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- Original series Sanctuary, starring Stargate‘s Amanda Tapping has been renewed for another season on the Sci Fi Channel.
- Josh Schwartz, creator of Gossip Girl, Chuck, and The O.C., has been signed by Fox to reboot their X-Men movie franchise in a new project called X-Men: First Class. Iceman, Rogue, Angel, Colossus, Jubilee and Shadowcat, who have appeared prominently or made cameos in prior pics are likely to star.
- Kung Fu Panda director John Stevenson is reportedly vying for the directors chair for a new He-Man movie. Given that so many others have passed on the project Warner Bros killed it, it should be no great difficulty to prove that he’s the only man for the job.
- Hollywood rumors report that Universal Studios is considering making Tremors: The Thunder From Down Under. Either the movie will be set in Australia, or the Ass-Blasters from Tremors 2 are back.
- Real Life News Easily Adapted to Sci Fi Story #7564-b: One of the spiders sent up to the International Space Station is missing. Kirk Shireman, deputy shuttle program manager, says ‘We don’t believe he has escaped the payload. I am sure we will find him spinning a web somewhere in the next few days.”
- “India’s scariest movie ever” called Agyaat (The Unknown), features a group of people trapped in the jungle with an invisible alien killer who’s picking them off one by one. Ram Gopal Varma, director of breakout horror hit Phoonk, says the real star of Agyaat, filming next year, will be the first-of-their-kind special effects. No word yet on if the Governator has given his blessing to the project.
- Disney is rebooting the Witch Mountain franchise, with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, explosions, shiny lights, and preteens than can stop an SUV with their body and levitate a macbook air with their mind. Oh and there’s a green armored thing chasing them that we shall call Master Fett or Bobba Chief.
- Simon Pegg’s new movie, Paul, will have him and Hot Fuzz co-star Nick Frost taking a space alien to San Diego Comic-Con, It has also been revealed that the alien in question is going to have a Cloverfield-esque pedigree. Says Pegg “I think it’s a bigger film than probably Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz put together… We’re figuring [the logistics of the alien] out at the moment and having real fun, working closely with Double Negative who did Shaun and Hot Fuzz and Cloverfield and Hellboy II.” Paul starts shooting next April with Superbad‘s Greg Mottola directing.
- Excelsior! ShowTime and Stan Lee are working on a project together – an adaptation of Perry Moore’s award-winning 2007 young adult novel Hero, which tells the story of the world’s first gay superhero dealing with his ex-superhero father, his sexuality, and a superhero serial killer. Moore,will work on the new series as a writer and executive producer, alongside Lee, whose production company Pow! Entertainment, is behind the show.
- Zack Snyder, Gore Verbinski, and David Fincher have all signed on to work with Blur Studio on the new Heavy Metal movie. No movie studio backing yet but with powerhouses like that, its much closer to reality. Blur is known for their work on the Warhammer Online games, Harry Potter, and more.
- Quantum of Solace director Marc Forster has been tapped to helm the zombie epic, World War Z. The movie is based on Max Brooks’ novel which is a fictional collection of accounts from survivors after the zombies infested the world and mass panic took over. The action packed underwater walking zombie extravaganza is being produced by Brad Pitt’s Plan B production company. J. Michael Straczynski is penning the screenplay, which is still not finished.
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