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Keanu Reeves just spilled the plot of his new Day The Earth Stood Still remake, and Brandon Routh has some insights into the Superman Returns sequel. There's also a video that showcases Shia LaBoeuf's "man of action" side in the new Indiana Jones movie. And there are tons of new details about upcoming Battlestar, Smallville and Lost episodes, including some crazy Lost rumors. Finally, there's a Doctor Who trailer, and some rumors about who's moving to Torchwood next year. Basically, "morning spoilers" does just what it says on the label. (Including the stuff about side effects.)
The Day The Earth Stood Still
The remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still takes a slightly different tack from the original's focus on nuclear wars, says Klaatu actor Keanu Reeves. This time, it's all about global warming. Says Keanu:
The first one was borne out of the cold war and nuclear détente. Klaatu came and was saying cease and desist with your violence. If you can't do it yourselves we're going to do it. That was the film of that day... The version I was just working on, instead of being man against man, it's more about man against nature. My Klaatu says that if the Earth dies, you die. If you die, the earth survives. I'm a friend to the earth.The message goes beyond environmentalism into "who we are as a species," he adds. Meanwhile, Gort will look way cooler this time around, but the "Klaatu barada nikto" line remains. [MTV, via Screenrant]
Battlestar Galactica:
On Battlestar Galactica, Starbuck's efforts to prove she's telling the truth are hindered by the fact that her Viper is in pristine condition. Plus she puts a gun to the head of "a certain authority figure" to try to change the fleet's course in the wrong direction from Earth.
Meanwhile, there's tension between Cylons Six and Brother Cavill, over Cavill's unethical treatment of the Cylon raiders. Cavill also picks up a new love interest, whom he makes out with. Gaius Baltar gets laid with a human (as we heard the other day), and his bed-partner cries during sex.
Tom Zarek passes some classified information along to "a new colleague," to stir up trouble. And one of Galactica's crew members learns the truth about three of the four newly revealed Cylons as soon as episode three. (Since that's the episode where Cally reputedly dies, you can draw your own conclusions.) Meanwhile, the fourth secret Cylon (probably Anders) has "jumped ship" after having made "eye contact" with a Centurion. [Digital Spy]
Superman II
The sequel to Superman Returns probably won't feature General Zod. But it will give Superman an adversary with massive physical power, so he'll face a real challenge this time, says actor Brandon Routh. [Comic Book Resources]
Indiana Jones
Shia LaBoeuf gets physical on the set of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull in this new behind-the-scenes video. Apparently he's not just channeling Fonzie with his motorcycle-riding, but also doing some sword-fighting on a truck and juggling a switchblade. [TrekMovie]
Lost:
Lost season four episode 10, airing in April or May, features a character named Dr. Stillman, a kind but no-nonsense psychiatrist who reaches a wall with a patient (Hurley?) and has to reach out for help. Also, the ninth episode isn't called "Bakir," but rather "The Shape Of Things To Come." [Doc Arzt]
Karl is probably dead, says actor Blake Bashoff, but the producers hope to have him back "in some capacity." And there was a scene cut from the end of the latest episode which showed the snipers in camouflage uniforms. But we may not have seen the last of Rousseau. Meanwhile, we haven't seen the last of the purple sky this season, but we probably won't revist the Swan Hatch implosion. The Oceanic Six are Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid, Sun and Aaron. And apparently we will learn more about the four-toed statue and Black Rock, after all. And you won't be shocked to hear that Claire is "in trouble," since Aaron makes it off the island and she doesn't. [Spoilers Lost]
And here are some completely unreliable rumors: In an upcoming episode, Charlie comes walking out of the forest and asks Hurley for a favor. But only Hurley and Ben can see Charlie's ghost. Jack won't have any episodes focusing on him this season, but in an upcoming episode we'll learn how Rousseau came to the island. And that mystery coffin? It's Locke's. Locke actually gets off the island, but then loses the ability to walk and becomes depressed, finally killing himself. [Katiero.com]
Doctor Who:
We posted a low-quality copy of the trailer for Doctor Who season four which appeared in British theaters a while back, but now it's appeared on television and on the BBC's UK-only website. You can see the rampaging Sontarans, the deranged Ood, the killer wasp from the Agatha Christie episode, and the Doctor's visit to Pompeii more clearly in this version: 
Meanwhile on Torchwood, there are more rumors that both Tosh and Owen die at the end of this season (in a couple of weeks.) And both Mickey and Martha will be crossing over to join the cast of Torchwood full-time in the show's third season. Finally, there's speculation that because Jack will be less prominent in Torchwood next year, he might be appearing in the four Doctor Who "gap year" specials. [Stuff I've Seen This Week]
Smallville:
The big Smallville death that happens in April sets off a huge new conflict between Clark and Lex, who remains determined to discover the secrets of Clark's cousin Kara. And the season finale "could go either way" for Lex, who's not back as a regular character in season eight. Meanwhile, the May 1 episode sees a "final showdown" between Clark and Brainiac. Final! Really! [Entertainment Weekly]
Comments
This remake of TDTESS is EVIL.
