The Americanized, Hollywoodized adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo’s groundbreaking manga series is finally taxiing for take off. Director Albert Hughes has a script—rewritten by Harry Potter’s Steve Kloves—-that the Powers That Be like and is ready to shoot this summer. But who’ll play the two starring roles? Read the story here
J.R.R. Tolkien fans, rejoice: Filming for The Hobbit begins today. To mark the occasion, New Line Cinema has released these two lovely set photos, proof that Peter Jackson has recovered from his perforated ulcer and is ready to take on the year of photography and post-production needed to make the
At the Walking Dead panel at this past weekend’s C2E2 comics-and-other-geekery convention in Chicago, one of the undead hit’s stars let slip that the horror luminary might be saddling up for a tour in zombieland. While fielding a question about whether executive producer Frank Darabont would be directing the second
The identity of the villain in The Amazing Spider-Man has been both the subject of rumors and a closely guarded secret for months. But now Spidey’s nemesis in the reboot has been accidentally revealed by an actor in the film. Speaking in an interview with the Retro Radio podcast, actor
A new British sci-fi film was one of the hottest must-see movies at last week’s South by Southwest film festival. But it might not get a U.S. release … because it’s in English. Despite rave reviews from a number of websites and strong audience reaction at the Austin festival, Heat
News popped up a few weeks ago that veteran actor Kevin Costner was in the running for an unnamed role in Zack Snyder’s upcoming DC Comics adaptation, “Superman.” The word at the time was that there was a “heightened interest” in having him step into “a key role” in the
Although Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2 won’t be hitting screens until July 15, 2011, the promotion wheels are spinning. Now Warner Brothers has released a behind-the-scenes look of Deathly Hallows 2 to the Harry Potter Facebook page. It’s not the official trailer, but this featurette contains glimpses of
Fresh off playing the role of Mystique in the upcoming X-Men: First Class, Oscar-nominated actress Jennifer Lawrence has landed the lead in another potentially huge sci-fi film. According to The Wrap, Lawrence has officially signed to play Katniss Everdeen, the teenage heroine of the phenomenonally successful Hunger Games trilogy of
Fans’ hopes for a stand-alone Logan flick that would erase the bad taste X-Men Origins: Wolverine left in our mouths have been dealt a swift blow: The Oscar-nominated director who wanted to take Hugh Jackman to Japan has left the project. Citing an unwillingness to be abroad and away from
The Sucker Punch director plans to treat the Big Blue Boy Scout the way that Christopher Nolan handled the Dark Knight—as if none of the films that came before existed. Will that way lie madness or salvation? In planning his path to bringing Superman to the big screen once more,
When you hear the word “Angola,” a country in south-central Africa, the first words that come to mind are “war-torn.” But now we have a much better phrase: “home of the giant dinosaur.” Scientists have discovered a brand-new dinosaur in Angola, one of the largest ever found. This sauropod has
On this weeks we return to the fine ship Red Dwarf, and join up with Lister, Cat, Krytin and Rimmer and take a peek the fourth series of Red Dwarf. Also tonight we will be talking to David Pickney the author of the comic Laluelle. After that Mike will have
