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Trailer Snip: M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender

The full trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender will air during the Superbowl. Here's a very small clip from the trailer -- it's too short to judge much of anything, but the special effects and sets look awesome. Take a look:



Posted on February 4, 2010
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Avatar, District 9 Nominated for Best Picture Oscar

Screenshots from Avatar and District 9


For the first time ever, two science fiction films have been nominated for the Best Picture Oscar. Both Avatar and District are nominated in that category. Avatar is up for nine awards, including Best Director for James Cameron. It did not receive any nominations for acting or writing, however. District 9 also received nominations for Best Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing and Visual Effects. Star Trek received nominations for Sound Mixing, Sound Editing, Makeup and Visual Effects.

Coraline, the film based on the bestselling book by Neil Gaiman, is nominated for Best Animated Film. Director Henry Selick said of the nomination: "It's nice to be taken seriously."

You can see the full list of Oscar nominations here.

Posted on February 2, 2010
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Avatar Now Highest Grossing Film of All Time

James Cameron's Avatar topped the box office again this past weekend. The film is now the highest grossing film of all time, beating out James Cameron's Titanic. Variety reports:
Fox said final figures won't be available until Tuesday, but with weekend numbers for "Avatar" totaling $1.838 billion worldwide, pic's expected $15 million domestic earnings should give the pic enough steam to sail past "Titanic" with a global cume of $1.842 billion.

This latest record comes just after "Avatar" made history over the weekend, grossing $1.29 billion at the international B.O. to tackle "Titanic's" $1.24 billion.
Cameron is now the only man in Hollywood that could get pretty much anything he wants greenlighted. He seems happy about the idea of an Avatar sequel and with these box office numbers, it's pretty much inevitable.

Posted on January 25, 2010
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Avatar Wins Best Drama Golden Globe

Avatar Golden Globes


Avatar won Best Motion Picture - Drama at the 2010 Golden Globes. James Cameron also won Best Director. Zoe Saldana, producer Jon Landau, Sam Worthington, James Cameron and Sigourney Weaver posed backstage in the press room at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards. James Camerson said, "Avatar asks to see that everything is connected - all human beings to each other and us to the Earth." He also said, "If you have to go four and half light years to another made up planet to appreciate this miracle of a world that we have right here, well then that's the wonder of cinema right there, that's the magic." Take a look:



Posted on January 18, 2010
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Zachary Quinto Tweets Star Trek Sequel Release Date

Zachary Quinto, who plays Sylar on Heroes and Spock in the new Star Trek movie franchise, tweeted that the launch date of the next Star Trek is now official.

Zach says:
the flag has been planted. june 29th, 2012. sequel. trek it out.
So there you have it: June 29, 2012. We'll be there.

Posted on January 13, 2010
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Heroes is the Most Pirated TV Show of the Decade

The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Heroes is the most pirated tv show of the decade.
Here's the full list:

1. "Heroes" (NBC)

2. "Lost" (ABC)

3. "Prison Break" (Fox)

4. "Dexter" (Showtime)

5. "House" (Fox)

6. "24" (Fox)

7. "Desperate Housewives" (ABC)

8. "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," (Fox)

9. "Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)

10. "True Blood" (HBO)
This is an honor no television producer wants.

Heroes returns to NBC tonight with a two hour presentation. We can't wait.

Posted on January 4, 2010
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Trailer for Iron Man 2

The new trailer for Iron Man 2 is out and it looks great. Robert Downey, Jr. returns as Tony Stark/Iron Man and Gwyneth Paltrow is Tony's loyal assistant, Pepper Potts. Mickey Roarke is clearly having the time of his life wielding dual bullwhips in his role as the new villain, Ivan Vanko/Whiplash. We only see a bit of Scarlett Johansson is Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow in the trailer. Don Cheadle replaces Terrence Howard as Col. James 'Rhodey' Rhodes/War Machine. Take a look:



Posted on December 17, 2009
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Avatar Racks Up Four Golden Globe Nominations

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association showed some real love for James Cameron's Avatar. The Golden Globe nominations were announced yesterday and Avatar raked in the nominations.

James Cameron was nominated for Best Director. The film was nominated for Best Picture - Drama. James Horner was nominated for Best Original Score. And the film got a Best Original Song nod for "I See You," music by: James Horner and Simon Franglen, lyrics By: James Horner, Simon Franglen and Kuk Harrell.

Interestingly, the none of Avatar's actors received nominations, nor did the screenplay get nominated. Early reviews say Avatar is visually stunning, but that the script is the weakest part of the film.

Posted on December 16, 2009
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Creature From the Black Lagoon Remake Being Considered

Creature from the Black Lagoon


Variety reports that Universal Pictures and Carl Erik Rinsch are talking about a Creature From the Black Lagoon remake.
Strike Entertainment's Marc Abraham and Eric Newman will produce with Gary Ross.

