Post all the new movie news, pics, posters, teasers etc. here
easier than creating a new thread for each topic, which i'm usually guilty of :)
here's a few from the "A Nightmare on Elm Street" remake
Freddy will be played by Jackie Earle Haley who was excellent as Rorschach in Watchmen
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and here's the original Freddy just for good measure :)
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First Look (http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=25384) at Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland which stars Burton fave Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter.
Pirates 4 Shooting Next Spring
Drink up, me hearties, yo ho. Pirates of the Caribbean 4 will go before the cameras early-ish next year, according to a chat Coming Soon had with Disney's Head of Production Oren Aviv at Comic Con.
The Hollywood Reporter ran a story a couple of days ago suggesting that Johnny Depp would be kicking his heels for the immediate future, with none of his pencilled-in projects going anywhere soon. Or as they put it, he was facing "a landscape devoid of go pictures".
But Aviv seems confident that Depp won't be lounging around in his pants for too long. "We're going to shoot Pirates 4 in April and May of next year," he said, and went on to confirm that it will be the first of a hoped-for new trilogy, but that it will be filmed alone, unlike the back-to-back second and third instalments.
Intriguingly however, it does seem that Part 4 will feel like the start of a genuinely new series, since Aviv revealed the intention is very much to pare the franchise back: "It's important to me to scale it down, because we can't get bigger. [The previous films] got very complicated. I want to kind of reboot the whole thing and bring it down to its essence: just characters. It's important to get the story right."
No director is confirmed yet, so it won't necessarily be Gore Verbinski this time, and there will be no Orlando or Kiera. A relaunch on a smaller scale concentrating solely on Cap'n Jack is obviously a smart move for a franchise that was falling over its own feet by part 3, although Aviv wouldn't be drawn on whether we can expect substantial Sparrow back-story.
I thought Tim Burton's Alice was mental and had demons and sh*t in it.... then Disney got hold of it.
Looking forward to Pirates 4 though, JD is dreaaammmmyyy ! :-*
Resident Evil:Afterlife Is First Of New Planned Trilogy
Paul W.S. Anderson tells Shock Till You Drop that Resident Evil: Afterlife will be his 4th RE film, but not a sequel. Instead the series will be revamped and start as a whole new trilogy. Afterlife will have a bigger budget than the previous films and will see the return of old characters and new ones. The film will also be joining that whole 3D fad that decided to rear its head up from the 70's.
"I always envisioned Resident Evil as a trilogy of films, "he said. "And we've been very lucky where it's a trilogy where the audience has built and built. I wanted to kick off a brand new trilogy. I'm really excited we're doing it [in 3-D] and we're using the same camera system [James] Cameron used for Avatar. There are a lot of exciting things about this one. I don't regard it as Resident Evil 4, I regard it as a re-tooling and rebirth of the entire franchise."
Our guess is that Paul will take the Fast And Furious approach; by having a film that ignores previous events and rewrites the series history. This is good news for die hard Resident Evil fans. Maybe, just maybe we can have a RE film that doesn't stray so far from the source material. We're looking at you Extinction.
Robert Downey Jr Joins Due Date
Robert Downey Jr. has signed up for the Todd Phillips comedy Due Date, which already stars Zack Galifianakis. Yes, the hottest comedy star of last summer (in Tropic Thunder) is joining the hottest comedy star of this summer (in The Hangover) for what we're guessing could be a pretty hot comedy as early as next summer.
Due to shoot this September in Atlanta, Arizona and LA, the film sees Downey Jr. cast as a father-to-be who's racing to get home for the birth of his child, along with Galifianakis' mismatched travelling companion. Phillips describes it as a "buddy comedy without the buddies", so think Planes, Trains and Automobiles with birth instead of Thanksgiving at the end of it.
The script was written by Alan R. Cohen and Alan Freedland, and revised by Scrabble-winning scribe Adam Sztykiel.
DJ Caruso Heading For Dead Space
DJ Caruso, director of Disturbia and Eagle Eye (and currently reported to be working on Y: The Last Man) has signed on to direct a movie of the EA sci-fi zombie horror videogame Dead Space, according to Variety.
Dead Space takes place on a mining ship infested by reanimated human corpses called Necromorphs. It's a third-person shooter using that over-the-shoulder perspective seen in the likes of Resident Evil 4 and 5 and Gears of War. Its Alien-like plot hook is that the zombifications began when something was brought back to the ship from an off-limits planet.
But the game is much more like Paul WS Anderson's Event Horizon, with the artefact triggering violent hysteria among the ship's crew, and the player piecing this back-story together through the discovery of ship logs and audio recordings.
An animated prequel to the game, Dead Space: Downfall, was released to DVD last year. A game sequel, Dead Space: Extraction, is in development.
The game itself is decent enough, but it's very obviously a tribute to the films mentioned above, plus any number of other sci-fi and horror sources, filmic and literary. The player's character is called Isaac Clarke. From Asimov and Arthur C. Do you see? Translating it from a game back to a single film is going to be a tricky prospect if Caruso doesn't want it to seem completely derivative.
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The Wolfman moves again!
This is starting to make us nervous... Fango just got the word that Universal Pictures' new version of The Wolfman, which was originally slated for an April 3 release this year and then got shifted to November 6, has been bumped a second time. Now it seems we're going to have to wait till 2010 to check it out.
The Wolfman, starring Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins and Emily Blunt, directed by Joe Johnston and featuring makeup FX by Rick Baker, is currently slated to hit theaters next February 12. That gets it out of the way of Summit's competing (albeit younger-skewing) lycanthropicture The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which arrives Nov. 20, and has it following Joss Whedon's much-anticipated The Cabin In The Woods by a week. You can see the film's official site here. In Wolfman's place, Universal will open the Milla Jovovich-starrer The 4th Kind Nov. 6; directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi,
Sherlock Holmes trailer (http://sherlock-holmes-movie.warnerbros.com/) on the official site, looks pretty good & Robert Downey Jr is looking like a damn good choice for Holmes, he can do no wrong at the moment.
Holmes is looking spiffingly good old boy!
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Zack Galifianakis
I went to a Holloween party last year, but was too lazy to prepare a costume. When I walked in the door, people spent several minutes trying to guess "who I was".
I said ... "Zack Galifianakis". Fortunately, I was going throug a beard-phase at the time. That, and all white guys do look alike. :D
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;D awesome
Pirates of the Caribbean 4, the inevitably-mooted sequel to the first three films, has been on something of a hiatus since director Gore Verbinski bowed out in April in favour of Bioshock. But now it may be on again, with Variety reporting rumours that Chicago's Rob Marshall is close to signing on to direct.
Marshall is, of course, currently finishing work on his mega-musical Nine (not to be confused with 9 or District 9) starring a cast entirely comprised of Oscar winners/nominees and her from the Black Eyed Peas. But this could be next for him, since Disney is anxious to get things underway before Depp heads off to film The Lone Ranger, another film with Pirates producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
Without Depp, of course, there's no Pirates (or no Pirates we want to see, at any rate). No other cast are confirmed yet, but we're guessing we've seen the last of Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann, judging by the last film's coda. So perhaps this will be the sequel we wanted all along: one that focuses on Jack Sparrow being himself. If they decide to dispense with plot and just show him getting drunk in a bar for two hours, we're there with bells on.
Casting's apparently begun for new characters for the series, and if Marshall can control his urge to cue everyone for spontaneous tap numbers (or, heck, even if he can't) this could be a good choice. So what do you think? Can the man who made Chicago make a good Pirates movie? And bear in mind: before Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Gore Verbinski made The Weather Man and The Ring, so past form is no real guide here.
Ridley Scott Will Direct Alien 5
Variety's story (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118006722.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562) is more concerned that the screenplay is being written by Jon Spaihts, but the headline and the one-line explanation are enough to make us run around the room with glee: Ridley Scott is now attached to Alien 5 as director.
Commercials director Carl Erik Rinsch was originally reported to be the Scott Brothers' choice to helm, with their Scott Free Productions, well, producing. But there's no mention of Rinsch this morning. Were Fox unconvinced? Or did Ridley start getting more interested the more involved he became?
Whatever the circumstances, what does seem to be officially confirmed now (rather than just rumoured and hoped for) is that the film is a prequel to the 1979 original, presumably dealing with the events that led the elephant-faced Space Jockey and his croissant-shaped ship to crash on Giger World.
Spaihts' pitch to Fox and Scott Free was apparently enthusiastically received. Well clearly, since he got the job. We'd hope Fox and the Scotts reaction wasn't "meh, that'll do". Prolifically busy all of a sudden, Spaihts is also involved with Shadow 19, Passengers,The Darkest Hour, Children of Mars, and George and the Dragon. But the Alien prequel will be his highest profile gig yet.
Hard to imagine a higher, really...
I love the alien films, I also thought that Ridley Scott did a fantastic job but something still fills me with worry and concern as the prequel will be venturing deep into unknown and unwritten territory.
It's going to come down to the directors vision or someone else having a stab at a story line that is a mystery for a reason (and adds to the terror of it all in a way) THIS COULD BE GOOD OR VERY BAD......I mean take Alien Ressurection for instance.......how badly could that have been mismatched in the story line just to crowbar another film out???
Also you will have now lost the main protagonist from the films and easily the most frequently named name in the (current) quadrilogy....
Milla Jovovich On Why They're Making Another Resident Evil Movie
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Hollywood has already churned out three Resident Evil films. Three films? That's a trilogy. Now, director Paul W.S. Anderson and his star/fiancée Milla Jovovich are making a fourth. Why? Money.
"The movie makes money," says Jovovich. "If it makes more money than the last one, you'd think that people want to see another one, so we'll do another one. There's been a lot of interest online, there's been a lot of letters from fans... film company. It's not like I said, 'Hey, honey! Let's do another one right away!' I mean, it's an expensive film and it's all business and if the third one didn't do well, there wouldn't be another one."
Slated for a September 2010, the fourth film is dubbed Resident Evil: Afterlife and will be in 3D. According to Jovovich, Anderson has been busying himself by boning up on every 3D film that's ever been made. "Especially for a movie like this," the actress adds, "because it's wild and a lot of action and a lot of potential for 3D to use the medium at its best."
Anderson has inked a deal with the folks who are doing Avatar's 3D to bring their expertise to Afterlife.
James McTeigue on Superman Reboot
It was recently reported that Warner Bros is working hard to reboot the Superman franchise and are currently looking to bring on a director. Some of the names that keep coming up are the Wachowskis (The Matrix, Speed Racer) and their protege James McTeigue (V for Vendetta, Ninja Assassin).
/Film had a chance to speak to McTeigue and asked him about whether he is in-talks to helm the new Superman movie and is being looked at to replace David Goyer on the "X-Men Origins: Magneto" film.
"[Magneto] was just one of those rumors that started out and I don't know where it came from or how it came up," he said. But when it came time to give an answer to the Superman rumor, he played it more coy. "You know... I would say... I'll keep you guessing, actually. It's good not to dispel every rumor, right?"
It is not much of a confirmation, but it is also not a denial. And if I had to take guess, his hesitation to answer the question means that he has already been approached by Warner Bros to helm or once again assist the Wachowskis.
Movie site, IESB, is reporting that Steven Spielberg is currently in talks to pick up Stuart Beattie's "Halo: The Fall of Reach" script to produce himself, under his Dreamworks umbrella. The site writes ...
"Spielberg is blown away by writer Stuart Beattie's take on the game in his script entitled HALO THE FALL OF REACH. This coupled with the fact that his Dreamworks umbrella is looking for a big tent pole to help launch their newly independant studio with distribution over at Walt Disney Pictures after losing Transformers to Paramount in the separation, it's the perfect combination."
Following the news that Peter Jackson and Neil Blomkamp's Halo project is dead in the water, this maybe Microsoft's best chance to thrust their Halo into movie theatres. IESB is reporting that CAA, who reps both Beattie and Spielberg, are heavily pushing the negotiations; and considering the fact that Spielberg shares a good relationship with Microsoft - he even appeared as part of Microsoft's E3 press conference this year - this may not be a bad shout.
We'll chalk this down as a rumour for now until we hear something a little more official, but if this plays out, it could be interesting. Very interesting indeed. It may just turn a few more heads.
Bunch of movie news for you all, the first one will most likely not impress Neato :)
Hugh Jackman Talks Wolverine 2
Logan heads to Frank Miller's Japan
Hugh Jackman revealed to MTV at the weekend that planning for the follow-up to X-Men Origins: Wolverine is well underway.
It may have received a less-than-warm critical greeting and provoked a mixed fan reaction, but it still more than reached it audience, with estimated box office north of $350m worldwide. Jackman was coming offstage at the Teen Choice awards where it actually won Best Film when he spoke to the music channel.
To nobody's surprise, he confirmed his intentions to have the next film set largely in Japan. The plan, as hinted before, is to base the story around the acclaimed four-issue mini-series from 1982, co-written by Frank Miller and Chris Claremont. A sort of 'year one' origin story (a bit of a Miller trademark), it sees Logan heading East to learn philosophy and fighting.
Miller wasn't quite the name he is today at that pre-Dark-Knight-Returns point in the 80s, but he was becoming hot stuff due to his awesome run on Daredevil (if all you know of Daredevil is the film, go and find Miller's Marvel work, now!)
"That's a movie I've longed to make from the beginning," says Huge. "I think the fans love that saga, and it's my favourite... so that's where we're heading." As long as it remembers that it's a film about Wolverine, and not a bunch of random other mutants, that should be exactly the right direction.
Kick-Ass Is Going, Going... Gone?
Three studios circling Vaughn's new film
At long last, Matthew Vaughn's Kick-Ass, is close to securing a distributor, with three studios currently vying for the bold and brutally violent comic-book adaptation.
Lionsgate, Paramount and Universal are the companies duking it out to secure the rights to the independently-financed film for a figure that, according to the Hollywood Reporter, will be a serious seven-figure sum, plus a commitment to P&A.
The interest was sparked by the film's recent rapturously-received debut at Comic-Con, where Vaughn showed several clips. It was one of the biggest hits of the 'Con, with a reaction up there with big guns like Avatar and Iron Man 2.
Vaughn, who took the incredibly brave decision to self-finance the movie after pulling out of a deal with Sony following key creative differences with the studio, has always been quietly confident about the appeal of his movie, which follows a normal teenager who, inspired by comic books, decides to become a DIY superhero, becoming embroiled in a dark and violent world dominated by insane gangsters and heroes who are much, much better than him, including Nicolas Cage's Big Daddy and his eleven year-old daugher, Hit Girl (Chloe Moretz).
Nevertheless, given that the movie started shooting almost a year ago, there's bound to be relief that the long search for a distributor who won't be cowed by the movie's no-nonsense, R-rated approach and controversy-baiting content (not only does Hit Girl kill virtually everybody on the planet, but she uses fruity language that will have The Daily Mail's Chris Tookey spluttering onto his keyboard with indignant rage).
We're not sure which studio will ultimately emerge victorious, but our money's on either Paramount (which has a history of distributing films that it didn't finance, after its deal with Marvel) and Universal. Given our track record for predictions, it's bound to be Lionsgate now.
Frank Langella Joins Wall Street 2
He's a broker in Oliver Stone's sequel
The career renaissance of Frank Langella continues, with today's news that the veteran actor has joined the cast of Oliver Stone's Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps.
Langella, who bagged an Oscar nom for his last role as the Nixon part of the Frost/Nixon equation, will play Lewis Zabel, an old-school mentor to Shia LaBeouf's character, a young broker who comes under the wicked influence of Michael Douglas' Gordon Gekko.
According to Variety, a huge plot point revolves around Zabel's fate – we're guessing that it can't be good.
Allan Loeb wrote the screenplay for the 20th Century Fox movie, which starts filming soon. Josh Brolin is also in talks to join the cast, replacing Javier Bardem.
Green Hornet Finds His Kato
Jay Chou cast as kickass chauffeur
Following Stephen Chow's departure, the Kato-shaped gap in Michel Gondry's Green Hornethas now been filled, say Variety. Jay Chou will fill Bruce Lee's shoes as the ass-kicking chauffeur, alongside Seth Rogan as the titular vigilante newspaper tycoon.
Chou is a hugely prolific, classically trained Taiwanese singer-songwriter, with 25 million album sales under his belt. His music blends r&b, rap, rock, pop and world music in what's been dubbed "the Chou style" (because, like, he invented it) and he's won the World Music Award four times.
Films are a late addition to his CV. His first was the live-action adaptation of the Initial D anime in 2005, He played Prince Jai in Zhang Yimou's Curse of the Golden Flower, and wrote, directed and starred (and provided the music, obvously) in the multi-award-winning romance Secret in 2007.
Here's the video for Lang Man Shou Ji, which has both acting and singing in it, though not much evidence of this groundbreaking smorgasbord musical style we've heard so much about.
Green Hornet is Chou's Western debut. His plans for world domination are currently under wraps.
Meanwhile, Hollywood Snitch reports that Battlestar Galactica's Edward James Olmos will be playing a role in Green Hornet as well, but it's not yet confirmed what that is. We're hoping for A Large One.
Louis Letterier Talks Marvel Futures
Few facts, much brainstorming
There's not much actual "news" content, but a few interesting titbits in this interview with director Louis Leterrier in the LA Times' geektastic Hero Complex blog, where he talks Hulk, Captain America, Thor and Avengers.
Most tantalising is the part where he reveals that what he's seen of Joe Johnston's work on Captain America so far is "Raiders of the Lost Ark with more gadgets... Raiders meets Rocketeer and Saving Private Ryan". So we look forward to seeing Bucky wandering around the beach at Normandy carrying his severed arm, looking for treasure whilst ogling Jennifer Connelly.
Then there's his dream for an Avengers Summer, where four interconnected films are released on a monthly schedule: "One story arc but told in instalments. So all of the directors that touch part of the Avengers world would do a part."
And finally, intriguingly, the gallic director seems very equivocal about his 2007 Incredible Hulk. He avoids coming right out and saying he was happy with it, and is pretty clear that, while he's contracted to do one more film for Marvel, he hopes it won't be anything to do with Bruce Banner...
Letterier is currently working on Clash of the Titans, which is due for a March 2010 release. After that "I will go back [to Marvel] and say to them, 'Guys, you need me? Is there something I can do?'"
Frank Langella. How did he not win an award for his performance as Skeletor? ;D
20 Reasons Why John Hughes Rocked the 80's (http://www.empireonline.com/features/why-john-hughes-rocked-the-80s/default.asp)
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20 Reasons Why John Hughes Rocked the 80's (http://www.empireonline.com/features/why-john-hughes-rocked-the-80s/default.asp)
Rest in peace, John Hughes. You made me a man before I even hit puberty.
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Hugh Jackman Talks Wolverine 2
No matter what I think/say, I know I'm going to spend money to see this. I hate myself ... don't look at me.
Kick-Ass Is Going, Going... Gone?
For those of you that don't know, Kick-Ass totally kicks ass. If this movie is half as good as the comic, I'd be selling my right arm for the distribution rights as well. I can't wait to see this movie.
Frank Langella Joins Wall Street 2
Ummm ...
What? A sequel 20+ years in the making. Must be a hell of a movie.
Green Hornet Finds His Kato
About damn time.
Jay Chou ... classically trained Taiwanese singer-songwriter Cool?
Battlestar Galactica's Edward James Olmos will be playing a role COOL!!!
Louis Letterier Talks Marvel Futures
Hulk, Captain America, Thor and Avengers. [squeel]
Captain America so far is "Raiders of the Lost Ark with more gadgets ... [squeel]!
... his dream for an Avengers Summer [SQUEEEEEL]!!!
... equivocal about his 2007 Incredible Hulk The Incredible Hulk got a bad rap because of the Ang Lee Hulk movie. Frankly, I thought The Incredible Hulk was great. And the fact it managed to be great despite Ang Lee's shadow, makes it INCREDIBLE ;)
A Lego Movie? Get Lars Von Trier!
So, in a world of Monopoly and Candyland movies, it's hard to be surprised by anything any more.
But still -- as the old-time columnists used to say -- color me shocked by the Warner Bros. announcement that it's building a movie out of Lego.
Dan Lin, who produced the upcoming "Sherlock Holmes" flick and Richard Kelly's "The Box,"will be assembling the pieces. Newbie scriptwriters Dan and Kevin Hageman are to write the instruction manual -- er, screenplay. Lin noted that the Lego movie will have "a fun factor, creativity and imagination that has no boundaries."
No offence, but can you imagine a statement which has less fun, creativity and imagination?
Apparently, Warner Bros and the Lego people have been talking about this for a year, with the American contingent even flying the Lego plane to Denmark to talk about how the movie will proceed. No doubt that the proud Danes will want one of their own to direct.
Might I humbly suggest Lars Von Trier?
He's so hot right now, and a scene in which a live-action couple copulate wildly among a landscape of animated colored bricks would really go over beautifully at Cannes.
Failing that, give it to Michel Gondry, who's already proven himself brilliantly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q27BfBkRHbs) in the field
You'd be forgiven for thinking that, like the White Stripes music video, there are endless possible combinations for a Lego movie. Sadly, I suspect that's far from true.
As a kid, we got the little boxes of plastic blocks and assembled them into the prescribed shapes -- space ship, pirate boat, Linda Ronstadt, whatever. Once we were done, we promptly made it our mission to lose three vital pieces and feed the instruction leaflet to the dog.
It didn't matter though because the blocks were so generic you could build whatever you liked -- racing car, oil tanker, Olivia Newton John -- using just "imagination that knows no boundaries."
But take a cruise down the Lego aisle in 2009 and you'll see a startling array of amazingly complicated toys.
Buy one of these -- as I have a few times recently for the flock of nephews -- and you'll find a box filled with specific pieces, tiny fiddly add-ons, servo-motors, remote controls, Intel processors and, I suspect, small-scale nuclear reactors.
Lego bricks and panels are now moulded and designed so that you pretty much can only make what's on the box -- or narrow variations thereof.
Usually those toys look like soulless, high-tech killing machines out of a summer blockbuster -- that is, if not they're not already directly based on the likes of "Star Wars" or "Transformers."
Anc just check out the faces on the little guys.
Forget the happily naïve little square heads of the 1970s. The new Lego men have sun-glasses and snarls and trimmed goatees and look like they'd kill you -- or at least bite your finger hard -- if given half a chance.
It'd be great to think that someone like Michel Gondry or Spike Jonze or even Lars von Trier might be turned loose in Legoland.
But what has this summer taught us -- and, more importantly, what has it taught the guys with the money? It's that "Transformers" took $400M. It's that "G.I. Joe" opened at #1 and is on track for $150M.
Toys that go boom make box-office registers ring.
so with that in mind, here are a few Lego Movie posters ;)
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The 'I Am Lego' one cracked me up. :D
I Am Lego looks awesome.
bunch of movie news below
Ball Rolling On Rambo 5
Sly prepares John's next mission
There's no sign yet of the promised "John Rambo" director's cut of Sylvester Stallone's fourth Rambo outing, but Variety reports that work on Rambo 5 is underway, with Stallone again directing and (obviously) starring.
Stallone previously said that Part 4 was the final instalment: a similar cap to the series to Rocky Balboa. But he's clearly changed his mind. Apparently the story this time revolves around "Rambo fighting his way through human traffickers and drug lords to rescue a young girl abducted near the US-Mexico border".
The film will be produced under the wing of Nu Image / Millennium, where Sly is currently in post-production on The Expendables. Shooting, in every sense, will start next spring on what we're sure will be a sensitive examination of cross-border American societal issues. With awesome killing and maiming.
Get Ready For Bad Boys 3
This sh*t just got real. Again.
Bad Boys 2 may have been the sequel that nobody asked for, but we bought it anyway and it took a reported $273m worldwide. Its stars (well, Will Smith and Michael Bay) have risen astronomically in the years since the 1995 original, but The Hollywood Reporter says this morning that "all parties have expressed a willingness to return if a story can be hammered out".
Enter Peter Craig, who's knocking out the script as we speak. An established author of "darkly comic novels", and a graduate of the Iowa Writers Workshop under the tutelage of Tobias Wolff (thanks Wikipedia!), he's recently been working on the screenplay for Cowboy Bebop, adapted from the anime and set to star Keanu Reeves as Spike.
Bad Boys was solid but unremarkable. Bad Boys 2 was an absurdly overblown, late-coming surprise follow-up, which mixed the good (it's sporadically funny and has a freeway car chase which knocks a similar scene in its immediate contemporary The Matrix: Reloaded into a cocked hat), the bad (it was two and half bloody hours long) and the ugly (another, supremely bad-taste chase in which morgue-corpses are strewn all over the road). It was so ridiculous that it was a key inspirational source for Hot Fuzz.
So what do we think? Is there any way that Smith and Bay will actually turn out for this? And do we want them to? Was Bad Boys 2 fun enough to warrant more, or have we had enough already? Over to you...
Rob Zombie Is Remaking The Blob
Space jelly for the Superbeast
The first one introduced Steve McQueen to the moviegoing world. The second one starred Kevin Dillon and had a screenplay by Frank Darabont. And we will soon be able to beware The Blob again when Robert Cummings, aka Rob Zombie, gets to work next year.
Zombie's nightmare finding distribution for House of 1000 Corpses seems to be long over, and he's now firmly ensconced with creative control (read R ratings, lots of nudity and casting his wife Sheri Moon) at Dimension, who have been trying to get a Blob up and running for a while.
Variety reports that Zombie is dispensing with all notions of big red blobbiness, should anyone be concerned that this idea seems ridiculous. "That's the first thing I want to change," he says. "That gigantic Jello-looking thing might have been scary to audiences in the 1950s, but people would laugh now."
So after Halloween and its sequel, why another remake? "I'd been looking to break out of the horror genre, and this really is a science fiction movie about a thing from outer space. I intend to make it scary, and the great thing is I have the freedom once again to take it in any crazy direction I want to."
The budget is set at around $30m (similar to District 9 and Cloverfield) and filming is planned for next spring. Rob has a new album out in November and plans to write the Blob script while he's on his winter tour. It'll give him something to do on the bus.
Zombie-related trivia: Bill Moseley, who played Otis Firefly in House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects, and Z-Man in Halloween, played "Soldier no. 2" in the 1988 Blob remake.
Green Hornet pushed back to December 2010
Seth Rogen reassures us all it's for good reason
While it would appear that the latest news about The Green Hornet - that it's been shoved back from a July to a December release next year - is yet another bad omen, that's not how Seth Rogen feels.
While the movie is definitely being pushed back on Sony's schedule, it's been widely assumed that the move is to give the filmmakers - including director Michel Gondry - more time to get the thing finished in post-production.
Especially since it has yet to start shooting.
Talking to HitFix, producer/writer/star Seth Rogen has gone on record to explain. "We're both relieved and psyched about the change. It gives more time for post, which would have been immensely rushed if we were to come out in the summer.
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"It also affords us more time to promote the film, (now we can go to Comic-Con with more than a car!) and ultimately is a great vote of confidence from the studio. We got the same date that movies like I Am Legend and Avatar are getting, so we're thrilled to be there."
So there you have it, folks - straight from the stoner horse's mouth.
Now we just want this thing to be in production so everyone can stop worrying...
New Poster For Bad Lieutenant
Cage and Mendes call New Orleans
There is a brand new poster online for movie mouthful Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans!
Nicolas Cage is said Bad Lieutenant, a druggie detective in love with a prostitute (Eva Mendes), who reigns over battered post-Hurricane Katrina New Orleans.
We know it is hard to contain the excitement for Werner Herzog's coked-up cop drama, starring Nicolas Cage, Eva Mendes, Val Kilmer, and Alvin 'X to the Z Xzibit' Joiner, but hold it in, because the film isn't out until November 20.
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30 More Days Of Night
Dark Days ahead
Bloody Disgusting have revealed that work is steaming ahead on a sequel to 2007's vampire graphic novel adaptation 30 Days of Night, which starred Josh Hartnett, Melissa George and Danny Huston in an adventure about a vampire attack in the Arctic circle winter.
Entertaining but flawed (Alaskan readers can correct us here, but when the sun came back up wouldn't it only have stayed up for a matter of minutes?) the original topped the US box office on the weekend it was released, so the most surprising thing about the follow-up, subtitled Dark Days, and again adapted straight from the comics series, is that it's taken this long.
It doesn't sound like any of the original cast will be returning however, and the director will be Ben Ketai, who shot a couple of webisode stories to accompany part one - original director David Slade is, of course, wrestling with a different sort of vampire on The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. BD say that the story will involve a recast Stella (George's character) joining some vigilante vamp hunters to get revenge on "Lilith, the vampire responsible for the attack on the Alaska town." Yes, you may've thought Danny Huston was responsible, but it turns out it was all his girlfriend's fault really.
No word yet on whether original producers Sam Raimi and Bob Tapert are involved. The script will be by Ketai and Steve Niles, who writes the comics. Shooting starts next month in Vancouver; a change from the original, which shot in New Zealand.
What do we think? Another palpable hit, or straight to DVD?
30 Days of Night was excellent so i will definately wanna see this one!
Quote from: Failed on September 06, 2009, 09:51:43 PM
30 Days of Night was excellent so i will definately wanna see this one!
i agree, btw, nice gamerscore, i needed a 9 point achievement for that score the other day.
Ford Up For More Indy
Dust off the fedora and clear out the snakes – Indiana Jones is ready to ride again.
Harrison Ford, 67, says he's already ready for the globe-trotting archaeologist's next adventure, only a year after one of history's most successful film franchises was revived – and that the next chapter is already well on its way.
"The story for the new Indiana Jones is in the process of taking form," Ford told France's Le Figaro. "Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and myself are agreed on what the fifth adventure will concern, and George is actively at work. If the script is good, I'll be very happy to put the costume on again."
The screen legend was on hand to accept a career honor at the Deauville Film Festival, with partner Calista Flockhart on his arm.
In June, while promoting Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Shia LaBeouf – who plays Indiana Jones' son, Mutt – told the BBC, "Steven's just said that he's cracked the story."
They've been floating rumors about this one for a while now, but this is the first major bit of news about it (no, I don't consider LaBeouf's throwaway quip major news). I think that they rolled the dice one too many times with Kingdom of the Crystal Skill and while there were things I liked, there was a lot that I didn't as well. I'm always willing to give Steven Spielberg another chance and sure, maybe he can come up with something decent for the fifth film. But at the same time, Harrison Ford is definitely starting to get too old for these movies. Spielberg already has Harvey and Lincoln on his slate...will he really have enough time to get an Indiana Jones movie going before Ford needs to hang the whip up? I don't see this happening, no matter how much the principles want to do it or how much money the franchise is worth.
Krueger Gets a Documentary
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Members of the creative team behind His Name Was Jason: 30 Years of Friday the 13th have joined forces once again to bring horror fans the ultimate tribute to yet another landmark slasher series, A Nightmare on Elm Street.
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy officially began lensing on August 22, 2009, in and around Los Angeles. Starring and narrated by Heather Langenkamp, star of the 1984 classic A Nightmare on Elm Street and two of its sequels (1986's Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and 1994's Wes Craven's New Nightmare), this thrilling 90-minute retrospective promises to be the definitive look at the making of the iconic horror series and the enduring legacy of its wise-cracking, razor-gloved villain: the indefatigable "bastard son of a hundred maniacs" known as Freddy Krueger.
In addition to the exhaustive feature-length documentary, the two-disc DVD release of Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy will feature over four hours of nightmare-inducing extras, including the original documentary I Am Nancy, written, produced and directed by star Heather Langenkamp, which looks back at the last 25 years since her debut as heroine Nancy Thompson and examines the impact of the Elm Street films on young people's lives.
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy will be released in the spring of 2010.
For fans of Freddy Krueger, this is news that will likely have them doing cartwheels. His Name Was Jason was an absolutely phenomenal retrospective on the Friday the 13th franchise and that the same people who did that are doing one for the Elm Street series makes me very excited. I'd be very interested to see the piece by Langenkamp, who I always thought should have had the chance to break into something outside of the franchise but never managed to do so. If you have any doubts about this documentary being great, just check out His Name Was Jason. You won't be disappointed.
Kane & Lynch film to star Bruce Willis
The producer of the Kane & Lynch movie has confirmed Bruce Willis will take a starring role.
According to Adrian Askarieh, speaking to Game Daily, Willis will play the first-half of the dynamic duo. The role of Lynch is yet to be cast.
"The script has been incredibly well-received around town," said Askarieh. "After Bruce Willis read it, he called it one of the best action scripts he's ever read, and Bruce is an expert in terms of action scripts because he's read everything over the last 20 years."
So what's it about? "Well, it's going to have the basic premise. But the details for the movie are going to be different. It's not going to have every sequence from the game, but it's essentially the story of a mercenary teaming up with a schizophrenic psychopath to save his wife and daughter." Wasn't that the plot of last week's Archers?
Kane & Lynch is due to start shooting in March. Locations are yet to be confirmed, but Askarieh's thinking "South America, Europe and possibly Louisiana". The director will be Simon Crane. He was second unit director on Tomb Raider and Troy, amongst other blockbusters.
Askarieh has much experience of this kind of thing, having previously produced the rubbish but high-grossing Hitman movie. He is also working on the big screen adaptation of Just Cause, another Eidos product.
"Just Cause is a great action-adventure spy movie, which is a totally different motif than Hitman," he observed.
"Hitman is a great assassin movie, Kane and Lynch is a great buddy action movie. So all these are first-and-foremost good movie ideas, then videogames."
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 21, 2009, 08:53:21 AM
Kane & Lynch film to star Bruce Willis
That's f***ing awesome! ;D
I read rumours about him appearing in the film ages ago but then there was never any new news on the topic, until now.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 21, 2009, 02:11:54 PM
I read rumours about him appearing in the film ages ago but then there was never any new news on the topic, until now.
Same.
I just figured it was simply a rumor because the character resembled Bruce Willis. Sort of like the Gears of War / Batista rumor.
Prince of Persia Movie Trailer
I posted this on the homepage yesterday. I aint a big fan but it looks pretty cool
Quote from: TaraJayne on November 04, 2009, 12:01:38 PM
I posted this on the homepage yesterday. I aint a big fan but it looks pretty cool
I need to go on the homepage a bit more me thinks :)
Jill Valentine In Resident Evil: Afterlife?
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Actress Sienna Guillory appeared in flick Resident Evil: Apocalypse as character Jill Valentine, but was M.I.A. in the third film, Resident Evil: Extinction. Rumors have it that there was a contract dispute with the actress.
Director Paul W.S. Anderson is currently filming Resident Evil: Afterlife and star Milla Jovovich tweeted this tidbit: "Valentine MAY be back." That also means she may not be back.
Perhaps, Guillory worked out her contract issues or perhaps the producers are bringing on another actress altogether to play Valentine.
woo hoo cany wait for another res movie. been hoping they would do a devil may cry movie to now that would kick arse
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One obvious thing comes to mind when I see this picture ...
That shoulder holster has to be uncomfortable on bare skin. :-\
Makes me think of 2 puppies tucked tightly in a blanket.
Quote from: reaper66679 on November 10, 2009, 11:38:31 AM
woo hoo cany wait for another res movie. been hoping they would do a devil may cry movie to now that would kick arse
I've got the anime on my Lovefilm list so I'll do a review once I've watched them.
Quote from: Lukehi on November 10, 2009, 07:15:55 PM
Quote from: reaper66679 on November 10, 2009, 11:38:31 AM
woo hoo cany wait for another res movie. been hoping they would do a devil may cry movie to now that would kick arse
I've got the anime on my Lovefilm list so I'll do a review once I've watched them.
Me too along with another 100+ films, might be a while before i get it.
And me :D
after seeing the trailer for the Dantes Inferno anime, i'll be adding that to my list too, it's not out till next year though :)
been waiting for this for ages, out next week in the States, January for us though.
Resident Evil Director 'Circling' Castlevania, Metal Gear Movies
Castlevania? Thought that movie project was dead. Apparently not, and apparently Paul W.S. Anderson (Resident Evil, Death Race, Mortal Kombat) is "waiting on a script." Oh, and he'd like to adapt Metal Gear Solid for the silver screen, too.
That is according to Jeremy Bolt, who is Anderson's co-producer on Resident Evil: Afterlife. Visiting that film's set, the site ShockTillYouDrop.com says it spoke to Bolt, who "told us this morning that Paul W.S. Anderson is still circling video game adaptation Castlevania at Rogue Pictures and that they are waiting on a script."
"Bolt added that he and Anderson would like to adapt Konami's Metal Gear Solid for the big screen at Columbia Pictures," ShockTillYouDrop.com added.
You can check out Paul W.S. Anderson's filmography here (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027271/) but he ain't no Bergman. Please note that none of this confirms Anderson has anything to do with the Metal Gear project.
Modern Warfare Movie Adaptation In The Works?
Oh no! It seems that yet another game to feature film adaptation will be Activision/Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2. MovieWeb reports that Kevin McKidd, who voices Captain "Soap" McTavish, seems to have commented that the movie is picking up steam and a few scripts have already been penned.
If this is to become a reality then it will be one of the many games being made into a film amongst the likes of Bioshock, Gears of War, soon to be released Prince of Persia, Tekken and many more.
Now we all know the history of game-to-movie adaptations and we all know rarely any of them are remotely good or true to the game's storyline or feel: *cough cough* Far Cry.
Many have shown great potential such as Max Payne yet upon release have been unexceptional or disgraceful and not worth the price of watching it in the cinemas (or even renting it on dvd).
How on earth a Call of Duty film would work is beyond me. Modern Warfare 1/2 were told in a sort of Inglorious Basterds style, jumping from protagonist to protagonist always in different places and different times.
Yet translate that into a movie and you're probably looking at hours of disjointed jumping from one place to another, so how would a Call of Duty movie work exactly? It beats me, but as Kevin says there is apparently a script which has been penned and is very good.
Still, games like Far Cry, Max Payne and Alone in the Dark, to name a few which have been failures, have pretty much shown gamers that unless treated with precision and heart it will not live up to its game counterpart.
Prince of Persia on the other hand, based on the first trailer, shows great promise. Yet all us movie buffs know just how trailers show all the good stuff then come movie time there's barely any good stuff you haven't seen.
Let's hope come release the Prince of Persia movie does exceptionally well and finally break the blend of the horrible game-to-movie adaptation curse.
As well as that let's hope some more light is shed on this supposed good CoD Modern Warfare script. I wouldn't mind a CoD movie but knowing its
formula the cast will have to be spot on and story wise it will need something decent and not too over the top. Then I might not mind paying the cash to have a good laugh.
Dead or Alive was probably one of the best (unintentional) comedies in the year it was released and well worth the price of watching it; heck I got my money's worth.
So Call of Duty movie or not? Ideas? Thoughts?
List of games made into movies:
* Super Mario Bros.: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen! (July 20, 1986)
* Super Mario Bros. (May 28, 1993)
* Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture (July 16, 1994)
* Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (August 6, 1994)
* Double Dragon (November 4, 1994)
* Street Fighter (December 23, 1994)
* Mortal Kombat (August 18, 1995)
* Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (November 21, 1997)
* Pokémon: The First Movie – Mewtwo Strikes Back (July 18, 1998)
* Wing Commander (March 12, 1999)
* Pokémon: The Movie 2000 – The Power of One (July 17, 1999)
* Pokémon 3: The Movie – Spell of the Unown (July 8, 2000)
* Shenmue: The Movie (January 20, 2001)
* Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (June 15, 2001)
* Pokémon 4Ever – Celebi, Voice of the Forest (July 7, 2001)
* Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (July 21, 2001)
* Resident Evil (March 15, 2002)
* Pokémon Heroes (July 13, 2002)
* Pokémon: Jirachi Wishmaker (July 19, 2003)
* Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life (July 25, 2003)
* House of the Dead (October 10, 2003)
* Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys (July 22, 2004)
* Resident Evil: Apocalypse (September 10, 2004)
* Alone in the Dark (January 28, 2005)
* Air (February 5, 2005)
* Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (July 16, 2005)
* Final Fantasy VII Advent Children (September 14, 2005)
* Doom (October 21, 2005)
* BloodRayne (January 6, 2006)
* Forbidden Siren (February 9, 2006)
* Silent Hill (April 21, 2006)
* Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (July 15, 2006)
* Dead or Alive (September 15, 2006)
* D?butsu no Mori (Animal Crossing) (December 16, 2006)
* Pokémon: The Rise of Darkrai (July 14, 2007)
* Clannad (September 15, 2007)
* BloodRayne II: Deliverance (September 18, 2007)
* Resident Evil: Extinction (September 21, 2007)
* Hitman (November 21, 2007)
* In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale (January 11, 2008)
* OneChanbara (April 26, 2008)
* Postal (May 23, 2008)
* Like a Dragon (June 23, 2008) aka Ry? ga Gotoku Based on the first Yakuza Video Game
* Pokémon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior (July 19, 2008)
* Far Cry (October 2, 2008)
* Max Payne (October 16, 2008)
* Resident Evil: Degeneration (December 17, 2008)
* Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li (February 27, 2009)
* Pokémon Diamond & Pearl Platinum the Movie: To the Conquering of Space-Time (July 18, 2009)
Upcoming releases
* Tekken (2009)
* The Legend of Spyro 3D (2009)
* Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009)
* Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (May 28, 2010)
* The King of Fighters (2010)
* BloodRayne III: Warhammer (2010)
* Clock Tower (2010)
* Mortal Kombat: Devastation (2010)
* Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)
* Dead Space (2011)
* Gears of War (2011)
* Army Of Two (2011)
* Uncharted (series) (2011)
Gears of War better be the most expensive, insanely action heavy film ever made. Costs run into the stratosphere but sh*t gets blown up and people get chainsawed in half ... and a giant worm too, made of rock, which eats cities (or is that too far fetched?)
Quote from: Failed on November 19, 2009, 11:49:35 AM
Gears of War better be the most expensive, insanely action heavy film ever made. Costs run into the stratosphere but sh*t gets blown up and people get chainsawed in half ... and a giant worm too, made of rock, which eats cities (or is that too far fetched?)
nope, it's about as far fetched as the French having to cheat to qualify for the World Cup..... oh wait!!
Hopefully the Gears movie won't suck, luckily theres some good talent behind the camera.
Len Wiseman will be directing, he directed Die Hard 4.0 and Underworld, so action wise he's pretty good.
Stuart Beattie was down to write the screenplay, not sure if he's still attached though, but he also wrote Collateral, the 3 Pirates movies, 30 Days of Night, Derailed and was announced to be writing the on/off Halo movie too.
Chris Morgan is also on board, he wrote the screenplays to Fast & Furious, Cellular and both the Wanted film and game.
it's the cast that everyone wants to know about & as yet, still nobody has been named yet.
Modern Warfare 2 man to direct film
Activision Blizzard director heads to Hollywood
Modern Warfare 2 director, Keith Arem is set to switch mediums and head up a full feature film, it's been announced.
Arem will direct 'action thriller' Frost Road, which is to be overlooked by Closer producer Cary Brokaw along with Steven L'Heureux.
The film blurb reads: "FROST ROAD concerns a small coastal Eastern town which is suddenly and inexplicably devastated by an invisible contagion. A young man awakens from a car accident to discover he is one of few survivors in the aftermath of a mysterious outbreak.
"Somehow immune, he tries to save the remaining survivors from themselves, as he desperately struggles to prevent the deadly wave from spreading across the entire planet." Get 50 Cent to call in a few airstrikes, and we're in.
Producer Brokaw bigged-up Arem's move from gaming to movies, praising "...the incredible results that Keith achieved in Modern Warfare 2. The popular response to the title speaks for itself.
"There's a great deal that film can learn from the dynamic and immersive experience of games, in the same way the medium has drawn on graphic novels for visual inspiration," he said. "With FROST ROAD, we believe that we've harnessed the best of not just both, but all three worlds."
Do we sense a trend building? Will Cliffy B soon be heading up the new Bond movie?
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 14, 2009, 01:43:36 PM
been waiting for this for ages, out next week in the States, January for us though.
I saw this last weekend. It's pretty much what you'd expect.
The Good:Fight scenes are well choreographed.
Lots of blood.
The Bad:Acting
Dialog
Plot
Overuse of "slow-motion"
Don't know how many of you have this trailer, my mate just sent it me, i'd read a bit about it but not seen the trailer until now, looks cool!
New Resi movie delayed until 2011
Milla Jovovich, star of the Resident Evil films, has confirmed the release of the next instalment in the series has been delayed.
"So I think we r definitely pushing the film till jan '11," she wrote on her Twitter page. "Boo! But we can't rush it and hve crappy effects, so know it will rock!"
Resident Evil: Afterlife, the first RE film made using 3D technology, had been due to launch in August 2010. However, ShockTillYouDrop.com reported a delay was on the cards.
Jovovich initially denied the report, stating, "RE Afterlife is NOT officially pushed... For the moment it's still on for August." Looks like things have changed, however.
I'd rather they just cancel the movie completely, the first film was okay, crap zombies though & not enough gore, the other 2 were abysmal. I especially like the comments about not having crappy effects, the first 3 had crappy effects, why change now? ;D
This, for me, is HUGE news, the action master is back :)
John Woo turning Stranglehold into film
Chinese director John Woo has confirmed that 2007 videogame Stranglehold will be made into a film.
"I forgot to tell you. We are going to make that into a movie," Woo told Cinematical.
Does that mean he's making another game? "No. I don't have that much time, even though I want to make one again," he said.
Stranglehold was a sequel to Woo's 1992 action film Hard Boiled, which revolved around hard-as-nails cop Tequila taking down a crime syndicate single handedly.
Woo's good friend Chow Yun-Fat reprised his role as Tequila in the videogame and will presumably take the honours again in a Stranglehold film.
Woo's recent film Red Cliff is Asia's most expensive ever at around $80m and was split into two parts; Part 1 was released in the summer of 2008 and Part 2 came out at the beginning of 2009. A trimmed version of part one was released in the US last month.
Woo confirmed that a full, two-part DVD release of the Asian version will be available in the US - presumably sometime in the new year.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on December 09, 2009, 11:19:58 AM
John Woo turning Stranglehold into film
I bet
Handshakes is excited for this ...
wherever he is :'(
Apple Trailers page for Iron Man 2 (http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/ironman/)
Quote from: nCogNeato on December 09, 2009, 04:00:03 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on December 09, 2009, 11:19:58 AM
John Woo turning Stranglehold into film
I bet Handshakes is excited for this ...
wherever he is :'(
Earlier today, Shakes made a sneaky appearance on the 360DF Homepage. Maybe he's like Bloody Mary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Mary_(folklore)) or Candyman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candyman_(film)), if you say his name he appears. :D
i noticed his brief comeback earlier too, he even made some comments in the desolate wasteland that is the chatroom :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on December 17, 2009, 11:49:14 PM
i noticed his brief comeback earlier too, he even made some comments in the desolate wasteland that is the chatroom :)
sh*t! i completely forgot there was a chatroom
Quote from: xnightcrawlerxx on December 22, 2009, 02:17:25 AM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on December 17, 2009, 11:49:14 PM
i noticed his brief comeback earlier too, he even made some comments in the desolate wasteland that is the chatroom :)
sh*t! i completely forgot there was a chatroom
Most people have mate :)
i dont feel so bad now. ill try to remember to stop in from time to time
Bryan Singer Talks X-Men: First Class
What does it mean for Magneto movies?
Now that he's officially signed to develop and direct the film, Bryan Singer has begun to talk - at least, to drop hints - about mutant prequel pic X-Men: First Class.
Chatting with the Hollywood Reporter's Heat Vision Blog (http://www.heatvisionblog.com/2009/12/bryan-singer-xmen-first-class-jack-the-giant-killer-q-and-a.html), Singer admitted that while he couldn't talk specifically about the story (it's still a secret), he could lock down what part of the X-story it would cover. "It's basically about the formation of the X-Men. How they began and the relationship between a young Xavier and a young Magneto."
And since it'll borrow elements from Eric Lensherr's longer life, it's even more likely that the Magneto origin movie will be shoved back on the schedule as Fox concentrates on this. "This story would probably utilize some of the Magneto story because it deals with a young Magneto, so it might supersede that because this would explore that relationship between a young energetic professor and a disenfranchised victim of the Holocaust."
But even First Class will have to wait in line behind Singer's planned fantasy pic Jack The Giant Killer, which is his next scheduled movie. "Right now that is the plan. Unless there's a problem in the development process. There is a script for "Jack"; we're in visual development. We've got artwork and pre-viz that we are doing. But you never know how things go."
He also talks more about Battlestar Galactica and Excalibur, both of which sound like they're still far from certain just yet.
Quote from: xnightcrawlerxx on December 22, 2009, 02:46:31 PM
i dont feel so bad now. ill try to remember to stop in from time to time
I usually drop in late at night, spit out Communist propaganda, and sneak out like a ninja.
Quote from: nCogNeato on December 22, 2009, 06:59:06 PM
Quote from: xnightcrawlerxx on December 22, 2009, 02:46:31 PM
i dont feel so bad now. ill try to remember to stop in from time to time
I usually drop in late at night, spit out Communist propaganda, and sneak out like a ninja.
I use Facebook for such things :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on December 22, 2009, 06:44:14 PM
Bryan Singer Talks X-Men: First Class
"It's basically about the formation of the X-Men. How they began and the relationship between a young Xavier and a young Magneto."
Awesome.
I can't wait to see creepy wax statues of Xavier and Magneto recruit a 16 year old Cyclops to fight Germans in 1918.
(http://strawdog.files.wordpress.com/2006/06/young-xavier-x3.jpg)
You'd think with a leading production company and blockbuster budget, they'd take a day to map out a proper timeline for when the f*** something happened and what age everyone should be. :D
Tekken movie poster teased on official Japanese site
Film blog Twitch has spotted the teaser poster for the upcoming Tekken movie on the official Warner Bros. Japan site for the film. We don't want to be overly cynical, but we've had our hearts broken so many times before that it's hard to get excited for any video game-based films -- no matter how spot-on Wushu martial artist Jon Foo looks as Tekken's Jin Kazama.
You know what else we're not fans of? The complete lack of Panda in the teaser poster (check it out after the break). We don't care if the character doesn't appear in the series until the third game, if we don't see an upright Panda punching someone in the face, there's no telling how upset we'll be.
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2009/12/tekkenposterfull580.jpg)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on December 23, 2009, 10:16:39 AMTekken movie poster teased on official Japanese site
If they go for campy like Dead or Alive, I'll enjoy it.
If they go for serious and fail like Street Fighter: Chun-Lil, I'll hate myself for watching it to the end.
If they go for serious and succeed, I'll check the skies for flying pigs.
The cast list (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0411951/) doesn't fill me with much hope, always liked Gary Daniels' work though and as long as the fight scenes are done well, i'll be happy.
Cameron: Avatar smoking is criticising gamers.
James Cameron has defended criticism of smoking in his latest film Avatar by suggesting it's a negative comment on gamers.
After anti-smoking groups criticised the fact that Sigourney Weaver's character smokes in the film - Scenemsoking.org has given Avatar a "black lung" rating - Cameron was quick to defend it as a 'negative comment' on gamers.
"She's rude, she swears, she drinks, she smokes," Cameron explains. "Also, from a character perspective, we were showing that Grace doesn't care about her human body, only her avatar body, which again is a negative comment about people in our real world living too much in their avatars, meaning online and in video games."
So there you have it. The reason Sigourney Weaver's character smokes is she cares more about her avatar than she does about herself, just like gamers. But presumably not gamers playing this game.
Real Answer: "She's rude, she swears, she drinks, she smokes ... because she's badass like that."
But that of course would get a negative response from the media. Fortunately, "gamers" are an easy scapegoat.
Wahoo!!! A tekken Movie :-*
Lets see....Luke Goss wtf???
Gary Daniels doesnt look hard enough to be Brian Fury
Marshall Laws real name is chung le, that confused me :-\
Who is Hwoaarang? I cant find a pic of him and hes my second ave Tekken dude??
I will probarbly buy this even if it is sh*t it
Quote from: TaraJayne on January 07, 2010, 11:40:38 PM
Wahoo!!! A tekken Movie :-*
Lets see....Luke Goss wtf???
Gary Daniels doesnt look hard enough to be Brian Fury
Marshall Laws real name is chung le, that confused me :-\
Who is Hwoaarang? I cant find a pic of him and hes my second ave Tekken dude??
I will probarbly buy this even if it is sh*t it
It will be sh*t, i guarantee it, Gary Daniels is a damn good martial arts actor though, so he'll be ok, the rest aren't
New Resident Evil Movie Release Moved *Again*
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Originally, the upcoming Resident Evil film, subtitled "Afterlife", was penciled in for August 27, 2010. Then there were rumors, which the film's star Milla Jovovich denied, that the movie would be released in January 2011.
Then it actually got delayed. The RE flick was then scheduled to go up against MGM's upcoming horror film Cabin in the Woods. This would have meant digital 3D screens (both movies are 3D) would have been split.
The reason for the push was the extra time needed in post production for the movie's special effects. However, it now appears that Afterlife director Paul W.S. Anderson won't need extra time for the effects, and the movie is now on for September 10th.
The previous two Resident Evil movies were released in September as well.
The first 3 films were absolutely awful, cancelling the 4th movie completely would be a better idea ;D
I recorded the Golden Globes in the early hours this morning, don't normally watch them but as the genius that is Ricky Gervais was hosting, I had to see them & boy was he on fire, especially with this ;D
The U.S. loves Ricky Gervais.
Over the past few weeks, there's been a quasi Civil War between late night hosts Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno regarding NBC contracts, scheduling, etc.
Last week, Ricky Gervais was a guest on Conan O'Brien's show and he threw a barrel of gas to that fire. I love that he approaches sensitive topics with a I-don't-give-a-f*** attitude, but with calculated surgical precision. It's art.
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Neato, If you have never seen Gervais doing his stand up I would highly recommend it. Especially Animals.
For anyone thats interested in such things, James Cameron's Avatar is now only $6million from overtaking Titanic as the highest grossing movie ever and is looking sure to break the $2billion mark Worldwide, them's some big numbers :)
Mass Effect movie a possibility, says BioWare
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"Huh?" you say, confused by the very prospect of the Mass Effect trilogy getting the film treatment. Dont' worry buddy, we're right there with you. The BioWare space RPG may be getting just that, though, according to Mass Effect 2 project director Casey Hundson in a recent interview with MTV. "Obviously we have a tremendous amount of interest from people in Hollywood to make a major motion picture about Mass Effect," Hudson said.
Thankfully, Hudson followed up his statement with a conditional position for the possibility of a Mass Effect film. "The most important thing for us is, we don't just want to see a movie get made ... we want to see a great movie get made, if it's going to get done at all." We have but one humble request should a movie ever be made of the series: it goes fully 3D -- if only for text trees in the third dimension.
Avatar is now the highest grossing movie of all time, toppling James Cameron's previous record holder, Titanic.
Top 10 All Time Worldwide Box Office Grosses (boxofficemojo.com)
1 Avatar (2009) - $1,858.9
2 Titanic (1997) - $1,843.2
3 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) - $1,119.1
4 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) - $1,066.2
5 The Dark Knight (2008) - $1,001.9
6 Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) - $974.7
7 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) - $961.0
8 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) - $938.2
9 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) - $934.0
10 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) - $925.3
RIP Miramax
Disney shuts down the arthouse studio
It sprang to life in 1979 as the brainchild of bullish movie producers Harvey and Bob Weinstein, and was named after their parents, but after a slow death from thousands of cuts, Miramax was officially closed today by Disney.
During its early years, the Weinsteins scrappily kept the ship afloat, shoved boundaries and helped bring the world the likes of Sex, Lies And Videotape, Clerks, The Piano, Reservoir Dogs, The Crying Game and The English Patient.
Rumours of the Weinsteins' bullying tactics and tough demeanor were rife, but they certainly seemed to have a keen eye for talent and an understanding of how to channel that into success.
Though it was bought for $70 million by Disney in 1993, the brothers continued to run Miramax with an enviable level of creative control, and pushed their already legendary Oscar-hunting style to new heights with the expanded funding offered by the Mouse House. Among the successes as winners or nominees were Shakespeare In Love, Chicago and The Talented Mr Ripley.
But money was also a constant problem, and the Weinsteins began to clash with Michael Eisner. In 2005, Bob and Harvey left the company, forced to let go of the Miramax named and formed The Weinstein Company, which currently struggles with financing issues.
"Miramax wasn't just a bad-boy clubhouse, it was a 20th century Olympus: throw a can of Diet Coke and you hit a modern-day deity," recalls Kevin Smith at The Wrap. "And for one brief, shining moment, it was an age of magic and wonders. I'm crushed to see it pass into history, because I owe everything I have to Miramax. Without them, I'd still be a New Jersey convenience store register jockey. In practice, not just in my head."
