Prequels, Sequels & Remakes

After saying that Transformers 2 would film on schedule despite having no locked script, it appears that Michael Bay will have to delay due to the Writer’s strike.

Troll writer and director John Carl Buechler has announced that there will be a remake of his original film. The overall plot remains the same (few details are known at this time), and the leading character's name will still be Harry Potter Jr., whether JK Rowling likes it or not. According to a press release, the name can't be constituted as copyright infringement due to the fact that Movies Plus is in no way affiliated with her books or with Warner Bros and because Mr. Buechler's story came out years before hers did. Casting is currently in progress with only two roles filled so far; Phil Fondacaro as Malcom and Noah Hathaway returns, this time as Turok the troll. (Submitted by theSannie)

The Conan the Barbarian remake written by Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer has found a home at Lionsgate and should be filming later this year. The plan is for this to be the first in a series of Conan movies.

On the Stallone front, it looks like he’s going to be writing, directing, and starring in a Death Wish remake.

Leonard Nemoy on Star Trek XI, "I am Spock, and there is another Spock and there is another Spock. There are a total of three Spocks in the movie and that is all I will say about it."

With the working title Bond 22, the latest Bond movie started filming January 8. Returning: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, and Giancarlo Giannini. New: Mathieu Amalric (as the villain), Olga Kurylenko, and Gemma Arterton (as MI6 Agent Fields). "Mathieu in the role of Dominic Greene, a leading member of the villainous organization introduced in CASINO ROYALE, will be a powerful counterpart to Daniel's portrayal of Bond. Olga Kurylenko will play the dangerously alluring Camille, who challenges Bond and helps him come to terms with the emotional consequences of Vesper's betrayal." - Producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.

Associate producer James Middleton says that Arnold Schwarzenegger will not be in Terminator 4, or any subsequent sequels, as long as he’s governor. “But we know now that he is governor, he's got priorities that are above doing movies.”

James Middleton, consulting producer for The Sarah Connor Chronicles, has said that an animated Terminator is planned for a release after the fourth movie comes out in 2009. With a short story format ala Animatrix, Termination will have contributions from European and Japanese animators.

Mena Suvari, Nick Cannon, and Ving Rhames will be doing a direct to DVD sequel to the remake of Dawn of the Dead, with a release date of April 7.