One of the upcoming movie adaptations which is losing the interest of the audience ever since the casting begun is definitely
AKIRA, the sf movie version of popular manga. After losing
some of the big names like
Justin Timberlake, Brad Pitt, Zac Efron, Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender, Chris Pine and
Keanu Reeves and hiring
Garrett Hedlund in the lead role, the producers have now lost
Gary Oldman (who will probably accept the role of Merlin in ARTHUR & LANCELOT) in the role of the Colonel, which is now being offered to
Ken Watanabe. Seems like a doomed project.
The story centers on Kaneda (
Garrett Hedlund), the leader of a futuristic biker gang who tries to rescue his friend Tetsuo from some military experiments. The role of Tetsuo has also been refused by a lot of actors from
James McAvoy to Robert Pattinson and now the producers are apparently choosing among some rather unknown young actors from
Paul Dano, Alden Ehrenreich, Michael Pitt and
Rami Malek (THE PACIFIC). To make things worse, one of the female roles has apparently being offered to Kristen Stewart and Keira Knightley and I don't know which one is worse.
HOLLYWOOD SPY SF NEWS
Another super mysterious sf project, which is keeping it's plot a secret, is
Ridley Scott's sci fi epic
PROMETHEUS and "MovieWeb" has posted today the first pictures from the film which
will appear in next week's "Entertainment Weekly". As you can see these are the first images of the space ship crew and of the intriguing giant human head in the middle of the space. As you know the film has quite an interesting cast including
Michael Fassbender (who plays an android in the movie),
Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Guy Pearce and
Idris Elba and they all star in the story which is connected to
Ridley Scott's famous sf classic ALIEN and it is apparently some kind of its prequel. Titled
PROMETHEUS, apparently after the name of the spacecraft used by the space crew, the long awaited sf spectacle should hit cinemas next summer in June in the middle of the blockbuster season.
A spectacular new photo from
Walt Disney Pictures upcoming sf epic
JOHN CARTER has been released today by "Entertainment Weekly" showing the lead star
Taylor Kitsch with some ginormous mega scary Martian ape monster. Pretty powerful, I must admit. One of the most anticipated films in recent few years,
JOHN CARTER is still extremely mysterious and with only four months before the premiere of the project, which according to rumors cost almost $300 million, we have seen almost no pics,
no special posters, just one, extremely non-revealing trailer, and no marketing, no buzz, no hype. No one knows what is happening, maybe they are preparing some huge campaign in last few months before the premiere? However, the film deserves all the possible hype since not only that it is directed by amazing directorial genius
Andrew Stanton, who brought us classics such as WALL-E, FINDING NEMO, A BUG'S LIFE, but it also features the most amazing cast including
Polly Walker, Lynn Collins, Mark Strong, Willem Dafoe, James Purefoy, Ciarán Hinds, Bryan Cranston,
Dominic West, Thomas Haden Church, Samantha Morton...
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will appear in next week's "Entertainment Weekly". As you can see these are the first images of the space ship crew and of the intriguing giant human head in the middle of the space. As you know the film has quite an interesting cast including Michael 
Fassbender (who plays an android in the movie), Charlize Theron, Patrick Wilson, Guy Pearce and Idris Elba and they all star in the story which is connected to Ridley Scott's famous sf classic ALIEN and it is apparently some kind of its prequel. Titled 
