Anthony David (Tony) Scott Born June 21, 1944- August 19, 2012 Tony Scott, the brother of film maker Ridly Scott, is dead after apparently taking his own life. Numerous sources are reporting that Scott jumped to his death from the Vincent Thomas Bridge near Long Beach, California. A respected action film maker, Scott was also … Continue reading
Michael Fassbender (Prometheus, X-Men: First Class, 300, Blood Creek) will star in and co-produce as adaptation of Assassin’s Creed, a video game franchise from Ubisoft. Variety says this about the plot: …revolves around a man who learns his ancestors were trained assassins after he is kidnapped by a secret org with ties to the Knights Templar, … Continue reading
Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Bruce Willis, this film looks amazing. Directed by Rian Johnson (Brick), along with Prometheus, this looks like another thinking-man’s sci-fi tale. With time travel. But no midgets. I think. At least there weren’t any in the trailer. Now with 100% less Sean Connery. (Ok, that was a reference to Time Bandits. If you didn’t … Continue reading
On a mission to LV-223 to attempt to discover our origins, the crew of the Prometheus discovers more than they expected. Set is the same universe as director Ridley Scott‘s Alien, Prometheus is an ambitious science fiction film that borders on greatness while providing a fascinating treatise on faith, religion, belief, and evolution. To me, … Continue reading
Here we have another viral video for Prometheus. Take a look: Ok, I don’t know about you, but I find this as creep as A.I. A.I. freaked me out, and this performance by Michael Fassbender, cold, aloof, but human, really has me creeped out. Especially when he starts crying. Wow. As if I needed any … Continue reading
Well, it seems that there is a reboot of The Mummy franchise headed our way. Variety is reporting that Jon Spaihts has been hired to write the reboot. Spaihts had this to say: I see it as the sort of opportunity I had with PROMETHEUS: to go back to a franchise’s roots in dark, scary … Continue reading
Watch then come back: Wipe the drool off your chin. I know I had too . . . Ok, so what do you think? This is the prequel/not prequel/in the same universe as Alien. It is nice to see Ridley Scott return to sci-fi. I just hope it can live up to the hype. . … Continue reading
