Had a little too much caffeine today, so I’m, what I believe I just coined but probably didn’t, Wired Tired; I’m so awake but very tired at the same time. They don’t counter each other out.

I had posted about this back in May, which you can view by clicking here, but this is good news. I’m glad that Summer Glau is back on Fox, on Friday nights. Hopefully this show doesn’t get canceled. I loved Terminator. I’m still upset they canceled it.

from comingsoon.net:

Summer Glau Moves Into Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse

Source:Fox

August 27, 2009

Summer Glau (“Firefly,” “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”) reunites with Joss Whedon when the actress joins the cast of “Dollhouse” this fall in a recurring role as Bennett, a Dollhouse employee who shares a past with Echo (Eliza Dushku). The second season of “Dollhouse” premieres Friday, Sept. 25 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on Fox.

Additional guest stars appearing throughout the upcoming second season include Alexis Denisof (“Angel”), Jamie Bamber (“Battlestar Galactica”), Michael Hogan (“Battlestar Galactica”) and Keith Carradine (“Dexter”). Daniel Perrin (Denisof) is a U.S. senator leading a witch hunt to track down the underground organization. Mysterious, charismatic businessman Martin Klar (Bamber) is Echo’s new husband. Bradley Karrens (Hogan) comes to the Dollhouse hoping to stop a psychotic family member’s killing spree, while Matthew Harding (Carradine), a nemesis of Dollhouse leader Adelle Dewitt (Olivia Williams), stirs up trouble. Additionally, Dr. Claire Saunders/Whiskey (Amy Acker) and Madeline/November (Miracle Laurie) return this season in multiple-episode arcs.

“Dollhouse” is produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series was created by Joss Whedon, who also serves as executive producer, writer and director. Tim Minear and David Solomon are executive producers, while Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas are co-executive producers. Additionally, series star Eliza Dushku serves as a producer.

This is really exciting. I always felt that Speilberg and Crichton were the best combo to make memorable movies, just look at Jurassic Park! Even The Lost World: Jurassic Park was memorable, at least compared to Jurassic Park III. I think the other films based on Crichton’s novels have fallen by the wayside (I mean even Congo, which is a guilty pleasure, but a movie I don’t mind seeing, wasn’t as good as Jurassic Park) in terms of quality.

When I posted on the blog back in June about Michael Crichton’s Pirate Latitudes coming out in November, I was pretty excited. Now this news just blows me away!

from comingsoon.net:

Spielberg to Develop Crichton’s Pirate Latitudes

Source:USA Today

August 27, 2009

 

 

USA Today reports that Steven Spielberg is developing a film out of a posthumously published novel by the late Michael Crichton – “Pirate Latitudes,” an adventure story set off the coast of Jamaica in 1665.

Screenwriter David Koepp, who adapted Crichton’s novels for Jurassic Park and its sequel “The Lost World,” also has signed on to write the script. Spielberg plans to produce and is considering directing, says the newspaper.

DreamWorks Studios describes the novel, set for release Nov. 24, as the story of “a daring plan to infiltrate Port Royal, one of the world’s richest and most notorious cities, and raid a Spanish galleon filled with treasure.”

“It’s a mission movie, and we see it through the prism of what it might have been like to live on the island during that time,” says Stacey Snider, Spielberg’s partner in DreamWorks and the company’s co-chair and CEO.

DreamWorks plans to wait for Koepp’s script before setting any formal schedule for the project. “This is a reunion movie that taps into all three of them, and their love of high adventure. Just like old times,” Snider says.