"I'm feeling very nostalgic right now," Harvey tells the site. "I know the movies made on my and my brother Bob's watch will live on as well as the fantastic films made under the direction of Daniel Battsek. Miramax has some brilliant people working within the organization and I know they will go on to do great things in the industry."
All that remains now is to think of the children: along with 80 people losing their jobs in New York and LA, the six movies still under the banner, including The Tempest and The Debt, face an uncertain future.
Miramax, then... Gone, but not forgotten.
That's a shame.
Miramax films laid a lot of the groundwork for introducing mass audiences to indie films. Some of my favorite movies as a teenager were released by Miramax.
Rest in peace, good friend.
Shame about Miramax,but still can't think of a film they produced.
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on January 31, 2010, 07:32:32 AM
Shame about Miramax,but still can't think of a film they produced.
Pulp Fiction, Clerks, The Crying Game, Heavenly Creatures, Shakespeare in Love, Chicago, Dogma to name but a few.
They also had the distribution rights to the awesome Jet Li movie Hero, though they sat on it for a couple of years first, i'd already had it on R3 dvd for about 18 months before Miramax released it internationally. Same goes for Stephen Chow's excellent Shaolin Soccer.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on January 31, 2010, 10:57:51 AM
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on January 31, 2010, 07:32:32 AM
Shame about Miramax,but still can't think of a film they produced.
Pulp Fiction, Clerks, The Crying Game, Heavenly Creatures, Shakespeare in Love, Chicago, Dogma to name but a few.
They also had the distribution rights to the awesome Jet Li movie Hero, though they sat on it for a couple of years first, i'd already had it on R3 dvd for about 18 months before Miramax released it internationally. Same goes for Stephen Chow's excellent Shaolin Soccer.
Oh,of course!Doh!
Weekend Report: 'Avatar' Unfazed in Seventh Outing
Not to sound like a broken record for a record-breaker, but Avatar maintained its blistering pace over the weekend. The box office colossus raked in $31.3 million, again posting the strongest hold for a nationwide release: down only ten percent. That ranks as the highest-grossing seventh weekend ever, surpassing Titanic's $25.9 million (though Titanic was much higher in estimated attendance), and that pushed the total up to $595.8 million in 45 days. At its current pace, Avatar could exceed Titanic's $600.8 million as early as Tuesday to become the highest-grossing movie of all time (though not highest in attendance).
Avatar is already the top grosser overseas and worldwide, but it widened its lead with another mammoth week and crossed the $2 billion worldwide (domestic plus foreign) threshold in the process. Its foreign weekend came to $95.3 million, down a mere 12 percent, which lifted its total to $1.447 billion. Italy was its top market of the weekend with $11 million ($55.8 million total second only to Titanic), followed by China at $10.9 million ($127.6 million total), and the movie plowed past the $100 million milestone in Germany, the United Kingdom and Russia.
82nd Annual Academy Awards® Nominations
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Nominees:
Avatar (2009): James Cameron, Jon Landau
The Blind Side (2009): Nominees to be determined
District 9 (2009): Peter Jackson, Carolynne Cunningham
An Education (2009): Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
The Hurt Locker (2008): Nominees to be determined
Inglourious Basterds (2009): Lawrence Bender
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Lee Daniels, Sarah Siegel-Magness, Gary Magness
A Serious Man (2009): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Up (2009): Jonas Rivera
Up in the Air (2009/I): Daniel Dubiecki, Ivan Reitman, Jason Reitman
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)
George Clooney for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009)
Morgan Freeman for Invictus (2009)
Jeremy Renner for The Hurt Locker (2008)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Nominees:
Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)
Helen Mirren for The Last Station (2009)
Carey Mulligan for An Education (2009)
Gabourey Sidibe for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Meryl Streep for Julie & Julia (2009)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Matt Damon for Invictus (2009)
Woody Harrelson for The Messenger (2009/I)
Christopher Plummer for The Last Station (2009)
Stanley Tucci for The Lovely Bones (2009)
Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Nominees:
Penélope Cruz for Nine (2009)
Vera Farmiga for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Maggie Gyllenhaal for Crazy Heart (2009)
Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Best Achievement in Directing
Nominees:
Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008)
James Cameron for Avatar (2009)
Lee Daniels for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Jason Reitman for Up in the Air (2009/I)
Quentin Tarantino for Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Nominees:
The Hurt Locker (2008): Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds (2009): Quentin Tarantino
The Messenger (2009/I): Alessandro Camon, Oren Moverman
A Serious Man (2009): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Up (2009): Bob Peterson, Pete Docter, Thomas McCarthy
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Nominees:
District 9 (2009): Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
An Education (2009): Nick Hornby
In the Loop (2009): Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Geoffrey Fletcher
Up in the Air (2009/I): Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Nominees:
Avatar (2009): Mauro Fiore
Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009): Christian Berger
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009): Bruno Delbonnel
The Hurt Locker (2008): Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds (2009): Robert Richardson
Best Achievement in Editing
Nominees:
Avatar (2009): Stephen E. Rivkin, John Refoua, James Cameron
District 9 (2009): Julian Clarke
The Hurt Locker (2008): Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
Inglourious Basterds (2009): Sally Menke
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Joe Klotz
Best Achievement in Art Direction
Nominees:
Avatar (2009): Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): David Warren, Anastasia Masaro, Caroline Smith
Nine (2009): John Myhre, Gordon Sim
Sherlock Holmes (2009): Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
The Young Victoria (2009): Patrice Vermette, Maggie Gray
Best Achievement in Costume Design
Nominees:
Bright Star (2009): Janet Patterson
Coco avant Chanel (2009): Catherine Leterrier
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009): Monique Prudhomme
Nine (2009): Colleen Atwood
The Young Victoria (2009): Sandy Powell
Best Achievement in Makeup
Nominees:
Il divo (2008): Aldo Signoretti, Vittorio Sodano
Star Trek (2009): Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow
The Young Victoria (2009): John Henry Gordon, Jenny Shircore
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Nominees:
Avatar (2009): James Horner
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Alexandre Desplat
The Hurt Locker (2008): Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders
Sherlock Holmes (2009): Hans Zimmer
Up (2009): Michael Giacchino
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Nominees:
Crazy Heart (2009): T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham("The Weary Kind")
Faubourg 36 (2008): Reinhardt Wagner, Frank Thomas("Loin de Paname")
Nine (2009): Maury Yeston("Take It All")
The Princess and the Frog (2009): Randy Newman("Down in New Orleans")
The Princess and the Frog (2009): Randy Newman("Almost There")
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Nominees:
Avatar (2009): Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson
The Hurt Locker (2008): Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett
Inglourious Basterds (2009): Michael Minkler, Tony Lamberti, Mark Ulano
Star Trek (2009): Anna Behlmer, Andy Nelson, Peter J. Devlin
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009): Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers, Geoffrey Patterson
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Nominees:
Avatar (2009): Christopher Boyes, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
The Hurt Locker (2008): Paul N.J. Ottosson
Inglourious Basterds (2009): Wylie Stateman
Star Trek (2009): Mark P. Stoeckinger, Alan Rankin
Up (2009): Michael Silvers, Tom Myers
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Nominees:
Avatar (2009): Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones
District 9 (2009): Dan Kaufman, Peter Muyzers, Robert Habros, Matt Aitken
Star Trek (2009): Roger Guyett, Russell Earl, Paul Kavanagh, Burt Dalton
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Nominees:
Coraline (2009): Henry Selick
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009): Wes Anderson
The Princess and the Frog (2009): John Musker, Ron Clements
The Secret of Kells (2009): Tomm Moore
Up (2009): Pete Docter
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Nominees:
Ajami (2009)(Israel)
Das weisse Band - Eine deutsche Kindergeschichte (2009)(Germany)
El secreto de sus ojos (2009)(Argentina)
Un prophète (2009)(France)
La teta asustada (2009)(Peru)
Best Documentary, Features
Nominees:
Burma VJ: Reporter i et lukket land (2008): Anders Østergaard, Lise Lense-Møller
The Cove (2009): Nominees to be determined
Food, Inc. (2008): Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein
The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009): Judith Ehrlich, Rick Goldsmith
Which Way Home (2009): Rebecca Cammisa
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Nominees:
China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province (2009) (TV): Jon Alpert, Matthew O'Neill
The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner (2009): Daniel Junge, Henry Ansbacher
The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant (2009) (TV): Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
Królik po berlinsku (2009): Bartosz Konopka, Anna Wydra
Music by Prudence (2010): Roger Ross Williams, Elinor Burkett
Best Short Film, Animated
Nominees:
French Roast (2008): Fabrice Joubert
Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty (2008): Nicky Phelan, Darragh O'Connell
La dama y la muerte (2009): Javier Recio Gracia
Logorama (2009): Nicolas Schmerkin
Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' (2008) (TV): Nick Park
Best Short Film, Live Action
Nominees:
The Door (2008): Juanita Wilson, James Flynn
Istället för abrakadabra (2008): Patrik Eklund, Mathias Fjällström
Kavi (2009): Gregg Helvey
Miracle Fish (2009): Luke Doolan, Drew Bailey
The New Tenants (2009): Joachim Back, Tivi Magnusson
These nominations failed as soon as Guy's Sherlock Holmes wasnt on the films list and Robert Downey Jr. Isnt on the best leading males list!!!!!
Quote from: KoreRupt on February 02, 2010, 06:30:46 PM
These nominations failed as soon as Guy's Sherlock Holmes wasnt on the films list and Robert Downey Jr. Isnt on the best leading males list!!!!!
Typical Academy votes mate, they always ignore stuff like that, i'm still amazed Johnny Depp got a nom for Pirates, sure he's great in those films but the Academy rarely give nominations for action comedy roles. Downey Jr. did get a nomination for Tropic Thunder & at least he won a Golden Globe for Sherlock Holmes.
Fingers crossed The Hurt Locker sweeps the board...saw this last week, really great film.
Quote from: Lukehi on February 02, 2010, 09:31:25 PM
Fingers crossed The Hurt Locker sweeps the board...saw this last week, really great film.
Great film, Jeremy Renner is amazing in that though Bridges or Freeman will probably get the oscar, Avatar will win loads if the Golden Globes are anything to go by, i'd like to see Christophe Waltz win Best Supporting Actor for Inglourious Basterds, he's brilliant.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on February 02, 2010, 09:55:49 PM
Quote from: Lukehi on February 02, 2010, 09:31:25 PM
Fingers crossed The Hurt Locker sweeps the board...saw this last week, really great film.
Great film, Jeremy Renner is amazing in that though Bridges or Freeman will probably get the oscar, Avatar will win loads if the Golden Globes are anything to go by, i'd like to see Christophe Waltz win Best Supporting Actor for Inglourious Basterds, he's brilliant.
Totally agree!
I watched Sherlock Holmes last night. Its a great film. Should definitely be on that list
Quote from: TaraJayne on February 03, 2010, 09:25:55 AM
I watched Sherlock Holmes last night. Its a great film. Should definitely be on that list
Great film.Me and Nikki went to the piccies last week and see it.Don't really like Jude Law,but he was great in this.
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on February 03, 2010, 09:02:53 PM
Quote from: TaraJayne on February 03, 2010, 09:25:55 AM
I watched Sherlock Holmes last night. Its a great film. Should definitely be on that list
Great film.Me and Nikki went to the piccies last week and see it.Don't really like Jude Law,but he was great in this.
I felt the same way. I got tired of Jude Law a few years ago when he was in every damn movie that released.
Well-placed career move playing a 'supporting' role, and playing it well in Sherlock. Great movie.
Hey look, a movie news thread, I never knew this was here!!! ;D
So is that Sherlock Holmes film any good then?
Sherlock Holmes was great, Downey Jr. is excellent as always, Jude Law is actually very good as Watson and I don't like him normally, the supporting cast are okay at best. It's Guy Ritchie's most accomplished film so far, but for me it's not his best, Lock Stock still has has that spot, i'd put this on a par with Snatch, much better than Revolver & Rocknrolla, we won't talk about Swept Away ;D
Great film.Also bought Hurt Locker last week.Awesome film.
Hurt Locker is fantastic & should win some Oscars in a few weeks, though I suspect Avatar will clean up like at the Golden Globes.
I think Hurt Locker is next up on my Netflix queue.
Quote from: nCogNeato on February 17, 2010, 02:51:37 PM
I think Hurt Locker is next up on my Netflix queue.
I just got an email notice that Hurt Locker is still unavailable (everyone in the US has apparently rented it at the same time :P).
I'm getting Planet Hulk (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1483025/) instead. /nerd ;D
More Pie for Biggs and co?
Teen franchise gets big screen resurrection...
Fact: the American Pie series has degenerated into a slew of grossly unfunny DTV sequels.
But word on the Hollywood street is that a fourth 'official' American Pie movie – i.e. one involving all of the original characters like Stifler, Jim, Oz, Nadia and Michelle – is on the cards over at Universal.
The studio is looking to resurrect the cinema end of the franchise while all-but ignoring the turd-like DTV follow-ups that did the series little favours.
Screenscribes Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, who penned the Harold And Kumar films, have been approached to write American Pie 4.
The last big screen outing for the Pie series was American Wedding way back in 2003. Four DTV spin-offs followed, the last of which - The Book Of Love - was released last year. Nobody noticed. Eugene Levy is the only actor who has appeared in all seven. These guys are pretty shocked about that...
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So, where would a fourth 'true' Pie flick go?
Speculation is rife that it could centre around a 10 year high school reunion (American Reunion?), or simply pick up Jim and Michelle's lives as they hit a bump in their marriage (could kids be on the table? eating pie?)...
No stars are attached just yet, but Biggs hasn't made a decent film since, well, 2003. We expect all of the former leads will gladly come running back for another helping.
Affleck! Damon! Together Again!
Duo setting up shop at Warner Bros.
Dear Lord, has it really been thirteen years since Matt Damon and Ben Affleck burst onto the scene with their self-penned, self-starring, Oscar-bothering indie drama Good Will Hunting? Has it really been twelve years since they bounced around on stage at the Oscars like two Liverpool fans who'd finally discovered how to spell Unirea Urziceni, having just won Best Original Screenplay? Has it really been over a decade since they worked together on a feature film (and no, the Project Greenlight stuff doesn't count)?
Yes, it has. But that's all moot now, for Affleck & Damon are back back back. Or maybe it's Damon & Affleck. Either way, the duo is in talks with Warner Bros. to enter into a first-look producing deal with the studio.
At present, no further details are forthcoming, but The Hollywood Reporter says an official announcement should arrive once the deal is sealed. That should be in a few days.
Of course, whether this means that Damon/Affleck will resume their writing partnership is unknown. But we hope so – the duo have been talking about a second script for ages now, and maybe this deal will give them the impetus they need.
Either way, though, they're two of the most intelligent guys around, so we expect exciting things from this deal. In fact, we expect movies so thrilling that they'll make us dance around like Liverpool fans who've just discovered how to pronounce Unirea Urziceni.
2010 BAFTA Awards Winners
Best Film - The Hurt Locker (2008)
Alexander Korda Award for Outstanding British Film of the Year - Fish Tank (2009)
Best Actor - Colin Firth for A Single Man (2009)
Best Actress - Carey Mulligan for An Education (2009)
Best Supporting Actor - Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Best Supporting Actress - Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction - Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008)
Best Screenplay (Original) - The Hurt Locker (2008): Mark Boal
Best Screenplay (Adapted) - Up in the Air (2009/I): Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner
Best Cinematography - The Hurt Locker (2008)
Best Editing - The Hurt Locker (2008)
Best Production Design - Avatar (2009)
Best Costume Design - The Young Victoria (2009)
Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music - Up (2009): Michael Giacchino
Best Make Up/Hair - The Young Victoria (2009)
Best Sound - The Hurt Locker (2008)
Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects - Avatar (2009)
Best Film not in the English Language - Un prophète (2009)
Best Animated Feature Film - Up (2009)
Orange Rising Star Award - Kristen Stewart
Carl Foreman Award for the Most Promising Newcomer - Duncan Jones for Moon (2009)(Director)
Best Short Animation - Mother of Many
Best Short Film - I Do Air (2009)
Ian McShane Will Be Blackbeard
He's Pirates 4's new villain!
Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides just took a turn for the better – Ian McShane is now locking in a deal to play the movie's villain, Blackbeard.
If he signs on, he'll play opposite Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow as the dastardly baddie that Jack will need to face off against on his quest to locate the Fountain Of Youth.
With Penelope Cruz already setting sail, director Rob Marshall is slowly filling his ship as he prepares to shoot this summer.
We have just one regret about McShane as Blackbeard in such a family-friendly franchise. He won't be able to deploy the lyrical, filth-studded swearing he enjoyed on Deadwood...
82nd Annual Academy Awards - Winners
Best Motion Picture of the Year
The Hurt Locker (2008): Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Jeff Bridges for Crazy Heart (2009)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Sandra Bullock for The Blind Side (2009)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Mo'Nique for Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
Best Achievement in Directing
Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008)
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
The Hurt Locker (2008): Mark Boal
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009): Geoffrey Fletcher
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Avatar (2009): Mauro Fiore
Best Achievement in Editing
The Hurt Locker (2008): Bob Murawski, Chris Innis
Best Achievement in Art Direction
Avatar (2009): Rick Carter, Robert Stromberg, Kim Sinclair
Best Achievement in Costume Design
The Young Victoria (2009): Sandy Powell
Best Achievement in Makeup
Star Trek (2009): Barney Burman, Mindy Hall, Joel Harlow
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Up (2009): Michael Giacchino
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Crazy Heart (2009): T-Bone Burnett, Ryan Bingham ("The Weary Kind")
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
The Hurt Locker (2008): Paul N.J. Ottosson, Ray Beckett
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
The Hurt Locker (2008): Paul N.J. Ottosson
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Avatar (2009): Joe Letteri, Stephen Rosenbaum, Richard Baneham, Andy Jones
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Up (2009): Pete Docter
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
El secreto de sus ojos (2009)(Argentina)
Best Documentary, Features
The Cove (2009): Louie Psihoyos, Fisher Stevens
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Music by Prudence (2010): Roger Ross Williams, Elinor Burkett
Best Short Film, Animated
Logorama (2009): Nicolas Schmerkin
Best Short Film, Live Action
The New Tenants (2009): Joachim Back, Tivi Magnusson
Quote from: GamerMan316 on March 08, 2010, 08:06:43 AM
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds (2009)
I was very happy to see him win. Easily one of the best movie villains I've ever seen. Waltz was fantastic. I look forward to seeing more of him in the future.
Me too Neato, he's fantastic in Inglourious Basterds & now adds the Oscar to his Golden Globe and BAFTA, great year for Christoph Waltz :)
Yey! Disney's Up won something that movie was EPIC! 8)
Glad to see Avatar only getting 2 and isn't the director of Hurt Locker Cameron's ex-missus ?
Quote from: Failed on March 08, 2010, 06:00:50 PM
Glad to see Avatar only getting 2 and isn't the director of Hurt Locker Cameron's ex-missus ?
Yes she is, first female to win Best Director too, very well deserved win too.
Quote from: Astrex on March 08, 2010, 04:13:09 PM
Yey! Disney's Up won something that movie was EPIC! 8)
I watched it for the first time last night. I cried like a baby. :-[
Up is a great movie, the montage at the start where we see the life of Carl & Ellie is as good as anything you'll see in a live action movie, great story telling, the rest is classic Pixar, unlike Dreamworks, they never make a bad movie and long may it continue. I don't think it'll be long before a Pixar film actually wins Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
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Quote from: Astrex on March 08, 2010, 04:13:09 PM
Yey! Disney's Up won something that movie was EPIC! 8)
I watched it for the first time last night. I cried like a baby. :-[
Crying, that reminds me of Marley n Me, your not human if you don't cry at that :'(
I guess i'm not human then ;D
Quote from: GamerMan316 on March 09, 2010, 09:12:22 AM
I guess i'm not human then ;D
This 'man' has no soul :'(
Actor Corey Haim Is Dead at 38
According to reports coming from Los Angeles, including KTLA.com, actor Corey Haim, famed teen star of the '80s for films such as The Lost Boys, Lucas, and License to Drive was found dead this morning around 3 a.m. after an accidental drug overdose. He was 38. More details as they arrive.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on March 10, 2010, 02:33:33 PM
Actor Corey Haim Is Dead at 38
I heard the news this morning. Such a shame, but the guy was damaged beyond repair.
It's funny that the "good" Corey ended up dying from a drug overdose, and the "bad" Corey (Feldman) ended up getting married and having a healthy life.
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Actor Corey Haim Is Dead at 38
According to reports coming from Los Angeles, including KTLA.com, actor Corey Haim, famed teen star of the '80s for films such as The Lost Boys, Lucas, and License to Drive was found dead this morning around 3 a.m. after an accidental drug overdose. He was 38. More details as they arrive.
80's legend...License to Drive was awesome
in 1987
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Actor Corey Haim Is Dead at 38
According to reports coming from Los Angeles, including KTLA.com, actor Corey Haim, famed teen star of the '80s for films such as The Lost Boys, Lucas, and License to Drive was found dead this morning around 3 a.m. after an accidental drug overdose. He was 38. More details as they arrive.
Lost boys is such a classic! you have made me want to watch it again ..... downloading now ;)
Peter Graves Dies
Airplane!'s Captain Oveur, out at 83
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Sad news for fans of self-destructive tapes, German spies or Turkish prisons: actor Peter Graves, known for his warm gravitas and long career, has died at the age of 83.
Graves got his start at a young age, launching a career as a radio announcer at the age of 16. But after a stint in the Air Force, his thoughts turned to acting and he studied drama at the University of Minnesota.
Once he'd graduated, he made the move to Hollywood, following in the footsteps of his brother, James Arness, who had already established himself as the star of Gunsmoke.
It would be a while before Graves enjoyed such name brand recognition, working his way up in the early 1950s though TV and in movies such as 1951's Rogue River.
Roles in the likes of Billy Wilder's Stalag 17 and The Yellow Tomahawk followed, but the actor would really become well known when he took over the role of Jim Phelps in 1967's cult TV show Mission: Impossible, a job he stayed in for six seasons.
Fame called once again when he was asked to play Captain Clarence Oveur in spoof disaster film Airplane! He turned the role down at first, before learning that Leslie Nielsen had agreed to sign on, and creating one of moviedom's most memorable, endlessly quoted characters ("Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?")
While he returned for the 1988 TV remake of Mission: Impossible, he refused to be a part of the Tom Cruise-starring film version in 1996.
While some take it easy as they get older, Graves preferred to stay active, with guest roles on everything from House to American Dad and hosting US documentary show Biography.
He'll be missed.
Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?
Very sad. :(
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Actor Corey Haim Is Dead at 38
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Peter Graves Dies
The 'Death Comes in 3' rule is almost complete. Only 1 more to go.
It looks like this year's theme is 80's movie stars. Watch your back, Judd Nelson.
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Neato, if Judd Nelson dies I'm sending the police to your apartment.
I doubt anyone would even care if Judd Nelson dies, Emilio Estevez however.......
Quote from: GamerMan316 on March 15, 2010, 04:39:47 PM
I doubt anyone would even care if Judd Nelson dies, Emilio Estevez however.......
Got a thing for Emilo eh ;) :-*
no, but these two would be mortified ;D
McKellen Says The Hobbit Starts In July
Gandalf blogs about the filming plans
We've reported before about Peter Jackson talking up this summer (http://www.empireonline.com/News/story.asp?nid=26378) as the planned start date for shooting The Hobbit. Now Gandalf himself – better known as Ian McKellen – has posted on his website that he'll start shooting the first movie in July.
While New Line has yet to make any official announcement about an official greenlight, the schedule or the cast, we're frankly inclined to believe McKellen.
He goes on to relate the following: "Filming will take over a year. Casting in Los Angeles, New York City and London has started. The script too proceeds. The first draft is crammed with old and new friends, again on a quest in Middle Earth. The director Guillermo del Toro is now living in Wellington, close to the Jacksons' and the studio in Miramar. "
Much of which we could have guessed, but when Gandalf tells you it's happening, you listen. Besides: wizards are subtle, and quick to anger, so best not to throw paper airplanes while he's speaking.
Jamie Foxx in play for 'Kane & Lynch'
Actor wraps up deal to join videogame adaptation
Jamie Foxx is wrapping up talks to get locked and loaded to play the rage-prone killer James Lynch in Lionsgate and Millennium Films' bigscreen adaptation of the Eidos videogame "Kane and Lynch: Dead Men."
Bruce Willis has long been attached to play Kane in the actioner, first joining to portray the mercenary Adam "Kane" Marcus, in 2008.
Production is expected to start in August, with Simon Crane, a second-unit director and stunt coordinator, making his feature directing debut.
In the game and film, Kane and Lynch are forced to pair up and have 72 hours to travel the world and recover a doomsday device before Kane's kidnapped wife and daughter are killed by the criminals who broke them out of prison.
Project is penned by Kyle Ward, who also adapted Sony's videogame "Uncharted" as a feature for the studio.
Adrian Askarieh and Daniel Alter will produce with David Willis, Stephen Eads and Millennium.
Askarieh and Alter were also producers on Eidos' adaptation of "Hitman," which grossed $100 million for 20th Century Fox. A sequel is in the works, with Ward scripting. The producers are also developing "Jonny Quest" at Warner Bros.
Foxx most recently co-starred in "Valentine's Day" and "Law Abiding Citizen."
The original "Kane & Lynch" game, released in 2007, generated attention for its gritty cinematic action sequences and was clearly targeted at more adult gamers with its over-the-top violence and strong use of profanity. The game sold a respectable 1 million copies.
While it didn't sell as well as hoped, IO Interactive, now part of Square Enix, is putting the finishing touches on "Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days," that Eidos will release on August 24.
Trailer for new Predators movie...
http://uk.movies.ign.com/dor/objects/429477/predator-3/videos/predators_trl1_031810.html (http://uk.movies.ign.com/dor/objects/429477/predator-3/videos/predators_trl1_031810.html)
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Trailer for new Predators movie...
http://uk.movies.ign.com/dor/objects/429477/predator-3/videos/predators_trl1_031810.html (http://uk.movies.ign.com/dor/objects/429477/predator-3/videos/predators_trl1_031810.html)
How awesome is that! I had no idea there would be another! ooo so happy! ;D
Because it's truely epic heres a youtube clip
Nice one Red, doesn't look too bad, good cast, shame Rodriguez didn't direct like intended but no doubt he'll have still had a massive input, it better be at the very least a 15 or I will not be happy & one things for sure it won't be a patch on Arnie's Predator, but then we all already knew that :)
This movie is all man Stuff!!!
Explosions, Guns, Cars and I even saw a hot chick!
THE MECHANIC !!
Excuse my language but... "oh my f*cking god"! I had no idea they were making a new Predator movie. How fantastic is that? :D
Quote from: Jaynestown on March 19, 2010, 11:10:45 AM
Excuse my language but... "oh my f*cking god"! I had no idea they were making a new Predator movie. How fantastic is that? :D
I'm actually a little worried about it. I refuse to give my hopes up and be disappointed. I'll wait and read early reviews before going to the theater.
Quote from: Astrex on March 19, 2010, 10:35:33 AM
This movie is all man Stuff!!!
Explosions, Guns, Cars and I even saw a hot chick!
THE MECHANIC !!
I love Ben Foster.
And of course we all love Statham. :-*
I love Ben Foster.
And of course we all love Statham. :-*
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Yeah he's pretty foxy, he was Awesome in Alpha Dog.
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Quote from: Jaynestown on March 19, 2010, 11:10:45 AM
Excuse my language but... "oh my f*cking god"! I had no idea they were making a new Predator movie. How fantastic is that? :D
I'm actually a little worried about it. I refuse to give my hopes up and be disappointed. I'll wait and read early reviews before going to the theater.
I kind of agree with Neato, the trailer felt a lot like a remake of the original with an original member of cast (possibly) and the stereotypes being filled up all over again.
I want it to be good, I really do, but after AVP requiem, my trust is broken.
Will Ferrell says Anchorman 2 on hold
'Anchorman 2' has been put on hold.
Will Ferrell - the star of the first movie, 'Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy' - has revealed plans for a sequel to the comedy movie have been halted because the director can't get the original cast back together.
Will told Zoo magazine: "I thought we were doing it. I was told it was happening and now I've heard it's going to be too hard to get everyone together.
"Hopefully the director Adam McKay will be able to talk to all the guys individually and see if we can figure it out."
The first movie saw comedic performances from Paul Rudd, Steve Carell and David Koechner, which were all met with critical acclaim.
Although Will is keen to shoot a sequel he is worried any follow-up won't be able to match the 2004 original - which told the story of Will's character Ron Burgundy, a 1970s news presenter whose position of power is challenged by ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone, played by Christina Applegate.
He said: "We don't think we can make it as good. It would be really fun to do, so we might just try to make the craziest sequel you've ever seen. It could be terrible, but if they're going to pay us to do it, then why not, right?"
Will has a number of projects in the pipeline over the next two years, including 'The Other Guys' with Samuel L. Jackson and animated comedy 'Megamind' with Brad Pitt and Tina Fey.
Anchorman Sequel? - They've done studies, you know. 60% of the time it works, every time. ;D
Christina Applegate.....mmmmmm...yummy!
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on March 24, 2010, 07:09:56 AM
Christina Applegate.....mmmmmm...yummy!
She's pretty hot and I know I wouldn't kick her out of my bed! but damn she is annoying!
Robert Culp Dies, I Spy's Other Secret Agent Man
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Long before Phylicia Rashad came into the picture, it was Robert Culp who played Bill Cosby's other half.
Culp, who teamed with Cosby in the 1965-68 secret-agent series I Spy, died Wednesday after suffering a heart attack while on a walk near his Hollywood home. He was 79.
After finishing his run as tennis-playing lawman Kelly Robinson, the veteran character actor then starred in the adultery-run-amok dramedy Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice in 1969.
Though he's known to younger audiences today as Patricia Heaton's dad on Everybody Loves Raymond, but he made his mark on the small screen in a number of cop and crime-themed series, from I Spy to The Man From U.N.C.L.E. to Columbo to The Greatest American Hero, racking up four Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe nod along the way.
Culp is also a member of the club of actors who have played the president of the United States on the silver screen, having occupied the Oval Office in The Pelican Brief. He also provided the voice for Dr Wallace Breen in Half Life 2.
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Actor Corey Haim Is Dead at 38
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Peter Graves Dies
The 'Death Comes in 3' rule is almost complete. Only 1 more to go.
It looks like this year's theme is 80's movie stars. Watch your back, Judd Nelson.
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Judd is safe.
lucky bastard ;D
Hangover sequel cast confirmed
Original trio are back on board...
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Despite reports that the original triumvirate of Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and Zach Galifianakis were hesitant to return for a Hangover 2, all three have now signed on board for the comedy sequel.
Director Todd Phillips had been assuring us of this all along, but some of the stars seemed non-plussed at the idea in interviews.
In a sign of his love for the original flick, Bradley Cooper even backed out of McG's rom-com This Means War because it clashed with the Hangover sequel's proposed July shooting date.
Each of the actors will earn a pay cheque of $5m, which kicks dirt in the eyes of their original pay day of just $1m.
Where would the plot take them? Phillips isn't saying much about rumours that the guys would have an adventure in Thailand, stating:
"I don't know. There's a lot of rumors. There was rumor also that it was going to Mexico or something and neither are true."
The first Hangover was last year's surprise hit, taking a worldwide haul of $467m on a budget of just $34m. It went on to scoop the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.
Ready for another Hangover?
Quote from: RedMaster11 on April 01, 2010, 11:59:24 AM
That looks sooooo much better than what I thought it was going to be. I'm kind of excited now.
It's nice that they kept the buddy humor, but I'm glad they did go more legit action than campy action like Rush Hour (which is what I was expecting).
Quote from: RedMaster11 on April 01, 2010, 12:00:09 PM
So they're making 2 A-Team movies, each with its own UFC fighter-turned-actor? ;)
Resident Evil: Afterlife!I got hard watching this!
Ali Larter as well! COMON!! :P
Quote from: Astrex on April 05, 2010, 08:20:30 AM
Resident Evil: Afterlife!
I got hard watching this!
Ali Larter as well! COMON!! :P
Looks bloody awful.
The Resident Evil films are a disgrace to the games and a disgrace to zombie films in general, they do always have cool soundtracks though.
f*ck the games brother!
I love the Movies!! I think they are great, I'll roll with em ;D
Quote from: GamerMan316 on April 05, 2010, 10:21:33 AM
The Resident Evil films are a disgrace to the games and a disgrace to zombie films in general ...
Well at least they actually have "zombies". ;)
'Percy Jackson' star Logan Lerman frontrunner to be the new 'Spider-Man'
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The search for the new "Spider-Man" appears to be over.
HitFix has exclusively learned that Logan Lerman is first choice for Sony Pictures and the clear frontrunner to replace Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker in the reboot of the blockbuster franchise. A source close to the production tells HitFix Lerman is "almost 100% locked" but not in contract negotiations for the role yet.
Marc Webb ("500 Days of Summer") is directing the new untitled "Spider-Man" which is being written by James Vanderbilt ("Zodiac," "The Losers") and is meant to be a more teen-friendly incarnation, taking Peter Parker back to his early days of balancing girl trouble, homework, and crimefighting. The new film is expected to begin production later this year for a July 3, 2012 release.
Maguire, co-star Kristen Dunst and director Sam Raimi were expected to continue their version of the wall-crawler's adventures until Raimi bowed out after creative differences with the studio earlier this year. At that time, Sony Pictures decided to re-cast the film and move in a new direction, and had already been developing a reboot script as a contingency plan.
Lerman beats out rumored contenders Anton Yelchin, Jesse Eisenberg, Patrick Fugit and Johnny Simmons.
The 18-year-old Los Angeles native is best known for his role as Percy in February's hit "Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief." His other credits include "Gamer," "My One and Only," "Bill," "3:10 to Yuma," "The Number 23" and the TV series "Jack & Bobby" where he played Bobby. Lerman got his start in two Mel Gibson films "What Women Want" and "The Patriot" at the young age of 8.
The attention focused on the casting of this role is not surprising when one considers that, historically, one of the reasons "Gone With the Wind was a phenomenon when it was released in 1939 was the deep investment that the audience already had in the characters thanks to the popularity of the book. Mega-producer David O. Selznick made canny use of the the casting process to hype the film, and the search to find the right Scarlett O'Hara and the right Rhett Butler was international news for a full year.
These days, it seems that the search for each new superhero has become a major sport for outlets that cover entertainment news, no doubt because modern audiences have a major investment in seeing these characters done right. When Sony Pictures decided to reboot "Spider-Man," speculation began immediately, and Lerman was one of the early names bandied about. At the time, those conversations were premature, but it appears that the process has brought Sony back around to the young actor, and now he is poised to wear the familiar red-and-blue costume after all.
Cool h elooks younger so they'll have to do one of the alternate spideys i think. If not, they should atleast do the Man-Spider story where he turns into that monster thingy.
Quote from: Failed on April 11, 2010, 07:04:34 PM
Cool h elooks younger so they'll have to do one of the alternate spideys i think. If not, they should atleast do the Man-Spider story where he turns into that monster thingy.
Man Spider...
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that's the one, that would be ace, could throw in some horror bits and have the vampire thing (Michael) and the Croc and the man who hunts aminals ... and wears a lion fur waist coat >_<
you can see i know lots of things like names for these characters
Quote from: Failed on April 11, 2010, 07:28:02 PM
that's the one, that would be ace, could throw in some horror bits and have the vampire thing (Michael) and the Croc and the man who hunts aminals ... and wears a lion fur waist coat >_<
you can see i know lots of things like names for these characters
That character was a goody...Michael Morbius was his name.
Not sure about the one "who hunts animals ... and wears a lion fur waist coat", you lost me there!
yeh but people think he's a baddy with him eating peoples plasma etc
hunter guy is called Kraven .... eventually found it on Wiki
Quote from: Failed on April 11, 2010, 08:04:22 PM
yeh but people think he's a baddy with him eating peoples plasma etc
hunter guy is called Kraven .... eventually found it on Wiki
Kraven brutally killed himself by blowing his head off with a shotgun. I'm up for seeing that in the film!
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yeh but people think he's a baddy with him eating peoples plasma etc
hunter guy is called Kraven .... eventually found it on Wiki
Kraven brutally killed himself by blowing his head off with a shotgun. I'm up for seeing that in the film!
Seriously! I didn't know he killed himself I thought spidey locked him away ???
But yeah show that on the big screen for shizzle ;D
Quote from: GamerMan316 on April 11, 2010, 10:48:27 AM... the new untitled "Spider-Man" ... is meant to be a more teen-friendly incarnation, taking Peter Parker back to his early days of balancing girl trouble, homework, and crimefighting.
/puke
Call of Duty: World at War ... THE MOVIE!!!
Quote from: nCogNeato on April 14, 2010, 04:40:53 AM
Call of Duty: World at War ... THE MOVIE!!!
Dead Snow, had this on dvd for quite some time, fantastic little movie :)
Capcom Keeps Resident Evil Film Director In The Dark
Paul W.S. Anderson is responsible for bringing Resident Evil to the silver screen. He writes, produces and/or directs the films. You'd think someone like that would have the inside track on the games. Nope.
"Talking to Capcom, Capcom's so funny," the filmmaker tells website ShockTillYouDrop.com. "It's like every time I go to Japan and meet Capcom it is like going to see the Umbrella Corporation because you ask them things and they won't give you a straight answer about anything."
(And you wonder why the movies are so different from the games!)
"It's like I kind of knew they would tell me that Wesker was in the game, kind of, but they would never really confirm it," he adds. "Then, sure enough, he was the main villain and he was the main villain in the movie as well."
There were other kwinky-dinks as well. "Completely by coincidence, a large chunk of this movie takes place on a big ship and there was the ship from Resident Evil 5," he says. We had the dogs in already. We have an awful lot of stuff that they had already kinda put into Resident Evil 5."
What Anderson then did was go through the game and make sure it was "more in line" with the imagery from Resident Evil 5, because he thought the title was fantastic. "I mean," he says, "I thought it kind of reinvented the video game franchise and I wanted to take a lot of it, frankly kind of like, steal from it and put it in the movie."
Capcom shouldn't have let this poor excuse for a director completely screw up what could have been a great movie franchise, oh well, too late now, apparantly Resi 5 reinvented the franchise, Resi 4 (superior to 5) did that 4 years prior mate, proof that Anderson knows as much about video games as he does the art of direction, retard. ;D
New Bond film 'suspended indefinitely'
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Production on the as-yet-untitled 23rd Bond film has been put on hold due to uncertainty over the future of the MGM studio.
The film had been set for release in 2011 or 2012.
But producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said work on the film has been "suspended indefinitely."
Daniel Craig, who was set to play 007 for the third time, said: "I have every confidence in Barbara and Michael's decision and look forward to production resuming as quickly as possible."
Craig is currently on location in Toronto filming Dream House with Rachel Weisz.
Wilson and Broccoli, of EON Productions, said: "Due to the continuing uncertainty surrounding the future of MGM and the failure to close a sale of the studio, we have suspended development on Bond 23 indefinitely.
"We do not know when development will resume and do not have a date for the release of Bond 23."
Smith And Jones Confirmed For MIB 3-D
According to director, Barry Sonnenfeld
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Barry Sonnenfeld has confirmed to Roger Friedman that Will Smith and, after months of speculation, Tommy Lee Jones will star in Men In Black III.
Smith has been on board Sony's threequel for some time, but Jones' involvement was less clear, with Josh Brolin mooted as a replacement, while the likes of Sacha Baron Cohen had also been in the casting frame. However, Jones has been concentrating on smaller dramas, like In The Electric Mist and The Company Men, for some time, so the chance to exercise those blockbuster muscles (and pay for a new conservatory) was probably too good to pass up.
At the moment, little is known about the plot of the movie, which Sony will be aiming to get into cinemas by Memorial Day 2011 (that's May 30, 2011 to the rest of us), but we imagine it'll involve Agent Jay (Smith) and Kay (Jones) getting in way over their heads with some angry alien beasties. But Sonnenfeld did drop one more bombshell – MIB III will, like every single film in this or any other post-Avatar universe, will be in glorious 3D.
Actually, 3D should suit Sonnenfeld's manic camerawork pretty well and, with the Smith/Jones deadpan dream team reunited, we're now quietly optimistic about this one. Especially if they bring back Rip Torn – in full drunken bank-robbing mode – as Chief Zed.
Awesome! I really like MIB I remember when the first one came out I was in like Year 3 at school :-[
The first film was good, didn't like the second that much so not all that bothered about a third.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on April 22, 2010, 08:36:13 AM
The first film was good, didn't like the second that much so not all that bothered about a third.
In 3D it might be good
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Quote from: GamerMan316 on April 22, 2010, 08:36:13 AM
The first film was good, didn't like the second that much so not all that bothered about a third.
In 3D it might be good
I'm not keen on the whole 3D gimmick.
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Quote from: Astrex on April 22, 2010, 09:57:14 AM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on April 22, 2010, 08:36:13 AM
The first film was good, didn't like the second that much so not all that bothered about a third.
In 3D it might be good
I'm not keen on the whole 3D gimmick.
Do you get headaches?
Quote from: Astrex on April 22, 2010, 12:08:18 PM
Do you get headaches?
I do.
More often is just makes my eyes 'tired'. Makes the drive home uncomfortable for me (deathly scary for any passengers).
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The first film was good, didn't like the second that much so not all that bothered about a third.
In 3D it might be good
I'm not keen on the whole 3D gimmick.
Do you get headaches?
No not really, just not a fan of studios sticking the 3D tag on crap movies to try and drum up more box office and because of Avatar's success we'll have to put up with 3D on everything for quite some time. I'm about as keen on 3D movies as I am motion controls in gaming, waste of time.
I saw this trailer during the opening of Kick-Ass. Another indie comic turned blockbuster.
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is an funny, endearing, and overthetop comic, and from the look of the trailer the movie may do a good job of pulling it off. I'm excited. ;D
I saw the trailer for that a while ago, it also looks awesome. I'm off to watch Kick Ass on Monday, shame i can't have a Matinee and watch them both.
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I saw the trailer for that a while ago, it also looks awesome.
The FX remind me of
No More Heroes ... which is a complete compliment. :)
Quote from: Failed on April 22, 2010, 06:07:39 PM
shame i can't have a Matinee and watch them both.
You could have Martini and see double instead though!!
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Quote from: Astrex on April 22, 2010, 12:08:18 PM
Do you get headaches?
I do.
More often is just makes my eyes 'tired'. Makes the drive home uncomfortable for me (deathly scary for any passengers).
I agree with you there, I does get tiring and then you can't be bothered to jerk off later! ;D
Do you get headaches?
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No not really, just not a fan of studios sticking the 3D tag on crap movies to try and drum up more box office and because of Avatar's success we'll have to put up with 3D on everything for quite some time. I'm about as keen on 3D movies as I am motion controls in gaming, waste of time.
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Got to admit that blue chick must have given you a hard on! 8)
Oddly wanted to hit that! :D
Erm, no!
I haven't actually seen Avatar yet and i'm in no rush to see it either.
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Erm, no!
I haven't actually seen Avatar yet and i'm in no rush to see it either.
She will ;)
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Quote from: Failed on April 22, 2010, 06:07:39 PM
shame i can't have a Matinee and watch them both.
You could have Martini and see double instead though!!
I don't care what the others say Kuddles, your not just a pretty face :P
"AVATAR" SETS RECORD ON FIRST DAY OF HOME-VIDEO RELEASE
Earth Day turned out to be Pandora Day at retail stores on Thursday as consumers snatched up 4 million copies of Avatar, 1.5 million of them on Blu-ray, a record. The previous Blu-ray record was held by The Dark Knight, with 600,000 copies. While some analysts had wondered whether home video sales of the movie would take off without a 3D element, reviewers on Thursday praised the overall look of the film on the small screen, several using the term "gorgeous" to describe it. In Britain's Guardian newspaper, critic Gordon Mackie wrote that the DVD release "still feels like an event without that third dimension. It's very much a James Cameron movie, for better and worse. ... Its visual splendors are many. But Cameron movies come with his own dialogue so it's only the visuals that stay with you, and you sometimes feel bludgeoned with his none-too-original green, antiwar message writ large."
Ridley Scott Talks Alien Prequel
30 years before, female lead, and more
As part of the publicity rounds for his new film Robin Hood (out May 12, people), Sir Ridley Scott sat down with MTV this week and spilled the beans on his planned Alien prequel, including a few hints about its content.
We do know that the prequel will take place 30 years before Scott's original film was set, so there will be no Ripley - but there will be a female lead.
As was already rumoured, Scott is planning to focus on the chest-burst "Space Jockey" found at the beginning of the first film aboard the ship that also contained the alien eggs, but he told MTV that the film would involve the series' big corporation - and some bigger themes. "Weyland hasn't joined Yutani yet, so they go and see Weyland. [The film] is about the discussion of terraforming — taking planets and planetoids and balls of earth and trying to terraform, seed them with the possibilities of future life."
That rather raises the possibility of an Avatar-like environmental message in this film, although that's perhaps a bit speculative at this point.
Scott talked about the design of the aliens as well, raising the tantalising prospect that he could re-team with H.R. Giger to get a fresh twist on the classic look. He's hoping to have the film in cinemas late in 2011 or in 2012, but all in all it's sounding rather promising. Head on over for the full interview (http://www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1637638/story.jhtml), including his views on the Alien Vs. Predator films.
Interesting stuff on there about Scotts views and thoughts. I like that he values the original concept and wants to evolve it back into his style as well.
Will Ferrell's "Anchorman" sequel could be dead
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This would be sad news, indeed. Shortly after news broke that an "Anchorman" sequel could start filming in 2011, director Adam McKay posts a tweet that stops the train on its tracks.
"So bummed," McKay wrote on his Twitter account, @GhostPanther, one hour ago. "Paramount basically passed on Anchorman 2. Even after we cut our budget down. We tried."
McKay has said in interviews that stars Steve Carell and Paul Rudd slashed their fees in order to return to the ensemble. This seems like a strange move because "Anchorman" has a built-in, bankable audience who would turn out to see the further exploits of Ron Burgundy, as played by Will Ferrell.
We have calls in to the studio for comment and confirmation. We'll post anything we hear, so stay tuned.
So if it wasn't official before, it is now, Paramount SUCK >:(
I didn't really find the first one funny
Quote from: Astrex on April 30, 2010, 07:24:53 AM
I didn't really find the first one funny
Personally, I agree.
All of my friends thought it was funny. They quoted it constantly. I remember watching it with them for the first time, and being the only one in the room not laughing, which is really strange since we all find the same things funny.
I think there is just something very micro-niche about Anchorman's humor that you either love or just don't get.
I especially find Will Farrell funny, despite his movie flops. Here's a clip I saw on 30 Rock a few days ago that nearly made me pee my pants.
I want a Old School number 2.... I thought that was funny. :D
Quote from: Astrex on April 30, 2010, 02:28:25 PM
I want a Old School number 2.... I thought that was funny. :D
Now that was a hilarious movie. ;D
Ready, Summer 2012? Here Comes Batman 3!
(http://images.eonline.com/eol_images/Entire_Site/20090121/425.darkknight.bale.christian2.lc.012109.jpg)
Same bat channel, new bat time.
Warner Bros. isn't about to let little detals like no title, no production start date and no locked-down plot stop it from setting up a tentpole, as the studio today announced a July 20, 2012, release date for the third installment of the rebooted Batman franchise.
Christian Bale will be back in the cowl under the direction of Christopher Nolan.
With the release date now set, Nolan is currently hashing out a story for the Dark Knight followup, which already faces some steep competition. Also headed to the big screen in 2012: The Avengers (May 4), Battleship (May 25), Star Trek 2 (June 29), and what will likely be the Bat's biggest competition: the Spider-Man reboot's reboot (July 3).
Comic geeks, get ready.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on May 01, 2010, 11:17:12 AMComic geeks, get ready.
I was born ready.
... and nekked.
Kick-Ass director in negotiations to helm X:Men First Class
As anticipated (http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/04/30/matthew-vaughn-x-men-first-class/), Kick-Ass Director Matthew Vaughn is in negotiations to direct X-Men: First Class for Twentieth Century Fox. Vaughn had received an offer last week but creative control concerns stymied the progress of the deal. Over the weekend, however, those issues were resolved and talks resumed for Vaughn to helm the movie, which tells the story of Cyclops, Jean Grey, and the other X-Men in their younger years, played by younger actors (no word yet on whether Hugh Jackman would reprise his role as Wolverine since his character doesn't age as the others do). The script comes from Jamie Moss based on Bryan Singer's treatment.
The deal is surprising because Vaughn turned down directing X-Men: The Last Stand back in 2005 after he had negotiated a pact with the studio. Fox later hired Brett Ratner to helm the most successful of all X-Men films while Vaughn went on to direct the disappointing Stardust for Paramount and, just three weeks ago, released the fanboy favorite Kick-Ass.
Kane & Lynch movie poster seen at Cannes
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/05/kanelynch51110.jpg)
The Kane & Lynch movie project appears to be moving smoothly -- it's to the "poster" stage already. Proving beyond a doubt that the casting is a "done deal"(as tweeted by writer Kyle Ward), Empire spotted a Kane & Lynch movie poster with billing for both Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx at the Cannes Film Festival. This poster covers the entrance to the Majestic Hotel, making it look a bit more like the Tacky Hotel.
According to Empire, the poster gives the film a 2011 date, but we don't see it. Perhaps it's behind that inconsiderately placed luggage cart.
I thought Kane and Lynch were both white, or was the only person they could get Jamie Foxx? ;D
Quote from: Astrex on May 12, 2010, 09:45:23 AM
I thought Kane and Lynch were both white, or was the only person they could get Jamie Foxx? ;D
They are both white, but this is Hollywood, they don't care about source material, just look at how they completely r*pe Japanese cinema, the games industry gets off lightly in comparison. :)
Hollywood also destroys histroy and protrays it very badly
Look at Daredevil. The Kingpin is white, but somehow ended up as Michael Clark Duncan. But we'll let that one slide cos he's awesome.
Quote from: RedMaster11 on May 12, 2010, 10:15:21 AM
Look at Daredevil. The Kingpin is white, but somehow ended up as Michael Clark Duncan. But we'll let that one slide cos he's awesome.
We'll let that one slide cos he'll punch a hole in our face .... wasn't he the dude that got bummed in Pulp Fiction?
Quote from: Astrex on May 12, 2010, 10:42:59 AM
Quote from: RedMaster11 on May 12, 2010, 10:15:21 AM
Look at Daredevil. The Kingpin is white, but somehow ended up as Michael Clark Duncan. But we'll let that one slide cos he's awesome.
We'll let that one slide cos he'll punch a hole in our face .... wasn't he the dude that got bummed in Pulp Fiction?
Nope that was Ving Rhames, much better actor, who ended up being Kojak in the new TV series, another white character.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on May 12, 2010, 10:56:47 AM
Quote from: Astrex on May 12, 2010, 10:42:59 AM
Quote from: RedMaster11 on May 12, 2010, 10:15:21 AM
Look at Daredevil. The Kingpin is white, but somehow ended up as Michael Clark Duncan. But we'll let that one slide cos he's awesome.
We'll let that one slide cos he'll punch a hole in our face .... wasn't he the dude that got bummed in Pulp Fiction?
Nope that was Ving Rhames, much better actor, who ended up being Kojak in the new TV series, another white character.
Maybe Hollywood is colour blind ???
Quote from: GamerMan316 on May 12, 2010, 09:35:28 AM
Kane & Lynch movie poster seen at Cannes
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/05/kanelynch51110.jpg)
The Kane & Lynch movie project appears to be moving smoothly -- it's to the "poster" stage already. Proving beyond a doubt that the casting is a "done deal"(as tweeted by writer Kyle Ward), Empire spotted a Kane & Lynch movie poster with billing for both Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx at the Cannes Film Festival. This poster covers the entrance to the Majestic Hotel, making it look a bit more like the Tacky Hotel.
According to Empire, the poster gives the film a 2011 date, but we don't see it. Perhaps it's behind that inconsiderately placed luggage cart.
The bird in front looks bothered!
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on May 13, 2010, 06:14:28 AM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on May 12, 2010, 09:35:28 AM
Kane & Lynch movie poster seen at Cannes
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/05/kanelynch51110.jpg)
The Kane & Lynch movie project appears to be moving smoothly -- it's to the "poster" stage already. Proving beyond a doubt that the casting is a "done deal"(as tweeted by writer Kyle Ward), Empire spotted a Kane & Lynch movie poster with billing for both Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx at the Cannes Film Festival. This poster covers the entrance to the Majestic Hotel, making it look a bit more like the Tacky Hotel.
According to Empire, the poster gives the film a 2011 date, but we don't see it. Perhaps it's behind that inconsiderately placed luggage cart.
The bird in front looks bothered!
Would jah? ;D
Quote from: Astrex on May 13, 2010, 08:30:10 AM
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on May 13, 2010, 06:14:28 AM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on May 12, 2010, 09:35:28 AM
Kane & Lynch movie poster seen at Cannes
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/05/kanelynch51110.jpg)
The Kane & Lynch movie project appears to be moving smoothly -- it's to the "poster" stage already. Proving beyond a doubt that the casting is a "done deal"(as tweeted by writer Kyle Ward), Empire spotted a Kane & Lynch movie poster with billing for both Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx at the Cannes Film Festival. This poster covers the entrance to the Majestic Hotel, making it look a bit more like the Tacky Hotel.
According to Empire, the poster gives the film a 2011 date, but we don't see it. Perhaps it's behind that inconsiderately placed luggage cart.
The bird in front looks bothered!
Would jah? ;D
Looks like there's nothing else on offer,so why not? Every holes a goal eh?
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on May 14, 2010, 06:12:00 AM
Quote from: Astrex on May 13, 2010, 08:30:10 AM
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on May 13, 2010, 06:14:28 AM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on May 12, 2010, 09:35:28 AM
Kane & Lynch movie poster seen at Cannes
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/05/kanelynch51110.jpg)
The Kane & Lynch movie project appears to be moving smoothly -- it's to the "poster" stage already. Proving beyond a doubt that the casting is a "done deal"(as tweeted by writer Kyle Ward), Empire spotted a Kane & Lynch movie poster with billing for both Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx at the Cannes Film Festival. This poster covers the entrance to the Majestic Hotel, making it look a bit more like the Tacky Hotel.
According to Empire, the poster gives the film a 2011 date, but we don't see it. Perhaps it's behind that inconsiderately placed luggage cart.
The bird in front looks bothered!
Would jah? ;D
Looks like there's nothing else on offer,so why not? Every holes a goal eh?
Well 1 for the pink and 2 for the stink! booyah! extra points for getting ya balls in :D
What happened ???
:D
Quote from: Astrex on May 14, 2010, 10:07:04 AM
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on May 14, 2010, 06:12:00 AM
Quote from: Astrex on May 13, 2010, 08:30:10 AM
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on May 13, 2010, 06:14:28 AM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on May 12, 2010, 09:35:28 AM
Kane & Lynch movie poster seen at Cannes
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2010/05/kanelynch51110.jpg)
The Kane & Lynch movie project appears to be moving smoothly -- it's to the "poster" stage already. Proving beyond a doubt that the casting is a "done deal"(as tweeted by writer Kyle Ward), Empire spotted a Kane & Lynch movie poster with billing for both Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx at the Cannes Film Festival. This poster covers the entrance to the Majestic Hotel, making it look a bit more like the Tacky Hotel.
According to Empire, the poster gives the film a 2011 date, but we don't see it. Perhaps it's behind that inconsiderately placed luggage cart.
The bird in front looks bothered!
Would jah? ;D
Looks like there's nothing else on offer,so why not? Every holes a goal eh?
Well 1 for the pink and 2 for the stink! booyah! extra points for getting ya balls in :D
:D :D :D
Romero goes Deep Red
Director set to remake Argento's classic in 3D
George A Romero is in final talks to helm a 3D English language remake of Dario Argento's cult classic Deep Red.
The original, which followed a musician who becomes involved in investigating a series of grisly murders, is considered by many the film that established Argento's presence internationally.
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But Argento diehards shouldn't worry too much about the remake's loyalty to its source - the script's been penned by Argento's brother and frequent producer Claudio Argento.
Argento himself will not be involved in the remake, despite having previously collaborated with Romero on Dawn Of The Dead and Two Evil Eyes.
