Life just got a little less ka-ka for fans of NBC’s long-departed time-travel series “Quantum Leap.” During the show’s retrospective panel at this year’s Comic-Con, series star Scott Bakula announced that creator Donald P. Bellisario is working on getting a “Quantum Leap” movie off the ground.

Sadly, Bakula also revealed that his and costar Dean Stockwell’s respective roles as Dr. Sam Beckett and Rear Admiral Al Calavicci will most likely be recast for the update … Oh, boy.

Bakula explains:

The good news is that Don is working on the film script and has a big time Hollywood producer who wants to do it … It’s about time. Dean and I will have a part in it somehow.

Don did say that as he was writing, he told me he was having trouble, ‘getting you and Dean out of my head.’ But I know he will do it.

From 1989 to 1993, Dr. Sam Beckett (Bakula) attempted to find his way home after a time travel experiment left him lost in the past, leaping into people’s bodies at various points in history to “put right what once went wrong” in their lives. Beckett never made it home.

As a “Quantum Leap” die-hard, I think it’d be far more interesting to catch up with an older Sam Beckett and see the effects that time travel has had on him physically and emotionally. And, Al’s a hologram! Use some of that Tron: Legacy magic to keep him looking like back-in-the-day.

Ah, who am I kidding? I’m sure Taylor Lautner’s phone is already lighting up.

Bakula and Stockwell both picked up Golden Globes awards for their performances during the show’s run.

Universal Pictures have officially released the teaser-trailer for their upcoming alien-invasion frightener Skyline, arriving in theaters on Nov. 12.

Directed by Colin and Greg Strause (Aliens Vs. Predator: Requium), the film centers on a group of friends who after a night of drunken debauchery wake up to find bright blue lights shining down from the sky and sucking up all who look into them.

Check it out:

Skyline is set in Los Angeles and was shot with a crew of 20 people utilizing Red One cameras, which provide the quality of 35mm film with the convenience of digital technology. Despite being produced as an indie, the film boasts top-notch F/X created by the Strause brothers’ very own effects shop Hydraulx (Avatar, 2012).

Skyline stars Brittany Daniel (The Hamiltons), Scottie Thompson (Star Trek), Crystal Reed (“Teen Wolf”), Kate Mara (Iron Man 2), David Zayas (“Dexter”), Eric Balfour (Texas Chainsaw Massacre), and Donald Faison (“Scrubs”).

“The Vampire Diaries” took a big bite out of the 11th Annual Teen Choice Hormone Awards held at the Gibson Amphitheater on Sunday in Los Angeles. The show, which returns for its second season on Sept. 9, was awarded seven surfboards (apparently teens surf? I thought their activities were limited to texting, popping zits, and texting?) at the star-studded shindig.

Along with wins for Choice Breakout Show and Choice Fantasy/Sci-fi, “The Vampire Diaries” scored nods for all three of its leads: Ian Somerhalder (Choice Villian), Nina Dobrev (Choice Breakout Star, Choice Sci-fi Actress), and the guy who isn’t Ian Somerhalder (Choice Breakout Star, Choice Sci-fi Actor).

As usual, the actors were on hand to receive their awards and suckle the collective clit of teen America with the utmost respect and humility their expensive beach house mortgages demand (I kid!). Afterward, Somerhalder and Dobrev ditched the guy who isn’t Ian Somerhalder and headed to LAX to catch a flight to their love nest (the two are rumored to be sucking more than necks these days).

Elsewhere, on the movie front, winners included Paranormal Activity (Choice Horror/Thriller), Avatar (Choice Sci-fi), and Twilight (Choice Everything Else).  Former teen heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio and current penis-throb starlet Zoe Saldana also took home surfboards for their respective performances in Shutter Island and Avatar.

Enjoy the pics:

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It’s now or never for Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough.

The 21-year-old fashion model/aspiring actress is looking to sashay her way into Hollywood with a role in George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road, the fourth installment in the franchise made famous by Oscar-winner and blow-job enthusiast Mel Gibson.

Heat Vision reports that Keough is in talks to star alongside Teresa Palmer, Zoe Kravitz (Lenny’s daughter) and Adelaide Clemens (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) as a member of an endangered group of women known as the “Five Wives.” The film is said to pick up right after the anarchy of Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome.

Keough made her feature film debut in this year’s rock-biopic The Runaways opposite Dakota Fanning and Kristen Stewart. She also landed a lead role in director Bradley Rust Gray’s outrageous teen-lesbo/werewolf mash-up Jack & Diane, costarring Juno Temple and pop singer Kylie Minogue.

Keough is the daughter of Lisa Marie Presley and failed musician Danny Keough.

Mad Max: Fury Road stars Charlize Theron (The Road), Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: First Class), and 32-year-old Brit Tom Hardy (Inception) in the iconic role of “Mad” Max Rockatansky. The film goes into production early next year.

Cillian Murphy is in final talks to star alongside Amanda Seyfried and Justin Timberlake in director Andrew Niccol’s (Gattaca) new dystopian sci-fi thriller Now.

The film is set in a future where people physically stop aging by 25 and must then purchase time to determine life expectancy. Those with lots of money can live forever. Those without are shit out of luck.

Murphy is negotiations to play a Timekeeper agent on the trail of a fugitive (Timberlake) accused of murdering a wealthy man for his time. The film goes into production this year and will be distributed through 20th Century Fox.

Murphy recently replaced actor Jason Isaacs in Magnet Films’ upcoming viral-outbreak thriller Retreat. He can currently be seen in Chris Nolan’s sleeper hit—(see what I did there)—Inception.

