Movies Headlines
A week ago, a new site simply titled Pottermore was launched, and Harry Potter fans by the millions came to scratch their heads at it. What could it possibly be? Today, J.K. Rowling herself announced what Pottermore is and what it will mean for all the would-be sorcerers out there.
Hide your bananas, pets and small children. If you're not convinced by now these monkeys mean business, wait until you view the latest Rise of the Planet of the Apes trailer and tell us it's not the best of the bunch.
JJ Abrams isn’t the only Star Trek honcho who has teamed up with Steven Spielberg for sci-fi adventure this summer. Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman and Damon Lindelof are the scribes behind the sci-fi western Cowboys & Aliens, coming at the end of July.
The combined movie and TV adaptation of Steven King's epic fantasy The Dark Tower has recently been sounding a little less, well, epic.
Shia LaBeouf said a couple of weeks back that Megan Fox left the Transformers franchise because she didn't like the way director Michael Bay dealt with her sexuality. But it turns out that her reasons for leaving had little to do with sexuality, and everything to do with Hitler.
According to director/writer/producer/geek hero Peter Jackson, The Hobbit has finished its first block of shooting. While he's scouting for locations for the next part of the shoot, he's taken the time to tell his Facebook fans the latest news.
Fringe scribe coming on board to write the film
JJ Abrams apparently liked working with Bruce Greenwood who played Capt. Pike in the Star Trek movie. Bruce’s name appears in the credits for Abrams new movie Super 8, and now his surprising role has been revealed.
In this week’s Sci-Fi Movies column, we have box office news for J.J. Abrams’ Super 8, official title and release date announcements for The Hobbit movies, a first look at Bane in The Dark Knight Rises, more sequel news (Tron, Terminator, Pirates), and more.
Not expected to interfere with his work on Star Trek sequel
Browncoats join together to help Equality Now
Star Trek sequel co-writer Damon Lindelof has signed a 7-figure deal with Disney to write and produce a sci-fi film called 1952 (working title). The project is described as a large-scale science fiction feature film geared towards a family audience.
