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Apr 8, 2014 - 11:13 AM
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TUESDAY, APRIL 8
BATTLESTAR GALACTICA---reboot movie underway at Universal Pictures with Jack Paglen (TRANSCENDENCE) writing the script. The reboot is a "complete reimagining of the story" and not directly connected to the original 1974 Glenn A. Larson tv series or Ronald D. Moore's 2004 reboot series.
STAR WARS: EPISODE VII---sources confirm Peter Mayhew is returning as Chewbacca for the sequel which is set 30 years after RETURN OF THE JEDI. Disney and Lucasfilm did not comment on the report.
THE SINISTER SIX---Drew Goddard (THE CABIN IN THE WOODS) is writing the script for the spin-off of THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN and is in negotiations to direct.
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY---Nathan Fillion hinted he's in the movie when asked by a fan if he wanted to be in it, "[Want] to get a part? Or maybe did. I'm just saying maybe. Maybe it'll be a surprise. Maybe check the credits of the movie when you watch it." Director James Gunn later tweeted, "There is a cat running around my office let out of his respective bag. I have a feeling @NathanFillion has been in here."
DAREDEVIL---Michael C. Hall (DEXTER) commented on rumors that he is Marvel's top candidate to star in the Netflix series, "I've heard them, but I think that's all they are - rumors. Don't misunderstand, I would definitely consider it ... but I can't tell you any inside information, because I think they're nothing but rumors...I'm committing to things that have a foreseeable end in sight when I start them, but I wouldn't rule out the possibility of [a new series] happening at some point. But I'd have to read the script!"
Another new Netflix series is MARCO POLO about Polo's adventures amidst a war in 13th century China. Lorenzo Richelmy and Rick Yune star.
THE KARATE KID 2---sequel underway at Sony pictures with Jaden Smith and Jackie Chan returning for the sequel to the remake of the original 1984 movie. Breck Eisner (THE CRAZIES) is the director.
GAME OF THRONES---the Season 4 premiere drew a record 6.6 million viewers beating out Season 3's finale of 5.4 million.
Z NATION---new Syfy zombie series set three years after a zombie apocalypse. A band of survivors transport the only human with plague antibodies to a safe haven where the antibodies will be harvested. The survivors are unaware their human cargo has a deadly secret. Karl Schaefer (EUREKA, THE DEAD ZONE) is the executive producer.
MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D.---Samuel L. Jackson confirmed he's appearing as Nick Fury in the season finale.
BATES MOTEL---A&E renewed the series for Season 3.
UNLOCKED---Noomi Rapace stars in this movie about a female CIA interrogator who is duped in a conspiracy involving a terrorist biological attack on London.
TABOO---Tom Hardy stars in this BBC One eight-hour miniseries in which rogue British adventurer James Keziah Delaney attempts to build a trade and shipping empire during the War of 1812 and seek revenge for his father's death. Ridley Scott is the producer.
BACKPACKERS---CW series underway based on the web series about two twentysomethings' misadventures while backpacking around the world.
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STAR WARS: EPISODE VII---sources confirm Peter Mayhew is returning as Chewbacca for the sequel which is set 30 years after RETURN OF THE JEDI. Disney and Lucasfilm did not comment on the report.
Looks more and more like Episode VII will ignore the established storylines of the Expanded Universe novels, because Chewbacca dies in the novel Vector Prime, which takes place about 20 years after Return of the Jedi.
Good! I read a few and they were for the most part, crap.
The Peter Mayhew rumour was about last week-last summer the man was in a wheelchair. I don't think it's likely he will be putting on the suit somehow.
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BATTLESTAR GALACTICA---The reboot is a "complete reimagining of the story" and not directly connected to the original 1974 Glenn A. Larson tv series or Ronald D. Moore's 2004 reboot series.
The original premiered in 1978. 
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