Is Jeepers Creepers 3 On The Way?

Ryan Turek over at Shock Til You Drop has hinted that a third Jeepers Creepers movie is in the works (and may even have started filming).

Says Ryan: "While prowling the halls of the American Film Market, I picked up some rumblings regarding Jeepers Creepers 3.
 

Two excellent sources told me that there is renewed movement on the long-mooted sequel.  Major movement, in fact, as I was told one day of shooting is already in the can. 

[I have] reached out to director Victor Salva – who helmed the first two entries released in 2001 and 2003 – and while he offered some off-the-record information, he did

This is interesting news - while it seems unlikely (not to mention a bit daft from a business point of view) that a film in a popular franchise could have been greenlit, cast and had filming already begin without anybody noticing,  it now seems likely that at least something is happening with the long-rumoured film.

Hopefully it can manage to recreate the genuine suspense and sense of encroaching dread of the first film, and not the over-the-top silliness of the second.

Melissa Rosenberg To Write Jessica Jones

Following on from the news that Drew Goddard is to script the upcoming Daredevil series, news is now coming in that Melissa Rosenberg is to script the Jessica Jones series.

Jones, who was attached briefly to a previously-aborted television adaptation of the character, is probably most famous for some less-than-sterling work on the godawful Twilight movies, the bane of boyfriends everywhere, but she has also worked as a writer and producer on Dexter and The OC.

Jessica Jones and Daredevil are to be joined on Netflix by Luke Cage and Iron Fist - four series that will build to a crossover miniseries, The Defenders. Each is designed to take viewers "deep into the gritty world of heroes and villains of Hell's Kitchen".

Netflix has committed to a minimum of four, thirteen episodes series and the culminating mini-series event that "reimagines a dream team of self-sacrificing, heroic characters."

An Adventure In Space And Time Receives Standing Ovation

Doctor Who biopic An Adventure In Space And Time was shown at a BFI event on Tuesday night... and received a standing ovation from the crowd of journos in attendance.

Following on from this rapturous reception, the creator of the film, Mark Gatiss, spoke to the crowd.

"The strange thing is, because I'm a Jon Pertwee child, this was before my time," Gatiss said. "But I grew up with the story - almost like a bedtime story - of how the show came together. These very unlikely people coming together… nobody liking the Daleks… all these little stories that were like holy writ.

"I always thought it would just be a fantastic story to tell and it's just come together at the right time."

Gatiss went on to talk about the thrill he felt making the film - a real labour of love that he has been trying to produce for many years - not just as a producer, but also as a man who was once a child who grew up loving The Doctor.

"Stepping onto designer Dave Arrowsmith's amazing reproduction of the TARDIS for the first time, I actually had to stuff my scarf into my mouth - I was that excited!"

That he was a self-confessed fan did cause Gatiss some problems, though - with such a love for every aspect of the show's past, it was hard to pick and choose which parts of the show's history to include.

"That was genuinely the biggest challenge - taking off my anorak, which is almost impossible, and narrowing it down" he admits.

"There was a draft where Sydney Newman [Brian Cox] was walking down the corridors of Television Centre and there were about 100 people behind him with names bobbing above them - it was like Sherlock - and there was 'Bunny' Webber and Donald Wilson and David Whitaker…

"It just didn't work and eventually you've got to go for it and say, 'You can't have everyone…' - but that's why we've got a website going live with the show which has a massive timeline, really to say thank you to all those amazing people."

"At its heart," Gatiss concludes, "An Adventure in Space and Time is a story about change and how we're all replaceable.

"We think of it going on with Patrick Troughton, the whole thing carrying on… but that for [Bill Hartnell - David Bradley in the film] was the moment where it all stopped. Doctor Who came about because of change at the BBC… but then actually it was change that did for Bill… that to me was fascinating."

Despite the nature of Hartnell's exit from the show, forced against his will by deteriorating health, and despite the less savoury aspects of Hartnell's character - brought back to the public attention by the revelations in the recent Tenth Planet DVD - Gatiss insists that viewers will also find the acclaimed character actor's life story "very uplifting".

"I wanted it to be a celebration - not any kind of hatchet job. It's born of love and I think it shows in every frame."

An Adventure In Space And Time airs on BBC2 on the 21st of November at 9pm. It will be followed by a screening of An Unearthly Child on BBC4.

London Has Fallen

A sequel to this year's action hit Olympus Has Fallen is in development.

Screen Daily reports that Millennium Films is producing and financing London Has Fallen, with Focus Features onboard to distribute the film in the U.S. 

Stars Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman, Angela Bassett, and Radha Mitchell will reprise their roles from the first film, with the story now revolving around a plot to strike London during the funeral of the British Prime Minister.

 It is unlikely that Antoine Fuqua will return to direct given that a May 2014 production start date for London Has Fallen is being eyed.  Fuqua is currently busy with post-production on the Denzel Washington thriller The Equalizer, which opens next September.

The first film was a surprise treat, harking back to the 80s heyday of gloriously stupid action movies, and totally defeating the far-more hyped, more expensive (and similarly plotted) White House Down, so a sequel was perhaps a given.

Hopefully this sequel will live up to its predecessor - nobody wants another Taken 2 situation here...

