Category Archives: Sci-Fi

Diane Lane is Martha Kent in Zack Snyder’s ‘Superman’

Posted on March 4, 2011 by Matt Raub

We’ve heard names like Kevin Costner for Jonathan Kent and Viggo Mortensen for General Zod being thrown around for Zack Snyder’s upcoming reboot of the Superman franchise, but they are not for sure yet. However, we do officially have another … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Announcements, Casting, Comics, DC, DC Entertainment, Movies, News, Prequels and Sequels, Sci-Fi, Warner Bros | Tagged Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan, Clark Kent, Dark Knight, Diane Lane, Eva Marie Saint, Gary Oldman, Henry Cavill, K Callan, Kevin Costner, Man of Steel, Martha Kent, Michael Caine, Morgan Freeman, Phyllis Thaxter, Superman, Viggo Mortensen, Warner Bros, Zack Snyder | 1 Comment

Jar-Jar Binks In 3D? That’s Right, ‘Phantom Menace’ 3D Gets a Release Date

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Chris Ullrich

We’ve talked much over the last couple years here at the site and on The Flickcast podcast about how much we really don’t care for the first trilogy of films in the Star Wars saga. For those of us who … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century Fox, 3-D, News, Sci-Fi, Star Wars | Tagged ewan mcgregor, George Lucas, Jake Lloyd, Jar-Jar Binks, John Williams, Liam Neeson, Natalie Portman, Star Wars, Star Wars: Episode One: The Phantom Menace, The Phantom Menace | Comments Off

New ‘Blade Runner’ Prequel and Sequel In the Works

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Chris Ullrich

Once again proving that Hollywood has indeed run out of original ideas and instead is looking to the past to try and generate something at least half-way decent, the production company behind such films as The Blind Side and The … Continue reading →

Posted in Deals and Dealmaking, Movies, News, Prequels and Sequels, Sci-Fi | Tagged Alcon Entertainment, Blade Runner, Bud Yorkin, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Harrison Ford, Movies, Ridley Scott, The Blind Side, The Book of Eli | Comments Off

NBC to Air ‘The Cape’ Finale Online Only

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Matt Raub

If you needed a more clear example of TV-based original superhero shows, there is none more showing than this. NBC has decided to pull their two-part Cape finale from TV and only air the episodes online. The series was on … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Announcements, Comics, NBC, Networks, News, Sci-Fi, TV, TV Ratings | Tagged ABC, FX, Heroes, NBC, No Ordinary Family, Online, Powers, Ratings, The Cape, Wonder Woman | 3 Comments

‘Green Lantern: Emerald Knights’ Trailer Arrives

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Joe Gillis

DC Entertainment and Warner Home Video have been on a roll as of late. Their latest release, in the form of adapting Grant Morrison’s All-Star Superman was a massive success, and had great voice work done by names like Christina … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Animation, Blu-Ray, Comics, DC, DC Entertainment, Drama, DVD, Movies, News, Sci-Fi, Trailers, Video, Warner Bros | Tagged All-Star Superman, Anthony LaPaglia, Christina Hendricks, dc comics, Elisabeth Moss, Green Lantern, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights, Nathan Fillion, Ryan Reynolds, Warner Home Video | 2 Comments

The Original RoboCop, Peter Weller, Sends a Message of Hope To Detroit

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Sebastian Suchecki

For those who may not be in the know, the great city of Detroit is currently lobbying to have a statue of one of their greatest film heroes erected in the middle of town as a symbol to rebuild the … Continue reading →

Posted in Action, Comedy, News, Sci-Fi, Social Networking, Video, Viral Marketing | Tagged 24, Alex Murphy, Detroit, Dexter, Eminem, Peter Weller, Psych, Robocop, Statue | Comments Off

New ‘X-Men: First Class’ Posters Remind Us of When the Franchise Was Good

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Matt Raub

Not to say that Matthew Vaughn’s upcoming prequel, X-Men: First Class won’t be a fine piece of cinema, but we’ve been burned before. As we all remember, the gigantic mess that was X-Men: The Last Stand was enough to leave … Continue reading →

Posted in 20th Century Fox, Action, Comics, Movies, News, Posters, Prequels and Sequels, Sci-Fi | Tagged Bryan Singer, Ian McKellan, James McAvoy, Matthew Vaughn, Michael Fassbender, Patrick Stewart, X-Men, X-Men: First Class | 1 Comment

Will Superman Have To Bow Before Viggo Mortensen?

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Matt Raub

Now that we have a relative unknown with Henry Cavill playing Superman in Zack Snyder’s upcoming film for Warner Bros, it seems that Snyder and the studio are taking more of an “over the top” direction when it comes to … Continue reading →