Agh I didn't realise they were remaking the Day the Earth Stood Still! I can't imagine a way in which this, with Keanu Reaves, will EVER be good!
I still can't get excited about the new series of Doctor Who, putting Catherine Tate in it was a terrible decision the first time round. We don't need a whole series devoted to the harpy voiced harridan.
However it will be nice to see this Smallville series get an actual plot for the ending. So far this series has bounced around from Supergirl, to Green Arrow, to New And Improved Stride Sponsored Episode, to Bizarro Clark. So far there's been no story arc as far as I can see. Which has been a shame.
i only hope that the wont do a total overhaul on Gort like they did to Megatron in Transformers
Actually having said that, Keanu could do a good job as Gort. Standing there, not moving, not speaking...yep. Sounds like the role he'd be perfect for.
@Theoban: By golly you're right! That might be the best part for him since the Bill & Ted days....
If they have to remake The Day The Earth Stood Still it should be no one other than Ralph Fiennes in the lead. And I'd love to see them use the original ending to the short story it's based on.
And can I get a shout out to Brother John with Sidney Poiter?
Keanu used the word "détente" in a sentence? Whoah!
Whoa, Klatuu barada nikto. Excellent!
Why not redo Santa Claus Invades Mars? It could star Shia Lebeouf as the 19 year old ex Green Beret, retired US Navy SEAL, PhD in nuclear engineering and current geneticist Santos Klaus. Also starring Megan Fox and Dennis Hopper as the Marian leader (produced by Michael Bay.)
Next person who green lights another fucking remake should be beaten with a bar of soap in a sock.
No! Why Martha?! You'll be a big woman-child if you go onto Torchwood.
Mickey? He's coming back?
Wait... This could be cool. Maybe Torchwood will stop being so sucky if the viewers place their hopes on the two.
They better not kill off Russeau - what a great, underutilized character...
@sir_eccles:
He thought he was ordering pasta
Wait, so do the losties get off the island this season or not?
Sun's only got like what, two weeks until her immune system attacks her?
Right now I would breathe a sigh of relief if Keanu died suddenly. Can you say MISSED THE DAMN POINT? Moron, lousy actor, lets hope something derails this and the Live Action Akria with that other rubbish actor DiCaprio
You know...
Whenever theres more than one video on i09 pages, only the 1st one works. I didn't even watch the 1st one and the Dr. Who one just will not play.
@ManchuCandidate: But Michael Bay does everything Awesome!
@ManchuCandidate: Well, much as I might bemoan a re-make of a classic science fiction movie, if what Keanu says is true, it might be a classy update to the story. The problem is the writing. It cannot come off as preachy -- that will turn off audiences quite rapidly. And perhaps they got the right actor to tone down any preachiness; God knows Keanu has one tone, and simply modulates it.
