Lord only knows what film technology they’ll invent next. They’ve already raised the bar on the genre pretty high with the crazy sequences they composed in The Matrix and Speed Racer. Whatever they end up bringing to the table will have to be fresh and inventive. And, most importantly, easily copied in future Scary Movie films. (Deadline)

A few sci-fi pitches were picked up on Monday, and now there’s word that two more fictional scientific stories have been bought. Fox ignored the existence of Jurassic Park III and went ahead and bought a pitch from Jurassic Park III writer Peter Buchman. Meanwhile, Paramount has bought a pitch from Apollo 18‘s Brian Miller. There are no details available about either. So don’t even try to copy them.

I’m all for more science-fiction stories as long as they are good. Maybe we should run them by Roger Ebert so he doesn’t go house again like he did with his Battle: Los Angeles review. Otherwise, I’m concerned the studios are setting themselves up for failure by jumping on the wrong trend. Ask yourself, was the real star of Battle: Los Angeles the special effects or Aaron Eckhart’s chin crater? (via /Film)