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Rumor of the Day: Godzilla reboot to have multiple giant monsters | Blastr

Entertainment site CHUD is reporting that the reboot will feature three total monsters attacking the big cities, which means triple the carnage. Plus, their source also gleaned a major detail on how the script frames the story.

Here's their report:

"The film will feature more than one monster, confirming that two new monsters will also be wreaking havoc - this in addition to the big green guy.

Warner Bros. made it clear that their interpretation of the material "follows the story of a solider" and is 'way different' than the Toho Godzilla films."

There's no way to confirm if any of this is true, but it does make a lot of sense. Edwards' Monsters took a similar approach to the story, introducing a big sci-fi concept with a simple human tale. What better way to follow Godzilla's attack than through the eyes of a soldier responding to the madness? As for the multiple monsters report, I don't think anyone will be complaining about too many huge, awesome creatures on screen.
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Speaking Of INTERSTELLAR... - Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.

This is super quick, and I'll update once I get further information...

but Borys Kit (of Hollywood Reporter) just tweeted that Christopher Nolan will be directing INTERSTELLAR (since his brother Jonathan wrote the script).

As the story develops I'll post more news. But I hope that Christopher Nolan really does something unique with this one. Since it's about space travel I'm curious if he's going to use CGI or models... IMAX cameras... Steven Spielberg was attached for a long time to the script, and I guess since he's no longer doing ROBOPOCALYPSE perhaps Christopher Nolan snapped this up before the Beard got any ideas? We'll see...
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Ah good, more pron for the Nolanistas.
 
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Warner Bros. Reimagines THE ODYSSEY in Space as Potential Franchise | Collider

I am baffled that Hollywood has yet to film the definitive version of The Odyssey, settling for that 1997 TV miniseries. Homer’s epic poem is filled with cinematic set pieces—given the public domain status, it seems natural that some cunning studio would have filmed The Odyssey in 3D, split it into a two parts, and made a fortune by now. Warner Bros. is currently developing an adaptation, but not quite the definitive version I imagined. Instead, based on a pitch by Terry Douglas, this Odyssey is set in space. That is actually a neat sci-fi twist that should play well with the creatures and supernatural elements of Greek mythology in the story. I want to see this version, too, but hope it encourages a traditional adaptation rather than replace it.

Deadline reports WB hired James DiLapo to write the script. Douglas will produce alongside Paris Kasidokostas Latsis (The Box), David Heyman (the Harry Potter series), and Jeff Clifford. As you already guessed, Warner Bros. sees this as a potential franchise. Hit the jump for a refresher on the story.


Homer’s epic chronicle of the Greek hero Odysseus’ journey home from the Trojan War has inspired writers from Virgil to James Joyce. Odysseus survives storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops and the isle of Circe, the lure of the Sirens’ song and a trip to the Underworld, only to find his most difficult challenge at home, where treacherous suitors seek to steal his kingdom and his loyal wife, Penelope. Favorite of the gods, Odysseus embodies the energy, intellect, and resourcefulness that were of highest value to the ancients and that remain ideals in our time
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Ron Howard Attached to Direct Fantasy Adaptation ALL I

News of Howard’s involvmenet with All I’ve Got comes via Vulture. Written and directed by Margalit Keren (Be’Tipul), the story begins when a young couple who are very much in love get into a car accident, killing the young man. The woman goes on to marry another man and have three children, but her death 50 years later brings her to the afterlife where she’s given the choice of forgetting the memory of her life post-accident and starting over as a young woman with her first love, or remaining as she is and waiting for her second husband’s death. It’s an interesting premise, and if Howard sticks closer to Defending Your Life than The Lovely Bones, we could be in for something pretty cool.
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Sounds like a heartbreaking story. I like Ron Howard...but you know he is going to trend towards schmaltzy. Someone like Darren Aronofsky could bring the perfect blend of sadness to this.
 
It's worth a BUY. All the reviews I have read re:home 3d say that it is one of the finest transfers of the tech so far. Also, it's a damned fine movie.
 
Thanks for the feedback. In the loop to watch. I loves me some Dredd and I love Karl Urban.
 
GODZILLA Screenwriter Frank Darabont Promises a “Terrifying Force of Nature” | Collider

There is almost NO WAY that this is going to suck.

Darabont spoke to io9 recently and at some point, the topic turned to Gareth Edwards’ Godzilla reboot. Here’s what Darabont had to say:

Godzilla has its origins as an allegory for the atom bomb, but today it’s more of a straightforward monster movie. Do you want to restore some of that allegorical significance to the franchise?

Frank Darabont: What I found very interesting about Godzilla is that he started off definitely as a metaphor for Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And some of the atom bomb testing we were doing in the South Pacific in the subsequent years. The giant terrifying force of nature that comes and stomps the **** out of your city, that was Godzilla. Filtered through the very fanciful imaginations of the Japanese perception. And then he became Clifford the Big Red Dog in the subsequent films. He became the mascot of Japan, he became the protector of Japan. Another big ugly monster would show up and he would fight that monster to protect Japan. Which I never really quite understood, the shift.

What we’re trying to do with the new movie is not have it camp, not have it be campy. We’re kind of taking a cool new look at it. But with a lot of tradition in the first film. We want this to be a terrifying force of nature. And what was really cool, for me, is there was a very compelling human drama that I got to weave into it. It’s not that cliched, thinly disguised romance or bromance, or whatever. It’s different, it’s a different set of circumstances than you’re used to seeing. And that’s tremendously exciting as a writer when you’re asked to do something else.

Are you looking to connect it to a different contemporary issue?

Frank Darabont: Yes I am, but I’m not going to give it away.
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Brad Bird Teases Plot Details for 1952 with Mystery Box Reveal | Collider

We hear that last spring, when Lindelof had a meeting to discuss the project with Disney’s head of production, Sean Bailey, the Disney exec arranged for Lindelof to be given access to one of the studios odder curiosities: a banker’s box of files and documents that had been left moldering in Walt Disney’s personal development lab, WED Enterprises, which later became the studio’s vaunted Imagineering department. The box was originally labeled with the title of the studio’s 1965 comedy That Darn Cat!, which had been crossed out and in its place was written “1952.” Inside was a random-at-first-glance collection of documents and primary source materials that, when looked at all together, indicated that someone had been working on a project (movie? theme park ride?) about alien contact. It’s unclear whether or how the box has inspired the development of the project.
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dirty teases.
 
adgy-san said:
14 Noteworthy Science Fiction and Fantasy Books - January 2013 - Geek Magazine

Some of these sound pretty good. Not sure why the Warren Ellis book is on here, though. It's not sci-fi at all.
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This looks like it could be a female dresden files from the cover art
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