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Submission + - Why we never went back to the moon (sciencefictionworld.com)

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bowman9991
bowman9991 writes: "Apollo 18 was one of three planned Apollo moon missions cancelled during the 1960s and 1970s due to budget cuts and timing. But what if Apollo 18 did go ahead, but the public was kept in the dark? That's the premise of the upcoming science fiction thriller, 'Apollo 18'. The film will feature 'lost' recordings from Apollo 18's covert mission to the lunar surface, where 'something very, very bad happened to the crew.' Something so bad NASA and mankind can never go back..."
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Submission + - Skyline wins worst movie of the year award (sciencefictionworld.com)

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bowman9991
bowman9991 writes: "With a silly, half-dimensional storyline, characters most people will hate almost immediately, and a collection of some of the worst movie cliches ever packed into 92 minutes, 'Skyline' is a mess of a movie. Roland Emmerich's similarly themed alien invasion film 'Independence Day' felt like Shakespeare in comparison."
Sci-Fi

Submission + - Herbert estate forces Paramount to make Dune soon

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bowman9991 writes: ""Paramount's 'Dune' movie adaptation is in trouble, with the Herbert estate forcing Paramount to get the production up and running by May 2011 at the latest. If not, Paramount will no longer be able to adapt Frank Herbert's novel for the big screen. The threat comes as Paramount reveals that they are again looking for a director after Pierre Morel moved to an executive producer role. Morel had replaced Peter Berg who has left to direct 'Battleship'.""
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Submission + - Herbert estate forces Paramount to make Dune soon 1

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bowman9991
bowman9991 writes: "Paramount's 'Dune' movie adaptation is in trouble, with the Herbert estate forcing Paramount to get the production up and running by May 2011 at the latest. If not, Paramount will no longer be able to adapt Frank Herbert's novel for the big screen. The threat comes as Paramount reveals that they are again looking for a director after Pierre Morel moved to an executive producer role. Morel had replaced Peter Berg who has left to direct 'Battleship'."
Sci-Fi

Submission + - Darren Aronofsky to direct Wolverine 2 (sciencefictionworld.com)

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bowman9991
bowman9991 writes: "Darren Aronofsky, director of the excellent science fiction/fantasy film 'The Fountain' will direct 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2' Hugh Jackman has revealed. Christopher McQuarrie, the man behind the complex, twist filled crime thriller The Usual Suspects, is writing the screenplay. The origins story will star Hugh Jackman as Wolverine dealing with ninjas in medieval Japan. This sounds like a fantastic mix and could potentially help Wolverine 2 avoid the usual hollywood comic book superhero cliches."
Sci-Fi

Submission + - Ridley Scott takes on The Man in the High Castle

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bowman9991
bowman9991 writes: "Ridley Scott is working with the BBC to adapt Philip K. Dick's iconic novel 'The Man in the High Castle' for television in a 4 part mini-series. The compelling alternate history tale is set in a totalitarian America where Japan and Germany won World War II. Filming a longer mini-series rather than a feature film should give Scott and the BBC the opportunity to do justice to arguably Dick's most outstanding science fiction masterwork."
Sci-Fi

Submission + - The death of 3D (sciencefictionworld.com)

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bowman9991 writes: "With box office returns trending downwards since Avatar’s release, and a lack of quality films effectively taking advantage of the medium, James Cameron’s self-proclaimed 3D renaissance appears to be slowly fading.How long before studios realise that 3D does not guarantee box office success and start pulling back from investing in it? How long before 3D is viewed as a distraction rather than an addition, with audiences deciding that paying even a small amount extra to see a film in 3D is just not worth it? As Cameron attacks 'Piranha 3D' as a film that 'cheapens' the 3D medium and reminds people of the 'bad 3D horror films from the 70s and 80s' it’s fair to ask whether 3D is once again being viewed as an unnecessary, expensive gimmick."
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Submission + - Blade Runner scribe in Ridley Scott's Forever War (sciencefictionworld.com) 1

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bowman9991 writes: "With his adaptation of Joe Haldeman's 1974 novel 'The Forever War', Ridley Scott has once again teamed up with David Peoples, one of the writers responsible for 'Blade Runner'. Haldeman revealed that Peoples was onto his fourth draft. Scott's adaptation is likely to be in 3D and along with his pair of Alien prequels and Brave New World adaptation plans with Leonardo DiCaprio, confirms his full scale return to a genre he once claimed was 'as dead as westerns'."
Sci-Fi

Submission + - With Inception one dream is just not enough

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bowman9991
bowman9991 writes: "Christopher Nolan has outdone himself on a grand scale, weaving together a science fiction thriller, a love story, a heist movie, a blockbuster action film, and one of the most compelling ideas film's since Stanley Kubrick's 2001. Scientific dream theory fuels an ambitious tale with more layers, twists and subconscious infiltrations than an average marriage."
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Submission + - Will you watch Avatar again for 8 extra minutes? (sciencefictionworld.com) 3

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bowman9991
bowman9991 writes: "Avatar will be released again in theatres 27 August with a 'massive' eight minutes of extra footage. Is re-releasing a film less than a year later with just eight additional minutes a shallow, money driven exercise? Are we being taken for a ride by 20th Century Fox and James Cameron? Forcing hypnotised, wide-eyed sci-fi maniacs to keep handing over cash for every subtly different version of an original film has become a cynical, profit driven exercise adopted by Hollywood heavyweights as standard practice. The article lays the blame on George Lucas and his constant re-releases and touch ups of the original Star Wars Trilogy and goes on to describe Jar Jar Binks falling down a hole and getting his head smashed in by intergalactic space monsters."
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Submission + - Shaun of the Dead creators turn to Aliens (sciencefictionworld.com)

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bowman9991
bowman9991 writes: "Simon Pegg and Nick Frost are moving from zombies to aliens with their latest film directed by Superbad's Greg Mottola called 'Paul'. The big budget science fiction road trip movie follows two sci-fi geeks on a pilgrimage into America's UFO heartland who accidentally met a real alien (voiced by Seth Rogen). The alien has been hiding out in a military base for the last 60 years. Simon Pegg and Nick Frost created the the horror zombie comedy 'Shaun of the Dead', the police send up 'Hot Fuzz', and of course the original cult British TV comedy 'Spaced'."
Sci-Fi

Submission + - Matt Smith leaving Doctor Who already? (sciencefictionworld.com)

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bowman9991
bowman9991 writes: "Ironically Matt Smith, the youngest Doctor Who ever, apparently wants to retire early. An unconfirmed report suggests Smith would like to try his hand at Hollywood films after the end of his second season as the Doctor. Smith is currently filming this year's Doctor Who Christmas special with Karen Gillan, who plays his companion Amy Pond, and opera star Katherine Jenkins. After the Christmas special he goes straight into production on a new Doctor Who series set to air next year."
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Submission + - Why Predators failed to make the grade (sciencefictionworld.com)

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bowman9991 writes: While the new Predators movie starring Adrien Brody has a great premise and an excellent opening sequence, overall it disappoints. The acting is superior to that of previous Predator incarnations, but the plot loses it completely just short of half way. Someone forgot to tell producer Robert Rodriguez and director Nimrod Antal that Adrien Brody is not Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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