Hobbits to Isengard? He’ll be back, and more Sci-Fi goodness!

Friday, March 13th, 2009 | Movies, Sci-fi | No Comments

Where do I start?

Christian Bale out, he wont be playing Batman in the next edition. Oh good, I can’t take more of that..yelling? What was that? No word on if Cher will play Catwoman. THAT’S RIGHT. If you didn’t know she is/was being considered for the role. They were thinking kind of an aging vamp kind of thing.

Rebecca Romijn has been cast for the Eastwick pilot. She will play Roxie, the lead character on Eastwick. Er uh..wha? No Alexandra, Jane or Sukie? Is this going to be like I was speculating before? Different set of girls leaving it open for guest spots by Cher, Susan Sarandon or Michelle Pfeiffer? Hmmm?

‘Star Wars’ Live-Action TV series casting is underway! Light sabers ahoy! “According to Lucas, the show will focus on minor characters from the saga and be set in the time period between “Revenge of the Sith” (Episode III) and the original “Star Wars” (Episode IV). The action will follow the Rebel Alliance as it slowly gains strength against the Empire. There will be Stormtroopers, but no Jedi or Darth Vader will appear on screen. As he did with the “Clone Wars” series, Lucas will write and shoot an entire year’s worth of episodes before looking for a cable channel on which to air the series.” – MTV Movie Blogs NO JEDI WITH LIGHT SABERS? Ok, not worth watching

Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee) Has said he is on board for an appearance in the upcoming Hobbit movies. But his character wasn’t in the books. Who know Astin, maybe good ol’ Sam can start the first movie off by telling Bilbo’s story to his children. At the end, he could stop and tell them it’s time to go to bed. The next day the kids insist he finish the story, intro for the second movie. There ya go!

Arnold Schwarzenegger makes a Cameo in the new Terminator Salvation bu according to Arnoldfans.com – The governator’s role is being hyped up to be more then it is for publicity.

Johnny Depp’s Mad Hatter???

“We’re going to find Riddick alone for the first part of the movie, barely alive, surrounded by carnivorous monsters who are trying to eat him,” Diesel said in response to a question from SCI FI Wire. “So you’ll see a futuristic Rambo-esque Riddick trying to survive.” – Vin Diesel. Thank you Vin for confirming that we get to see another installment to the story of Riddick. Thank you also for letting me know the first half of the movie sounds..hmm I don’t know.

And why not..

Marvel Studios pushed back the release date of Thor, Captain America and The Avengers in a schedule shuffle it said was designed to maximize the visibility of its single-character superhero films, leading to the highly anticipated release of the multi-character Avengers.

Iron Man 2 remains on track for release on May 7, 2010. Spider-Man 4 remains slated for release on May 6, 2011.

Thor moves to June 17, 2011, from its original July 16, 2010, release date.

The First Avenger: Captain America is pushed back to July 22, 2011, from May 6, 2011.

The Avengers gets a new release date of May 4, 2012, moved from July 15, 2011.

Watch the Avengers movie suck. o.o

Tags: Batman, Cat Woman, Cher, Christian Bale, Eastwick, Jedi, Johnny Depp, Lord of the Rings, Mad Hatter, Marvel Studios, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rebecca Romijn, Riddick, Samwise Gamgee, Sean Astin, Star Wars, Susan Sarandon, The Hobbit, Vin Diesel

Sci-Fi on TV is where it’s at!

Friday, February 6th, 2009 | Sci-fi | No Comments

Fox has Fringe, Dollhouse and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. The Fox network is leading this new spur of programs with 5 pilots ordered with a Sci-Fi theme.
- Masterwork is about a race against time to recover the world’s most sought-after artifacts.

- There is an as-yet-untitled reincarnation project, about past-life investigators who use reincarnation to solve mysteries.

- Human Target, based on the DC Comics title, about Christopher Chance, a mysterious security-for-hire who assumes the identities of people in life-threatening danger, becoming the “human target” on behalf of his clients

- Eva Adams, about a male chauvinist who wakes up in woman’s body.

- Virtuality, from Battlestar Galactica’s Ron Moore, a sci-fi drama set in two different worlds, outer space and a seemingly limitless virtual reality.

So, kinda like an exploration of what we will see on Caprica? If you haven’t seen the sneak peeks online. Virtual Reality plays a part in everything going on around the creation of the first “skin job” Cylons.

ABC follows along with 3 pilots..

- Eastwick based on John Updike’s The Witches of Eastwick, about three modern-day women who discover they have magical powers

- Flash Forward, where everyone in the world blacks out for two minutes and has a vision of their future

(WHAT?? Huh??)

- V, from The 4400’s Scott Peters and based on the 1983 miniseries, which chronicles human resistance fighters battling aliens.

NBC only has one pilot ordered up that is full of Sci-Fi fun.

- Day One from Heroes writer Jesse Alexander: In the aftermath of a “global event” that devastates the world’s infrastructures, a small band of survivors strive to rebuild society and unravel the mysteries of why the event took place.

With pilot season coming its nice to see major networks exploring the Sci-Fi option. Sci-Fi > Reality TV. CBS has no sci-fi pilots. WHY CBS, whats so important you cant be like the cool kids? Oh..political drama, family drama and comedy. Ok..at least it isn’t reality TV.

Tags: Caprica, CBS, Day One, Eastwick, Eva Adams, Flash Forward, FOX, Human Target, Masterwork, NBC, Pilot, Sci-fi, TV, Virtuality