If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Remember Enslaved, the action-adventure which came out last autumn? It was a very smart post-apocalyptic re-imagining of the traditional tale of Monkey, the cheeky chappy with a staff, headband and his own fluffy portable cloud to zoom around on. [...]
The fresh take on Conan the Barbarian – minus the camel punching Arnie – is ready to roll into cinemas later this month. We’ve already seen a trailer and Marcus Nispel’s Conan looks very gritty and promising, not to mention every bit as gory as the original was (but with much better, non-eighties special effects). [...]
We’ve discussed reboots a fair few times here on SFF Chronicles – if you can’t think of an original idea, then resurrect an old classic which was popular back in its day. It’s guaranteed bums on cinema seats in these recession plagued days, or so film studio execs seem to think. It’s also a lot [...]
It seems that a Green Lantern sequel will get a green light, despite the fact that the first flick put in a less-than-stellar performance at the US box office. The film (which has just come out in the UK) features Ryan Reynolds as Hal Jordan, a cocky test pilot who becomes the first human to [...]
Avatar has blasted its way to monumental success in the box office, on DVD, and just about everywhere, really, so the sequel was inevitable and swiftly announced. However, it seems that the film, which is due to be set under the waves of Pandora’s oceans rather than in the forests and cliff-tops seen in the [...]
Paranormal Activity was a big hit – it was made on a shoestring budget, and grossed over $100 million in the US alone. So the sequel was inevitable, and keenly anticipated by the many who thought the original film was one of the scariest they’d ever seen. Radio 1′s film critic James King said he [...]
Sources across the net are reporting that work has already begun on the sequel to the DC Comics superhero film Green Lantern. Even though the Green Lantern won’t be out in cinemas for a year yet, so confident are Warner Bros of its impending success. If you’re not familiar with the plot, the Green Lantern [...]
In some places the 3D Sci-Fi, film Avatar is still doing rounds and already there is talk of a sequel or prequel whatever the case may be. But making another Avatar based film may be a lot more difficult than it would first sound as the according to the Avatar producer Jon Landau as he [...]
During the 1960’s the series of film starring Charlton Heston and based on an earth ruled by apes, the Planet of the Apes had four sequels and a remake by Tim Burton back in 2001. The original film made in 1968 shook the world as a team of astronauts crash land on a planet that [...]
The highly anticipated release of Tron Legacy is not due until later on in the year, in fact in the UK the film is launched on the 26th December, this film will no doubt be boosted by the Christmas holidays and get a great boost into 2011. But before the film is released, work is [...]
It is quite appropriate the man of the moment, Oscar winner Jeff Bridges will be returning in a role that launched cyberspace back in 1982, that film was Tron and after such a long time the sequel Tron: Legacy is about to revise the world of cyberspace once more. The Disney produced film is one [...]
With so time being given over to the latest science fiction blockbuster Avatar, many of the smaller budget and less known films have appeared to have faded into the film news archives never to be heard of anymore. However fortunately there is JJ Abrams, now he is not one to overlook or right off at [...]
It may have been in the pipeline for such a long time that Men in Black III seemed to be just a dream, but it seems that the film is on and plans are in the making, which is great news as this will mean that fans will get a chance to catch up on [...]
Sometimes a story finishes leaving the reader or viewer wondering what happened next. This is something that occurs often and in many cases a sequel comes along that ties all of the loose ends up. This could be the case with The Shining, there is a rumour that prolific writer Stephen King may be revisiting [...]
The thing about 2012 is that it is generally believed to be the end of the world, as we know it. Therefore, the film of the same name by Roland Emmerich shows how everything that we understand and love about the planet is destroyed. So for the survivors and there are always going to be [...]
Independence Day was a surprising hit for the studios back in 1996, but things where so much different back even Will Smith was not the super star that we know of today, so when a sequel is being talked is Will Smith an essential ingredient to make the film a success. The camps are divided [...]
The great thing about the release of a DVD is that during the launch there are opportunities to discuss with the producer the possibilities of a sequel and when comes to Star Trek, the producer JJ Abrams is keen to talk about Star Trek 2. It seems that the creator of Lost and Fringe, has [...]
It looks like the co-writer of Batman Begins, David Goyer is in talks to bring Ghost Rider back to the big screen, this has been an on and off development for some time now, but on this occasion it seems that there could be substance in the claims. The main factor would be bringing in [...]
By all accounts, the much publicised film of the century, District 9 is doing well since its release. Of course, we in the UK are still waiting to see the film although it is only a matter of days now before the UK science fiction fan can see what all the fuss is about. Back [...]
Having just featured Christopher Nolan’s latest venture Inception, we head back to the Dark Knight or rather the sequel to the Dark Knight, it seems according to reports that the entire film will be shot in the IMAX format. This is decision that will have a dramatic effect on the cost of the production before [...]
Man of Steel teaser trailer released
If you’re sick of comic-book adaptations and film remakes, the last thing you might expect to get excited about is a new Superman film. That’s right: there’s a new Superman film scheduled for release in 2013. However, before you run off groaning at the idea of yet another mediocre cash-in, this one comes with caveats. [...]
Penguin owner buys ASI self-publishing company
According to the BBC, Pearson, which owns Penguin books among other things, has bought Author Solutions Inc in a £74 million deal. The deal means that Pearson now has control of a self-publishing interest. The news has raised concerns among some writers that intellectual property (IP) rights for new writers may be at risk, especially [...]
The Winner of our April 300 Word Writing Challenge is writer John J Brady, (known on these forums as alchemist). He wins a £10 voucher to spend at Amazon or The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired [...]
Forum member Teresa Edgerton is the winner of our January 300 Word Writing Challenge. She wins a £10 voucher to spend at The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired by an image selected by our moderators. For [...]
All Zombies Must Die hits the Xbox
At the weekend, All Zombies Must Die was unleashed on Xbox Live. As you can probably guess from the title, this is a rather tongue in cheek game developed by Doublesix with a focus on multiplayer zombie slaying. Set in the town of Deadhill, All Zombies Must Die offers a huge variety of weapons (such [...]
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