18/08/17 - Galaxy Quest TV show back on track

Development on a TV show based on the 1999 Galaxy Quest movie is back on track at Amazon.

The studio is currently attempting to sign up the film's original cast which includes Tim Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Tony Shalhoub, Sam Rockwell and Daryl Mitchell to reprise their roles.

However, it looks likely that the original cast will be passing the story over to a younger cast in what is thought to be a reboot of the original.

 

17/08/17 - Jeepers Creepers 3 is coming

Jeepers Creepers 3 is currently gearing up for release, 14 years after Jeepers Creepers 2 was released.

While it's long been known that director Victor Salva has been working on the project for ages, nothing else was forthcoming about its release.

It's gearing up for its cinematic release... er... next month.

According to a listing at AMC Theaters, the movie will open on 26 September and has a running time of an hour and 40 mins. It's also believed that Salva has already penned a script for a fourth movie.

 

16/08/17 - Gremlins 3 script has been completed

There's long been rumours of a Gremlins 3, but nothing concrete until now. Chris Columbus has confirmed that he's already completed the screenplay.

In a new interview Columbus, who wrote the 1984 original Gremlins, stated that this new story catches that twisted and dark atmosphere of the original.

Interviewed by Slashfilm, Columbus said: "I’m really proud of the script. It is as twisted and dark as anything, so we’ll see. It’s always a budgetary conversation when we’re going to shoot it. I wanted to go back to the really twisted sensibility of the first movie. I found that was a very easy place for me to fall back into and start writing again so hopefully we’ll see that movie soon.”

 

15/08/17 - Annabelle director eyes Elm Street

David F. Sandberg, who directed Annabelle: Creation, has revealed he's interested in rebooting both A Nightmare on Elm Street and Critters.

In a recent interview Sandberg said: "I've been thinking about what fun franchises New Line has like A Nightmare on Elm Street and Critters. Might be fun if you took something like that in a different direction from previous installments. Like instead of remaking Nightmare you do some continuation of it in the same world kind of thing."

 

14/08/17 - Schwarzenegger's Terminator is back

Arnold Schwarzenegger has confirmed that he's back and will start shooting the new Terminator film in March 2018.

SPOILER ALERT

Producer James Cameron revealed that Schwarzenegger will be playing a human character, whose DNA served as the basis for the T-800 Terminator models.

"You got to ask yourself, 'Why did they make these characters look and sound like Arnold?'", said Cameron. "There has to be a reason. So yeah, it has flashed through my mind that there has to have been a prototype. There has to have been a guy who's DNA was harvested from, that they grew the organic outer layer that they grew the Terminator from... and that presumably was a real person at some point. Now, the question is, did that person have some sort of meaning to Skynet on WHY they chose that one (Arnold)? Or was it like a whole rack of Terminators and the one that happened to be the Arnold model just happened to be closest to the door going out to the time displacement centre and all the others looked different? I've asked myself these questions but it's never been resolved... so stay tuned! We're talking pretty seriously now about doing some new Terminator films or possibly a trilogy and you'll just have to see what surfaces in those."

 

11/08/17 - Adam West's last Batman appearance

Adam West made one final vocal appearance as Batman before his sad passing earlier this year.

Batman Vs. Two-Face will be released on Blu-ray and DVD on 17 October.

Burt Ward is also back as Robin and Julie Newmar reprises her role as Catwoman. In addition William Shatner provides the voice of Two-Face.

 

10/08/17 - Milla Jovovich to join Hellboy cast

Milla Jovovich is in final negotiations to play The Blood Queen in the new Hellboy movie.

This news comes hot on the heels of the recent announcement that Ian McShane will be playing Professor Broom, opposite David Harbour's Hellboy.

In addition Aron Coliete (Heroes) has been brought in to go over and rework the script that has already been worked on by Andrew Crosby, Christopher Golden and Hellboy creator Mike Mingola.

 

09/08/17 - Pet Sematary movie is a possibility

The director / producer team of Andy and Barbara Muschietti are looking to bring Stephen King's Pet Sematary to the big screen once their IT project is done and dusted.

