Source: scifiwire

NEW BUCK ROGERS TO GET IRON MAN TREATMENT

Resident Evil director Paul W.S. Anderson next takes on the classic sci-fi franchise Buck Rogers, and he told reporters at WonderCon that he’s going back to the original concept—a man thrust 500 years into the future (in this case, the 26th century)—with the help of the guys who put the spark in Tony Stark.

Screenwriters Art Markum and Matt Holloway are working on a Buck Rogers script, and that’s a good sign: They worked on the script to the first Iron Man movie, so they’ve done well by comics before.

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Source: io9

ADAM BALDWIN WANTS TO RETURN TO INDEPENDENCE DAY 2 & 3

Now that two Independence Day sequels are in the works, Adam Baldwin told Wondercon he’d like to return as Major Mitchell, except he might be a Brigadier General. Also interested? Brent Spiner, who told Baldwin his character might have survived.

On the Chuck panel – which we’ll be writing up soon – Baldwin said he was thinking of calling up Will Smith and suggesting that Mitchell could come back

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The film land of the re-makes and sequels is vast and ever expanding. What won’t they re-do, re-interpret or add on? What are your thoughts on Independence Day sequels and the possible upcoming Buck Rogers film?