Shooting is set to begin this autumn in Canada, with The Little Company handling pre-sales in Cannes.
John Carpenter Heads For Fangland
Fresh souls for the master
Wherever he's been, he seems to be back. Straight from finishing up post-production on The Ward, John Carpenter will jump into the vampire flick Fangland. It's like he was never away.
To be fair, he's not been entirely AWOL since Ghosts of Mars in 2001. There were a couple of solid entries in HBO's Masters of Horror series along the way, and some producer credits on remakes of some of his finest moments. But two new proper features in two years is very welcome Big News from the director of Halloween, The Fog, Escape From New York and The Thing.
Fangland itself is a modern-day reworking of Dracula, which involves US news producer Evangeline Harker heading off to Transylvania to interview arms dealing crime lord Ion Torgu. It doesn't go well for her. Because, like, he's Dracula. It's been in development since at least 2007, and at one point had Hilary Swank set to star. There's no word yet on whether that's still the case, but the script is the same one as back then, written by Mark Wheaton (Friday 13th, The Messengers).
The film is based on the novel by John Marks, who used to produce the CBS news show 60 Minutes. Given that John Carpenter's Vampires was also based on a novel (by John Steakley) and bore very little relation to it, that's not necessarily significant intel. But Marks' book, as well as being a clever and visceral horror, is a pretty sharp media satire, which might be why the project caught the wilfully anti-establishment Carpenter's eye.
No hints yet of start dates or projected releases, or what's happened to Carpenter's The Riot (aka Scared Straight), which was set to star Nicolas Cage. But The Ward, featuring Mandy Lane's Amber Heard, should be out in the autumn.
New Green Lantern promo art unveiled
First look at movie logo and ring
Warner Bros have released the official logo for their upcoming superhero flick Green Lantern.
Which is one of the coolest things we can expect to see from the production seeing as Ryan Reynolds probably won't be donning a physical suit (it'll be CGI), so we'll not be getting pap shots any time soon.
Still, the below poster featuring the movie logo was revealed by WB Consumer Products as they announced what the company has in store for the year to come.
We also get a look at what could be the infamous power ring that Reynolds will be wearing as the Lantern...
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New Mortal Kombat Movie? (http://kotaku.com/5558339/if-this-is-the-next-mortal-kombat-movie-sign-us-up)
Pretty cool video in the link, Michael Jai White as Jax and Jeri Ryan as Sonya Blade and what looks like Rick Yune as Scorpion. Worth a look.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 08, 2010, 05:54:42 PM
New Mortal Kombat Movie? (http://kotaku.com/5558339/if-this-is-the-next-mortal-kombat-movie-sign-us-up)
Pretty cool video in the link, Michael Jai White as Jax and Jeri Ryan as Sonya Blade and what looks like Rick Yune as Scorpion. Worth a look.
F***ing sweet!
Looks like Mortal Kombat is getting the 'Watchmen' treatment. Very promising.
ps. I actually liked the old MK movies, especially the first one. I even liked the short-lived TV series (live-action and animated). Strangely, I was never really a fan of the games though. ;)
I see the green lantern and can't help think of Big Bang Theory! :D :D
Quote from: NeuroticSarge on June 09, 2010, 06:10:38 AM
I see the green lantern and can't help think of Big Bang Theory! :D :D
Yeah, same here!
Wow for MK! that really looks sweet 8)
It does though nobody seems to know much about it, even the actor's respective IMDB pages have nothing to do with Mortal Kombat on them, strange. I have found this (http://chud.com/articles/articles/23984/1/IS-THIS-VIDEO-FOR-THE-NEW-MORTAL-KOMBAT-MOVIE/Page1.html) though on Michael Jai White's IMDB boards page.
Sub Zero is going to be awesome!
Maybe a new game will arise from this also, MK v DC was a joke! ;D
Quote from: Astrex on June 09, 2010, 10:26:18 AM
Sub Zero is going to be awesome!
Maybe a new game will arise from this also, MK v DC was a joke! ;D
I agree, awful game
Quote from: Astrex on June 09, 2010, 10:26:18 AM
Sub Zero is going to be awesome!
If you manage to pause the video at 7:12 you get a quick glimpse of Sub-Zero. He looks like Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Cobra Commander
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Quote from: nCogNeato on June 09, 2010, 03:39:24 PM
Quote from: Astrex on June 09, 2010, 10:26:18 AM
Sub Zero is going to be awesome!
If you manage to pause the video at 7:12 you get a quick glimpse of Sub-Zero. He looks like Joseph Gordon-Levitt's Cobra Commander
(http://www.cinemablend.com/images/news_img/13841/13841.jpg)
Holy shizzle! I completly missed that! I really love Sub Zero always have had a hard on for him... I hope he's not the bad guy.
I love the Human Element to MK this time around instead of them being superhuman and freaks etc etc :P
Quote from: Astrex on June 10, 2010, 08:00:18 AMI really love Sub Zero always have had a hard on for him... I hope he's not the bad guy.
I think he will be the bad guy. At least the villian to Scorpion's anti-hero.
Mortal Kombat video chap has film vision
The director of the live-action Mortal Kombat short that had the internet all aflutter earlier this week has said it was shot in two days - and that he has a vision for a proper film based on the beat-'em-up material.
Kevin Tancharoen is best known for directing music videos and the 2009 version of Fame, but he told movie site Collider that his original loves were karate, comic books and videogames.
"It took over a two-month span of time," he said of the short, in which Jax and Sonya Blade are seen interrogating Scorpion about a recent spate of killings. "I shot this whole thing in two days on two Red cameras that were donated to me with a group of friends who all believed in the cause...
"I know that there's definitely a handful of purists that have their opinions on the mysticism and the mythos of Mortal Kombat. But I do have an answer for that: this is just a prelude to what my movie version would be," he continued.
"Now, in a movie version, I am going to have that mysticism there, but it has to be done in a very tasteful way. I wouldn't like it too campy or too cheesy. I know this is a weird analogy, but it's the best one I can think of right now. It's kind of like when in Harry Potter, there's two universes that coexist with each other.
"There's the real world, and then you get on the train and then you go to Hogwart's, and that's where all the magic is. It was actually kind of similar in the first Mortal Kombat, too. They had to get on the ship and go to the island, and that's where all the crazy stuff happened."
Yesterday Jeri Ryan, who played Sonya in the short, explained that it was "made for the director to sell [rights-holder Warner Bros.] on his vision for a re-imagined MK film".
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 10, 2010, 03:27:30 PMYesterday Jeri Ryan, who played Sonya in the short, explained that it was "made for the director to sell [rights-holder Warner Bros.] on his vision for a re-imagined MK film".
What a genious way to secure a job. Get the internet to promote your vision before you even have a contract. Far more effective than 'pitching' scripts. 8)
Quote from: nCogNeato on June 10, 2010, 06:57:37 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 10, 2010, 03:27:30 PMYesterday Jeri Ryan, who played Sonya in the short, explained that it was "made for the director to sell [rights-holder Warner Bros.] on his vision for a re-imagined MK film".
What a genious way to secure a job. Get the internet to promote your vision before you even have a contract. Far more effective than 'pitching' scripts. 8)
bring on the future of movie making and long live the power of the internet the last free nation.
Saints Row film to launch with next game
THQ's executive vice president of core games Danny Bilson has said that the publisher intends to do a Saints Row film.
Not content with that, he hopes that it will launch on the same day as the third Saints Row game, which doesn't have a date yet but should be out before March 2012.
Speaking in a conference call this week recorded by GameSpot, Bilson said a "major filmmaker" will be involved.
At the beginning of last year, rapper 50 Cent said he was optioning Saints Row for a movie. Fiddy had his own game Blood on the Sand published through THQ.
Saints Row 2 is famous for being good and quite fearsomely insane, and also stuck two fingers up to Grand Theft Auto on a regular basis.
THQ has been pushing its "transmedia" efforts recently, having signed a deal to produce a two-hour TV movie based on Red Faction, which could turn into a TV series if successful.
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Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 17, 2010, 03:48:50 PM
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That has to be a mockup. No way the voice actors would actualy portray the characters in a Hollywood production. I do like the poster though. Very
Valve-esque. ;)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 16, 2010, 06:42:48 PM
Saints Row film to launch with next game
THQ has been pushing its "transmedia" efforts recently, having signed a deal to produce a two-hour TV movie based on Red Faction, which could turn into a TV series if successful.
Red Faction FTW!
Quote from: nCogNeato on June 17, 2010, 06:13:08 PM
That has to be a mockup. No way the voice actors would actualy portray the characters in a Hollywood production. I do like the poster though. Very Valve-esque. ;)
Yep, it's a mockup, just thought i'd post it. :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 17, 2010, 06:20:48 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on June 17, 2010, 06:13:08 PM
That has to be a mockup. No way the voice actors would actualy portray the characters in a Hollywood production. I do like the poster though. Very Valve-esque. ;)
Yep, it's a mockup, just thought i'd post it. :)
You tease. ;)
Akira Movie To Be PG-13?
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Well, The Dark Knight was PG-13.
It has been confirmed that Albert Hughes of the Hughes Brothers directing fame will be helming the project without his brother. It was previously thought that Allen Hughes would be taking the lead on the project. According to the film's producer Andrew Lazar, he is not, and Albert will be flying solo this time.
Originally released in 1982, Katsuhiro Otomo's Akira debuted. The manga become a feature film anime, directed by Otomo. Akira changed the way many outside Japan thought about Japanese animation. Over the years, Akira has gotten several video game adaptations, including 1988 Famicom game as well as a PS2 title.
Instead of trying to cram all of 2,000 plus pages of the Akira manga epic into two hours, Warner Bros. is planning on releasing the film in two parts. Each part would cover three volumes of the manga. Albert Hughes, however, seems only interested in directing the first part.
"I'm not into sequels," he said in a recent interview. "I don't even know if I wanna be around for the sequel. I'm just focusing on the first movie."
It was also thought that the guys who wrote the first Iron Man flick would be adapting Akira. Things have changed, and scribe Albert Torres has been brought on to pen the script. He has a couple projects in development, but his only produced screenplay is Henry Poole Is Here.
IGN's Top 25 Animated Movies of All Time (http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/650/650717p1.html)
and not a crappy Shrek film among them, quite right too
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 25, 2010, 02:39:39 PM
IGN's Top 25 Animated Movies of All Time (http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/650/650717p1.html)
and not a crappy Shrek film among them, quite right too
I would take Shrek over The Lion King, Also no Simpsons movie?
Quote from: sambo on June 25, 2010, 03:09:00 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 25, 2010, 02:39:39 PM
IGN's Top 25 Animated Movies of All Time (http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/650/650717p1.html)
and not a crappy Shrek film among them, quite right too
I would take Shrek over The Lion King, Also no Simpsons movie?
I'd have the first Shrek film maybe, the sequels are awful.
I think The Simpsons Movie gets a lot of stick because it's basically an extended episode, it doesn't feel like a movie, still bloody funny though.
Just been sent a link for the new Paranormal Craptivity 2 trailer, if you haven't seen the first film, don't bother, it's completely and utterly sh*t, no scares at all and the new ending was only shot for the inevitable sequel, stupid bloody Spielberg, Dead Space is far more scary than that crap and you all already know my thoughts on that. ;D
Anyway, heres the trailer for anyone thats interested.
I enjoyed the first Paranormal Activity. I saw a few months before they rereleased it and the world went apesh**.
I thought it was like an indie Drag Me To Hell, which I also liked. :)
Paranormal Activity was awesome, I waited to see that in my own house with the lights, was extra freaky! will wait for number 2 on download as well
I guess it was just me that didn't like it then, it's pretty much the worst horror film i've seen in recent memory, completely devoid of scares, not even one single jumpy moment in there either, awful movie, i'll stick to watching Japanese, Korean and Thai horror movies, American stuff doesn't even come remotely close to the majority of those movies.
Your right there, Asian horror is pretty scary... but there just is this element to PA which just freaks me the frak out.... not sure if it was the first of it's kind in the horror genre but it was pretty scary, I almost slept with the light on :'(
Quote from: Astrex on July 02, 2010, 09:44:33 AM
Your right there, Asian horror is pretty scary... but there just is this element to PA which just freaks me the frak out.... not sure if it was the first of it's kind in the horror genre but it was pretty scary, I almost slept with the light on :'(
I think the 'hype' killed it, because everyone was expecting some kind of Oscar-winning horror movie. Fortunately, I saw it before the ad campaign took over the internet.
I also watched it alone, in my home, in my bed, with the lights off, around 2am. ;D
Quote from: nCogNeato on July 02, 2010, 03:36:46 PM
Quote from: Astrex on July 02, 2010, 09:44:33 AM
Your right there, Asian horror is pretty scary... but there just is this element to PA which just freaks me the frak out.... not sure if it was the first of it's kind in the horror genre but it was pretty scary, I almost slept with the light on :'(
I think the 'hype' killed it, because everyone was expecting some kind of Oscar-winning horror movie. Fortunately, I saw it before the ad campaign took over the internet.
I also watched it alone, in my home, in my bed, with the lights off, around 2am. ;D
You sir I bow to! I was too much of a p*ssy to watch it on my own, I made my girlfriend sit through it as well.
Which Paranormal Craptivity ending do you prefer? Despite not liking the movie I preferred the original 2007 ending as opposed to the way too obvious reshot endings.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 02, 2010, 06:36:06 PM
Which Paranormal Craptivity ending do you prefer? Despite not liking the movie I preferred the original 2007 ending as opposed to the way too obvious reshot endings.
SPOILER ALERT!
I've only seen the ending where the police show up. Personally I liked how it ended with a very frank/realistic type of scenario. It kind of gives you that feeling that "Maybe this could really happen?"
I searched online and read the descriptions of the other endings. I like the sort of clever (perhaps unintended?) humor of the demon killing the girlfirend the same way the boyfriend threatened to kill the demon.
The "HEY JUMP AT THE CAMERA!!!" ending didn't really make sense to me. Maybe I have to see it. I understand it's an obvious setup for a sequel, but why the hell would the demon jump at the camera? And how did they film him/her/it carrying the boyfriend's body up the stairs? I really need to go watch this ending ...
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 02, 2010, 06:36:06 PM
Which Paranormal Craptivity ending do you prefer? Despite not liking the movie I preferred the original 2007 ending as opposed to the way too obvious reshot endings.
I prefer any ending because it meant the film had finished. I scare really easily and this didn't scare me at all
The second one looks scarier. But I might not be able to watch it. I shall have to make sure the baby is unharmed before I do :-[
Quote from: TaraJayne on July 02, 2010, 07:48:02 PM
The second one looks scarier. But I might not be able to watch it. I shall have to make sure the baby is unharmed before I do :-[
I can guarantee, right now, without having seen the movie or any other footage other than what's in the trailer, the sequel will not be scary at all, if anything, as with 99% of sequels, it will be even worse than the crappy original. ;D
Quote from: nCogNeato on July 02, 2010, 07:33:35 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 02, 2010, 06:36:06 PM
Which Paranormal Craptivity ending do you prefer? Despite not liking the movie I preferred the original 2007 ending as opposed to the way too obvious reshot endings.
SPOILER ALERT!
I've only seen the ending where the police show up. Personally I liked how it ended with a very frank/realistic type of scenario. It kind of gives you that feeling that "Maybe this could really happen?"
I searched online and read the descriptions of the other endings. I like the sort of clever (perhaps unintended?) humor of the demon killing the girlfirend the same way the boyfriend threatened to kill the demon.
The "HEY JUMP AT THE CAMERA!!!" ending didn't really make sense to me. Maybe I have to see it. I understand it's an obvious setup for a sequel, but why the hell would the demon jump at the camera? And how did they film him/her/it carrying the boyfriend's body up the stairs? I really need to go watch this ending ...
SPOILER ALERT!
Ok. I just watched the "HEY JUMP AT THE CAMERA!!!" ending. That's not at all what I had visualised when I read it. Why carry a body up a flight of stairs just to throw it at a camera? Why bite the lense of the camera?
Forget about the fact it's a movie, created by directors, writers, actors, etc. Let's just say it is real, which is what the whole movie was going for. If it was real, that ending would make it very difficulty for me to believe it.
The police ending is definitely my favorite.
Quote from: nCogNeato on July 02, 2010, 08:00:14 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on July 02, 2010, 07:33:35 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 02, 2010, 06:36:06 PM
Which Paranormal Craptivity ending do you prefer? Despite not liking the movie I preferred the original 2007 ending as opposed to the way too obvious reshot endings.
SPOILER ALERT!
I've only seen the ending where the police show up. Personally I liked how it ended with a very frank/realistic type of scenario. It kind of gives you that feeling that "Maybe this could really happen?"
I searched online and read the descriptions of the other endings. I like the sort of clever (perhaps unintended?) humor of the demon killing the girlfirend the same way the boyfriend threatened to kill the demon.
The "HEY JUMP AT THE CAMERA!!!" ending didn't really make sense to me. Maybe I have to see it. I understand it's an obvious setup for a sequel, but why the hell would the demon jump at the camera? And how did they film him/her/it carrying the boyfriend's body up the stairs? I really need to go watch this ending ...
SPOILER ALERT!
Ok. I just watched the "HEY JUMP AT THE CAMERA!!!" ending. That's not at all what I had visualised when I read it. Why carry a body up a flight of stairs just to throw it at a camera? Why bite the lense of the camera?
Forget about the fact it's a movie, created by directors, writers, actors, etc. Let's just say it is real, which is what the whole movie was going for. If it was real, that ending would make it very difficulty for me to believe it.
The police ending is definitely my favorite.
With you on that mate.
GM is like the guy that eats so many hot foods that he can no longer taste it. And then when you go out to eat, he complains that nothing is hot while everyone else is sweating their faces off.
:D
Quote from: nCogNeato on July 02, 2010, 08:03:23 PM
GM is like the guy that eats so many hot foods that he can no longer taste it. And then when you go out to eat, he complains that nothing is hot while everyone else is sweating their faces off.
:D
;D
I'm exactly like that :D
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 02, 2010, 08:06:15 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on July 02, 2010, 08:03:23 PM
GM is like the guy that eats so many hot foods that he can no longer taste it. And then when you go out to eat, he complains that nothing is hot while everyone else is sweating their faces off.
:D
;D
I'm exactly like that :D
If you ever see a movie that scares you (or eat a food that burns your tongue), PLEASE WARN US!!!! We don't want to get anywhere near it! :D :D
Quote from: nCogNeato on July 02, 2010, 08:29:41 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 02, 2010, 08:06:15 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on July 02, 2010, 08:03:23 PM
GM is like the guy that eats so many hot foods that he can no longer taste it. And then when you go out to eat, he complains that nothing is hot while everyone else is sweating their faces off.
:D
;D
I'm exactly like that :D
If you ever see a movie that scares you (or eat a food that burns your tongue), PLEASE WARN US!!!! We don't want to get anywhere near it! :D :D
The last movie that freaked me out a bit was probably Miike Takashi's excellent Audition as it's just a completely fucked up movie.
Ringu (The Ring) is my favourite J-Horror title, just the use of simple music to build up tension and then showing just glimpses of things before the payoff, great direction. Ju-On followed suit and ramped it up a bit with the freaky noise that the girl makes.
Old Boy is an excellent movie but the scene where he ties everything together is fantastic, anyone that has seen it will know what i'm talking about. It's something mainstream Hollywood wouldn't really go near, hence my love for Asian cinema, always pushing the boundaries of taste. :)
I could go on forever. :)
Crappy movie titles for crappy movie sequels ahoy
The fifth in the Final Destination series (yes theres another one) gets the new title of 5nal Destination, also we have a fourth Scream movie coming next year, starring Adam Brody, Marley Shelton and Mary McDonnell, it will be called Scre4m, I can hardly contain my excitement. ;D
'X-Men First Class': Kevin Bacon joins the cast
Yes, it's true. Sources confirm that Kevin Bacon has joined Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class cast. Details of his role are being kept under wraps, but sources tell us he will play a villain, sparring against protagonists Charles Xavier, played by James McAvoy, and Magneto, Michael Fassbender's role. It's not clear who Bacon's character is specifically, or how he'll figure into the X-Men universe, but it will be fun to watch. Deadline Hollywood first reported this last week.
Also joining the team is up-and-comer Jennifer Lawrence who received raves earlier this year for her leading role in the Sundance smash Winter's Bone. The 19-year old actress will play Mystique, the role originated by Rebecca Romijn in the X-Men trilogy. The Hollywood Reporter first reported this news today.
Twentieth Century Fox declined to comment on either casting addition. Filming is set to begin this summer in London.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 02, 2010, 08:36:17 PM
Old Boy is an excellent movie but the scene where he ties everything together is fantastic, anyone that has seen it will know what i'm talking about. It's something mainstream Hollywood wouldn't really go near, hence my love for Asian cinema, always pushing the boundaries of taste. :)
I could go on forever. :)
Old Boy is excellent, the corridor fight scene usually gets the most love but i like the ending best. a great omg i did not see that coming
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 15, 2010, 11:03:31 PMJennifer Lawrence ... will play Mystique
Really?
(http://2k3hd.com/nucleus/media/1/20080816-Jennifer%20Lawrence.jpg)(http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2009/353/b/0/Mystique_24_Cover_Painting_by_mikemayhew.jpg)
... we'll see. :-\
First look at Ryan Reynolds as Green Lantern
(http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/100714/EW-1112-cover-comiccon_308.jpg)
Also......
New Thor Pic Online
Get a better look at Asgard
(http://cdn.mos.totalfilm.com/images/t/thor-look-at-that--800-75.jpg)
The LA Times debuted the image this weekend, and we're treated to not only a peek at Odin's (Anthony Hopkins) design taste, but also Rene Russo's Frigga, Tadanobu Asano's Hogun and Josh Dallas' Fandral. Oh, and if you look really closely at the left, you can see that Loki (Tom Hiddleston) is wearing his ceremonial horned helmet. Well, either that, or he arrived thinking they were having a stag-themed fancy dress party. It definitely bears some Branagh-like touches. Anyone else reminded of his Hamlet?
Kneeling in the middle, of course, is Thor (Chris Hemsworth), likely in the middle of being told off by his pop for starting a war. The film will see him cast down to Earth for his arrogance and forced to live among humans where he has the remarkable good fortune to meet sexy scientist Jane (Natalie Portman). Admittedly, he also has to stop Loki from unleashing Asgard's darkest forces upon the Earth, but even we wouldn't mind being banished somewhere if Natalie Portman was already there.
(http://cdn.mos.totalfilm.com/images/t/thor-new-image-800-75.jpg)
Simon Pegg set for Mission: Impossible IV?
Actor could return for the action fourquel
(http://cdn.mos.totalfilm.com/images/m/mission-impossible-2-420-75.jpg)
Mission: Impossible IV is still alive and well, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Despite reviews savaging Tom Cruise's latest action vehicle Knight & Day (and a feeble box office haul Stateside to reflect that reaction), director Brad Bird has been reading with actors this week.
The megabuck sequel has yet to be officially greenlit by Paramount, but THR has announced that Simon Pegg is in talks to reprise his role of lab technician Benji Dunn for the fourquel.
Which marks him out as one of the only characters in the franchise to appear in more than one movie, aside from Ving Rhames and Tom Cruise.
M:I IV would be Pegg's third film with J.J. Abrams, who is serving as producer after directing the third Mission. This will be Pixar man Bird's entrance into big budget live-action directing.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 19, 2010, 11:06:41 AM(http://cdn.mos.totalfilm.com/images/t/thor-new-image-800-75.jpg)
Geez, that could go wrong on so many levels. Tread lightly, Marvel. Don't f*** up the Avengers franchise before it gets a chance. :-\
Avengers is ruined, no Ed norton he was da bomb!! I miss him already so had a man crush on that guy :-*
Quote from: Rex on July 20, 2010, 08:49:00 AM
Avengers is ruined, no Ed norton he was da bomb!! I miss him already so had a man crush on that guy :-*
Mark Ruffalo is in talks to play The Hulk, quality actor, more range than Norton but Norton was great as Banner/Hulk in the last movie.
Lots of differences of opinion on why Marvel Studios ditched Norton, he wanted too much money, too much control etc. etc.
This is from a Marvel statement.
"We have made the decision to not bring Ed Norton back to portray the title role of Bruce Banner in the Avengers. Our decision is definitely not one based on monetary factors, but instead rooted in the need for an actor who embodies the creativity and collaborative spirit of our other talented cast members. The Avengers demands players who thrive working as part of an ensemble, as evidenced by Robert, Chris H, Chris E, Sam, Scarlett, and all of our talented casts. We are looking to announce a name actor who fulfills these requirements, and is passionate about the iconic role in the coming weeks."
--Marvel Studios President of Production Kevin Feige
So they are saying he's not a team player.
Norton classily responded on his official Facebook page with this:
(http://www.slashfilm.com/wp/wp-content/images/ed-norton-avengers-statement-550x344.jpg)
Edward Norton, a man of the people. Gentile and dignified, he thanks the fans and Marvel and mentions not the production company.
I'd have just gone f*ck EM ALL, if they won't let me have 75% screen time they can hire another actor! which they promptly did, DOH!
Least Downey Jr is in there! mmm he's yummy :-*
New Lost Boys movie
(http://www.411mania.com/siteimages/lost-boys-thirst_60346.bmp)
Also another image from Thor.
(http://www.411mania.com/411mania_images/movies/thorodinloki.jpg)
Quote from: Failed on July 20, 2010, 09:13:57 AM
Least Downey Jr is in there! mmm he's yummy :-*
He certainly is. Corey Feldman looksa bit of a cock on that poster :) I will also pass
Quote from: TaraJayne on July 20, 2010, 02:52:17 PM
Quote from: Failed on July 20, 2010, 09:13:57 AM
Least Downey Jr is in there! mmm he's yummy :-*
He certainly is. Corey Feldman looksa bit of a cock on that poster :) I will also pass
I'll watch it, one thing is certain, no matter how awful this film will be, I guarantee it will be a million times better than anything involving Robert bloody Pattinson and his crew of poncy, sparkly, if only Blade was still around to wipe them out for good, poor excuses for vampires. :)
Oh and here's a Dead Rising movie poster.
(http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/07/500x_07.jpg)
Who Will Direct Wolverine 2?
Some candidates are revealed...
Comic-Con is over, and there are now two possible candidates to direct Wolverine 2. 20th Century Fox's top candidates for the job are Tony Scott (Man on Fire) and Matt Reeves (Cloverfield). Several other directors, including The Hurt Locker's Kathryn Bigelow and Wanted's Timur Bekmambetov were in the running before it was narrowed down to Scott and Reeves. Shooting was set to begin in January 2011, but word is that shooting may be delayed. If they delay, that would allow Scott to finish filming Potsdamer Platz, but if they do not push shooting back, Reeves could end up with the job.
Wolverine 2 is set to follow the Frank Miller and Chris Claremont story arc, where Logan visits Japan.
The First Look At The New Godzilla
Are you ready for more Godzilla?
By using Augmented Reality at the San Diego Comic-Con, Legendary Pictures debuted a first look at the new Godzilla. Production for the film has started and Warner Bros. Pictures is targeting for a 2012 release. Comic-Con attendees were able to receive a t-shirt with the below image of Godzilla. When they were able to look into a web cam set up at the Legendary Pictures booth, the person wearing the shirt saw a superimposed animation of Godzilla's "atomic breath" shooting out into the air in front of them. This also included black smoke rising from the flames and the ground-shaking bellow of Godzilla's instantly recognizable roar.
(http://www.411mania.com/siteimages/godzillanew_61438.jpg)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 27, 2010, 12:09:33 AM
Who Will Direct Wolverine 2?
Any direction different than the first movie has to be a good thing. :-\
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 27, 2010, 12:12:25 AM
The First Look At The New Godzilla
Over the weekend I mentioned, "Why haven't they began working on a new Godzilla vs. King Kong movie." Hopefully this is the beginning? :)
Is This Zombie TV Show Tipping Its Hat To Dead Rising?At Comic-Con, a trailer was shown for the upcoming TV adaptation of the brilliant comic series The Walking Dead. Nearly every scene shown is lifted directly from the comics. Except for one, though it still looks familiar.
You'll see it come at around 4:10 into the clip. It's from early in the comic series, when hero Rick travels to Atlanta looking for his wife and son. In the comic, you see a tank in the background on one page, but Rick never clambers up on top of it running from the undead.
He does in this trailer. That's new for the show. And the imagery looks a lot like the most iconic shot from 2006's Dead Rising, from the game's conclusion as Frank finds himself...on top of a tank surrounded the by undead. It's not only the same scenario, it's the same vehicle, an M1 Abrams.
It's nice to see that for a game that took so many cues from other works of zombie fiction, Dead Rising seems to have had its own influence on the genre.
(http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/07/500x_drtank.jpg)
I can't wait for Walking Dead! I'm a huge fan of the comic series.
I don't know how AMC is going to handle some of the stories' more ... colorful ... events. But from what I heard from Comic-Con, AMC promises to deliver what fans wants.
must go buy the comic now.
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on July 28, 2010, 02:45:29 PM
must go buy the comic now.
Don't less the Mrs. read it. If she disliked Limbo because of the bad things that happen to the boy, she'll absolutely DESPISE Walking Dead. :-X
Quote from: nCogNeato on July 28, 2010, 03:03:51 PM
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on July 28, 2010, 02:45:29 PM
must go buy the comic now.
Don't less the Mrs. read it. If she disliked Limbo because of the bad things that happen to the boy, she'll absolutely DESPISE Walking Dead. :-X
I don't know, she loves zombies almost a much as me :)
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on July 28, 2010, 04:07:58 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on July 28, 2010, 03:03:51 PM
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on July 28, 2010, 02:45:29 PM
must go buy the comic now.
Don't less the Mrs. read it. If she disliked Limbo because of the bad things that happen to the boy, she'll absolutely DESPISE Walking Dead. :-X
I don't know, she loves zombies almost a much as me :)
SEMI-SPOILER
Crazy sh** happens in the series. Children are not excluded. Just keep that in mind. That's all I'll say. :-X
Just seen this trailer over at IMDB, looks pretty damn cool.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 03, 2010, 11:33:17 PM
Just seen this trailer over at IMDB, looks pretty damn cool.
Holy shniblet!
Hot girls, guns, swords and dragons?!? If I was 13 years old, my head would have exploded. :D
i'm twice that age and my head exlpoded ... luckily i have half an eye left to type this.
GIANT SAMURAI WITH GATLING = WIN!!
Another awful movie has been spoofed, though this time the spoof will actually be better ;D
i'll probably end up watching it, just like i watched all the other cack spoof flicks >_<
anything that takes the piss out of lady gaga is all right by me, I hate her. She represents everything that's currently bad about the music industry.
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on August 04, 2010, 01:44:10 PM
anything that takes the piss out of lady gaga is all right by me, I hate her. She represents everything that's currently bad about the music industry.
She's a lot better than some of the oxygen thieves we have in this country though, N-Dubz, Tinie Tempah, Jason Derulo etc. etc. Music dies a little everytime one of their songs is played, it dies completely when Bieber is on but thats another story for another time. ;D
I like Lady Gaga.
Not enough to give her money, but enough to listen to it on free radio.
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 04, 2010, 06:30:08 PM
I like Lady Gaga.
Not enough to give her money, but enough to listen to it on free radio.
:o
I am shocked and appalled! p-p-p-p - iss poor singer :D
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on August 05, 2010, 01:56:30 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 04, 2010, 06:30:08 PM
I like Lady Gaga.
Not enough to give her money, but enough to listen to it on free radio.
:o
I am shocked and appalled! p-p-p-p - iss poor singer :D
I like various sounds. ;) Other "bad" singers that I enjoy listening to ...
Jack White (White Stripes, Raconteurs, Dead Weather)
Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse)
Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade)
Lucas K. (AK Forty Sexuals :D)
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 05, 2010, 03:18:52 PM
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on August 05, 2010, 01:56:30 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 04, 2010, 06:30:08 PM
I like Lady Gaga.
Not enough to give her money, but enough to listen to it on free radio.
:o
I am shocked and appalled! p-p-p-p - iss poor singer :D
I like various sounds. ;) Other "bad" singers that I enjoy listening to ...
Jack White (White Stripes, Raconteurs, Dead Weather)
Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse)
Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade)
Lucas K. (AK Forty Sexuals :D)
Jack white is awesome. As is bob dylan. I like a lot of artists that would be classed as bad singers, but i',m sorry i just can not stand lady gaga. I saw her perform once and i cringed.
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on August 05, 2010, 03:22:14 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 05, 2010, 03:18:52 PM
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on August 05, 2010, 01:56:30 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 04, 2010, 06:30:08 PM
I like Lady Gaga.
Not enough to give her money, but enough to listen to it on free radio.
:o
I am shocked and appalled! p-p-p-p - iss poor singer :D
I like various sounds. ;) Other "bad" singers that I enjoy listening to ...
Jack White (White Stripes, Raconteurs, Dead Weather)
Isaac Brock (Modest Mouse)
Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade)
Lucas K. (AK Forty Sexuals :D)
Jack white is awesome. As is bob dylan. I like a lot of artists that would be classed as bad singers, but i',m sorry i just can not stand lady gaga. I saw her perform once and i cringed.
Fecking ugly to boot!
Quote from: Sarge on August 05, 2010, 04:16:22 PM
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on August 05, 2010, 03:22:14 PM
... I like a lot of artists that would be classed as bad singers, but i',m sorry i just can not stand lady gaga. I saw her perform once and i cringed.
Fecking ugly to boot!
Y'all stop making fun of my brother.
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 05, 2010, 05:42:22 PM
Quote from: Sarge on August 05, 2010, 04:16:22 PM
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on August 05, 2010, 03:22:14 PM
... I like a lot of artists that would be classed as bad singers, but i',m sorry i just can not stand lady gaga. I saw her perform once and i cringed.
Fecking ugly to boot!
Y'all stop making fun of my brother.
:D
neato, i errrrm .... well , your brother and i ..... we sort of ..... funny story .... you'll laugh ..... we, we ..... we shared clothes!
phew that's a wait off my back, now all i have to do is find out how to escape this dress in the shape of a crytal top hat ???
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 04, 2010, 11:00:38 AM
Another awful movie has been spoofed, though this time the spoof will actually be better ;D
i do NOT support this movie whatsoever! this sh*t is gonna be hilarious..
The 117 seconds of the trailer are already far better than the 240+ minutes of the two crappy Twilight movies that spawned it.
No doubt Eclipse will be even worse than the first two so we'll get a spoof of that soon that will be far superior too.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 08, 2010, 11:10:52 AM
The 117 seconds of the trailer are already far better than the 240+ minutes of the two crappy Twilight movies that spawned it.
No doubt Eclipse will be even worse than the first two so we'll get a spoof of that soon that will be far superior too.
Don't laugh but the third film was a lot better than the first two, Kristen Stewart actually smiles a couple of times!!!
Quote from: Jaynestown on August 08, 2010, 11:18:54 AM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 08, 2010, 11:10:52 AM
The 117 seconds of the trailer are already far better than the 240+ minutes of the two crappy Twilight movies that spawned it.
No doubt Eclipse will be even worse than the first two so we'll get a spoof of that soon that will be far superior too.
Don't laugh but the third film was a lot better than the first two, Kristen Stewart actually smiles a couple of times!!!
;D
couldn't help it
Quote from: Jaynestown on August 08, 2010, 11:18:54 AM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 08, 2010, 11:10:52 AM
The 117 seconds of the trailer are already far better than the 240+ minutes of the two crappy Twilight movies that spawned it.
No doubt Eclipse will be even worse than the first two so we'll get a spoof of that soon that will be far superior too.
Don't laugh but the third film was a lot better than the first two, Kristen Stewart actually smiles a couple of times!!!
I saw the first 2 movies with my sisters (who are in their 30's by the way). I refused to watch the 3rd movie with them, but the next day they promised me it was better than the first 2.
I'm considering watching the 3rd just to see it's true. At least it couldn't get any worse. :D
Quote from: Elle Ecstatic on August 08, 2010, 06:25:59 AMi do NOT support this movie whatsoever! this sh*t is gonna be hilarious..
I think Elle may be suffering from D.I.D. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder)
Feel better, Elle. :-\
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 08, 2010, 06:05:31 PM
Quote from: Jaynestown on August 08, 2010, 11:18:54 AM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 08, 2010, 11:10:52 AM
The 117 seconds of the trailer are already far better than the 240+ minutes of the two crappy Twilight movies that spawned it.
No doubt Eclipse will be even worse than the first two so we'll get a spoof of that soon that will be far superior too.
Don't laugh but the third film was a lot better than the first two, Kristen Stewart actually smiles a couple of times!!!
I saw the first 2 movies with my sisters (who are in their 30's by the way). I refused to watch the 3rd movie with them, but the next day they promised me it was better than the first 2.
I'm considering watching the 3rd just to see it's true. At least it couldn't get any worse. :D
A friend of mine once said the same about Terminator 3 and The Godfather Part 3, we are no longer friends.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 08, 2010, 06:09:39 PMA friend of mine once said the same about Terminator 3 and The Godfather Part 3, we are no longer friends.
lol
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 08, 2010, 06:05:31 PM
Quote from: Jaynestown on August 08, 2010, 11:18:54 AM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 08, 2010, 11:10:52 AM
The 117 seconds of the trailer are already far better than the 240+ minutes of the two crappy Twilight movies that spawned it.
No doubt Eclipse will be even worse than the first two so we'll get a spoof of that soon that will be far superior too.
Don't laugh but the third film was a lot better than the first two, Kristen Stewart actually smiles a couple of times!!!
I saw the first 2 movies with my sisters (who are in their 30's by the way). I refused to watch the 3rd movie with them, but the next day they promised me it was better than the first 2.
I'm considering watching the 3rd just to see it's true. At least it couldn't get any worse. :D
I went and saw it last week as a favour to my wife (we're separated now but she didn't have anyone else to go with) and although it's still very "talky" it is, in both mine and her opinion, better than the first two. I wouldn't go so far as to say I enjoyed it but it didn't suck, and at least both the leads looked like they were enjoying it a bit more!!!
I will watch it on DVD when it comes out. I quite liked the first films start and end, just not the middley bit and the 2nd film was okish.
I liked the quiet blonde vampire that was constanty trying to contain his urge to kill everyone.
I could relate. :D
I already know that i'll hate Eclipse but i'll still watch it when it comes out on dvd just so I can abuse all the fans, once i've watched it though i'm gonna have to watch Lost Boys or Near Dark, maybe even From Dusk Till Dawn or John Carpenter's Vampires to get some proper vampire action. :)
Quote from: Jaynestown on August 08, 2010, 07:58:47 PM
I went and saw it last week as a favour to my wife (we're separated ...)
You're not the only one ...
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Quote from: nCogNeato on August 08, 2010, 06:08:18 PM
Quote from: Elle Ecstatic on August 08, 2010, 06:25:59 AMi do NOT support this movie whatsoever! this sh*t is gonna be hilarious..
I think Elle may be suffering from D.I.D. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder)
Feel better, Elle. :-\
I kinda wanna see this, imma lmfao so hard..
even-if-they-make-fun-of-edward's-shiny-self..
*sniff sniff*
Quote from: Elle Ecstatic on August 08, 2010, 09:03:49 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 08, 2010, 06:08:18 PM
Quote from: Elle Ecstatic on August 08, 2010, 06:25:59 AMi do NOT support this movie whatsoever! this sh*t is gonna be hilarious..
I think Elle may be suffering from D.I.D. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder)
Feel better, Elle. :-\
I kinda wanna see this, imma lmfao so hard..
even-if-they-make-fun-of-edward's-shiny-self..
*sniff sniff*
It's the shiny part that most gets on my nerves, I can handle the crappy acting and crappy story and even worse special effects as i've seen far worse in other movies (The Matrix sequels being just two) but to mess with vampire lore like that is a disgrace, but whatever. :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 08, 2010, 09:10:35 PM
Quote from: Elle Ecstatic on August 08, 2010, 09:03:49 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 08, 2010, 06:08:18 PM
Quote from: Elle Ecstatic on August 08, 2010, 06:25:59 AMi do NOT support this movie whatsoever! this sh*t is gonna be hilarious..
I think Elle may be suffering from D.I.D. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissociative_identity_disorder)
Feel better, Elle. :-\
I kinda wanna see this, imma lmfao so hard..
even-if-they-make-fun-of-edward's-shiny-self..
*sniff sniff*
It's the shiny part that most gets on my nerves, I can handle the crappy acting and crappy story and even worse special effects as i've seen far worse in other movies (The Matrix sequels being just two) but to mess with vampire lore like that is a disgrace, but whatever. :)
i have 0 problem with it..
hes hot, that totally makes up for it..
/fangirl sigh
Quote from: Elle Ecstatic on August 08, 2010, 09:20:02 PM
i have 0 problem with it..
hes hot, that totally makes up for it..
/fangirl sigh
Would someone please explain to me why Robert Pattinson is considered "HOT". As far as I could tell it was the other guy the women at the cinema were drooling over. R-Patz is just some moody, dorky looking weirdo who will forever be the kid killed by Voldermort in one of the Harry Potter movies!
Quote from: Jaynestown on August 08, 2010, 09:43:17 PM
Quote from: Elle Ecstatic on August 08, 2010, 09:20:02 PM
i have 0 problem with it..
hes hot, that totally makes up for it..
/fangirl sigh
Would someone please explain to me why Robert Pattinson is considered "HOT". As far as I could tell it was the other guy the women at the cinema were drooling over. R-Patz is just some moody, dorky looking weirdo who will forever be the kid killed by Voldermort in one of the Harry Potter movies!
;D The Goblet of Fire that was.
ew harry potter...
Quote from: Elle Ecstatic on August 08, 2010, 11:43:23 PM
ew harry potter...
Biggest movie franchise of all time, even bigger than Bond and theres 22 of those movies, only 6 Potter films so far.
;D ;D ;D
Makes me laugh every time, now if only Blade could show up in that little coastal town and destroy the Cullen family and give all the fans what they really want, i'd actually pay to see that. ;D
CSI is officially dead (http://www.thehollywoodgossip.com/2010/08/justin-bieber-on-csi-first-look/)
ending was teh awesome!!
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 09, 2010, 08:28:27 AM
Quote from: Elle Ecstatic on August 08, 2010, 11:43:23 PM
ew harry potter...
Biggest movie franchise of all time, even bigger than Bond and theres 22 of those movies, only 6 Potter films so far.
;D ;D ;D
Makes me laugh every time, now if only Blade could show up in that little coastal town and destroy the Cullen family and give all the fans what they really want, i'd actually pay to see that. ;D
you make me cry :'(
and everytime you say harry potter i think of when i saw equus and saw his penis...
FML
jeeez Harry's penis must be horse like ..... checks google images. ...... *throws up*
Quote from: Failed on August 11, 2010, 03:08:11 AM
jeeez Harry's penis must be horse like ..... checks google images. ...... *throws up*
thats EXACTLY how i felt when i saw it..
/die
A few movie bits & bobs for you. :)
James Cameron talks back to back 'Avatar' sequels
One of the expected, but pleasurable problems of having a $2.7 billion hit these days is that everyone wants to know when the sequel is coming. James Cameron really didn't have that problem after "Titanic," for obvious reasons, but there was always a lot of attention to what he'd do next. These days, it seems like a week doesn't go by where Cameron doesn't volunteer information regarding the possibilities of future sequels to the Oscar-winning "Avatar."
Speaking to MTV last week in conjunction with the film's re-release to 3-D and IMAX screens on Aug. 27, Cameron said there's been talk of shooting two new installments back to back. He also feels that shooting in the motion capture format would also make shooting both films much easier than a traditional live action picture. However, Cameron's first priority is finishing his "Avatar" novel which will serve as a "bible" for further Pandora adventures. And yes, he's "taking notes" for a screenplay.
Sly Stallone Wants An Expendables Sequel
"I have an idea ready to go..."
Given the buzz for Sylvester Stallone's testosteronathon The Expendables, which muscles its way into US cinemas this week (and over here the following Thursday), it shouldn't really be a shock to learn that Sly is hoping it'll do well enough to warrant a sequel.
"If this does perform, I think it will open a little more liquidity in funding the sequel," he tells the LA Times. "I have an idea ready to go. People think doing a sequel is easy, but it's not because you need the element of surprise. I'm going to try to do something that's quite radical."
"Quite radical" is one thing, but sadly he wouldn't say any more about what that might entail. He's naturally being cautious – after all, the first Expendables was an effort to find financing and support for, and that's despite the shed load of action talent who had agreed to star in it.
And despite all the goodwill building in the run up to the release, distributor Lionsgate is still licking its wounds from the disappointing performance of Kick-Ass, which had plenty of anticipation but not a huge audience in the end.
Sly, though, is looking on the bright side, and accentuating the positive in what lesser men might see as a serious negative. Apparently, he started to feel more confident about the movie's prospects when he, er, broke his neck on the set. "It's a good omen," he says. "I didn't get a hangnail on the set of Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot. " Right. Thanks, Sly. We'd call him a weirdo, but he'd twist our heads off.
The Avengers Has A Start Date
It will film from February 2011
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Thor and Captain America are still filming at the moment, but the next Marvel offering, and the team up of those two with Marvel's other favourites in The Avengers, has a start-of-shooting date, and it's February 2011.
That's no great surprise, of course: the film's projected release date of May 4, 2012 means that it will shoot about 15 months before release, which is about standard for a big effects blockbuster these days (3-ish months shooting; 12-ish months post-production).
Still, it's good to know that we're not just dreaming, and Joss Whedon is indeed directing an Avengers movie with Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Captain America, Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury, Mark Ruffalo as Bruce Banner, Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye and Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson. It's the superhero equivalent of the Wu Tang Clan, and we can't wait.
American Werewolf Remake Gets Writer
That's ENOUGH! That's enough...
It's over a year since the announcement that the Weinstein's Dimension Films had picked up the rights to John Landis' howling mad classic. But if you were hoping it had gone away in the wake of the Wolfman debacle, think on. The LA Times reports that a writer is now attached to the remake of An American Werewolf in London.
And it's Fernley Phillips, whose most visible credit to date is writing and co-producing Joel Schumacher's The Number 23, which starred Jim Carrey a couple of years ago. Safe hands then.
The thrust this time round is said to be dramatically different to Landis' classic 1981 original, but we can't really see how, given that the central premise is right there in the title. Could it be (gasp!) two female tourists that stray off the moor? But you may want to take heart that Sean and Bryan Furst are involved on the producing side. Daybreakers, which they oversaw for the Spierig Brothers, was pretty damn nifty (it's arguably a better film of I Am Legend than I Am Legend was) so maybe, just maybe, they've got something up their sleeves that'll surprise everyone.
And An American Werewolf in Paris was pretty awful (even though Julie Delpy was in it), so if this were to franchise out, maybe it'd make for better sequels. What say you?
If you thought the vampire movie genre had reached it's lowest point thanks to crap like Twilight, then this (http://web.orange.co.uk/article/monkeymusic/mcfly_vamp_it_up) might just end it for good, it's only a 30 minute movie but still.
lol wtf is that? looked like something that came out of blade or something.
tisk tisk. horrible.
i'm sure the twilight mums will be hot for it .... that's what they're after and it'll generate some sales, i'd say they're thinking 'job done'.
i'm suprised we havn't had even more stuff like this tbh, Twilight is a big band wagon after all.
I have a long-standing theory that vampires have severe sinus problems. It's the only logical explanation of why they can't seem to close their mouths.
I thought it was down to all the sh*t they spew out! ;D
Silent Hill 2 Held Up By Manslaughter, Prison Sentence
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Roger Avary of Pulp Fiction and Killing Zoe fame wrote the first Silent Hill movie. He was slated to write the second one. Then, the unthinkable happened.
In 2008, an intoxicated Avary was involved in a car accident that left a close friend of his dead, 34-year-old Andreas Zini, and put his wife in the hospital. The Oscar-winning scribe was charged with vehicular manslaughter.
Fast forward to fall 2009 when the filmmaker began blogging from what seemed like prison — it was later revealed that he was tweeting from a Ventura County work furlough program and not in "prison" per se. Avary was sent to prison for the rest of his one year-sentence. He did not tweet his experiences.
Horror magazine asked Silent Hill 2 producer Don Carmody about the status of the picture. "A little stalled now because of [writer/director] Roger Avary's [legal problems], so a little unsure yet," Carmody told Fangoria. "The original plan was Roger writing and polishing the screenplay, and when he had finished his thing, we'd begin full-blown preproduction." He is not sure of the current status.
"We know we want to make Silent Hill 2 and have a basic outline for it. We'll have to see."
Avary apparently was released from Ventura County Prison last month. He has not updated his Twitter account since last November.
Jason Flemyng Is In X-Men: First Class
He'll play Azazel
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We've known for some time that Jason Flemyng is director Matthew Vaughn's good luck charm, appearing in all his films to date - and sure enough, he has a role in X-Men: First Class, where he will play Nightcrawler's dad, Azazel.
Today at Movie-Con he told us, "Matthew showed me my costume just the other day. Now I swore I'd never be in heavy make-up again, but this role is going to involve it. But at least they said, "Don't worry, we'll add the tail in post". I am Azazel, and I can teleport by waving my arms [gestures like a cross between a flamenco dancer anda Bollywood star]."
As really big X-Men fans will know, Azazel is a teleporting creature from another dimension who tried to impregnate human women in the hope that one of his children would provide him with a permanent link to this plane that he could use to come back here. And fear not: we confirmed after Flemyng left the stage that he will be red, and not Nightcrawler blue or anything like that (Vaughn is clearly trusting that people can figure it out from the tail and pointed ears),
Whether he will have a big part to play in this film remains to be seen, but we do know that Vaughn's hoping not to break his winning streak this time around. At least, unlike Kick-Ass, Flemyng actually gets a name this time around, other than Bell Hop.
Karl Urban Confirmed as the New Judge Dredd
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Remember that early report a few weeks ago about New Zealand-born-actor Karl Urban (Star Trek, Pathfinder, The Chronicles of Riddick, The Lord of the Rings) becoming the new Judge Dredd? Well, it's now confirmed. According to Empire Online, Urban has been tapped to essay the steel-jawed, helmet-wearing, hard-core dispenser of justice in a dystopian far future. Producers Andrew Macdonald and Allon Reich confirmed Urban's casting at a Q&A session.
Here's an excerpt from my original piece about the Judge Dredd character's comic book background:
For those not in the know (or the now), Judge Dredd first appeared more than 30 years ago in the pages of 2000 AD, a British-based, science-fiction oriented weekly comic book anthology. Credit for Judge Dredd belongs to writer/editor Pat Mills, writer John Wagner, and artist Carlos Ezquerra. In a dystopian future, uniformed Street Judges patrol Mega-City-One, dispensing on-the-spot justice, acting as police, judge, jury, and executioner. Dredd rides a cannon-powered, computer-equipped motorcycle, the "Lawmaster" (as opposed to the Lawnmaster, a completely different vehicle used for landscaping), a DNA-coded handgun called, appropriately enough, the "Lawgiver," a pliability inducing baton, and, most iconic of all, a helmet that covers his face with the exception of his mouth and jaw.
Even better, at least for diehard Judge Dredd fans? Unlike the first attempt to bring Dredd to the big screen with Sylvester Stallone fifteen years ago, Urban won't remove the helmet during the entire running time. That's right, Urban will have to depend on his exposed lower jaw, mouth, head, and body movements to convey Dredd's inner life, assuming he has one.
Here's more from Empire:
"The main thing about Dredd is that it's a fantastic comic that was completely messed up 20 years ago," said Macdonald. "Our idea is to make a very hard, R-rated, gritty, realistic movie of Dredd in Megacity, so we've got to get the tone right. He's not going to take off his helmet. His bike is going to feel real. He's going to hit people and it's going to feel real."
In my early report, I expressed doubts about a new Judge Dredd flick going this route. It might be true to the long-running comic-book series, but not everything that works on a printed or digital page will (or should) work on the big or small screen. That specific departure from the Judge Dredd character angered fans fifteen years. I consider Urban an above-average actor, capable of dramatic range, but keeping the helmet on might be asking too much of him, not too mention non-fans or casual Judge Dredd fans.
Pete Travis (Endgame, Vantage Point, Omagh) has been tapped to take on directing duties. Empire didn't mention a start date for principal photography (or a release date), only that shooting will occur in Johannesburg, South Africa, so stay tuned for additional information.
So what do you think of the news? Is Urban a good match for the Judge Dredd character? What do you think of Urban keeping the helmet on the entire time? A good decision or a bad one? And will you see a new Judge Dredd film theatrically regardless of whether you see Urban's face or just the lower half?
Star Wars Coming to Blu-Ray Fall 2011!(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.cinematical.com/media/2010/08/star-wars.jpg)
That sound you might have heard Saturday afternoon? It was the collective groan of Star Wars fanboys and fanboys when they (and we) learned at the Star Wars Celebration V (via IGN) that the Star Wars trilogies are coming to Blu-Ray next fall (as in 2011, not 2010) . Sounds like good, if not great, news right? True to form, George Lucas plans to release both trilogies as part of one set (meaning you can't buy them separately or by trilogy) and you won't be able to choose between the theatrical versions and the remastered versions (you'll get the latter, but not the former).
As with the previous releases on VHS, DVD, special editions, etc., Lucas is counting on "true fans" to purchase the Star Wars trilogies in a new format. That might sound cynical, but Lucas is right: some fans might complain about this or that preference or having to purchase both trilogies when they really want the original trilogy, minus the late 1990s' changes Lucas made to better match his vision for the films, but ultimately they'll purchase the rejiggered, remastered versions collectively or, at some unspecified point in the future, the original trilogy separately.
There is good news, though. As with previous releases, the Blu-Ray set will "utilizi[e] the highest possible picture and audio presentation, along with extensive special features [and include] documentaries, vintage behind-the-scenes moments, interviews, retrospectives, and never-before-seen footage from the LucasFilm archives." Fans were given a preview of things to come when Lucas premiered a never-before-deleted shot from Return of the Jedi of Luke Skywalker completing work on his new lightsabler before the attempt to rescue Han Solo from Jabba the Hut.
A fan uploaded the footage to YouTube. It's slightly murky, but worth it for the audience reaction on the soundtrack:
Are you excited, upset, indifferent, or ambivalent to the news? Put me in the ambivalent camp. While I'd love to see the original Star Wars trilogy on Blu-Ray, I'd like to have the option to choose between the theatrical and remastered versions.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 15, 2010, 04:41:41 PM
Are you excited, upset, indifferent, or ambivalent to the news? Put me in the ambivalent camp. While I'd love to see the original Star Wars trilogy on Blu-Ray, I'd like to have the option to choose between the theatrical and remastered versions.
No more extra scenes, please! I'd be happy with the special editions if they just put the Greedo scene back to the original, Han shoots first... PERIOD!
Still buy it though!
Quote from: Jaynestown on August 15, 2010, 04:47:13 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 15, 2010, 04:41:41 PM
Are you excited, upset, indifferent, or ambivalent to the news? Put me in the ambivalent camp. While I'd love to see the original Star Wars trilogy on Blu-Ray, I'd like to have the option to choose between the theatrical and remastered versions.
No more extra scenes, please! I'd be happy with the special editions if they just put the Greedo scene back to the original, Han shoots first... PERIOD!
Still buy it though!
Damn right mate. :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 15, 2010, 04:49:53 PM
Quote from: Jaynestown on August 15, 2010, 04:47:13 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 15, 2010, 04:41:41 PM
Are you excited, upset, indifferent, or ambivalent to the news? Put me in the ambivalent camp. While I'd love to see the original Star Wars trilogy on Blu-Ray, I'd like to have the option to choose between the theatrical and remastered versions.
No more extra scenes, please! I'd be happy with the special editions if they just put the Greedo scene back to the original, Han shoots first... PERIOD!
Still buy it though!
Damn right mate. :)
Never ever understood why Lucas felt the need to do that, what the hell was wrong with Han shooting first anyway? What was he going to do, let Greedo kill him? >:(
From hanshootsfirst.org and wikipedia:
George Lucas explained the change by stating that he wanted to make clear to children that Han had "no choice" but to shoot Greedo. This justification was unsatisfactory to many long-time and adult fans of the series. The ire of some fans led to an online petition demanding that the changes be retracted.
The primary objection to the revision is that it alters Han's initially morally ambiguous character, making his later transition from anti-hero to hero less meaningful; others claim that shooting Greedo first was justified, since Solo was likely to be killed by Greedo or Jabba the Hutt. The plausibility of Greedo missing from such a short distance is also considered questionable, and criticized as being depicted in an awkwardly facile manner.
