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Normally, presskits I receive for new movies are just a boring little book of boring production notes with a CD of stills that’s not good for much of anything. Exception: the box just that just arrived for WALK HARD. I shudder to think of the cost-per-piece of this one. Photos of what’s in the “Cox Box” await you after the jump.

I doubt if I’ll go see this movie, but it’s still a pretty interesting press kit…

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From the SciFi Wire.

Twentieth Century Fox has staked out a Christmas 2008 release date for its upcoming remake of the classic SF movie The Day the Earth Stood Still, Variety reported.

The movie, which will star Keanu Reeves, was originally slated for May 9, but the film hasn’t begun production yet, with potential strikes looming in Hollywood.

Fox also has three other summer movies in the works, the trade paper reported.

The movie will update Robert Wise’s 1951 original, about the visit of an alien who warns Earth to change its violent ways or face destruction.

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C.H.U.D. reported a rumor that a new movie version of Frank Herbert’s classic SF novel Dune may be in the works. The site cites Byron Merritt, who runs the official Dune novel forums and is a member of the Herbert family.

It’s already been done not once, but twice. I think I preferred the SciFi Channel’s version a little better. While David Lynch’s version was fun to watch, he managed to take an already weird story and make it too weird.

I’ve made the mistake of judging movies before knowing too much about them before, so I won’t take that risk now. But it will be interesting to see who’s involved.

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The only other complaint I have about the movie (besides the presence of Kevin Smith) was that at times it was pretty obvious some of the dialogue had been re-recorded. It’s a well known fact that the producers decided to try and appeal to younger audience. Part of that was ensuring a “PG-13″ rating. I am wondering if the re-recording was done to help this. Excessive language can result in an “R” rating, especially the excessive use of one word in particular. They might have cut these out in order to get the “PG-13″.

Anyway, I highly recommend it. I thought it was good way to close out the series, until I head Bruce talking about possibly doing more. I guess we’ll see what the future holds.

BTW – I’m not the only “pseudo-cool dude” that liked it. Check out Thomas McKenzie’s “one-minute review” of the move. Better yet, subscribe to his “HajjPod cast”. It’s one of my favorites.

Click here to view the embedded video.

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Unfortunately I’ll be leaving Pittsburgh right around noon. I’ve got about four layover in New York City, then I get back in Nashville around 9am. I’m not looking forward to this travel day.

But I know that I can probably go tomorrow and fork over my money. It’ll probably be less crowded. Or I might wait until Monday. It’ll really be slow then. I might even have the the theater all to myself.

Oh wait. You looked surprised when I said “theater”. did you think I was talking about the iPhone? Well no, I’m waiting for the version that’s not a phone myself. I am hoping that the next version of the iPod will be just like the iPhone, but without the phone part. We’ll see.

No, the point of the post is that today is opening day for “Live Free or Die Hard”. The Die Hard franchise is one of my favorite movie franchises and I real excited to see episode four. Hopefully I’ll be able to get to the theater next few days to see it.

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You should go see it, or else…..

…the cat gets it!

It was almost as fun watching and hearing the kids in the theater as it was watching the movie. One little girl around the age of two or three kept saying, “I’m so excited!” before the movie started.

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Eddie Murphy is attached to star in Columbia Pictures’ big-screen adaptation of TV’s Fantasy Island, playing multiple roles, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The movie would be based on the TV series that ran from 1978-’84 and starred Ricardo Montalban.

Described as a family-oriented comedy, the project will be written by Jay Scherick and David Ronn, who most recently teamed with Murphy on Norbit.

Whatever…..

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Well, I am saddened that three (almost in a row) stories from SciFi Wire are about new plans for remakes. I hate this….

• Goyer Updating Scanners

  Yes, the David Cronenberg classic with exploding heads and Michael Ironside method acting is about to be ruined.

• Get Smart’s First Look

  Yes, the beloved 60′s cult TV show is about to be ruined.

