Sci-Fi Storm

Apparently I missed this last month, but Peter Berg is out as the director of the Kevin Mishner-produced remake of Dune, and Pierre Morel (Taken) is in the chair. Berg apparently left to do Battleship and Lone Survivor for Universal. And with the change in director, it isn’t a surprise to see a change in the writer, with Chase Palmer (Number 13) taking the pen to add Morel’s vision to Josh Zetumer’s screenplay.

The documentary film “THE PEOPLE vs. GEORGE LUCAS” will premiere at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival as part of the Spotlight Premiere section. SXSW takes place in Austin, Texas from March 12th-21st, 2010. See the full press release below, and check out the official web site as well as “PvG” on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.

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As expected, Warner Brothers has confirmed that there will be 3D releases of a number of its upcoming titles, including Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Clash Of The Titans.

Zachary Quinto apparently set about a Trekkie-wide panic when a Wired Magazine interview came out when he said he’d be “stepping away from Star Trek for at least two years—no movies, no conventions, no anything for awhile.” Which concerned everyone because the next Star Trek movie is due out in a little more than two years – June 29th, 2012. So what did he mean? Apparently he didn’t mean not doing the actual movie. He clarified his statements on Twitter to say that he is indeed doing the next movie, but no Trek-related side projects while he works on other things.

With reports of Warner Bros. being quite happy with the 3D conversion results for the upcoming Clash Of The Titans, it appears that they will release both parts of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows will the 3D conversion. We may be seeing the end of 2D movies. The article author should check his facts though – Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix also had some footage in 3D, albeit less than Half-Blood Prince.

It’s official now – James Cameron has outdone himself. Avatar has officially become the largest grossing movie of all time, beating Cameron’s own Titanic which previously held the record of $1.843 billion.

Reports vary from sure thing to in negotiations, but as rumored it looks like Stargate Atlantis star Jason Momoa will star as Conan The Barbarian in the Marcus Nispel-directed remake of the character that helped Arnold Schwarzenegger become a household name.

After Spider-Man 4 slipped in its release schedule due to an apparent impasse over the script and characters, Sony/Columbia have decided to jettison plans, along with Raimi and the cast, and instead go with a reboot of the franchise based on a script by James Vanderbilt, and getting back to the superpowers vs. teen angst angle. But if they already have the script, how long has the studio been planning this?

With Sam Raimi and Sony at an impasse over the villains for Spider-Man 4, the web-slinger lost his grip on the planned release date of May 6th, 2011 – and comic competition Thor from Paramount is the apparent heir to the date.

The Producer’s Guild Of America named 10 nominees for their top award, the Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award, and it includes three SF films: Avatar, District 9 and Star Trek. Also, the remake of The Prisoner was nominated for long-form television.