Hollywood loves its remakes, and fairy tales are the easiest money of all. What child or adult in America isn't familiar with the story of Jack and the beanstalk, even if they're not clear on the specifics? Then again, the specifics can be largely invented based on whatever tired parent is telling the story to his kid: there are some beans, a beanstalk, some giants and a guy named Jack who fights them or tries to, at least.
In this regard, "Jack the Giant Killer" looks wholly familiar. The trailer opens with Nicholas Hoult as the titular Jack, palming a fistful of magic beans while a serious man tells him to be careful. Well, you know how it goes: the beans fall in some soil and water, then shoot up up thousands of feet into the sky, carrying Jack's house and the princess of the realm with it.
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Wish the 2004 medieval action movie “King Arthur” had featured more wizardry? What about a more epic narrative? Fans of the Camelot story who take their Arthurian legend with a side of magic and myth will be delighted to hear that Bryan Singer (“X-Men”) is 
Are you a fan of both “
Seriously. Were any of you paying attention back in March when Ron Moore and David Eick's reimagined "Battlestar Galactica" series came to a close on the Sci Fi Channel (now Syfy)? I know Universal was-- after all, they own the property. So what gives with this news that Bryan Singer is officially on board to direct a big screen "Battlestar"? The series ended, and it ended well. There was closure, some minor ambiguity, even a happy ending or two. 
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'Battlestar Galactica' Reboot: So Say We All?
Posted 10/21/11 2:09 pm EST by Josh Wigler in Commentary, News
Much like the lucky survivors of the Cylon assault on the Twelve Colonies, the "Battlestar Galactica" movie reboot — the second reimagining of the 1978 television series in less than a decade — is somehow still alive.
Bryan Singer's planned adaptation of the '70s science fiction series is speeding forward with "Anonymous" screenwriter John Orloff in tow, Deadline reports. For his part, Orloff says that his vision of "Battlestar" won't conflict with the still-pretty-recent and widely adored television revival from Ron Moore, saying to HitFix: " It will all work in the universe that exists. It will not conflict with anything Ron Moore has done. I don't think you can compete with what he's done."
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