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The three-dimensional revolution rolls unstoppably forward, with news emerging that Ridley Scott’s Alien reboot will be filmed in 3D.

Roger Christian, art-director on the original Alien, told Shadowlocked that Scott has confirmed the new prequel will be shot a la Avatar, and even hinted at the potential for a new trilogy.

"Ridley told me some of his ideas when we were here in Toronto," said Christian. "He has a very clear understanding of where this should go. They kind of stopped dead one of the greatest horror franchises there’s ever been, and it had legs to go on. So I’m hoping he’ll revive another three. The world certainly wants it."

Meanwhile, Warner Brothers have decided to jump on the bandwagon by announcing that both Green Lantern and Sucker Punch will also be shown in 3-D.

The crucial difference here though is that the 3D will be added in post-production, as was the case with Clash Of The Titans.

All of which kind of smacks of an afterthought designed to rake in a few more box-office bucks…don’t be surprised if release dates for both become mysteriously cloudy over the coming months.

Genius or gimmick? Where do you stand on the 3D revolution?

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Fresh from their work on bum-numbing bi-epic Che, Benecio Del Toro, Steven Soderbergh and writer Peter Buchman are set to reconvene for mafia thriller Making Jack Falcone.

Soderbergh will only be on production duties this time, with no director attached as yet, whilst Buchman will again be looking after the script.

The news we’re most excited about though is the casting of Del Toro as real-life FBI man Jack Garcia, who infiltrated the notorious Gambino crime family under the wiseguy alias of ‘Jack Falcone’ during the early noughties.

A legendary figure in mafia history, Garcia was so convincing he was invited to become a “made guy,” an invitation that was presumably revoked after he personally ensured 39 family members ended up behind bars.

We’re keeping our fingers crossed for another Del Toro performance in the vein of his smart-mouthed turn in The Usual Suspects. And with such a cracking story to play with, this one should hopefully be an organised-crime thriller to file alongside Donnie Brasco and The Departed.

Ready for another Del Toro / Soderbergh collaboration? Let us know below.
 

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Today we present the fourth and final exclusive Tron Legacy image… and this one features a disappearing act.

The first and second images showed Sam Flynn (Garret Hedlund) approach the derclict Flynn’s Arcade, to investigate his father’s disappearance 25 years ago.

Yesterday, the third image showed Sam inside the abandoned amusement den, featuring dust covered arcade games eerily lit up as he walks past.

And today… well we can now see the titular Tron game cabinet, but crucially, no Sam…

Click here to see a larger image.

Perhaps he’s just bent down out of shot to tie his shoelace…

But maybe, just maybe, Sam Flynn has fulfilled his Legacy and entered the game, to join his father (Jeff Bridges) in the ultimate face-off against Tony Blair (Michael Sheen).

No word yet on whether Sheen’s character will be called Tony Blair, but we do know he’ll be the bad guy in Tron, and he’ll at least look like the former PM.

Did we mention Daft Punk are doing the soundtrack?

Trailer to follow next week. We may just pass out from excitement!

So, Tron Legacy? Or Tron Fallacy? Leave a comment!

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Just under five months to go before the Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith remake of The Karate Kid hits UK screens, and Sony have released another kung-fu-packed trailer to whet our appetites.

From the looks of it, the old martial-art-as-metaphor-for-life routine is still going strong, with Jackie Chan’s Mr. Han claiming, "everything is Kung-Fu." That’s everything, got it?

Jackie certainly isn’t playing this one for laughs, with gems of homespun wisdom being the order of the day. His Miyagi (sorry, Han) looks to be full of them, such as, “Life will knock us down, but we choose to get back up.” Stirring stuff.

In fairness there was always going to be the odd bit of clunky dialogue, but happily the film seems to look the business, with plenty of chop-socky mayhem to feast on and the Chinese landscape looking particularly breathtaking.

Sony are pretty confident the remake won’t be a let-down for fans of the original, particularly since Entertainment Weekly reported that a research screening held earlier this year produced the second highest test-screening score in Sony history. That said, the number one slot is occupied by Hitch, so should maybe be taken with a pinch of salt. 

Playground grasshoppers everywhere will be knocking seven bells out of each other come the film’s release on July 30th.

Will the remake be karate chop or karate flop? Share your wisdom!

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Another day, another awesome Tron Legacy image.

You may remember that we caught a glimpse at Flynn’s arcade in our first exclusive picture, then got even closer to it in the second picture.

Now, we’re going inside the arcade with today’s ace shot.

 See a larger version by clicking on these very words. It’s like magic.

We’re getting a bit of a Matrix vibe from this new image.

Why are the arcades lighting up underneath the dust-sheets? Is Sam Flynn displaying Neo-esque powers? All we know is that we can’t wait for this one.

Daft Punk are doing the soundtrack, by the way. Have we mentioned that?

Does Tron Legacy get you so excited you’re currently tipping back in your chair in awestruck bullet-time? Speak your brains below!

