Neal Moritz, the guy behind such remakes as I Am Legend and Gridiron Gang, and such movies as The Fast and the Furious is working on a remake of Total Recall. It’s been a bad week for classics.
Details from HR:
Neal H. Moritz and his Original Films banner are in final negotiations to develop and produce for Columbia a contemporary version of “Total Recall,” the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi action movie directed by Paul Verhoeven.
Warner Brothers is planning to remake what is, without a doubt, the most underrated fantasy movie of the 80s. They’ve reopened The Neverending Story.
The project is still in early stages according to HR, they’ve only acquired the rights, so there’s still hope that good sense will prevail and this will die on the vine. But The Neverending Story is a product of a specific time. It exists in that strange 80s world of terrifying puppet monsters and wonderfully cheesy electronic music. I love it… and it should stay there. Modernizing it, as any remake most assuredly must, will only ruin it.
We’ll keep you apprised as this horrifyingly awful project develops… or gets swallowed by the Nothing (we hope).
I love Disney’s old live action movies. Swiss Family Robinson, The Absent Minded Professor, and The Shaggy Dog are cherished parts of my childhood. Not so much though, with the original Escape to Witch Mountain. It’s an interesting idea, and the first movie is entertaining in its own way, but if you’re going to remake one of Disney’s classic, live-action properties then this is definitely the one. There’s plenty of room for improvement.
Whether it will get better or worse when retitled Race to Witch Mountain and handed over to The Rock, remains to be seen. But I have a big gallery of new images from the movie for you below, and at the least it looks good. See them all after the jump: read this entry »
The cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation is staging its on screen first reunion since their last reunion, when they made one last ditch attempt to keep the old, pre-reboot Trek going in theaters with Star Trek: Nemesis back in 2002. What’s different about this one is that quite literally everyone is involved, even Denise Crosby, who abandoned the series after season one and was left out of the Next Gen’s transition to movies.
For this reunion though, you won’t see them on the bridge of the Enterprise… unless of course Seth McFarland hires someone to draw it. HR says everyone from the Enterprise D, Patrick Stewart, Levar Burton, Gates McFadden, Michael Dorn, Wil Wheaton, Denise Crosby, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner and Jonathan Frakes, will lend their voices to an upcoming Family Guy episode. It happens when the Griffin family journeys to a Star Trek convention.
Patrick Stewart of course, already has a long association with show creator Seth McFarland. He’s a regular on Seth’s other animated show, American Dad.
Battlestar Galactica’s run on television is drawing to a close, and greedy Glen Larson has taken steps to ensure that the version of BSG that you love will never get it’s due in theatrical form, but all’s not bad in the BSG fan universe. There’s still Caprica.
Caprica is a prequel spin-off to Ron Moore’s current BSG TV series. It’ll start it’s run on the Sci-Fi channel next year but weirdly, the TV movie which launches the new show will be out on DVD April 21st. No need to wait till next year, you’ll be able to walk into any store and get your first taste of Caprica in just a few months.
Universal has sent us a first look at the DVD box art for the show’s release, along with brand new stills from the show. See it all after the jump: read this entry »
It’s a well known fact that Stormtroopers are comedy gold. I know Lucas meant them to be menacing, and they are in the context of the Star Wars universe. But take them out of that universe and instant hilarity ensues.
Case in point, a hilarious Flikr photo gallery which has been making the rounds, featuring everyone’s favorite Imperial tools engaged in such exciting everyday activities as washing clothes and laying on a bearskin rug in front of a cozy fire. Yeah that last one is a bit disturbed. I’ve dropped a few image examples of this still photo hilarity after the jump, or click over to Flickr for the complete gallery.
Though Paramount is no longer shy about showing us images and videos from the new Star Trek movie, except for one image we still haven’t gotten a really good look at the redesigned Enterprise. That’s alright, ever industrious Trekkies are here to fill the void. An amazing artist named Tobias Richter has taken what he saw in that single image and turned it into a breathtaking, multi-angle fan art showing off the new Enterprise design.
I’ve posted a few of his breathtaking pieces below, click over to TrekMovie for more.
The best moment in Donnie Darko, maybe one of the best moments in science fiction, happens in a deserted movie theater. Jake Gyllenhaal, before anyone knew who Jake Gyllenhaal was, sits there with the light playing on the screen flickering off his face, his girlfriend asleep with her head on his shoulder. There’s a giant, demented looking bunny sitting in the fold-out theater seat next to him, and we have no idea why. Jake, as Donnie, turns to the bunny whom we’ve learned is named Frank and asks, “Why are you wearing that stupid bunny suit?” Frank responds in the only way that makes any sense: “Why are you wearing that stupid human suit?” That’s a moment that can’t be recreated. Can’t be sequelized. Definitely can’t be captured on some derivative, budget DVD release.
I was there, the night Donnie Darko first played in movie theaters across America. The theater was a ghost town. No one showed up. I was there, sitting in the middle of my own deserted movie theater, watching Donnie in his. Sitting next to me was my wife, wide awake. There was no giant bunny with us, but we had our minds blown just the same. Over the years and months that followed Donnie Darko developed into a cult phenomenon. People started paying attention to Jake Gyllenhaal, he became a huge star.
It’s been a great ride, but the fun’s over. Donnie Darko’s popularity peaked long ago and now we’re left with the inevitable, direct-to-dvd sequel cash-in. It’s a depressing turn of events and I strongly recommend that instead of watching the first trailer for S. Darko, at the bottom of this post, that you walk over to your DVD player and pop the greatness of Donnie Darko in, for a good old fashioned rewatch. No don’t watch the inferior directors cut. In fact if you own the director’s cut, drop it in your trashcan right now. Director Richard Kelly’s attempts to explain his mystifying movie away only ruin it, though not nearly as much as this sequel almost inevitably will.
But if like me you just can’t help yourself, and you have to see what they’ve done to your beloved Donnie, then watch the first trailer for S. Darko after the jump. read this entry »
If The Terminator can run California, then why not give Captain Kirk Canada? Especially when he seems willing. Come on, it can’t possibly be any worse than the crappy job done by normal politicians. At least he has experience pretending to be a leader of men.
According to Stuff, William Shatner says he’s planning to make his bid to be Canada’s new Prime Minister. Says the Shat: “My intention is to be Prime Minister of Canada, not Governor General, which is mainly a ceremonial position.”
Apparently that was a response to a letter from a fan, urging him to become Governor General. But only supreme authority works for the Shat. He says, “As Prime Minister I can lead Canada into even greater exploits.” Assuming of course, that he’s not just joking. read this entry »
Paramount has released a new logo for their JJ Abrams powered Star Trek reboot. Not all that different, but here it is:
