Here’s a reminder that Danny Boyle’s (Trainspotting, 28 Days Later) science-fiction thriller Sunshine has, after much delay, finally made its way into movie-houses in the United States, where it starts playing tomorrow (July 20).

Starring Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Michelle Yeoh and Cliff Curtis, the film is set in a future 50 years from now. The sun is dying, and Earth has fallen into an eternal winter. An international team of austronauts and scientists are on a mission to reignite the dwindling star by shooting a nuclear bomb into its heart. But with the vastness of space and the sheer enormity of the sun weighing down on their minds, they soon find themselves not only fighting for their lives, but for their sanity as well.

Click here to read our favourable review of the film, which we originally posted in conjunction with the UK release back in April.

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7/11s masquerading as Kwik-E-Marts were seemingly only the beginning of Fox’s devious marketing campaign for the upcoming The Simpsons Movie (which X-Realms has seen, laughed with/at, and will have reviewed shortly), as a 180ft long paint outline of Homer Simpson waving a Doughnut in a grassfield has caused some controversy.

Homer was painted alongside the 17th Century Cerne Abbas giant (who symbolizes fertility), who’s chalk outline can be seen in the hillside above Dorset. According to The Sun (and we’re only reporting news originating from that rag because they’ve included photographic evidence), Dorset locals are calling the Homer painting very ‘disrespectful’ and ‘aesthetically displeasing’. How fortunate, then, that the thing will come off as soon as it rains, thanks to being painted with water-based biodegradable paint. 

The movie opens in theaters next week on Friday, July 27th.

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Rumours circulating back in January suggested that Silent Hill director Christophe Gans had commissioned screenwriters Roger Avary and Neil Gaiman (who jointly penned the script to the upcoming Beowulf) to write a sequel for the video game adaptation.

Gaiman quickly dispelled any notions of him being involved on a Silent Hill 2 film, and an interview with Avary on ShockTillYouDrop.com now reveals that he and Gans aren’t involved either. Avary said that he won’t do it because Gans is not on board. This news means that it is unclear whether a sequel will go into production at all.

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United Artists sent out a press release announcing the start of principal photography today in Berlin on the international production of Valkyrie, a suspense thriller based on the true story of the daring German officers’ plot to assassinate Hitler in 1944.

Starring Tom Cruise, directed by Bryan Singer (The Usual Suspects, Superman Returns, X-Men, X2: X-Men: United) and written by Academy Award®-winning screenwriter Christopher McQuarrie (The Usual Suspects, The Way of the Gun) and Nathan Alexander, Valkyrie reunites Singer and McQuarrie for the first time since their ground-breaking 1995 thriller The Usual Suspects.

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Heroes star Masi Oka has revealed a little bit about his character’s journey in the upcoming second season of the hit show launches in September.

‘Season two is going to begin with two parallel timelines going on,’ said Oka in an interview with SCI FI Wire, ‘One starting four months after the explosion and another—mainly Hiro’s storyline—starting 400 years in the past. And we’ll see how they kind of affect each other.’

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The holders of the rights to Terminator 4 have sued MGM reports Variety.

The owners claim that the studio is interfering with their right to negotiate for the distribution of the planned fourth installment of the sci-fi series. Halcyon Co. and its principals, Victor Kubicek and Derek Anderson, acquired rights in May, including sequel rights to Terminator 2 and Terminator 3 and a script by Terminator 3 writers John Brancato and Michael Ferris, with plans to launch a big-budget sequel.

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The LA Times has confirmed rumors that 20th Century Fox has pulled out of the upcoming Comic-Con event in San Diego.

Movies that have been pulled from the studio’s presentation include sci-fi adventure Jumper, Colin and Greg Strause’s Aliens vs. Predator sequel, Vin Diesel’s Babylon A.D. and Hitman.

In addition to screening footage from all of the aforementioned features, Fox also planned to tease the crowd with clips from The Dark Is Rising and City of Ember. The reason for the withdrawal is unknown.

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