The 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi cult classic “Total Recall” will be getting a total recall courtesy of Columbia Pictures. “Underworld” director Len Wiseman will direct the script written by Kurt Wimmer. Read the full press release below: CULVER CITY, Calif., July 29, 2010 – Len Wiseman is in final negotiations to direct Columbia Pictures’ Total [...]
Rumor has it that three follow up films, a sequel and two crossovers with the “Alien” franchise, to John McTiernan’s 1987 sci-fi thriller, “Predator,” exist somewhere out there in the ether. I’m convinced this is nothing more than a legend, an old wives’ tale. I don’t believe it. There is only one sequel to that [...]
Alright action junkies, the second trailer for Sly Stallone’s much-anticipated “The Expendables” has just been released. The film promises to bring together the biggest, baddest action stars of all time and throw them together into a single film and see what happens. Stallone, Schwarzenegger, Rourke, Lundgren, Li, and more.
A group of mercenaries is hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its ruthless dictator. Once the mission begins, the men realize things aren’t quite as they appear, finding themselves caught in a dangerous web of deceit and betrayal. With their mission thwarted and an innocent life in danger, the men struggle with [...]
Try as they might, the directors of the third and fourth “Terminator” films can’t seem to kill the fan-favorite sci-fi/horror franchise. Variety reports that Pacificor LLC, which acquired the franchise rights at auction last week, is receiving a great deal of interest from “numerous” Hollywood producers, financiers, studios and agents. Pacificor, a Santa Barbara-based hedge [...]
Count on Roland Emmerich, the Master of Disaster, to base an entire film on the (false) pretense that the ancient Mayan calender predicts Earth’s demise in three years, and then scarcely mention the source of the ensuing pandemonium. Less than a handful of sentences are spent on the pop-culture rumor oft-repeated about the so-called predictions [...]
Marcus Nispel has been slated to direct the Nu Image/Millennium Films remake of “Conan the Barbarian,” according to Variety. The long awaited project will end a nine-year development escapade to reboot the Robert E. Howard-created character that was portrayed on the big screen by Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1982. Production is scheduled to begin later this [...]
The idea that the machines that enrich our lives today will eventually achieve sentience and take over the world is one of Hollywood’s most compelling tropes. “The Matrix,” “I, Robot,” and to a lesser extent, the Emilio Estevez flick, “Maximum Overdrive” all indulge in some variation of this robotic demise of mankind. But for all [...]
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