My thoughts exactly!
Better quality trailer than the previous one I posted a few weeks ago, starts on Halloween in the States, hopefully soon after over here though no doubt we'll have to wait about six months. TV shack for me then. :)
The Walking Dead Wins Season Two
...Before the first one even airs
The story of Frank Darabont's attempt to bring Robert Kirkman's beloved zombie comic The Walking Dead to TV screens has, in the last year or so, been filled largely with good news. It got picked up by US network AMC (and FX over here), went quickly from pilot to first series commission (AMC's usual six episode kick-off), and has been building some healthy buzz, particularly after the trailer was shown at Comic-Con and arrived online. Now there's another milestone passed as the show has won a second season before a frame of the first has even aired.
Fangoria reports that the show has been officially renewed, with filming set to start in February next year. And in keeping with AMC's usual schedule, the next season will be 13 episodes.
While the first season took place in the blazing Atlanta heat, it's possible that the next set of stories could take a cue from Volume 2 of the comics and be set during a different season. "It would be great not just to get out of the heat, but to present a different idea to the audience visually and tonally by having it be winter," Darabont tells Comic Book Movie. There's some really cool stuff that Kirkman did, where they find the one zombie that's frozen to the ground. I'd never seen that before and that's really cool."
And given that he and Kirkman have been playing with the narrative and shifting stories and characters around a little (though the overall plot will be largely faithful to the comic), he might just get the chance to introduce his favourite character from the books: Michonne. "When she shows up – and boy, is she a character I can't wait to get to – when she comes striding out of the wasteland like a Clint Eastwood f***ing spaghetti Western character cross-melded with some samurai movie, like the Baby Cart character with the f***ing sword, and there's just a little drift of snow in the air. I would love to put that on film."
So if you were excited to see the show already, now you don't have to worry about it being cancelled immediately should you end up loving it, and then having to go through years of therapy to get over it like we did to get over My So-Called Life and Firefly. Er. Ahem.
The first episode, written and directed by Darabont, will air on October 31 in the US and arrives over here shortly afterwards.
Firefly waaaaaaaaa!!!!! *sobs woefully*
Quote from: Failed on September 01, 2010, 04:56:14 PM
Firefly waaaaaaaaa!!!!! *sobs woefully*
I feel your pain. :(
i have read episode 1 for free here
http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?gid=1358
'Kick-Ass 2' Officially Gets The Green Light
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It was inevitable that Matthew Vaughn's big-screen version of the John Romita Jr. and Mark Millar comic "Kick-Ass" would get the green light for a sequel. Today it's been confirmed apparently by Millar himself on a radio station in the UK who claimed that due to the wonderful DVD sales the sequel is a go.
It's not really a surprise when you think about it. Sure, it didn't perform incredibly well like people thought it would in the box office, but it seemed destined to be one of those comic book flicks that would find it's audience on home video. Since this is all up and running, now it's a matter of the studio bringing back Vaughn and the cast to the new project.
At the moment Matthew Vaughn is in the middle of filming "X-Men: First Class" for 20th Century Fox which acts as a '60s set prequel, out in theaters on June 3rd, 2011. "Kick-Ass" star Aaron Johnson will be appearing next in Sam Taylor-Wood directed film "Nowhere Boy". Chloe Moretz is in the middle of filming her role in Martin Scorsese's "Hugo Cabret" and will be seen in Matt Reeves' "Let Me In" this October 8th.
Woo hoo ;D
another bad movie to avoid
._.;
Quote from: Elle on September 01, 2010, 11:35:43 PM
another bad movie to avoid
._.;
You didn't like Kick-Ass?
Quote from: nCogNeato on September 02, 2010, 12:30:27 AM
Quote from: Elle on September 01, 2010, 11:35:43 PM
another bad movie to avoid
._.;
You didn't like Kick-Ass?
nope it was like a total bore fest..
i only saw it cuz i thought that dude in it was kind cute ;)
and cuz my date paid for the movie :D
Elle is bananas.
no im not D:
If Kick-Ass is a borefest then Twilight must be enough to put people in a coma and keep them there for eternity. :)
Twilight? more like Tweenshite :P
seriously though, i would bang the lot of them, PEW PEW!
Quote from: GamerMan316 on September 02, 2010, 11:09:19 AM
If Kick-Ass is a borefest then Twilight must be enough to put people in a coma and keep them there for eternity. :)
Quote from: Failed on September 02, 2010, 04:21:39 PM
Twilight? more like Tweenshite :P
seriously though, i would bang the lot of them, PEW PEW!
why do you people always bring up twilight ._.
whateverrrrrr haterssss
because you wub it soooo much. tis like craigs love of MW2, TJ's 37 children and Sarges age, somethings will always be brought up.
i feel so loved...
.___.;
Quote from: Failed on September 03, 2010, 12:52:59 AM
because you wub it soooo much. tis like craigs love of MW2, TJ's 37 children and Sarges age, somethings will always be brought up.
dont forget Fuzzy schlong!
Luke i saw what you did there..
idontlikejacob!!!! >:(
Quote from: Elle on September 03, 2010, 03:46:29 PM
Luke i saw what you did there..
idontlikejacob!!!! >:(
He was referring to my penis
i could comment on daves penis but i wont
is it fuzzy?
Quote from: DFUSIONITE on September 03, 2010, 03:56:09 PM
Quote from: Elle on September 03, 2010, 03:46:29 PM
Luke i saw what you did there..
idontlikejacob!!!! >:(
He was referring to my penis
i could say something in response to that..
but i wont..
he's always getting his fuzzy schlong out on the forums, when he was a rock star he used to slap the front row with it.
when i was a rockstar, i used to slap the back row ... PEW PEW !!!
Quote from: Failed on September 03, 2010, 05:12:44 PM
is it fuzzy?
nope-ughh imagine all the little hairs in your mouth
NO
say it aint so (http://www.examiner.com/tv-in-national/justin-bieber-to-star-back-to-the-future-remake)
Quote from: markav on September 04, 2010, 04:27:09 AM
NO
say it aint so (http://www.examiner.com/tv-in-national/justin-bieber-to-star-back-to-the-future-remake)
how much more could they ruin a classic piece of 80's cinema ?
Quote from: Failed on September 04, 2010, 08:24:53 AM
Quote from: markav on September 04, 2010, 04:27:09 AM
NO
say it aint so (http://www.examiner.com/tv-in-national/justin-bieber-to-star-back-to-the-future-remake)
how much more could they ruin a classic piece of 80's cinema ?
He's also set to star in a Grease remake but Grease was sh*t so i'm not bothered about that. This however would be an insult.
Enjoy The Best Of The King Of Fighters MovieIf you thought the recent Street Fighter movie was bad, spare a thought for the King of Fighters movie, which is even worse.
Not that this is a bad thing. It looks so bad that it's worth a watch, if friends and booze were involved. Just...leave your feelings for King of Fighters - and Maggie Q - at the door.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on September 08, 2010, 10:34:49 AM
Enjoy The Best Of The King Of Fighters Movie
If you thought the recent Street Fighter movie was bad, spare a thought for the King of Fighters movie, which is even worse.
Not that this is a bad thing. It looks so bad that it's worth a watch, if friends and booze were involved. Just...leave your feelings for King of Fighters - and Maggie Q - at the door.
Poor Ray Park. Hollywood just has no idea what to do with you.
Kevin McCarthy, Star of Original Invasion of Body Snatchers, Dies
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"Can't you see, everyone?! They're here already! You're next!"
Kevin McCarthy, who issued that frantic warning in the 1950s sci-fi classic Invasion of the Body Snatchers, died Saturday.. He was 96.
McCarthy was nominated for a 1951 Best Supporting Actor Oscar for Death of a Salesman, and employed in enough TV shows and movies to leave behind one of IMDb.com's lengthier pages (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002994/).
But no single screen credit of McCarthy's left a greater legacy than Body Snatchers.
The low-budget, low-tech, black-and-white flick, in which McCarthy reaches the unbelievable conclusion that his small-town friends and neighbors have been coopted by space aliens and turned into unfeeling pod people, was named by the American Film Institute as one of Hollywood's all-time best sci-fi films.
Viewed as a product of its era's McCarthyism, but tapping into a timeless paranoia, Body Snatchers has been remade three times, most recently in 2007, via Nicole Kidman's The Invasion. McCarthy, a working actor to the end, cameoed in the 1978 version, also titled Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
New Resident Evil CGI film announced
Capcom has announced a sequel to CGI film Resident Evil: Degeneration. It will be called Resident Evil: Damnation.
The film is in production now and aims for a 3D release in Japan in 2012.
Like in Degeneration, the main character will be Leon S. Kennedy. Other than that, no plot details were divulged.
Resident Evil: Degeneration, released in January 2009 in the UK, has now shipped more than 1.6 million DVDs around the world. The film made JPY 40 million at the Japan Box Office (£311,183).
The previous big-screen Resident Evil films fared much better. Their combined income was $380 million.
Christopher Nolan Confirms Batman 3
Exclusive: Nolan says he's set to direct
You may have guessed, you may have assumed it, but until now we hadn't had confirmation from the studio or the man himself that Christopher Nolan would be back to direct Batman 3 / The Dark Knight 2 (or whatever we're calling it). But our Dan Jolin talked to the man himself earlier today, and got it straight from Nolan himself.
"It's becoming inevitable, I'll put it that way," says Nolan. "I feel myself falling into it, I guess. And getting it all figured out and I'm pretty excited about what we're doing so... If I haven't announced it, I think that people probably all know at this point that I'm doing it."
Hang on, that's not 100% clear: so we can safely assume you're directing?
"I think you can at this point, yes."
So as of right now, Nolan will return. You may also have spotted the "getting it all figured out" there: when we asked Nolan what he was busy with as we called, the answer was that he's working on Jonathan Nolan's script for the film. In other words, there is a script! Things are slowly taking shape!
ooohh, new batman movie- another one you can take the piddle out of :D
Oh no :-\
http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/112/1124144p1.html (http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/112/1124144p1.html)
Quote from: fizz on September 30, 2010, 12:09:59 AM
ooohh, new batman movie- another one you can take the piddle out of :D
Rumour has it that Bale won't be involved, thank christ!!! ;)
Quote from: markav on September 30, 2010, 09:09:48 AM
Oh no :-\
http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/112/1124144p1.html (http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/112/1124144p1.html)
Lucas eyeing another big payday I take it, i'll just avoid it as I do with all the 3D crap these days, Jar-Jar in 3D? no thanks. ;D
I love 3D movies, Jim Carrey's A Christmas Carol was bloody awesome in 3D, as was Toy Story 3 so no doubt i will want to watch at least some of the star wars re releases in 3D.
christmas carol was good, but unimpressed with toy story 3d, i prefer the kind of 3d that 'comes out' at you, like harry potter did, not keen on the depth 3d at all
I hate what Lucas did to star wars.
I can't watch the originals any more without thinking of the annoying little whinging c*nt inside the darth vader suit. I hate for that George >:(
Oh well at least he didnt ruin indiana jones. Eh? he did? Why the fat little money grabbing !£"$%^&*(*&& >:(
Tony Curtis: 1925 – 2010
Tony Curtis, who channeled a rough childhood marked by tragedy into a polished and sustained career on the large and small screen for over sixty years, died yesterday at his home in Las Vegas, his daughter, Jamie Lee Curtis, has reported to People.com. He was 85.
Born Bernard Schwartz in the Bronx in 1925, Curtis grew up in poverty. The eldest child of immigrant parents, he had almost no formal education and began to sneak into the movies with his younger brother Julius as a means of escape. When he was 10 years old, however, the financial strain on the family became too much to bear and Tony and his brother briefly became wards of the state, admitted to an orphanage for a number of weeks before being reclaimed by his parents. This experience helped shape a strong sense of independence in the boy as Curtis was prematurely forced to learn one of life's toughest lessons; namely, that the only person you can count on is yourself.
In 1938, shortly before Curtis' bar mitzvah, his brother and constant companion Julius was tragically killed in a traffic accident. Devastated, Tony pulled further away from the conventional life that his parents had always hoped for in the belief that life was to be experienced head-on and hands-on and a few years later joined the Marines. He was honorably discharged after three years of service and with no other plans for a career, auditioned for the New York Dramatic Workshop when he realized the GI Bill would pay for acting school. As is so often the case, fate stepped in for Curtis, as he caught the eye of a theatrical agent during one of his many small stage appearances. Joyce Selznick just happened to be the niece of film producer David Selznick, who ended up offering a seven-year contract with Universal Studios.
Arriving in Hollywood in 1948 at age 23, he changed his name to Tony Curtis and quickly made an impression with a two minute role in 'Criss Cross' (1949), in which he makes Burt Lancaster jealous by dancing with Yvonne De Carlo. Based on the strength of that role, Curtis finally got the chance to demonstrate his acting flair, as he was cast in a small, but important role in Sierra (1950). This led to his first big-budget movie, Winchester '73 (1950), which allowed the ambitious, yet still raw talent the chance to act alongside Jimmy Stewart.
Curtis worked steadily throughout the early '50's, consciously working in various genres while actively seeking roles in movies that had some kind of social relevance. His breakout performance as the scheming press agent Sidney Falco in Sweet Smell of Success (1957) was the beginning of a great run for the versatile Curtis, who followed an Oscar-nominated performance as a bigoted escaped convict chained to Sidney Poitier in The Defiant Ones (1958) with a broadly comic turn opposite Jack Lemmon and Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot (1959).
He was drawn to roles and films that would challenge audiences. Curtis was advised against appearing as the subordinate sidekick Antoninus in the epic Spartacus (1960), playing second fiddle to Kirk Douglas, but he was taken with the part and the chance to work with the director Stanley Kubrick. He garnered a significant amount of controversy (and critical acclaim) by playing against type the self-confessed murderer Albert DeSalvo in The Boston Strangler (1968). It was around this time that Curtis ventured into television where he co-starred with Roger Moore in the series "The Persuaders!" (1971) and later, created memorable supporting characters in "McCoy" (1975) and "Vega$" (1978).
On the personal front, Curtis was an avid painter throughout his life and one of his surrealist works went on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2007. More famously, as he detailed in his autobiography "American Prince: A Memoir", Curtis had relationships with a number of famous actresses, including Natalie Wood and a brief, but widely publicized affair with Marilyn Monroe. He was married five times, most notably to Janet Leigh, with whom he had two daughters, Jamie Lee and Kelly Curtis. His last marriage, to Jill Vandenberg, who was 42 years his junior, was in 1998 and lasted until his death. Curtis had six children, five which survive him: two with Leigh, two from his second wife Christine Kaufmann, and two from his third, Leslie Allen.
RIP :(
great actor, will be sadly missed -heaven just gained a really nice angel xx
Quote from: GamerMan316 on September 30, 2010, 09:20:18 AM
Quote from: fizz on September 30, 2010, 12:09:59 AM
ooohh, new batman movie- another one you can take the piddle out of :D
Rumour has it that Bale won't be involved, thank christ!!! ;)
I enjoyed Bale in the first. His voice really wore on my nerves in Dark Knight.
The Nolans are what's important to me. Everyone else involved are just moving parts. ;)
Gary Oldman let slip a while back that he's returning, that'll do for me. :)
Quote from: nCogNeato on September 30, 2010, 02:49:43 PM
The Nolans are what's important to me. Everyone else involved are just moving parts. ;)
Each to thier own, But how they would fit into Batman I don't know.
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The Nolans are what's important to me. Everyone else involved are just moving parts. ;)
Each to thier own, But how they would fit into Batman I don't know.
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Quote from: nCogNeato on September 30, 2010, 02:49:43 PM
The Nolans are what's important to me. Everyone else involved are just moving parts. ;)
Each to thier own, But how they would fit into Batman I don't know.
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i love it
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Just Cause film rights optioned
Hamlet 2 producer L+E Pictures has optioned the film rights to Just Cause, according to film trade mag Variety.
Apparently Michael Ross is writing the script. Ross previously wrote Turistas (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454970/), where, "A group of young backpackers' vacation turns sour when a bus accident leaves them marooned in a remote Brazilian rural area that holds an ominous secret." Amazing scenes, although clearly no Blood Surf (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0226919/).
Adrian Askarieh is reportedly helping develop the project before he and L+E shop it around film studios. Askarieh previously brought the Hitman film to the silver screen and is involved with the delayed Kane & Lynch film adaptation, so he has some previous when it comes to putting Eidos games in cinemas.
Just Cause 2 was released earlier this year and picked up 8/10 in its Eurogamer review. It sees slightly bonkers secret agent Rico Rodriguez trying to destabilise the island nation of Panau by... well, using his grappling hook to attach henchmen to passing aeroplanes and stuff like that.
At times it makes stuff like Crank seem eminently sensibly, and this is no bad thing.
Zack Snyder To Direct Superman: The Man Of Steel
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No it's American film-maker Zack Snyder! Yes, the 300 and Watchmen helmer has landed one of the biggest gigs on planet Earth after being chosen by Warner Bros. to bring us Superman: The Man Of Steel.
Snyder will go immediately into pre-production once he's finished work on Sucker Punch. The director was on a short-list including Tony Scott, Matt Reeves, Jonathan Liebsmann and Duncan Jones. Snyder told Deadline:
"I've been a big fan of the character for a long time, he's definitely the king of all superheroes, he's the one. It's early yet, but I can tell you that what David and Chris have done with the story so far definitely has given me a great insight into a way to make him feel modern. I've always felt he was kind of awesome. I'll finish Sucker Punch and get right at it."
Looks like Christopher Nolan – the man charged with being a creative consultant to Warners – has chosen the right man. Although from a music video background Snyder has become – like David Fincher – a proper film-maker in the eyes of audiences. He even managed to bring in a decent, action-orientated remake of Dawn of the Dead, which many conceded, didn't suck at all.
The new Superman will be produced by Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. David Goyer has written the script, and it probably won't be a domestic drama like Bryan Singer's under-whelming re-launch a few years ago.
More news:
Comedy Legend Norman Wisdom Dies Aged 95
For some the name Norman Wisdom won't mean a thing. He was an old man even when I was a kid, but many growing up in the 1980s and 1990s will remember the slapstick movies shown on television featuring Norman Wisdom with great warmth and affection. Even Charles Chaplin enjoyed his shtick – and that's coming from cinema's great comedic icon.
In a statement released by Wisdom's son, he announced the passing earlier today (4th October) at his home on the Isle of Man:
"Over the past six months Sir Norman has sustained a series of strokes causing a general decline in both his mental and physical health. He had maintained a degree of independence up until a few days ago. However over the last few days his condition rapidly declined. He was in no pain or distress and peacefully passed away."
Wisdom's popularity rose in the 1950s and '60s with a series of movies such as The Early Bird, The Square Peg and A Stitch in Time centred on the character of Norman Pitkin with his famous cry of "Mr. Grimsdale!" when ever disaster struck. In 1968, Wisdom joined the cast of The Night They Raided Minsky's directed by William Friedkin.
Wisdom also became an icon in the communist state of Albania, where his films were seen as embodying the spirit of the working man defeating the bourgeois oppressor. Wisdom took this with great humour and humility. In total he made 19 films and many sitcoms before retiring in 1990. In 2000 he was knighted Sir Norman Wisdom.
Norman Wisdom
1915 – 2010
A true legend and should a movie ever be made about him, Lee Evans would be the perfect choice to play him. RIP.
Tony Gilroy Hired To Direct The Bourne Legacy
For those who thought the Bourne series finished perfectly – think again. Universal are currently sorting out a deal with writer/director Tony Gilroy to helm The Bourne Legacy. The studio initially hired the man back in June to bash out a new adventure for the popular movie character who showed Jimmy Bond a thing or two in the spy game.
Naturally you'll be wondering if Matt Damon will be coming in from the cold to play Jason Bourne once again. And the answer is: who knows. He has stated many times he's not interested in going back and he'd only consider it if Paul Greengrass returned to the director's chair. Will he reconsider his position?
Universal aren't letting go of their cash cow so easily and might even cast the role with a new actor. But would that work? And more importantly how would filmgoers react? Is there the distinct possibility that this could be a new era for Bourne? Will he become Bourne again? Or re-Bourne? The title is, after all, called The Bourne Legacy – heavily suggesting characters/things might have moved on.
According to Deadline, who broke the story, Frank Marshall will be producing with Jeffrey Weiner and Ben Smith of Captivate Entertainment. Universal touted a 2012 return for the man we last saw swimming off to an uncertain future in The Bourne Ultimatum soundtracked by Moby's classic Extreme Ways, but that's not likely at the moment... unless they rush like the wind!
Man, Universal want this movie so bad they can taste it.
sad news about norman wisdom, another great angel for heaven to look after, he can keep jack lemmon company x
This Custom Scott Pilgrim NES Blu-ray Case Deserves To Be Official
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Edgar Wright's adaptation Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is coming to DVD and Blu-ray on November 9, but sadly not in this fantastic fan-made case that accurately apes NES boxes (and cartridges) of old.
A seriously talented Scott Pilgrim fan sent word and photos of the Nintendo-themed throwback to Wright, explaining "I had originally intended to just turn the NES Cart into a hinged case, but as it turns out, standard sized discs don't fit in NES carts. So I modded the cart to just attach a disc holder to the back."
Head over to Wright's official site (http://www.edgarwrighthere.com/2010/09/30/scott-pilgrim-custom-blu-ray-case/) to see this classy custom creation in greater, but blurry detail.
Awesome! :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 04, 2010, 11:31:29 PM
Zack Snyder To Direct Superman: The Man Of Steel
... David Goyer has written the script ...
Director of 300 and writer of The Dark Knight? I think I just got a broner.
Quote from: nCogNeato on October 06, 2010, 02:48:15 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 04, 2010, 11:31:29 PM
Zack Snyder To Direct Superman: The Man Of Steel
... David Goyer has written the script ...
Director of 300 and writer of The Dark Knight? I think I just got a broner.
Snyder directed Watchmen and the very good Dawn of the Dead remake too, Goyer also wrote the Blade movies along with Batman Begins/Dark Knight so the new Superman film is in very good hands, should be interesting to see who will play CK/Superman. Tom Welling would be perfect for obvious reasons but I doubt Snyder will choose him, Brandon Routh is apparantly out of the running, it's almost as big as picking a new Bond. Zod and Lex should be interesting picks too. :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 06, 2010, 04:29:58 PM
... should be interesting to see who will play CK/Superman. Tom Welling would be perfect for obvious reasons but I doubt Snyder will choose him, Brandon Routh is apparantly out of the running
Joe Manganiello (True Blood) is apparently a big comic/superman fanboy and has been lobbying for the part.
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He looks the part in that second pic, good call. :)
Spielberg chasing Halo movie rights - report
DreamWorks Pictures said to be keen on a movie based on the Halo novel tie-ins
Steven Spielberg is apparently looking to secure the rights to make a Halo film.
According to Vulture, DreamWorks Pictures wants to bring the Halo universe to the big screen using the Halo novel tie-ins as the source material.
The report claims that by citing different source material to that used by Universal and Fox for their failed Halo movie effort, DreamWorks can avoid getting drawn into a legal battle over the $12 million in screenwriting and production fees the film studios invested before the project collapsed.
It's an unconfirmed report, but juicy nonetheless.
The Uncharted Movie Has A Director (Again)
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune is officially coming to the big screen under the direction of David O. Russell, who has reportedly signed a deal to write and direct an adaptation of the PlayStation 3 action adventure.
The Hollywood Reporter says Russell is back on the Uncharted movie for Columbia Pictures after being attached early on, then reportedly dropping out of consideration. That back and forth status seems inline with Russell's sometimes combative history, which we hope doesn't affect Uncharted's journey to theaters.
Russell is perhaps best known for his films Three Kings, Flirting With Disaster and I ? Huckabees. His next project, The Fighter, is slated to hit theaters this year, starring Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg.
NYCC 2010: Adrien Brody Says Alternate 'Predators' Ending Would Have Featured Arnold Schwarzenegger
If you felt like the only thing missing from this summer's well-received "Predators" was a cameo by the definitive kicker of dread-locked-alien behind, one Arnold Schwarzenegger, you're not alone.
While promoting the "Predators" DVD release at New York Comic Con, Adrien Brody -- the man who did a stellar job assuming Arnie's mantel as premier alien destroyer -- told MTV News that he also felt there was a distinct lack of Schwarzenegger in the franchise reboot.
"I was hoping he would be in this film," Brody said. "It would have been great. I really was hoping." As you may have guessed, Schwarzenegger was a bit busy being governor of California, so that never happened.
That didn't stop filmmakers from writing Schwarzenegger -- who played a commando named Dutch in the 1987 original -- into the script, however. "There was a version we were going to do that had a different ending that it really would have been fitting for Schwarzenegger to be there," Brody said. "It would have been like him passing the gauntlet to my character... and the bravery of my character proven. That would have been just epic." We agree, and we're crossing our fingers that the rumored "Predators" sequel remedies that Ahnuld deficiency.
Would you have liked to see Schwarzenegger in "Predators"? Or were you happy with the way it ended?
WTF Adrien Brody was there?
WTF. i was there friday-sunday and i DIDNT SEE HIM >:(
im happy the way it ended, tired of seeing Arnold in everything -.-
Nathan Fillion wants the be Nathan Drake (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-10-13-nathan-fillion-wants-to-be-nathan-drake)
Damn good choice if you ask me. :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 13, 2010, 08:41:00 AM
Nathan Fillion wants the be Nathan Drake (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-10-13-nathan-fillion-wants-to-be-nathan-drake)
Damn good choice if you ask me. :)
Always thought he'd be a good choice as Indiana Jones if they made a new Indy film. But I'm biased 'cos I love Firefly :)
Quote from: Jaynestown on October 13, 2010, 09:15:15 AM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 13, 2010, 08:41:00 AM
Nathan Fillion wants the be Nathan Drake (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-10-13-nathan-fillion-wants-to-be-nathan-drake)
Damn good choice if you ask me. :)
Always thought he'd be a good choice as Indiana Jones if they made a new Indy film. But I'm biased 'cos I love Firefly :)
With you on that mate, quality actor and I thought that before seeing Firefly, he was brilliant in Two Guys & A Girl, he's got better and better since.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 13, 2010, 09:29:02 AM
Quote from: Jaynestown on October 13, 2010, 09:15:15 AM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 13, 2010, 08:41:00 AM
Nathan Fillion wants the be Nathan Drake (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-10-13-nathan-fillion-wants-to-be-nathan-drake)
Damn good choice if you ask me. :)
Always thought he'd be a good choice as Indiana Jones if they made a new Indy film. But I'm biased 'cos I love Firefly :)
With you on that mate, quality actor and I thought that before seeing Firefly, he was brilliant in Two Guys & A Girl, he's got better and better since.
I've not heard of that, is it a film or a TV series?
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 13, 2010, 08:41:00 AM
Nathan Fillion wants the be Nathan Drake (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-10-13-nathan-fillion-wants-to-be-nathan-drake)
Damn good choice if you ask me. :)
That would give me a nerdgasm. His Firefly character and Nathan Drake are practically the same person. Plus, I just love Nathan Fillion. :-*
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i think he would be a great ally in a zompocalypse
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Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 13, 2010, 09:29:02 AM
Quote from: Jaynestown on October 13, 2010, 09:15:15 AM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 13, 2010, 08:41:00 AM
Nathan Fillion wants the be Nathan Drake (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-10-13-nathan-fillion-wants-to-be-nathan-drake)
Damn good choice if you ask me. :)
Always thought he'd be a good choice as Indiana Jones if they made a new Indy film. But I'm biased 'cos I love Firefly :)
With you on that mate, quality actor and I thought that before seeing Firefly, he was brilliant in Two Guys & A Girl, he's got better and better since.
I've not heard of that, is it a film or a TV series?
Sit-com that also starred Ryan Reynolds, great little show, originally known as Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137330/
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 13, 2010, 02:45:43 PM
Quote from: Jaynestown on October 13, 2010, 12:50:30 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 13, 2010, 09:29:02 AM
Quote from: Jaynestown on October 13, 2010, 09:15:15 AM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 13, 2010, 08:41:00 AM
Nathan Fillion wants the be Nathan Drake (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-10-13-nathan-fillion-wants-to-be-nathan-drake)
Damn good choice if you ask me. :)
Always thought he'd be a good choice as Indiana Jones if they made a new Indy film. But I'm biased 'cos I love Firefly :)
With you on that mate, quality actor and I thought that before seeing Firefly, he was brilliant in Two Guys & A Girl, he's got better and better since.
I've not heard of that, is it a film or a TV series?
Sit-com that also starred Ryan Reynolds, great little show, originally known as Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137330/
I still watch it sometimes now, i forget which channel it's on though. It's pretty funny.
Hobbit cast confirmed
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Studio bosses have confirmed that Martin Freeman will play the lead role of Bilbo Baggins in director Peter Jackson's forthcoming Hobbit movies.
The Lord of the Rings prequel is set to be filmed in two parts, with the movies due for release in cinemas in December 2012 and December 2013.
Richard Armitage (Captain America) is set to play Thorin Oakenshield, leader of the Company of Dwarves which sets out to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from the great dragon Smaug, worstpreviews.com reports.
The Company of Dwarves will also feature Aidan Turner (Being Human) and Rob Kazinsky (EastEnders) as Kili and Fili, alongside Graham McTavish (Secretariat) as Dwalin; John Callen (Power Rangers Jungle Fury) as Oin; Stephen Hunter (All Saints) as Bombur; Mark Hadlow (King Kong) as Dori; and Peter Hambleton (The Strip) as Gloin.
Jackson said of Freeman: "Despite the various rumours and speculation surrounding this role, there has only ever been one Bilbo Baggins for us.
"There are a few times in your career when you come across an actor who you know was born to play a role, but that was the case as soon as I met Martin. He is intelligent, funny, surprising and brave - exactly like Bilbo and I feel incredibly proud to be able to announce that he is our Hobbit."
I know it's a huge deal and an honor to be a part of it, but ...
if I was cast to be a Hobbit, I think I would be offended. :-X
I read The Hobbit when i was about eight years old, it was the first proper book i read and i loved it, it got me into reading and fantasy. Can't wait for the film, freeman is an excellent actor and he should be great in the lead role.
and its still the only book he can read :P
watched RED yesterday,it is a fabulous film, bruce willis is excellent as always, john malkovich who plays a complete loveable trigger happy nut job, helen mirrens role surprised me, she suits this role very much, not going to give too much away, but the twist at the end is a shock, well worth going to see it on the big screen as the effects , explosions and cinematography are wasted on the small screen, even more if you get a pirate copy, highly recommended, go see- in cinemas as from yesterday
Sounds good, I got a dvd screener of this during the week, superb copy considering it's just been released in the cinema, might watch it after Wagner rocks out X-Factor. ;D
VARGNER
you should watch it, i watched most of it, but i have a little confession i did miss some of it due to being distracted by some nice eye candy.mmmm.. but i did watch most of it , good film
i was in the cinema?? stop watching me and watch the movie :P
so it was you !!! i knew it- you have a very nice bum x
Gibson replaced by Neeson in The Hangover sequel
Liam Neeson is set to step into Mel Gibson's shoes and take over his high-profile cameo in The Hangover sequel.
The Braveheart star was expected to make his career comeback with a guest role in the upcoming comedy after a tough few months following his split from ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva, who has accused the actor of beating her during a violent altercation earlier this year.
But his light-hearted appearance was axed this week following reports the movie's cast angrily objected to sharing the spotlight with the troubled star.
In a statement, director Todd Phillips said: "I thought Mel would have been great in the movie and I had the full backing of (Warner Brothers boss) Jeff Robinov and his team. But I realise filmmaking is a collaborative effort, and this decision ultimately did not have the full support of my entire cast and crew."
Neeson has been approached to replace Gibson and he's finalising talks to star as a tattoo artist - a role which would see him reunited with his The A-Team co-star Bradley Cooper.
Neeson tells trade paper Variety, "I just got a call to do a one day shoot on Hangover as a tattooist in Thailand... That's all I know about it."
The funny film also stars Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha and Ed Helms.
I'm amused the cast had no problem with Mike Tyson, but they draw the line at Mel Gibson. :D
Quote from: nCogNeato on October 25, 2010, 02:04:13 PM
I'm amused the cast had no problem with Mike Tyson, but they draw the line at Mel Gibson. :D
Tyson threatened them with violence whereas Gibson promised to direct another crappy Jesus movie, Gibson had to go. ;D
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 25, 2010, 02:43:36 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on October 25, 2010, 02:04:13 PM
I'm amused the cast had no problem with Mike Tyson, but they draw the line at Mel Gibson. :D
Tyson threatened them with violence whereas Gibson promised to direct another crappy Jesus movie, Gibson had to go. ;D
lol
I think some people should be allowed to punch who they want.
Half-Life Fan Movie: Pretty Kids, Explosions Aplenty(http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/11/500x_combine.jpg)
Here's a new trailer for Beyond Black Mesa, a fan-made Half-Life movie that makes up in enthusiasm and polish what it lacks in subtlety and Gordon Freeman.
There's a little too much kung fu and pretty young people running around for it to feel truly authentic. Half-Life 2's world is a bleak, decaying one, after all. It certainly doesn't capture the "feel" of the Half-Life 2 universe like similar project "Escape From City 17" (http://kotaku.com/5152938/half+life-2-the-short-movie) did.
However, for a small group of friends, $1200 and two years' work, it's impressive stuff. Beyond Black Mesa is a short film that's been doing the movie festival rounds this year. There's no word on a more general release, but since the thing's done, it hopefully won't be too far off.
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I just got told I am the best dad in the world for booking ticket's to see this. (http://www.batmanlive.com/)
And they think it's for there benefit! MWAHAHAHAH :D
that's geektastic
Quote from: markav on November 15, 2010, 06:00:24 PM
I just got told I am the best dad in the world for booking ticket's to see this. (http://www.batmanlive.com/)
And they think it's for there benefit! MWAHAHAHAH :D
I love you.
Quote from: markav on November 15, 2010, 06:00:24 PM
I just got told I am the best dad in the world for booking ticket's to see this. (http://www.batmanlive.com/)
And they think it's for there benefit! MWAHAHAHAH :D
take me with you! :<
website says north america gets it in summer of 2012....
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Quote from: citatscEellE on November 16, 2010, 09:47:37 PM
Quote from: markav on November 15, 2010, 06:00:24 PM
I just got told I am the best dad in the world for booking ticket's to see this. (http://www.batmanlive.com/)
And they think it's for there benefit! MWAHAHAHAH :D
take me with you! :<
website says north america gets it in summer of 2012....
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Jokes on them. By 2012, North America will be City 17.
2012 is when the world ends ..... again.
Denis Leary to Join Spider-Man Reboot (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/heat-vision/denis-leary-join-spider-man-46702)(http://files.g4tv.com/ImageDb3/254908_S/The-Spider-Man-Reboot-Gets-Dennis-Leary.jpg)
QuoteDenis Leary is negotiations to play the father of Emma Stone in Columbia's new Spider-Man movie.
Stone is playing the love interest of Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield) and Leary will play police captain George Stacy, her father who frequently came into contact with the web-slinging superhero.
In Marvel Comics lore, Stacy perished in an accident during a battle between Spider-Man and Doctor Octopus, an event that led Gwen Stacy to hate the hero.
Columbia and director Marc Webb are keeping the James Vanderbilt and Alvin Sargent-penned script under lock and key so it's uncertain how faithful to the core story Leary's version of the character will be.
Avi Arad, Matt Tolmach and Laura Ziskin are producing the movie, which begins shooting in December.
WME-repped Leary hasn't appeared in a theatrical movie since 2002's The Secret Lives of Dentists, although he has been starring in the acclaimed drama Rescue Me since 2004. He appeared in HBO's Recount and has continued to voice the character of Diego the sabertooth in the Ice Age movies.
Sweet, Denis Leary is a quality actor & despite stealing Bill Hicks' entire act, very funny too. :)
Wolverine 2 The Wolverine (http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/motion-captured/posts/darren-aronofsky-confirms-a-new-title-for-wolverine-2)(http://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/media/library/images/wolverine-japan.jpg)
QuoteEarlier today, I sat down at the W Hotel in Hollywood to talk with Darren Aronofsky and Natalie Portman about their new film, "Black Swan," and we'll have those conversations here for you in the week before the film opens.
For now, though, there's one tidbit worth passing along from our conversation. When Aronofsky was settling in for the interview, I mentioned to him that I had run into Matty Libatique the other night, and Aronofsky smiled. "I saw that." He offered up one correction to the information that we've run on the film so far, though, and as far as I can tell, this is the first time I've heard this.
The film that he's directing is officially called "The Wolverine," and there won't be a number attached to it. In our interview, he referred to the movie as a "one-off," and he emphasized that the film isn't a sequel in any conventional sense.
It's an interesting move, and it certainly separates this from Gavin Hood's movie, and from the larger "X-Men" franchise in general. Between this film and Matthew Vaughn's "X-Men: First Class," it sounds like any rules we've got in mind about these films and what to expect based on the first four films in the franchise are out the window.
Frankly, I like that. Comics have always made room for different artists and writers to take these icons and bend and twist them and try different things with them, so why shouldn't the films be the same way?
Neato you sat with Aronofsky & Portman today? Sweet :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 18, 2010, 08:54:33 PM
Neato you sat with Aronofsky & Portman today? Sweet :)
Yes. It was exhausting! :D
New 'Hulk' TV Series (http://www.deadline.com/2010/11/guillermo-del-toro-and-david-eick-to-create-new-hulk-television-series-for-abc/)(http://www.deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/guillermo_lgl.jpg)(http://www.deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/hulk.jpg)(http://www.deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/davideick.jpg)
QuoteTalk about a dream pairing for film and TV sci-fi/comic book fans: Guillermo del Toro, the mastermind behind Pan's Labyrinth and the Hellboy movie franchise, and Battlestar Galactica executive producer David Eick are finalizing a deal to create the new TV series version of The Hulk for ABC, which is being produced by Marvel TV and ABC Studios.
It will mark Marvel's first series project for ABC and ABC Studios since Disney's acquisition of Marvel last year and the launch of Marvel's TV division in June. It also marks del Toro's first TV project. Details of the premise are sketchy but I hear that the series will follow an origin story. In it, physicist Bruce Banner, whose alter ego is the green and raging Hulk, will be in his mid-twenties, less reactive and more energized as the world is still his oyster. Unlike the two Hulk movies, in which the monster was a pure CGI creation, the series will employ a mixture of prosthetics, puppetry and CGI.
Del Toro and Eick will break the story for the pilot script together, sharing story and created by credit. Eick will write the script, with del Toro attached to direct subject to his availability. Del Toro will also oversee the designing of the Hulk character, which is expected to draw on previous comic book incarnations, as well as the original 1978-82 Incredible Hulk TV series, with a few wild tweaks on the old look.
Because the project is still in its nascent stage and will require a lot of prep work, it won't be ready for next fall consideration. I hear that Marvel is looking to launch the series following the July 2012 release of The Avengers, which features the Hulk character, so the series will probably be targeted for fall 2012.
Del Toro and Eick are executive producing the project with Del Toro's manager/producing partner Gary Ungar of Exile, Marvel TV topper Jeph Loeb and Marvel Entertainment's chief creative officer Joe Quesada. "I have always been attracted at the combination of comic book heroics and monsters, Jack Kirby's Demon or Kamandi or DC's Deadman or Marvel's Dr. Strange, Morbius, Metamorpho, Mike Mignola's Hellboy, etc," Del Toro said. He said that The Hulk has been at the top of his list and he first pursued it as a feature film around the time of the 2002 release of Blade II, which he directed. Del Toro added that, with partner Eick "we coalesced a respectful but powerful way of retelling the Banner/Hulk story in a fresh way."
Marvel TV identified The Hulk as a property they wanted to pursue for a TV series in the summer and, along with ABC Studios, launched a search for a writer to pen the adaptation. Eick, who is under a blind script deal at ABC Studios, floated the idea of a Hulk series to Del Toro, whom he has known for awhile. Separately, ABC Studios had been chasing del Toro ever since Patrick Moran landed at the studio as head of drama in July. As a drama development executive at 20th TV, Moran signed del Toro to his only previous TV deal, a first-look pact at the studio. Shortly after their original conversation, WME-repped Eick and del Toro met and began discussing a Hulk series. Then, they pitched their idea simultaneously to ABC, ABC Studios and Marvel TV, and the pitch was very well received across-the-board.
Eick, creator/executive producer of Battlestar Galactica's Blood & Chrome spinoff that was recently picked up to pilot at Syfy, has been involved in several series that re-imagened popular properties/characters, including Battlestar Galactica, Bionic Woman and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. "I've enjoyed the challenging, rewarding process of revisiting beloved characters," he said. Eick called The Hulk "one of the crown jewels of the Marvel world for generations" ans said it was a "dream opportunity to join one of my all-time filmmaking heroes, Guillermo del Toro, in a faithful but unique retelling of the primal, emotionally-rich tale of one of my all-time comic book."
That concludes my CNN (comic nerd news) of the day.
I love Ryan Reynolds .... he's soooo dreamy
/shrieks loudly
Green Hornet also looks good, they've made Kato all Ninja?
Quote from: Failed on November 24, 2010, 12:27:22 AM
I love Ryan Reynolds .... he's soooo dreamy
/shrieks loudly
Green Hornet also looks good, they've made Kato all Ninja?
funny you said that cuz i just thought of that..
and you forgot to mention that hes extremely sexy...
who Kato?
Ryan Reynolds get's all the best digs, not only is he Deadpool for Marvel but now he's Green Lantern for DC... JAMMY!
Quote from: Failed on November 24, 2010, 09:39:38 AM
who Kato?
Ryan Reynolds get's all the best digs, not only is he Deadpool for Marvel but now he's Green Lantern for DC... JAMMY!
He still wants to do a Deadpool film too but people aren't sure if it's actually going to happen.
*cries*
Some movie news:
'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' sets global IMAX record
As if you needed any further proof that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1 is a box-office powerhouse, IMAX revealed today that the fantasy film set a global opening-weekend record of $16.1 million from 340 IMAX theaters. Of that figure, $11.8 million came from domestic IMAX screens. The previous record holder, Alice in Wonderland, debuted in March to $15.3 million globally from IMAX locations.
Christian Bale says 'The Dark Knight Rises' will be 'the last time' he plays Batman
Christian Bale isn't sure that he'll be heading back to Gotham after The Dark Knight Rises. "This will be, I believe, until Chris [Nolan] says different, the last time I'll be playing Batman," Bale told E!. "Absolutely, we want to go all out with it."
"I don't even know if [The Dark Knight Rises is] the right title," Bale said. "Until Chris tells me, I don't believe it."
Bale was not expected to play Batman forever; his contract called for three films. But since the actual plot details for TDKR – if that is it's real name — are so tantalizingly vague, Bale's confirmation of something — anything — concrete attracts some added significance.
'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' remake: Kristy Swanson supports it... and wants to act in it
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Joss Whedon has already spoken out about plans for an upcoming Buffy the Vampire slayer remake (http://insidemovies.ew.com/2010/11/22/warner-bros-plans-buffy-reboot/), and now Kristy Swanson, the first woman who first brought the vamp-killing heroine to life on the big screen, also has something to say about it: "Let Buffy live. Why not?"
"If they wanted me to be a part of it, I think that would be fantastic and that it would be a blast," she tells EW.
Swanson was 22 when she first stepped into the role that would be transformed by Sarah Michelle Gellar seven years later, and she remembers that her first reaction to the new take on the character was, in fact, positive. ("It was a whole new idea, a whole new look," she says.) And she believes a transformation can happen again — even without its original maker. "There are die-hard Joss Whedon fans who absolutely love him to death, and rightly so. He's a brilliant man, no doubt," she says. "I love everything Buffy. I don't care who's doing it."
Swanson's co-star, Luke Perry said via his rep that he has no comment on the project.
Verbinski Re-Teaming with Depp on 'Lone Ranger'
Gore Verbinski will direct Disney's "The Lone Ranger," TheWrap has confirmed
Having done the near-impossible by making a pirate film people actually went to see, Verbinski will turn his attention to a different box office-challenged genre. The western.
"Lone Ranger" will reunite the director with his "Pirates of the Caribbean" team. Johnny Depp will star as Tonto and Jerry Bruckheimer will produce. No word yet on who will don the Ranger's mask and six shooters.
Depp and Verbinski also teamed up on the upcoming animated film "Rango." After directing the previous three "Pirates" films, Verbinski ceded directing duties for "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" to "Nine" director Rob Marshall.
Disney did not say say when filming would start or when the film would be released.
Sherlock Holmes 2 and The Hangover 2 first images
Sherlock Holmes 2 and The Hangover 2 have had their first official images released online.
The WB sequels are slated for release next year, and have been furiously shooting for the past few weeks (and months).
Firstly, could this shot from Holmes 2 be the big action scene that was shot at the Didcot Railway Centre a few weeks back?
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Nobody's talking yet – but just look how cool Noomi Rapace looks slotted in next to her Holmes co-stars. It's like she's always been there.
Meanwhile, the first look at the next Hangover movie shows our four leads at the airport, preparing to jet off to Thailand for Stu's (Ed Helms) wedding. We imagine the coming home photo won't look quite so poised.
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The Hangover 2 opens on 27 May, 2011. Sherlock Holmes 2 opens on 16 December, 2011.
like harry potter was going to be anything but a smash, might go and see this next week after all
Wahlberg takes lead in Uncharted movie
Mark Wahlberg has officially been cast as Nathan Drake in the forthcoming movie version of Naughty Dog's PlayStation 3 exclusive Uncharted series.
The former Funky Bunch lynchpin revealed the news in an interview with MTV's Multiplayer blog, stating that Three Kings director David O Russell hopes to start filming in the summer.
"David is one of the best writer/directors I've ever worked with," said Wahlberg. "The idea that he has is just insane."
As rumoured earlier this month, it looks like Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci are also in the frame.
"That's who he wants to write the parts for," Wahlberg explained. "I talked to Pesci about it and I know David's people have talked to [Robert De Niro].
"I'm obviously in whatever David wants to do but the idea of it is so off the charts: De Niro being my father, Pesci being my uncle. It's not going to be the watered-down version, that's for sure."
Should you want to eye up Wahlberg's suitabilty for the roll of square-jawed hero Nathan Drake, you can see him do his thing in The Boxer due in cinemas this year.
Naughty Dog, meanwhile, is rumoured to be prepping a third chapter in the Uncharted saga, with a reveal expected at the Spike Video Game Awards next month.
Quote from: Failed on November 24, 2010, 09:39:38 AM
who Kato?
Ryan Reynolds get's all the best digs, not only is he Deadpool for Marvel but now he's Green Lantern for DC... JAMMY!
no, ryan reynolds!
had a crush on him ever since like the Blade movies...*dreamy*
and ew Harry Potter...-.-;
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 25, 2010, 12:06:52 AM
Wahlberg takes lead in Uncharted movie
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
... I like Wahlberg, but not for Nathan Drake. Here's hoping he proves me wrong. :-X
Quote from: nCogNeato on November 26, 2010, 06:46:50 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 25, 2010, 12:06:52 AM
Wahlberg takes lead in Uncharted movie
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
... I like Wahlberg, but not for Nathan Drake. Here's hoping he proves me wrong. :-X
I said exactly the same about Max Payne and we all know how that turned out!
Just stumbled across this & thought i'd share it. :)
Old newspaper clipping proves Vader spoiled the ending to 'Empire' 2 years before it released!
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Everyone knows (even if you're not a fan) that the ending of The Empire Strike's Back, where Darth Vader reveals that he is in fact Luke Skywalker's father, was one of the biggest twists in movie history. People were just so shocked and fans were left slack-jawed in the movie theaters. Back then it was a tightly held secret and the director Irvin Kershner even went so far as to film an alternate ending, and it wasn't until James Earl Jones did the voice work, was the true ending revealed. Now it seems like all of that was for nothing as David Prowse had already spilled the beans two years previously.
It's amazing the world we live in today. With the internet, it's a simple matter of searching Google in order to find out every spoiler (hell sometimes the whole damn script) of a movie. Directors have to be very careful these days in order to keep their movies secret, but even back in the 70s and 80s it was a top priority for these blockbusters.
That's why I find this newspaper clipping so interesting. It seems that back in 1978 (a full two years before Empire Strikes Back was released), David Prowse, the man who portrayed Darth Vader in his suit, told a local newspaper about the shocking secret. Now this is well before the movie began filming, and took place during a special event where he met with fans. During the event he thrilled his fans by saying that "Star Wars II" would be filming very soon.
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In the following interview he then said that Vader and Luke were really Father and Son. So how an Earth did he know? My best guess...he really didn't. At the time, no one actually new, and the script itself didn't have the true line in there (that was in Lucas' head). Prowse is kind of notorious for his wild statements, and more than likely he made it up on the spot in order to garner more media attention.
Being that this was a local newspaper and the Internet didn't yet exist, the news stayed fairly low key and thus the ending wasn't spoiled except for the group of people who read that paper. Either way, it's an interesting tidbit of information for Star Wars fans...and proof that even back then Star Wars had spoilers!
brilliant find, like it said though, if this happened now it would be all over the internet in seconds, interesting story
Prowse made it up and then Lucas thought it was a good idea and nicked it ... THIEF!
now that sounds more like it !!!! :D
Leslie Nielsen: 1926 - 2010
Leslie Nielsen, the serious young actor who enjoyed far greater fame in a second career as a bumbling, older, comic actor in hits such as Airplane! and the Naked Gun series, has died from complications from pneumonia brought on while battling a staph infection. He was 84.
Nielsen was born on February 11, 1926 in Regina in the Saskatchewan province of Canada. He was the son of a Canadian Mounted policeman and went on to serve in the Royal Canadian Air Force before becoming a radio announcer and DJ. A scholarship to New York's Neighborhood Playhouse allowed him to study acting with Sanford Meisner and dance with Martha Graham. Bit parts on stage and TV led to leading roles.
His height and his good looks made him a natural to play the stalwart hero, which he did in films like the sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet. He then spent two decades in various TV roles, often guest spots, with the odd turn in movies where the role required a serious and commanding presence, as he did as the captain of the doomed ship in The Poseidon Adventure.
He was doing guest stints on television's "The Love Boat" and "Fantasy Island" when David and Jerry Zucker and Jim Abrahams came to call. They wanted Nielsen to play the solemn character he's perfected over the years in their upcoming spoof Airplane! as Dr. Rumack, the practical physician aboard a troubled flight. Nielsen was relieved to be offered something where he wasn't playing the grandfather and the role forever changed his career and the public's perception of him. Nielsen deadpanned some of the best lines in the movie: "Surely you can't be serious." "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley." and "The life of everyone on board depends upon just one thing: finding someone back there who can not only fly this plane, but who didn't have fish for dinner. " (That dialogue was taken directly from Zero Hour!, the serious flight disaster film upon which Airplane! was based.)
Though Airplane was the surprise hit of that summer Nielsen headed back to TV, to star as Lt. Frank Drebin in the short-lived Zucker/Abraham's comedy, "Police Squad." The show failed but it inspired the creative team behind it to make a big screen version with The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! The success of that film in 1988 led to two sequels with Nielsen headlining and the reliable George Kennedy and still comely Priscilla Presley supporting. The series also gave O.J. Simpson another few years of time in front of the movie camera. Several poorer cousins, such as Dracula: Dead and Loving It, Mr. Magoo, Spy Hard and Wrongfully Accused, followed and tainted the goodwill Nielsen had accumulated and the diminishing box office confirmed it. He continued to make cameo appearances in films, almost all spoofs, up until his death.
Nielsen had been ill for over a week, getting treatment for a staph infection in a hospital in Fort Luaderdale when he contracted the pneumonia. His nephew, Doug Nielsen, confirmed the rumors of his uncle's death by a call-in to a Manitoba radio station, CJOB on Sunday stating that "today at 5:30, with his friends and his wife, Barbaree, by his side, he just fell asleep and passed away."
Nielsen is survived by Barbaree Nielsen, his fourth wife, and his two daughters, Thea and Maura, whom the actor had with his second wife, Sandy Ullmann.
sad news, didnt like the films much, but he was a great actor.He will be missed.
Quote from: Failed on November 24, 2010, 09:39:38 AM
who Kato?
Ryan Reynolds get's all the best digs, not only is he Deadpool for Marvel but now he's Green Lantern for DC... JAMMY!
He was also Marvel's Hannibal King too.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 24, 2010, 03:20:30 PM
Christian Bale says 'The Dark Knight Rises' will be 'the last time' he plays Batman
Christian Bale isn't sure that he'll be heading back to Gotham after The Dark Knight Rises. "This will be, I believe, until Chris [Nolan] says different, the last time I'll be playing Batman," Bale told E!. "Absolutely, we want to go all out with it."
"I don't even know if [The Dark Knight Rises is] the right title," Bale said. "Until Chris tells me, I don't believe it."
Bale was not expected to play Batman forever; his contract called for three films. But since the actual plot details for TDKR – if that is it's real name — are so tantalizingly vague, Bale's confirmation of something — anything — concrete attracts some added significance.
CONFIRMED (http://insidemovies.ew.com/2010/11/30/christopher-nolan-batman-inception/)
Christian Bale recently disclosed that he's approaching his third Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, as if it will be his last time playing the caped crusader on the big screen — and the film's director, Christopher Nolan, is taking the same view.
In an interview with EW, Nolan called The Dark Knight Rises "the last chapter of our Batman saga." When the helmer was asked if any part of him wished he was tackling another original script instead of another Batman sequel in the wake of Inception's blockbuster grosses (over $820 million worldwide) and Oscar buzz, Nolan replied: "No, it's exactly the opposite. I feel very glad that I'm doing another Batman film. I think it would have been daunting to sit down and write an original script after Inception. I love working within the realm and rules of our Batman world. It's kind of nice to have someplace to go that I'm super-excited about."
He added that Inception's success allows him to tackle another Batman without any sense of needing to prove himself: "I must say that I'm glad — I'm very, very glad — to be embarking on the last chapter of our Batman saga without any sense of obligation or duty to the studio. They did very well with Inception. So I'm able to go into finishing our story in a very enthusiastic way."
Pirates Of The Caribbean 4: first images online
New look at Cap'n Jack
The first official images from Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides have been released online.
Revealed via USA Today, the first snap shows Johnny Depp's Captain Jack Sparrow being dragged through the Painted Hall of the Old Royal naval College, where he's being taken to an audience with King George II (Richard Griffiths).
See, the King wants to find the Fountain Of Youth, and has already talked Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) into helping him out.
The second image shows Depp with "wicked former flame" Penelope Cruz. Yeah, right, Keira who?
"It's like a fresh clean slate," Depp says of the fourquel, adding that he and Cruz's Angelica "have our bouts in the film but there's also this residue of what might have been. It's a kind of love-hate thing. There's a little flavour of both."
Here are the images...
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First Transformers 3 poster
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Teaser trailer
Just got done with 'Kick Ass', & 'From Paris With Love'. Both awesome films, Kick Ass wasn't how I expected it to be.
Quote from: Jurassic Parky on December 17, 2010, 11:29:11 AM
Just got done with 'Kick Ass', & 'From Paris With Love'. Both awesome films, Kick Ass wasn't how I expected it to be.
I enjoyed From Paris With Love, already talk of a sequel, Kick Ass was superb, Hit Girl is bloody awesome, also a sequel coming soon despite completely bombing at the cinemas.
Yea', I was reading up on it. DVD sales of Kick Ass were really good though.
Quote from: Jurassic Parky on December 17, 2010, 04:25:28 PM
Yea', I was reading up on it. DVD sales of Kick Ass were really good though.
It's done very well on dvd & blu-ray, great film.
EA working on Madden Curse: The Movie?
Development is underway on a movie based upon the notorious 'Madden Curse' – a jinx that befalls any player who features on the cover of EA's NFL franchise – according to industry sources.
An EA insider apparently confirmed to The Wrap that the movie was being spearheaded by Pat O'Brien, VP of EA Entertainment, who will act as one of the film's producers.
The plot will apparently revolve around "a former Madden video game champion" coming out of retirement only to find himself slapped on the cover of EA's game and duly subject to the curse.
No studio or actors are confirmed to be attached to the project at present.
The Madden Curse first reared its head back in 2000 when Green Bay Packers running back Dorsey Levens injured his knee following an appearance on the game's cover and never started another game for the team.
It's been an almost annual event since, with cover stars falling foul of nasty injuries or bizarre accidents.
