Over at Cannes, a project that will try to find a studio is romantic movie NORMAL PEOPLE set to star Lesley Manville and Liam Neeson in lead
Lesley Manville will play the cancer stricken wife
roles. As 'Deadline' reports, the movie set to shoot this summer in Ireland, charts the story of a long married couple, Joan and Tom, who have an accumulated ease and deep tenderness to their relationship but when Joan is unexpected- ly diagnosed with breast cancer, the course of her treatment shines a light on their bond and exposes challenges arising from an uncertain future. Meanwhile, we're waiting for Hulu to air us the second season of Lesley's Harlots epic series!
ASIMOV'S 'FOUNDATION'
TO BECOME DAVID S. GOYER PRODUCED SF TV SERIES
A trilogy that influenced whole sf world
Itold you last year that a television series is going to be made out of Isaac Asimov's sf classic FOUNDATION and it will be done by David S. Goyer who gave us Da Vinci's Demons and Krypton. And now it has been revealed that Apple is developing it with Skydance Television! The complex saga follows humans scattered on planets throughout
the galaxy, all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire. The
protagonist is a psycho-historian who has an ability to read the future
and foresees the empire’s imminent collapse. He sets out to save the
knowledge of mankind from being wiped out. Most of the famous sf films
have been heavily influenced by this trilogy.
'OCCUPATION' TRAILER
ALIENS ARE COMING!
Occupation should hit cinemas this year
Speaking of science fiction, straight from Australia comes new sf action OCCUPATION which should invade cinemas sometime this year. You can check out new posters and trailer for the movie starring Dan Ewing, Temuera Morrison and Charles Terrier.
After their small Australian country town is annihilated by an overwhelming airborne attack, a group of civilians evade capture and discover they are now among the last remaining survivors of an extraterrestrial invasion engulfing the entire planet. As humanity falls under world-wide occupation, they form a home-grown army to fight back against vastly superior enemy forces. On the front lines of the battle for Earth, they are our last hope.
Definitely one of the most anticipated of the new science fiction television series this year is KRYPTON which arrives to SyFy this March 21st set on the home planet of Superman's grandfather before it got destroyed. Coming from Superman and Batman movies producer David S. Goyer, with Cameron Welsh as the show runner KRYPTON stars Cameron Cuffe, Shaun Sipos, Elliot Cowan, Blake Ritson and is based on DC's characters.
Shaun Sipos and Cameron Cuffe
THE STORY OF NEW SF TV SERIES KRYPTON
set two generations before the destruction of Superman’s home planet, follows Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe),
the legendary Man of Steel’s grandfather — whose House of El was
ostracised and shamed. With Krypton’s leadership in disarray, Seg-El
encounters Earthly time traveler Adam Strange (Shaun Sipos) who
warns he’s under the clock to save his beloved world from chaos.
Fighting to redeem his family’s honour and protect the ones he loves,
Seg is also faced with a life and death conflict – save his home planet
or let it be destroyed in order to restore the fate of his future
grandson.
SEG-EL
The Man of Steel’s grandfather, played by Cameron Cuffe, brings hope and equality to the planet of Krypton, turning a world in disarray into one worthy of giving birth to the greatest superhero ever known.
ADAM STRANGE
A world weary, time travelling human, Adam Strange, played by Shaun Sipos, finds himself stranded on Krypton as the unlikely mentor to Seg-El. Adam will stop at nothing to ensure that the greatest hero who ever lived actually exists.
LYTA-ZOD
Torn between proving herself worthy of the Zod name and her innate desire to help and heal the people of Krypton, Lyta-Zod (Georgina Campbell) is fierce and compassionate. Lyta's journey of self-discovery means forging her own destiny in the face of what society dictates.
NYSSA-VEX
The youngest daughter of House Vex and brilliant lawmaker, Nyssa-Vex (Wallis Day) understands the city's politics and is utterly at home within the establishment of Kandor's ruling class. She's adept in the art of political alliance, but it is Seg who will teach her about friendship.
DEV-EM
Bound to Lyta-Zod, Dev-Em (Aaron Pierre) is a Sagitari who has always relished his role as a protector of Kandor. He has loved Lyta since childhood, and his jealousy of Seg could destroy everything.
VAL-EL
Seg's grandfather and one of Krypton's greatest scientists, Val (Ian McElhinney) was instrumental in Krypton's greatest era of scientific progress, before being executed for treason. After a 14 year absence, he returns to become a pivotal player in defeating the threat against Krypton.
OTHER CHARACTERS! The gallery of characters also includes Paula Malcomson as Charys, the matriarch of House El who helps her son Seg navigate the treacherous pitfalls of Kandor City! Blake Ritson will play Brainiac, a parasitic, hyper advanced alien android of immense intelligence! Elliot Cowan
is Daron Vex, the Chief Magistrate of Kandor whose real business is
defending Krypton’s established oligarchy against heretics and
dissidents. Hannah Waddingham will be Jax-Ur leader of the underground terrorist organization, Black Zero.