Deal would be the second big U picture for Rinsch, who will make his feature directing debut on "47 Ronin," the epic samurai swordsmen tale that takes place in 18th century Japan, and is set to star Keanu Reeves. That picture is expected to begin production next year.
We will see if they are able to remake Creature From the Black Lagoon without it being campy. 47 Ronin with Keanu Reeves certainly sounds appealing.

Posted on December 14, 2009
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Lou Diamond Phillips Answers Fans' Questions

Lou Diamond Phillips answers fans' questions for the Syfy channel. He talks about Stargate Universe a bit, as well as his musical career. Lou's SGU character Colonel Telford drives us nuts. He is unprofessional, vicious and totally nuts. Not to mention unlikeable. Then you see Lou on NUMB3RS as the FBI tracker and he's tough but very likable. Why in the world did they write such a terrible character for him on SGU? Funny, no one asks him that question. He's a great actor who deserves better. Take a look:



Posted on December 7, 2009
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Peter Jackson Talks The Hobbit

Peter Jackson told Syfy that he, Fran and Philippa are working on the second revised script for The Hobbit which he hopes to have done by the end of the year. That would move the production start date back to 2010. The first of the two films should hit theaters at the end of 2011.
"We're still working on the script, and of course it's going to be directed by Guillermo [del Toro]," Jackson said in an exclusive interview with SCI FI Wire. "That's going really well, and in fact we've already delivered the first script to the studio, and they really liked it, so now we're working hard on the second script, and that's going to keep us pretty busy until the end of this year."

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Jackson is well known as being a very hands-on filmmaker. So just how involved will he be during The Hobbit's shoot next year? "Well, I'm not intending to be on the set every day looking over his shoulder," he said with a laugh. "It's Guillermo's movie, and he'll be filming it, not me. The reason he's directing it is because I'm a big fan of his movies, and I know he'll do a fantastic job. I know he's the right guy for the project, and I love his amazing sense of visual and imagery. So I won't be interfering with his approach."

Del Toro is also collaborating with Jackson and his team on writing The Hobbit. "We're all on the same page [about the project], and it all starts with a good script," Jackson said. "We're big believers in structured screenplays, and the thing with our screenwriting partnership, with Fran and Philippa, is that we don't have a traditional screenplay deal with the studio. We don't have two drafts and a bunch of revisions. We refuse to put that into our contracts, as we continually rewrite and refine the scripts as we go."
We're still nervous about Jackson not directing. We did enjoy Pan's Labyrinth, but we hope none of the look of that film makes it into The Hobbit. This project is taking so long to get off the ground that it's driving us crazy. There's always some delay: a lawsuit, a rewrite. Or maybe we're just impatient.

Posted on December 2, 2009
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Universal Soldier Returns

Fans of the classic SF Jean Claude Van Damme film Universal Soldier will be thrilled to know that there will be a new film in the series, which will star Jean Claude and Dolph Lundren. The new film is called Universal Soldier: Regeneration which certainly explains how Dolph Lundren's character is returning. The film will go straight-to-DVD. Alas, Roland Emmerich won't be back to direct. But who cares? Take a look:



Posted on November 27, 2009
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Captain Nemo Movie Dead in the Water

Variety's Mike Fleming reports that the Captain Nemo movie which was to be directed by McG is dead in the water at Disney. The film has been put on hold and McG has moved onto other projects.
The studio confirmed that the studio won't proceed with the film for now, and reps for the director confirmed he has withdrawn. McG will concentrate on other projects that include Dead Spy Running, a Warner Bros. drama that Stephen Gaghan is writing. McG is also attached to Terminator 5, though that movie is on hold indefinitely as the Terminator franchise works its way through bankruptcy court. McG just teamed with Borat helmer Larry Charles on a new NBC comedy.

McG, who last directed Terminator Salvation, had been attached to Captain Nemo: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea since last January. The Bill Marsilli-scripted pic is an origin story about how Nemo constructed his warship, the Nautilus.
No one had been cast as Captain Nemo, although Will Smith was rumored to be up for the part.

Posted on November 17, 2009
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Video Clip: The Road Starring Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron

The film version of Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic tale The Road stars Viggo Mortensen and Charlize Theron. Viggo's character and his son set out on a journey towards a better life after the apocalypse comes. Their hellish road trip is filled with all kinds of horrors, including being chased by gangs of cannibals. It's not light reading. In this clip we see a bit of the man's life with his wife before the tragedy hit. Take a look:



Posted on November 16, 2009
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Wax Statue of Captain Kirk Unveiled at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum

William Shatner's image as Captain Kirk has been immortalized in wax at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum. William Shatner did a brief standup routing as he stood next to the wax version of his Star Trek character. He also said it was a "great honor" having the wax statue made. Take a look:



Posted on November 10, 2009
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