Having just watched the classic original recently this story is of particular interest to me. Following the trend of remaking classic films, next up from Fox and James Cameron is the reboot/remake of 1966 sci-fi adventure Fantastic Voyage, which was based on the novel by acclaimed author Isaac Asimov.

This project has been in the works for some time with several directors, including Darren Aronofsky, Timur Bekmambetoiv, Johnathan Mostow and Louis Leterrier, circling but with no final selection. That is, until now. Today, Fox and Cameron announced their choice to take on directing duties for the remake is Night at the Museum and Date Night helmer Shawn Levy.

The new film, a re-imagining of the original about a team of scientists shrunk to microscopic size inside a submarine and injected into a man to try to save his life, will be a big 3D release for the studio. The script was written by Shane Salerno and Laeta Kalogridis.

If you’ve watched any of Levy’s other movies you can see his talent but, for the most part, they’ve been comedies. His choice as director of this kind of huge budget sci-fi epic that will, undoubtedly, be mostly CG is an interesting one. Good thing James Cameron will be around if things take a turn for the worse once this thing gets going.

Look for Shawn Levy’s Fantastic Voyage to hit theaters sometime in 2013.

We like trailers here at The Flickcast. We especially like them for movies featuring robot that fight. No, I’m not talking about yet another Transformers sequel.

Instead, DreamWorks has released a new trailer for Real Steel, an upcoming film directed by Shawn Levy and starring Hugh Jackman. Yes, it does feature robots fighting only these robots weigh 2000 pounds and look human.

It’s not all about the robots, however, as it centers on Hugh Jackman’s struggling fight promoter who thinks he’s found a champion in a discarded robot. Along the way he also develops a relationship with his estranged son.

Real Steel will hit theaters in October of next year. Until then, check out the first trailer after the jump.

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Paramount has announced that it will bring Spike TV’s popular testosterone laden battle franchise Deadliest Warrior to the big screen. The original program has been one of Spike TV’s most successful shows, and just completed its second season.

A third season is already in the works.  Each week on Deadliest Warrior, two historical (or contemporary) warriors come face to face in a battle to the death, thanks to CGI.

Three commentators with specific fields of knowledge (medical consultant, biomedical scientist, and simulations programmer) provide commentary during each episode.  The show is narrated by Drew Skye.

Information about weapons and skills is fed into a computer program to determine which warrior would actually win the battle in question.  Actors provide dramatization when a character is being introduced.

There is also a spin off called Deadliest Warrior-The Aftermath, which is a round-table discussion that further analyzes each episode and allows fans to posit questions in forums. It is a web-exclusive for Spike TV.

Director and producer Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum) will be teaming up his 21 Laps Entertainment company with Paramount to produce the film.  No story line has been announced, but it is possible (not confirmed) that Levy might direct.

You can catch full episodes of Deadliest Warrior on Spike TV’s official website.

Fans of comedy and episodic TV have nothing but good thoughts come to mind when they hear the names Steve Carell and Tina Fey. Both The Office and 30 Rock have dominated comedy on network TV for quite some time now, so it would only make sense that a film showcasing both of them together would be epic, no? Probably not, after seeing the trailer for their newest film, Date Night.

The film is about a bored and boring married couple who decide to spice things up by lying to a hostess at a restaurant about their reservations, thus taking another couple’s name and table. One crazy happenstance after another then occurs, and our beloved couple is now on the run from gangsters. Add to that premise the reluctant hero from Get Smart and the neurotic lead from Baby Mama and you’ve got this 90-minute comedy.

The film is padded with a pretty big supporting cast, hoping to drag the audiences in. Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Ray Liotta, Mark Ruffalo, Mila Kunis, Leighton Meester, and even Olivia Munn are all in the film, with Shawn Levy, director of the Night At The Museum films, sitting in the director’s chair.

Check out the first theatrical trailer after the jump, Be sure to catch Date Night in theaters on April 9th, 2010.

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