Twilight: Eclipse, The Last Airbender & Predators on The Cinefantastique Podcast 1:21

The Last Airbender (2010), The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)

It’s a double-dose of photodramatic discussion, disputation, and dissention on this week’s episode of the The Cinefantastique Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction Podcast, as Dan Persons, Steve Biodrowski, and Lawrence French take on romantic vampires, macho werewolves, and elemental airbenders. Does THE TWILIGHT SAGA: ECLIPSE deliver? Can the post-production 3-D conversion process add depth to M. Night Shyamalan’s live-action adaptation of the Nicolodean animated series? And what’s King Kong doing on the back lot of Universal Studios Hollywood? These and other questions are answered with lightning rounds of rapier wit and incisive analysis. Plus: an interview with Nimrod Antal about directing the upcoming PREDATORS.


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'Predators' – International Trailer

Here’s the International Trailer for PREDATORS.


WARNING: possibly Not Safe For Work
Contains expletives.

The Nimród Antal (KONTROLL) film stars Adrien Brody (KING KONG), Topher Grace (SPIDERMAN 3), Danny Trejo (GRINDHOUSE), Alice Braga (I AM LEGEND), and Laurence Fishburne (THE MATRIX).
PREDATORS opens July 9th, from 20th Century Fox.
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New Writers for He-Man


Still from the original He-Man cartoon
Still from the original He-Man cartoon

The new HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE film has been a long time coming but according to The Hollywood Reporter things are finally heating up. Columbia, the studio behind the movie, have hired PREDATORS scribes Mike Finch and Alex Litvak to write a screenplay for the upcoming reboot.

Apparently the two writers pitched a treatment which balanced their cinematic vision to Columbia whilst also keeping toy company Mattel satisfied that they wouldn’t disrespect their property. Not an easy task by any means but it must’ve been convincing enough as they have now managed to secure the gig.
HE-MAN, originally a kid’s cartoon about a superhuman prince and his friends defending Castle Grayskull from the evil Skeletor, has so far had a rocky road the screen. Originally the rights were in the hands of Warner Bros. but creative differences between the studio and Mattel caused them to part ways. Whilst at Warners HE-MAN went through several writers and at one point had John Stevenson, who co-directed KUNG FU PANDA, set to direct.
HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE is far too early in development for a projected release date but PREDATORS is set for release on the 9th of July.