The trailer and the poster for Lord Of The
Rings: The Two Towers are online. Ain’t
It Cool News has started collecting a list of
locations where you can find the trailer, while the
poster can be found at this
part of TheOneRing.net.

New trailers for Daredevil and
Solaris went online yesterday. The
Daredevil trailer shows you something of the
movie. The Solaris trailer just flashes
names of people involved (like George Clooney and
James Cameron), but neglects to mention that it’s
based on a novel by Stanislaw Lem. (Since Cameron’s
adapting it, that’s probably a good thing; I don’t
expect an accurate adaptation from him.) You can view
both at Apple’s site.

We finally have something more firm than “coming in
November” for the special extended DVD edition of
Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship of the Ring.
If you look in the Amazon.com coming soon area, you’ll
find both four DVD editions out there and scheduled
for release November 12. The cover art is there, as
well as prices ($40 and $80, on sale for $30 and $60.)

Greg Baer’s novel The Forge Of God is being
adapted to film by Warner Bros. Sci-Fi Wire
has the details.

Walt Disney Pictures, who seems to have ditched the fairy tale motif permenantly (or has run out of material), is working on finishing their 2nd Sci-Fi themed animated feature for 2002, Treasure Planet. The first, Lilo & Stich opens June 21st.

Based on the Robert Louis Stevenson classic Treasure Island, Disney’s Planet sets the stage with the same basic characters (Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver, etc.), with a Sci-Fi twist. As an example, the ships, while old-styled, cruise through space and the villianous Silver is a cyborg (silver, cyborg, get it?).

The teaser looks impressive, using Disney’s mastery of blending classic hand-drawn characters with 3D backgrounds and objects.

With that in mind, what classic novels/stories would you like to see updated with a Sci-Fi twist? My vote: Herman Melville’s classic, Moby Dick. Just let your mind wander the possibilites.

According to this
Cinescape article, the extras for the four-DVD
Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
release scheduled for November have been decided and
announced. The article also says that it’s been
determined that the release will include the 208
minute cut of the film. (There’s a cut of the film
that’s about half an hour longer than that which was
also a possibility.) When a firm release date is
available, I’ll let you know.

The Saturn awards have been given out. Cinescape has the
details of the nominees
and winners.

…when a studio options "The Wonder Twins" for a movie.

Wasn’t one of "Justice League’s" biggest selling points the fact that these incestuous freaks weren’t going to be on???

As many of you know, I’ve been apprehensive about
the Daredevil movie because so many of the
cast and crew are unproven in this sort of film.
Well, Moriarty (from Ain’t It Cool News)
has visited the set. He was as apprehensive as I
was, and for better reasons. Now he’s excited. Read
his full report here.
(It contains descriptions of a couple of stunts, but
doesn’t describe how they fit into the story, so the
spoilers are minimal.)