Finally, oh, finally! After years of waiting, SyFy has finally given its new science fiction show KRYPTON an airing date! The show which follows legends forged on Krypton long before Superman came to Earth, will start airing March 21st!
THE STORY OF KRYPTON
is set two generations before the destruction of Superman’s home planet, and revolves around Seg-El (Cameron Cuffe),
the legendary Man of Steel’s grandfather, whose House of El was
ostracised and shamed. With Krypton’s
Da Vinci's Demons' Elliot Cowan and Blake Ritson also star in the series!
leadership in disarray, Seg-El
encounters Earthly time traveler Adam Strange (Shaun Sipos) who
warns he’s under the clock to save his beloved world from chaos.
Fighting to redeem his family’s honour and protect the ones he
The series was shot two years ago in Serbia!
loves,
Seg is also faced with a life and death conflict – save his home planet
or let it be destroyed in order to restore the fate of his future
grandson.
We're starting our sf Tuesday with the news coming from ABC where they've set September 29th for the premiere of their new Marvel series INHUMANS with two episodes the same evening after they finish
Trailer is possibly arriving this Thursday?
playing in IMAX cinemas from September 1st! I hear the trailer might come this week.
INHUMANS explores epic adventure of a royal family lead by Black
Bolt (Anson Mount) the enigmatic, commanding King of the Inhumans, with a
voice so powerful that the slightest whisper can destroy a city. After
the Royal Family of Inhumans is splintered by a military coup, they
barely escape to Hawaii where they are greeted with surprising
interactions with the lush world and humanity around them. Now they must
find a way to reunite with each other and return to their home before
their way of life is destroyed forever.
ASIMOV'S 'FOUNDATION'
TO BECOME DAVID S. GOYER PRODUCED SF TV SERIES
A trilogy that influenced whole sf world
Deadline revealed today that a television series is going to be made out of Isaac Asimov's sf classic FOUNDATION and it will be done by David S. Goyer who gave us Da Vinci's Demons. Skydance Television will produce the complex saga of humans scattered on planets throughout the galaxy, all living under the rule of the Galactic Empire. The protagonist is a psycho-historian who has an ability to read the future and foresees the empire’s imminent collapse. He sets out to save the knowledge of mankind from being wiped out. Most of the famous sf films have been heavily influenced by this trilogy.
'TREMORS' SF CLASSIC
TO RETURN WITH KEVIN BACON!
Another sf classic to return again, this time over at SyFy where they ordered a new pilot, is TREMORS, a cult sf flm from the 90's with Kevin Bacon who is returning to the story about the city infested with massive sand worms. As 'Deadline' reports, the killer Graboid worms
The 1990. movie became a cult sf classic!
that nearly destroyed Perfection, NV, 25 years ago are back, and the town’s only hope for survival is Valentine McKee (Bacon), who beat them once. But to do it again he’ll have to overcome age, alcohol and a delusional hero complex.
Not much to report today, people, but what we do have is truly magnificent - amazing first teaser for SyFy's upcoming new sf series KRYPTON about the early years of Superman's grandfather! The visuals really look stunning and expensive in the lavish trailer you can check out below. It comes from Stargate and Sleepy Hollow's Damian Kindler and David S. Goyer!
THE STORY OF KRYPTON
is set two generations before the destruction of the
legendary Man of Steel’s home planet following Superman’s grandfather
Seg-El, whose House of El was ostracised and shamed, as he fights to
redeem his family’s honour and save his beloved world from chaos.
SUPERMAN'S GRANDFATHER
The lead role has been given to Cameron Cuffe who plays Seg-El, destined to be the ancestor of Jor-El (future father of Superman) and
Kal-El (the future Superman), he is the scion of the once prosperous
El family and is blessed with an intuitive brilliance for all things
technical. He now is living in Krypton’s lowest caste after his family
was stripped of its rank. Ian McElhinney will play Val-El, grandfather of Seg-El, a rogue genius who believes that space exploration is
a basic form of self defence, and he has tried, without success, to
warn the Kryptonian elite about the arrival of an ancient threat. Elliot Cowan
is Daron Vex, the Chief Magistrate of Kandor whose real business is
defending Krypton’s established oligarchy against heretics and
dissidents. Ann Ogbomo will be Primus Alura Zod, Lyta Zod’s (female lead played by Georgina Campbell) mother and a leader of Krypton’s military guild, an extremely tough training officer. Rasmus Hardiker will play Kem, a brilliant engineer as well as Seg-El’s best friend and partner in an underground tech repair business. Wallis Day will play Nyssa Vex, a junior magistrate and the daughter of Daron Vex. Aaron Pierre is Dev-Em, a cadet under the command of Primus Alura Zod.
grown army to fight back against vastly superior enemy forces. On the front lines of the battle for Earth, they are our last hope.