Keanu in The Day the Earth Stood Still?
A Superman sequel?
Shia LaBoeuf -- man of action?
Thanks for tearing my heart right out of my chest first thing on a Monday, Morning Spoilers.
Is the remake of TDTESS going to have a ship from Mars? Shame on me, but I'm not even sure that's where the original ship was from. The only part of the movie I liked was when the robot shot its death beam.
In the original TDtESS, the aliens didn't care what humans do on Earth -- we could slaughter each other all we want. Their warning was that if we took our conflicts into space where we could threaten other civilizations, we'd be destroyed. Having Klaatu come down because he's concerned about the environment is changing the whole point of the movie.
NefariousNewt, I WAS really looking forward to this movie...not any more. I'm sick and tired of environmentalist propaganda. It doesn't even matter if there is global warming, the point of the original movie is getting man to come together and renounce violence. The reason Klaatu was shot in the first place was to illustrate the violence in man and why we needed to change...a theme the movie follows throughout. In this remake, what's the point? I might still see if I can tell it's not preachy but that's a big MIGHT.
Fucking global warming. Why is that now the go-to doomsday scenario? It's not like we don't still have thousands of nuclear warheads at the ready.
@Macloserboy:
Do you mean the ending where Gort turns out to be the actual boss & Klaatu is the robot? Or was that in the book sequel, I forget?
Shia LeBoeuf, Man of Action: This time he beats the Walgreen's clerk to death before the cops can be called!
@dOk: Hey thanks for letting me know. It plays for me using Firefox. But I will bear that in mind and try to avoid more than one video per post. BTW what browser are you using?
In your spoilers for Lost listing the members of the Oceanic Six, you mistakenly referred to Jack as Jake.
Isn't it Cavill and not Cabbell? I mean how am I supposed to trust a spoiler if they can't bother to spell the guy's name right?
How does shit like this happen?
If you're not a "writer" than you have ZERO chance of getting anyone of these jack-offs at the 'major studios' to look at a script.
How many thousands of fabulous script ideas are sent back UNREAD every day?
Is it any wonder that some of the 'best' movies ever came from small independent filmmakers?
And no, I'm not a disgruntled writer, but I know what happens out there on the far left coast.
Crap.
What would be better, is if they spelled out the 'stick' in the TDTESS remake. Maybe if, Keanu threatned us with EMP pulses over the planet to throw us in the Dark Ages again. That might work.
But, it does mess with the notion of man's threat to other civilizations outside of Earth's, though.
You know how many times we're gonna start hearing the phrase:
"Keanu barada nikto" when that movie is mentioned.
Start your clickers.
Charlie, I don't know if people already mentioned it, but I just wanted to say thanks for the nice underlined headers used in the Morning Spoiler posts now. It makes it so much easier to pass by stuff I don't want to be spoiled for. Kudos.
FWIW, I don't have any problem playing the videos in either IE 7 or Firefox 2. Maybe it's a Flash issue people are having?
@RhymePhile: Yay, I'm glad it helps!
@blackeyedgurl: I googled a few different spellings, and the most popular seemed to be Cabbell or Cabell.
@croush1211: I'm missing Jericho already! Okay, I'll fix it...
Doctor Who SQUEEEEE!
*makes paper chain to count down days to premiere*
Gaius Baltar gets laid with a human (as we heard the other day), and his bed-partner cries during sex.
Lee?
@Greasy Thumb Guzik: That was the original short story, Farewell to the Master, by Harry Bates:
Cliff:"Tell your master we're sorry."
Gnut:"You misunderstand... I am the master."
If you haven't already, buy, find, steal, or otherwise acquire a copy of Adventures in Time and Space:
[www.amazon.com]
Be prepared to burn several reading sessions with this 1,000 page Golden Age anthology.
@augie1:
I heartily agree. How dare they?! There is no possible way this thing can't not totally suck.
Clark kills Lana.
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