIRE. Oh Claire what have you done? You did so much this season. Your most likely turning into a lesbian. I guess kissing psycho serial killers does that? BUT WAIT. He has found redemption. (Psst. He’s already watched you sleep through your bedroom window. Hint hint nudge nudge! Why not date a man who can shape shift into..say..Johnny Depp??)
So much has happened this season, all decent to brilliant. But with Claire’s attempt number…well..she lost count. Could this have saved Heroes or doomed it to a last season? Rating have dropped dramatically when this last set of six episodes started to air. So will “A Brave New World” present us with a brave new chance?
The pros and cons of Claire’s actions.
Pro- No more hiding. People like Peter who have hidden using their abilities to lets say, get to an accident scene faster? Can now do so without the risk of accusations that they caused the accidents to happen for the fame and glory. People with abilities that can -help- people can now do so. Wheres that guy from the park that can make plants grow? Send him to starving counties and grow some food! End world hunger! This puts a whole new meaning to “Save the Cheerleader, save the word”
Con- No more hiding. People with abilities that could be seen as dangerous, could be subjected to any number of things. Really, anyone with an ability. X-men showed us that already. Once word reaches public eye, things will be split in several directions. People who will fear, people who wont, and people who will want to exploit.
Pro- We get to see the story unfold into a new direction.
Con- We risk seeing to much political crap and debate over the topic of people with abilities.
Pro- If season 6 is made, and flops horribly. We can just have Hiro pop back in time, save the Cheerleader from jumping in front of all the reporters thus saving the world again and the series can end with Claire going home and finding Patrick Duffy in her shower.
Con- Patrick Duffy would probably do it for the laughs. -.-
Worth watching. Star Wars vs. Star Trek
Monday, February 1st, 2010 | Geek, Sci-fi, Videos | No Comments
If you ever wondered where the text went at the start of each Star Wars movie.. watch this video. It’s worth it!
SyFy Re-Imagined fairy tales starts with Beauty and the Beast
Monday, February 1st, 2010 | Movies, Sci-fi | No Comments
Syfy is lining up a franchise of sorts, re-imagined fairy tales and legends. The movies will air during SyFy’s Original Movie Saturday. The first movie we will see is Beauty and the Beast with premiers Feb. 27 at 9PM
Here is the description from SyFy:
Beauty and the Beast - In this gritty celebration of Valentine’s Day, a young Beauty (Estella Warren) with a gift for healing helps a deformed Prince (Rhett Gilles, Wraiths of Roanoke) regain his throne and defeat the ruthless nobleman who wants to be king — and then together they try to destroy a power-hungry witch.
Ok, sounds like a re-telling on the surface. However, SyFy’s overview of the other movies coming sounds more promising.
Vitale also announced a preliminary development slate for the new line of Syfy Original Movies including:
Red — A young woman who is a descendant of the real Little Red Riding Hood brings her fiancé home, where he meets the family and learns about their business – hunting werewolves. He’s skeptical until bitten by a werewolf. When her family insists he must be killed, Red tries saving him.
Hansel — Twenty years after his encounter with the witch, a grown-up Hansel returns to the haunted forest, seeking revenge. But there’s a surprise waiting – his sister Gretel (who he thought had been killed) is the witch’s protégée.
8TH Voyage of Sinbad — Sinbad searches for the golden head of the long lost Colossus of Rhodes and, instead, discovers an island where the mythical Minotaur still rules, protecting a vast treasure. Sinbad and his crew have to battle the creature and its minions to get the treasure and save their own lives.
Aladdin (working title) — After accidentally releasing an evil genie from an ancient lamp, Aladdin must find a way to imprison the genie again before it wreaks havoc on the world.
Black Forest — A group of naïve tourists take a sightseeing tour into a supposed enchanted forest, where they encounter evil creatures from the world of fantasy. Trapped in the Black Forest, their only hope of survival is fighting their way out.
I can’t wait to see the Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel and Gretel ones. Good ideas presented there.
BBC’s Demons – Van Helsing has a great-great grandson!
Thursday, January 28th, 2010 | Sci-fi, Television | No Comments
It seems BBC programing makes up a good chunk of what I’m watching these days. The latest, Demons.
Demons is about Luke Rutherford. Average teenager. Plays video games, goes to high school, has a bit of an attitude and he’s also the last Van Helsing. However, Luke just found this out.
Rupert Galvin, best friend to Luke’s father who died fifteen years prior- comes along and informs him of the truth. Luke is the great-great grandson of Abraham Van Helsing. As in Bram Stoker(’s Dracula) whom according to the series’ story- stole Van Helsing’s name and story.
Luke then starts on the journey of training and learning about threats a Van Helsing deals with. He gets help from his best friend Ruby and a woman named Mina, who has a few interesting things to her story. Such as her last name is Harker. She is -the- Mina Harker from Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
Demons, or “Half-Lives” have levels to label their strengths. The higher the level, the smarter the demon is and the harder it is to kill. Like..in a video game. Who knew?
Unfortunately were only going to get one series (What they call a season, in case you didn’t know) of six episodes. In Jan 2009 Philip Glenister who plays Galvin said he would not return to the show, which put doubt on it’s future. Then in June 2009, ITV announced they would not be making a second series.
If you haven’t seen it, I recommend it. It really is a shame there will only be 6 episodes. The plot has so much potential.
Fox develops U.S. Torchwood – Welcome back Jack?