King's original book was adapted into a movie in 1989 and follows a family as they discover that the local pet cemetery has the power to bring back from the dead any beloved family pet that is buried there.

Talking to the Toronto Sun, Andy said: "We’re huge fans of Pet Sematary. If we can get our hands on that and do the Pet Sematary we want to do, that will be something. One day, maybe."

 

08/08/17 - Hasselhoff in talks for Knight Rider

The original Michael Knight, David Hasselhoff, has revealed that he is in negotiations to reboot Knight Rider.

Hasselhoff recently talked with director James Gunn (Guardians of the Galaxy) about making this a reality, but it's not clear how far, if at all, the project has moved forward.

Hasselhoff has let it be known that if any reboot is brought to life, that is should be a serious show, rather than a light-hearted homage to the original '80s series.

Talking to The Hollywood Reporter, Hasselhoff said: "I've given some ideas to James for Knight Rider and he responded in a big way. If it does go forward, I don't want it to be spoofed like Baywatch or 21 Jump Street. Those films lose what it's about and you have to respect the fans."

 

07/08/17 - Shazam! movie will be light-hearted

According to the director, Shazam! is going to be a light-hearted affair.

David F. Sandberg is known to audiences for this his horror movies Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation, but he says that Shazam!'s central character is one that needs a lot of fun.

“The big attraction for me with that character is the fact that every kid dreams of being Superman, right?" said Sandberg. "I mean, I certainly did, and [Billy Batson] is a kid that gets that chance. He gets to become the superhero. So it’ll be big with superpowers in a way. In terms of what people can expect, I think this will be one of the more fun or lighthearted movies so far in the DC universe. It certainly will be a departure.”

 

04/08/17 - The Dark Tower gets its showrunner

The Dark Tower TV series will employ former The Walking Dead showrunner, Glen Mazzara, as its own showrunner.

The TV prequel is being brought to life by Media Rights Capital and Sony Pictures Television.

The movie's Stars Idris Elba, Dennis Haysbert, and Tom Taylor are all set to appear in the series, which will be an origin story.

In a recent interview Mazzara said: “I’ve been a Stephen King fan for decades and the opportunity to adapt The Dark Tower as a TV series is a great honour. The events of The Gunslinger, Wizard & Glass, The Wind Through the Keyhole, and other tales need a long format to capture the complexity of Roland's coming of age - how he became the Gunslinger, how Walter became the Man in Black, and how their rivalry cost Roland everything and everyone he ever loved. I could not be more excited to tell this story. It feels like being given the key to a treasure chest. And oh yeah, we’ll have billy-bumblers!”

 

03/08/17 - Ian McShane cast as Hellboy's father

Ian McShane will star alongside David Harbour in Neil Marshall's Hellboy: Rise of the Blood Queen.

McShane will play Hellboy's adoptive father, Professor Broom.

Principal photography is due to commence next month with locations including the UK and Bulgaria.

The movie's plot looks set to see Hellboy (David Harbour) battling against a medieval sorceress who is looking to destroy mankind.

 

02/08/17 - Mysterious Star Trek project revealed

A few months ago Nicholas Meyer confirmed that he was working on a mysterious Star Trek project. Now we know what that top secret project is...

Nicholas Meyer was the writer-director of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and sources close to this new project revealed to Geek Exchange, that Meyer gearing up production on a Wrath of Khan prequel miniseries.

The proposed series will focus on Khan Noonien Singh and his followers as they are left stranded on Ceti Alpha V by James Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise. The show will bridge the gap between the events on the The Original Series episode Space Seed and Wrath of Kahn.

 

01/08/17 - Zimmer to help score Blade Runner

Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch have been brought on board to help Johann Johannsson with the score for Blade Runner 2049.

In a recent interview with Cine Live, the film's director Denis Villeneuve, said: "Johann Johannsson of Iceland composes the main theme as planned. However, given the scale of the task, Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer joined the team to help Johann. It's hard to get to Vangelis's angle. We have Johann's breathtaking atmospheric sounds, but I needed other things, and Hans helped us."

 

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