Many of the big studios have decided not to attend this years San Diego Comic Con as the geek vote does not readily convert into box office takings. Scott Pilgrim I am looking at you. However Legendary Pictures, with Warner Brothers) will be there with four films. According to Dark Horizons, Pacific Rim will have a panel with director Guillermo del Toro, writer...

I was finally won over by Bradley Cooper after seeing him in Limitless. We will next be seeing him on the big screen in The Hangover 2 and he is in talks to appear in a new version of The Crow. It also appears that he may be taking on the role of the Devil as he is in talks with Legendary Pictures to play Lucifer in an adaptation of John Milton’s epic...

Alex Proyas, director of such science-fiction staples as “I, Robot,” “Knowing” and of course “Dark City,” is in talks to direct a new sci-fi feature called “Rise of an Exile.” Proyas has recently been attached to Australian-based sci-fi flick “AMP,” releasing in 2013. Producer Jennifer Niejadlik...

Director: Alex Proyas Starring: Rufus Sewell, Keifer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, William Hurt, Richard O’Brien, Ian Richardson, Bruce Spence, Melissa George This excellent review by Mike Milling. Spoilers ahead. In 1994, Australian film-maker Alex Proyas gave angst-ridden teenagers and goths everywhere a chance to stop crying and wallowing in misguided...

Back in January came the news that Sam Worthington could possibly be starring in Dracula Year Zero. It was to be directed by Alex Proyas (Dark City) and tell the tale of how Vlad became Dracula. Producer Mike De Luca said at the time: “These writers came up with the ingenious-what I think is ingenious-approach combining historical Dracula with Bram Stoker’s...

It has been in development for a while now, but Stephen Norrington’s (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Blade, Death Machine) take on The Crow has been fleshed out a bit more. The script is finished and could start filming this year. Norrington has been working on ilustrations with “Avatar” production designer Rob Stromberg. Apparently...

Not content to star in one of the highest grossing films of all time – Avatar, not Terminator Salvation and starring in the epic remake of Clash of the Titans and could possibly be Captain America, Sam Worthington could also possible be a young Count Dracula. Latino Review had the rumour and if it is true Worthington could be in a huge supernatural epic...

Empty World is a science fiction novel written by John Christopher aka Samuel Youd. He is the bloke who also wrote The Tripods series (Alex Proyas is adapting that one) and No Blade of Grass. Young Neil Miller is orphaned following a car accident and goes to live with his grandparents in Winchelsea, England. Shortly afterwards, they hear radio reports of a new...

According to STYD Relativity Media really likes Stephen Norrington’s (Blade) script for The Crow. Norrington has turned in his script and the film is moving forward. It looks as if they will start casting soon. Word is that it will not be remake of the Brandon Lee picture, but a reboot featuring a new character. Norrington has already explained in past...

Alex Proyas (Dark City) is to adapt Heinlein’s “The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag”, which sounds a bit Dark Cityish to me. All about a bloke who cannot remember what he gets up to during the day. Firefly is coming to Blu-Ray. Firstshowing.net‘s Alex Billington has posted the European (i.e., German subtitled) trailer for Ron...