New 'Battlestar Galactica' movie will completely reimagine the sci-fi tale

From The Verge

Universal is preparing to start work on a Battlestar Galactica movie. Variety says the studio is planning to completely reimagine the sci-fi story — in which space-bound humans fend off the attacks of nefarious cybernetic Cylons as they try to find a new home — just five years after the four-season Syfy TV show set in the same universe drew to a close. The planned film would mark the second time Battlestar Galactica has been rebooted after the original show aired in 1978.

Jack Paglen, the writer of the upcoming Transcendence, has agreed to write the reboot's screenplay. Paglen is hot property for studios wanting to create sci-fi at the moment: he's also slated to write Ridley Scott's Prometheus sequel. Glen Larson, who worked on the 1970s TV series, will produce the film, but there's no confirmation yet on who'll take on the role of director. Bryan Singer was originally attached to a Battlestar Galactica movie project in 2011, but the production was put on hold in 2013 after the director committed to working on new X-Men movies. Having agreed to direct 2016's X-Men: Apocalypse, Singer is unlikely to have time to work on developing a new Battlestar.

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New 'Fantastic Four' are Teller, Mara, Jordan and Bell

From Rope of Silicon

Fox is ready to reboot Marvel's Fantastic Four and have revealed the cast, which includes Miles Teller playing Reid Richards (aka Mr. Fantastic), Kate Mara playing Sue Storm (aka The Invisible Woman), Michael B. Jordan playing Johnny Storm (aka The Human Torch) and Jamie Bell lining up to play Ben Grimm (aka The Thing) for director Josh Trank (Chronicle).

Jordan and Teller were said to be attached for a long time while as was Mara. Bell is the newest name attached to the cast and according to Variety, no formal offer has yet been made to Bell.

The film, with a script from Simon Kinberg, said to be based on the comic "The Ultimate Fantastic Four," which will focus on the characters as young men and women, is already slated for a June 19, 2015 release.

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