Iron Sky: Nazis live on the dark side of the moon

Beyond the Wall: Exploring George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire

Doctor Who's new season September 2012 with new companion

The World's End

Revealing trailers from Prometheus and The Dark Knight Rises

The resurrection of Neil Gaiman's The Graveyard Book

The edge of the future: Project Class, self-driving cars and Udacity

Stephen King's The Dark Tower back from the dead

Fringe’s final fifth season confirmed

New Prometheus behind the scenes featurette

Introducing the android David from Prometheus

Joss Whedon's The Avengers: A review (of sorts)

Google's augmented reality glasses: amazing but funny

New Avengers clips

Game of Thrones plays on: Season Three confirmed

BBC America co-production Being Human commissioned for fifth season

Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch and the critics: Part One

Zack Snyder’s Sucker Punch and the critics: Part Two

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1. Please call Joss Whedon about Firefly: (Science fiction TV); ... bloody phone! With a cult following and some of the best characters and SF settings ever created, why is no one willing to take it on? Producers are more than happy to remake any old rubbish from the 70s ...; Created on 20 March 2012
2. Space: 1999 remake called Space: 2099: (Science fiction TV); ... 1999 is being remade by the same team that bought us the recent V remake - ITV Studios America and HDFilms. As if this wasn't enough to create doubt about the whole project before they even begin (I really ...; Created on 27 February 2012
3. Guy Pearce's Lockout a prison break in outer space: (Science fiction films); I know many of you may have disliked the 2002 remake of The Time Machine Guy Pearce starred in with Jeremy Irons, but I rather liked his performance and the film. Either way, it's good to hear that he's ...; Created on 28 January 2012
4. Blade Runner sequel and Prometheus update: (Science fiction films); ... Blade Runner follow up, he said it will not be remake or a reboot. Scott said his new film is "liable to be a sequel" and that he’s searching for writers who can help him with the screenplay. “I think ...; Created on 05 December 2011
5. David Dobkin's Arthur & Lancelot ticking the right boxes: (Fantasy films); ... silver lining to this unworthy idea and found one: it killed off Bryan Singer’s plans to remake John Boorman’s classic of modern cinema, Excalibur. The Arthurian source material is incredibly rich ...; Created on 03 December 2011
6. Rise of the Planet of the Apes review: Apes +: (Science fiction films); Not only is Rise of the Planet of the Apes a monumentally better film than the last abysmal Planet of the Apes remake by Tim Burton in 2001, it’s easily one of the best Ape films full stop: Beneath the ...; Created on 01 August 2011
7. Awesome trailer for Tarsem Singh's Immortals: (Fantasy films); ... of the Titans remake. And like Letterier’s movie, Singh’s US$100 million Greek epic will be converted to 3D in post-production, and that, after all, was the downfall of Leterrier’s movie. Relativity ...; Created on 29 June 2011
8. Blade Runner sequels and prequels happening: (Science fiction films); ... or I will direct." The rights are presently with producer-director Bud Yorkin, who may also work as producer on new films with Alcon. While the rights would not allow them to release a direct remake ...; Created on 03 March 2011
9. Stephen King's Firestarter remake: will ESP come back in fashion?: (Science fiction films); ... According to Variety, they hope to turn the film into the first of a franchise. The 1984 Firestarter starred Drew Barrymore and made US$17 million in America. The remake is expected to be loosely based ...; Created on 13 January 2011
10. Colin Farrell in Total Recall remake: filming starts 15 May 2011: (Science fiction films); Arnold Schwarzenegger and Paul Verhoeven's 1990 movie Total Recall was a pulpish, high testosterone, over the top gore fest, but it appears the upcoming remake will be different. MTV has revealed the Total ...; Created on 13 January 2011
11. Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell to cameo in Quantum Leap movie: (Science fiction films); ... to Sam as a hologram that only Sam can see or hear. Should be intriguing to see what they can do with it. Hopefully it's nothing like the Lost in Space remake. ...; Created on 12 January 2011
12. Matt Damon and Jodie Foster join Neill Blomkamp's Elysium: (Science fiction films); ... A-Team remake. Elysium is not a sequel to District 9 though, but an independent film in its own right. Awhile back Deadline reported that a source had revealed to them that "Neil is taking meetings all ...; Created on 12 January 2011
13. Buffy movie remake without creator Joss Whedon: (Fantasy films); Warner Brothers is going ahead with a Buffy movie remake without original Buffy creator Joss Whedon. As well as Buffy, Whedon was behind the excellent TV series Firefly (cancelled well before its time), ...; Created on 26 November 2010
14. Russell T. Davies talks Torchwood: The New World: (Science fiction TV); ... with US company Starz that they don't try and rework the whole series for an American audience. I'm still trying to recover after watching the first few episodes of the US remake of the UK's Life on Mars... ...; Created on 22 November 2010
15. Beatles Yellow Submarine remake: (Fantasy films); A remake of the 1968 psychedelic animated Beatles movie, the Yellow Submarine, is back on track according to director Robert Zemeckis. Zemeckis told Moviefone at the Back to the Future 25th Anniversary ...; Created on 27 October 2010
16. No 3D for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1: (Fantasy films); ... version which distracts rather than adds to the experience. The recent Clash of the Titans remake demonstrates just how bad a bad 3D conversion can be. ...; Created on 11 October 2010
17. Is it time you tried Being Human?: (Fantasy TV); ... US, the Syfy channel plans a 13 episode remake. I shudder at the thought of it. Comparisons with The Vampire Diaries are inevitable given that both are about vampires, werewolves and other things supernatural, ...; Created on 04 October 2010
18. Forbidden Planet, THX 1138 and Lost in Space released on blu-ray: (Science fiction films); ... studio, the blu-ray conversion is excellent. The third blu-ray release is Lost in Space, the film remake of the science fiction TV series of the same name that was broadcast from 1965 to 1968. The ...; Created on 19 September 2010
19. Hold onto your brains!: (Press Releases); ... all around zombie fan RJ Sevin covers everything from the best zombie flicks you’ve probably never seen, to a reevaluation of the “Night of the Living Dead” remake—just in time for its 20th anniversary! ...; Created on 13 September 2010
20. Blake's 7 remake needs more money: (Science fiction TV); The Blake's 7 remake we reported last year is now officially on hold, with an announcement on Blake's 7 website that Sky has decided not to proceed. The series, which was created by Terry Nation, ran on ...; Created on 10 August 2010

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