Having said that, the current incumbent has shown signs of side-stepping the phenomenon. New Orleans Saints' quarterback Drew Brees has remained injury-free and is enjoying a successful season to date.
Yeeeeeh missed those 2 ... been ages since Hot Fuzz
We've still got the third in the Blood & Ice Cream Trilogy yet too with Edgar Wright, currently titled The World's End, might be a while before that get's made though what with Pegg currently filming Tin Tin and the new Mission Impossible film before starting on the next Star Trek movie.
Just got done with Scott Pilgrim VS. The World.. Awesome, And Ramona would get it too!
Quote from: Jurassic Parky on December 30, 2010, 12:35:23 PM
Just got done with Scott Pilgrim VS. The World.. Awesome, And Ramona would get it too!
Love that film, watched it a few weeks ago, might have to invest in the blu-ray.
Loved Scott Pilgrim ....... and Ramona ;)
Actor Pete Postlethwaite Dies Aged 64
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Pete Postlethwaite, one of Britain's best-loved actors, has died at the age of 64 after a long battle with cancer.
The star of The Usual Suspects and Brassed Off had continued to work until recent months while receiving treatment.
Journalist and friend Andrew Richardson said the Oscar-nominated actor passed away peacefully in hospital in Shropshire yesterday.
Mr Postlethwaite, who was made an OBE in the 2004 New Year's Honours List, starred in some of the most popular films of the 1990s and was once described by director Steven Spielberg as "the best actor in the world".
English actor and comedian David Schneider described him as a "national treasure" and a "wonderful bloke".
He received his Oscar nomination for his performance as Guiseppe Conlon in the 1993 film In The Name Of The Father, about the wrongful convictions of the so-called Guildford Four for an IRA bomb attack.
The Warrington-born actor, who lived in rural Shropshire near the Welsh border, starred alongside his friend and fellow actor Daniel Day-Lewis and Emma Thompson.
Other films included The Shipping News, Romeo & Juliet, The Omen and The Town, and he worked with Spielberg on The Lost World: Jurassic Park and slave trade epic Amistad.
One of his more recent appearences was in Inception, the hit science-fiction film directed by Christopher Nolan.
Mr Postlethwaite originally wanted to be a priest but then became a teacher. He began his acting career at the Everyman Theatre in Liverpool where he rubbed shoulders with the likes of Bill Nighy, Julie Walters and Jonathan Pryce.
In 2008 he returned to the Everyman to play the lead in King Lear, a role that he had always wanted.
Mr Postlethwaite was also a political activist who marched against the war in Iraq, supported the Make Poverty History campaign and starred in the 2009 film about global warming, The Age of Stupid.
He is survived by his wife, Jacqui, his son Will and daughter, Lily.
In The Name of the Father is an immense film and highly collectable, even more so now.
:-\ top actor!
Just seen this trailer on IMDB, it's from the Pineapple Express guys and looks pretty funny, it includes one of the best chat up lines ever, see if you can pick it out. ;D
That looks fucking awesome, i know which chat up line you meant, it's only gonna get you slapped craig :P
'oh sh*t! She's looking at us; remain absolutely still'
Quote from: Failed on January 03, 2011, 07:06:33 PM
That looks fucking awesome, i know which chat up line you meant, it's only gonna get you slapped craig :P
'oh sh*t! She's looking at us; remain absolutely still'
;D ;D ;D
bloody awesome, looks really funny, whens it out
Quote from: fizz on January 04, 2011, 11:48:39 AM
bloody awesome, looks really funny, whens it out
Still some way off yet, May 13th.
aww scrap, would have been good to see it on my birthday
tht movie looks semi funny..
but im SO hyped for another movie though...
Fillion: Wahlberg has "mad skills"
Firefly's Nathan Fillion is philosophical about losing out to Mark Wahlberg in the race to play Nathan Drake in the Uncharted movie – he's just praised the Three Kings actor on Twitter.
"Just watched The Other Guys, and honestly excited to see Wahlberg in Drake's Fortune," Fillion tweeted overnight. "He's got mad skills."
Last year, before Wahlberg was cast as Drake in the Hollywood adaptation of Naughty Dog's Uncharted franchise, fan favourite Fillion called on his Twitter followers to big up his case for the role.
"If ever there was a Twitter campaign, let this be it," he said. "Rise, ye Browncoats. Rise, ye Castillions. RISE!"
Unfortunately, it didn't work, and in November Wahlberg was officially cast as Nathan Drake.
Uncharted fans have expressed concern about the movie ever since - they're worried the film will bear little resemblance to its source material.
Director David O Russell has said the script, which is currently about 50 per cent complete, expands on Naughty Dog's narrative, recasting Drake as a member of a family of globetrotting antique dealers.
Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci are expected to play Drake's father and uncle respectively.
Columbia Pictures hasn't ventured a release date for the movie tie-in yet, but in the meantime you can check out Russell's work in boxing drama The Fighter, starring Wahlberg and Christian Bale.
BOND IS BACK! Daniel Craig and Sam Mendes Set For Nov. 9, 2012 Release Date
MGM is announcing that "BOND 23" is set to go into production in late 2011. Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli of EON Productions, together with Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum, the Co-Chairmen and Chief Executive Officers of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., today announced that the 23rd James Bond film will have a worldwide release on November 9, 2012 -- just as Deadline last month reported it would. Daniel Craig will be returning as the legendary British secret agent, with Sam Mendes directing a screenplay written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade and John Logan. That script is being kept under wraps but the story begins after Quantum Of Solace leaves off. The reason for the 007 delay is this: Broccoli and Wilson had been in pre-production on Bond #23 for release in 2011 but then it took almost a year for MGM's future to sort itself out what with the failed auction sale of the studio, then the pre-packaged bankruptcy getting approval, and eventually Spyglass taking over studio filmmaking.
Meanwhile star Daniel Craig filled in the time with various film commitments which he had to finish. The actor began work on the Hollywood remake of the Swedish original The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo as soon as he completed shooting Cowboys and Aliens in a nifty bit of schedule coordination between two studios and James Bond rights holders Broccoli and Wilson.
Mendes at first was brought on as a "consultant" because of the delays, and is now officially the director. He responded to the Bond delay by setting a feature adaptation of the Ian McEwan novel On Chesil Beach and directing the Broadway-bound musical adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Yet another James Bond videogame, which also had been held up because of the uncertainty, recently got the go-ahead. Meanwhile, the latest 007 vidgame was for sale this Christmas.
It's still not clear who will distribute the next Bond. Deadline's Mike Fleming reported in November that, if MGM isn't the distributor, the next installment of James Bond will be "a jump ball". Expect Sony (which distributed Casino Royale) to battle it out with Warner Bros and Fox, but Paramount could emerge in the thick of it because of its close relationship with Spyglass over the film reboot of Star Trek and sequel.
Teetering on the brink of bankruptcy and at the mercy of its creditors, MGM was in the news for more than a year because of its financial woes. While the studio's beleaguered backers unwisely allowed MGM and its library to languish by not making new movies and benching MGM's creative and marketing/distribution executives while it staged a futile sales auction that attracted bottom-fishing bids, MGM made sure to meets the minimum obligations to its two gems, James Bond and The Hobbit.
As you know, the James Bond filmmakers operate with great autonomy and watching the MGM situation unfold with a mixture of dismay and curiosity. Dismay because Bond's longtime studio home was a mess. And curiosity because Broccoli and Wilson hoped to move Bond to a fully functioning studio. Like Sony, where Amy Pascal was dying to keep the famous franchise. Or Fox, which handled Bond's DVD distribution. Broccoli and Wilson very deliberately made certain they didn't do anything on Bond #23 which tied the movie further to MGM. (That's why Mendes was hired as a consulting, not the director. Because once EON hires a director on their Bond films, it triggers a first payment from MGM.) Once the MGM auction apparently busted, EON Productions wanted to keep all its options open.
Meanwhile, Bond 23 may now be casting. Producer Broccoli has been to see actor Simon Russell Beale twice in his current West End play Deathtrap. Also, the Shakespearean actor is starring as King Lear for Bond 23 director Sam Mendes in a National Theatre production in 2012. And he's exec producing Shakespeare's History Plays for a new BBC TV season that Mendes is also overseeing. Beale told a UK newspaper earlier this year that he'd already dropped a hint to Mendes that "every actor wants to be in Bond [and] I'd love to be a baddie."
Quote from: GamerMan316 on January 12, 2011, 11:18:16 AM
... Wahlberg was officially cast as Nathan Drake.
... expands on Naughty Dog's narrative, recasting Drake as a member of a family of globetrotting antique dealers.
And so it is over before it began. :'(
Brand New Captain America Pic Arrives
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Captain America looks good with the retro War look, But the HYDRA soldiers in the background don't look to good.
it all looks good to me, just needs some more explosions .... MORE!
The Golden Globes are on later with Ricky Gervais hosting again, guaranteed to be a few digs at some Hollywood stars, he'll probably have another pop at Mel Gibson again too. :)
time and channel ??
cheers hunni, may have to sky plus so dont spoil it x :P
Great start to the Golden Globes, Ricky Gervais dissing everybody and Christian Bale winning Best Supporting Actor for The Fighter.
oi......... no spoilers
Quote from: fizz on January 17, 2011, 01:16:18 AM
oi......... no spoilers
That's the only one i'll post for now, it was the first award and it's Bale so I had to. :)
I'll post all the results tomorrow sometime.
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh scrap the sky button isnt on grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr spoil away
Golden Globe Winners
Best Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER
The Social Network (2010)
Other Nominees:
Black Swan (2010)
The Fighter (2010)
Inception (2010)
The King's Speech (2010)
Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Other Nominees:
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Burlesque (2010/I)
Red (2010/I)
The Tourist (2010)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER
Colin Firth for The King's Speech (2010)
Other Nominees:
Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network (2010)
James Franco for 127 Hours (2010)
Ryan Gosling for Blue Valentine (2010)
Mark Wahlberg for The Fighter (2010)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
WINNER
Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010)
Other Nominees:
Halle Berry for Frankie and Alice (2010)
Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole (2010)
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone (2010)
Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine (2010)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
Paul Giamatti for Barney's Version (2010)
Other Nominees:
Johnny Depp for The Tourist (2010)
Johnny Depp for Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Jake Gyllenhaal for Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Kevin Spacey for Casino Jack (2010)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Other Nominees:
Anne Hathaway for Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Angelina Jolie for The Tourist (2010)
Julianne Moore for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Emma Stone for Easy A (2010)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
WINNER
Christian Bale for The Fighter (2010)
Other Nominees:
Michael Douglas for Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)
Andrew Garfield for The Social Network (2010)
Jeremy Renner for The Town (2010)
Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech (2010)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
WINNER
Melissa Leo for The Fighter (2010)
Other Nominees:
Amy Adams for The Fighter (2010)
Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech (2010)
Mila Kunis for Black Swan (2010)
Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom (2010)
Best Director - Motion Picture
WINNER
David Fincher for The Social Network (2010)
Other Nominees:
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan (2010)
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech (2010)
Christopher Nolan for Inception (2010)
David O. Russell for The Fighter (2010)
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
WINNER
The Social Network (2010): Aaron Sorkin
Other Nominees:
127 Hours (2010): Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
Inception (2010): Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right (2010): Stuart Blumberg, Lisa Cholodenko
The King's Speech (2010): David Seidler
Best Original Song - Motion Picture
WINNER
Burlesque (2010/I): Diane Warren("You Haven't Seen The Last of Me")
Other Nominees:
Burlesque (2010/I): Samuel Dixon, Christina Aguilera, Sia Furler("Bound to You")
Country Strong (2010): Bob DiPiero, Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges("Coming Home")
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010): Carrie Underwood, David Hodges, Hillary Lindsey("There's A Place For Us")
Tangled (2010): Alan Menken, Glenn Slater("I See the Light")
Best Original Score - Motion Picture
WINNER
The Social Network (2010): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Other Nominees:
127 Hours (2010): A.R. Rahman
Alice in Wonderland (2010): Danny Elfman
Inception (2010): Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech (2010): Alexandre Desplat
Best Animated Film
WINNER
Toy Story 3 (2010)
Other Nominees:
Despicable Me (2010)
How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
The Illusionist (2010)
Tangled (2010)
Best Foreign Language Film
WINNER
In a Better World (2010)(Denmark)
Other Nominees:
Biutiful (2010)(Mexico/Spain)
The Concert (2009)(France)
The Edge (2010)(Russia)
I Am Love (2009)(Italy)
Best Television Series - Drama
WINNER
"Boardwalk Empire" (2009)
Other Nominees:
"Dexter" (2006)
"The Good Wife" (2009)
"Mad Men" (2007)
"The Walking Dead" (2010)
Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
"Glee" (2009)
Other Nominees:
"The Big Bang Theory" (2007)
"The Big C" (2010)
"Modern Family" (2009)
"Nurse Jackie" (2009)
"30 Rock" (2006)
Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER
"Carlos" (2010)
Other Nominees:
"The Pacific" (2010)
"The Pillars of the Earth" (2010)
Temple Grandin (2010) (TV)
You Don't Know Jack (2010) (TV)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER
Al Pacino for You Don't Know Jack (2010) (TV)
Other Nominees:
Idris Elba for "Luther" (2010)
Ian McShane for "The Pillars of the Earth" (2010)
Dennis Quaid for The Special Relationship (2010) (TV)
Édgar Ramírez for "Carlos" (2010)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER
Claire Danes for Temple Grandin (2010) (TV)
Other Nominees:
Hayley Atwell for "The Pillars of the Earth" (2010)
Judi Dench for "Cranford" (2007)
Romola Garai for "Emma" (2009)
Jennifer Love Hewitt for The Client List (2010) (TV)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
Jim Parsons for "The Big Bang Theory" (2007)
Other Nominees:
Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)
Steve Carell for "The Office" (2005)
Thomas Jane for "Hung" (2009)
Matthew Morrison for "Glee" (2009)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy
WINNER
Laura Linney for "The Big C" (2010)
Other Nominees:
Toni Collette for "United States of Tara" (2009)
Edie Falco for "Nurse Jackie" (2009)
Tina Fey for "30 Rock" (2006)
Lea Michele for "Glee" (2009)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Drama
WINNER
Steve Buscemi for "Boardwalk Empire" (2009)
Other Nominees:
Bryan Cranston for "Breaking Bad" (2008)
Michael C. Hall for "Dexter" (2006)
Jon Hamm for "Mad Men" (2007)
Hugh Laurie for "House" (2004)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama
WINNER
Katey Sagal for "Sons of Anarchy" (2008)
Other Nominees:
Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife" (2009)
Elisabeth Moss for "Mad Men" (2007)
Piper Perabo for "Covert Affairs" (2010)
Kyra Sedgwick for "The Closer" (2005)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER
Chris Colfer for "Glee" (2009)
Other Nominees:
Scott Caan for "Hawaii Five-0" (2010)
Chris Noth for "The Good Wife" (2009)
Eric Stonestreet for "Modern Family" (2009)
David Strathairn for Temple Grandin (2010) (TV)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
WINNER
Jane Lynch for "Glee" (2009)
Other Nominees:
Hope Davis for The Special Relationship (2010) (TV)
Kelly Macdonald for "Boardwalk Empire" (2009)
Julia Stiles for "Dexter" (2006)
Sofía Vergara for "Modern Family" (2009)
thought the walking dead might have got it though
Colin Firth is gonna win loads for his role in King's Speech
First image of Andrew Garfield as Spider-Man
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You can see his package. I approve :D
bulge!
someone got socks for christmas #)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on January 18, 2011, 12:47:00 AM
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Garfield looks like a good Peter Parker.
This year's Bafta nominations
Best film
Black Swan
True Grit
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network
Best director
Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
David Fincher - The Social Network
Tom Hooper - The King's Speech
Christopher Nolan - Inception
Danny Boyle - 127 Hours
Best actor
Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network
Colin Firth - The King's Speech
James Franco - 127 Hours
Javier Bardem - Biutiful
Jeff Bridges - True Grit
Best actress
Annette Bening - The Kids Are All Right
Julianne Moore - The Kids Are All Right
Noomi Rapace - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Natalie Portman - Black Swan
Hailee Steinfeld - True Grit
Best supporting actor
Christian Bale - The Fighter
Pete Postlethwaite - The Town
Andrew Garfield - The Social Network
Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right
Geoffrey Rush - The King's Speech
Best supporting actress
Amy Adams - The Fighter
Helena Bonham Carter - The King's Speech
Barbara Hershey - Black Swan
Lesley Manville - Another Year
Miranda Richardson - Made in Dagenham
Outstanding British film
127 Hours
Another Year
Four Lions
The King's Speech
Made in Dagenham
Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
The Arbor - Clio Bernard (director), Tracy O'Riordan (producer)
Exit Through The Gift Shop - Banksy (director), Jaimie D'Cruz (producer)
Four Lions - Chris Morris (director/writer)
Monsters - Gareth Edwards (director/writer)
Skeletons - Nick Whitfield (director/Writer)
Best foreign language film
Biutiful - Mexico/Spain
The Secret in Their Eyes - Argentina
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Sweden
I Am Love - Italy
Of Gods and Men - France
Best animated feature film
Toy Story 3
How To Train Your Dragon
Despicable Me
Best original screenplay
Black Swan - Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John McLaughlin
The Fighter - Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson
Inception - Christopher Nolan
The Kids are All Right - Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
The King's Speech - David Seidler
Best adapted screenplay
127 Hours - Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Rasmus Heisterberg, Nikolaj Arcel
The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt
True Grit - Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Best original score
127 Hours - AR Rahman
Alice in Wonderland - Danny Elfman
How To Train Your Dragon - John Powell
Inception - Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat
Cinematography
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit
Editing
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
The Social Network
Production design
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit
Costume design
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
The King's Speech
Made in Dagenham
True Grit
Sound
127 Hours
Black Swan
Inception
The King's Speech
True Grit
Special Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part I
Inception
Toy Story 3
Make-up and hair
Alice in Wonderland
Black Swan
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part I
The King's Speech
Made in Dagenham
Short animation
The Eagleman Stag
Matter Fisher
Thursday
Short film
Connect
Lin
Rite
Turning
Until The River Runs Red
Rising Star Award (voted for by the public)
Gemma Arterton
Andrew Garfield
Tom Hardy
Aaron Johnson
Emma Stone
The Baftas take place on Sunday 13th February.
The Dark Knight Rises (http://www.deadline.com/2011/01/anne-hathaway-wins-selina-kyle-role-in-the-dark-knight-rises/)
Tom Hardy cast as Bane
Anne Hathaway cast as Catwoman
QuoteWarner Bros. Pictures announced today that Anne Hathaway has been cast as Selina Kyle in Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises." She will be starring alongside Christian Bale, who returns in the title role of Bruce Wayne/Batman.
Christopher Nolan stated, "I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work with Anne Hathaway, who will be a fantastic addition to our ensemble as we complete our story."
In addition, Tom Hardy has been set to play Bane. Nolan said, "I am delighted to be working with Tom again and excited to watch him bring to life our new interpretation of one of Batman's most formidable enemies."
Nolan will direct the film from a screenplay he wrote with Jonathan Nolan, from a story by Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer. Nolan will also produce the film with his longtime producing partner, Emma Thomas, and Charles Roven.
"The Dark Knight Rises" is slated for release on July 20, 2012. The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.
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Tom Hardy is just nuts in pretty much everything he's in, quality actor too, Hathaway is also quality. :)
I'd like to Hatha-my-way with her anyday ;)
Dfuzz made me do it!!
Quote from: Failed on January 21, 2011, 12:36:11 AM
I'd like to Hatha-my-way with her anyday ;)
Dfuzz made me do it!!
LOL, she does look particularly hot in that picture, I've only ever associated her with The Princess Diaries!!!
Quote from: Jaynestown on January 21, 2011, 08:22:03 AMLOL, she does look particularly hot in that picture, I've only ever associated her with The Princess Diaries!!!
... what's wrong with The Princess Diaries??!?!!??!!! >:(
:D
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Quote from: Jaynestown on January 21, 2011, 08:22:03 AMLOL, she does look particularly hot in that picture, I've only ever associated her with The Princess Diaries!!!
... what's wrong with The Princess Diaries??!?!!??!!! >:(
:D
Did I say there was anything wrong with The Princess Diaries? What I meant was I've only associated her with a non-sexy role so was surprised by her hotness in that picture ;D
Quote from: Jaynestown on January 21, 2011, 04:52:51 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on January 21, 2011, 04:17:07 PM
Quote from: Jaynestown on January 21, 2011, 08:22:03 AMLOL, she does look particularly hot in that picture, I've only ever associated her with The Princess Diaries!!!
... what's wrong with The Princess Diaries??!?!!??!!! >:(
Did I say there was anything wrong with The Princess Diaries? What I meant was I've only associated her with a non-sexy role so was surprised by her hotness in that picture ;D
... how is Princess Diaries NOT sexy?!?!?!? #)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_y4TqX9RvuOM/TOtb_SdJtGI/AAAAAAAAClw/V2RH6Pt6XZQ/s1600/AnneHathaway_PrincessDiaries.jpg) hawt!
and i quote
AMG Failed ....... it's HUGE
erm i think u need to look again failed-clearly a look of disgust :D
she's not quite sure her bum will stretch
Quote from: Failed on January 22, 2011, 02:25:10 AM
she's not quite sure her bum will stretch
for christ sake...we now got to read Failed's post everytime this thread gets updated until we hit the next page.
Craig, make sure you post a load of film news asap!
Getting this back on topic with a bunch of movie news!
Kiefer Sutherland Says '24? Movie Will Shoot By Year's End
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Jack Bauer has never stayed dead for very long.
It looked like the "24? movie was destined to wallow in development hell after the script by Billy Ray ("Breach") was rejected by 20th Century Fox late last year. Producer Howard Gordon, who is no longer attached to the project, said Ray's script wasn't "strong enough or compelling enough." And a Jack Bauer adventure definitely needs to be "strong" and "compelling."
However, star Kiefer Sutherland is optimistic that the challenge of finding the right script will be met and conquered. And soon.
"It's a very difficult thing to take something that you've done for eight years and almost 200 episodes, and try and find a story that's going to be unique and yet also service the history of the show," Sutherland tells Extra. "That's to be expected."
Regardless of script issues, Sutherland expects the film to go before cameras by the end of this year.
So what do we know about the "24? movie at this point? Not too much, other than the usual 24-hour time frame will now be condensed into a two-hour running time. Tony Scott ("Unstoppable") has been approached to direct and apparently has a new idea for the script that he'll be pitching to Sutherland.
So, never fear, "24? fans — Jack Bauer shall return. He just needs a good enough assignment to justify having another really bad day.
Universal Picks Up Doc On Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange To Be Directed By Alex Gibney
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Enron, Eliot Spitzer, Jack Abramoff, Hunter S. Thompson, Guantanamo Bay and now Julian Assange. Documentary director Alex Gibney has found the subject for his next film and he's lined up a major studio to back the production.
Deadline reports that Universal has picked up the rights to a documentary about the notorious Wikileaks founder that will be directed by Alex Gibney. The news come hot on the heels of reports that surfaced yesterday that a feature film treatment was in the works based on the upcoming biography "The Most Dangerous Man in the World" by journalist Andrew Fowler.
While it's still unclear if Assange will participate in the documentary, the truth is the dude needs money for mounting legal fees stemming from a sexual assault case in Sweden and we don't see him turning down an opportunity to do something that will not only help offset those costs, but allow him to speak at length and more clearly, rather than in selected soundbites.
Anyway, he was certainly was (and still is) one of the more fascinating and polarizing figures of the past year (despite what Time magazine thinks) and a documentary helmed by one of the genre's finest directors should prove to be immensely involving. But we have to ask—when was the last time a major studio touched a documentary? Clearly Universal believes that truth is stranger fiction and that the story will be something that everyone wants to see.
Sundance 2011: Sundance Institute dismisses Red State Protests as 'lame'
Religious group threats over Kevin Smith's horror shunned by Redford and co.
Clerks director and Sundance alumnus Smith is due to premiere his inaugural fright-flick, Red State on Sunday 23rd, but the recent reports suggest the right-wing Westboro Baptist Church plan to stage a protest outside the Eccles Theatre where it will screen.
But today in a level headed response at the opening press conference, the Sundance's Institute's John Cooper played down the Church group's intended stance suggesting the protests were not speficially related to Smith's film.
"Their main sticking point about Sundance in general is about films with homosexulity" Cooper explained "the protesters are against homosexual content, it's as simple or as lame as that."
Smith himself, whose film, according to Cooper is "about young homosexual men who get murdered in a chuch setting" (although the programme synopsis suggests it's more about horn dogs lured by a gang bang with an older woman - we'll get back to you on this one...), has said he's planning a counter protest of his own.
Posting on his website www.silentbobspeaks.com (http://www.silentbobspeaks.com/) Smith announced his production company The Harvey Boys would stage a peaceful counter protest:
"For thirty minutes of fun-filled photo-opportunities, the Harvey Boys will peacefully counter-protest the WBC Eccles Theater Protest of Red State. All are welcome.
Wear YOUR dopey sentiments nobody gives a sh*t about on a sign of your own making, as you stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the folks who've mastered the art of writing utter horseshit on cardboard! BYOS (Bring Your Own Sign)"
Speaking at the press conference Robert Redford supported the decision to screen the film saying "I'm anti-ideology. Our work tries to transcend politics, we try to tell stories that are about the whole country.
"We're not beholden to any power like government or censorship so audiences see the benefit of viewing a wide breadth of films."
Annie might be remade with Will Smith as the star
More remake news! According to Film Junk, Will Smith might be looking to remake "Annie", starring his daughter Willow as the lovable orphan herself.
According to the site, via Variety, Smith is looking to Jay Z to possibly rework the tried-and true Broadway music for the updated film as well as possibly add some new music to the project. I'm not sure if Smith thought of this when venturing to ask Jay Z, but it's highly ironic that during the beginning of his mainstream career, Jay Z released a song that had a sample from "It's a Hard Knock Life" in it.
How might this updated version fare against the original? Well, if the updated version of "The Karate Kid" , starring Smith's son Jaden, is anything to go by, it'll more than likely be a monetary success and relatively harmless to audiences, making it the perfect family film. And let us not forget that the Smith charm goes a long way with audiences, so genes are working in this film's favor as well.
For the uninitiated, "Annie" was based on a surprisingly grim comic strip by Harold Gray about an orphan (and her dog) in search of her real parents. She is eventually taken in by a rich businessman named Oliver Warbucks.
What's This? New Photo of Judge Dredd
Here's a new behind the scenes photo featuring a judge riding a lawmaster bike in the upcoming remake of Judge Dredd titled "Dredd" by director Pete Travis (Vantage Point, Henry VIII) and starring Karl Urban (Star Trek 2, Priest, Red), Olivia Thirlby (Good Vibes, M, The No Game, The Darkest Hour), Jason Cope (Doomsday , District 9), Langley Kirkwood (Invictus, Outcasts) and Kevon Kane (Jeepers Creepers 3: Cathedral, Monsters).
Synopsis: The Year is 2139. The Planet Earth has changed into a virtually uninhabitable place called the "Cursed Earth". All of the Earth's population have crowded into the cities across the planet, now known as "Mega Cities". The crimes in these "Mega cities" became so violent and so powerful, that the regular justice system was powerless to contain, then it collapsed completely. But, a new Justice System came from the ashes, They were 3 justice systems in 1 (Police, Jury and executioner), they were called "Judges". In Mega City 1 (formarly, New York), There was a Judge, named Joseph Dredd, who was the toughest and most stringent Judge in history. One day, he was charged with murder. He was tried and sentenced to life in prison because of it. Then, Dredd found out that it was in fact a person who shares his DNA. Former Judge Rico. Now, Dredd has to find out what Rico is planning to do, and to discover about his past.
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Danny Glover Comments On 'Lethal Weapon' Remake: 'I'm Too Old For This'
With the recent news of a remake in the works, "Lethal Weapon" fans may be excited about the return of cop buddies Riggs and Murtaugh to the big screen, but there's one person who may be hesitant to see it redone: its original star Danny Glover.
Glover received word about the franchise reboot when MTV News caught up with him at the Sundance Film Festival. The actor responded to the news by quoting his "Lethal Weapon" character Murtaugh, by telling us, "I'm too old for this!"
But it wasn't just time passed that Glover worried about the reboots. The star cited his co-star Mel Gibson ("I love Mel. Mel's my friend" he said of the troubled actor) and their director for all four "Lethal Weapon" films, Richard Donner, for the success and "magic" in the original movies.
The actor, who was at Sundance to promote his latest film "The Black Power Mixtape", said of his former director, "There's no way this could have been done, the four "Lethal Weapon" movies, without Richard Donner." Glover went on to say that Donner allowed the actors, "the space for us to...create and gather the kind of relationships... we did in that movie."
Glover, who recalled the making of the films as "a wonderful journey," just seemed to want the original series to be left alone. "I'd like to think that the four we did were still magical and people will still reference the four "Lethal Weapon's", he said, "I like what we've done before in the past."
'Iron Man' Spinoff 'War Machine' Has Writer, Says Don Cheadle
'Captain America' To be Retitled For Certain International Markets
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Just a day after we received word that Marvel was eyeing a writer for a "Black Panther" movie, rumblings persist that they also have an as-yet-unidentified writer on board a "War Machine" spin-off. At least according to star Don Cheadle, currently at Sundance promoting "The Guard." "They're developing it now, they're working on that," Cheadle said, "I think they've hired a writer, so we'll see how it goes. It would be a lot of fun."
No kidding. Giving a franchise to the least bankable of the "Ocean's Eleven" crew outside of the Chinese acrobat would be pretty audacious. This backs up rumors heard last November that a "War Machine" pitch was out to writers, suggesting Marvel has a plan for all those robot suits once Robert Downey Jr. possibly flies the coop after "Iron Man 3." We love Cheadle and we think he's a great actor and a capable action leading man—he certainly held his own in the underseen "Traitor" a couple of years ago. But he's a low-key thespian who has played this character once, taking over the mantle from Terrence Howard in a sequel that was pretty much just as popular as its predecessor.
Moreover, how are audiences going to react to a character that wasn't even cool enough to be an Avenger? "I don't think he shows up in ['Avengers']," Cheadle said, speaking of the 2012 tentpole. "I think he's kind of a lone wolf." Cheadle also confesses he's "out of the loop" in regards to Jon Favreau's exit from the "Iron Man" franchise, suggesting that everything he says is hearsay and Marvel might end up calling him anyway for a last-minute "Avengers" cameo. Would be a little odd if the militaristic SHIELD didn't consider Colonel James Rhodes to be a good fit for the Avengers but welcome the marksman Hawkeye, despite the fact that Hawkeye wields the bow and arrow and War Machine shoots giant rockets and bullets? Discuss, people.
In other Marvel news, the studio is trying to make a huge global impact with the upcoming "Captain America: The First Avenger" to the point where "America" will be downplayed to international (read: U.S.-disliking) audiences. Russia, South Korea and Ukrainian audiences will instead cheer on Chris Evans in "The First Avenger." The studio long ago considered a title change for all markets but realized the brand name was strong enough to withstand negativity in certain regions. For domestic audiences, you can enjoy "Captain America: America Flags Hot Dogs Victory White House America" on July 22nd.
The Three Musketeers line up in new images
One for all and two pics for the rest of us...
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The Three Musketeers has probably felt a bit left out this week, with all the attention being given to Bats, Spiders and Men of X, so the production has released two brand-new pics showng ye olde sword-slinging heroes in action.
While Paul W.S. Anderson's first foray into 3D (the lamentable Resident Evil: Afterlife) failed to quicken many pulses, his next stab at extra-dimensiony filmmaking will hopefully be more Dumas than Dumbass.
The Brit director's take on The Three Musketeers finds former the Percy Jackson, Logan Lerman, playing the dashing D'Artagnan.
He joins forces with the titular trio - Porthos (Ray Stevenson), Athos (Matthew Macfadyen) and Aramis (Luke Evans) - to fight the forces of badness (embodied here by Orlando Bloom, Christoph Waltz and Milla Jovovich) - all in the glorious third dimension.
Following on from a bunch of good-quality set photos released online a few months ago, today we've been given our first proper peek at the 'all-for-one' foursome in action.
Thankfully, the spirit of Alexandre Dumas' tale of derring-do seems to be alive and slashing with costumes, weaponry and flowing hair (facial and otherwise) looking suitably classy.
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Today marks the third anniversary of Heath Ledger's tragic death, here is Lovefilm's Top 10 Heath Ledger Movies feature.
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
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You don't have to be a teenager to enjoy this high-school rom-com. Twenty-year-old Ledger beat Josh Hartnett and Ashton Kutcher to the lead part of Patrick, a charismatic bad boy who could just about bowl anyone over. A loose adaptation of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, this cult classic was a breakout film for Ledger and his co-star, Julia Stiles.
Two Hands (1999)
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Dubbed the 'Australian Goodfellas,' Ledger was praised for his performance as Jimmy, a bar worker who is asked by a local mob boss to deliver $10,000 to a woman. Trouble is, when she's not in he decides to go for a swim and the money is stolen from the beach by some kids. Needless to say he's in trouble with the wrong type of people. Ledger would re-team with writer/director Gregor Jordan in 2003 for Ned Kelly.
The Patriot (2000)
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Directed by Roland Emmerich, the man behind modern-day disaster movies Independence Day and 2012, this war drama is set in 1776, around the American Revolution. Ledger plays the oldest son of Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson), a South Carolina veteran of the French and Indian War, who is raising his seven children alone. Jake Gyllenhaal auditioned and was considered for the same role as Ledger, but the Aussie actor beat him to it.
A Knight's Tale (2001)
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Another film that proved Ledger could bring real class to comedy. Set in the late medieval Europe of the 1370s, Ledger plays William Thatcher, a poor and humble squire who is determined to prove himself worthy as a knight. While demonstrating a jousting move, Ledger accidently knocked out one of director Brian Helgeland's (Payback) front teeth. Whoops!
Monster's Ball (2001)
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Playing Billy Bob Thornton's on-screen son Sonny, Ledger shows it's not about the length of a part but what you do with it, as his pivotal character changes the course of the story. Monster's Ball is a surprising, hard-hitting love story between Hank (Thornton) – a corrections officer who lives with his son and racist father (Peter Boyle) – and Leticia (Halle Berry), a widow whose death-row husband was executed by Hank.
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
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This biographical film is based on the story of The Z-Boys, an influential group of skateboarders who revolutionised the sport. Skip Engblom personally requested Ledger play him, and the performance was critically acclaimed for its accuracy. Originally, executive producer David Fincher hired Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst (!) to direct the film. When that fell through, Fincher stepped in himself, but shortly left to take on Zodiac, paving the way for Twilight's Catherine Hardwicke.
Brokeback Mountain (2005)
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Who'd have guessed that one of the most romantic films of the last century would be a love story between two cowboys? When Ledger first read the script for Ang Lee's triple Oscar-winning drama, he said he wasn't worried about playing a gay man, only about being mature enough to do the role justice. It was on set that Ledger fell in love with his on-screen wife Michelle Williams. In 2005, the couple welcomed a daughter, Matilda Rose, into the world, and the parents asked their Brokeback co-star Jake Gyllenhaal to be godfather.
Candy (2006)
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An adaptation of Candy: A Novel of Love and Addiction, Ledger stars as a poet named Dan who falls in love with an art student named Candy (fellow Aussie Abbie Cornish). The couple become as hooked on each other as they are on heroin, and their relationship flickers between states of oblivion, self-destruction and despair. Geoffrey Rush co-stars as an eccentric university professor and Dan's mentor.
The Dark Knight (2008)
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Director Christopher Nolan said Ledger was his one and only choice to play The Joker. To prepare, Ledger isolated himself in a hotel room for six weeks, delving into the psychology of the character. According to Sir Michael Caine, Ledger topped Jack Nicholson's Joker from the 1989 Batman. When Caine had his first scene with The Joker, he was so shocked by Ledger's performance that he forgot his lines. This was Ledger's final, completed role and he won a posthumous Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
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Ledger's last movie project, Parnassus hadn't finished shooting when news broke on 22 January 2008 that the actor had died of an accidental overdose at his New York home. Director Terry Gilliam temporarily suspended production and was going to abandon the film, but decided to "salvage" it as a dedication to Ledger's memory. Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law stepped in to film Ledger's remaining scenes in an artful rewrite, and donated their fees to Ledger's daughter, Matilda Rose
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she's not quite sure her bum will stretch
for christ sake...we now got to read Failed's post everytime this thread gets updated until we hit the next page.
Craig, make sure you post a load of film news asap!
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What's This? New Photo of Judge Dredd
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Wow that looks stupid. :D
Quote from: GamerMan316 on January 22, 2011, 12:43:56 PM
Today marks the third anniversary of Heath Ledger's tragic death, here is Lovefilm's Top 10 Heath Ledger Movies feature.
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
I hope that list isn't in order of quality. If so, they need to fire that writer.
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Quote from: GamerMan316 on January 22, 2011, 12:43:56 PM
Today marks the third anniversary of Heath Ledger's tragic death, here is Lovefilm's Top 10 Heath Ledger Movies feature.
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
I hope that list isn't in order of quality. If so, they need to fire that writer.
They're in the order they were released, for me it's a better film than the majority on that list.
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Quote from: GamerMan316 on January 22, 2011, 12:43:56 PM
Today marks the third anniversary of Heath Ledger's tragic death, here is Lovefilm's Top 10 Heath Ledger Movies feature.
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
I hope that list isn't in order of quality. If so, they need to fire that writer.
What's wrong with 10 Things I Hate About you? >:(
I think Neato is saying that if it's about the quality of films then 10 Things I Hate About You should be a lot higher and he'd be right. :)
Either that or he hates it and thinks it shouldn't be there at all!
Impressive Half-Life fan film releasedBeyond Black Mesa has Combine, Striders and... kung-fu?!A Half-Life fan film, 'Beyond Black Mesa', was released over the weekend - and it's mighty impressive.
The team behind the film shot the entire project in their spare time, reports PC Gamer, taking seven film makers two years and $1,200 to make.
It looks and sounds the part, with Half-Life: Opposing Forces lead Adrian Shephard going about his post-Black Mesa business.
We can't remember the kung-fu and 28 Days Later zombie sections in the original shooter, but we won't begrudge what is an otherwise nicely done fan production.
Half-Life dev Valve's previously said the only way a proper series film could ever exist is if it made it itself. But apparently, that's not all that unlikely.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on January 24, 2011, 04:59:06 PM
I think Neato is saying that if it's about the quality of films then 10 Things I Hate About You should be a lot higher and he'd be right. :)
This. 10 Things I Hate About You is one of my all-time Top 50. Love it.
The only other movie from that list in my Top 50 is The Dark Knight.
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Quote from: GamerMan316 on January 24, 2011, 04:59:06 PM
I think Neato is saying that if it's about the quality of films then 10 Things I Hate About You should be a lot higher and he'd be right. :)
This. 10 Things I Hate About You is one of my all-time Top 50. Love it.
The only other movie from that list in my Top 50 is The Dark Knight.
Phew, that's ok then :)
I just watched the Black Mesa short. Fantastic.
With such great work being released by tiny low-budget indie projects, it's hard to accept all of the crap being released by Hollywood.
Nicely done fan effort if it twas a series i would watch it
This years Oscar nominations will be announced shortly, i'll post them once they're finished.
Razzie Awards 2011 Nominations
Worst Picture
The Bounty Hunter
The Last Airbender
Sex and the City 2
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Vampires Suck
Worst Actor
Jack Black (Gulliver's Travels)
Gerard Butler (The Bounty Hunter)
Ashton Kutcher (Killers and Valentine's Day)
Taylor Lautner (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Valentine's Day)
Robert Pattinson (Remember Me and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)
Worst Actress
Jennifer Aniston (The Bounty Hunter and The Switch)
Miley Cyrus (The Last Song)
Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristen Davis, & Cynthia Nixon (Sex & the City 2)
Megan Fox (Jonah Hex)
Kristen Stewart (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)
Worst Supporting Actress
Jessica Alba (The Killer Inside Me, Little Fockers, Machete, and Valentine's Day)
Cher (Burlesque)
Liza Minnelli (Sex and the City 2)
Nicola Peltz (The Last Airbender)
Barbra Streisand (Little Fockers)
Worst Supporting Actor
Billy Ray Cyrus (The Spy Next Door)
George Lopez (Marmaduke, The Spy Next Door, and Valentine's Day)
Dev Patel (The Last Airbender)
Jackson Rathbone (The Last Airbender and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)
Rob Schneider (Grown Ups)
Worst Eye-Gouging Misuse of 3D
Cats & Dogs 2: Revenge of Kitty Galore
Clash of the Titans
The Last Airbender
The Nutcracker 3D
Saw 3D
Worst Screen Couple/Ensemble
Jennifer Aniston & Gerard Butler (The Bounty Hunter)
Josh Brolin & Megan Fox (Jonah Hex)
The Entire Cast of The Last Airbender
The Entire Cast of Sex and the City 2
The Entire Cast of The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
Worst Director
Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer (Vampires Suck)
Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City 2)
M. Night Shyamalan (The Last Airbender)
David Slade (The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)
Sylvester Stallone (The Expendables)
Worst Screenplay
The Last Airbender - written by M. Night Shyamalan, based on the TV series created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Brian Konietzko
Little Fockers - written by John Hamburg and Larry Stuckey, based on Characters Created by Greg Glenna & Mary Roth Clarke
Sex and the City 2 - written by Michael Patrick King, Based on the TV Series Created by Darren Star
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse - screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg, Based on the Novel by Stephenie Meyer
Vampires Suck - written by Jason Friedberg & Aaron Seltzer
I kind of liked The Bounty Hunter. :-X
Oscar Nominations:
Best Motion Picture of the Year
127 Hours (2010): Christian Colson, Danny Boyle, John Smithson
Black Swan (2010): Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin
The Fighter (2010): David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Mark Wahlberg
Inception (2010): Christopher Nolan, Emma Thomas
The Kids Are All Right (2010): Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray
The King's Speech (2010): Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
The Social Network (2010): Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca, Ceán Chaffin
Toy Story 3 (2010): Darla K. Anderson
True Grit (2010): Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, Scott Rudin
Winter's Bone (2010): Anne Rosellini, Alix Madigan
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Javier Bardem for Biutiful (2010)
Jeff Bridges for True Grit (2010)
Jesse Eisenberg for The Social Network (2010)
Colin Firth for The King's Speech (2010)
James Franco for 127 Hours (2010)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Nicole Kidman for Rabbit Hole (2010)
Jennifer Lawrence for Winter's Bone (2010)
Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010)
Michelle Williams for Blue Valentine (2010)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale for The Fighter (2010)
John Hawkes for Winter's Bone (2010)
Jeremy Renner for The Town (2010)
Mark Ruffalo for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech (2010)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Amy Adams for The Fighter (2010)
Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech (2010)
Melissa Leo for The Fighter (2010)
Hailee Steinfeld for True Grit (2010)
Jacki Weaver for Animal Kingdom (2010)
Best Achievement in Directing
Darren Aronofsky for Black Swan (2010)
Ethan Coen, Joel Coen for True Grit (2010)
David Fincher for The Social Network (2010)
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech (2010)
David O. Russell for The Fighter (2010)
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
Another Year (2010): Mike Leigh
The Fighter (2010): Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy, Eric Johnson, Keith Dorrington
Inception (2010): Christopher Nolan
The Kids Are All Right (2010): Lisa Cholodenko, Stuart Blumberg
The King's Speech (2010): David Seidler
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
127 Hours (2010): Danny Boyle, Simon Beaufoy
The Social Network (2010): Aaron Sorkin
Toy Story 3 (2010): Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich
True Grit (2010): Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Winter's Bone (2010): Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
How to Train Your Dragon (2010): Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders
The Illusionist (2010): Sylvain Chomet
Toy Story 3 (2010): Lee Unkrich
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Biutiful (2010): Alejandro González Iñárritu(Mexico)
Dogtooth (2009): Giorgos Lanthimos(Greece)
In a Better World (2010): Susanne Bier(Denmark)
Incendies (2010): Denis Villeneuve(Canada)
Outside the Law (2010): Rachid Bouchareb(Algeria)
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Black Swan (2010): Matthew Libatique
Inception (2010): Wally Pfister
The King's Speech (2010): Danny Cohen
The Social Network (2010): Jeff Cronenweth
True Grit (2010): Roger Deakins
Best Achievement in Editing
127 Hours (2010): Jon Harris
Black Swan (2010): Andrew Weisblum
The Fighter (2010): Pamela Martin
The King's Speech (2010): Tariq Anwar
The Social Network (2010): Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Best Achievement in Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland (2010): Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010): Stuart Craig, Stephenie McMillan
Inception (2010): Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Douglas A. Mowat
The King's Speech (2010): Eve Stewart, Judy Farr
True Grit (2010): Jess Gonchor, Nancy Haigh
Best Achievement in Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland (2010): Colleen Atwood
I Am Love (2009): Antonella Cannarozzi
The King's Speech (2010): Jenny Beavan
The Tempest (2010/II): Sandy Powell
True Grit (2010): Mary Zophres
Best Achievement in Makeup
Barney's Version (2010): Adrien Morot
The Way Back (2010): Edouard F. Henriques, Greg Funk, Yolanda Toussieng
The Wolfman (2010): Rick Baker, Dave Elsey
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
127 Hours (2010): A.R. Rahman
How to Train Your Dragon (2010): John Powell
Inception (2010): Hans Zimmer
The King's Speech (2010): Alexandre Desplat
The Social Network (2010): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
127 Hours (2010): A.R. Rahman, Rollo Armstrong, Dido("If I Rise")
Country Strong (2010): Tom Douglas, Hillary Lindsey, Troy Verges("Coming Home")
Tangled (2010): Alan Menken, Glenn Slater("I See the Light")
Toy Story 3 (2010): Randy Newman("We Belong Together")
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Inception (2010): Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
The King's Speech (2010): Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, John Midgley
Salt (2010): Jeffrey J. Haboush, William Sarokin, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell
The Social Network (2010): Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Mark Weingarten
True Grit (2010): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Inception (2010): Richard King
Toy Story 3 (2010): Tom Myers, Michael Silvers
TRON: Legacy (2010): Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Addison Teague
True Grit (2010): Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey
Unstoppable (2010): Mark P. Stoeckinger
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Alice in Wonderland (2010): Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas, Sean Phillips
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010): Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz, Nicolas Aithadi
Hereafter (2010): Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky, Joe Farrell
Inception (2010): Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin
Iron Man 2 (2010): Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright, Daniel Sudick
Best Documentary, Features
Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010): Banksy, Jaimie D'Cruz
GasLand (2010): Josh Fox, Trish Adlesic
Inside Job (2010): Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs
Restrepo (2010): Tim Hetherington, Sebastian Junger
Waste Land (2010): Lucy Walker, Angus Aynsley
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Killing in the Name (2010): Nominees TBD
Poster Girl (2010): Nominees TBD
Strangers No More (2010): Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon
Sun Come Up (2010): Jennifer Redfearn, Tim Metzger
The Warriors of Qiugang (2010): Ruby Yang, Thomas Lennon
Best Short Film, Animated
Day & Night (2010): Teddy Newton
The Gruffalo (2009) (TV): Jakob Schuh, Max Lang
Let's Pollute (2009): Geefwee Boedoe
The Lost Thing (2010): Shaun Tan, Andrew Ruhemann
Madagascar, a Journey Diary (2010): Bastien Dubois
Best Short Film, Live Action
The Confession (2010/IV): Tanel Toom
The Crush (2009): Michael Creagh
God of Love (2010): Luke Matheny
Na Wewe (2010): Ivan Goldschmidt
Wish 143 (2009): Ian Barnes, Samantha Waite
The Academy Awards take place on Sunday, February 27th.
Toy Story 3 FTW.
Quote from: sambo on January 26, 2011, 06:06:21 PM
Toy Story 3 FTW.
Fantastic film, it'll win best animated feature without a doubt, would be awesome if it won best film too, The Social Network will probably pick that up if the Golden Globes are anything to go by.
I have to go with The King's Speech. It was definitely the best film I've seen in some time.
Plus Colin Firth is dreamy.
Quote from: Handshakes on January 26, 2011, 06:51:10 PM
I have to go with The King's Speech. It was definitely the best film I've seen in some time.
Plus Colin Firth is dreamy.
Still haven't seen that but it's getting loads of praise, Firth is the favourite for Best Actor, i'd like James Franco to get it for 127 Hours but I don't think he will.
Nothing to do with movies or TV or anything but I thought i'd post it here anyway. :)
The wrong kind of sharing: Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page hacked
The founder of the biggest social network has his personal page broken into – and used to spread a message suggesting 'social investment' rather than from bankers
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Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page has been hacked by an unknown person who posted a status update suggesting that the site should let people invest in it rather than going to the banks.
The page belonging to the 26-year-old Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder who was named Time's Man of the Year in 2010, was hacked some time on Tuesday.
The message left by the hacker read: ""Let the hacking begin: If facebook needs money, instead of going to the banks, why doesn't Facebook let its users invest in Facebook in a social way? Why not transform Facebook into a 'social business' the way Nobel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus described it? What do you think? #hackercup2011".
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That seems to be a reference to reports that Facebook has been valued at around $50bn following investments made by Goldman Sachs and a Russian venture capital firm. There have been rumours that the company is either preparing for a stock market flotation or that the shares purchased by Goldman Sachs would be sold on to rich investors who want to benefit from the company's burgeoning success.
Embarrassingly for Facebook, more than 1800 people "liked" the update before the company took down its chief executive's page. Facebook has made no public statement about how the hack occurred.
It is not clear how the break-in occurred, said Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at the security company Sophos. "Mark Zuckerberg might be wanting to take a close look at his privacy and security settings after this embarrassing breach," he noted. "It's not clear if he was careless with his password, was phished, or sat down in a Starbucks and got sidejacked [had his login details stolen over the air] while using an unencrypted wireless network. But however it happened, it's left egg on his face just when Facebook wants to reassure users that it takes security and privacy seriously. Maybe Mr Zuckerberg would be wise to get a refresher on computer security best practice."
More likely though is that Zuckerberg's page is handled by a number of people, and that one of them might have had their access details stolen or guessed, which would give an attacker the same access to the page.
The only clue left by the hacker was a link embedded in the status update to a specific revision of a Wikipedia page about "social business", which differs from the current page in one prominent link, and another link to a photo for Facebook's "Hacker Cup" - described as "an annual worldwide programming competition where hackers compete against each other for fame, fortune, glory and a shot at the coveted Hacker Cup" - whose final rounds will be held at Facebook's own headquarters on 11 March.
Facebook had not responded to requests for comment when this story was filed.
The hack comes just days after the Facebook account belonging to the French president Nicolas Sarkozy was also hacked to suggest that he was resigning; on regaining control of the account, Sarkozy pointed out that he plans to run for president again next year.
Brilliant ;D
That's pretty funny.
Facebook (as a company) scares me.
Facebook (in general) scares the hell out of me.
I think the "hack" must have been an inside job. I find it hard to believe they don't have customized IP / MAC filters restricting access to his page. Someone using a company FB computer must have done it.
Quote from: nCogNeato on January 26, 2011, 09:41:53 PM
That's pretty funny.
Facebook (as a company) scares me.
Facebook (in general) scares the hell out of me.
I think the "hack" must have been an inside job. I find it hard to believe they don't have customized IP / MAC filters restricting access to his page. Someone using a company FB computer must have done it.
IT WAS ME!!!!!
I'll see you all in a few years, bye!
;D
:D
Henry Cavill - Henry Cavill Named As New Superman
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British actor Henry Cavill has been cast as the new Superman for 2012 movie 'Superman: Man of Steel'.
The British actor has signed up to take on the role of Clark Kent and his superhero alter-ego in 2012 movie 'Superman: Man of Steel'.
In a statement, Henry - who follows in the footsteps if Brandon Routh and the late Christopher Reeve by taking on the iconic character - said: "In the pantheon of superheroes, Superman is the most recognised and revered character of all time, and I am honoured to be a part of his return to the big screen."
An executive at Warner Brothers - the studio who will produce the movie - said of Henry's new role: "He's got an amazing quality. He doesn't look too much like Reeve and Routh but he's big and strong and he has a very modern feel to him. We're really going to try and make Superman as contemporary as possible."
The new film will be directed by Zack Snyder and released in December 2012.
Henry, 27, is most famous for his role of Charles Brandon in TV show 'The Tudors'.
Interesting choice, apparently he tried out for Batman aswell previously
Composer John Barry has died aged 77
Oscar-winner passes away in New York
Composer John Barry has died of a heart attack in New York. He was 77 years old.
The Oscar-winner is perhaps best remembered for his association with the James Bond series, working on the Dr No score with Monty Norman, before going on to provide the music for 11 further Bond films, including From Russia With Love and Goldfinger.
Some of his best-known scores outside of the Bond franchise include Zulu, Midnight Cowboy, The Lion in Winter, Born Free, Out of Africa and Dances with Wolves.
Throughout his career, Barry took home five Oscars, and was honoured with a Bafta fellowship in 2005. He was awarded an OBE in 1999 for services to music.
David Arnold, who is the current Bond composer, reacted to the news via Twitter: "I am profoundly saddened by the news but profoundly thankful for everything he did for music and for me personally."
Barry is survived by his wife Laurie, his four children and five grandchildren.
2011 Screen Actors Guild Awards
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
The King's Speech (2010)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth for The King's Speech (2010)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale for The Fighter (2010)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo for The Fighter (2010)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
"Modern Family" (2009)
Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
"Boardwalk Empire" (2009)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin for "30 Rock" (2006)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
Betty White for "Hot in Cleveland" (2010)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi for "Boardwalk Empire" (2009)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
Julianna Margulies for "The Good Wife" (2009)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Al Pacino for You Don't Know Jack (2010) (TV)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries
Claire Danes for Temple Grandin (2010) (TV)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on January 31, 2011, 10:40:59 AM
Henry Cavill - Henry Cavill Named As New Superman
The new film will be directed by Zack Snyder and released in December 2012.
I trust Snyder. I'm sure Cavill will make a decent Superman.
Despite Superman Returns being a crap movie, I still liked Brandon Routh in the role. I don't know why they keep wanting to go younger with Superman. If anything, they need to go older than Routh.
... and Darker. Have you seen the 6min DC Universe trailer?
My fav moments of Old Blue are those rare occasions he decides to stop f***ing around and takes off the kid-gloves.
Exibit A
We need more of that in our lives.
I've got some official 'Avengers' news...they've cast Mr J. Hinton as 'Street Man #4'. Who's he you might ask, he's my bro... ;D
Just started working as an extra, he's been filming night-shoots with the second unit in LA for $100 a day.
Well 360DF now have an inside man...I'll post any proper news from him when I get it.
Quote from: Lukehi on January 31, 2011, 09:14:15 PM
I've got some official 'Avengers' news...they've cast Mr J. Hinton as 'Street Man #4'. Who's he you might ask, he's my bro... ;D
Just started working as an extra, he's been filming night-shoots with the second unit in LA for $100 a day.
Well 360DF now have an inside man...I'll post any proper news from him when I get it.
HOLY F***! That is awesome!
Congrats to your brother. He is my new hero.
I definitely don't wanto to risk him losing his role, but if he ever has some harmless insider info he'd like to share, we're all ears. ;D
Those Hinton's are everywhere!!
That is very cool Lukehi.
I am starring in my very own Truman Show!!! i just cant find the cameras but am aware there are always people watching, kinda like my spidey sense is tingling all of the time ;D
By the way that is really cool!!!
Scarlett Johansson for Uncharted movie?
Scarlett Johansson is the latest name attached to David O Russell's controversial Uncharted movie, according to a new interview with the director.
Discussing the role of Elena, Nathan Drake's love interest, with Empire Online (http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1179), Russell agreed that The Fighter's leading lady Amy Adams would be a great fit, before making a suggestion of his own.
"Oh I would love that too, I love Amy. I also love Scarlett Johansson; there's a lot of great actors I think might suit. Hopefully, we'll see how it works out with everybody who are being scoped to do that role..."
Russell also talked a little more about how he was approaching the character, explaining "I've cultivated her quite a bit and I think I've added a lot of dimension to her so that's all I'm going to say. I love the woman characters and the more robust they are, the more robust the movie."
According to recent casting news Russell has lined up Mark Wahlberg to play Drake, with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci playing his father and uncle. However, it seems that's not 100 per cent locked in just yet.
"I'd love Mark to be in it, I'd love Bob De Niro to be in it," he said, "I love the idea of growing them into a cinematic family; I think that's a really cool idea, but... I guess you'll have to wait until you see the script."