• Barbarella To Be Revived

  As much as I like the band Duran Duran, I never really liked this one. But many folks did. It was a cult classic just like the other two one this list. For all those people that liked it, it’s about to be ruined.

Please Hollywood! Get a new sense of creativity!

Bonus cool points go to anyone who can cite the reference I made in the post title. It’s one of the few good remakes out there.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal is in final talks to star opposite Christian Bale in Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight, the next installment in the revitalized Batman franchise, Variety reported. The news confirms rumors that Gyllenhaal (Stranger Than Fiction) was in line to replace Katie Holmes in the role of Rachel Dawes; Holmes dropped out of the project earlier in the year, the trade paper reported.

I guess maybe Katie decided doing another Batman movie would be against Hubbard or something. So they’ve found probably closest match looks wise, but they’ve also found a grat actress. Much better than Katie, who’s not a bad actress herself. We’ll see how it works out. But either way, Rachel Dawes isn’t going to make or break the movie anyway.

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Fox confirmed with us that this is true and the date is correct, meaning a The Day the Earth Stood Still remake is definitely underway for summer 2008!

What are these people thinking? It looks like yet another SciFi masterpiece is going to get turned inside, chewed up and swallowed and puked out on movies screens across the country. I just don’t get it. Leave the classics alone and think up something new. How hard is that.

In my job, I have to write documentation for the projects I work on. If I just took the same documentation from past projects, changed the name and somehow decreased the value of them, I would get fired. How is it that these Hollywood producers that do the same thing with these great old movies and TV shows keep their jobs????

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Zachary Quinto, who plays the villain Sylar on the hit show ‘Heroes’ wants to be the new Spock.

I think he’d be perfect for the role. He’s a great actor and looks the part too. For anyone who doesn’t watch “Heroes” (you should), he also played the computer geek character Adam from season three of 24. I suppose it’s possible too since Mr. Qinto’s co-star on Heroes (Greg Grunberg) has known JJ Abrams since around kindergarden. Mr Abrams is of course best known as one of the producers of both Lost and Alias and director of Mission Impossible III. He is also slated to produce the next Star Trek movie. Rumor has it that the movie with be a prequel to the Original Series from the sixties. It supposedly will depict a young Kirk and Spock. Like I said, I can see Mr. Quinto playing the role of Spock and he does have the connections. It should be interesting to see if this goes anywhere.

TV Preview: Pittsburgh native Quinto is face of ‘Heroes’ villain
Grunberg Co-Star Quinto Wants To Be New Spock

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Amidst the latest Star Trek rumour — that Ben Affleck might play Captain Kirk — producer J.J. Abrams discussed his other projects, including the soon-to-open third Mission: Impossible film and his smash TV hits Lost and Alias.

Let’s be very clear about this. If Ben Affleck is involved in any way, especially if he plays Kirk, I will not watch this movie…..

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Paramount Pictures really wants Patrick Stewart – Trek’s Captain Picard – to take his position on the bridge again for Star Trek XI, the actor told Yahoo News.

To be honest I am sick and tired of the TNG. Let’s just stop it now OK. What do I want to see in a Star Trek movie? I want something completely new. By new, I mean new sets, new cast, new ship, etc.

They took a generally good concept in Enterprise and ruined it with poor writing and no vision, until Manny Coto took over. He really started to lead that series in the right direction, but alas the damage had been done and Enterprise died a useless death.

Well, I see three possibilities for something new that might be worth seeing come to fruition. The first obviously is to give Manny a budget for a movie. He has shown a love for the mythos of the show and would do it justice. Another alternative is to give it to JMS, of Babylon 5 fame. There were rumors he had a treatment for a new Star Trek series going around a while. I would be willing to bet this treatment could work as a movie with few changes, plus he has the midas touch when it comes to science fiction. Everything he’s done has been golden. The third option, and I’m going out on a limb here, is to give Joss Wheadon a shot. Joss is mostly infamous for his Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly franchises. I would love to see something that happened in the Star Trek Universe, but had a “Firefly” feel to it. I could the characters in this not being Starfleet, which would be kind of cool. The Star Trek universe is not all military after all. It might be nice to follow the lives of some civies for a change.

