You know, if the Vulture blog is to be believed, we might as well just start running a regular feature called “Natalie Portman is rumored to be starring in The Next Big Sci-Fi Movie” right now. Fresh off the rumor that Portman – who’ll be seen in next year’s Thor – was the frontrunner for [...]
While rumors are still flying about that Ridley Scott’s Alien prequels may be in trouble due to a falling out between director and studio, that hasn’t stopped an equal amount of rumor-mongering about who will take the lead role in the movies. Deadline is reporting that Scott and 20th Century Fox execs have met with [...]
Ridley Scott is returning to the work of Philip K. Dick for the first time since 1982′s Blade Runner, to executive-produce a new BBC mini-series adaptation of The Man In The High Castle. The novel, set in an alternate reality where the Nazis won the second world war, will be adapted by playwright (and writer [...]
I should’ve known. Everything we’d been hearing about Ridley Scott’s planned prequels to his original Alien movie had sounded too good, too easy… I should’ve known that it was just a matter of time before things started to go wrong, and now a post on movie blog Script Flags suggests that the first major roadblock [...]
So, Lost’s Damon Lindelof has signed on to rewrite the much-discussed Ridley Scott prequel to Alien – unless, of course, his script is so awesome that it becomes another movie altogether.
With Avatar proving to movie executives that non-SF fans can be interested in science fiction movies provided they’re marketed properly, Ridley and Tony Scott are producing what may be the Killer App for crossover sci-fi: Ion.
Every Thursday, the Techland Screening Room digs deep in an attempt to appreciate one of the 50 most important sci-fi titles of cinema’s first century. When we’re not analyzing the films, we’re announcing the next title in the series. We welcome your thoughts, insights, grumblings and epiphanies. See previous Techland Screening Rooms here.
Every Thursday, the Techland Screening Room digs deep in an attempt to appreciate one of the 50 most important sci-fi titles of cinema’s first century. When we’re not analyzing the films, we’re announcing the next title in the series. We welcome your thoughts, insights, grumblings and epiphanies. See previous Techland Screening Rooms here.
