09-15-2010, 01:56 AM
Yes, Skyline does look interesting, although there is some controversy about that film.
It seems that the two film makers behind Skyline were also working on Sony's new Alien Invasion film, Battle Los Angeles, and now Sony (Columbia) is accusing them of stealing ideas, etc. Sony is particularly upset because Skyline will open several months before Battle Los Angeles.
Of course, in Hollywood any publicity is good publicity and no doubt both parties will reach a mutually beneficial agreement soon enough.
Also on the horizon is Battleship (based on the Hasbro game but with Aliens) however, of more interest, and looking like it may be a District 9 style sleeper hit is Monsters. Set in Mexico after a NASA probe crash lands with alien life forms on it, our "heros" must make their way through the Infected Zone. The aliens are somewhat reminiscent of the monsters in the film The Mist, but the tone of Monsters is much more interesting.
No doubt there are still more Alien Invasion films in the works. Roger Corman must have something cooking ...
If only H.G. Wells got a royalty every time Hollywood used his template. His War of the Worlds has never been out of print -- pretty good for a Sci-Fi novel written in 1897.
:wink:
Narukami
It seems that the two film makers behind Skyline were also working on Sony's new Alien Invasion film, Battle Los Angeles, and now Sony (Columbia) is accusing them of stealing ideas, etc. Sony is particularly upset because Skyline will open several months before Battle Los Angeles.
Of course, in Hollywood any publicity is good publicity and no doubt both parties will reach a mutually beneficial agreement soon enough.
Also on the horizon is Battleship (based on the Hasbro game but with Aliens) however, of more interest, and looking like it may be a District 9 style sleeper hit is Monsters. Set in Mexico after a NASA probe crash lands with alien life forms on it, our "heros" must make their way through the Infected Zone. The aliens are somewhat reminiscent of the monsters in the film The Mist, but the tone of Monsters is much more interesting.
No doubt there are still more Alien Invasion films in the works. Roger Corman must have something cooking ...
If only H.G. Wells got a royalty every time Hollywood used his template. His War of the Worlds has never been out of print -- pretty good for a Sci-Fi novel written in 1897.
:wink:
Narukami
David Reinke
Burbank CA
Burbank CA