Back in December, fans didn't respond too positively to news that Russell was planning to veer well away from the story established by developer Naughty Dog. Perhaps his Best Director Oscar nom for gritty boxing flick The Fighter last week might encourage you to give him the benefit of the doubt?
Quote from: ASYLUM NINJA on February 02, 2011, 09:37:26 AM
I am starring in my very own Truman Show!!! i just cant find the cameras but am aware there are always people watching, kinda like my spidey sense is tingling all of the time ;D
By the way that is really cool!!!
F***! He's on to us.
Red Sparrow has dropped a deuce. I repeat,
Red Sparrow has dropped a deuce.
I knew it!
WGA Awards give Christopher Nolan and 'Inception' their first major guild awards
Aaron Sorkin wins best adapted screenplay for 'The Social Network'
The surprise of the WGA Awards this evening was not that Aaron Sorkin duplicated his USC Scripter win in the best adapted screenplay category, but that Christopher Nolan won his very first guild honor of any kind in the original screenplay race for "Inception."
Nolan, who was shockingly left out of the best director race at the Academy Awards for "Inception," has previously been nominated numerous times by the Producer's and Director's Guilds for "Memento," "The Dark Knight" and "Inception" only to lose every time. Thankfully, his fellow screenwriters ended that streak tonight. It is something of a breakthrough from his peers and considering the complexity of his "Inception" screenplay is richly deserved. Nolan also beat out strong competition from the writing teams behind "The Kids Are All Right" and "The Fighter." He'll face a tougher challenge on Oscar night against "The King's Speech" which was not eligible because of strict Writer's Guild rules.
The other major film winner of the night was "Inside Job" for documentary.
2011 BAFTA Awards
Best Film - The King's Speech (2010)
Alexander Korda Award for Outstanding British Film of the Year - The King's Speech (2010)
Best Actor - Colin Firth for The King's Speech (2010)
Best Actress - Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010)
Best Supporting Actor - Geoffrey Rush for The King's Speech (2010)
Best Supporting Actress - Helena Bonham Carter for The King's Speech (2010)
David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction - David Fincher for The Social Network (2010)
Best Screenplay (Original) - The King's Speech (2010): David Seidler
Best Screenplay (Adapted) - The Social Network (2010): Aaron Sorkin
Best Cinematography - True Grit (2010): Roger Deakins
Best Editing - The Social Network (2010): Angus Wall, Kirk Baxter
Best Production Design - Inception (2010): Guy Hendrix Dyas, Larry Dias, Douglas A. Mowat
Best Costume Design - Alice in Wonderland (2010): Colleen Atwood
Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music - The King's Speech (2010): Alexandre Desplat
Best Make Up/Hair - Alice in Wonderland (2010)
Best Sound - Inception (2010)
Best Achievement in Special Visual Effects - Inception (2010)
Best Film not in the English Language - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)
Best Animated Feature Film - Toy Story 3 (2010)
Orange Rising Star Award - Tom Hardy
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer - Four Lions (2010): Christopher Morris(Director/Writer)
Best Short Animation - The Eagleman Stag (2010)
Best Short Film - Until the River Runs Red (2010)
Sir Christoper Lee was awarded with the BAFTA Fellowship Award.
wow, i heard the kings speech was good, but blimey, i did want to go see it at the cinema, but didnt have the money, ah well, dvd it is
Quote from: fizz on February 15, 2011, 04:33:57 PM
wow, i heard the kings speech was good, but blimey, i did want to go see it at the cinema, but didnt have the money, ah well, dvd it is
it was good you should really go see it.
the acting was incredible..
Glad to see Natalie Portman got the award for black swan she was excellent and the film was one of the most intense cinema experiences i have ever had, will never see ballet in the same light again
X-Men: First Class - Official Trailer
Quote from: sambo on February 17, 2011, 06:54:06 PM
X-Men: First Class - Official Trailer
Perhaps the most common complaint comic fans have with adaptations is the unnecessary changes made to origin stories.
This movie is a 100% unnecessary change to the origin of one of comic's most loved hero teams. I'm surprised you're able to read this right now, since I'm sure the internet has imploded on itself.
new Thor trailer:
hmmmm...not too sure about this... :-\
id hop into thor's pants in a hot second..
or that guy whos gnna be superman..
....
or even both..
just dont tell john marston :[
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Actress Felicia Day, star of the blockbuster web series "The Guild" is teaming up with BioWare to create an all-new miniseries based in the Dragon Age universe called 'Dragon Age: Redemption'. Premiering online this summer. Felicia stars as Tallis, an Elven assassin working for the Qunari who gets a last chance at redemption.
OH YAY i saw her @ comic-con.
shes so cool :o
I watched Paul last night, enjoyable enough .... tis no Shaun of the Dead though ;)
Quote from: Lukehi on February 19, 2011, 03:24:07 PM
new Thor trailer:
hmmmm...not too sure about this... :-\
I can't believe they've made a film of Thor tbh, he's not exactly cool!
isn't he supposed to be a bit dumb too ??
Quote from: Jaynestown on February 20, 2011, 07:52:41 PM
Quote from: Lukehi on February 19, 2011, 03:24:07 PM
new Thor trailer:
hmmmm...not too sure about this... :-\
I can't believe they've made a film of Thor tbh, he's not exactly cool!
It's called Hollywood scraping the bottom of the barrel -
BTW the above series was cancelled some years back.
omg thats the guy form the daytime SOAP Days of Our Lives or was it Passions?
idr be he WAS on a soap on ch 4...
then he moved to lame ass Smallville...
/heshot
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Actress Felicia Day, star of the blockbuster web series "The Guild" is teaming up with BioWare to create an all-new miniseries based in the Dragon Age universe called 'Dragon Age: Redemption'. Premiering online this summer. Felicia stars as Tallis, an Elven assassin working for the Qunari who gets a last chance at redemption.
My pants ... they're tightening.
Aquaman looks so bad, it could be good. I might watch the first few just to see ;)
Felicia Day is cute and all, but even she can't salvage the DA2 web series. It looks awful. It is Xena, except the campyness is purely unintentional.
And no hot Lucy Lawless. With her flowing black hair. And ocean blue eyes. Creamy smooth skin. Poured into that impossibly tight leather armor. And her wonderful... *trails off, eyes hazy and mouth agape*.
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Quote from: Handshakes on February 21, 2011, 06:24:16 PM
Felicia Day is cute and all, but even she can't salvage the DA2 web series. It looks awful. It is Xena, except the campyness is purely unintentional.
Even if it has no redeeming quality, there is undoubtedly a rabid obsessive niche audience that will empty their bank accounts if asked by a elven-eared Felicia Day. That's like 7 different nerd fantasies in 1.
Quote from: nCogNeato on February 21, 2011, 07:28:28 PM
Quote from: Handshakes on February 21, 2011, 06:24:16 PM
Felicia Day is cute and all, but even she can't salvage the DA2 web series. It looks awful. It is Xena, except the campyness is purely unintentional.
Even if it has no redeeming quality, there is undoubtedly a rabid obsessive niche audience that will empty their bank accounts if asked by a elven-eared Felicia Day. That's like 7 different nerd fantasies in 1.
You have a point there. Now if only they could write her into a
French Orlain maid outfit they could have covered every fetish possible within the Dragon Age mythology.
Put her in some glasses too, with wings and a wand.
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83rd Annual Academy Awards Winners
Best Motion Picture of the Year
The King's Speech (2010): Iain Canning, Emile Sherman, Gareth Unwin
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth for The King's Speech (2010)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman for Black Swan (2010)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Christian Bale for The Fighter (2010)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Melissa Leo for The Fighter (2010)
Best Achievement in Directing
Tom Hooper for The King's Speech (2010)
Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen
The King's Speech (2010): David Seidler
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published
The Social Network (2010): Aaron Sorkin
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year
Toy Story 3 (2010): Lee Unkrich
Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Civilization (2010): Susanne Bier(Denmark)
Best Achievement in Cinematography
Inception (2010): Wally Pfister
Best Achievement in Editing
The Social Network (2010): Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Best Achievement in Art Direction
Alice in Wonderland (2010): Robert Stromberg, Karen O'Hara
Best Achievement in Costume Design
Alice in Wonderland (2010): Colleen Atwood
Best Achievement in Makeup
The Wolfman (2010): Rick Baker, Dave Elsey
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
The Social Network (2010): Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Toy Story 3 (2010): Randy Newman("We Belong Together")
Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
Inception (2010): Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
Best Achievement in Sound Editing
Inception (2010): Richard King
Best Achievement in Visual Effects
Inception (2010): Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley, Pete Bebb, Paul J. Franklin
Best Documentary, Features
Inside Job (2010): Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs
Best Documentary, Short Subjects
Strangers No More (2010): Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon
Best Short Film, Animated
The Lost Thing (2010): Shaun Tan, Andrew Ruhemann
Best Short Film, Live Action
God of Love (2010): Luke Matheny
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just discovered this amazing guy, i think he's awesome, need to download some of his music asap
Justin Bieber: "I was bullied"
Well, that's my faith in humanity restored.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on March 01, 2011, 12:35:42 AM
Justin Bieber: "I was bullied"
Well, that's my faith in humanity restored.
...nah, ... he's still getting punked:
Looks like Capcom's favorite Demon Hunter is headed for a big screen near you...Screen Gems, the studio that brought us the Resident Evil films has recently acquired the rights to the Devil May Cry franchise.
Good news or bad news, sort of difficult to tell right now but Kyle Ward is set to pen the script. Ward is currently working on the Kane & Lynch screenplay, which is set for release in theatres sometime in 2013 - so I wouldn't count on Dante rolling through screens anytime soon.
Hopefully Screen Gems takes its time so as to not muck this one up.
[Source: Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/#!5772875/devil-may-cry-may-come-to-movie-theaters)]
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just discovered this amazing guy, i think he's awesome, need to download some of his music asap
I hope your kidding???
no, im downloading his stuff right now x
Quote from: fizz on March 01, 2011, 11:49:19 AM
no, im downloading his stuff right now x
LOST
FOR
WORDS!
lol
your so cool fizz
eh ?? your being nice, what did i do :P :P
Fifth Resident Evil movie announced
Yet another Resident Evil movie will be made, Box Office Mojo reports.
Resident Evil 5, as it's currently known, will hit US cinemas on 14th September 2012, Sony Pictures said.
It's set after the events of the fourth movie, Afterlife, which made an eye-watering $236 million at the box office. It will, of course, come in stereoscopic 3D.
"Haters are gonna hate, but the franchise has its certain charms and I'm looking forward to what video game elements they decide to include in this new film," Capcom's jgonzo said on the Unity website (http://www.capcom-unity.com/jgonzo/blog/2011/03/04/a_new_resident_evil_movie_is_on_the_way).
Resident Evil 5 will arrive just two years after Afterlife, which will be the shortest wait yet of the franchise.
The films are loosely based on Capcom's zombie chew-em-up series, with characters and settings lifted out of the virtual world and plonked on top of new events for the silver screen.
Another guaranteed to be crap Resi movie, great stuff!
Quote from: GamerMan316 on March 07, 2011, 09:41:08 AM
"Haters are gonna hate, but the franchise has its certain charms...
Another guaranteed to be crap Resi movie, great stuff!
I like them, crap or not.
I'll watch anything will milla in it, for sures!!!
for those who don't know
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r i p elizabeth taylor xx
Quote from: fizz on March 23, 2011, 06:52:58 PM
r i p elizabeth taylor xx
Holy crap. I know she hasn't done much publically in years, but it's strange to imagine she's gone. She's such an icon, you just sort of thought she'd always exist.
Great article also. CNN really did her justice.
sorry guys i seem to be the bearer of bad news, seen as our news moderator has gone AWOL, hopefully he will be back soon, as im crap at finding news, sorry ive gone off subject. here you go
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Awesome movie news right there!
Watch these impressive Silent Hill and Dragon Age fan film trailersIt might seem strange to pair Silent Hill and Dragon Age fan film trailers in one post, but they just happen to share the same director, Leo Kei Angelos. Both projects are planned for release as complete short films later this year, and they already look impressive.
In fact, if the super, super creepy trailer is any indication, the Silent Hill inspired film, The Confined, just might turn out better than its full-length cinematic counterpart.
Pixar Confirm Monsters Inc Prequel
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Monsters Inc 2 has been given an official name; Monsters University.
Pixar announced the title at CinemaCon in Las Vegas yesterday.
Billy Crystal and John Goodman will be reprising their roles as friendly monsters Mike and Sully.
All other details of the film are being kept under wraps, but Dave Hollis, an executive vice president at Disney, did reveal that the film will be a prequel.
"It tells you a little bit about how they first met, attending Monsters University," Hollis said, referring to Crystal and Goodman's characters. "Obviously everybody knows at this point Mike and Sully are amazing friends...but as it turns out, in this story, that wasn't always the case. From the moment they met at university, they could not stand each other. This story takes you through the ups and downs, and how they overcame their differences."
Monsters Inc, released in 2001, was Pixar's fourth venture. It grossed over $255 million.
Pixar's next film is also based on an existing product – Cars 2 will be released this summer.
Also on their slate is their first fairytale, the medieval Scotland set Brave, due summer 2012. Concept art for the film was revealed earlier this week.
Their busy production schedule has helped them recover from cancelled project Newt, which was scrapped last year and had been due for a summer 2011 release. It was the first time Pixar has publicly cancelled a project.
Monsters University will be released 2 November 2012.
Woohoo! :)
awesome, i know someone who will be wanting to see this.....................dave ;D
Cinema on release day for me! :)
'Bill & Ted''s Third Excellent Script Nearly Complete
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Here are some of the things that have happened since 1991: the United States elected its first African-American president, Pluto ceased being a planet, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series and Justin Bieber was born. But the one thing that still hasn't come together? A script for the long rumoured third "Bill & Ted" film.
Until now, that is.
MTV News has a new exclusive interview with Keanu Reeves and no less an authority than Ted himself swears that within the next few weeks, a script will be delivered to him for "Bill & Ted 3." Probably. Maybe. Check out the Earth-shattering interview right here (http://www.mtv.com/videos/movies/639059/rough-cut-keanu-reeves-talks-bill-and-ted-3.jhtml) and find out for yourself whether we'll see it soon -- or if we'll have to wait another 20 years. Good thing those guys can time travel!
Oh and another thing that hasn't happened since 1991, Liverpool winning a league title! ;D
Not really that bothered with the Green Lantern and after that trailer I reckon I dont need to see the feature...4 minute trailers, whatever next!
Yeah, not sure The Green Lantern has much on The Crimson Bolt:
;)
Quote from: zerosum on April 06, 2011, 03:06:05 AM
Yeah, not sure The Green Lantern has much on The Crimson Bolt:
;)
0:50 - "Shut up, crime." :D :D
ps. Nathan Fillion?!!!! Awesome!
Deadpool Has a Director
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Over the weekend, it was announced that Deadpool, the long-in-the-making solo film featuring Ryan Reynolds as Marvel's beloved, deadly-sarcastic titular "Merc with a Mouth" had finally nabbed a director in effects artists Tim Miller.
While the man has never sat in the director's chair, his visual effects resume is full of impressive titles like Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Night At The Museum, X2, and Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes.
Yet, for a film in which enthusiasm of the fans, the character's very tweet-vocal creator Rob Liefeld, and even its would-be star himself are teeming with momentum, it does seem a bit odd that Fox would stick a journeyman director on such a potentially lucrative film.
Should we take it as a sign?
With Robert Rodriguez strongly rumored to be circling the project, conventional wisdom seemed to indicate that big name directors would be scrapping amongst themselves to nab this gig. (And for all we know, they may have.) Instead, in an unlikely development, an effects artists (albeit a very successful one) lands the coveted job.
Originally conceived as a spin-off of 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, in which Reynolds played Wade Wilson, the ultra-talkative mercenary who would become Deadpool, the film has since been re-branded, declaring its independence from the storyline canon of the X-prequel. However, it's been a difficult process getting it off the ground, most notably due to star Ryan Reynolds' commitment to Warner Bros. in his other big superhero franchise, starting with this June's Green Lantern. The Corps may possibly get him locked-in to two back-to-back sequels. (At least one is guaranteed.) So, Fox has found itself with a choice to either move forward with someone else, or just let the project stew.
The appointment of Tim Miller might therefore be a sign that Fox is under no delusion that this film will hit anytime soon. No big-name director could possibly make a commitment where so many things are still up in the air. On the other hand, Miller doesn't have that problem and will have all the time he'll need to get to know the new workplace, figure out how the coffee machine works, and learn all the other in's and outs.
With Fox's Comic Book Movie Queen, Lauren Shuler Donner watching over him, he could parlay his technical skills into a palpable vision.
As of now, a script has been in development for some time by Zombieland's Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, so it was always clear that we'd be in store for a film that handles dark vibes with a tinge of irreverence, keeping in theme with the comics. Tim Miller's expertise could complement that atmosphere quite well, with intense, eye-gouging, over-the-top action that will fit into the things that make studio execs giddy. -- Most notably 3D, in which Tim Miller will bring a measure of expertise, since his background includes 3D artistry.
The Dark Knight Rises: POSSIBLE SPOILERS!
The past weekend brought us an interesting, if not critical bit of casting news for The Dark Knight Rises. Actor Josh Pence has been added to the cast, for a role that may have opened the floodgates on the film's plot.
Ironically enough, with the actor's most prominent role in The Social Network, his face is digitally replaced with Armie Hammer's as twin, Tyler Winklevoss. This time around, he'll still be picking up the role from another prominent actor, but we'll likely see his face this time in director Christopher Nolan's 2012 swan song to his acclaimed Batman series.
Who's he playing? What will it mean for the film? (Potentially spoileriffic material ahead ...)
It appears that Batman's mentor/enemy, Ra's al Ghul will be returning in The Dark Knight Rises, and Josh Pence is playing him. But make no mistake, he's still dead, and the Batman Nolan-verse won't be embracing the comic-conceived supernatural idea of the Lazarus Pit to bring him back to life. Rather, he'll appear in a cameo, set about 30 years before the film's events.
The fact that the film is alluding to the character, who appeared in the first entry, Batman Begins, becomes a critical clue that the clandestine organization, the League of Shadows (it was "Assasins" in the comics) will make its presence known in the aftermath of Ra's al Ghul's apparent demise.
With the news that Marion Cotillard was cast in the film for a still-unspecified role, this has also fueled the speculation that she will be playing Talia al Ghul, the villain's tenacious and sultry daughter, with whom Batman has also been known to romance from time to time.
So, let's look at the potential rogues gallery:
• Anne Hathaway: Selina Kyle/Catwoman
• Tom Hardy: Bane
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt: Alberto Falcone (Although several sources have called this into question.)
• Josh Pence: Ra's al Ghul (Via flashback.)
• Marion Cotillard: Talia al Ghul (Maybe?)
It's looking pretty crowded right now. While I don't doubt Nolan's ability to make the story flow cohesively, it would be extremely difficult to pull off a scenario where all of the events surrounding these characters come together towards a primary plot that's believable. [Fingers crossed.]
Superman: Michael Shannon Is The New General Zod
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Prepare yourself to kneel before Michael Shannon, for he is master of all he surveys. -- He's been cast as the new General Zod in Superman: Man of Steel.
Coming off the dispelled rumor that the role had gone to Viggo Mortensen, the role has been locked-in for the actor who's appeared in television and film, such as Boardwalk Empire, Jonah Hex, and Revolutionary Road. Of course, this prominent role in the 2012 reboot will be nothing short of a breakthrough on his resume.
With the confirmation of Shannon for the role of Zod, also comes the additional benefit of the official acknowledgment of the film's villain. He will now get set to take on Henry Cavill's Superman in a re-imagining of the Superman lore that's sure to be action-packed. (For a change.)
Director Zack Snyder comments:
"Zod is not only one of Superman's most formidable enemies, but one of the most significant because he has insights into Superman others don't. Michael is a powerful actor who can project both the intelligence and the malice of the character, making him perfect for the role."
Michael Shannon will now carry on the live-action legacy of the exiled Kryptonian war criminal made iconic by the masterful performance of Terence Stamp in 1981's Superman II and later played by Callum Blue on TV's Smallville. It will be interesting to see what he adds to that legacy when he tackles the megalomaniacal super-powered elitist, who this time we can only presume won't be dressed in a disco-licious jumpsuit that looks like he was kicked out of Studio 54 in 1977.
Superman: Man of Steel is set to hit sometime in December of 2012.
New Thor Clip Features Hawkeye CameoAnother new clip from Thor has arrived. While we've already seen numerous footage from the film, this one has something special going: It contains the first footage of Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye. (Albeit in the dark, for all of a second.)
Don't blink ...
Did you see him?
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We're just under a month away from the official kick-off of Marvel's lead-up extravaganza, starting with Thor on May 6, continuing with Captain America: The First Avenger on July 22, and culminating with The Avengers on May 4, 2012. Besides Mark Ruffalo's new version of The Hulk, one of the new primary characters set to take the spotlight in the 2012 mega-movie is Clint Barton, aka master archer Hawkeye.
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes Set Visit - "Is it a Reboot?" (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=76135)
Super Monkey Balls that looks good ;D
When I was a kid and first watched Planet of the Apes, all I could think about was "How did it happen?"
Did apes evolve?
Did people de-evolve into apes?
Did ape aliens invade Earth and take over?
I'm looking forward to this. Plus, I'm a little gay for James Franco.
China Bans Time Travel (http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/109096-China-Bans-Time-Travel-Movies)
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Tired of the frivolous treatment being given to the serious business of history, the Chinese government has imposed a ban on movies and television shows about time travel.
Time travel is apparently all the rage in Chinese films and television these days, typically in the form of fish-out-of-water tales about modern folk transported back to the past, where they must adjust to life without the everyday conveniences they've come to take for granted while finding true love and resolving some previously intractable historical brouhaha. It goes without saying that hilarity ensues.
It also goes without saying that the government of China is not down with hilarity, especially when it comes to weighty matters like history. So at the Television Director Committee Meeting on April 1, which apparently was an entirely coincidental date, the General Bureau of Radio, Film and Television declared that no more history-warping dramas will be permitted.
"The time-travel drama is becoming a hot theme for TV and films. But its content and the exaggerated performance style are questionable," the committee decreed. "Many stories are totally made-up and are made to strain for an effect of novelty. The producers and writers are treating the serious history in a frivolous way, which should by no means be encouraged anymore."
There's a little confusion about whether all such time-traveling movies are verboten or just ones that don't treat famous Chinese historical figures with sufficient respect, although I'm having a hard time imagining how you'd reconcile one with the other anyway. I don't think you can say "this is my boomstick" in any language without it sounding most non-triumphant.
They'll be banning social networking sites next........ oh wait!!!
Hmmm....Sounds like the MPAA on crack out there.
I take it no one's tried to go the 'disclaimer' route? Something like: "Chill, this movie, ain't for real...." #)
it's China man, you got nil chance of that
i know its a little late, but can i say R I P elisabeth sladen who was better known as sarah jane smith from doctor who, lovely woman who lost a short battle with cancer a few days ago, tributes are to be shown on t.v throughout the week
http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/305915 (http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/305915)
Watch the non-reversed version at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkmOoNK4P0Q
Watched Scre4m yesterday. Thought it was pretty funny, dunno if it was supposed to be or not. Hayden Panettiere was hot though. :D
One of my favourite genres is 'End of the World'. I am Legend, anything with zombies, even Waterworld and The Postman (Kevin Costner).
I got 2 new ones to watch today, Carriers (Chris Pine, Star Trek) which is about a group who slowly turn on each other in the wake of a world ending virus. THe 2nd one sounds more interesting about a virus that ends the world #) nawww!! it's about a virus that makes people blind, so everyones blind. Awesome twist on the 'End of the World'. Still i think i might watch Carriers first and i can get all man-crushy on Mr Pine :-*
Didn't Pine make Carriers before Star Trek or am I thinking of something else?
I'm not too sure, he's most famous for being Kirk. Just IMDB'd him and Star Trek came first.... he's also been in a fair amount of Romantic Comedies (suprisingly #) ) and Smoking Aces (suprisingly 8) )
Smokin Aces was awesome. Tremors ruled all.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on April 28, 2011, 12:28:48 PM
Didn't Pine make Carriers before Star Trek or am I thinking of something else?
I think I read this somewhere too, Carriers been in post-production for-eva...probably not a good sign.
Quote from: Lukehi on April 28, 2011, 05:19:22 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on April 28, 2011, 12:28:48 PM
Didn't Pine make Carriers before Star Trek or am I thinking of something else?
I think I read this somewhere too, Carriers been in post-production for-eva...probably not a good sign.
He made it before Star Trek, but it was released after ... probably to get the Trek publicity? I will watch it sometime this weekend and let you know.
Reviews for Carriers haven't been too bad, Pine is a solid actor these days too, he's come a long way from a bit part in CSI Miami years ago thats for sure!
Not sure if this has been mentioned already in this thread, it's old news, Colin Farrell has signed on to the Total Recall remake and he's taking Arnie's role too! Not keen on that though Kate Beckinsale may also star, every cloud and all that! :-)
Oh lord ,some movie's should never be remade! what next Commando!!
New Green Lantern trailer. First appearance of The Guardian.
Luc Besson seems to have a thing for these female vengeance films:
Quote from: zerosum on May 07, 2011, 01:23:40 AM
Luc Besson seems to have a thing for these female vengeance films:
I'm onboard.
Give me a scary seductive femme fatale over a steroid-pumped he-man anyday. 8)
Quote from: nCogNeato on May 09, 2011, 02:24:53 PM
Quote from: zerosum on May 07, 2011, 01:23:40 AM
Luc Besson seems to have a thing for these female vengeance films:
I'm onboard.
Give me a scary seductive femme fatale over a steroid-pumped he-man anyday. 8)
Truth - plus Luc Besson brought us Jovovich in The Fifth Element, which is a plus for his record.
Yep he brought us a supermodel with no acting ability who is still stinking up Hollywood all these years later, cheers Luc, cheers! :-)
I have very fond memories of Jovovich from my teen years. :-*
However ... I've lost that lovin' feeling.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on May 13, 2011, 06:47:54 AM
Yep he brought us a supermodel with no acting ability who is still stinking up Hollywood all these years later, cheers Luc, cheers! :-)
Exactly why I limited my phrasing to
The Fifth Element ;)
Quote from: nCogNeato on May 13, 2011, 02:07:29 PM
I have very fond memories of Jovovich from my teen years. :-*
However ... I've lost that lovin' feeling.
Sadly, both the Resident Evil film franchise and Mila Jovovich have been bad for eachother.
So who's in the market for a Fire Station and some possible GhostBustin'!?!
Ladder 8 in New York is apparently facing the possibility of closure, due to budget cuts. If Ladder 8 isn't clicking for you, it's the same firehouse used in the Ghostbuster films. So who's up for owning landmark that includes a substantial work area on the ground floor, office space, sleeping quarters and showers on the next floor, and a full kitchen on the top level totalling 10,000 square feet (or more precisely 9,642.55 square feet)?
(http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2011/05/19/news/web_photos/firehouse--300x450.jpg)
Source: [NY Post (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/fired_houses_on_budget_hit_list_8lrXt8orX5RQMeRZqO8tTP)]
I'll buy it.
Quote from: zerosum on May 19, 2011, 10:38:33 PM
So who's in the market for a Fire Station and some possible GhostBustin'!?!
Ladder 8 in New York is apparently facing the possibility of closure, due to budget cuts. If Ladder 8 isn't clicking for you, it's the same firehouse used in the Ghostbuster films. So who's up for owning landmark that includes a substantial work area on the ground floor, office space, sleeping quarters and showers on the next floor, and a full kitchen on the top level totalling 10,000 square feet (or more precisely 9,642.55 square feet)?
(http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2011/05/19/news/web_photos/firehouse--300x450.jpg)
Source: [NY Post (http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/fired_houses_on_budget_hit_list_8lrXt8orX5RQMeRZqO8tTP)]
Perhaps we could all chip in and make it the headquarters for 360 Fahrenheit... I've got about £2.50 in change!
I'm in!
sure ill chip in i have .200,000,000,000 think that might help :P
If I won the lottery I would buy it and make it our headquarters. Would Be epic!
On a sort of related note ...
A new bar opened in my town recently in a remodelled firehouse. Drunk people kept sliding down the firepole and getting hurt, so they had to shutdown last week to close the hole.
Who didn't predict drunk people + firepole was a bad idea? #)
Quote from: nCogNeato on May 20, 2011, 06:21:43 PM
Who didn't predict drunk people + firepole was a bad idea? #)
BTW - what u mean a bad idea?? Drunken people and any kind of pole rock! ;)
:D
First reveal of Tom Hardy as Bane in The Dark Knight Rises.
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He looks suitably bulked up and i am excited to see where they go with this film
Quote from: ASYLUM NINJA on May 23, 2011, 10:27:32 AM
He looks suitably bulked up and i am excited to see where they go with this film
Just a guess, but I'm thinking Bane may be a sort of Bruce Wayne replacement for the League of Shadows. Wayne was supposed to be their 'golden child', so Bane will be like an anti-Bruce Wayne?
Seth MacFarlane to reboot The Flintstones for some reason (http://filmdrunk.uproxx.com/2011/05/seth-macfarlane-to-reboot-the-flintstones-for-some-reason)
As its suposed to be the last one in this series before batman gets rebooted again will bane break batmans back? And so end this trilogy
Quote from: GamerMan316 on September 30, 2010, 09:20:18 AM
Quote from: markav on September 30, 2010, 09:09:48 AM
Oh no :-\
http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/112/1124144p1.html (http://uk.movies.ign.com/articles/112/1124144p1.html)
Lucas eyeing another big payday I take it, i'll just avoid it as I do with all the 3D crap these days, Jar-Jar in 3D? no thanks. ;D
George Lucas & Tom Fitzgerald discuss Star Wars 3D and the long-awaited Star Wars TV series (http://www.g4tv.com/videos/53047/star-wars-3d-with-george-lucas-tom-fitzgerald/).
Call me a blasphemer or whatever, but Star Wars just never struck a spark with me. I've seen the films, simply to get a feel for them and...nope.
Quote from: zerosum on May 25, 2011, 04:46:46 PM
Call me a blasphemer or whatever, but Star Wars just never struck a spark with me. I've seen the films, simply to get a feel for them and...nope.
I have to agree. I know Star Wars basically paved the way for modern sci-fi, but it took me several attempts to actually find the will to watch them.
I'll take Indiana Jones (even Willow) of Star Wars anyday. ;)
Quote from: nCogNeato on May 25, 2011, 06:25:27 PM
Quote from: zerosum on May 25, 2011, 04:46:46 PM
Call me a blasphemer or whatever, but Star Wars just never struck a spark with me. I've seen the films, simply to get a feel for them and...nope.
I have to agree. I know Star Wars basically paved the way for modern sci-fi, but it took me several attempts to actually find the will to watch them.
I'll take Indiana Jones (even Willow) of Star Wars anyday. ;)
indiana jones i loved WAY more than stupid star wars...
Quote from: nCogNeato on May 25, 2011, 06:25:27 PM
Quote from: zerosum on May 25, 2011, 04:46:46 PM
Call me a blasphemer or whatever, but Star Wars just never struck a spark with me. I've seen the films, simply to get a feel for them and...nope.
I have to agree. I know Star Wars basically paved the way for modern sci-fi, but it took me several attempts to actually find the will to watch them.
I'll take Indiana Jones (even Willow) of Star Wars anyday. ;)
The Indiana Jones series worked up until "The Crystal Skull" -IMO, and it was actually ok, up until the end. Bringing E.T. into the mix is right about where I checked out. Maybe I have to watch it again to really appreciate it, but on first view it felt like it went off track.
But yes, Indiana Jones >
Star Wars
Quote from: zerosum on May 25, 2011, 04:46:46 PM
Call me a blasphemer or whatever, but Star Wars just never struck a spark with me. I've seen the films, simply to get a feel for them and...nope.
Blasphemer!!! >:(
Quote from: Jaynestown on May 26, 2011, 06:43:25 AM
Quote from: zerosum on May 25, 2011, 04:46:46 PM
Call me a blasphemer or whatever, but Star Wars just never struck a spark with me. I've seen the films, simply to get a feel for them and...nope.
Proud Blasphemer!!! ;D
Much better... ;)
I have to go for Star Wars over Indiana Jones anyday.
But the best way to settle this is to fight..(http://www.disneydreaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Darth-Vader-Indiana-Jones.jpg)
Quote from: sambo on May 26, 2011, 04:56:14 PM
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Quick, Indy! Pull out your pistol!
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Guns, Okay guy's go get him..
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"We have him boss, But don't you think Lucas will notice That Indiana is missing when he shoots the next scene."
"Don't worry guy's, I have that thought this out"
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Quote from: sambo on May 26, 2011, 05:38:03 PM
Guns, Okay guy's go get him..
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"We have him boss, But don't you think Lucas will notice That Indiana is missing when he shoots the next scene."
"Don't worry guy's, I have that thought this out"
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Quote from: sambo on May 26, 2011, 04:56:14 PM
I have to go for Star Wars over Indiana Jones anyday.
But the best way to settle this is to fight..(http://www.disneydreaming.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Darth-Vader-Indiana-Jones.jpg)
Quote from: nCogNeato on May 26, 2011, 05:27:17 PM
Quick, Indy! Pull out your pistol!
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Quote from: sambo on May 26, 2011, 05:38:03 PM
Guns, Okay guy's go get him..
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"We have him boss, But don't you think Lucas will notice That Indiana is missing when he shoots the next scene."
"Don't worry guy's, I have that thought this out"
(http://rookery.s3.amazonaws.com/1083000/1083290_cc0b_1024x2000.jpg)
:D Good times.
David O. Russell Leaves Drake's Fortune
(http://weblogs.variety.com/.a/6a00d8341bfc7553ef014e88b138fd970d-pi)
David O. Russell, who was set to write and direct the bigscreen adaptation of the videoame "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune," has left the project over creative differences with Sony, Variety's Jeff Sneider exclusively reports. Russell seemed excited to chat about the Columbia Pictures project as he made the rounds to promote "The Fighter" during awards season last year. But insiders tell Variety the split was amicable and due to creative differences on the adaptation of the popular 2007 PlayStation 3 videogame, which Sony will continue to aggressively develop. While there has never been talent formally attached, Russell had been looking to re-team with "The Fighter" star Mark Wahlberg on the project, which was also rumored to co-star Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci. However, with a new writer and director coming on board, casting will likely start from scratch.
[Variety (http://www.showblitz.com/2011/05/russell-bolts-drakes-fortune.html)]
Lord of the Rings + Candy = Candy Land Movie?
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Admit it. You think the Candy Land movie is one of the worst ideas in Hollywood history. A movie based on the children's board game that itself seems specifically designed to numb the adult mind with its winding rainbow path past the domains of the nefarious Duke of Swirl and Lord Licorice and into King Kandy's scrumptious kingdom. But what if the Cupcake Commons were, say, the Shire, and the Chocolate Mountains were Mordor? Because that's what the Candy Land writers have in mind. Jonathan Aibel, who co-wrote Kung Fu Panda 2 with Glenn Berger, told EW at yesterday's Hollywood premiere that they have ambitious plans: "We envision it as Lord of The Rings, but set in a world of candy."
The Lord of the Rings. In a world of candy.
"We don't see it as a movie based on a board game, although it has characters from that world and takes the idea of people finding themselves in a world that happens to be made entirely of candy where there are huge battles going on," Berger says. "We are going for real comedy, real action, and real emotions at stake."
I assume Berger and Aibel have played Candy Land, but just in case, let's refresh. The game is for children who can't read or count, as the players move through the board by picking color-coded or confection-pictured cards. There's no strategy — other then the parental strategy of keeping the kids quiet for 15 minutes so they can down another Tylenol. So I wonder if the screenwriting team is overshooting with its LOTR ambition. Are they risking alienating their core audience, i.e., kids with runny noses? Can't they settle for the yucks of something like Yogi Bear?
What do you think about their LOTR link? Is this the way to get any board game turned into a movie: "We envision Twister as Ocean's Eleven, but set in a secret world of rainbow dots."
[EW (http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/05/23/candy-land-movie/)]
Clint Eastwood is 81 today, he shares his birthday with Colin Farrell (35), Lea Thompson (50), Brooke Shields (45) and my Brother, Paul (24). :)
Nice.
Does Paul ever squint his eyes and say, "Go ahead, make my birthday." ??
Quote from: nCogNeato on May 31, 2011, 08:56:59 PM
Does Paul ever squint his eyes and say, "Go ahead, make my birthday." ??
:D
Erm.................. no! Though he probably will if he reads this! :)
Didn't get to look through all of them, but here's:
[Empire's New And Improved Collection Of Badly Photoshopped Movie Posters (http://www.empireonline.com/features/the-ultimate-collection-of-badly-photoshopped-movie-posters/p1)]
It's good to see an explanation accompany some of these, will have to go through all of them at a later time.
Quote from: zerosum on June 10, 2011, 10:05:33 PM
Didn't get to look through all of them, but here's:
[Empire's New And Improved Collection Of Badly Photoshopped Movie Posters (http://www.empireonline.com/features/the-ultimate-collection-of-badly-photoshopped-movie-posters/p1)]
It's good to see an explanation accompany some of these, will have to go through all of them at a later time.
Yikes. A few of those don't seem that bad, but the bad ones are gawdawful.
Superman Casting Call: Extras Needed In Illinois (http://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/06/14/hey-illinois-who-wants-to-be-in-superman-the-man-of-steel/)
Uncharted film "going back to the game"
New Uncharted movie director Neil Burger is going back to the PlayStation exclusive video game for inspiration.
The Limitless and The Illusionist director told Crave Online the new team is "starting from scratch" on the script following previous director David O. Russell's acrimonious exit.
"No, I haven't seen his screenplay on it," he said. "Mainly we're beginning from scratch and going back to the video game. Because there's a lot of cool stuff, actually, from the videogame, if you know it…
"It's really one of the most cinematic video games, and one that has really developed characters. So, you know, there's a lot of cool, really intense things that, if they work for the film's story, I want to use them."
Burger's comments are sure to enthuse Uncharted fans who were concerned by the direction Russell was taking the film before he walked out.
Russell's vision for the film would have seen Mark Wahlberg's Nathan Drake as a member of a family of antique traders that also included father Robert De Niro and uncle Joe Pesci.
Burger's vision, however, appears closer to video game developer Naughty Dog's virtual world.
Explaining the difference between Uncharted and Indiana Jones, Burger said the video game was very "now".
"Indiana Jones is nostalgic. It takes place in the 1930s, and the later ones are a little bit later, and it kind of plays on that nostalgia. Whereas Uncharted is very much up to the minute, of the moment. It's very 'now' and contemporary and it has this sort of rough and very intense feel that a movie like The Bourne Identity has.
"It's really up to date in its own way. The Bourne Identity isn't your father's Cold War movie and this is a very different kind of treasure hunt movie. It's very real and it has kind of an insane, wild feeling that comes out of the character; Nate being this con man and a bit of a hustler, living by his wits, ballsy and capable of anything."
Will Burger cast Nathan Fillion in the role of Drake, as so many fans wish?
"He's a good actor," Burger said. "I think there's a lot of really good actors who don't even look like [Nathan Drake] who could play it! Where we are right now is that we're literally starting from scratch on the screenplay, and I think that once we finish it, then we'll go to actors and see who's available and who's right for the parts. Whenever that happens."
The Dark Knight Rises Teaser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apMXFloDH6M
Batman in a boxing ring with Bane? Fantastic!
its still a year away *SIGH
Is Boba Fett about to fly solo in a Star Wars spin-off?
Joe Johnston, director of Captain America, hopes to make a feature film placing the armoured bounty hunter centre stage.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/jul/18/boba-fett-star-wars-spin-off (http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2011/jul/18/boba-fett-star-wars-spin-off)
'Voltron' feature film on the way! (for real this time)
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Optimus Prime just got some major cinematic competition. Relativity Media confirmed Thursday that the studio has optioned the feature-film rights for Voltron, and will adapt the cult 1984 anime series Voltron: Defender of the Universe into a live-action movie. Voltron, for those who weren’t robot-obsessed children of the ’80s, was about a team of five pilots whose individual vehicles, called Robot Lions, could combine to form the ultimate universe-saving, available-at-Toysâ€Râ€Us giant robot, Voltron.
The new movie, which doesn’t have a director or release date yet, is being produced by Charles Roven (The Dark Knight), Richard Suckle (The International), and Jason Netter (Wanted). Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer, who co-wrote Sahara and next month’s Conan the Barbarian, are penning the script. The movie’s announcement was made at the end of a Comic-Con panel entitled “Voltron Resurgent,†which also showed off the recently debuted Nicktoons show Voltron Force, an upcoming video game, Voltron comic books, and Mattel’s new line of toys. And now, with news of a feature film, it truly is a wonderful time to be an ’80s kid. As for the movie, just one request: Keep it under 157 minutes, please.
[EW (http://insidemovies.ew.com/2011/07/21/voltron-movie/)]
Awesome...first Transformers then Voltron all we need now is a GoBots movie and I can die happy:
I love how GoBots just shot lasers out of their fists, faces, etc. Lazy animators FTW!
Guillermo Del Toro's latest:
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Why doth this smell of "FAIL"...? :-\
Wait, nevermind, I know... #)
Expendables 2 adds Chuck Norris and John Travolta
Bulgarian studio exec spills the casting beans
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The head of a Bulgarian film studio where The Expendables 2 is to start shooting in September has name-checked a few new actors who will be appearing in the film.
"Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, John Travolta, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke. Who else? Of course, Bruce Willis,†David Varod, CEO at Nu Boyana Studios, told news website Novanite in an interview.
As well as adding John Travolta and Chuck Norris to the list of stars, Varod also talked of director Simon West in glowing terms.
“He is also a name. He is already here and has started working on the film,†Varod said, before adding. “I believe the sequel will be better than the first movie."
It was already widely reported that Jean-Claude Van Damme would play a secondary villain in the film, with Willis the main baddie.
Here's hoping Travolta also pulls villain duty so we can see more of what made Face/Off such a great action flick.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 02, 2011, 05:54:56 PM
Expendables 2 adds Chuck Norris and John Travolta
Awesome.
'Dark Knight Rises': Tom Hardy Talks Bane
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"The Dark Knight Rises" puts Batman on a collision course with Bane, the almost inhumanly strong villain played by "Inception" actor Tom Hardy. So far, we've seen the character a good bit â€" okay, we've seen a lot of Bane â€" but even when Hardy has opened up about the character, he's chosen his words very, very carefully.
But the actor has opened up considerably a new interview, in which he discusses playing the Man Who Broke the Bat.
"I think Bane's f---ing cool so I'm really excited to play him," Hardy told Total Film. "It's not the guy in Joel Schumacher's film [played by Jeep Swenson], but it shouldn't disappoint fanboys."
One thing that Hardy's Bane has in common with his predecessor is a fearsome mask, though his is a considerably more realistic take, as is director Christopher Nolan's wont. On wearing the mask, Hardy revealed: “Any time you put something over your face, you’re going to adopt a personality and a physicality that has nothing to do with acting. It allows a performance to be free.â€
Asked to recall how he landed the part of Bane, Hardy remembered a call from Nolan asking if he was interested in playing the notorious Batman bad guy.
"‘Hang on a minute. You’re asking me to come round the world with you in a Batman movie, playing a villain, and the only downside to it is I have to wear a mask? Hmmm, let me think. I’ll get back to you… No, I’m f---ing there, man! Anything you need.’â€
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The Dark Knight Rises Bane Set Photos!
The Dark Knight Rises is currently in production in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, working towards a July 20, 2012 release date. Today we have a first look at Tom Hardy's villainous character Bane from The Dark Knight Rises set.
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someone told me Bane is super smart and was the first to realise who batman really was
Quote from: Failed on August 02, 2011, 06:50:42 PM
someone told me Bane is super smart and was the first to realise who batman really was
Probably not the first, but yeah that's how Bane was able to surprise attack Batman in the Batcave and break his back.
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Typically muscles = stupidity in fiction, so it's common for Bane to be depicted as a dumb hulk. But he's actually just as disciplined and intelligent as Batman, if not more so. I'm guessing/hoping this is how he'll be portrayed in the new movie.
His ultimate downfall was his addiction to
steroids Venom. He's actually a sort of antihero currently, and even works with Batman on occasion.
Through some youtube witchcraft, I was led to this clip -
A few years old, but thought it'd be worth a mention to anyone into this kind of movie, looks hilarious, IMO.
Reveal of Henry Cavill as Superman in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel.
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Quote from: nCogNeato on August 05, 2011, 04:14:33 AM
Reveal of Henry Cavill as Superman in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel.
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Snake Scale-ey...interesting.
Quote from: zerosum on August 05, 2011, 07:09:29 AM
Snake Scale-ey...interesting.
It's all the rage in hero movies.
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No one's man enough to pull of spandex anymore.
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i can't look at that picture without being drawn to the 'package'
Quote from: Failed on August 05, 2011, 08:51:20 PM
i can't look at that picture without being drawn to the 'package'
To not be drawn to Superman's 'package' is to not be human.
:oThor.is.amazingly.hot.... :o
'Eureka' canceled, sixth season plans dropped
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Whoa! Big shock on Eureka.
Remember how Syfy ordered six episodes for a potential final season last week? Well, tonight the network decided that not only is the series firmly going to end, but those final six episodes are not going to happen after all.
The 13-episode fifth season that was ordered last year, which includes a holiday special, is going to be the final season of Eureka.
Here’s a statement from Syfy:
“After painstaking consideration, we have had to make the difficult business decision to not order a season six of Eureka. But Eureka is not over yet. There is a new holiday episode this December and 12 stellar episodes set to debut next year, marking its fifth season and six memorable years on Syfy. The 2012 episodes are some of the best we’ve seen, and will bring this great series to a satisfying end. We are very grateful to Bruce Miller and Jaime Paglia, their team of incredible writers, and an amazing cast and crew who have consistently delivered a series we continue to be very proud of. We thank the fans for their support of this show and know they will enjoy its final season in 2012.“
Last week a Syfy executive and said he was “hopeful†the drama series about a town of geniuses would continue beyond an additional six episodes, but I guess the deal didn’t come together as parties expected. At least Eureka ran for a healthy five seasons and this move still gives producers time to wrap up the show in a creatively satisfying way. (I know, it’s like the TV series equivalent of saying, “At least he didn’t suffer,†but it’s still true!)
i think i've only seen 2 episodes but it seemed a fun programme to watch, not that i watch much TV
I just started watching it, too. :'(
I've seen three seasons so far and really enjoy it, quality show, very funny too.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 09, 2011, 07:48:38 AM
'Eureka' canceled, sixth season plans dropped
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Whoa! Big shock on Eureka.
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 09, 2011, 04:38:26 PM
I just started watching it, too. :'(
That's why I can't watch television shows while they're running. Too much heartbreak... I'd rather wait till they shut down and rent/buy the season series.
I'm strongly considering it. :-\
Contagion, as the name implies, tracks what happens when a lethal airborne virus spreads across the world, killing those who contract it in a matter of hours. Soon, the global pandemic is causing chaos and the medical community is racing to try to find a cure even as society starts to crumble.
Soderbergh has the likes of Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Kate Winslet and Gwyneth Paltrow in the cast, with Damon and Winslet as the focus as a man whose wife (Paltrow) gets sick and infects him, and a doctor looking to find some way to stop the spread â€" until she herself shows signs.
Really like how this is shaping up, it's been under the rader for a while but I like the new posters so much I thought I'd post them:
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This is just 4 (of 6) and build images of panic/terror without even watching a trailer...fair to say I'm excited for this film... :D
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That is the
worst best movie poster I've ever seen. Hawt!
I actually saw the trailer for this when I saw Cowboys vs Aliens. I thought it was pretty lame.
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That is the worst best movie poster I've ever seen. Hawt!
I actually saw the trailer for this when I saw Cowboys vs Aliens. I thought it was pretty lame.
At the core, the poster's still plastering actors' faces - horrible habit the studios have.
Not sure about the film. I haven't seen the trailer yet, but on the flipside, I like this poster a bit more:
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Short Animated Film: Mac 'n' Cheese
The description for the video is as follows:QuoteMac 'n' Cheese is an animated short directed and created by four students at the Utrecht School of Arts in the Netherlands. This roughly two minute animation took about five months to make, and about a bajillion peanut butter sandwiches.
Synopsis: When you find yourself running scared and running out of energy, there's only a few options left to outrun your opponent through the southern desert. Stopping at nothing, watch these two guys wear each other out and rip through boundaries hitherto unbroken. Enjoy the ride!
awesome-sauce
Better late than never ...
The Dark Knight Rises Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) Revealed
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I saw some of these pics on a group on Facebook the other day, pretty cool too, now if they could only find a decent Batman!
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;D
Bale is quality in that to be fair!
does she have to sound like she's replaced her voice-box with an industrial blender filled with pitbulls, like Mr.Bale?
Quote from: citatscEellE on August 22, 2011, 02:31:58 AM
Yea ill see this...
Posted this on Facebook on Saturday, good to have Beckinsale back! :)
Beckinsale in black latex? Yes, I'll be seeing this. ;D
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 22, 2011, 03:22:27 PM
Beckinsale in black latex? Yes, I'll be seeing this. ;D
+1
Quote from: Failed on August 22, 2011, 09:10:30 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 22, 2011, 03:22:27 PM
Beckinsale in black latex? Yes, I'll be seeing this. ;D
+1
+2 She looks ace and super sexy.
Bale is a great Batman, well he is just great but I think Liam neeson or the super sexy Bradley Cooper
Stories online saying that Eddie Murphy has agreed to host next years Academy Awards......................... thoughts?
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Stories online saying that Eddie Murphy has agreed to host next years Academy Awards......................... thoughts?
It'll be 2012 so maybe they're expecting the world to end before he can host?
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I'd be happy if he pulled out this joke on the Oscars audience! ;D
Delirious was awesome
New 'Man of Steel' pics & unnecessary costume changes.
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Andy Whitfield, Former 'Spartacus' Star, Dead at 39
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Andy Whitfield, who's impressive physque didn't hurt his lead performance in the Starz series "Spartacus: Blood and Sand" has died in his home country of Australia after a battle with non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. Whitfield was 39.
In a statement provided to Associated Press, Whitfield's wife, Vashti, called her husband a "beautiful young warrior" who died on a "sunny morning" in the "arms of his loving wife."
Whitfield -- who was born in Wales and lived in Australia -- was a virtual unknown when he was cast as the title hero in "Spartacus," a hit original series for the Starz network that was known for its graphic violence and sexuality.
Whitfield was preparing for the show's second season when he was diagnosed 18 months ago. And in January, the network announced that another Australian actor, Liam McIntyre, would take over the series' lead role.
“We are deeply saddened by the loss of our dear friend and colleague, Andy Whitfield,†said Starz president and CEO Chris Albrecht. “We were fortunate to have worked with Andy in 'Spartacus' and came to know that the man who played a champion on-screen was also a champion in his own life. Andy was an inspiration to all of us as he faced this very personal battle with courage, strength and grace. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time. He will live on in the hearts of his family, friends and fans.â€
Quote from: GamerMan316 on September 06, 2011, 06:39:57 PM
Stories online saying that Eddie Murphy has agreed to host next years Academy Awards......................... thoughts?
I wont be watching since he isnt funny....
Quote from: GamerMan316 on September 12, 2011, 08:07:24 AM
Andy Whitfield, Former 'Spartacus' Star, Dead at 39
So sad. I knew he was fighting cancer, but had no idea it had gotten so bad.
I saw an interview with Liam McIntyre a few weeks ago, and I think he'll make a great Spartacus. But I'll miss Whitfield.
Warner Bros. remaking Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze 1991 action film 'Point Break'
Update of the 1991 cult classic being fast-tracked for production
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Though the 1991 surfing/action film "Point Break" was only a modest hit theatrically, its pop-culture cachet has grown over the years, thanks lately to both the hugely-popular touring reality-play "Point Break Live!" and its status as a running joke in Edgar Wright's 2007 cult favorite "Hot Fuzz".
Now the Kathryn Bigelow-helmed original is being remade by Warner Bros. and Alcon Entertainment, with producers looking to begin the search for a director in the very near future based on a script by "Salt" screenwriter Kurt Wimmer. Alcon co-founders Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove reportedly secured rights to the original movie on the 20th anniversary of its release.
Kosove and Johnson are producing along with Michael De Luca, John Baldecchi, Chris Taylor and Wimmer.
The plot of the 1991 version had Keanu Reeves starring as as a rookie FBI agent who infiltrates a gang of surfers suspected of robbing banks. Patrick Swayze played the gang's leader.
“Who doesn’t love the Kathryn Bigelow original and its pure heart-pounding action and thrills?" said Johnson and Kosove in a statement." Kurt’s take infuses the story and characters with new twists and settings. We’re very excited to be in business with Kurt, and Michael DeLuca, Chris Taylor, and John Baldecchi.â€
Added De Luca: "’Point Break’ wasn't just a film, it was a Zen meditation on testosterone fueled action and manhood in the late 20th century and we hope to create the same for the young 21st!â€
Nothing like remaking a film that's barely 20 years old...
Quote from: GamerMan316 on September 13, 2011, 10:22:22 AM
Nothing like remaking a film that's barely 20 years old...
For reelz yo. #)
There are so many great movies far older than Point Break. If you're going to remake something, remake something everyone has forgotten about.
Quote from: nCogNeato on September 13, 2011, 01:25:15 PM
If you're going to remake something, remake something everyone has forgotten about.
Yep like Sucker Punch or Cowboys & Aliens!
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;)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on September 13, 2011, 10:22:22 AM
Warner Bros. remaking Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze 1991 action film 'Point Break'
Update of the 1991 cult classic being fast-tracked for production
Can't believe this, it's bad enough re-visitin'The Thing' but now this. I swear to God if they go near 'Top Gun' someone will pay dearly!
I bet they cast one of the teen-fodder from Twighlight or worse Bieber... :o
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Quote from: GamerMan316 on September 13, 2011, 10:22:22 AM
Warner Bros. remaking Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze 1991 action film 'Point Break'
Update of the 1991 cult classic being fast-tracked for production
Can't believe this, it's bad enough re-visitin'The Thing' but now this. I swear to God if they go near 'Top Gun' someone will pay dearly!
I bet they cast one of the teen-fodder from Twighlight or worse Bieber... :o
Swayze's rotting corpse would be better than either! Harsh I know but also completely true.....
Quote from: Lukehi on September 13, 2011, 05:39:33 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on September 13, 2011, 10:22:22 AM
Warner Bros. remaking Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze 1991 action film 'Point Break'
Update of the 1991 cult classic being fast-tracked for production
Can't believe this, it's bad enough re-visitin'The Thing' but now this. I swear to God if they go near 'Top Gun' someone will pay dearly!
I bet they cast one of the teen-fodder from Twighlight or worse Bieber... :o
HEY!Leave twilight* out of this!!
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HEY!
Leave twilight* out of this!!
Which is what 99% of cinema goers say about their favourite cinema! :P
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Quote from: GamerMan316 on September 13, 2011, 10:22:22 AM
Warner Bros. remaking Keanu Reeves/Patrick Swayze 1991 action film 'Point Break'
Update of the 1991 cult classic being fast-tracked for production
Can't believe this, it's bad enough re-visitin'The Thing' but now this. I swear to God if they go near 'Top Gun' someone will pay dearly!
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QuoteParamount Pictures is feeling the need for speed again.
According to Vulture, the studio has officially has made offers to producer Jerry Bruckheimer ("Pirates of the Caribbean") and director Tony Scott ("The Taking of Pelham 123") to develop a sequel to 1986's "Top Gun."
Christopher McQuarrie will pen the script and Tom Cruise is slated to return, albeit in limited capacity, as Maverick.
McQuarrie's rep confirmed to EW.com Thursday that the screenwriter had, in fact, been approached to write the film.
Source: [NYDailyNews (http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-10-15/entertainment/27078329_1_top-gun-jerry-bruckheimer-christopher-mcquarrie)]
Start sending out invoices Luke! ;)
They're also giving the original Top Gun the 3D treatment (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/top-gun-coming-theaters-3d-234032) and re-releasing it in theaters early next year.
At least Bruckheimer & Scott are on board seeing as they made the first one, I have no more positives, Kenny Loggins soundtrack again maybe? I'm spent! :)
Emmys 2011: And the Winners Are...
