'AQUAMAN' PHOTOS OF
AMBER HEARD AS QUEEN MERA
Tons of sf and fantasy news today, starting with the ones coming from DC who have revealed new photos of Amber Heard as the female lead in AQUAMAN movie in which she plays the royal wife of Jason
Momoa's title character, Mera the Queen of Atlantis! She is the exiled queen of Xebel who made a union with the water ruling superhero. Dolph Lundgren plays the king of Xebel, with Patrick Wilson as
AQUAMAN's evil brother Ocean Master Orm and Nicole Kidman as their mother Atlanna, the queen mother of Atlantis. The movie does not arrive until December 2018!
Momoa's title character, Mera the Queen of Atlantis! She is the exiled queen of Xebel who made a union with the water ruling superhero. Dolph Lundgren plays the king of Xebel, with Patrick Wilson asAQUAMAN's evil brother Ocean Master Orm and Nicole Kidman as their mother Atlanna, the queen mother of Atlantis. The movie does not arrive until December 2018!
NETFLIX NEW SF PROJECTS
'WITCHER' SF SERIES I've announced this before, but now Netflix has officially revealed their work on a fantasy series based on eight part fantasy novel saga THE WITCHER from Andrzej Sapkowski! Translated in more than 20 countries around the world and turned into a popular video game as well, it follows “witchers” – hunters who develop supernatural abilities at a young age to battle deadly monsters. The Mummy and The Expanse producers are working on this one!
'HELLO AMERICA' SF MOVIE
Beside The Witcher, Netflix
has also bought rights on JG Ballard's sf novel HELLO AMERICA and will
produce it into a movie with Ridley Scott! The novel takes place a
century after America’s financial collapse and abandonment by its
people, when a group of pioneers return to the ruins of the “New World”
on a voyage of rediscovery. The journey through a ravaged wasteland
brings hazards at every turn to the crew, culminating in a showdown with
a charismatic leader who plans to unleash his nuclear arsenal against
anyone who threatens his power perch.'DARK CRYSTAL' PREQUEL SERIES
Netflix is also working on a prequel series to Jim Henson's THE DARK CRYSTAL titled AGE OF RESISTANCE. The 10 episode fantasy adventure series will combine puppetry with visual effects and
an ensemble of fantastical,
state-of-the-art creatures created by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop! The
original was set on another planet in the past following a Gelfling on a
quest to find a missing piece of a powerful 
gem in order to restore
balance to his world. This one sees three Gelflings discover the
terrifying secret behind its power and set off on an epic journey to
start a rebellion and save their world. 
Words cannot express how excited I am over The Dark Crystal prequel. I watched the movie so many times when I was little, it will forever be a favorite movie of mine.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you excited about it! I've never actually seen it, but I think I would enjoy something with puppetry since I haven't seen anything in that genre for ages
DeleteThe Dark Crystal, The Labyrinth, The Last Unicorn. Those are 3 that I would beg my mom to get me from the video store every weekend for movie night. I haven't seen any of them in ages (except for the last unicorn since it was also Allison's favorite not too long ago) I would probably pick apart the visuals and think them cheesy now, but back then they were everything to me. I do hope they do a good job with the prequel and not make it corny, but more modern.
Deletethe cheesiness was very tasty back when we were young!
DeleteAmber Heard looks mmm-mmm-GOOD!
ReplyDeleteyes, she got herself some really nice floating devices!
DeleteSo excited for the Dark Crystal series. Looks awesome.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure about Aquaman still. I am going to see if I like the character in the JL movie.
Hope they make it epic
DeleteJim Henson's movie looks so interesting..Gelflings look cute!
ReplyDeleteagreed!
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