The folks over at Moviehole were speaking with Alan Tudyk recently who played Wash in Joss Whedon’s 2005 sci-fi hit movie Serenity. Rumours of a sequel have been rife among the fanbase for a long time but this is the first likely sign of their fanboy dreams coming true. Tudyk said that the sales of the Serenity SE DVD prompted the rethink.

“They had to put [the new DVD] out because they’ve been selling out of the other one and so Universal’s like ‘So, let’s do another one’. And now… there’s now a chance there’s going to be another movie”.

Discuss Serenity on the X-Boards

Posted in Movies •

Young Ones star Christopher Ryan has been cast as an alien villain in the upcoming fourth series of Doctor Who.

‘I’m absolutely delighted to be appearing in this new Doctor Who,’ Ryan told the BBC. ‘The last time I appeared in Doctor Who was in 1986, Colin Baker was the Doctor and I was still a Young One.‘

Ryan will play a Sontaran leader in the story, which is due to begin filming in the next few weeks.   The egg-headed aliens who first appeared in 1973 in the serial The Time Warrior by Robert Holmes are a race that reproduces by means of cloning, with no females, and are a militaristic society obsessed by war.

Discuss Doctor Who on the X-Boards

Posted in Doctor Who, Television •

Universal has snapped up the rights to Katherine Marsh’s young adult novel The Night Tourist reports Variety.

Chris Meledandri’s new animation and family banner will develop the adaptation for the studio.  The book, published by Hyperion Children’s last month, revolves around a ninth-grade classics prodigy who discovers New York’s underworld with the help of a girl he meets at Grand Central Station.  He discovers many secrets about his friend while searching for a glimpse of his late mother in this secret world.

Meledandri, Courtney Pledger and John Cohen are producing. No writer has been attached yet.

Discuss The Night Tourist on the X-Boards

Posted in Books & Comics, Movies •

The poster for prehistoric action adventure 10,000 B.C. has been published by Comingsoon.net.

Click here to take a look in our gallery.

10,000 B.C. follows a young hunter (Steven Strait) on his quest to lead an army across a vast desert, battling saber tooth tigers and prehistoric predators as he unearths a lost civilization and attempts to rescue the woman he loves (Camilla Belle) from an evil warlord determined to possess her. 

The film is scheduled for release March 7, 2008.

Discuss 10,000 B.C. on the X-Boards

Posted in Movies •

The trailer for the highly anticipated fantasy epic The Golden Compass will enjoy its exclusive worldwide trailer debut on October 9th at the opening of the Rockefeller Center Ice Rink in New Yortk City.

Sam Elliott will host the events and lead a countdown to the unveiling of the worldwide trailer at 8:30 PM EST. The trailer will be shown on two massive screens placed on either side of the rink.

Special events are also being planned globally in Italy, Japan, Germany and Holland, with a simultaneous debut of the trailer on Yahoo.com. As part of the promotion, party attendees will be eligible to win a trip to London for the world premiere of The Golden Compass on November 27th.

Discuss The Golden Compass on the X-Boards

Posted in His Dark Materials, Movies •