New Doctor Who Titles Will Look Old School, Big-Headed [Doctor Who]

from Triviagasm: 10 Greatest Science Fiction TV Show Endings Ever by Alasdair Wilkins

A new era of Doctor Who will bring with it an old convention, as eleventh Doctor Matt Smith's face will reportedly be featured in the opening titles. Is it possible to be nostalgic for something that hasn't happened yet?

Equilibrium Screenwriter To Pen Total Recall Remake

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Columbia Pictures has hired Equilibrium and Ultraviolet scribe Kurt Wimmer to pen a remake of Total Recall (which was first announced in February). Wimmer recently worked with the studio on the Angelina Jolie spy thriller Salt, and co-wrote the F. Gary Gray-directed Law Abiding Citizen.

What Part Will Summer Glau Play On Dollhouse? [Dollhouse]

from Triviagasm: 10 Greatest Science Fiction TV Show Endings Ever by Charlie Jane Anders

Joss Whedon works fast: now that Summer Glau is no longer busy with Terminator, he's already talking to her about showing up on Dollhouse. But she won't be playing the role you might expect. Possible spoilers below.

Whedon tells EW that he pounced on Glau even before Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was officially canceled:

If anybody thinks [bringing Summer onto Dollhouse] hasn't occurred to me already then they have not met me. I mentioned it to her before [SCC] was canceled. I was like, 'You know, we should get you in the 'house.' But first we have to come up with something that works.

First Look At An Alien World From James Cameron's Avatar [Avatar]

from Triviagasm: 10 Greatest Science Fiction TV Show Endings Ever by Meredith Woerner

The first official concept art from Avatar is out, giving us a glimpse at what could be an alien species from planet Pandora — and it reminds us slightly of the Pitch Black beasties, which apparently you can ride like Falcor.

Thanks to MarketSaw for finding these official, yet exotic, pictures from the book The Art of Avatar. I'm actually slightly more excited about motion-capture now, if the world is as lush and intricate as it's being depicted below.

In one picture, you can clearly see the power suit mentioned before and that certainly looks like Sam Worthington steering the suit. You could even go as far as to guess that behind him is his downed space ship and this is how he will be getting around on planet Pandora.

The additional piece of concept art shows some local wildlife racing(?) a robotic-flying machine. Flying animals you can ride are usually a big win for epic movies. The landscape looks lush with green and blue, hopefully it will continue to look as real on screen.

Will Transformers 2 Be The Perfect Movie? [Rant]

from Triviagasm: 10 Greatest Science Fiction TV Show Endings Ever by Charlie Jane Anders

Here's our first look at Alice, the co-ed with a secret, in Transformers 2. After a whole summer of wannabe Michael Bay films, we're finally going to get the work of Bay himself. It'll be ludicrous, fiery, splodey, car-crazy and slapsticky. In short, the perfect film. Spoilers and pics below.

I never expected to be saying this, but I'm actually sort of eager to see Transformers: Revenge OF the Fallen. I actually liked the first one, which was a fun, silly romp as long as you took it on its own terms. But I held fairly low expectations for TF2, whose script Michael Bay allegedly worked on during the writers' strike. It's like the first one, only sequel-ier. So I wasn't that pumped.

5 New Photos from The Book of Eli

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Warner Bros has released five new photos from The Hughes Brothers‘ The Book of Eli in Wednesday’s edition of USA Today. Described as a post-apocalyptic western, the film tells the story of a lone man (Denzel Washington) who fights his way across America in order to protect a mysterious sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. The film is set in the future after the sun has exploded, leaving earth to rot.

The Future of Logan’s Run in Comic Books?

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Bryan Singer was at one point attached to direct a remake of the sci-fi classic Logan’s Run, but got pulled away to direct Superman Returns. Commercial director Joseph Kosinski was then brough on board, with screenwriter Timothy J. Sexton working on a script. But Kosinski got sidetracked with a little side project for Disney called Tron 2. I’m not sure what the current status of the Joel Silver-produced 70’s sci-fi redo, but the series is getting a new life in comic book form.