Zack Stentz Writes NoFateCon into His Calendar!

My writers sense is tingling!

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Man I am so damned excited now if all things work out I’ll finally get to meet ZACK STENTZ!

Heck maybe…nah…well maybe…there I go thinking out loud again.

Zack wrote imho some of the very best episodes of T:SCC and he’s still writing for television and movies with writing partner ASHLEY MILLER.

Perhaps you saw a tiny movie called THOR or another little flick called X-Men First Class?

Yeah…that’s my dudes right there.

Don’t forget to check out The NoFateCon Website where you can find out more about this excellent event!

Go team SCC!

Ross Out

New MEG Trailer for MEG ORIGINS!

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This is breaking as i only got to my e-mail today and foun a new news update from the awesome Steve Alten author of many books in his case focusing on the MEG series.

It seems he’s released a new E-Book called MEG: ORIGINS.

That’s kickass!

Here’s the trailer for the book…I can’t wait for the MEG movie to emerge from the Abyssal Plain that is Hollywood!

Congrats Steve thanks for keeping us up to date!

Ross Out!

NoFateCon Says Yes Please and former SCC Writing Pair Take On Another Hot Property!

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“Where is John Connor!?” queried the T-1000.

At the increasingly awesome NOFATECON that’s where!

That’s right the planners of NOFATECON are pleased to announce that Thomas Dekker SCC’s John Connor will be attending. This happens to be much better news than it first appears as I happen to know that this might very well make way for a veritable glut of announcements in the upcoming weeks…and certainly months.

For more information regarding the Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles Convention please visit: Latest News on NOFATECON!

After the break find out what Terminator:SCC writing team are taking on a hot new film!

Tomorrow: Something is Going to Surface

And it’s going to be fun!

Ross Out.

Digital Restoration Project: Jurassic Park: New Dawn Part One

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I am a huge Jurassic Park fan and I have been since I read the original way back when, was it really 1994 I honestly can’t remember when I first read it….I’ve enjoyed the films to differing degrees as well. The original Jurassic Park film was brilliant, The Lost World: Jurassic Park  much less so, and JP3 was a step back in the right direction IMHO.

Not long after JP3 I began to explore ideas for a further sequel and as a huge fan of the series I had to choose a story line that would do justice to the series in its entirety. There was a lot of back story in the books that was simply not touched and left to rot, like the majority of the Lost World novel, you have the rival biogenetics company BioSyn, you have a host of interesting characters and scenarios that could easily be explored to great effect. In effect there was a lot more to mine and build on to make a sequel that was fitting to the original.

In this first post for the Digital Restoration Project I’m going to share with you old art, and the story ideas behind my sequel idea for Jurassic Park 4…which I titled Jurassic Park: New Dawn.

Coming Soon! The Digital Restoration Project

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So what exactly is the Digital Restoration Project?

Let’s just say that I’ve been going through some boxes full of old stuff and finding old pictures, and drawing books full of old art from multiple unfinished projects.

So I decided to take digital pictures of all these things because I don’t have access to a scanner and I’m going to be sharing them with you all through the Digital Restoration Project.

You’ll be seeing a LOT of photos of Terminator 3 stand-ins, and some truly awesome shots of me from the very day Terminator 3 premiered in theaters- including the only shots of me in character as John Connor…scar and all!

There will also be concept art from my original T3 Fanscript T3: Final Retribution, Deep Pulse, Jurassic Park: New Dawn and even more!

So get ready for a blast from the past…and a look into the future!

Ross Out

Portal 2 Screenwriting Video Playthrough

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I had a bit of spare time lying around so I chose to make a video play through of one of my favorite games with a twist. Instead of commenting on what i was doing in the game I would comment on screenwriting and writing in general and in and around the Portal Universe.

I only have the first two parts up at the moment and I’ll put the first one in the post itself.

It’s possible I might have the whole thing all uploaded by tomorrow.

I hope you enjoy and find it informative.

Ross Out

Justin Lin on T5: “…closer tonally to the first and second movies.”

Director Justin Lin

Well Justin Lin is sure making certain that he stays on story developments and news outlets and what they’re saying bout T5. MTV chatted with the director about the rumor that I posted about lst time of the Original cast coming back for Terminator 2012 if that’s even the title.

He responded quite rightly as any director would:

“No. I don’t know where that came from,” he said of that particular report. “Everything has just been between me and Arnold, you know? Just us going out and trying to find the right partners. I have certain elements, but it’s never been about, ‘Hey, let’s bring everybody back!’ I just don’t process that way. To me, thematically, there are certain things that I want to see in a ‘Terminator’ movie. A lot of that does draw back to creating this timeline that is an extension, closer tonally to the first and second movies. But to me, it’s not as mathematical as, ‘Hey, let’s get everybody back together and we’ll shoot the movie.’”

Justin Lin and The Terminator Talk

Earlier I posted about Universal and Furious 4/5/Tokyo Drift Director Justin Lin seriously taking a look into tackling the Terminator franchise. A lot of us just thought he was blowing smoke however it turns out to be quite the opposite.

Collider originally posted this:

I think one of the great things is that when I got started, no one would return my calls, and now I get a lot of phone calls, which is good. I have options. Terminator was one of my favorite films growing up. And I feel I have a take that I would love to see, and I’ve talked with Arnold and we’ve talked and we’ll see. Again, I would love to do it, but it has to be the right circumstances. It has to be the right people. And there’s other projects too. But I’m in a position now that I can choose more than I could a year ago, two years ago. So that is something that is potentially in my future, but when I get home I will sit down and look at my options and choose what I want to do.

IMHO I’m all for more Terminator films, I think every director has brought their unique vision to the series and I’ve enjoyed everyone of the films to varying degrees. All in all the series is one of my faves in the Scifi film market and is as a whole a daring and rough collection of films. It says a lot that the series still has legs when it was birthed from such a small for a motion picture release production way back in the day.

What do you think?

It would certainly be a step up from The Governator.
Original Article

Ross Out.

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Terminator 2: Shakespeare Edition

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It’s coming.

You can go to the link at the bottom of this post to donate.

It really is Terminator 2 told using the words of William Shakespeare!

“John Connor wherefore art thou?”
Husky Jackal Theater: Terminator the Second

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