Sunday, January 24th, 2010 | Sci-fi | 1 Comment
Firefly
Dollhouse
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
All good shows (Well I heard Terminator was kinda bad, but it had a fan base.) All on Fox. All canceled. Would an Americanized version of Torchwood end up in the can as well?
Russell T Davies is writing the script for the pilot. Word is, John Barrowman aka Captain Jack Harkness may star.
“Unlike U.S. adaptations that have gone awry, Torchwood fans can take comfort that the original producing team is on board. In addition to Davies, exec producers include Davies’ producing partner Julie Gardner (former head of drama at BBC Wales for the show’s first season) and Jane Tranter (another BBC vet, now exec VP programming and production at BBC Worldwide Prods. in the U.S.).Also, some of the current cast—most likely John Barrowman, who plays the immortal Capt. Jack Harkness—might star if Fox orders Torchwood to pilot.
As for the new show’s plot, the U.S. version will contain a global story line compared to the more localized sensibility of the first two BBC seasons. ” – The Hollywood Reporter’s Live Feed
The potential:
If you saw “Children of Earth” you know Captain Jack left earth at the end. He was last seen at the end of the last Doctor Who special (With David Tennant) “End of Time”. Alive and well in what looked like an intergalactic bar. He could come back to Earth and start up a Torchwood branch in the good old USA. A “global story line” opens it up for so much potential in plots and story.
But wait, isn’t there going to be a new season of Torchwood on BBC1? Back in July SIFi Wire posted an interview with John Barrowman. At the end he explained the show was going to be reviewed and season four could happen.
In November Davies told TV Guide “The recession has hit British television, but fingers crossed, it will be a go. We expect things to start to move in January. We’ve got great ideas for the show. I think there’s a further lease on life for many years to come, but certainly for a [fourth season]”
Could we see Jack on two Series? It’s possible!
The grey area:
Will Davies and the BBC crew be able to properly Americanize the show so it appeals to the wider audience without “watering” it down or letting Fox strong arm them into doing what Fox thinks is entertainment?
Is American TV ready for a prime time show that features a gay alien who saves the world (Or greater city area) from alien or other paranormal threats?
What I hope Demand:
What I demand they bring to the American show, or even season four if it goes down…
Transformers 3 – Less explosions?
Saturday, January 16th, 2010 | Movies, Sci-fi | No Comments
Pretty much everyone at this point has seen the two Transformers movies based off the Hasbro toys and cartoon from the 80s. (If you haven’t, go see it you noob.)
The first one was good. It told a story from start to finish. Giant robots and explosions is always fun.
The second one was good. It told a story from start to finish. Even though it felt very repeatish of the first movie’s theme with a few things tossed in. “A few things” as in more explosions, robots and Megan Fox’s boobs bouncing around every-time she was running away from an explosion. You would think she could afford a support bra. (Yaya I know it was done on purpose for sex appeal.)
Don’t read this wrong. I loved the movies, they were great. But it felt to me like there was so much story to be told that was left out for explosions.
Feel the same way? Great! Here is some new that may interest you.
Michael Bay is in the pre-production stages of producing the next Transformers movie. The movie is slated to come out in summer of 2011. Bay told Los Angeles Times’ Heat Vision Blog the next movie “won’t be as robot-heavy and there will be fewer explosions.” “It gets much more into the robot character. The last time you kind of met a few of the robots; this time you’re gonna get a much cooler landscape.”
Spider-Man 4 – Raimi and Maguire out. Story Reboot Incoming.
Monday, January 11th, 2010 | Movies, Sci-fi | No Comments
With script delays and original cast members committed, the axe has fallen on Spider-Man 4. With it goes the plans for the 5th and 6th movie that scripts were being written for.
Things looked good for the fourth installment of the movie franchise. This was despite conflict between Raimi and Sony on which villains should be featured.
As of December 8, 2009, names like Anne Hathaway and John Malkovich were attached to the film. John Malkovich was in negotiations to play Vulture, and that Anne Hathaway would play Felicia Hardy. Though Hardy would not have transformed into the Black Cat, as in the comics. Instead, Raimi’s Felicia was expected to become a brand-new superpowered figure called the Vulturess.
As of January 5, 2010, Anne Hathaway had been dropped from the film, while John Malkovich confirmed that he will be playing Vulture in the film.
Today it was announced that Spider-Mand 4 had been canceled.
Nikki Finke’s Deadline Hollywood is now reporting that director Sam Raimi and his entire cast, led by Tobey Maguire, have dropped out. The Spider-Man movie franchise will be rebooted starting in 2012 with a whole new director and cast.
The new direction:
“Peter Parker is going back to high school when the next Spider-Man hits theaters in the summer of 2012.
Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios announced today they are moving forward with a film based on a script by James Vanderbilt that focuses on a teenager grappling with both contemporary human problems and amazing super-human crises.” – Sony Pictures
Seeming to still be on track is the Venom movie due in 2012. This movie will “spin off” of the first three Spider-Man movies. However, Venom will be portrayed as an ati-hero.
Alice in Wonderland – Press kit, info and trailer.
Saturday, January 9th, 2010 | Movies, Sci-fi | No Comments
It’s a book within a book, within a book, within a book, within a book, within a…Get it?
Each book covers different subjects such as locations, characters, design concept so on and so on. The smallest book holds a “key” which is really a USB drive with images that can be used in print.
I couldn’t help but wonder about something. I checked Ebay, no kits on auction yet. Give time, im sure there will be someone, somewhere who will look at this “press kit” and see $$$$.
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