Film forum off topic/random chat thread

Plus, it wouldn't be like the film was being made by any old chump; Nancy Meyers would surely be a big enough draw to work with at a lower scale.

Those soulless live action husks keep making Disney serious money; they'll keep remaking them while audiences are suckers enough to watch them, buy the merchandise crap.

I'd say we'll be a long time waiting for any Treasure Planet remake though!

I honestly never pay any attention to the IFTAs, but is there a reason An Caitlin Ciuin didn't figure in the nominations? Presumably the awards vote on films from 2022, and missing a pretty noteworthy, Oscar nominated film, seems ... curious. Unless I'm being completely blind here.

Rather telling that Tim Burton retreats to a fondly remembered film from back when anyone cared for his work. A few years degradation as a bland gun for hire might do that to someone who used to be a singular talent. Hmmm what's his last good film?

If they're starting a shoot then I wonder if the script's locked in, perhaps Burton himself will riff where and when he can?

Babylon 5 is returning... as an animated feature-length film; seemingly jumping on the bandwagon of multiverses, the plot will revolve around alternative timelines, with surviving members of the cast returning to voice their respective characters.

I do recall the CW were meant to be producing a reboot of the entire concept, so without Googling not sure if that's still a live project, how much involvement Straczynski had/has with it etc. Especially given in the interim since I first heard of it, the CW was sold off.

Low-key one of the great Sci-Fi shows, perhaps a little more lost to time than it deserves; a bit of a pioneer for FX too, extensively using CGI to often give its stories more scope and scale than many shows of the era (and arguably, since). Unfortunately, it was CGI that has since aged like milk - and is impossible to remaster.

Dunno how I missed the news, but Rick Dalton passed the other day...

... (Tarantimo revealed this odd little bit of random trivia in the below podcast).

There have been sequels to this already; two DTV follow ups; I can only speculate as to the "quality" they might have possessed. Speaks to Harlin's fall that this is where he finds himself. No loss to Hollywood but he had a profitable enough purple patch back in the day.