Posts Tagged ‘In Development’

‘The Thing’ Prequel Update – Filming Begins in March

Thanks to: Production Weekly via Dread Central You may have read our report just a few weeks ago about the lack of news regarding the making of the prequel to the 1980s movie The Thing. Well just as I was about to give up hope I read some exciting news this morning that filming will begin in March....
January 4th, 2010 | Movie News | Read More

New Cheeky Pics of the Upcoming Movie ‘Battle: Los Angeles’

Source:  io9 Check out the new cheeky pics of Battle: Los Angeles, taken by a camera wielding local during filming of the upcoming movie. Battle: Los Angeles is an alien invasion movie due out on February 18, 2011. The main story as the title suggests is centred on a battle in L.A. But what the title...
December 30th, 2009 | Movie News | Read More

Peter Jackson Adapting the Post-Apocalyptic Book ‘Mortal Engines’

Source: Stuff.co.nz via GrimFiction According to Stuff.co.nz Peter Jackson has not only optioned Phillip Reeves children’s book Mortal Engines but has already begun developing it for the big screen. Taking a look at Jackson’s already busy schedule it’s hard to believe that he’s also “secretly”...
December 30th, 2009 | Movie News | Read More

Sci-Fi Horror Comic ‘Night and Fog’ En-route to the Big Screen

Source: Variety The Sci-Fi horror comic Night and Fog has been optioned by producers Gil Alder and Shane McCarthy. Alder is no novice when it comes to adapting comic books for the big screen. Having previous successes with Superman Returns and Constantine as well as his work on Tales of The Crypt. Night...
December 29th, 2009 | Movie News | Read More

Sam Worthington the Next Flash Gordon?

According to latest reports Sam Worthington is tipped to be given the role of Sci-Fi superhero Flash Gordon. It’s still early days as the project hasn’t even gotten off the ground yet, but it’s said that the role will either go to Sam or Ryan Reynolds (The Proposal.) The inside source is reported...
December 28th, 2009 | Movie News | Read More

Akira Movie Update – Gary Whitta Reveals His Work On the Project

There have been so many rumours regarding the live action remake of Akira that it’s hard to get a handle on what’s really going on. First we had the rumoured DiCaprio production which was meant to get underway by the end of this year and was later abandoned. We then had the rumour that he would...
December 23rd, 2009 | Movie News | Read More

Eli Roth Continues to Tweak the Script for ‘Endangered Species’

Eli Roth (Hostel, Cabin Fever) is making quite a name for himself in the horror/Sci-Fi arena, with a past and future schedule of movie projects that would be any fanboys wet dream (See Below.) His current project Endangered Species is said to be inspired by both Cloverfield and Transformers. Giving...
December 22nd, 2009 | Movie News | Read More

80s Movie Prequel ‘The Thing’ is Still In Pre-Production

As reported by Variety earlier this year, Universal is currently working on a prequel to the 80s Sci-Fi horror movie The Thing. However months later there is still no news on the project, which is currently classified as pre-production. Seen as the project already has its Director Matthijs van Heijningen...
December 22nd, 2009 | Movie News | Read More

Update on pre-production movie ‘Army of the Dead’

Way back in 2008 it seemed the production of the movie Army of the Dead would go into full development in the spring of 2009, with Director Zach Snyder (Dawn of the Dead) at the helm. But to the disappointment of many Snyder announced that he wasn’t directing the project. However fans could take comfort...
December 22nd, 2009 | Movie News | Read More

DreamWorks hopes for a 2011 release date for ‘Robopocalypse’

Just over a month ago DreamWorks bought the rights to Daniel Wilson’s post-apocalyptic manuscript Robopocalypse and it’s rumoured their hoping to release the movie at some point in 2011. Daniel Wilson (see right) who has a PhD in Robotics is no stranger to writing fiction, having previous successes...
December 21st, 2009 | Movie News | Read More