I’ve been stockpiling some of these for far, far too long.
1. Despite bad ratings and rumours of its imminent demise, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles was renewed for the duration of the season a couple weeks ago — and it might have the struggling economy to thank for that. Apparently, at times like this, advertisers find a known quantity — even one with iffy ratings — more attractive than a brand-new show. Meanwhile, co-star Shirley Manson says she wants to see some “robot sex” on the show. — Variety, Hollywood Reporter (x2), MTV News
2. While the current economic climate may have been good for The Sarah Connor Chronicles, it might not be so good for certain other projects. Daniel Craig recently speculated that the credit crunch could prevent the making of another James Bond movie after Quantum of Solace. And now the crunch is being blamed for the fact that there will be no sequels to The Golden Compass (2007) — as if anyone had been talking seriously about making those sequels in the first place, lately. — Daily Mirror, WENN
3. IDW is planning a four-part comic-book prequel to the new Star Trek movie. — TrekMovie.com
4. Jeff Bridges says motion-capture technology will make Tr2n, the sequel to Tron (1982), “a far more successful version of the story.” — Guardian
5. Harrison Ford says George Lucas is in “think mode” and pondering another Indiana Jones movie. And Paramount has reportedly confirmed that making another installment in that franchise is “a very, very real possibility”. Eep. — Los Angeles Times, Nikki Finke
6. Transformers 2 just finished shooting some scenes in Egypt, near the Pyramids. — Sharon Waxman
7. Remember The Goonies (1985)? Its co-stars do, and they look back on it fondly. Oh, and apparently producer Steven Spielberg and director Richard Donner tried to make a sequel for years, but nothing ever came of their efforts. — Variety
8. ABC is developing a re-make of the alien-invasion mini-series V (1983). — Variety
9. Speaking of alien invasions, Columbia is developing Battle: Los Angeles, a movie about a platoon of marines who battle aliens in the streets of L.A. It is being described as “Black Hawk Down meets Independence Day.” — Hollywood Reporter
10. Speaking of Black Hawk Down, the director of that film — Ridley Scott — has bought the rights to Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War, which concerns “a soldier who battles an enemy in deep space for only a few months, only to return home to a planet he doesn’t recognize some 20 years later”. — Variety
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