Box Office: Bruno Edges Out CG Critters, Robots

Interesting happenings at the box office over the weekend, as although Sacha Baron Cohen’s “Bruno” took the top spot as expected, it doesn’t appear as if the movie, which scored $30.4 million (according to studio estimates) will have legs. Although the mockumentary, about a gay...

July 12th, 2009 | Read More

Box Office: CG Robots vs. CG Critters = $42.5 Million Tie

Well this is a first: according to studio estimates (and I can’t stress that enough, studio estimates, which means they could and will probably change when actual numbers come in on Monday), the battle of the CG movies ended in a tie over the weekend. “Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs”,...

July 5th, 2009 | Read More

Box Office: No Disguising it – Robots are Big Time

Charges of racist robots notwithstanding, Michael Bay blew up the box office in his usual manner — outrageously and excessively. Over a five-day span, Bay’s “Transformers” sequel took in a whopping $201.2 million according to studio estimates, just two million short of the $203.8...

June 28th, 2009 | Read More

The Sci-Fi Week That Was: 6/13/09 – 6/19/09

To start off with, a couple of casting news: Former ER doc Noah Wylie is in the running for the lead in a new TNT TV show about the aftermath of an alien invasion, to be produced by that Spielberg guy; and over at Mars happenings, former “Spider-Man 3″ villain Thomas Haden Church let slip...

June 19th, 2009 | Read More

The Sci-Fi Week That Was: 06/06/09 – 06/12/09

Michael Bay’s “Transformers: ROTF” recently held its Japan premiere. Some pics from that event. That Megan Fox girl is purty. And for IMAX lovers, lucky you, because the “ROTF” IMAX will be longer, harder, and more metal. Anxious yet? No? Try these amusing audition clips,...

June 12th, 2009 | Read More

MTV Movie Awards Clips: G.I. Joe, Twilight, Harry Potter, and Transformers 2

MTV is throwing a big shindig over at MTVland today, and you can catch it live on MTV, of course. Along with giving irrelevant popcorn awards buckets to people who’ll probably just use them as paper weights, the channel will be debuting a slew of exclusive clips and trailers, including the first-ever...

May 31st, 2009 | Read More

Latest Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen Trailer

The Fallen, the centerpiece villain of the “Transformers” sequel, is a giant friggin’ robot (I guess that goes without saying, right?) that’s been laying at the bottom of the ocean. (Note: Or not, as I’ve been geekily informed in the comments section.) He’s awakened...

May 1st, 2009 | Read More

Superbowl XLIII Movie Trailers

They say the commercials are the best thing about the Superbowl (if, you know, you’re not into sports, as in, at all, I mean), and if you happen to dig movies, then it’s all about the movie trailers. Remember when “The Matrix” destroyed our senses with that bullet-time commercial...

February 1st, 2009 | Read More

McBay vs. McG: Who ya Got???

It’s always funny when two big-time Hollywood names start going at it in public like little kids at recess. Remember how much joy we got out of that brief (but oh so awesome) feud between Spike Lee and Clint Eastwood? Well they ain’t got nothing on this latest war of words. Whereas Lee and...

January 13th, 2009 | Read More

The Sci-Fi Week That Was: 5/31/08 – 6/06/08

“Transformers 2″. Last week was full of “Transformers 2″ movie news. I don’t know if that’s the result of Michael Bay’s “Operation Confusion” moving full steam ahead, but it seems unlikely. More remakes of sci-fi classics and not-so-much classics,...

June 6th, 2008 | Read More

The Sci-Fi Week That Was: 5/17/08 – 5/23/08

A couple of casting news in the world of sci-fi this previous week, including a couple of big ones and a couple of TV (smaller) ones that only people interested in those shows will care about. And of course, another Hollywood remake makes a big announcement, and this time it’s no flash in the pan....

May 23rd, 2008 | Read More

The Sci-Fi Week That Was: 5/3/08 – 5/9/08

In this week’s The Sci-Fi Week That Was, we check up on Jonah Hill’s supposedly negotiations to join “Transformers 2″, do a preview of a groovy little Mexican sci-fi film called “Sleep Dealer”, and update you on a couple of sci-fi TV projects currently going on at...

May 9th, 2008 | Read More

The Sci Fi Week That Was: 4/27/08 – 5/02/08

This week in sci-fi news brings you the following topics of interests: American soldiers battle in an alien gladiatorial arena, new images from the A&E remake of “The Andromeda Strain”, more aliens means more post-apocalyptic fun, a sci-fi game becomes a movie, and it’s not by...

May 3rd, 2008 | Read More

Michael Bay is Not so Awesome Anymore?

Like the guys over at Film School Rejects, I’ve always been a fan of Michael Bay, despite all the bitching people usually do about his style over substance, etc etc. The way I see it, you either like the man’s movies, or you don’t go see them. What’s there to complain about? In...

April 22nd, 2008 | Read More

The Sci-Fi Week That Was: 4/4/08 – 4/10/08

In case you missed it, here are the science fiction-related news from the week of 4/5/08 to 4/10/08 from our sister site SciFiCool.com (visit for the latest in science fiction movie and TV news). This week’s highlights: “V: The Second Generation” the movie franchise? Vincenzo Natali’s...

April 10th, 2008 | Read More

Transformers 2 Writers Want the Moola

In his non-fiction books about Hollywood (”Adventures in the Screen Trade”, “Further Adventures in the Screen Trade”), prolific screenwriter William Goldman has always lamented the plight of the screenwriter in Hollywood — specifically, that screenwriters are worth less...

October 4th, 2007 | Read More

Transformers 2 Scheduled for Summer 2009

The latest word on the inevitable Transformers sequel (and yes, I’m dying to see a sequel to this one, because I just love giant f*cking robots kicking the living tar out of each other, so sue me) is that it’s being scheduled for Summer 2009. The word comes from Paramount Pictures themselves....

September 25th, 2007 | Read More

Transformers 2 is on Hold Until the Strike Ends

That stupid writers strike. It looks like another victim will be “Transformers 2″, or at least according to everything I’ve read. Hollywood studios are rushing everything they can into production before the strike hits next year (if negotiations are still unresolved, that is), but it...

September 18th, 2007 | Read More

Daybreakers 2, Total Recall Remake, Wolverine, Transformers 2, Lust Caution

Total Recall Remake: So, uh, the Weinstein boys want to remake the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie “Total Recall”. Not an altogether bad idea, I think, considering I really liked the original, but it did have some problems, mostly associated with lame sets. The robot taxi, the Mars locations...

September 10th, 2007 | Read More

Michael Bay Says No to Transformers 2? Don’t Believe it.

One has to think that Michael Bay, as talented and whup-ass as he is when it comes to making movies about Giant F*cking Robots, just don’t “get” the Internet. Such as the notion that when you post something on your official site, people will take it as gospel, since, well, why shouldn’t...

August 21st, 2007 | Read More