I know all three of these are probably pipe dreams. Last I checked JMS said none of the rumors were true. Joss is pretty busy with Wonder Woman and his own stuff. But it’s nice to dream.

What do you think they should do with the franchise? I’d like to hear what both of you have to say.

How odd is it that “fear the Reaper” started playing on iTunes just as I opened the edit page to post this? HM, maybe I’m being prophetic. Then again maybe it’s just the “shuffle” function is broken.

[IGN: Paramount Wants More Picard]

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All of our scripts are in HTML format so you can read them right in your web browser. You won’t need any additional software to enjoy our great selection of free movie scripts.

It can get a little tedious trying to read them online after a while, but you can always cut and paste. They do seem to have a growing collection of scripts, so either subscribe tot eh feed or check back often.

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• Serenity – I saw my first episode of Firefly this year and loved it, so I was really hyped to see the movie too. While I didn’t think it was nearly as good as it could have been, I still really enjoyed it. Suzette liked it too, even though it’s Sci-Fi.
• A History of Violence – While there are some serious moral issues in this film, it puts them into perspective. Viggo Mortensen gave the performance of his career, which means a lot coming from me. It was entertaining and kept me wondering what was going to happen next.
• Batman Begins – An excellent return to what had become a loss of a franchise. I would have never expected such a great performance from Christian Bale, but he delivered. This film also returned the “dark” part tot he dark knight. Wonderful.
• The Chronicles of Narnia – This was one of the few movies Suzette and I both loved. That girl was awesome.
• Walk the Line – I just can’t praise Joaquin Phoenix for this film. He was awesome. The music, which was sung by the actors was great too. If I were doing an album list the soundtrack would be on it.

TV has taken a stronger hold on me this year there were some great shows that I loved to watch. Some of them have been around, but most of them are new.

• Doctor Who – I am so happy The Doctor is running around the universe in his TARDIS again. To be honest, I really didn’t think Christopher Eccelston was really all that suited for the role. I think in trying to make it his own, he took a lot away from it. I am glad to see David Tennant take over. I just saw the Christmas Invasion and he really brought a lot to the role that made it seem like the Doctor again. I look forward to seeing more.
• Lost – I didn’t watch this show until this year. I just didn’t know what I was missing. For the record though I don’t think it’s a big group therapy session.
• Battlestar Galactica – This show just keeps getting better and better. I can’t wait until this Friday for the new episode.
• Reunion – This little known show really captured my attention. The premise was simple. Six friends graduated from high school in 1986. The night of their 20 year reunion, one of them is murdered. the show goes a year an episode show bits from the past and present unraveling the mystery of who first was murdered, then who killed him/her. Unfortunately, those network exec bastards have canceled it before there was a resolution.
• My Name is Earl – funny funny funny

Some moments really touched my heart. These are not necessarily things I enjoys seeing happen. They are just events that affected me in a way that will make them always a part of me.

• The death of Pope John Paul the Great – I miss him.
• The election of Papa Ben – They said he would be a tough mean conservative. His pastoral approach to papacy has really proved this wrong. The Holy Spirit made the right choice (as if he couldn’t).
• Suzette and I moved to Nashville – We came here so I could take a job oat a TV station up here. But everything else was better up here too.
• I quit the prescription drugs – I was on medication for ADD. I quit taking all of them and haven’t felt this good in years.
• I switched to Apple – I think it was back in March that I bought my Mac Mini. I don’t miss Windows at all, except maybe when I want to play Brothers in Arms.

Well, enough with the lists already. That’s all I got for now. Maybe I’ll have more on Monday. Besides, Suzette’ll kill me if I spend too much time sitting in front of this computer on this night.
For now, everyone have a happy and safe New Years Day. Don’t forget you black eyed peas.