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1. So Neil Gaiman is a Scientologist, you say?

(Fantasy books)

... adaptation of Beowulf, all qualities that are quite alien, or at least underplayed in the Anglo-Saxon source material. Oh my god(s), Neil Gaiman is really a Jew! Or a Christian! Must be time for a book ...

Created on 08 July 2010

2. Anthony Hopkins joins Branagh's Thor as Odin

(Fantasy films)

... of strength and wisdom. He sacrifices his eye in exchange for knowledge. Anthony Hopkins seems like the perfect choice all things considered. Hopkins was great in Beowulf in a similar role as a powerful ...

Created on 31 October 2009

3. Cameron's Avatar a 3D drug trip?

(Science fiction films)

... addicted to 3D films? I’m not sure reality will ever match the hype, but I’m certainly keen to see how close it comes. The last 3D movie I saw, Robert Zemeckis’s excellent animated feature Beowulf, certainly ...

Created on 30 April 2009

4. Outlander trailers and teasers available

(Fantasy films)

Last year we wrote with some optimism about Howard McCain's forthcoming Viking Sci-Fi adventure Outlander (or is it a Sci-Fi Viking adventure?). Back then it still had a projected release of early 2008, ...

Created on 06 August 2008

5. Are you getting superhero fatigue? What if Brad Pitt was Thor?

(Fantasy films)

... I’ll take what I can get. (SFFMedia recently had the opportunity to ask Neil if he was considering giving The Saga of the Volsungs the Beowulf treatment and he graciously humoured us with “I wouldn’t rule ...

Created on 20 May 2008

6. 3D SF thriller! Spielberg and Ghost in the Shell

(Science fiction films)

... The Adventures of Tin Tin. Hopefully, like Zemeckis' 3D Beowulfreleased last year, these upcoming 3D movies will give the movie going public another reason to leave their living rooms and step into the ...

Created on 16 April 2008

7. Zemeckis' Beowulf: A hero for our less heroic times?

(Fantasy films)

For all the differences with the Old English epic on which it is based, Robert Zemeckis’ 3D Beowulf is superb cinematic entertainment. Changes have been introduced, but they are fewer than you might think ...

Created on 28 December 2007

8. Beowulf giving boom for your action packed CGI buck

(Fantasy films)

If you’re expecting a faithful rendition of the Old English poem, Beowulf, you will quickly discover that Robert Zemeckis’ movie is probably more concerned with demonstrating what wonders can be achieved ...

Created on 10 December 2007

9. Peter Jackson to direct The Hobbit in 3D?

(Fantasy films)

Hard and fast on the bloody trail of Beowulf in 3D comes the rumour of a 3D version of The Hobbit, in two parts to be directed by Peter Jackson. Wow... Peter Jackson IS Directing The Hobbit - In 3D! is ...

Created on 06 December 2007

10. Outlander – James Caviezel plays another extraterrestrial

(Fantasy films)

... in Howard McCain’s Outlander (2008). Set in Norway, circa 709 AD, Outlander is a hybrid of two genres: ancient epic, Beowulf in this case, spliced with a science fiction rationalisation for the prowess ...

Created on 26 November 2007

11. Will Cameron's Avatar spark a 3D revolution?

(Science fiction films)

... biggest gun yet in Hollywood's growing arsenal of F/X". Most of the major studios have two or three 3D movies already in production. A 3D version of Beowulf starring Angelina Jolie will test the waters ...

Created on 31 October 2007

12. Beowulf

(Fantasy films)

Beowulf, directed by Robert Zemeckis, will hack a bloody swathe through our cinemas this November. The latest in a long and otherwise uninspiring string of adaptations of the epic Anglo Saxon poem, ...

Created on 15 September 2007

13. Escape From New York: yet another remake

(Science fiction films)

... Plissken, which is promising. Butler has more than redeemed himself with his ferocious performance as Leonidas in 300 after the dire Beowulf and Grendel. And last, but not least, and most promising of ...

Created on 02 September 2007

14. Best/worst film adaptation of a literary work?

(Science fiction books)

... Goldman Worst Beowulf & Grendel (starring Gerard Butler, who is far more convincing in 300!!) based on Beowulf Dune (David Lynch) based on Dune by Frank Herbert (I confess to liking this ...

Created on 24 April 2007