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Sean Bean is joining Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis in Lana and Andy Wachowski's sci-fi movie Jupiter Ascending, according to Deadline. He will play a Han Solo-type character in the movie.

We all know Yoda is the badassest Jedi master in that far away galaxy, but is he good enough to be the star of his own movie? We'll find out.

It looked like it was dead in the water last summer when Sam Raimi departed for Oz the Great and Powerful, but Legendary's long-gestating World of Warcraft adaptation is apparently still in development -- in fact, now it has a brand new director in the form of Moon and Source Code helmer Duncan Jones.

ABC entertainment president Paul Lee says he's going to take a look at the long-gestating Star Wars live-action TV series now that the Disney deal to acquire Lucasfilm is complete. "We'd love to do something with Lucasfilm, we're not sure what yet," Lee exclusively told EW. "We haven't even sat down with them. We're going to look at [the live-action series], we're going to look at all of them, and see what's right. We weren't able to discuss this with them until [the acquisition] closed and it just closed. It's definitely going to be part of the conversation."

Beloved as they are, the Star Trek movies aren't exactly known for being action-packed -- but it looks like that's about to change in a big way. The new one-minute teaser for Star Trek Into Darkness has arrived, and it promises the sort of epic, wall-to-wall action/adventure that the franchise has traditionally forsaken in favor of a more cerebral approach to sci-fi -- as well as one of the nastiest villains any Trek movie's ever seen.

'Universal Soldier 4: Day Of Reckoning,' the sixth film in the franchise, features a dash of Dolph, a splash of Van Damme, and Scott Adkins, who deserves better.

Microsoft said sales of "Halo 4," the latest in its sci-fi alien shooting-game series, topped $220 million in global sales during its first 24 hours of availability.

"It was originally a 12-part saga," Pollock added, hinting that "The three most exciting stories were 7, 8 and 9. They had propulsive action, really interesting new worlds, new characters. I remember thinking, ‘I want to see these 3 movies.’" And as for whether or not Disney would even be interested in Lucas' plans for the franchise, Pollock insisted, "Writers will absolutely take his outline. That’s in part what Disney bought."

If you want to see the Pacific Rim's giant aliens and robots battle it out in 3D, there's good news. According to Variety, Warner Bros has decide to convert Guillermo del Toro's alien invasion movie to 3D. However, it may be done against del Toro's wishes.

Back in June, Sigourney Weaver revealed that the three Avatar sequels are going to be shooting back-to-back-to-back, but it looks like that's no longer the case. Speaking with the Courier Post (via Comingsoon), producer Jon Landau said “[w]e doing two back-to-back, but not a third.”