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The producer at the centre of the negative-campaigning Oscar row will miss out on The Hurt Locker’s big night, after Academy executives banned him from Sunday’s ceremony.

Nicolas Chartier, who had issued an apology for his Avatar-bashing email campaign, will not be allowed to enter the Kodak Theatre after what the Academy have described as “an ethical lapse”.

The rest of the team behind The Hurt Locker have attempted to distance themselves from the Frenchman’s outburst, with fellow producer Mark Boal telling The Daily Beast, “Kathryn (Bigelow) was shocked and appalled and embarrassed by Nic’s poor judgement, and condemned it.”

“Everyone understands that Nic bears the responsibility for his mistake 100 percent on his own shoulders.”

This response is unsurprising given Chartier’s apparently troublesome presence during filming. “It was a hard movie to get made,” continued Boal. “It’s the nature of those things that tempers can flare…and Nic was eventually asked not to come back to the set."

With Oscar votes due in yesterday, Bigelow and co. will be hoping the bust-up won’t have tipped the scales towards an Avatar landslide.

Can The Hurt Locker survive the controversy and bag ‘Best Picture’? Leave a comment…
 

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Yesterday we brought you the first in our series of four exclusive Tron Legacy stills, all leading up to the big trailer premeire next week.

Today, image the second arrives, and it’s more of Flynn’s Arcade, with a first glimpse at Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), who we saw arriving by motorcycle in yesterday’s still.

 See today’s image below;

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Another gritty image of the arcade, and surely the precurser to young Sam entering into Tron, to find his father (Jeff Bridges). The fact that he’s riding a motorbike makes us wonder whether the kid is going to be a natural on the other two-wheeled transport found in the movie; the lightcycle. We hope so!

Remember to head back tomorrow for more Tron tidbits. We don’t know about you, but we’re going to start a chant of ‘trailer, trailer, trailer!’ for the rest of the week such is the exctiement in the office!

Tron Legacy is released in the UK in December.

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Avatar might still be riding high on both sides of the Atlantic, but James Cameron’s next project is looking increasingly unlikely to happen.

Cameron wrote the introduction to Dr Charles Pellegrino’s historical account, The Last Train From Hiroshima, and had announced plans to adapt it for the big screen.

However, some digging from the Associated Press revealed that some of Pellegrino’s sources may have been fabricated, with one of his interviewees having falsely claimed to have been present on the Enola Gay when the bomb was dropped. Pellegrino’s publishers, Henry Holt, have wasted little time in pulling the book from retailers’ shelves while the row continues

On top of that, the good doctor’s title has also been questioned by the AP, who claim to have discovered that the University of Wellington (where Pellegrino’s PHD was supposedly issued) has no record of him on their books.

All of which is rather embarrassing for Cameron, who has provided the foreword for a number of Pellegrinois books, as well as hiring him as an ‘advisor’ on Avatar. Expect a raft of accuracy complaints from the Na’avi any day now…

Should Jim stick to alien antics?Let us know!

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We have it on good authority that new trailer for Tron Legacy is going online next week, but until then we have the first of three exclusive images from the film!

Darker, moodier and more atmospheric than previous images, all of which was based in the ‘game-world’ of Tron, this new pic gives us a glimpse at the real world, and it’s grim.

Fans of the first film will remember the setting too; Flynn’s Arcade - though this isn’t your Dad’s Tron, and this isn’t the arcade Flynn left behind… check out the image below;

To see a larger version click here.

The still shows Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), arriving on motorbike to his father’s abandoned arcade.

Previous footage and promo stills have focused on Tron - the clean, clinical computer world where Sam’s father Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges) has been living for the past 25 years.

This image then serves as a marker of how director Joseph Kosinski has envisioned life outside the game; gritty.

From the dilapidated arcade and surrounding buildings, to the original Tron billboard atop the arcade, weathered, battered and torn to shreds.

It has certainly whet our appetites for the trailer - so we’re excited to say that we’ll have more brand new Tron Legacy images for tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday (four in all), so check back at 4pm (GMT) for your next installment of Tron-based goodness!

So, Tron? Or Jog-on? Leave a comment below!

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Roland Emmerich will not be orchestrating the end of the world in his next flick (probably).

The man behind Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, and 2012 has bagged Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis and Rhys Ifans for Anonymous.

The film will explore the idea that Shakespeare didn’t actually write his plays after all, and that it is in fact the Earl of Oxford who deserves the credit in English classes.

Emmerich says: “We have Vanessa Redgrave as Queen Elizabeth; David Thewlis as William Cecil, old and young; and Rhys Ifans as The Earl Of Oxford. It’s a true English cast and I’m really proud of it."

Emmerich had also been developing an adaptation of Isaac Asimov’s epic sci-fi series Foundation, but it looks like this’ll be going on the back burner in favour of Anonymous.

Source [EmpireOnline]

Will there be scope in this story for Emmerich to blow stuff up? Vent your thoughts below…

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