Brought to you by the department of the not-strictly-revelant: McG’s horrific pilot for an American version of Spaced has been nixed by the network. The treasured series, a cultural benchmark for a generation of English teenegers and 20-somethings, the precursor of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, is safe once more from the hands of The Man - The Man in this case being Charlie’s Angels director McG.

Another instance of the power of the internet? Edgar Wright blogged his displeasure about the proposal many months ago and was met by a vast swell of fan support from both sodes of the ocean. It seems that Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright were not consulted about the intended remake, and Jessica Stevenson’s name wasn’t even mentioned in the promotional blurb; though the blame for this is being placed firmly with the Suits at Fox, it reeked of Bad Idea.

It was NEVER going to work. Given Fox’s track record, that almost guaranteed they would surge on with it anyway.

However, it seems the miasma surrounding the project just wouldn’t clear, the fans have stood their ground, good sense has prevailed, and we’re all safe. From whatever the hell abomination it could have been. I for one am going to celebrate by having a Spaced marathon. Now, if only more films could be saved in the same way (Hi, Speed Racer. The internet didn’t care enough to stop you from being made. There’s the door, don’t let it hit you in the arse on the way out. Bye!)

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Source: Deadline Hollywood

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Speed Racer Review by Fury Of The Film Fan.
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This one’s going to divide opinion. Go Disagreement Go.

Directors: Wachowski Brothers
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Christina Ricci, Matthew Fox, John Goodman, Susan Sarandon
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 34%
Our Rating: B

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Now this sounds good.

Samuel L Jackson is signed up to play an FBI agent in a taut and intelligent actioner.

The film, Unthinkable, centres on a single terrorist who has hidden three nuclear bombs across America that will detonate in two days… unless black-ops interrogator Jackson and his female FBI partner can stop them, that is.

As long as Jackson doesn’t have a daughter that gets menaced by a coyote, everything is good.

Unthinkable will be directed by Gregor Jordan (The Informers). Shooting starts September 2nd in Michigan.

Source: Variety

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In possibly the worst case of sequelitus ever seen, Donnie Darko is getting a follow-up movie. All together now: “Why?”

The flick, entitled S. Darko, will pick up seven years after the events of the first film, with Donnie’s sister Samantha going on a road trip with her friend Corey, only to start having weird visions.

And that’s all there is to say about it. What, you wanted more?

Source: Screen Daily

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Fans of the hit 360/ PC FPS Bioshock are in for a treat: a cinematic version is under way already, with none other than Gore Verbinski (The Ring, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest and Pirates of the Caribbean: Nobody Knows What The Hell Is Going On And Should Really Have Gone Through A Second Draft) at the director’s helm.

It marks Take Two’s first step into the land of cinema, after refusing to hand over the licence to uber-phenomenon Grand Theft Auto (you may have heard of it) for years.

The hit game stars the usual silent FPS protagonist who is onboard a passenger plane that crashes in the ocean. The player finds a building jutting out from the water and heads in to investigate when ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE.

The city (Rapture) has a leader who believes himself to be a God and has allowed genetic mutation to be carried out. Such mutations include shooting fire, ice, lightening and, erm, bees. The real focal point of the game, however, is the Little Sisters and Big Daddies. If you choose to leave the sisters unharmed, the Big Daddies will not even glance at you. If you do decide that you want to beat a little girl to death, then the Big Daddies will make your life very, very uncomfortable, at the benefit of the abilty to fire more bees.

Sayeth Gore:

“I think the whole utopia-gone-wrong story that’s cleverly unveiled to players is just brimming with cinematic potential. Of all the games I’ve played, this is one that I felt has a really strong narrative.”

This news is somewhat at odds with a recent quote from Bioshock head Ken Levine who said, “If you want people to follow your plot, it has to be really f****** stupid.”

The film won’t be trapped in development hell like Halo, but it will be released well after the sequel to the game, probably not titled Bioshock 2: Big Daddy’s Day at the Beach.

Movie-Moron would like to request that the film stays exactly like the game, right down the ridiculously easy difficulty level, the protagonist tripping over guns, ammo and plasmids every two minutes and the stupid “Pipe”-hacking bonus games.

Sources: Variety, CVG

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Undecided about Speed Racer? Nervous? The whole moviegoing world is. This might help you make up your mind…

I think I spotted some cgi in there.

It’s well made, sure enough. And will probably make for a good kids’ movie. But the two big problems of the trailer remain. There’s no dramatic hook - I don’t care if I never find out what happens next. Secondly for all their zipping about, there is no sense of being in the car and experiencing the race. It’s as emotionally involving as watching a friend play F-Zero X.

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