You've no doubt read reports quoting director James Cameron saying there will be a sequel to his highly successful movie Avatar. News Corp. is working on making that a reality. While Cameron may have the idea for another movie, they're the folks with the money and they are negotiating with him to make it happen, although News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch says to not hold your breath about a second movie coming any time soon since Cameron likes to take his time when making movies.

More intriguing is a rumour that Fox wants to make another remake of The Planet of the Apes. Given that the last "reboot" was a disaster, it's amazing they want to revisit that franchise so soon. I have my doubts that they can succeed, but the reports claim that the movie is a sort of origins story so that might be more interesting than remaking the original film.

Another new science ficiton movie in the works is The Electric Church, based on the Jeff Somers novel of the same name. The book is the first in a trilogy so if the movie succeeds, you can bet there will be two more to follow.