Sunday, December 23, 2007

Prequels, Sequels & Remakes


An excerpt for the Terminator 4 synopsis from Chud.com:
“John Connor is not the main character of Terminator 4; that character is someone named Marcus. Marcus was put 'out of commission' before the nuclear holocaust on Judgment Day and he wakes up about 15 years before the future we see in the original Terminator films, which puts the movie at about 2015 or so. Marcus is a bad ass - think along the lines of Riddick - and what he finds is a blasted world filled with horror. Radiation poisoning, starvation, rampant jaywalking - all the things you expect post-apocalypse. There's also John Connor, who is trying to build a utopian society while running the human resistance.”

Jon Hamm will play Dr. Granier along side Keanu Reeves (as Klaatu) and Jennifer Connelly (Helen) in the “update” of The Day the Earth Stood Still. Dr. Granier is a NASA official who recruits Helen to investigate the alien Klaatu’s arrival. The aliens message is: Live in peace or be destroyed. Filming started in Vancouver in December.

While Guillermo del Toro will produce the American remake of The Orphanage, Juan Antonio Bayona has turned down an offer to direct. The original Spanish version will open in the US on Dec. 28.

The idea for Poltergeist: Kayeri seems to have been scrapped for a remake of the original Poltergeist.

Straight to DVD sequels for 2008:
Cellular 2
The Cell 2 (starring Frank Whaley and Tessie Santiago)
Lost Boys 2 : The Tribe
Poison Ivy 4
Undisputed 3
Batman: Gotham Knight
2nd animated Justice League
Wonder Woman (animated)
Joyride 2
Behind Enemy Lines 3

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