Jorge Garcia, best known for his role as Hurley on ABC’s “LOST,” will be featured on the cover of rock-outfit Weezer’s eight studio album entitled … “Hurley.”

Dude.

Weezer frontman Rivers Cuomo tells Spinner:

We struggled super hard trying to come up with an album title, trying to find some kind of phrase that summed up the whole aesthetic behind the album: ‘Heavy Mental,’ ‘Smaller Than Life’. I was coming up with all kinds of stuff, but ultimately, we just went with some random word that doesn’t really have anything to do with anything.

I just loved this photo of Jorge Garcia — it just had this amazing vibe. We didn’t want to do a fourth self-titled record and we knew people would refer to it as ‘the Hurley record’ even if left it without that title, so we just called it ‘Hurley.’ No words are on the cover because all we wanted was his amazing face.

Cuomo goes on to point out that none of the songs on the “Hurley” disc contain references to “LOST” and admits to still being stuck on season two of the Emmy-nominated sci-fi series.

He says:

I only made it through season two, so I was really nervous hanging out with Hurley/Jorge recently, because I didn’t want to hear something about how it all resolves, or overhear anyone else talking about it. I really like the show though.

“Hurley” marks the band’s first release through indie label Epitaph Records (they were previously signed to Geffen Records/Interscope for 12 years). The CD arrives in stores on Sept. 14.

Garcia told TVGuide.com:

I’m excited to know that people in the music stores I used to work will soon be opening boxes full of my smiling face.

Garcia will also be seen as island protector in the eagerly anticipated 12-minute epilogue included in the “LOST” season six DVD/Blu-ray release, available Aug. 24.

“LOST” is nominated this year for 11 Emmys, including nods for Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for lead Matthew Fox (Jack Shepard), and Outstanding Supporting Actor for both Michael Emerson (Benjamin Linus)and Terry o’Quinn (John Locke).

Hurley is featured on Clatto’s list of the 12 Heroes in Horror/Sci-Fi That Won’t Make You Feel Like an Asshole.

Danielle Harris announced at this year’s Comic-Con that she would be starring in director Julian Richards’ adaptation of author Brian Harper’s 1992 serial killer novel Shiver. The 33-year-old brunette stunner describes the film as terrifying and her role in it as her “most challenging” (let’s hope challenging is code for frivolous nudity).

Shiver tells the story of a Los Angeles detective on the hunt for a ruthless killer who keeps his victims’ heads as souvenirs. Costarring with Harris are Luke Goss and John Jarrat, who played sadistic murderer Mick Taylor in Greg McLean’s 2005 outback frightener Wolf Creek (I’m guessing he’s cast as the head-collector).

Harris, who admits to having a fascination with serial killers, got her start in horror at the age of 11 opposite one of the genre’s most iconic figures in Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers and Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers. She would return to the franchise as an entirely different character in Rob Zombie’s Halloween remake and its sequel Halloween 2.

Harris’ additional horror creds include the upcoming Night of the Living Dead: Origins 3-D, Adam Green’s Hatchet 2, The Black Waters of Echo Pond, Blood Night: The Legend of Mary Hatchet, Left for Dead, and the original Urban Legend.

Great news for sci-fi fans in the AARP set!

Jane Badler, the now 56-year-old star of 1983’s original “V: The Miniseries,” its sequel “V: The Final Battle,” and its 1984 TV spinoff “V: The Series,”  is reprising her role as alien femme fatal Diana on ABC’s current “V” reboot. According to TV Guide, the show will reveal Diana to be the mother of series alien queen Anna (Morena Baccarin).

“V’s” second season will also unveil a never-before-seen set piece on board the visitors’ mothership designed to resemble their home planet. It is in this area that Diana is being held prisoner by Anna, who fears the power of her mother’s influence.

“V” costars Elizabeth Mitchell (“LOST”), Scott Wolf (“Party of Five”), Laura Vandervoort (“Smallville”), Morris Chestnut (The Cave), Joel Gretsch (Push), Lourdes Benedicto (“The Nine”), and Logan Huffman (Circledrawers).

“V” returns to ABC in January.

Anchor Bay have released a full-length theatrical trailer for its unrated remake of Meir Zarchi’s controversial 1978 revenge-thriller I Spit On Your Grave. Directed by Steven R. Monroe, the film stars newcomer Sarah Butler in the role of novelist Jennifer Hill (originally played by Camille Keaton), a gang-rape victim out to do terrible things to the penises of her assailants.

I don’t know about you, but when this flick gets to Jennifer’s “unmerciful” and “unapologetic” acts of retribution, my balls and I are heading over to the auditorium next door to see Secretariat, a heartwarming tale about a horse, his nuts, and the will to run very fast.

Check the trailer (courtesy of Yahoo):

Spanish screenwriter Antonio Trashorras has tapped 22-year-old Cuban actress Ana de Armas ( for his upcoming directorial debut Callejon (gringo translation: Alley).

Armas will play a woman trapped in a laundromat by a serial killer. The Spanish-language frightener is the latest in a new string of low-budget horror films set in a confined space, i.e. Rodrigo Cortes’ Buried (coffin), Adam Green’s Frozen (ski-lift), newcomer David Brooks’ ATM (uh … an ATM machine), and the M. Night Shyamalan produced Devil (elevator).

Armas creds include the 2006 Spanish fantasy sci-fi drama Madrigal and the internationally popular mystery television series “El Internado (The Boarding School).”

Trashorras recently scripted director Eugeno Mira’s psychological-thriller Agnosia. He also cowrote Guillermo Del Toro’s 2001 ghost story The Devil’s Backbone.

Callejon is slated for release in 2011. The title is reportedly tentative and will most likely change before its release.