Wolverine Breaks From The Pack

Submitted by: Cougar Hugh Jackman will go it alone in an X-Men spin-off simply titled “Wolverine.” In this followup to the story of Wolverine’s search for self-identity he gets some helpful intel from Professor Xavier which sets him off in a direction for his life that will take him on a separate path from his [...]

Scanner Goes Mobile

Submitted by: Kyle Nin Evo’s favorite all-time actor’s newest movie finally has a trailer and is available for mobile phone users. If you are an Amp’d Mobile handset user then you get a first look at A Scanner Darkly, the Warner Independent Pictures offering starring Keanu Reeves. A Scanner Darkly, due for a July 7, [...]

“Forgiveness” Doesn’t Come Easy

“Forgiveness” got a lukewarm reception at this year’s Berlin Film Festival. A joint Israeli/U.S. film venture set in Israel, the story concerns an American Jew named David Adler (Itay Tira), who trying to escape his overbearing father leaves the United States and moves to Israel joining the Israeli military. One day he awakens to find [...]

Singer On The Run

Submitted by: Kyle Nin Superman Returns’ Bryan Singer has been tapped to write a script for a remake of the 1976 box-office hit Logan’s Run which originally starred Michael York and Peter Ustinov. Logan’s Run is based on the William Nolan novel. It is about a people in the distant future who have survived a [...]

Weekend Box Office Estimate

Source: Variety Here are the weekend box office estimates for February 10-12, 2006. Genre films are in Bold Type and encompass one-half of the top ten box office champs. 1. The Pink Panther (SONY)………….$21.7 Engagements:3,477 2. Final Destination 3 (NEW LINE)……$20.1 Engagements:2,880 3. Curious George (UNIV)……………$15.3 Engagements:2,566 4. Firewall (WB)…………………..$13.8 Engagements:2,840 5. When a Stranger [...]

Planet One Is A Go — Finally

This is a story that Slice of SciFi has been holding for several weeks just waiting for verification out of Hollywood. But now we can finally give out the news that “Planet One,” a story about aliens who see human beings as a terrifying threat to their existence, has been given a greenlight for a [...]

Keaton Returns To Batman?

Rumors abound concerning several upcoming projects involving Michael Keaton, although at present that is all they are, just rumors. The first such rumor is that Keaton will return in the next Batman sequel, this time as The Joker. When approached recently to comment about the rumor Keaton would only say that it was a wonderful [...]

Putting On The Hexxx

Submitted by: Kyle Nin There’s a new voodoo movie in production, co-written by Mark Gibson (Snow Dogs) and John Raffo (The Relic). Hexxx stars the O.C.’s Mischa Barton and centers around a group of college students who get caught up in voodoo ritual down in New Orleans. The horror suspense-thriller will be directed by relative [...]

Lunacy From Prague

In about 2000 the Czech animation genius Jan Svankmajer started on his “horror” film called Sileni (Lunacy). Sileni is being called an elaborate blend of live-action, high-tech animation, perverse and bizzare portraits of its main characters, a Marquis de Sade type (Jan Triska) and a very naive and mentally troubled Jean Berlot (Pavel Liska). The [...]

What the #$*!

What the BLEEP – Down the Rabbit Hole is an extended Director’s Cut of What the Bleep Do We Know!? It includes new scientific findings that supplement the original movie, and it goes more deeply into the concepts explored. The film still follows Amanda as her uninspired life unravels to reveal the uncertain world of [...]

Del Toro In Search Of A Serial Killer

Submitted by: Kyle Nin Slice of SciFi’s latest podcast #043 featured a story about horror guru Guillermo Del Toro and his helming of the upcoming film project Pan Labyrinth. Now, he has been chosen by New Line Cinema to direct “Killing on Carnival Row.” Carnival is about a futuristic fabled city set in the Victorian [...]

It’s A Frackin’ Nightmare

Submitted by: Kyle Nin Somehow, Hollywood feels it can dredge up Freddy one more time in another Nightmare slasher-fest. Robert Englund, better known as Freddy Krueger, says that New Line Cinema wants to make a Freddy Meets Jason Meets Michael Myers flick. Let’s see….what’s next? Oh, I know, Freddy Meets Abbott and Costello.

A House For Many Seasons

Submitted by: Kyle Nin Clive Barker’s “The Thief of Always,” a story about a boy who finds a strange and wonderous house. Once inside all four seasons pass in a 24-hour period. It is a magical place where time has lost all meaning. Kelly Asbury (Shrek 2 & Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron) has written [...]

Dark Crystal Sequel Comes To Life

Submitted by: Kyle Nin The Dark Crystal, a 1982 film that Slice of SciFi fans picked as their 5th best all-time fantasy film is finally getting its sequel made after a 24 year hiatus. An original concept from the brillant mind of the late and great Jim Henson and directing genius of Frank Oz, The [...]

Iron Man Not Set In Stone

Submitted by: Kyle Nin Rumors about a possible Iron Man movie are running rampant these days. Even though everyone appears to want it to happen, no one really knows for sure if it ever will. First, it was reported that I, Robot’s Alex Proyas was to take the helm of the project, but now there [...]