We’ve got big spoilers for Star Trek 2! (12?)
Director J.J. Abrams confirmed to us that the follow-up to his hit Star Trek won’t hit theaters until 2012, speaking last night at a party at the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles to celebrate today’s DVD/Blu-ray release. But that could change. And the creators gave us tantalizing hints about the sequel’s timeframe and other story points.
Producer/writer Damon Lindelof told us that he thinks it’s impossible to be done sooner. “Yeah, I think that we would be hard pressed to get it on screens by 2011,” Lindelof said. “If that’s the case, we’d better get to writing right now.”
Is Percy Jackson’s mythology too close to Harry Potter’s magic?
Here at the Hero Complex, we’ve circled “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” as a project to watch next year, so we’ll bringing you lots of coverage of its odyssey as a Hollywood venture. Today, Rachel Abramowitz has a report on the similarities between two magical youngsters, one named Percy and the other named Harry.
Here at the Hero Complex, we’ve circled “Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief” as a project to watch next year, so we’ll bringing you lots of coverage of its odyssey as a Hollywood venture. Today, Rachel Abramowitz has a report on the similarities between two magical youngsters, one named Percy and the other named Harry.
In February, moviegoers will get a chance to meet a character who is already a titan of the bookshelves: Percy Jackson, the rebellious 12-year-old hero of Rick Riordan’s bestselling novels, who discovers that he is the demigod son of the Greek sea god Poseidon. But will newcomers to the saga find themselves thinking of a certain boy wizard who discovered his own supernatural heritage within the walls of Hogwarts?
Upcoming Vampire Film Daybreakers Puts Some Bite Back in the Genre
Lionsgate Films has released a new TV spot for the forthcoming much anticipated vampire film Daybreakers. Set in the year 2019, Daybreakers shows us a future where vampires rule the world and humans have been driven to near extinction. The problem with that is the dwindling blood supply created by the farming of the human race as fodder for the vampires.
Lorenzo di Bonaventura To Produce Adaptation of The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel — The Next Harry Potter?
G.I. Joe: The Rise of the Cobra/Transformers producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has signed a deal to produce a big screen adaptation of Michael Scott’s six-part fantasy book series The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. di Bonaventura tells Variety that “Michael’s fantastic series is a natural evolution from Harry Potter,” but will it come close to the popularity of the teen wizard series?
The series tells the story of fifteen-year-old twins Sophie and Josh Newman as they adventure across several continents with the immortal alchemyst Nicholas Flamel. With the exception of Josh and Sophie, all of the main human characters in the books are real. As for the mythological characters, Michael Scott has gone back to the original myths and legends. Here is the official description from the first book, The Alchemyst:
What did you think of the first Star Trek? Are you looking forward to #2? (no pun intended.)
We will be doing a book club on Percy Jackson early next year. I’m not sure yet if it’s too similar to Harry Potter, what do you think?
Daybreakers looks kick ass. Is that a movie you’re looking forward to?
I have no idea what might be the next Harry Potter. Some say Twilight already filled that role. What say you?
