Prequels

Could it be? One of the men responsible for the ever so flaccid ending of "Lost" is about to ply his trade by working on rewrites for Ridley Scott's 3D Alien prequel? Steady yourselves, fans. Steady ...

Hey! There is just not enough news happening right now, so let us take a moment to check out the second teaser trailer for the foreign slasher flick, Cold Prey III! Good thing we still got gas in the old tank. Dig it!

Tom Felton, who is best known as Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter franchise, has signed on to the latest chapter in the Planet of the Apes series, Rise of the Apes, playing Brian Cox's son.

The Cold Prey franchise fascinates us, but not because it's a grand slasher film with amazing kills. In fact, it's just the opposite. While we can't speak for the second film, as we haven't seen it, there's not a single moment from the first that we can even recall. Yet, people have gone crazy for the movie. So be it! Maybe the third time will be the charm.

Every good movie needs a deliciously evil bad guy, and few actors on the planet can be as villainous as Brian Cox, who's just signed on to the latest chapter in the Planet of the Apes franchise, Rise of the Apes.

We've been keeping our eyes and ears open for news about when we might be able to see Stevan Mena's Bereavement, the prequel to his 2004 flick Malevolence, and today we learned that it will be having its world premiere on Friday, July 16th, at the Long Island International Film Expo.

How do you get over hump day? On the back of the official synopsis for next year's prequel to the John Carpenter classic The Thing, that's how!

A bit more casting news coming in for the next chapter in the legendary Apes franchise, Planet of the Apes: Rise of the Apes. A man has joined the cast who's no stranger to monkeying around on a grand scale!

Three more fairly big names have been linked to Rupert Wyatt's next entry into the Planet of the Apes franchise titled Planet of the Apes: Rise of the Apes, and hopefully they'll help the already announced participants erase the bad taste left in our mouths from Tim Burton's fiasco.

The debate about 3D filmmaking is a truly heated one. Do 2D to 3D conversions hurt the experience? Even if a film is shot in 3D, is the experience worth the extra four bucks at the box office? With Ridley Scott helming two prequels to the horror classic Alien, both of which are to be shot in 3D, the visionary director decided to chime in on the subject.

Casting news and plot details have been trickling in for Universal's The Thing prequel, and now we finally have learned when we'll be able to see it in theatres.

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Though most fans recall him from his role on the recently finished "Lost", Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje will always be Adebisi from HBO's "Oz" to us. Though now he's looking to create more memories for genre fans as he is the latest name attached to Universal's prequel to the John Carpenter classic The Thing.

We all know how the cinema war ends between man and intelligent ape (with us lobotomized and stuffed), but we're hoping how it begins will be an action packed carnage fest that's equally as gruesome. We can dream, can't we?

Looking to permanently wash away the memories of Tim Burton's tepid and oh so silly Planet of the Apes remake? (Really, why did Helena Bonham Carter's ape have perfectly shaped eyebrows?) Fox is moving full steam ahead with its prequel, hiring an effects company, giving the flick a new title, and even setting a proposed release date.