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Fox Orders More Sarah Connor

brian — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:32:40 +0000

One of the most promising new shows of the strike-shortened 2008 TV season will return as The Hollywood Reporter confirms Fox has ordered 13 more episodes of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

The offshoot from the well-known Terminator film franchise debuted in January and was the highest-rated new scripted show among adults 18-49, drawing an average of 10 million viewers. Fox is also believed to be high on the show because of the promotional opportunities it presents the fourth Terminator film. That movie will star Christian Bale as John Connor and is set in the future controlled by the machines.

The season finale, which ended in a cliffhanger that saw Summer Glau’s Cameron character (a nod to visionary director James Cameron) blasted with a car bomb, brought in good numbers. I’m excited about this as I thought this show was really well done. I can’t wait to see what they can come up with now that they’re going to be around for a while.

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Avatar Star Joins Terminator

Cynthia — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:56:25 +0000

Variety is reporting that Aussie star Sam Worthington has been signed to co-star with Christian Bale in Terminator Salvation. He will play Marcus, a “central figure in a three-picture arc that begins after Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust.”

At the moment, Worthington is starring in Avatar which is being directed by former Terminator director, James Cameron. Rumor has it that Cameron suggested the actor to T4 director McG during a recent phone conversation.

Cameron’s lack of involvement in the Terminator franchise has been the subject of much discussion but it’s just one more piece of the Terminator rights puzzle that goes like this:

“T3″ was owned by Mario Kassar and Andy Vajna, who years ago bought the rights at a Carolco bankruptcy auction out from under Cameron, prompting the director to remove himself from involvement. And the “T3″ rights package included a multimillion-dollar rights buyout and exec producer credit for Gale Anne Hurd, Cameron’s former partner and ex-wife. He famously signed over his “Terminator” rights for $1 to her before they made the first film, in exchange for a guarantee he wouldn’t be replaced as director. It was a deal that left him on the outside looking in as everyone else cashed in on “T3.”

Terminator rights for $1. That makes the sale of Manhattan look like a bad deal.

Source: Variety

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Looking Back at 2007: Part One

Cynthia — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 21:55:41 +0000

Another year is at an end, so I thought I’d take a look back at some of the Sci Fi stories that made the news this past year. We lost a couple of the greatest Science Fiction authors, several classic Sci Fi shows and movies were remade and JJ Abrams was the man of the year with both Star Trek and Cloverfield rating high on the buzz meter.

Let’s start at the very beginning. . .

JANUARY

Pan’s Labyrinth earns six Oscar nominations making it the most nominated Scifi/Fantasy film

James Cameron set to direct Avatar

Lily Munster, Yvonne De Carlo, passes away

Smallville “Justice” pre-screened online

New Line in regard to the litigious Peter Jackson’s involvement with The Hobbit, “It will never happen during my watch.” (Wanna bet?)

Click to see the events of February and March.

FEBRUARY

Fox confirms remake of the classic The Day the Earth Stood Still

J.J. Abrams will direct Star Trek XI

Kevin Smith helms CW’s Reaper

Whedon quits Wonder Woman

Fans lobby to save Carson Beckett

MARCH

US Postal Service unveils Star Wars stamps

300 conquers the box office

George Lucas talks Clone Wars the animated series

Third Stargate series “Universe” said to be in the works

Come back tomorrow for Part Two of our look back at 2007

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