Review: The Night Of The Doctor

SPOILER WARNING: This review will reference story elements that you will REALLY want to be a surprise. I'm not including any images in order to preserve the surprise, but honestly - don't read this until you've seen the mini-episode...


Well... I warned you...

There it is - technically a prequel to the main event, but possibly the greatest birthday present that Who fans could want. Six minutes and forty-nine seconds that we've been waiting to see since 1996.

We start aboard a crashing spaceship. The pilot, Cass, is requesting help. A voice on the comms suggests that she needs a doctor. She declines, but then a voice behind her says "I'm a Doctor... but not the one you expected."

And the camera cuts to Paul McGann.

What a wonderful misdirection, with the actor so vehemently denying that he was in the main episode that the possibility of him being in a prequel (which had long been mooted) was almost forgotten. But there he is - his hair is shorter, his costume more tattered, but still undeniably the eighth Doctor, just as full of life as he had been on that wonderful day in 1996 when he entered our homes for the only time.

It's astonishing how well McGann returns to the role - immediately he takes Cass' hand and drags her from the cockpit. "Where are we going?" she asks. "To the back of the ship," he replies. "Why?" she asks. "Because the front of the ship crashes first, think it through," he replies.

And a million Doctor Who fans punch the air - that is exactly the Doctor that we remember from the TV Movie.

But when Cass sees the TARDIS, she refuses to go with him. Because she distrusts the Time Lords because of their actions in the Time War. The Doctor insists that he is no part of the war, but Cass still refuses to come with him.

And, of course, because he is Eight, The Doctor refuses to leave her side. The ship crashes on Karn, and both The Doctor and Cass... die.

The Sisterhood Of Karn (in a second "punch the air" moment for Who fans), revive The Doctor, and tell him he has four minutes. Four minutes to decide if he wants to regenerate (and to decide if he wants to be a man or a woman - cheeky Moffat...). And after a painful debate, The Doctor decides that he will regenerate into a warrior - he will be the man needed to end the Time War.

"Will it hurt?" he asks (sneaky little pun, there...)

"Oh yes," say the sisterhood.

"Good," says Eight.

And then, just before his regeneration, he namechecks all his Big Finish companions, well and truly dragging them into the main canon (by this point the air is beaten into submission by the fans, and the ref enters to count it out).

He regenerates, denounces the name of The Doctor, and we catch sight of his reflection.

He's John Hurt... and he's young. He's going to be fighting this war for a long time.

It's less than seven minutes, but it gives us a regeneration, a return of a popular race, shocks, continuity and heart.

But most of all, it gave us back Paul McGann, something that, no matter how hard we wished and hoped, most of us never realistically expected to see. And he was magnificent - the perfect blend of childlike glee and innocence, turning to despair as Cass refuses to come with him, to defiance on Karn, before his heart - and his spirit - breaks, and he is forced to move on, to make way for the next Doctor. It was said of the TV Movie that McGann was astounding in just how instantly he captured the spirit of The Doctor, even in what amounted to less than an hour of screentime.

Well in The Night Of The Doctor, he does it again - he is even more perfect as The Doctor here, and with less time to play with.

The Night Of The Doctor makes us weep for all the potential adventures we never got to share with this wonderful incarnation of The Doctor. But more than that, it is an absolute joy in that we get to be there with him again, finally, at the end of his life. He didn't go alone - we were with him.

The Night Of The Doctor is a perfect gift to Who fans. It was - for the first time in a long time thanks to our internet information age - an episode that threw up genuine, shocking surprises, and brought us all back to that wonderful childhood feeling that anything could happen next.

And there's a hell of a lot more to come...

Geekin' Out Verdict: 10/10 (for long-term fans), 9/10 (for everyone else)

Terry O'Quinn For Lex Luthor?

Terry O'Quinn is the latest actor to be linked to the role of Lex Luthor, at least according to ComicBookMovie.com.

The Lost star is reportedly one of seveal actors on Zack Snyder's shortlist to play the baddie in 2015's Batman vs. Superman.

Bryan Cranston and Mark Strong had previously been heavily rumoured to take the role, but both actors have since laughed off the claims.

While Terry O'Quinn is a fine actor, and manages to combine sinister and personable very well, you can't shake the feeling that - as with Cranston and Strong - his is a name that is only being thrown around because he has played a bald villain before.

Watch this space - filming has already begun (albeit only for a Gotham vs. Metropolis football match), so casting news must surely be announced very soon.

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Brolin Out, Pratt Or Khan In?

Guardians Of The Galaxy and Parks And Rec star Chris Pratt is in talks for the lead role in Jurassic World, according to The Wrap.

Josh Brolin was previously thought to be the leading man in the fourth dino flick, but he has apparently failed to reach a deal with the studio.

Life Of Pi's Irrfan Khan is also apparently under consideration for the role.

Bryce Dallas Howard, Ty Simpkins and Nick Robinson are already on board, while Jason Schwartzman is reportedly close to signing a deal. The movie, to be directed by Colin Trevorrow, will apparently see disaster strike an already-opened dinosaur park (the Jurassic World of the title, one assumes), with aquatic beasties and a return to Isla Nublar both rumoured to feature.

Jurassic World is released in 3D on June 12th 2015.