New 'Battlestar Galactica' Movie To Be Scripted By 'Transcendence' Writer
A new Battlestar Galactica movie is once again in development at Universal, and Transcendence writer Jack Paglen is scripting.
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'Transcendence' Scribe In Line To Script 'Prometheus 2'
Briefly: Do you want to see Prometheus 2? Personally, that's a difficult question to answer. The ending of last year's Ridley Scott film (warning: spoilers ahead) didn't leave me hungry for more, but there's still a framework there in which a good story could be told. Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender would likely feature in…
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The 2012 Black List: The Year's Hottest Unproduced Screenplays
Just as we're enjoying the last of 2012's cinematic offerings, the latest edition of the Black List has hit the web. The annual survey highlights the hottest unproduced screenplays of the year, as based on the votes of hundreds of executives. The term "unproduced" is used rather vaguely here. Some of these scripts (like Ivan…
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'The Dark Knight' Cinematographer Wally Pfister's Directorial Debut Is 'Transcendence,' Johnny Depp In Talks To Star [Updated]
For a few months we've known that Wally Pfister, the cinematographer who has shot all of Christopher Nolan's major work from Memento on, would be making his directorial debut with a top-secret film. We've known that Nolan and Emma Thomas are producing, and Pfister said not long ago that "it’s a present-day science fiction film,…
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Christopher Nolan's Cinematographer Wally Pfister To Direct First Feature
Briefly: Wally Pfister, the cinematographer who has worked with Christopher Nolan on all his films since Memento (winning an Oscar for Inception and ASC Awards for Inception, The Dark Knight and Batman Begins), is about to direct his first feature. Pfister is being backed by Alcon Entertainment on a film that new screenwriter Jack Paglen…
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