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Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Sofia Vergara, Modern Family
Jane Lynch, Glee
Betty White, Hot in Cleveland
Kristen Wiig, Saturday Night Live
JULIE BOWEN, MODERN FAMILY **WINNER!**
Jane Krakowski, 30 Rock
Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Chris Colfer, Glee
Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Modern Family
Jon Cryer, Two and a Half Men
Ed O'Neill, Modern Family
Eric Stonestreet, Modern Family
TY BURRELL, MODERN FAMILY **WINNER!**
Outstanding Directing For a Comedy Series
How I Met Your Mother â€" "Subway Wars," Pamela Fryman
MODERN FAMILY â€" "HALLOWEEN," MICHAEL ALAN SPILLER **WINNER!**
Modern Family â€" "Slow Down Your Neighbors," Gail Mancuso
Modern Family â€" "See You Next Fall," Steven Levitan
30 Rock â€" "Live Show," Beth McCarthy-Miller
Outstanding Writing For A Comedy Series
Episodes â€" "Episode Seven"
Louie â€" "Poker/Divorce"
MODERN FAMILY â€" "CAUGHT IN THE ACT" **WINNER!**
The Office â€" "Goodbye Michael"
30 Rock â€" "Reaganing"
Best Actor in a Comedy Series
Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock
Steve Carell, The Office
JIM PARSONS, THE BIG BANG THEORY **WINNER!**
Louis C.K., Louie
Matt LeBlanc, Episodes
Johnny Galecki, The Big Bang Theory
Best Actress in a Comedy Series
Edie Falco, Nurse Jackie
Laura Linney, The Big C
Amy Poehler, Parks and Recreation
Tina Fey, 30 Rock
MELISSA MCCARTHY, MIKE & MOLLY **WINNER!**
Martha Plimpton, Raising Hope
Best Reality Competition Program
So You Think You Can Dance
THE AMAZING RACE **WINNER!**
Project Runway
American Idol
Dancing With the Stars
Top Chef
Outstanding Directing For a Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
American Idol â€" "Episode 1024/1025A," Gregg Gelfand
The Colbert Report â€" "Episode 6112," James Hoskinson
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart â€" "Episode 16048," Chuck O'Neill
Late Show With David Letterman â€" "Show 3333," Jerry Foley
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE â€" "HOST: JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE," DON ROY KING **WINNER!**
Outstanding Writing For A Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report
Conan
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART **WINNER!**
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Directing For a Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
American Idol â€" "Episode 1024/1025A," Gregg Gelfand
The Colbert Report â€" "Episode 6112," James Hoskinson
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart â€" "Episode 16048," Chuck O'Neill
Late Show With David Letterman â€" "Show 3333," Jerry Foley
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE â€" "HOST: JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE," DON ROY KING **WINNERS!**
Outstanding Variety, Music Or Comedy Series
The Colbert Report
Conan
THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART **WINNER!**
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Real Time With Bill Maher
Saturday Night Live
Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS â€" "ALWAYS" **WINNER!**
Game of Thrones â€" "Baelor"
The Killing â€" "Pilot"
Mad Men â€" "The Suitcase"
Mad Men â€" "Blowing Smoke"
Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Kelly MacDonald, Boardwalk Empire
Archie Panjabi, The Good Wife
MARGO MARTINDALE, JUSTIFIED **WINNER!**
Christine Baranski, The Good Wife
Michelle Forbes, The Killing
Christina Hendricks, Mad Men
Outstanding Directing For a Drama Series
BOARDWALK EMPIRE â€" "PILOT," some guy named MARTIN SCORSESE **WINNER!**
Boardwalk Empire â€" "Anastasia," Jeremy Podeswa
The Borgias â€" "The Poisoned Chalice/The Assassin," Neil Jordan
Game of Thrones â€" "Winter is Coming," Tim Van Patten
The Killing â€" "Pilot," Patty Jenkins
Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
PETER DINKLAGE, GAME OF THRONES **WINNER!**
Josh Charles, The Good Wife
Alan Cumming, The Good Wife
Walton Goggins, Justified
John Slattery, Mad Men
Andre Braugher, Men of a Certain Age
Best Actress in a Drama Series
Connie Britton, Friday Night Lights
Mireille Enos, The Killing
Mariska Hargitay, Law & Order: SVU
Elisabeth Moss, Mad Men
JULIANNA MARGULIES, THE GOOD WIFE **WINNER!**
Kathy Bates, Harry's Law
Best Actor in a Drama Series
Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire
KYLE CHANDLER, FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS **WINNER!**
Michael C. Hall, Dexter
Jon Hamm, Mad Men
Timothy Olyphant, Justified
Hugh Laurie, House
Outstanding Writing For A Miniseries, Movie Or A Dramatic Special
DOWNTON ABBEY (MASTERPIECE) **WINNER!**
Mildred Pierce
Sherlock: A Study In Pink (Masterpiece)
Too Big To Fail
Upstairs Downstairs (Masterpiece)
Best Actor in a Miniseries or Movie
Greg Kinnear, The Kennedys
BARRY PEPPER, THE KENNEDYS **WINNER!**
Edgar Ramirez, Carlos
William Hurt, Too Big To Fail
Idris Elba, Luther
Laurence Fishburne, Thurgood
Best Actress in a Miniseries of Movie
KATE WINSLET, MILDRED PIERCE **WINNER!**
Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey
Diane Lane, Cinema Verite
Taraji P. Henson, Taken From Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story
Jean Marsh, Upstairs Downstairs
Best Miniseries or Movie
Mildred Pierce, HBO
DOWNTON ABBEY, PBS **WINNER!**
The Kennedys, ReelzChannel
Cinema Verite, HBO
Too Big To Fail, HBO
The Pillars of Earth, Starz
Best Drama Series
Boardwalk Empire
Friday Night Lights
Game of Thrones
The Good Wife
MAD MEN **WINNER!**
Dexter
Best Comedy Series
30 Rock
MODERN FAMILY **WINNER!**
The Big Bang Theory
Parks and Recreation
Glee
The Office
Fifth Resident Evil Film To Include Barry And Leon
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Director of the Resident Evil movies, Paul S. Anderson, has incorporated fan requests for the upcoming fifth movie, Resident Evil: Retribution. His wife and star of the series, Milla Jovovich, recently shared some tweets which reveal the new additions to the cast as well as the setting and biological threat.
Fans of awkward voice-acting and altar boy hairdos will be pleased to learn that S.T.A.R.S. weapons expert Barry Burton and RPD officer Leon S. Kennedy have roles in the film. Ada Wong is also set to join the cast, labeled as an “organization†agent. I'll leave it up to you to guess how many double-crosses she throws down. Jovovich also revealed that the game will take place in Japan, and that the Las Plagas infection from RE 4 will be the main threat.
This movie is set to star bizarro versions Chris & Claire Redfield, Jill Valentine, Albert Wesker, Barry Burton, Leon S. Kennedy, and Ada Wong.
Additional characters to the RE Film franchise can't fix the morbid fact that Mila Jovovich is still dragging the Alice character's corpse through each scene. I was done with her after the first film when the franchise became more about showcasing her centrally and less and less about zombies and ripped any potential for horror out of the equation.
Nicolas Cage is a Vampire? (http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/blog/article/258845/nicolas-cage-is-a-vampire.html)
Must be a slow news day!
Ashton Kutcher's Two And A Half Men Debut Draws 28 Million Audience
Charlie Sheen's replacement pulls record figures...
Ashton Kutcher's first appearance on US sitcom Two and a Half Men attracted an astonishing 28 million viewers - a record for the CBS show.
Kutcher replaces Charlie Sheen, who became embroiled in a controversial war of words with show creator Chuck Lorre back in March.
The episode drew a demographic score of 10.3 - a truly astronomical figure, and double the average acheived during Sheen's final series.
Sheen had predicted the show would struggle without him, but those words now seem to be futile.
Proving to be a good sport, the 46-year-old watched the show at home with friends, Tweeting: "Surrounded by friends and watching the premier of Two and a Half Men. Odd... But cool..! So far a lot of laughs!!"
Sheen has publicly wished Kutcher the best of luck for the upcoming series.
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I'll just leave this here.
Karl Urban returns to Riddick franchise (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/26452)
Quote from: Handshakes on September 23, 2011, 08:39:52 PM
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I'll just leave this here.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on September 25, 2011, 01:01:31 PM
Karl Urban returns to Riddick franchise (http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/26452)
Awesome. I didn't even know they were making another Riddick movie. I thought the first 2 were underrated.
Human Centipede was awful, I expect the sequel to be worse, the BBFC have already banned it over here, spoil sports!
hell yeh, love the Riddick franchise, gonna have to do the games sometime!
Pitch Black was awesome, Riddick wasn't too bad, i've got the 360 game but not tried it yet, Escape From Butcher Bay was one of my favourite games on the old Xbox, fantastic title. :)
I really enjoyed Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury too... but i am a fan of anything animated.
Zoolander 2 details revealed (http://www.totalfilm.com/news/zoolander-2-details-revealed)
Oh yes! :)
You could count the amount of truly good films Stiller has done on 1 hand, fortunately Zoolander is one of them!!
Quote from: Failed on October 04, 2011, 01:24:34 PM
You could count the amount of truly good films Stiller has done on 1 hand, fortunately Zoolander is one of them!!
Yep, i'd go with Zoolander, Dodgeball, There's Something About Mary, Reality Bites and either The Royal Tenenbaums or Tropic Thunder, Mystery Men was quality too. :)
Quote from: Failed on October 04, 2011, 01:24:34 PM
You could count the amount of truly good films Stiller has done on 1 hand, fortunately Zoolander is one of them!!
From the first time I saw the trailer, I wanted to hate Zoolander. Some of my friends saw it in theater, but I refused to go with them. I eventually broke down and watched it on cable a couple years later, and had to admit I was wrong. I laughed out loud.
First Look: Russel Crowe As Jor-El (Superman's father) (http://boxofficebuz.com/news_full.php?id=89)
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Cool
My first thought was. "Russell Crowe was cast in Game of Thrones?"
Jor-El still looks like he just stepped out of some pub trying to recover from an all night bender though... ;) "Are you not entertained!!?!"
On a different note: (you may wanna go full screen to read some of the tags).
Love the R Lee Ermey stuff in Full Metal Jacket, Kubrick very rarely let anyone ad-lib in his movies but saw Ermey's drill intructor stuff and let him run with it, thank god he did, great performance.
Ermey would be awesome as Victor Hoffman should this Gears movie ever see the light of day!
New Walking Dead trailer:
Thor's Jaimie Alexander joins Schwarzenegger's Last Stand
Arnie actioner shoots in two weeks
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Jaimie Alexander has joined the cast of Last Stand, working alongside former action icon Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Alexander only played a supporting role as the warrior Sif in Thor but she was more memorable than simply being the eye-candy in the Norse god's entourage.
In Last Stand it sounds like she has a beefier role to match her similarly beefy co-star, playing the female lead as small-town cop Sarah Torrance.
The plot sees sheriff Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger), Torrance (Alexander), plus cops played by Rodrigo Santoro and Zach Gilford forced to defend their border town when an escaped drug dealer makes a bid for freedom into Mexico.
Expect to see more of Alexander as her star continues to rise. And we don't mean when somebody hacks her phone.
Last Stand shoots on location in New Mexico in two weeks' time and opens early in 2013.
The Best Pixar Voiceover Performances (http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-best-pixar-voiceover-performances)
Jason Statham in talks for Fast & Furious
Two sequels filming back-to-back
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Is this news imitating art? Rumours are coming Fast & Furious about the driving series of the same name, including word that two new movies will shoot next year and that Jason Statham will be in one of them!
Justin Lin is back to direct his fourth (and fifth?) movie in the franchise, having dropped out of both Highlander and Terminator films.
As much as he likes F&F, we can't help thinking they drove a particularly large truck full of money to Lin's house to get him to sign on again. Especially as word is that Fast Six and Fast Seven could shoot back-to-back. Now that's dedication.
Maybe Total Film is being too cynical here. Perhaps Lin really wants to work with Jason Statham, who has apparently been approached to appear in at least one of those Fast movies.
“[Universal] is entering into preliminary conversations with Jason Statham to explore the possibility of the action star joining one or both films,†reported Twitch Film.
On our calculator, The Fast & The Furious + Jason Statham = awesome. How many films this deep into a series can you say that about?
Johnny Depp Will Be Dr Seuss
And he's hired another Thin Man scribe
Tick another literary legend from the To Do list that lives in Johnny Depp’s head: having played Peter Pan pen wrangler JM Barrie in Finding Neverland, the actor/producer is now looking to bring Dr Seuss to life in a new live-action biopic.
Seuss â€" real name Theodor Geisel â€" got his creative start drawing adverts and comic strips before graduating to political cartoons during World War II. He then switched to his distinctive style of children’s books, pumping out the likes of Oh, The Places You’ll Go!, How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Horton Hears a Who! and The Cat in the Hat. His work has also become a lucrative source of blockbusters for various studios.
But though Universal and Despicable Me production company Illumination Entertainment are behind the new movie, don’t go expecting too much in the way of CG tinkering this time. That said, given Seuss’ style and visual imagination, there’s always a chance it could show up. We’re just crossing our fingers no one tries to get Mike Myers back in his awful Cat suit.
The connection between the companies and the Geisel estate is already strong, since Illumination is busy working on a CG cartoon version of Seuss tale The Lorax. Depp has agreed to co-produce the eventual biopic via his Infinitum Nihil company and Keith Bunin has been hired to write the script.
In related Depp/writer news, word also arrives that yet another scribe has been drafted in to craft the script for the actor’s long-gestating adaptation of Dashiell Hammett’s The Thin Man. After Jerry Stahl wrote the earliest versions, David Koepp was recently approached to work on the screenplay. But he and director Rob Marshall apparently didn’t see eye-to-eye on the vision for the movie, so now Shattered Glass writer/director and in-demand script doctor Billy Ray is taking on the job. It’ll be his responsibility to crank out a new take on private eye/drunkard Nick Charles (Depp) and his wife Nora as they track down a murderer…
Only just heard about this:
Charles Napier R.I.P.
The Blues Brothers star has died
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Charles Napier, star of The Blues Brothers, The Silence Of The Lambs and Philadelphia died yesterday at the age of 75.
Reports from at Bakersfield Memorial Hospital, California, do not mention his cause of death, but he had been taken to hospital in previous years over issues with blood clots in his legs.
The much-loved tough guy character actor is perhaps best remembered for his role as Tucker McElroy in The Blues Brothers and his immortal line, "You're gonna look pretty funny tryin' to eat corn on the cob with no fuckin' teeth!"
Also seen as General Hawk in the first two Austin Powers movies, he's appeared in everything from out-and-out comedy to more serious dramas.
Die hard fans will know him from roles in TV shows like Curb Your Enthusiasm, Diagnosis Murder, and more recently, Archer, where he voiced the character of Dr. Spelts.
With a back catalogue (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0621008/) many actors working today would be very jealous of, he's kept himself very busy indeed over the years, making his abrupt farewell all the more difficult.
He is survived by his two sons, Hunter and Whit, and his daughter, Meghan. He will be sorely missed.
75's not a bad age to go. Old enough to think, yeh 75 isn't too bad and young enough to still have people around to go to the funeral.
The Simpsons Stars Agree to Pay Cutsâ€"and Get a Two-Year Lease on Life!
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Mr. Burns would say "excellent." But he's probably the only one.
The Simpsons' six principal vocal talents have agreed to a pay cut in order to keep the pioneering, record-setting show on the air past its current 23rd season. And sure enough, after the back room dealing was over, Fox proudly announced that it had renewed The Simpsons for a 24th and 25th season.
Meanwhile the salary cut was not the reported 45 percent that Fox was looking to slash from the budget, But guess who's willing to take a 70 percent(!) cutâ€"in exchange for what he feels he and his fellow actors are rightly owed, of course?
"The Fox people said [there were] simply no circumstances under which the network would consider allowing me or any of the actors to share in the show's success," said Harry Shearer, aka Mr. Burns, Smithers, Principal Skinner, Ned Flanders, et al., in a statement to E! News.
"As a member of the The Simpsons cast for 23 years, I think it's fair to say that we've had a great run and no one should feel sorry for any of us. But given how much joy the show has given so many people over the yearsâ€"and given how many billions of dollars in profits News Corp. has earned and will earn from itâ€"I find it hard to believe that this is Fox's final word on the subject.
"At least I certainly hope it isn't, because the alternative is to cancel the show or fire me for having the gall to try to save the show by helping Fox with its new business model. Neither would be a fair resultâ€"either to those of us who have committed so many years to the show or to its loyal fans who make our effort worthwhile."
Letting Shearer go would leave quite a few people (fictional and otherwise) speechless, that's for sure.
Since 2008's round of raises, he and fellow stars Dan Castellaneta, Hank Azaria, Julie Kavner, Yeardley Smith and Nancy Cartwright were each making a reported $400,000 per episode.
Yesterday, the series' top producers agreed to a paycut, but they already have the back-end dealsâ€"a cut of the royalties from merchandise, syndication and other revenue streamsâ€"that Shearer and his costars have been seeking for themselves.
She could be just as steamed as Shearer, but Cartwright put things a little differently Friday: "The Simpsons is a remarkable chronicle of our times. I've wanted to do this since I was 16! And I want to keep doing it until I am 86! Long live The Simpsons."
And to think, Bart Simpson still won't have aged a day.
Sony buys the film rights to Steve Jobs authorised biography
Book's release date brought forward
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Sony Pictures is in the midst of making a deal to secure the movie rights to upcoming authorised biography, Steve Jobs.
Deadline has the report, which claims the deal is '$1m against $3m', with Mark Gordon in line to produce.
The book, by Walter Isaacson, was initially scheduled to be released on 21 November, but that has now been bumped forward to 24 October.
It was apparently written with Jobs' full support, with the man himself giving over 40 interviews, and friends, family members and colleagues also contributing.
In light of the seismic impact news of Jobs' death had around the world this week, the book will no doubt be an enormous pre-Christmas seller.
It hardly seems a surprise that a Jobs biopic would be in the works, as tributes have described him as an 'visionary', 'iconoclast' and 'genius', and the story of his career rise takes in adversity, tension, rivalry and, finally, ridiculous success.
As Deadline points out, Sony would seem to be an ideal fit with the material, having recently worked wonders with business stories The Social Network and Moneyball.
Expect this to be fast-tracked into production.
Let's hope that once it's released it's not then re-released every few months with a few tweaks! ;)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 08, 2011, 11:43:28 AM
The Simpsons Stars Agree to Pay Cutsâ€"and Get a Two-Year Lease on Life!
That. Is. Fantastic!
If/when The Simpsons does get cancelled, I hope FOX has their fallout shelters prepared. The internet will demand blood.
I'd cancel The Simpsons and redo it in 10-20years time with new voice actors and hit up a whole new generation of people and a lot of nostalgic people too.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 08, 2011, 11:43:28 AM
The Simpsons Stars Agree to Pay Cutsâ€"and Get a Two-Year Lease on Life!
Quote from: Failed on October 08, 2011, 05:54:26 PM
I'd cancel The Simpsons and redo it in 10-20years time with new voice actors and hit up a whole new generation of people and a lot of nostalgic people too.
In the meantime, make tihs:
Quote from: GamerMan316 on May 12, 2010, 09:35:28 AM
Kane & Lynch movie poster seen at Cannes
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The Kane & Lynch movie project appears to be moving smoothly -- it's to the "poster" stage already. Proving beyond a doubt that the casting is a "done deal"(as tweeted by writer Kyle Ward), Empire spotted a Kane & Lynch movie poster with billing for both Bruce Willis and Jamie Foxx at the Cannes Film Festival. This poster covers the entrance to the Majestic Hotel, making it look a bit more like the Tacky Hotel.
According to Empire, the poster gives the film a 2011 date, but we don't see it. Perhaps it's behind that inconsiderately placed luggage cart.
A better look at that poster:
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Still not convinced of the Jamie Foxx casting - hopefully this doesn't get turned into some "buddy" crook PG-13 flick.
Oddly enough [imdb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0968747/)] still lists this as being due out in 2013.
New Trailer:
;D
+ NIN soundtrack FTW! O0
WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO might have to have a huge super hero movie marathon before i go watch it on the cinema!
Looks awesome, shame Edward Norton isn't Banner though i'm sure Ruffalo will do a great job.
Quote from: zerosum on October 11, 2011, 05:16:59 PM
New Trailer:
;D
+ NIN soundtrack FTW! O0
SQUEEL!
I'm going to wait until I get home so I can watch it on my 42". 8)
Quote from: nCogNeato on October 11, 2011, 08:33:35 PM
Quote from: zerosum on October 11, 2011, 05:16:59 PM
New Trailer:
;D
+ NIN soundtrack FTW! O0
SQUEEL!
I'm going to wait until I get home so I can watch it on my 42". 8)
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Jesus F***ing Christ I'm PUMPED! Bonus - my favorite NIN song as well.
Quote from: nCogNeato on October 11, 2011, 11:02:47 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on October 11, 2011, 08:33:35 PM
Quote from: zerosum on October 11, 2011, 05:16:59 PM
New Trailer:
;D
+ NIN soundtrack FTW! O0
SQUEEL!
I'm going to wait until I get home so I can watch it on my 42". 8)
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Jesus F***ing Christ I'm PUMPED! Bonus - my favorite NIN song as well.
*Hi-Five* Damn good album to go with it.
Don Johnson signs for Tarantino's Django Unchained
Plays plantation-owning slave prostitute pimp
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Don Johnson has signed up for Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained, but it took a hell of a lot of persuading.
Tarantino has spent the past four months convincing Johnson to take on one of the script’s most controversial parts, and it seems he’s finally got his man.
Despite the fact Johnson’s already played a racist in Robert Rodriguez’s Machete, Don considered Unchained’s Spencer Bennett even more irredeemable and was wary of taking on the role.
Which is fair enough â€" Bennett is a rich plantation owner who forces his slaves into prostitution. Not exactly the sort of man you'd want to be associated with for the rest of your life.
But unless Don changes his mind (as Kevin Costner seemed to last month (http://www.totalfilm.com/news/kevin-costner-walks-away-from-tarantino-s-django-unchained)) he’ll join what’s shaping up to be an incredible cast, who will be delivering what's arguably Tarantino's best script.
Which, when you consider the fact Don's last film was Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star, will make a very nice change.
Massive Tarantino fan so i'm very much looking forward to this, confirmed cast so far includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx and Samuel L. Jackson (of course) Kurt Russell and Treat Williams are also rumoured. :)
A good villian will always trump a good hero. Villians make stories worth telling. Johnson would be an idiot to not take the role.
Been interested in what Tarantino produces this time around, cool to see the guy's not running dry on material. Considering his track record, I'd say Don Johnson is doing his career a great service by taking the role, just ask Travolta. ;)
All the 'Pie' ingredients are there in 'American Reunion' (http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/story/2011-10-11/american-pie-reunion-sneak-peek/50736642/1)
Somehow that pie seems to be past its prime. ???
Though, who knows, with writing / directing credits going to Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg (Harold and Kumar) this might be a worthy follow up. Personally speaking, the franchise stopped creating laughs after the second film.
Die Hard 5 named A Good Day To Die Hard
Featuring John McClane, Jr.
We're still waiting for confirmation that Bond 23 will be called Skyfall, but we can now reveal the official title for Die Hard 5: A Good Day To Die Hard.
Tom Rothman, Chief Executive Officer at Fox Filmed Entertainment, made the announcement on American TV.
Rothman didn't stop there, though. He also revealed that the story will feature John McClane, Jr. and it's officer McClane's trip to Moscow to spring his son from jail that kicks off another fight against terrorists.
Seems Mary Elizabeth Winstead's sibling Lucy McClane won't be returning, with the actress recently saying she doesn’t expect to appear in Die Hard 5 as John’s daughter.
Shooting begins in January 2012 with the role of John McClane Jr. to be cast before then.
Start making your excuses now boys - A Good Day To Die Hard will be released on Valentine’s Day, 14 February 2013.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 13, 2011, 10:45:17 AM
Die Hard 5 named A Good Day To Die Hard
Other titles they considered*:
Never Say Die Hard
Romeo Must Die Hard
Get Rich or Die Hard Trying
[spoiler]*I lie hard
[/spoiler]
Die Hard 4's original title was Live Free or Die Hard. They changed it to just 4.0 .... maybe they'll do the same with 5.
Quote from: Failed on October 13, 2011, 10:33:51 PM
Die Hard 4's original title was Live Free or Die Hard. They changed it to just 4.0 .... maybe they'll do the same with 5.
How about just...[spoiler]Die Harder With a Vengeance: The Return of the Dead Who Die Hardest 5... there's an open window there for zombies![/spoiler]
And we all know zombies make everything better.. :D
This one better be set at xmas, we havn't had a good xmas movie in ages.
i was enjoying that trailer and missed the Sunderland goal.... gonna have to watch it now ;)
looks pretty good tbf
I like the Snipe and catch into the river.
New Agent Coulson Short Online (http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=32233)
The A-Z of Quentin Tarantino (http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-a-z-of-quentin-tarantino)
Iron Man 3 starts next round of sequels leading to Avengers 2
Marvel studio head Kevin Feige makes announcement...
After the first official Avengers trailer teased us last week, Marvel stopped off at the New York Comic-Con where studio head Kevin Feige spoke about what’s next for the Marvel franchise.
Feige said that Iron Man 3 would be the first film “In the second phase of The Avengers initiative,†which basically means the next wave of Marvel sequels that will start to the build to Avengers 2.
Feige also confirmed to fans that Marvel is already working on Iron Man 3 with director Shane Black.
Feige said that Iron Man 3 will be “the first of what we sort of refer to as phase two of this saga that will culminate, God willing, in Avengers 2.â€
So, it sounds like Marvel will be pumping out Iron Man 3, Captain America 2 and Thor 2 before we get our The Avengers sequel.
Unfortunately it doesn’t look like Avengers 2 will be hitting the big screen until 2014 at the earliest, as Iron Man 3 is scheduled for a May 2013 release, Thor 2 for November 2013 and Captain America 2 doesn’t even have a release date as of yet!
Regardless of all the release date nonsense, it is still exciting for Marvel fans to hear about what the future of the franchise has to offer.
Speaking of which, fans will be delighted to know that Fiege has confirmed an Iron Man 3 teaser trailer at the end of The Avengers, so make sure you stay seated or you'll be more upset than Tony Stark at last orders.
Hopefully a new Hulk movie too and Deadpool please!
Deadpool movei will be "nasty" (http://veryaware.com/2011/06/deadpool-movie-will-be-nasty-says-ryan-reynolds/)
You can't spell assassin without sin and twice the ass!
Really? (http://entertainment.stv.tv/film/275130-jason-statham-for-transformer-4-and-5/)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 18, 2011, 01:09:50 PM
Really? (http://entertainment.stv.tv/film/275130-jason-statham-for-transformer-4-and-5/)
lol
If the trailer shows Jason Statham punch a Transformer in the face, I'll preorder my tickets now. ;D
I hate watching through endless credits to catch a teaser trailer, just play it at the end of the film im looking at you marvel, youve already got my money so why do you feel the need to torture me in this way , like i care who made a cup of tea for the assistant sound technicians grandmother, urrrgh!!! >:(
Just watched the newest episode of Supernatural and both Charisma Carpenter and James Marsters appear, good to see them both in the same show again and Charisma is still smoking hot! :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 24, 2011, 06:05:58 PM
Just watched the newest episode of Supernatural and both Charisma Carpenter and James Marsters appear, good to see them both in the same show again and Charisma is still smoking hot! :)
All of the above = agreed
Albert Finney joins Bond 23
Sam Mendes scores another classy cast addition
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Just when we were all thinking that there was no way the Bond 23 (or should we say Skyfall?) cast could get any classier, Sam Mendes has gone and added Albert Finney to the line-up.
According to the Daily Mail's Baz Bamigboye (who has pretty good form with these Bond rumours), Finney recently joined the cast for a script reading at Pinewood Studios.
The English actor is said to be playing the sizeable role of "a Foreign Office mandarin with powers over the Secret Intelligence Service."
It won't be the first time Finney has crossed paths with a superspy, having appeared in The Bourne Ultimatum as key Treadstone figure Dr Albert Hirsch.
He joins what's possibly the best ever Bond cast, with Ralph Fiennes, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, Ben Whishaw and Helen McCrory all signed on, and Daniel Craig returning as 007 for the third time.
With a set of thesps like that, it's no surprise Mendes is thought to be toning down the action in favour acting for his instalment (http://www.totalfilm.com/news/bond-23-axes-the-action-targets-an-oscar).
Bond 23/Skyfall/Whatever… will open on 26 October 2012, which is less than one year away!
Sir Jimmy Savile dies, aged 84
Sir Jimmy Savile has died at his home at the age of 84.
The TV presenter, most famous for his show Jim'll Fix It, was just two days away from his 85th birthday.
Police were called to his home in Leeds at 12.10pm, where they discovered his body, Sky News reports. His death is not being treated as suspicious.
Friend and fellow DJ Dave Lee Travis paid tribute to Savile, saying: "For some unknown reason, with Jim, you couldn't anticipate that he wasn't going to be around anymore - he was such a powerful presence.
"He was one of the first DJs that actually became a personality."
Mickey Rourke talks Sin City 2
"It depends on how bad they want me"
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Comic book fans the world over will have found their ears pricking at the news that Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller are planning to include the story Just Another Saturday Night in the long-awaited sequel to Sin City.
Involving three of the key players from the first film in the form of Hartigan (Bruce Willis), Nancy (Jessica Alba) and Marv (Mickey Rourke), it would be a popular choice, provided the original talent could be persuaded to return.
Just Another Saturday Night follows Marv's movements on the same night that Nancy and Hartigan are reunited, providing a storyline that runs in tandem with the events of the first movie's final third. Mickey Rourke is aware of proceedings and recently spoke to Comingsoon.net about the chances of a return for big Marv.
“It depends,†laughed the Wrestler star. “It depends on how bad they want me, you feel me? I did [like the character], but I'm claustrophobic, so the hours of makeup… you have to keep it on for about 13 or 14 hours a day. It's latex and glue and that stuff gets my eyes all red.â€
It also got in the way of the star’s social life last time around. “I remember I picked up some chick at a bar in Texas one night and invited her to the set to have lunch at the lunch break," says Rourke. "I couldn't take the sh*t off. f*ck it, I never saw her again.â€
That said, the character is at least one that Rourke would be interested in revisiting, which is more than can be said for Whiplash, the villain he played in Iron Man 2.
“I try to find the moments where [the villain is] not that cliched, evil bad guy," he explains. "I had it on Iron Man and they won. It was going to work for Marvel and them breaking [Jon] Favreau's balls and wanting just a one-dimensional villain. The performance and all the things that I tried to bring to it ended up on the fucking floor."
Word of warning then Mr. Rodriguez. If you do persuade Mickey Rourke to don the latex for a second time, make sure he gets lots of nice, juicy characterisation to play with. And the odd lunch break out of character might help as well…
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 06, 2011, 02:20:46 PM
1:55 = Sold! (and I'm a shameless predictable male consumer)
Couldnt agree more neato . think ive found my new wallpaper lol
Eddie Murphy quits as Oscars host following Brett Ratner departure
Eddie Murphy has followed his friend director Brett Ratner ("Tower Heist") out the door of the Kodak Theater. Ratner resigned as co-producer of the Oscars on Tuesday after his conduct was called into question following his use of the term "fags" and a tasteless interview with shock jock Howard Stern.
In making the annoucement of Murphy's departure Wednesday, academy president Tom Sherak said, "I appreciate how Eddie feels about losing his creative partner, Brett Ratner, and we all wish him well."
In the statement, Murphy said, "First and foremost I want to say that I completely understand and support each party's decision with regard to a change of producers for this year's Academy Awards ceremony. I was truly looking forward to being a part of the show that our production team and writers were just starting to develop, but I'm sure that the new production team and host will do an equally great job."
Gotta be Ricky to replace him :)
Morgan Freeman Wins Golden Globes' Cecil B. DeMille Award
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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's board of directors has named Morgan Freeman recipient of the 2012 Cecil B. DeMille Award, the HFPA announced on Wednesday.
The DeMille is the HFPA's lifetime achievement award, and in the past has gone to Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese, Warren Beatty, Anthony Hopkins and Alfred Hitchcock, among others.
The embattled organization staged a press conference and brought in two celebrities, actress Amy Adams and director Pedro Almodovar, to make the announcement of the single award.
"Academy Award-winning actor Morgan Freeman is one of the most recognizable figures in American cinema," read the HFPA press release announcing the selection. "His works are among the most critically and commercially successful films of all time and Freeman himself ranks 10th among worldwide top-grossing actors of all time."
Freeman will receive his honor at the 69th Annual Golden Globes ceremony, which will take place on Sunday, January 15 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association is currently embroiled in one lawsuit with its former publicist, and another dispute with Dick Clark Productions over the rights to produce its lucrative annual broadcast.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 10, 2011, 01:16:33 PM
Eddie Murphy quits as Oscars host following Brett Ratner departure
Who cares about Eddie. Have Charlie replace him.
Quote from: nCogNeato on November 10, 2011, 04:00:55 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 10, 2011, 01:16:33 PM
Eddie Murphy quits as Oscars host following Brett Ratner departure
Who cares about Eddie. Have Charlie replace him.
That'd be pretty cool! :)
Quote from: nCogNeato on November 10, 2011, 04:00:55 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 10, 2011, 01:16:33 PM
Eddie Murphy quits as Oscars host following Brett Ratner departure
Who cares about Eddie. Have Charlie replace him.
If Eddie Murphy really wanted to make a "comeback" statement, he should've taken the hosting job and started dropping "Raw"1987-era pipebombs on stage. I believe this has been the knock against him in the last 10+ years or so. A loss of some kind of edge that made him relevant at one point.
My future baby mama, Gina Carano, makes her way to the big screen in January.
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO (http://twitchfilm.com/news/2011/11/breaking-kristen-stewart-offered-kei-in-akira.php)
In case you weren't sure, I don't approve! ;D
oh dear, an Akira remake
Quote from: Failed on November 16, 2011, 02:16:39 PM
oh dear, an Akira remake
[Ghost in the Shell (http://www.firstshowing.net/2010/live-action-ghost-in-the-shell-writer-talks-about-the-script/)] will soon follow.
i'm all ready swinging from the rafters
Ricky Gervais vows more outrage at Golden Globes
Ricky Gervais says he wants to improve on his controversial performance at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards -- by being even more outrageous the next time around.
The British comedian said his third time hosting the annual Hollywood awards ceremony in January 2012 would definitely be his last.
But he is aiming to go out with a bang.
"They must be mad. Not sure if I'm flattered that they trust me or insulted that they trust me. Either way...they shouldn't trust me," Gervais said in a statement on Thursday.
The caustic creator of TV mockumentary "The Office" last year insulted Golden Globe organizers with jokes about bribes and took shots Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie's critically-panned movie "The Tourist" that was up for a Golden Globe nomination.
Many of the jokes in the televised broadcast fell flat with the gala audience of A-list stars. The president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which hosts the event, said afterward that Gervais would not return.
"I don't think anyone had the right to be offended but they were. This year I'm going to make sure their offense is completely justified," Gervais said on his blog on Thursday.
He asked fans to pass on their "favorite targets for the monologue."
After Golden Globe organizers announced he'd be back one day earlier, Gervais wasted little time in tweaking more ribs in Hollywood. He posted a Twitter message saying that he told Oscars host, comedian Billy Crystal: "He'd better not use any of my holocaust or pedophile material" at the Academy Awards ceremony in February 2012.
Gervais also gloated over being invited back again, saying it was a tough decision for him because "I was worried that I couldn't improve on last year."
"What actually tipped the balance and made me say yes, was the fact that it would shut up all those...idiots who said that I'd never be invited back," he wrote on his blog.
His hiring will be either a problem for celebrities and Golden Globe organizers or a stroke of genius for the NBC television network that airs the awards show if more people tune in just to see what Gervais says.
The timing also will be good publicity for the comedian's new TV venture, "Life's Too Short" which will make its U.S. debut on HBO in early 2012.
Gervais' new show is a documentary-style comedy about the life of a showbusiness dwarf, featuring 3 ft 6in (1.07m) actor Warwick Davis as a version of himself.
Johnny Depp also appears on the TV show in a cameo role as himself, sparring with Gervais over his money-making career and suggesting that, for at least one Hollywood star, all is forgiven.
I'll be watching it. Can't wait for him to slaughter the audience.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 18, 2011, 12:16:51 AM
Ricky Gervais says he wants to improve on his controversial performance at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards -- by being even more outrageous the next time around.
Good man.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 18, 2011, 12:16:51 AM
Ricky Gervais vows more outrage at Golden Globes
Ricky Gervais says he wants to improve on his controversial performance at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards -- by being even more outrageous the next time around.
but hes not even funny.... ._.'
that's because your american, that's pub humour in UK, go the pub have a few bevvies and rip our mates, celebrities and strangers.
i dont think so, its just him not being funny
America loves Ricky Gervais. Elle just hates him because he made fun of Twilight. ;)
he did? Well EVERYONE rags on twilight. so its like whateva!
he just not funny. i dont like him OR conan. those two are the most UNFUNNY ppl ever!
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! THAT'S FRAKKIN AWESOME!!!
Hell yes! I've already preordered 10 tickets ... which is weird since my theater doesn't do preorders.
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now get a .gif from the Italian Stallion and we'll be in business.
Quote from: Failed on November 23, 2011, 06:29:20 PM
now get a .gif from the Italian Stallion and we'll be in business.
That sounds like a NSFW request. :P
nah! show it to everyone, it's a family film >_>
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Yeeeehhhh Tommy Lee is legend and good to see Smith again
also if Will Smith doesn't do a rap for the credits, ima demand my moneyz back!!
George Lucas talks Indy 5He's still looking for his MacGuffinFollowing Steven Spielberg’s comments (http://www.totalfilm.com/news/steven-spielberg-talks-indy-5) about a possible fourth Indiana Jones sequel, George Lucas has also come out to confirm that the fifth film is coming along nicely.
According to an interview conducted by Vulture, Indy 5 is very much on Lucas’s horizon, provided he can find a suitable MacGuffin to fit with what they’ve come up with so far.
“I told [Spielberg] about the story, but I really haven’t found the MacGuffin yet,†he said. “I mean, I know what it’s about, but I just have to find a MacGuffin that fits into the arena we’re working in.â€
Lest we forget, this is what Lucas came up with the last time he put his thinking cap on…
To be honest, we’re really not sure we want to see any more Indy after Crystal Skull. Taking aside everything else, Harrison Ford was looking creaky back in 2008, so goodness knows how he’d fare a few more years down the track.
However, it looks as though a fifth film is going to happen whether we like it or not. Remember folks, we’ll always have the original trilogy. They can’t take that away…
New GI Joe trailer complete with cover of White Stripes classic "Seven Nation Army"
#BootsToAsses :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on December 13, 2011, 01:22:09 PM
New GI Joe trailer complete with cover of White Stripes classic "Seven Nation Army"
#BootsToAsses :)
Looks like a gateway to the Expendables - didn't get into the first film, don't know why...just felt too gloss and special effects heavy. This looks to have a bit more bad-assery. :D
The first GI Joe movie was a cheesefest. I might have liked it when I was 10, but silly PG13 one-liners with phoned-in action doesn't hold my attention today.
I'm willing to allow myself to be a little excited about Retaliation. At least I know it can't get any worse .... right? :-\
I liked it for what it was - but I really felt that since it was pitching to an audience who knew GI Joe from being kids, it should've been a little more grown up. Transformers managed it after all. Amusing watch, never the less!
Speaking of Transformers, I can't believe that in the latest film..
[spoiler]When Ironhide died. Nobody acknowledged his death afterwards. Not even an afterword from Optimus! >:([/spoiler]
When I watch it in the next week or two, I'll click your spoilers button. ;)
Quote from: Jurassic Parky on December 17, 2011, 01:09:38 PM
Speaking of Transformers, I can't believe that in the latest film..
[spoiler]When Ironhide died. Nobody acknowledged his death afterwards. Not even an afterword from Optimus! >:([/spoiler]
Good point, I was too busy soaking up all the Cole Train action to notice! ;D
It should've been named Cole Train The Movie Feat. Alien Robots!
Quote from: Jurassic Parky on December 18, 2011, 01:36:37 PM
It should've been named Cole Train The Movie Feat. Alien Robots!
Agreed. 8)
What the Hell Happened to Val Kilmer? (http://lebeauleblog.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/what-the-hell-happened-to-val-kilmer/)
Very interesting read. I had no idea the guy was such a f***up. #)
This is what I love about Christmas, all the new film trailers.
Now Prometheus is revealed, looks good with a strong cast:
Prometheus looks good. Although i'd watch pretty much anything Action/Sci-Fi
HOLY SH#T SNACKS!!!! The Hobbit!!!
Quote from: MaliciousGhost on December 23, 2011, 02:19:56 PM
HOLY SH#T SNACKS!!!! The Hobbit!!!
lulz, ima say that at every opportunity now
Quote from: GamerMan316 on December 21, 2011, 10:43:18 AM
OMGill be seeing this since the hot vampire guy from becoming human will be in this
i really hope its not 8hrs like the LOTR movies...
OMG
It's in two parts so yeah it's gonna be long :)
Looks excellent though, first trip to the cinema in quite some time I think!
The two parts will probably be around 6 hours in total, then the extended dvds in a few years will most likely reach 8 hours! :)
WTF? well see im ONLY gonna watch it for the one hot guy.
thats it :/
The book was so mind-numbing...
Golden Globe Award Winners
http://www.imdb.com/oscars/nominations/golden-globes
Ricky wasn't as offensive as normal hosting the Globes but he still got a couple of good ones in there! :)
Looks awful, as expected, but Michelle Rodriguez is back so now i'll have to watch it! :)
loops awesomely cheesy, i can't wait. Might have to go to Manchester and watch it in IMAX
Mmh, more brain dead zombie action 8)
http://www.imdb.com/oscars/nominations/
Quote from: GamerMan316 on January 25, 2012, 11:44:46 AM
http://www.imdb.com/oscars/nominations/
May i just say that The Descendants wasnt even that great.
The Artist should win, seriously!
Quote from: GamerMan316 on January 28, 2012, 10:53:11 AM
This can't be real. I'm guessing Pepsi (or something) is licensing the Ferris Bueller character for ads or something.
Quote from: nCogNeato on January 30, 2012, 07:50:00 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on January 28, 2012, 10:53:11 AM
This can't be real. I'm guessing Pepsi (or something) is licensing the Ferris Bueller character for ads or something.
It's for a car, which is what I said it would be on Facebook the other day!
http://filmwatch.com/news/930798/watch-the-full-ferris-bueller-super-bowl-spot-featuring-matthew-broderick
First official Skyfall pic
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Stubble 07
I saw the trailer for this and it looks good
Quote from: Failed on February 06, 2012, 06:08:21 PM
I saw the trailer for this and it looks good
Glad to see they're going with a comical spin on this. Wasn't really a fan of the orignial tv show.
Not a bad trailer! Starting to look forward to this.
The Avengers super bowl trailer is pretty good too. Good clip at the end with them all standing back to back in a circle
Not too sure about the eyes on the Spidey's mask, they look a little too Dame Edna for me!
Denis Leary's in the film though so i'm happy. :)
i'll be going the cinema to watch Avengers me thinks!!
Warner Bros Plans More ‘I Am Legend’ With Will Smith (http://www.deadline.com/2012/02/warner-bros-plans-more-i-am-legend/)
good news, i really liked I Am Legend ... although he dies in the end wtf. It says they're doing a 300 sequel too .... in which everyone dies >_<
I Am Legend loses some prequel ground too, because it's a complete film. Showing the outbreak and the cure getting to the safe zone.
Another pixar classic in the making, i certainly hope so
Oscars 2012: Complete Winners List
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"The Artist" and "Hugo" topped the 84th annual Academy Awards with five wins apiece.
The 84th annual Academy Awards took place Sunday, Feb. 26 with Billy Crystal hosting for a ninth time.
Martin Scorsese's 3D film Hugo and silent movie The Artist topped the night with five wins apiece. The Artist took home several of the top awards, including best picture, director (Michel Hazanivicius) and actor (Jean Dujardin). The Iron Lady was the only other film to take home multiple awards with two honors, including Meryl Streep's third Oscar.
Other films represented with wins include The Descendants, The Help, A Separation, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Undefeated, Beginners, The Muppets, Midnight in Paris and the short films The Shore, Saving Face and The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore.
Best Picture
War Horse
The Artist *WINNER
Moneyball
The Descendants
The Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Best Actress
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Rooney Mara, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Viola Davis, The Help
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady *WINNER
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Best Actor
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist *WINNER
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Best Director
Michel Hazanivicius, The Artist *WINNER
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Short Film (Animated)
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore *WINNER
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life
Documentary Short Subject
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face *WINNER
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
Short Film (Live Action)
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore *WINNER
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic
Best Original Screenplay
Michel Hazanivicius, The Artist
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, Bridesmaids
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris *WINNER
J.C. Chandor, Margin Call
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
Best Adapted Screenplay
Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, The Descendants *WINNER
John Logan, Hugo
George Clooney, Beau Willimon and Grant Heslov, The Ides of March
Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin and Stan Chervin, Moneyball
Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Music (Original Song)
"Man or Muppet" from The Muppets, Bret McKenzie *WINNER
"Real in Rio" from Rio, Sergio Mendes, Carlinhos Brown and Siedah Garrett
Music (Original Score)
John Williams, The Adventures of Tintin
Ludovic Bource, The Artist *WINNER
Howard Shore, Hugo
Alberto Iglesias, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
John Williams, War Horse
Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners *WINNER
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Visual Effects
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo *WINNER
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
Best Animated Feature
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango *WINNER
Documentary Feature
Hell and Back Again
If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Pina
Undefeated *WINNER
Sound Mixing
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo *WINNER
Moneyball
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
War Horse
Sound Editing
Drive
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo *WINNER
Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon
War Horse
Film Editing
Anne-Sophie Bion and Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Kevin Tent, The Descendants
Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo *WINNER
Thelma Schoonmaker, Hugo
Christopher Tellefsen, Moneyball
Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help *WINNER
Best Foreign Feature
Bullhead
Footnote
In Darkness
Monsieur Lazhar
A Separation *WINNER
Makeup
Martial Corneville, Lynn Johnston and Matthew W. Mungle, Albert Nobbs
Nick Dudman, Amanda Knight and Lisa Tomblin, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Mark Coulier and J. Roy Helland, The Iron Lady *WINNER
Costume Design
Anonymous
The Artist *WINNER
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.
Art Direction
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo *WINNER
Midnight in Paris
War Horse
Cinematography
The Artist
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo *WINNER
The Tree of Life
War Horse
Ice Age 4 : The Artist Parody by Scrat ;D
Quote from: Lukehi on December 23, 2011, 10:27:44 AM
This is what I love about Christmas, all the new film trailers.
Now Prometheus is revealed, looks good with a strong cast:
The more I see and hear about this movie the more excited I am by it.
Should Better be excellent !
Guy Pearce's Prometheus Role Revealed
As the June release date approaches, we're gradually learning more about Prometheus, while tantalisingly not really learning anything at all. Guy Pearce has said that his role is a small one, but we didn't yet know what that role actually was. Now though, thanks to a Hungarian interview with Ridley Scott picked up by the Alien fansite APN, we learn that he's playing a certain Peter Weyland.
That surname is one that should be familiar if you've been paying attention to the Alien films thus far: Weyland-Yutani is the shady mega-corporation responsible for the xenomorph outbreak in the first place. Paul Resier's odious Carter Burke was one of their executives in Aliens, and Lance Henriksen played company founder Charles Bishop Weyland in Alien vs Predator (the model for the Bishop androids we meet later).
"When the first Alien movie and Blade Runner were made," says Ridley, "I thought that in the near future the world would be owned by large companies. That's why we have the Tyrell Corporation in Blade Runner and Weyland-Yutani in Alien. They sent the Nostromo spaceship. The Prometheus is owned by an entrepreneur called Peter Weyland, who is played by Guy Pearce. That's the connection between the two films, and nothing more."
Nothing more apart from the Space Jockeys.
So what's Peter's relationship to Charles Bishop? AvP took place in 2004, where Weyland was already up-and-running as a multi-billion dollar industry. If Peter Weyland is just "an entrepreneur" in Prometheus, does that suggest the early days of the company, far in the future? Are we ignoring and contradicting AvP? Would we be absolutely OK with that? Discuss below.
Prometheus, as you'll be well aware, stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Idris Elba, Charlize Theron and Logan Marshall Green, and is out on June 8.
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=33245
Quote from: GamerMan316 on February 29, 2012, 05:10:37 PM
Guaranteed Awesome
:)
What the hell was chasing Ironman at the end!! Guaranteed capital A .... Awesome
Davy Jones of The Monkees dies aged 66
Davy Jones, Manchester-born lead singer with 60s band The Monkees, has died aged 66, his publicist has confirmed.
He died in his sleep at his home in Florida. His publicist, Deborah Robicheau, said he had a massive heart attack.
The band, who included musicians Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork, were famous for hits including Daydream Believer and I'm a Believer.
The Monkees were an American pop band, assembled in 1966.
Jones was married three times and had four daughters.
The Monkees found fame through a successful television series, popular in both the US and the UK, and had four number one albums in a 13-month period.
They were famous for their clean-cut image and were marketed as the American answer to The Beatles, notching up nine top 40 hits.
Acting career
Three of the band's original members - Jones, Dolenz and Tork - reunited together last year to play a series of gigs.
He appeared aged 11 on ITV soap Coronation Street, as Ena Sharples's grandson. He also appeared in the television series Z Cars before leaving showbusiness to train as a jockey.
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He came back to acting with a role in a stage production of Oliver! He appeared in the West End and followed the show to Broadway where he built up a career as an actor and singer before auditioning for The Monkees.
Music journalist Paul Gambaccini described Jones as having "phenomenal" charisma and said that in 2008, he was voted the top teen idol of all time by Yahoo! Music.
"The pop world at that time loved The Beatles and that north-western English sound was something that America wanted, when they put together the so-called Pre-Fab Four," he said, referring to the nickname given to the Monkees.
Mr Gambaccini said The Monkees had been put together by the music industry, something which was unheard of at that time.
"There had been individual teen idols who had been literally picked up off the street and groomed to be popstar, but there had never been a band that was put together, and they were assembled because the two producers had liked A Hard Day's Night, the Beatles' movie."
A spokeswoman for the Medical Examiner's Office for Martin County, Florida, said: "The District 19 Medical Examiner's Office has been informed of the death of Mr Davy Jones.
"The Medical Examiner's Office will take jurisdiction and a possible autopsy will be performed and evaluation of the circumstances of death and medical information."
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Quote from: GamerMan316 on February 29, 2012, 05:10:37 PM
Guaranteed Awesome
:)
What the hell was chasing Ironman at the end!! Guaranteed capital A .... Awesome
it'll be some sort of skrull beast or even potentially the movie version of Fin Fang Foom
Avengers and Noobz trailers look awesome, Jason Mewes is the man ;D
Quote from: ShadowSnake on February 29, 2012, 09:08:03 PM
Quote from: donnieoneshot on February 29, 2012, 05:46:03 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on February 29, 2012, 05:10:37 PM
Guaranteed Awesome
:)
What the hell was chasing Ironman at the end!! Guaranteed capital A .... Awesome
it'll be some sort of skrull beast or even potentially the movie version of Fin Fang Foom
LULZ! ;D
Quote from: GamerMan316 on March 01, 2012, 12:24:44 AM
Zelda Williams? I think that's Robin Williams' daughter. :o
Quote from: donnieoneshot on February 29, 2012, 01:30:14 PM
As someone who avidly watches TED talks, this viral trailer has me super excited for Prometheus. O0
Quote from: nCogNeato on March 01, 2012, 02:57:55 PM
Zelda Williams? I think that's Robin Williams' daughter. :o
It is indeed, named after the games and then starred (with Robin) in ads for the games!
love those little minion dudes!!!
Really like the look of Frankenwennie :D really liked the corpse bride and the Nightmare before Christmas was always my favourite christmas movie well that and muppets christmas carol
50 Most Hated Movies Ever Made (http://www.totalfilm.com/features/50-most-hated-movies-ever-made/daredevil-2003)
Just had a look at the 50 most hated movies and I have to admit, I quite liked a good chunk of em!! Guess it doesn't say much for my taste!! There are a few stinkers in there though, especially The Spirit which sucked completely ( except for Eva Mendes, who rocks !! )
First pic of Tonto and The Lone Ranger
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http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=33362
(https://twitter.com/#!/BRUCKHEIMERJB/status/177771145297264640/photo/1/large)
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lulz
Quote from: GamerMan316 on March 08, 2012, 07:43:27 PM
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Ahh..full surround digital color...
Iron Sky Trailer:
Who comes up with these ideas ???
Quote from: Smithk4 on March 09, 2012, 04:51:39 PM
Iron Sky Trailer:
Who comes up with these ideas ???
I posted the second trailer on Facebook the other day, I think I might actually like it! ;D
Ridley Scott to Reveal New Prometheus Trailer on March 17th
On Saturday, March 17th at 4 p.m. PST/ 7 p.m. EST, legendary director Ridley Scott will premiere the first full trailer for one of 2012's most anticipated films, "Prometheus", at the AMC Downtown Disney in Anaheim, CA. This invite-only premiere will follow a 30 minutes Q&A session with the iconic director conducted by "Prometheus" writer/producer Damon Lindelof (Co-creator, Executive Producer and Writer of TV's "LOST").
Immediately following the live event, the new Prometheus trailer will be available online, so stay tuned.
Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green and Charlize Theron, Prometheus arrives in theaters on June 8th.
Link: https://www.weylandindustries.com/
Prometheus pic:
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Iron Sky - Ya it looks to have all the action we would required...........definitely watchable!!
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Quote from: Smithk4 on March 09, 2012, 06:02:33 PM
Iron Sky - Ya it looks to have all the action we would required...........definitely watchable!!
(http://www.ironsky.net/site/files/ironsky_teaserposter-150x150.jpg)
I like the comments on youtube, stuff like "you know Hollywood is in trouble when they make crap like this", completely ignoring the fact that it was made by some guys in Finland! :)
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Quote from: Smithk4 on March 09, 2012, 06:02:33 PM
Iron Sky - Ya it looks to have all the action we would required...........definitely watchable!!
(http://www.ironsky.net/site/files/ironsky_teaserposter-150x150.jpg)
I like the comments on youtube, stuff like "you know Hollywood is in trouble when they make crap like this", completely ignoring the fact that it was made by some guys in Finland! :)
;)
Some close-up shots of Henry Cavill as Superman on the Plano, Illinois set for Man of Steel.
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German Avengers Trailer with different footage at the very end.
Citadel
f the British Isles comes Clarian Foy's highly anticipated Citadel. Throw in some feral children in a dystopic environment and mix with hoodie horror and we get this incredibly atmospheric horror.
The dilapidated suburbia of Edenstown casts a shadow over Tommy Cowley’s life. Trapped there by his agoraphobia since his wife was fatally attacked by twisted feral children, he now finds himself terrorized by the same mysterious hooded gang, who seem intent on taking his baby daughter.
Torn between the help of an understanding nurse and a vigilante priest, he discovers that to be free of his fears, he must finally face the demons of his past and enter the one place that he fears the most...the abandoned tower block known as the "CITADEL".
Quote from: GamerMan316 on April 04, 2011, 08:26:37 PM
'Bill & Ted''s Third Excellent Script Nearly Complete
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Here are some of the things that have happened since 1991: the United States elected its first African-American president, Pluto ceased being a planet, the Boston Red Sox won the World Series and Justin Bieber was born. But the one thing that still hasn't come together? A script for the long rumoured third "Bill & Ted" film.
Until now, that is.
MTV News has a new exclusive interview with Keanu Reeves and no less an authority than Ted himself swears that within the next few weeks, a script will be delivered to him for "Bill & Ted 3." Probably. Maybe. Check out the Earth-shattering interview right here (http://www.mtv.com/videos/movies/639059/rough-cut-keanu-reeves-talks-bill-and-ted-3.jhtml) and find out for yourself whether we'll see it soon -- or if we'll have to wait another 20 years. Good thing those guys can time travel!
Oh and another thing that hasn't happened since 1991, Liverpool winning a league title! ;D
The script for a third Bill & Ted film is complete, both leading actors have confirmed. Keanu Reeves, in speaking with The Independent, said the following:
"Yeah, we have a script. We're trying to put it together. It's a good script too."Alex Winter, meanwhile, Tweeted the following:
"Script done? Check. -We love it? Check. -Green light? Working on it!"Last year, Reeves dropped some story details about the sequel's plot, saying that it will revolve around Bill and Ted trying to fulfill their combined destiny of writing the song that saves the world.
