Archive for February 12th, 2008
After debuting the characters of Captain Jack Harkness and Toshiko Sato in Doctor Who, Russell T Davies has told the official magazine that he is comfortable with more Torchwood characters appearing in its parent show.
‘I think the lines are becoming blurred… now that there’s a pre-watershed Torchwood repeat,’ Davies said. ‘We’re building a strong, coherent, interconnected universe… but the answer, as ever, is story. If ever I think of a good story for Doctor Who and Torchwood to meet then I’ll do it.’
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Space.com reports that team behind Paramount’s upcoming Star Trek movie have employed a NASA planetary scientist to ensure the scientific accuracy of the movie’s astronomical imagery.
Carolyn Porco, leader of the Imaging Science team on NASA’S Cassini mission at Saturn has joined the production team at the invitation of the movie’s director and producer, J.J. Abrams.
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According to the Hollywood Reporter, 20th Century Fox has filed a lawsuit against Warner Bros. over the rights to develop, produce and distribute a film based on the graphic novel Watchmen.
With Zack Snyder’s big-screen version of the popular comic book scheduled for release next year, Fox seeks to stop Warners from going forward with the project, saying in the lawsuit that it seeks to restrain the studio from taking actions that violate Fox’s copyrights.
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It’s official. Lucasfilm, Warner Bros. and Turner Broadcasting System have partnered up to launch Star Wars: The Clone Wars in cinemas this August.
The animated feature film will debut on North American theater screens Friday, August 15 (the dates for international releases are expected shortly). It will serve as a pilot to the television series which will air on Cartoon Network in the fall. To date, Lucasfilm Animation has already produced over 30 half-hour episodes for the show.
‘I felt there were a lot more Star Wars stories left to tell. I was eager to start telling some of them through animation and, at the same time, push the art of animation forward,’ said Star Wars creator George Lucas, who serves as executive producer on the series.
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Christopher Eccleston has landed a role in Paramount’s G.I. Joe writes The Hollywood Reporter.
The British actor has been cast as the villanous Destro. Eccleston’s recent credits include 28 Days Later, Doctor Who and Heroes. Irish-born actor David Murray originally had been set for the role, but withdrew from the film because of visa issues.
Directed by The Mummy’s Stephen Sommers the August 7, 2009 release co-stars Dennis Quaid, Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Ray Park, Rachel Nichols, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Said Taghmaoui, Marlon Wayans, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Arnold Vosloo.
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The estate of Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien is suing New Line Cinema over failed payment of gross profits on the three blockbuster films released between 2001 and 2003.
Together with Harper Collins publishers the Tolkien Estate claims that a contract from 1969 entitles them to 7.5% of the film revenues. With the Lord of the Rings films making nearly $6 billion, the Tolkien Estate feels it is owed the tidy sum of approx. $150 million which New Line sp far has failed to pay even in parts.
The Tolkien Estate is not only seeking legal compensation however, but also the right to terminate any further rights New Line may have to the Tolkien works. This obviously involves The Hobbit, meaning the planned two-part film adaptation that looked all set to go under the guidance of Guillermo del Toro and Peter Jackson may be in trouble once more.
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I prefer Obama to McCain. Now, McCain’s better than average for a Republican. And though his ads are intellectually offensive, he’s just bowing to his campaign masters and would calm down and be more sane once in office and not campaigning. But I have a few concerns with McCain on foreign policy. He’s not a full-fledged Neocon. That’s good. He opposed Reagan on Lebanon. Good. He was critical of Bush’s initial strategy in Iraq. That’s good. But there’s a problem. He thinks the Vietnam war was winnable and that the US shouldn’t have withdrawn. He’s also eager to spread democracy with force. This just isn’t a good set of beliefs for inheriting Iraq.