Sci-Fi Storm

SCI FI Wire has a story that Tim Allen, in a syndicated interview, said they are working on Toy Story 3. In addition, filming on Santa Clause 2 begins in January or February.

fiziko writes “The Attack of the Clones trailer that officially premiers on Friday is available now in a downloadable MPEG through Bureau 42. Mirror early, mirror often.”

Update:: Yeah, fiziko got suckered. This is the infamous “fake” trailer, which includes edits of things, such as Braveheart doctored to look like an army of Jedi Knights…I had seen it before, but posted the note before actually looking at this one…

Dragthor writes “It’s official. The Episode 2 trailer will be shown with Monster, Inc. I’m definitely going.” In case you somehow didn’t know by now… :^)

Dark Horizons had a minor blurb from Reuters that comic publisher 2000AD has signed a deal for two new Judge Dredd movies to be produced back-to-back. I doubt Stallone would be interested, but I did find the first one humorous…

Update: Sci-Fi Wire has more info from Variety: They are “taking it back to the edge and style of the original comic book,” (don’t they all say that?) with two movies, Judge Dredd: Dredd Reckoning and Judge Dredd: Possession.

According to Cinema Confidential, Pixar’s Monster’s Inc. will beat out Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings to win a prize – to be attached with the Star Wars Episode 2 trailer. Given the response to the Episode I trailer, this could give the movie a huge boost at the box office. It hits theaters November 2nd.

Updated 10/19: TheForce.Net is saying that this will be a small trailer (Trailer A). Trailer B will be available November 9th through the exclusive DVD-ROM Weblink (included on the recently released [asin=B00003CX5P]DVD[/asin]), and Trailer C, a full-length trailer, will be attached to the Harry Potter movie due on November 16th…

djryan writes “The world premiere of Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring will take place on December 10 at an as-of-yet undisclosed venue in London.”

Seems Sigourney Weaver has been talking to Ridley Scott again. In an interview for Channel 4 (UK) and reported by the BBC, Weaver said they have been talking about a 5th Alien movie. Now, this has been often rumored before, and then denied. I think this is the first time a principle is on record…

Data is trickling in. According to our friends at Bureau42, Larry Niven has made a deal with James Cameron (Titanic, the Terminator movies) for a Ringworld movie. Coming Attractions has details as well. Apparently Niven himself announced it at Albacon this weekend, saying the deal came at 12:30AM Saturday morning…I hope I manage to finish the Encyclopedia of Known Space by then…

Update 10/10: It looks like this was false. Ain’t It Cool News says Niven’s agent is denying it.

Coming Attractions reported about an interview in Look Magazine with Doctor Who #4, Tom Baker, in which he briefly spoke about the plans for a Doctor Who feature film being produced in conjunction with MGM/UA and the BBC. e says the next step is up to MGM, and BOTH want Hugh Jackman (Wolverine, X-Men) to play the doctor, but they are quibbling about the female lead – MGM’s for Famke Janssen (Dr. Jean Grey, X-Men) while the Beeb is pining for British actress Tara Fitzgerald (The Englishman Who Went Up a Hill…). I still haven’t been able to catch the TV movie with the 8th doctor…

Variety is reporting that Paramount has give the green light for Star Trek: Nemesis, the 10th movie, featuring the cast of The Next Generation. Apparently all the crew is on board, with Stuart Baird (U.S. Marshals) directing, and a John Logan (Gladiator) script. Digital Domain (Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring) is doing the visual effects. Filming begins November 28th.