All Things:Science Fiction/Fantasy

Laremy’s ‘Cloud Atlas’ Review: Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis Bring Another Massive Thinker to the Big Screen [TIFF 2012] | /Film

Cloud Atlas should absolutely be on your radar if you’re a lover of film. Though it requires patience, it points out, once again and with feeling, that at the
end of our existence, the love and our stories are all that remain.
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Another film I simply cannot wait for. Not going to be 'easy' by any stretch but man this is gonna be one of those movies that leaves a mark.
 
Review: Tom Hanks and Halle Berry take a soulful journey in the transcendent Cloud Atlas

The idea of using a small cast to play roles in each of the different segments, some of the actors changing race and gender over the various stories, is definitely risky, but I honestly believe that if you're going to make something truly great, you have to be willing to be completely embarrassed. I'd always rather see real ambition that falls short as opposed to someone playing it safe with something we've seen before. "Cloud Atlas" is hard to describe if your only touchstones are other films because it doesn't feel like any other movie I can name. It's not just the way the film was made or cast… it's the types of stories being told. Don't expect conventional punchlines here. Instead, these stories push moral and ethical buttons in some unusual and even oblique ways, and there is plenty of room in the film for every viewer to have a different experience with what they see. There's a sense of trust on the part of the filmmakers that the audience will be willing to work for the pleasures that are strewn throughout, and there's also a deeply heartfelt optimism even in the film's darkest moments that makes it stand apart from the typical dystopian vision of most modern science fiction.
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Not sure if this is the correct place but I just finished watching 'Firefly' for the first time. I know I'm about 10 years late on this but it's a damn shame they didn't make more than one season. Gonna watch Serenity tomorrow.
 
Thank you, Thrones! Terry Brooks'?Shannara series heading to TV | Blastr

It seems HBO's success with Game of Thrones may have opened the floodgates for serious, small-screen fantasy. Next up? Terry Brooks' best-selling Shannara novels.

Brooks' long-running Shannara series was first published in 1977, and the story follows a magic-infused medieval world set hundreds of years after the end of human civilization via a nuclear holocaust.

No distribution deal has been announced yet, but developers Sonar Entertainment and Farah Films plan to start shopping the project to U.S. networks soon.

As for Brooks, he seems psyched to have the chance to see his epic story play out on the screen. As Variety reports:

"Partnering with Sonar Entertainment and Farah Films on adapting the Shannara saga for television is an exciting prospect. Everything about both companies suggests the result will be one that both old and new fans of the books will readily embrace. I am committed to doing everything I can to help make this happen."
Since HBO has proven you can do fantasy right with the hit Game of Thrones series based on George R.R. Martin's novels, it's encouraging to see studios branching out to give other properties a shot at a wider audience.

What do you think? Is Shannara a good for TV? If so, which network do you think should take it?
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Oh ****. I read those books in my early teens and really liked them. I didn't have much of a frame of reference so I have no idea how they hold up but I'm all for more fantasy on television.
 
Yeah, I wasn't a huge Brooks fan either. And I should have, but just didn't dig the Hildenbrandt art. That being said, any fantasy on tv is a good thing. I wonder though if this will get done like Xena/Hercules or any one of those weird canadian productions that wind up on channel 13 or something.
 
If it's anything like Xena/Hercules I'll switch channel faster than you can say Shannaramadingdong.
 
Fantasy is easily my favorite genre but i dont agree that any fantasy on TV is a good thing. There is too much poorly executed fantasy out there.

Xena/Hercules are good in their own way but that style doesnt necessarily work for most fantasy books.
 
GODZILLA Release Date May 16, 2014; Studio Expects to Release it in 3D | Collider

Here’s the press release:

THE ICONIC MOVIE MONSTER GODZILLA STOMPS INTO THEATERS ON MAY 16, 2014

Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures have slated their take on the classic Godzilla franchise to kick off the Summer moviegoing season on May 16, 2014. The joint announcement was made today by Dan Fellman, President of Domestic Distribution, and Veronika Kwan Vandenberg, President of International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures, and by Legendary Pictures.

Toho Co., Ltd.’s Godzilla franchise contains one of the most widely recognized movie monsters worldwide, including more than 25 films, multiple television programs, video games and book series. Legendary, which has been developing the project, and its partner Warner Bros. will return the character to its epic roots with a gritty, realistic actioner. The project will fall under Legendary’s overall agreement with Warner Bros.

The film is directed by Gareth Edwards, who earned worldwide acclaim for his feature directorial debut, “Monsters.” Edwards directs from a screenplay by David Callaham (“The Expendables” films), David S. Goyer (the “Dark Knight” trilogy) and Max Borenstein (upcoming “The Seventh Son”). Legendary’s Thomas Tull and Jon Jashni will produce, along with Roy Lee, Dan Lin and Brian Rogers. Alex Garcia and Patricia Whitcher will serve as executive producers alongside Doug Davison, Yoshimitsu Banno and Kenji Okuhira.

A presentation of Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures, the film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, except in Japan, where it will be distributed by Toho Co., Ltd. The tent pole film is expected to be presented in 3D.
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Science Channel to Debut 'Firefly' Reunion Special Footage at New York Comic-Con (Exclusive) - Hollywood Reporter

Firefly fans won't have to wait much longer to get a glimpse at the show's 10th anniversary panel from July's San Diego reunion.

Science Channel, home to syndicated repeats of the Joss Whedon series starring Nathan Fillion, will unspool an exclusive sneak peek from the reunion event, Firefly 10th Anniversary Browncoats Unite at October's New York Comic-Con.

Science will stage three panels at the annual event at the Javits Center, starting Saturday, Oct. 13 with the Firefly panel, where it will unspool the first-look at the special ahead of its Nov. 11 premiere. 6:15-7:15 p.m., IGN Theater.
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Bill Paxton in Talks to Join ALL YOU NEED IS KILL with Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt | Collider

Ok. Bill Paxton in a sci-fi flick. If they don't work in a 'game over man...' It will all have been for naught.
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