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More on Jackson and The Hobbit
by Doc on Mar.07, 2004, under Movies
Lending more credence to what we’ve discussed earlier, Peter Jackson discussed planning to film The Hobbit, but New Line and MGM must duke it out with lawyers over their split rights – somehow New Line has production rights and MGM has distribution rights – and I’m sure neither is willing to give up much of that lucrative pie. Having read The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales and working on other books, I’m wondering if an enterprising screenwriter could develop stories based in Middle-Earth with the humongous backstory Tolkien developed. Middle-Earth is literally a complete mythology – I wish he could have fleshed out more epic stories…(and yes, I stole the topic image from Slashdot)
Bryan Singer will direct Logan’s Run
by Doc on Mar.06, 2004, under Movies
Busy-body Bryan Singer (X-Men) will direct the remake of William F. Nolan’s Logan’s Run, originally rendered onto film in 1976 starring Michael York. Singer will also share screenplay duties with Ethan Gross (Klepto) and Paul Todisco (Revolver), and Joel Silver (The Matrix) is producing. This version will go back to the original “death day” as the 21st birthday, whereas the 1976 version used 30 years.
Catch a sneek peek behind the scenes of the Stargate SG-1 Season 6 DVDs
by Doc on Mar.04, 2004, under General News
MGM has made available some excerpts of the Stargate SG-1: Season 6 Box Set special features over at iFilm. The DVD set came out Tuesday…what are you waiting for? 🙂
Stargate: Atlantis cast announced
by Doc on Mar.04, 2004, under Television
The cast for Stargate SG-1‘s spin-off series, Stargate: Atlantis, has finally been announced. Heading up the cast is Joe Flanigan (guest appearances on The Profiler and Tru Calling) will play Maj. John Sheppard, with Torri Higginson (Beth Kittridge in the TekWar movies and series) as Dr. Elizabeth Weir as the mission leader. Also announced are David Hewlett, reprising his role as the annoying astrophysicist and Carter adversary Dr. Rodney McKay, Rainbow Sun Francks (host of Electric Circus) as Lt. Aiden Ford, and Rachel Luttrell (Lisette in Anne Rice’s Feast of All Saints) is Teyla, a young leader of a primitive civilization. Also, Robert Patrick of Terminator 2 and X-Files fame will guest as Col. Marshall Sumner in the two-hour premiere in July.
Tripping the Rift premieres tonight, 10:30PM EST
by Doc on Mar.04, 2004, under Television
The SCI FI Channel’s new CGI-animated series Tripping the Rift premieres tonight at 10:30pm EST, so fire up your TiVos. And (I hate to give press to something like this, but I’m being complete 🙂 Mad, Mad House premieres at 9pm, and Scare Tactics returns at 10pm. All part of “Sci Fi Thursday”.
“That Darn Squid God” has arrived!
by Doc on Mar.04, 2004, under General News
Nick Pollotta writes ” After some minor problems with the printer, at last, the brand new Fantasy/Humor novel by Nick Pollotta, “That Darn Squid God”, is now available from Wildside Press.
Here is the URL: http://www.wildsidepress.com/cgi-bin/miva?Merchant 2/merchant.mv+Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=WP1&Category_ Code=Pollotta1
Hardback w/dust jacket: $34.95 USD
Laminated hardback – $24.95 USD
Ebook – $6.99 USD
“Rewrites literary history, remodels London worse than the Blitz, and convinces that it is wise never to deny the supremacy of British womanhood! What more can you ask?” -ANALOG
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Update: Firefly movie “Serenity” gets green light
by Doc on Mar.04, 2004, under Movies
Serenity, the apparent name for the Firefly feature film, is now listed under the “Coming Soon” section of the Universal Studios Movie Web Site (Flash required) Update 3/4: Variety reports Serenity is a go…
One Oscar to Rule Them All
by Doc on Mar.01, 2004, under Movies
Yeah, do I really need to post this? If you cared at all, you’ve already heard it from a zillion news outlets if you didn’t stay up like me to make sure Jackson didn’t get shorted. Return of the King finally got Peter Jackson and the rest their dues and took home every Oscar it was nominated for – eleven – which is a record for a sweep, and ties Ben Hur and Titanic for most Oscars, and that didn’t include any Acting categories. It also breaks the non-Fantasy mental block the AMPAS had.
Science Fiction Movies Timeline
by Doc on Feb.26, 2004, under General News
Anonymous Coward writes “Someone put all the movies with a reference to specific time into a chronological order here. Ain’t that sweet?” It only goes from 1984 on, so “past” fiction isn’t included, but it is neat. Update: Here is another one, not limited to movies…
Lost in Space cast announced
by Doc on Feb.24, 2004, under Television
Casting for the new Lost in Space pilot for the WB has been announced. Brad Johnson (Left Behind movies, Riverworld) will play family patriarch John Robinson, and the role of Will Robinson (hopefully less annoying this time 🙂 goes to Ryan Malgarini (Freaky Friday). Others don’t have roles listed, but Jayne Brook (John Doe, Chicago Hope) would play Maureen Robinson, Mike Erwin (Everwood) would be Don West, and Adrianne Palicki, who appears to be new, would play Judy Robinson according to TV Tome. No mention of Penny.