Source: scifiwire
EXPECT A BOURNE-STYLE FANTASTIC VOYAGE
Producer Jon Landau told us that director Paul Greengrass will bring some of his Bourne moves to the upcoming remake of Fantastic Voyage, written by Avatar‘s James Cameron, should he sign on.
We had a very good conversation with Paul yesterday,” Landau said in a group interview on Earth Day Thursday in Los Angeles, where he was promoting the DVD and Blu-ray release of Avatar. “We’re still progressing along that.”
The 1966 original Fantastic Voyage depicted the journey of a miniaturized medical team that is inserted into the bloodstream of an ailing patient in a teeny white submarine.
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Source: slashfilm
RIDLEY SCOTT’S ALIEN PREQUEL DETAILS
Last year it was announced that 20th Century Fox had hired Ridley Scott to direct a prequel to the classic sci-fi film Alien. At the time I believed that would never happen. Why would Scott return to film a prequel of one of the most popular sci-fi film franchises of all time? Why compete with yourself? Producing the film seems like a much safer bet. Who knows why, but Ridley Scott signed on to direct a prequel to Alien. We haven’t heard much about the project until now.
MTV spoke to the filmmaker about his new film Robin Hood and was able to uncover some details about this upcoming project. Scott says that the story has been decided, they are in their fourth draft, and that designers are already “working graphically on designs for the various requirements of the film.”
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Source: collider
THE LAST AIRBENDER HAS TWO MONTHS TO AFFIX 3D TO ITS TITLE
It turns out that The Green Hornet isn’t the only tentpole in town getting the 3D conversion treatment; a “senior official” at Paramount talked to Harry from AICN about adding a third dimension to this summer’s The Last Airbender, the adaptation of a Nickelodeon cartoon of a similar name. And while Hornet has nine months (with a new January 2011 release date) to get its act together,Airbender has just over two months to bend its projection toward the audience if it intends to keep its July 2nd release date (Deadline confirms it does).
In terms of filming in 2D, then converting to 3D, there are two major reference points of recent note: Alice in Wonderland and Clash of the Titans.
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Source: scifisquad
MARVEL MOVIE UNIVERSE EXPANDING WITH SMALLER FILMS
Sure, everyone and their mother is going to go see Iron Man 2 and Thor and Captain America and The Avengers. It’s not even a matter of personal taste or whether or not they like that particular superhero. These movies have budgets that eclipse the GDP of some Eastern European nations. They’re so big that people are going to see them no matter what. What about some of the lesser-known properties in the Marvel Universe, though? Characters and concepts that are too unknown and too risky to be worth $150 million in production costs?
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