Sci-Fi Storm

Ain’t It Cool News is reporting that George Lucas and Rick McCallum are looking into reworking major portions of Episode 2 after a rough screening, and that Steven Spielberg may be called in to help…

From New Line Cinema: “The Fellowship of the Ring will be released on December 19th, 2001.
The first theatrical trailer will be released on January 12th, 2001 and it
will be exclusively attached to New Line’s Thirteen Days.
Also on January 12th, 2001, the official web site
http://www.lordoftherings.net will be relaunched with updated content.” Can’t wait that long…

djryan writes “Author Harlan Ellison and director David Twohy are to collaborate on a movie version of Ellison’s classic Outer Limit’s script Demon With a Glass Hand for Dimension Films.

The script is set to be completed by June 2001, and Twohy (Pitch Black) will direct.”

All from Sci-Fi Weekly: Lord of the Rings wraps up principle photography on Dec 22nd; Mace Windu will have an expanded role in Episode II; MIB2 will begin shooting in June; Jada Pinkett Smith to be in Matrix 2; Iron Man script in the works; Rumors that D&D is actually the first of a trilogy; David Warner and Kris Kristofferson joins the Apes cast; Adrian Paul to star in new sci-fi series; and Alfred Bester’s Demolished Man in development as a movie.

djryan writes “Sci-Fi Weekly reports that the BBC is planning a series of feature films based on its long-running Dr. Who television series. The proposed Who movies are part of BBC director general Greg Dyke’s plans to involve the network in full-scale film production.

The BBC plans a movie version of Dr. Who, the SF series that first aired on the BBC in 1963, as well as sequels.”

StarTrek.com has an
interview with Rick Berman regarding the next Trek film – and it includes the Romulans. He also confirms that Patrick Stewart (Captain Picard) and Brent Spiner (Data) have signed on, and quells some of the rumors that have been running around…

Over at SciFi.com there is a article where Berman talks about the next movie. Seems Brent Spiner was involved in the writing, and there will be a Data story involved…

djryan writes “According to Variety, MGM will be producing movies based on The Outer Limits, a renewed Pink Panther series and a sequel to Stargate.

No specifics were given regarding how MGM will approach The Outer Limits, but it had already been revealed previously that a new remake of The Pink Panther was in the works, potentially with Kevin Spacey playing Clouseau.

The Stargate movie is a sequel based on the 1994 film so plans on whether the cast of the TV series will be used are not known.

All three potential franchises have been placed on the fast trcak at the studio with an eye towards theatrical release in at least 2002.

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