Earlier this month at a Los Angeles bankruptcy hearing Derek Anderson and Victor Kubicek’s Halcyon Holding Group, the producers behind Terminator Salvation, were granted a breather to continue operating and, in turn, to continue with the opportunity to develop Terminator 5.
On the verge of closing down at the beginning of September 2009, the ruling granted them access to much needed cash in the form of some $2.1M in tax rebates and gave them the right to seek additional cash collateral to finance continued operations.
The LA Times are now reporting that Halcyon have engaged financial advisory firm FTI Capital Advisors to handle their financial strategy going forward.
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Mickey Rourke in 'Iron Man 2'
Entertainment Tonight have released their third behind-the-scenes on Iron Man 2 special. This one focuses on Mickey Rourke.
Watch it after the jump.
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The first details on the story premise for director Nimrod Antal’s Predators have been revealed thanks to Latino Review who managed to score a peek at the draft screenplay dated July 12, 2009.
They’ve compiled a pretty cool video to present a summary of what they read and their thoughts, which you can watch here. Alternatively, I’ve extracted a summary of their report which you can read after the jump.
Whether you read or watch the video, I suggest a big spoiler warning is necessary as the summary gives away a fair chunk of the story.
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Watch almost four minutes of footage from ABC’s upcoming reboot of the 1980’s sci-fi alien invasion series V.
Two separate clips after the jump.
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Terrafarmer is a short animated film from creator/director Will Adams that tells the story of a lone astronaut and his only companion, a malfunctioning robot, as he attempts to terraform a hostile planet. But the more the robot tries to help him, the worse things get…
Terrafarmer screened at Fantastic Fest and comes from animation and VFX studio Once Were Farmers. Unfortunately there’s not a lot to the trailer and despite being kind of weird, it also compels me to want to see the short, especially with its humorous tagline: “In space no one can hear you farm.”
Since the trailer is for a short film that runs around 2 minutes, the trailer is obviously even shorter – more like a teaser than a trailer. Check it out after the jump.
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Two more brilliant TV Spots have been released for director Spike Jonze’s feature film adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s best selling book Where the Wild Things Are.
Where the Wild Things Are follows 11 year old Max Records as he creates his own fantasy world – a forest inhabited by wild creatures that crown him as their ruler.
Watch both TV Spots after the jump.
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Warehouse 13 and Eureka Syfy's two most popular shows
The first season of Warehouse 13 has run its course and the third season of Eureka has also wrapped up, completing the latest run on what have become the two most popular series on Syfy.
It seems Syfy’s odd approach of restricting their promotion of both series paid off. Whilst most networks allow promotional trailers of their shows to appear on video networks including YouTube, trailers for Warehouse 13 and Eureka were not made available by any source other than Syfy’s own video site, with each promo being immediately removed once broadcast. Syfy’s decision made it difficult for bloggers to promote the shows, but clearly that didn’t impact ratings.
Eureka’s third season was its most popular yet, averaging 3.2 million viewers every week. Nine episodes of its latest season now sit in the list of the ten most watched episodes of Eureka ever.
Warehouse 13 stole some of Eureka’s glory by becoming the most popular series ever to air on Syfy in its 17 year history. It’s first season averaged 4 million viewers an episode whilst it’s season finale was the #1 cable program in its 9PM (ET/PT) timeslot.
Both show’s will return next year with all new episodes.
Check out the official synopsis, promo trailer, and a dozen images from the next episode of Heroes, S04E04 ‘Acceptance’. Don’t miss it because Babylon 5’s Bruce Boxleitner guest stars!
All the goodies after the jump.
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Looks like the DVD release for the first season of Stargate Universe will occur in two separate volumes.
“Stargate Universe has been tons of fun so far in the first half,” DVD Special Features Producer Ivon Bartok told Gateworld. “And this year what we’re doing is a little bit different. As far as I know, we’re going to be doing volume one and two DVDs.”
It seems the plan is to release the first ten episodes as Volume One, together with a sizeable amount of special features, and then release the back ten episodes as Volume Two, presumably after the episodes air on SyFy in 2010.
No further details are available at this time.
Stargate Universe premieres October 2, 2009 on Syfy.
Here’s a short film well worth a watch. It’s titled The Black Hole and was one of the films entered in the Cannes Short Film Corner earlier this year by UK based filmmakers Philip Sansom & Olly Williams, collectively known as Diamond Dugs.
In the film, a sleep deprived office worker somehow photocopies a Black Hole late one night, and begins to use his discovery in creative ways that could spell trouble.
Watch the film after the jump.
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