Credited with a major launching point in the career of Reeves, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure spawned, in addition to a theatrical sequel, two animated series and a short-lived live-action television show (featuring a completely different cast).
Still waiting for that ['Bebop (http://splashpage.mtv.com/2011/04/05/cowboy-bebop-keanu-reeves/)] film that's been promised on and off again by Mr. Reeves.
I'm still waiting for Mr Reeves to do us all a favour and retire!
This is nuts...... in a good way!
Quote from: GamerMan316 on March 11, 2012, 06:37:35 PM
I'm still waiting for Mr Reeves to do us all a favour and retire!
Ha! Touché, sir... ;D
Quote from: zerosum on March 11, 2012, 06:21:22 PM
Still waiting for that ['Bebop (http://splashpage.mtv.com/2011/04/05/cowboy-bebop-keanu-reeves/)] film that's been promised on and off again by Mr. Reeves.
How beautiful would that be? I get teary-eyed thinking about it.
Quote from: donnieoneshot on March 11, 2012, 06:45:05 PM
This is nuts...... in a good way!
It's like a homicidal Office Space. <3
Another falling down ;D
Quote from: Smithk4 on March 13, 2012, 07:10:23 PM
Another falling down ;D
For those unfamiliar:
Awesome film (Falling Down), though I remember it being less comedy and more tragedy than what the "God Bless America" trailer seems to be offering. Either way looks like something to keep an eye on.
Excellent scene, excellent movie! I think when anybody thinks of Falling Down, this is what they remember!! ;)
Quote from: Smithk4 on March 13, 2012, 08:53:14 PM
Excellent scene, excellent movie! I think when anybody thinks of Falling Down, this is what they remember!! ;)
spot on, exactly the scene i thought of.
http://www.totalfilm.com/news/robert-rodriguez-says-sin-city-2-will-film-this-summer
Bloody hope so! :)
Japanese Avenger trailer: some new clips and audio included
And for the weekend that's in it:
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If you're a horror head, you may well have a soft spot for Freddy, Jason, Michael, Pinhead and, if you're dedicated, Chucky and the Corn children. But true connoisseurs of inexplicably long and increasingly mind-boggling franchises will prick up their ears this morning at the news that Lionsgate is planning to reboot the Leprechaun series. The proximity of this announcement to St Patrick's Day is probably not a coincidence.
The reboot constitutes a two-film deal between Lionsgate and WWE Studios (yes, that's WWE as in wrestling), who previously collaborated on See No Evil, starring wrestler Kane, and The Condemned, with (Stone Cold) Steve Austin. Can we expect Dave Bautista as the Leprechaun?
"We've been looking for ways to continue our relationship with Lionsgate," explains WWE honcho Michael Luisi, "and we saw Leprechaun as the perfect opportunity to take a well-known franchise and put a modern-day spin on it. This is a property we believe our audience will respond to, and we continue to look for ways to surprise and engage them."
Megan Fox and Zoe Saldana are teaming for Paramount Pictures' Swindle, Deadline reports. The spec script for the heist tale was written by relative newcomer pair Enzo Mileti and Scott Wilson.
Details of Swindle are currently few, but Fox and Saldana will also produce with Michael De Luca.
Fox starred in last week's release, Friends with Kids, and will also appear in the upcoming Paramount comedy, The Dictator.
Saldana is currently shooting the still-untitled Star Trek sequel and earlier today was announced for the cast of Blood Ties.
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Swindle me.......please!!!
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Quote from: Smithk4 on March 09, 2012, 06:02:33 PM
Iron Sky - Ya it looks to have all the action we would required...........definitely watchable!!
(http://www.ironsky.net/site/files/ironsky_teaserposter-150x150.jpg)
I like the comments on youtube, stuff like "you know Hollywood is in trouble when they make crap like this", completely ignoring the fact that it was made by some guys in Finland! :)
the first 4 mins
;)
After growing up watching Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, then with movies like The Killer and Hard Boiled from John Woo. More recently the Tony Jaa movies and countless others inbetween. This is my kind of movie !!!
Quote from: donnieoneshot on March 17, 2012, 10:20:15 AM
After growing up watching Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, then with movies like The Killer and Hard Boiled from John Woo. More recently the Tony Jaa movies and countless others inbetween. This is my kind of movie !!!
My kind of movie too, looks awesome :)
Quote from: donnieoneshot on March 17, 2012, 10:20:15 AM
After growing up watching Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, then with movies like The Killer and Hard Boiled from John Woo. More recently the Tony Jaa movies and countless others inbetween. This is my kind of movie !!!
The guy there at the end got some beat down!! ;D Looks good!!
Sci-Fi Film of the year....... for definite
American Pie the reunion
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I saw the documentary on this guy a few years ago. It should make a really good movie. Heres the wiki link about the man himself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kuklinski
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Quote from: donnieoneshot on March 24, 2012, 11:46:17 AM
I saw the documentary on this guy a few years ago. It should make a really good movie. Heres the wiki link about the man himself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kuklinski
Quote from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kuklinski
In 1949, Kuklinski, 14, ambushed and beat Charley Lane, the leader of a small gang of teenagers known as "The Project Boys," who had bullied him for some time.[7] Following a particularly bad beating Kuklinski sought revenge, attacking Lane with a thick wooden dowel, eventually beating him to death, although he denied wanting to kill Lane. Kuklinski then dumped Lane's body off a bridge in South Jersey after removing his teeth and chopping off his finger tips with a hatchet in an effort to prevent identification of the body.[8] He then went on to savagely beat the remaining six boys in Lane's gang. He later joked that "Giving is better than receiving."
:o
This will make quite a movie.
Guaranteed to upset many people which is what Sacha Baron Cohen is very good at. ;D
^awesome^
50 Most Expensive Movies Ever Made (http://www.totalfilm.com/features/50-most-expensive-movies-ever-made)
Heart Land
I dunno if this is for a genuine movie, probably not but I like the idea anyways.
"What we have here is a hilariously adorable trailer for what is being called a cross between "28 Days Later" and "Lord of the Flies". The only way it could get any cuter was if it had puppies. The logline: The brutal allegory of a group of children in middle America struggling to survive in the wake of a zombie apocalypse. No further info available"
True Skin
Another one that may or may not get made but looks promising. Apparently this is a short film which is being developed into a feature. This utterly stunning "teaser" appeared out of nowhere a couple of days ago and features augmented humans, robots (possibly AI) scavenging and coexisting with humans, and holograms in what looks like a far future Bangkok. It says coming summer 2012 but no further information is available.
Ready For A Twins Sequel? Triplets may be on the way...
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Someone obviously decided that this is Announce Sequels Many Thought Would Never Happen Week. This one is even more unexpected than Anchorman 2 yesterday. After years of rumours, chit-chat, denials, whispers and Danny DeVito mentioning the idea, The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Universal is planning to produce Triplets, a sequel to 1988 comedy Twins. And it’s one that would not only reunite DeVito with onscreen brother Arnold Schwarzenegger but also… wait for it… would add Eddie Murphy as their new surprise sibling!
This could either be the greatest thing to happen to ‘80s comedy film franchises in the history of the universe or, you know, it could be an appalling concept that will bring about the Mayan apocalypse a few months early. :P
True, the first film â€" which hinged on an experiment to create the perfect human that spawns Schwarzenegger’s Herculean philosopher Julius and yet somehow also burps out DeVito’s low-rent Vincent â€" couldn’t be more of a mixed bag if it was found in a bag containing several smaller bags of pick ‘n’ mix. In a food mixer. Which in turn is in a cement mixer. But there was some decent comic material to be had as the mismatched men thwarted nasty loan shark types who were after small-scale shyster Vincent.
Right now, all that exists is a twinkle in producer Ivan Reitman’s eye, but he’s working with his Montecito Picture Company and the studio to track down a writer and flesh out the concept that would see Julius and Vincent joined by Murphy’s fellow relation. The actors are all attached, but it remains to be seen if this will make it down the development birth canal.
Reitman won’t be calling the shots this time, so there’s a chance for someone else to bottle the magic that only happens when you combine the Austrian Oak and the man who spins stories of monkey attacks on his genitals… And let's face it, after A Thousand Words, Murphy could use a comedy people might actually want to see...
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Hollywood, what are you doing? A teaser for a trailer???
And now the official trailer:
Beckinsale and Biel star so now i'm gonna have to watch it! :)
Saw this trailer this morning it looks promising, dont see any three brested women??? ;)
Quote from: ASYLUM NINJA on April 02, 2012, 10:35:47 AM
Saw this trailer this morning it looks promising, dont see any three brested women??? ;)
There has to one somewhere! :)
I like the look of it, feels way more dirty cyberpunk than the original version did (closer to Blade Runner than the original Total Recall), especially with the upgrades to the visual tech.
The flying car sequence reminded me of the fifth element
Quote from: Smithk4 on March 30, 2012, 01:19:43 PM
Ready For A Twins Sequel? Triplets may be on the way...
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6b/Twins_Poster.jpg/220px-Twins_Poster.jpg)
Someone obviously decided that this is Announce Sequels Many Thought Would Never Happen Week. This one is even more unexpected than Anchorman 2 yesterday. After years of rumours, chit-chat, denials, whispers and Danny DeVito mentioning the idea, The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Universal is planning to produce Triplets, a sequel to 1988 comedy Twins. And it’s one that would not only reunite DeVito with onscreen brother Arnold Schwarzenegger but also… wait for it… would add Eddie Murphy as their new surprise sibling!
This could either be the greatest thing to happen to ‘80s comedy film franchises in the history of the universe or, you know, it could be an appalling concept that will bring about the Mayan apocalypse a few months early. :P
True, the first film â€" which hinged on an experiment to create the perfect human that spawns Schwarzenegger’s Herculean philosopher Julius and yet somehow also burps out DeVito’s low-rent Vincent â€" couldn’t be more of a mixed bag if it was found in a bag containing several smaller bags of pick ‘n’ mix. In a food mixer. Which in turn is in a cement mixer. But there was some decent comic material to be had as the mismatched men thwarted nasty loan shark types who were after small-scale shyster Vincent.
Right now, all that exists is a twinkle in producer Ivan Reitman’s eye, but he’s working with his Montecito Picture Company and the studio to track down a writer and flesh out the concept that would see Julius and Vincent joined by Murphy’s fellow relation. The actors are all attached, but it remains to be seen if this will make it down the development birth canal.
Reitman won’t be calling the shots this time, so there’s a chance for someone else to bottle the magic that only happens when you combine the Austrian Oak and the man who spins stories of monkey attacks on his genitals… And let's face it, after A Thousand Words, Murphy could use a comedy people might actually want to see...
News broke online last week about Universal Pictures' upcoming sequel to the 1988 Ivan Reitman comedy, Twins, to be titled Triplets. This time around, the original film's stars, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny Devito, will team with a long-lost third brother, to be played by Eddie Murphy.
ComingSoon.net learned of the proposed project during an interview late last year with Schwarzenegger himself and, while the full piece is still under embargo, we're now able to share with you the actor's thoughts on the unlikely big screen sequel.
"I would love to do another 'Twins'," Schwarzenegger said when asked if there were any past characters he'd like to revist. "As a matter of fact, we’ve been talking about doing one and it’s called 'Triplets'. I’d find somebody like Eddie Murphy or someone that people would say, 'How does that happen, medically speaking?' and, 'Physically, there’s no way!' Then, somehow, we would explain it. That would be hilarious with what we know about someone like him."
Last week's news confirmed that Murphy has, indeed, joined the project, which is now looking for screenwriters.
"I can see a poster," the actor continued. "A billboard with us three. 'They found another one!' 'Triplets!' 'Only their mother can tell them apart!' I would do that in two seconds, because that’s real entertainment. You come out with that movie for Christmas, like December 5th or something like that, and you’re home free."
The original film opened on December 9th and grossed over $200 million worldwide.
Returning to the screen after his time in politics, Schwarzenegger has already lined up a number of different projects. He'll be featured in an expanded role in the upcoming The Expendables 2, lead Kim Jee-Woon's English-language debut The Last Stand and then re-team with Sylvester Stallone on The Tomb.
Well at least it's not another crappy Shrek/Nutty Professor/Dr Dolittle sequel, that's something right..................... right?
And for those looking for the real trailer: NSFW ;)
Quote from: zerosum on April 07, 2012, 06:52:34 AM
And for those looking for the real trailer: NSFW ;)
This is going to be awesome ;D
Not quite sure what to say!
Quote from: Smithk4 on April 07, 2012, 12:32:17 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on April 07, 2012, 10:44:22 AM
Not quite sure what to say!
OMG dude :-\
The oddest thing about this...is the fact that something prompted someone, somewhere to spend some production money (obviously small amounts, but still) on .....that.
???
Danger!
Coincidentally a few friends of mine have a running inside joke about "sh*t zombies". This video will explode their stupid brains. ;D
Looper
Synopsis:
Time travel will be invented, but it will be illegal and only available on the black market. When the mob wants to get rid of someone, they send their target 30 years into the past, where a “looperâ€â€"a hired gun, like Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)â€"is waiting to mop up. Joe is getting rich and life is good. . . until the day the mob decides to “close the loop,†sending back Joe’s future self (Bruce Willis) for assassination. the film is written and directed by Rian Johnson and also stars Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, and Jeff Daniels.
First Django Unchained Poster
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Quote from: GamerMan316 on April 12, 2012, 01:11:18 PM
First Django Unchained Poster
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I love how Tarantino is so stuck in that era of film, where even the posters made more sense than what's shelled out nowadays. Damn good work on that poster and looking forward to this.
Quote from: zerosum on April 12, 2012, 03:15:18 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on April 12, 2012, 01:11:18 PM
First Django Unchained Poster
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I love how Tarantino is so stuck in that era of film, where even the posters made more sense than what's shelled out nowadays. Damn good work on that poster and looking forward to this.
Nicely said! :D
Quote from: GamerMan316 on April 12, 2012, 01:11:18 PM
First Django Unchained Poster
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the newly released official plot synopsis:
Set in the South two years before the Civil War, DJANGO UNCHAINED stars Academy Award®-winner Jamie Foxx as Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-to-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz (Academy Award®-winner Christoph Waltz). Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead him to his bounty. The unorthodox Schultz acquires Django with a promise to free him upon the capture of the Brittles - dead or alive.
Success leads Schultz to free Django, though the two men choose not to go their separate ways. Instead, Schultz seeks out the South's most wanted criminals with Django by his side. Honing vital hunting skills, Django remains focused on one goal: finding and rescuing Broomhilda (Kerry Washington), the wife he lost to the slave trade long ago.
Django andSchultz's search ultimately leads them to Calvin Candie (Academy Award®-nominee Leonardo DiCaprio), the proprietor of "Candyland," an infamous plantation where slaves are groomed by trainer Ace Woody (Kurt Russell) to battle each other for sport. Exploring the compound under false pretenses, Django and Schultz arouse the suspicion of Stephen (Academy Award®-nominee Samuel L. Jackson), Candie's trusted house slave. Their moves are marked, and a treacherous organization closes in on them. If Django and Schultz are to escape with Broomhilda, they must choose between independence and solidarity, between sacrifice and survival...
Written and directed by Academy Award®-winner Quentin Tarantino, DJANGO UNCHAINED is produced by Stacey Sher, Reginald Hudlin and Pilar Savone. The executive producers are Harvey and Bob Weinstein, Michael Shamberg, Shannon McIntosh, and James Skotchdopole. DJANGO UNCHAINED will be released in the U.S. on December 25, 2012, and internationally by Sony Pictures.
Bill Murray Says Ghostbusters 3 is Still a 'Possibility'
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While Dan Aykroyd was quoted in February saying that Bill Murray would not be involved with Ghostbusters 3, Murray himself revealed earlier this month in an interview with WGN (via The Playlist) that it's still a "possibility."
While Murray quickly changes the subject and talks about Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, he doesn't say outright that he won't do the third installment.
Aykroyd previously said that the film was in "suspended animation. The studio, the director Ivan Reitman and Harold Ramis feel there must be a way to do it, but Bill Murray will not do the movie. He doesn't want to be involved."
Well that's good news. Ghostbusters 3 wouldn't be the same without him, he is the main character in the first 2 after all!
Dick Clark dies, aged 82 (http://www.imdb.com/news/ni26535831/)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on April 18, 2012, 08:14:22 PM
Dick Clark dies, aged 82 (http://www.imdb.com/news/ni26535831/)
RIP
The man is an icon.
Don't think anyone saw this coming!
Tom Cruise to star in Van Helsing reboot
Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci are writing it
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Van Helsing was a big disappointment for Universal. Bringing together the likes of Dracula, the Wolfman and Frankenstein's Monster, it should have been The Avengers of monster movies, but suffered an absolute mauling at the hands of the critics. Any ideas of a potential franchise were swiftly dead in the water.
However, Universal have now attached electrodes to Van Helsing's ruined corpse and are ready to flip the switch, with Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci currently developing the script for an upcoming reboot.
Now, whilst that might not necessarily sound like a recipe for success, consider this: Tom Cruise is reportedly on board to produce the film, and apparently, he's agreed to star in it as well.
Whether or not you're a fan of Cruise's screen presence, this does at least suggest that Universal are planning to do things properly this time around. Cruise generally runs a tight ship when he's on production duties, so hopefully there will be none of the half-assedness that plagued the original.
The team-up with Kurtzman and Roberto represents part of the first-look deal agreed between Universal and the screenwriters, with the pair also set to breathe new life into The Mummy. Prepare to hide behind your sofas… monsters are on the rise once more.
I really did want to like the Van Helsing. On paper it sounds fantastic. But the most amazing elements can't make up for a sh*t script.
Tom Cruise needs to retire though. I don't know that I can watch any of his films without connecting it to the cartoon character he is off screen.
Thanos
Kurt Russell drops out of Django Unchained
As does Sacha Baron Cohen
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Django Unchained has suffered a double blow in the casting stakes, with both Kurt Russell and Sacha Baron Cohen dropping out of Quentin Tarantino's latest.
Russell is the second actor to leave the role of Ace Woody, having initially replaced Kevin Costner for the part. Costner had cited scheduling issues, but as yet, no reason has been given by Russell's camp for his departure.
Woody is one of the film's many villains, a ruthless trainer who pits various slaves against each other for the entertainment of the public. Could it be that the character is too controversial for A-list tastes, or is it purely coincidence that both Costner and Russell have dropped out?
Sacha Baron Cohen's departure seems a little more straightforward, with scheduling conflicts precluding his involvement. He was only earmarked for a cameo in any case, so his absence shouldn't rock the boat too much.
Meanwhile, QT still has plenty of acting talent at his disposal, with Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington and Samuel L. Jackson all set to star. Django Unchained opens in the UK on 18 January 2013.
New synopsis and filming details for The World's End
Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunite
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The World's End looks set to bring the Blood & Ice Cream trilogy to a close sooner rather than later, with the news that filming will begin on the project this September.
Back in January, Pegg and Wright revealed they were hard at work on the script, and according to Deadline, cameras will begin rolling this autumn with a view to a release date in early 2013.
The film will follow Shaun Of The Dead and Hot Fuzz in the loose trilogy, with Pegg referring his next project via Twitter, as a job involving "plasma and gelato". As for what we can expect from the script, the new log line is very helpful indeed.
"20 years after attempting an epic pub crawl," begins the blurb, "five childhood friends reunite when one of them becomes hell bent on trying the drinking marathon again. They are convinced to stage an encore by mate Gary King, a 40-year old man trapped at the cigarette end of his teens, who drags his reluctant pals to their home town and once again attempts to reach the fabled pub, The World’s End."
"As they attempt to reconcile the past and present, they realize the real struggle is for the future, not just theirs but humankind’s. Reaching The World’s End is the least of their worries."
How's that for a slice of fried gold, eh? Colour us sick with excitement…. the boys are back in town!
Quote from: GamerMan316 on May 10, 2012, 09:54:39 AM
This looks nuts!
American Psycho for the Twilight generation. I like it.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on May 10, 2012, 11:01:10 AM
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f*ck YES!
Weekend Box Office â€" The Avengers Break Second Weekend Record with $103.1 Million; Dark Shadows in Second with $28.8 Million
It’s another one for the record books. Along with the prize for highest first weekend in domestic history, The Avengers has now earned the highest second weekend with an estimated $103.1 million from 4,349 locations. That crushes Avatar’s former sophomore record of $75.6 million and represents a decline of just 50% â€" a better hold than The Dark Knight managed in its second frame. Even more exciting for Disney and Marvel, the worldwide estimate for The Avengers has now topped One Billion. Unfortunately, good news for The Avengers means not-so-good news for Dark Shadows. The latest collaboration of Tim Burton and Johnny Depp earned an estimated $28.8 million from 3,755 locations, or a bit less than The Avengers made on Friday alone.
For the second weekend in a row, The Avengers has made breaking a box office record look easy. As if it wasn’t impressive enough that the film topped $200 million in its first outing, it has now made the dream of a $100 million second-weekend a reality.
Considering that it has been ten years since Spider-Man became the first movie to break $100 million, and that few people saw last weekend’s $200 million landmark coming, this historic second weekend wasn’t on anyone’s radar until a few days ago. That’s partially because $100 million seemed an unattainable goal for a holdover and partially because most people assumed that The Avengers would lose more than 50% in its sophomore frame. In 2008, The Dark Knight fell by almost 53% its second time out, and most people had The Avengers’ odds at about the same. But, once again, the superheroes beat our expectations; and, while the film’s hold is not as impressive as Spider-Man’s 63% in 2002, it was certainly stronger than The Hunger Games, TDK, and many other recent ‘blockbusters’ could manage on their second weekends.
So, now that The Avengers has captured another record, let’s update where the blockbuster stands. With Sunday’s estimate, the film has now earned a gigantic $373.1 million in the US over 10 days. That already tops the final gross for both Iron Man features ($318.4/$312.4) and equals the domestic total of Spider-Man 2 ($373.5). Worldwide, Disney estimates that the film has earned $1.002 Billion, putting it in eleventh place on the list of All-Time earners, right behind Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland with $1.024.
Speaking of Tim Burton, did you know that this was the week that Dark Shadows was coming out? Don’t worry, a lot of other people seemed to have forgotten as well. The latest pairing of Burton and his muse, Johnny Depp, was a bit of a financial let-down, despite being the only wide release of the weekend. Instead of the $35 million that was projected, the director’s take on TV’s classic vampire soap opera commanded just $28.8 million. With The Avengers looming large, no one expected outsized numbers from Dark Shadows â€" especially after the critics weighed in. But most of us did expect the film to get to $30 million, based on Depp’s appeal and the size of WB’s marketing effort. The reported budget on Dark Shadows is $150 million, so the studio is going to have to depend on Depp’s international appeal to make this one a financial winner.
The all-consuming interest in The Avengers (combined with the lack of interest in Dark Shadows) allowed two limited releases to sneak in to the top ten this weekend. First, in 178 locations, is Fox Searchlight’s Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, which earned an impressive per-screen average of just under $15,000. Then, at number ten with an estimated $1.35 million from 322 locations, is Lionsgate’s Girl in Progress. Considering that I haven’t seen one bit of advertising for this dramedy, I’d say that’s pretty impressive as well.
After last weekend’s box office record-breaker I wondered how front-loaded The Avengers would be. So far? Not very. Assuming that the film can maintain this level of interest next weekend, what would a total of $50 million mean for the debut of Peter Berg’s Battleship? We all know that word of mouth on the Hasbro movie has been, er, mixed. And, unlike Dark Shadows, Battleship was designed to appeal to precisely the same audience as our reigning superhero champs. Think there’s room for two at the top?
Watched Avengers at the weekend, it was awesome. :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on May 14, 2012, 11:05:51 AM
Watched Avengers at the weekend, it was awesome. :)
+1
that "Puny God" scene was excellent!!!!
Would watch it again in a heartbeat!!
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I watched Avengers for the 2nd time last night. I wish I could go back in time and tell young Neato after watching Batman Forever ... "Don't cry. Comic movies do get better."
Quote from: nCogNeato on May 14, 2012, 02:24:20 PM
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I watched Avengers for the 2nd time last night. I wish I could go back in time and tell young Neato after watching Batman Forever ... "Don't cry. Comic movies do get better."
That scene is hilarious! ;D
First promo posters for Sin City 2 and Machete Kills
Sin City 2 and Machete Kills, the forthcoming projects from Robert Rodriguez, have both released their first promotional material in the form of a pair of cool new teaser posters.
First up, we have the one-sheet for Machete Kills, which harks back to the film's grindhouse origins with a scuzzy, peeling image spattered with blood and miscellaneous grime. You can just picture it hanging outside a dingy fleapit cinema, giving passing gorehounds the come-on...
The poster for Sin City 2 is a far more stylish affair, making great play of the film's A Dame To Kill For subtitle, alongside a host of visual cues reminiscent of the first film. Monochrome background... check. Flash of blood-red foreground colouring... check. Driving rain... check.
Machete Kills will be the first to film, with Rodriguez having added a number of new cast members in recent weeks including Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard and Michelle Rodriguez. Oh, and then there's Mel Gibson, of course. Sin City 2 will come along shortly after, although Rodriguez has suggested he could delegate some filming on Machete, should he need to make his schedule work.
Both films are expected to arrive in 2013. In the meantime, you can feast your eyes upon both posters, below...
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A couple of trailers on the opposite side of the thematic spectrum:
Quote from: GamerMan316 on May 15, 2012, 10:16:45 AM
First promo posters for Sin City 2 and Machete Kills
Sin City 2 and Machete Kills, the forthcoming projects from Robert Rodriguez, have both released their first promotional material in the form of a pair of cool new teaser posters.
First up, we have the one-sheet for Machete Kills, which harks back to the film's grindhouse origins with a scuzzy, peeling image spattered with blood and miscellaneous grime. You can just picture it hanging outside a dingy fleapit cinema, giving passing gorehounds the come-on...
The poster for Sin City 2 is a far more stylish affair, making great play of the film's A Dame To Kill For subtitle, alongside a host of visual cues reminiscent of the first film. Monochrome background... check. Flash of blood-red foreground colouring... check. Driving rain... check.
Machete Kills will be the first to film, with Rodriguez having added a number of new cast members in recent weeks including Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard and Michelle Rodriguez. Oh, and then there's Mel Gibson, of course. Sin City 2 will come along shortly after, although Rodriguez has suggested he could delegate some filming on Machete, should he need to make his schedule work.
Both films are expected to arrive in 2013. In the meantime, you can feast your eyes upon both posters, below...
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Robert Rodriguez always seems to lurk in the shadows and then pounce with a couple of interesting decisions and projects. Even though these are continuing projects, the timing feels right.
Visually, I'm mostly drawn to the "Machete Kills" poster, but the Sin City poster feels appropriate to the old noir crime theme.
Skyfall teaser poster
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Because when you think Sci-Fi Horror...you're gonna need a...
Quote from: zerosum on May 20, 2012, 03:10:10 AM
Because when you think Sci-Fi Horror...you're gonna need a...
What an awkwardly absurd cross-promo. #)
Sony developing Shadow of the Colossus movie
Chronicle director Josh Trank is in charge
A movie based on Team Ico's beloved PlayStation 2 adventure Shadow of the Colossus is currently in the works at Sony Pictures, according to a Deadline (http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/chronicle-helmer-josh-trank-takes-on-shadow-of-the-colossus-for-sony-pictures/) report.
Josh Trank, the man behind this year's solid found-footage superhero flick Chronicle, has signed on to direct the live action adaptation and is currently looking for a scriptwriter.
No indication was offered as to when the film might arrive in cinemas or who might be cast in the leading roles.
For the uninitiated, the 2005 game tells the story of a young man who sets out on a quest to slay 16 giants in an attempt to revive a girl named Mono.
Trank is apparently a huge fan of Team Ico's work and deliberately sought out the project.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on May 24, 2012, 08:37:16 AM
Sony developing Shadow of the Colossus movie
Chronicle director Josh Trank is in charge
A movie based on Team Ico's beloved PlayStation 2 adventure Shadow of the Colossus is currently in the works at Sony Pictures, according to a Deadline (http://www.deadline.com/2012/05/chronicle-helmer-josh-trank-takes-on-shadow-of-the-colossus-for-sony-pictures/) report.
Josh Trank, the man behind this year's solid found-footage superhero flick Chronicle, has signed on to direct the live action adaptation and is currently looking for a scriptwriter.
No indication was offered as to when the film might arrive in cinemas or who might be cast in the leading roles.
For the uninitiated, the 2005 game tells the story of a young man who sets out on a quest to slay 16 giants in an attempt to revive a girl named Mono.
Trank is apparently a huge fan of Team Ico's work and deliberately sought out the project.
GOOD GAWD YES!!!!!
If Mr. Trank is a fan of the source material, here's to hoping he can carry that into a good place...(meaning that it hopefully won't turn into some Michael Bay-esque powder keg fest).
Nice!
I wonder if Jeremy Renner is starting to get tired of being typecasted as a badass?
... probably not. 8)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 07, 2012, 08:45:27 AM
Sir, "you had my curiosity, but now you have my attention..." O0
I'm liking the direction they're taking with Spider-Man. It's actually reminiscent of the comics. ;D
Better quality trailer on IGN
http://uk.ign.com/videos/2012/06/21/dredd-trailer
Wow!
http://www.uproxx.com/webculture/2012/06/imdb-user-believes-lord-of-the-rings-ripped-off-harry-potter/
Taken 2, Django and Dredd .... yes, yes and yes
Quote from: Failed on June 22, 2012, 10:50:27 AM
Taken 2, Django and Dredd .... yes, yes and yes
I'll buy a ticket to each. 8)
Quote from: nCogNeato on June 22, 2012, 03:03:13 PM
Quote from: Failed on June 22, 2012, 10:50:27 AM
Taken 2, Django and Dredd .... yes, yes and yes
I'll buy a ticket to each. 8)
it's a date, i'll buy the popcorn
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 29, 2012, 11:05:05 AM
I just saw that last night. Looks fan-f***ing-tastic!
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 29, 2012, 11:08:26 AM
An interesting concept, but has cheese written all over it. Hopefully I'm wrong. Regardless, I'll buy a ticket just to support a little originality in Hollywood.
Sage Stallone Found Dead (http://www.imdb.com/news/ni32007800/)
Marvel confirms Guardians Of The Galaxy and Ant-Man at Comic-Con
Plus: Titles for Thor and Captain America sequels
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t was one of the worst-kept secrets relating to this year's Comic-Con, but Marvel have confirmed that Guardians Of The Galaxy is getting the movie treatment.
Comprising an assortment of heroes from various planets, the Guardians are something of a supergroup. They've had comic-book links to the Avengers in the past, so we're very much expecting this film to tie in with The Avengers 2 (especially given the intergalactic enemies that featured in The Avengers).
Marvel also released some concept art for Guardians by Charlie Wen. It establishes that this'll be an extremely ambitious project, and it will have to walk a fine line to avoid being another CGI mess like Green Lantern.
Check out the artwork:
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Ant-Man wasn't given an official release date, but Edgar Wright's test footage was revealed, and it was given an official logo (see below).
On top of that, Thor 2 and Captain America 2 were given official titles, which are Thor: The Dark World, and Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
Check out the whole bunch of Marvel's official logos below:
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Iron Man 3 opens on 26 April 2013, Thor: The Dark World opens on 8 November 2013, Captain America: The Winter Soldier opens on 4 April 2014, and Guardians Of The Galaxy opens on 1 August 2014.
Mass Shooting at Dark Knight Rises Premiere(http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/17te4opjxmuq8jpg/original.jpg)
Source: [Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5927653/mass-shooting-at-dark-knight-rises-premiere)]
Early Friday, 12 people were killed and dozens more were injured after a suspect opened fire at a midnight Dark Knight Rises screening outside Denver.
Colorado NBC affiliate 9 News is reporting that 12 were killed in the shooting and 38 injured.
The shooting happened in a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, which is a Denver suburb.
Tear gas was set off in the theater, followed by gunfire. Some theatergoers thought they heard firecrackers or that the gunshots were part of the movie. Some of the bullets apparently injured theatergoers in an adjacent theater. The gunfire has been described as "fully automatic."
According to witnesses, the suspect entered the theater through the emergency exit, didn't say anything, and fired in the air. He then began making his way up the aisle and shooting audience members, including children. Reports state that the man wore a bulletproof vest, goggles, and a riot helmet.
Authorities discovered the suspect in the parking lot. He had three weapons on him (an assault rifle and two handguns), and there were apparently more weapons and explosives in his car. The suspect is currently in custody, and police do not believe there was a second shooter.
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the suspect is a 24-year-old white male named James Holmes.
Alleged cell phone footage of the aftermath shows patrons leaving the theater, including theatergoers cosplaying as Batman and others who look to be injured. Some might find the imagery disturbing.
I'm sure these clips will make their way onto a "Collector's Edition" at some point, but for those interested now:
Nice, very much looking forward to The Hobbit. :)
At the end of the Life of Pi trailer there's a Youtube link for a Dark Knight Trilogy trailer, here it is and it's awesome!
Peter Jackson Confirms ‘The Hobbit’ Will Be Three Films (http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/peter-jackson-confirms-the-hobbit-will-be-three-films/)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 30, 2012, 11:12:34 PM
Peter Jackson Confirms ‘The Hobbit’ Will Be Three Films (http://www.deadline.com/2012/07/peter-jackson-confirms-the-hobbit-will-be-three-films/)
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Steve Pink to direct Bad Santa 2
Billy Bob Thornton returning as Willie
Hot Tub Time Machine director Steve Pink has signed on to direct foul-mouthed festive follow-up Bad Santa 2.
A sequel to Terry Zwigoff’s 2003 black comedy, Bad Santa 2 will see Billy Bob Thornton reprising his role as a boozy conman who dresses up as Father Christmas.
Pink will also write the sequel’s script, having impressed previously with his screenplays for John Cusack vehicles Grosse Pointe Blank and High Fidelity.
Could that mean Cusack will get a role in the sequel? Considering Pink’s work with him in the past, we like those odds. Cusack as a yammering drunk? We’re up for that.
Pink could have a hard time keeping up with the first film’s infamously filthy shenanigans, mind - Bad Santa contained 159 iterations of the ‘F’ word, and 300 swear words in total.
With writing yet to commence on the sequel, no plot details are available, but it’s pretty safe to bet that Willie will be back boozing as usual.
Bad Santa 2 opens in cinemas in 2013.
Joss Whedon Signs On to Direct, Write 'Avengers 2'
Joss Whedon has signed to write and direct "The Avengers 2," Disney Chairman Bob Iger said Tuesday.
In addition, Whedon will create a "Marvel-based" series for ABC, Iger said during a conference call with analysts.
Whedon wrote and slid behind the camera on "The Avengers," which Iger called a "phenomenal success" during the call. The adaptation of the Marvel Comics series has grossed nearly $1.5 billion worldwide.
Whedon's script and direction were praised by critics and fans for their light and often humorous touch.
Thanks largely to "The Avengers," the income at Disney's studio unit jumped to $313 million from $49 million a year earlier, during its most recent fiscal quarter. Overall, net income across all of Disney's divisions jumped 24 percent to $1.8 billion for the period.
Since purchasing Marvel for $4 billion three years ago, Disney has leaned heavily on the comic book maker as one of the pillar's of its business, believing that the films it makes with its library of heroes will drive not just box office, but also revenue from theme park rides and toys.
Its upcoming film slate is peppered with films featuring the various characters from "The Avengers." Due out in 2013 are "Iron Man 3" and "Thor: The Dark World." The next year will bring "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," and "Guardians of the Galaxy," a new super-group film.
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Joss Whedon Signs On to Direct, Write 'Avengers 2'
F*** YEAH!!! O0
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 08, 2012, 09:23:48 AM
In addition, Whedon will create a "Marvel-based" series for ABC, Iger said during a conference call with analysts.
.... HUH?!?!
Keanu Reeves talks Bill & Ted 3
Duo will be "crushed by responsibility"
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With Galaxy Quest helmer Dean Parisot newly confirmed to direct, it looks as though progress on Bill & Ted 3 is coming along nicely. Keanu Reeves has taken the time to drop a few new details about what the new film will involve, with our heroes apparently finding themselves "crushed by responsibility".
"We have a nice story," said Reeves in a recent interview with GQ. "We’ll see if anyone else wants to make it." The star was then asked about the various challenges of imagining Bill and Ted as middle-aged men…
"It’s one thing to think about it, but to perform it…" admits Reeves. "One of the plot points is that these two people have been crushed by the responsibility of having to write the greatest song ever written and to change the world. And they haven’t done it. So everybody is kind of like: 'Where is the song?'"
"The guys have just drifted off into esoterica and lost their rock," he continues. "And we go on this expedition, go into the future to find out if we wrote the song, and one future 'us' refuses to tell us, and another future 'us' blames us for their lives because we didn’t write the song, so they’re living this terrible life. In one version we’re in jail; in another we’re at some kind of highway motel and they hate us."
Plenty of time-travelling antics as ever, then. Let's hope that little summary piques a studio's interest, and we get to see the Wyld Stallyns reunited sooner rather than later.
Bit weird! (http://filmwatch.com/news/1058405/frogz-legz-the-best-teaser-youll-see-this-month)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 14, 2012, 08:56:43 AM
Bit weird! (http://filmwatch.com/news/1058405/frogz-legz-the-best-teaser-youll-see-this-month)
Just a bit, a whopping big bit!!!
I need to watch that movie.
Quote from: donnieoneshot on August 14, 2012, 09:24:02 AM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 14, 2012, 08:56:43 AM
Bit weird! (http://filmwatch.com/news/1058405/frogz-legz-the-best-teaser-youll-see-this-month)
Just a bit, a whopping big bit!!!
For the lazies without Frogz Legz....
First poster and synopsis for Arnie's The Last Stand
He's, er, back!
While Arnold Schwarzenegger can currently be seen firing off one-liners with tongue firmly in cheek in The Expendables 2, he'll soon be taking centre stage in Kim Jee-woon's upcoming action flick, The Last Stand.
Up until now, relatively little was known in terms of plot details, but an official synopsis has now arrived online letting us know exactly what we're in for. Needless to say, it will involve our hero kicking all kinds of arse…
"After leaving his LAPD narcotics post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with remorse and regret, Sheriff Ray Owens (Schwarzenegger) moved out of Los Angeles and settled into a life fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction.
"But that peaceful existence is shattered when Gabriel Cortez (Eduardo Noriega), the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the western hemisphere, makes a deadly yet spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy. With the help of a fierce band of lawless mercenaries led by the icy Burrell (Peter Stormare), Cortez begins racing towards the US-Mexico border at 250 mph in a specially-outfitted Corvette ZR1 with a hostage in tow.
"Cortez’ path: straight through Sommerton Junction, where the whole of the U.S. law enforcement, including Agent John Bannister (Forest Whitaker) will have their final opportunity to intercept him before the violent fugitive slips across the border forever. At first reluctant to become involved, and then counted out because of the perceived ineptitude of his small town force, Owens ultimately rallies his team and takes the matter into his own hands, setting the stage for a classic showdown."
Sounds quite fun, doesn't it? Meanwhile, a first official poster has also been released, featuring Arnie in his Sheriff's duds, looking as though he means business. "Not in his town. Not on his watch" reads the tagline, moodily.
Co-starring Johnny Knoxville, Rodrigo Santoro and Genesis Rodriguez, The Last Stand will open in the UK on 25 January 2012. Looks as though Arnie is back to stay...
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Trailer for Arnie's new film
I love that 80s action films are making a comeback.
The new Marvel One Shot "Item 47" - available with Avengers Assemble on Blu-ray, 17th September. With New York City in ruins following the epic climax to Marvel Avengers Assemble, certain alien technology was left behind.
S.H.I.E.L.D. recovered all but one... a Chitauri weapon, aka "ITEM 47." After a young couple, Benny (Jesse Bradford) and Claire (Lizzy Caplan), stumble into finding the elusive weapon, they embark on a bank robbing spree. With S.H.I.E.L.D. agents (LOST's Titus Welliver and AVENGERS's Maximiliano Hernandez) hot on their trail, it's only a matter of time before the couple have to pay for their crimes.
"Item 47" is available on Marvel Avengers Assemble Blu-ray, out 17th September in UK.
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Trailer for Arnie's new film
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 17, 2012, 01:49:27 PM
I love that 80s action films are making a comeback.
And they're becoming self-aware!! :o ;D Looks like we're getting showdown flicks here. Who's next?
Quote from: zerosum on August 18, 2012, 02:38:07 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 18, 2012, 11:07:48 AM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 17, 2012, 11:16:40 AM
Trailer for Arnie's new film
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 17, 2012, 01:49:27 PM
I love that 80s action films are making a comeback.
And they're becoming self-aware!! :o ;D Looks like we're getting showdown flicks here. Who's next?
There's this to come yet too:
First still from new Arnie & Sly movieGreying Arnie looks aces in The Tomb(http://cdn.shortlist.com/resource/cache/binary/24f550be06c3679a1d5f58c15578a825/615x330_63124.jpg?m=1344858014)
Here's the first official pic from the new Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger movie: The Tomb, with Arnie rocking the silver look.
The film follows Ray Breslin (Stallone), the world's finest designer of high security prisons. After being framed for a crime he did not commit (like people get 'framed' for crimes they did), Breslin's expertise will get put to work in the most challenging test he's ever faced: escaping from a high-tech prison facility he designed. Arnie is an inmate who cares to join him.
Curtis Jackson,Vinnie Jones, Amy Ryan, Sam Neill, Vincent D’Onofrio and Jim Caviezel also star. It'll be out next year.
12 year old Neato is having the time of his life. I remember when I was a kid wanting to see Sly and Arnold in the same movie. My cup runneth over.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 18, 2012, 04:55:27 PM
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Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 18, 2012, 11:07:48 AM
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Trailer for Arnie's new film
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 17, 2012, 01:49:27 PM
I love that 80s action films are making a comeback.
And they're becoming self-aware!! :o ;D Looks like we're getting showdown flicks here. Who's next?
There's this to come yet too:
First still from new Arnie & Sly movie
Greying Arnie looks aces in The Tomb
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Here's the first official pic from the new Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger movie: The Tomb, with Arnie rocking the silver look.
The film follows Ray Breslin (Stallone), the world's finest designer of high security prisons. After being framed for a crime he did not commit (like people get 'framed' for crimes they did), Breslin's expertise will get put to work in the most challenging test he's ever faced: escaping from a high-tech prison facility he designed. Arnie is an inmate who cares to join him.
Curtis Jackson,Vinnie Jones, Amy Ryan, Sam Neill, Vincent D’Onofrio and Jim Caviezel also star. It'll be out next year.
This has officially turned into THIS:
Sad news!
Top Gun director Tony Scott dies after jumping from Los Angeles bridge
Tony Scott, the British-born Hollywood director behind hits including Top Gun and Crimson Tide, has died after jumping off a Los Angeles bridge, authorities said today.
The 68 year-old, originally from North Shields, North Tyneside, died after he plunged almost 200 feet from the Vincent Thomas Bridge, at lunchtime on Sunday.
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Witnesses reported seeing the father-of-two calmly parking his black Toyota Prius near the bridge, climb a 10 foot fence on the south side of its apex and leap off "without hesitation" just after 12:30pm local time.
Within hours of his death becoming public, a shocked Hollywood paid tribute to the younger brother of film-maker Sir Ridley Scott, who was frequently seen behind the camera in his signature faded red baseball cap.
The US Coast Guard said officials found a note listing contact information inside his car, parked on an eastbound lane of the cable-suspension bridge, the scene of several Hollywood productions.
A suicide note was later found at the downtown Los Angeles office of the Hollywood legend, who also directed Days Of Thunder and Beverly Hills Cop II.
Unconfirmed reports suggested Scott, who who grew up by the river Tyne in northern England, had depression.
Today, it was believed that his actress wife, Donna Scott, who appeared in several of her husband's films, was being comforted by friends and family at their Beverly Hills home. The pair had twin 12 year-old boys Frank and Max.
He had been married twice previously, firstly to Gerry Scott whom he divorced in 1974 after seven years of marriage and the Glynis Sanders, an advertising executive whom he divorced after a year of marriage in 1987.
“I can confirm that Tony Scott has indeed passed away,†said his publicist, Simon Halls.
“The family asks that their privacy be respected at this time.â€
A port mortem examination will be performed later today. One lane of the eastbound side of the bridge was closed as investigations continued by the Los Angeles Police Department and the coroner's office.
Today colleagues and fans struggled to explain why the successful director, whose full name was Anthony David Scott, would commit suicide as many took to Twitter to post their tributes.
Friends told how he would always send personal, handwritten notes and "always drew a cartoon caricature of himself, smoking a cigar, with his hat colored in red".
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Over his successful career he directed more than two dozen movies and television shows and produced nearly 50 titles.
The Los Angeles County Coroner's Office said a dive team using sonar equipment pulled the body from the murky waters in Los Angeles harbour several hours later after a massive search.
Lieutenant Joe Bale, a watch commander for the coroner's office, said there was no evidence to suggest foul play.
“At this point we are investigating this as a suicide,†he said. “There is nothing to lead us to believe otherwise. A note was left in the car.
"We will go where the facts take us. We have no reason to believe it was not a suicide."
Born in 1944, Scott went to art school where he became interested in cinematography. His first foray into films started as a teenager in front of the camera, starring in his older brother film Boy and Bicycle.
He later earned a masters degree from London's Royal College of Arts and directed the 1971 picture Loving Memory for the British Film Institute from an original script financed by Albert Finney.
After making a string of television commercials, he landed his first feature director's role in 1983 with The Hunger, a sexually charged vampire film starring Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie and Susan Sarandon.
He would later become known for his behind the scenes work, in which he was known for his distinctive style to his films using fast editing and digital effects. He shot to fame in the 1980s with a string of action films.
But he never won critical aclaim or an Academy Award throughout his illustrious, with critics often dismissing his movies for emphasising style over substance.
Nonetheless his big-budget movies, mainly action thrillers, attracted some of Hollywood's biggest names including Denzel Washington, Tom Cruise, Eddie Murphy, Will Smith, Robert De Niro, Gene Hackman, Bruce Willis and Brad Pitt.
"The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life," Scott said in 1995.
"The scariest thing in my life is the first morning of production on all my movies. It's the fear of failing, the loss of face and a sense of guilt that everybody puts their faith in you and not coming through."
He operated Scott Free Productions with his 74 year-old brother Ridley in Los Angeles almost 40 years after the pair formed London-based commercial production company Ridley Scott Associates.
Top Gun, a film about the US fighter jets starring Cruise and Kelly McGillis, was one of the highest-grossing films of the 1980s and quickly became a cult classic.
Since its release in 1986, it has grossed almost $354 million (£225 million) worldwide.
Top Gun's producers, Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer, signed Scott to direct the movie after being impressed by a commercial he had done for Swedish automaker Saab in the early 1980s in which a car races a fighter jet.
The trio worked together again four years later on the NASCAR-set Days of Thunder, which also starred Cruise and his soon to become wife Nicole Kidman.
He believed the actor's youthful charm, optimism and never-ending energy would guarantee success.
"Tom can sit behind the wheel of a race car and smoke a cigarette and this movie will make a fortune," Scott once said.
"I went back and I stole from all race movies to date. I took the better elements, then tried to build on them. Really, the speed, the energy and the placement of the audience inside some of the cars came in the editing room. ...
"I'm always pushing for something new and fresh in the way things are shot, and the rest happens in the editing room. ... The real speed comes from the cutters and what they do with the celluloid."
Crimson Tide, the 1995 submarine thriller, was another blockbuster whose cast included Washington and Hackman. He directed Hackman and Smith three years later in Enemy of the State, an espionage thriller.
Scott frequently worked with Washington, most recently on the runaway train drama Unstoppable in 2010.
Scott and Washington collaborated on other films including Man on Fire, Deja Vu and The Taking of Pelham 123, which also starred John Travolta.
Other films included True Romance, Man On Fire, The Hunger, The Last Boy Scout, The Fan and Spy Game.
The Scott brothers were working jointly on a film called "Killing Lincoln," based on the best seller by Bill O'Reilly.
Their company also produced the CBS dramas "NUMB3RS" and "The Good Wife" as well as a 2011 documentary about the Battle of Gettysburg for the History Channel.
His most recent production with his brother was Coma, a four-hour medical thriller which was due for release next month.
He was also reported to be in production as the director of a film called Emma's War about a British aid worker in Sudan who marries a warlord seeking to control part of the country.
In 2002, the Scott brothers won an Emmy award for the television movie The Gathering Storm.
He said during an interview before the release of Taking of Pelham 123: "My whole career I’ve always tried to avoid CGI, whether it’s planes, cars or trains.
"It’s something in terms of the drama and the performances that gives me a reality and more of an edge.
"I like changing the pace of my life, changing my discipline. It gives me ideas for how to see the world differently."
Last year Cruise confirmed talks were underway about a sequel to the 1986 hit Top Gun that would see him reprise the role of fighter pilot Lt Pete “Maverick†Mitchell.
On the red carpet in Munich, Cruise confirmed he has been developing a script with Scott and producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
Cruise toured a Naval Air Station near Fallon, Nevada, last week preparing to film the sequel, according to local reports.
Completed in 1963, the 6,060-foot bridge, which spans San Pedro and Terminal Island in Los Angeles, is a known suicide spot. It has been used in movies including Charlie's Angels And The Fast and the Furious.
What a shame. RIP Tony. :'(
Pretty sad - when you think about it, his films may not have been the most praised by critics but his influence is definite.
Rest In Peace...
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QuoteScribes Marianne and Cormac Wibberley, who were the architects of Disney's "National Treasure" franchise, have been tapped to rewrite "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune" for Sony Pictures, Atlas Entertainment and Arad Prods.
Neil Burger ("Limitless") is no longer attached to direct the big-budget adaptation of Sony PlayStation's blockbuster "Uncharted" videogame franchise, developed by Naughty Dog. Project will wait until the Wibberleys complete their script to tap a new helmer.
Story charts the journey of protag Nathan Drake as he seeks the fabled lost treasure of El Dorado.
Charles Roven and Alex Gartner are producing for Atlas, while Avi and Ari Arad will produce through their Arad Prods. banner.
The Wibberleys wrote both "National Treasure" pics as well as Sony's "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle." The WME-repped duo also created the USA Network series "Common Law."
Ugh. National Treasure? Charlie's Angels? Mark Wahlberg? The Uncharted movie may be over before it began. #)
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 24, 2012, 06:14:51 PM
Ugh. National Treasure? Charlie's Angels? Mark Wahlberg? The Uncharted movie may be over before it began. #)
Replace Wahlberg with Fillion and all will be well, shame it won't happen though!
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 25, 2012, 10:40:19 AM
Quote from: nCogNeato on August 24, 2012, 06:14:51 PM
Ugh. National Treasure? Charlie's Angels? Mark Wahlberg? The Uncharted movie may be over before it began. #)
Replace Wahlberg with Fillion and all will be well, shame it won't happen though!
With the uber Hollywood cred Joss Whedon has after Avengers, if he somehow became involved in the movie I'm sure casting Fillion would be his first action.
... shame it won't happen though. :'(
Eddie Murphy and Shawn Ryan to produce beverly hills cop series
â€Get the f*#k outta here!†because Beverly Hills Cop is getting a TV show spin-off. After last year’s heartbreaking news about Beverly Hills Cop 4, fans were disappointed by the studio’s decision to shelf the fourth installment in the mega successful franchise. But good news emerged soon after and Eddie Murphy was set to produce a TV series based on the hit action-comedy franchise. That was a year ago and today, almost a year later, we can finally bring you some more exciting updates.
Vulture reports The Shield creator, Shawn Ryan, is working with Eddie Murphy and Sony Pictures Television for a Beverly Hills Cop TV series. To get us even more excited about the news, the duo just pitched their show idea to the networks yesterday. In addition to producing, Murphy will also have a small starring stint in the show, hopefully to reprise his role as the hilarious Axel Foley.
According to last year’s Rolling Stone interview with Murphy, the proposed show would follow “Axel Foley’s son, and Axel is the chief of police now in Detroit.†At the time, Murphy was already open to appearing on the show in that capacity, saying he would “do the pilot, show up here and there,†and that still seems to be the case with the actor set to star in the pilot and a few “special†episodes of the series first season (if and when it gets one).
Vulture’s sources described the show’s pitch as a “standard buddy-cop show designed to be a crime procedural with some strong comedic elements.â€
More official details are bound to emerge any day now. The project has yet to find a network home, but with Ryan and Murphy on board, lets just that the show is off to a very good start.
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The fan community is abuzz today with a new rumor that suggests that Batman's next big screen appearance might not be in the proposed Warner Bros. reboot but could, instead, be as a team member of the seemingly fast-tracked Justice League. The story, which originated at Batman on Film, suggests that the superhero ensemble will be the next DC Comics superhero adaptation after next summer's Man of Steel.
The major element that appears to lend credence to this report is the fact that Justice League has a completed screenplay from Gangster Squad screenwriter Will Beall while another solo adventure of the Caped Crusader currently exists almost entirely in speculation. Some have suggested that Warner Bros. should find a way to continue Christopher Nolan's trilogy while others have called for a more dramatic reboot of the character, potentially adapting a property like "Batman Beyond."
What's important to remember is that, as much as fans wish it to be the case, there's currently no guarantee that Justice League will share a cinematic universe with any films past, present or future. Although the approach certainly worked for Marvel's The Avengers, Warner Bros. doesn't necessarily need to continue with Henry Cavill as Superman nor would they need to keep whoever they cast as Batman for a franchise reboot.
After all, when the studio was moving forward with George Miller's now-defunct motion-capture take on the property a few years ago, it was being planned to feature a Batman unlike anything in Nolan's films and the two projects would have seen release independently of one another.
That being said, Justice League could indeed wind up the launching place for a new take on the Dark Knight, but only time will tell for sure what Warner Bros. has in mind for the DC superheroes.
Quote from: Smithk4 on August 30, 2012, 06:38:20 AM
Eddie Murphy and Shawn Ryan to produce beverly hills cop series
â€Get the f*#k outta here!†because Beverly Hills Cop is getting a TV show spin-off. After last year’s heartbreaking news about Beverly Hills Cop 4, fans were disappointed by the studio’s decision to shelf the fourth installment in the mega successful franchise. But good news emerged soon after and Eddie Murphy was set to produce a TV series based on the hit action-comedy franchise. That was a year ago and today, almost a year later, we can finally bring you some more exciting updates.
Vulture reports The Shield creator, Shawn Ryan, is working with Eddie Murphy and Sony Pictures Television for a Beverly Hills Cop TV series. To get us even more excited about the news, the duo just pitched their show idea to the networks yesterday. In addition to producing, Murphy will also have a small starring stint in the show, hopefully to reprise his role as the hilarious Axel Foley.
According to last year’s Rolling Stone interview with Murphy, the proposed show would follow “Axel Foley’s son, and Axel is the chief of police now in Detroit.†At the time, Murphy was already open to appearing on the show in that capacity, saying he would “do the pilot, show up here and there,†and that still seems to be the case with the actor set to star in the pilot and a few “special†episodes of the series first season (if and when it gets one).
Vulture’s sources described the show’s pitch as a “standard buddy-cop show designed to be a crime procedural with some strong comedic elements.â€
More official details are bound to emerge any day now. The project has yet to find a network home, but with Ryan and Murphy on board, lets just that the show is off to a very good start.
If Serge isn't in this then it's gonna suck! 8)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 30, 2012, 08:23:46 AM
Quote from: Smithk4 on August 30, 2012, 06:38:20 AM
Eddie Murphy and Shawn Ryan to produce beverly hills cop series
â€Get the f*#k outta here!†because Beverly Hills Cop is getting a TV show spin-off. After last year’s heartbreaking news about Beverly Hills Cop 4, fans were disappointed by the studio’s decision to shelf the fourth installment in the mega successful franchise. But good news emerged soon after and Eddie Murphy was set to produce a TV series based on the hit action-comedy franchise. That was a year ago and today, almost a year later, we can finally bring you some more exciting updates.
Vulture reports The Shield creator, Shawn Ryan, is working with Eddie Murphy and Sony Pictures Television for a Beverly Hills Cop TV series. To get us even more excited about the news, the duo just pitched their show idea to the networks yesterday. In addition to producing, Murphy will also have a small starring stint in the show, hopefully to reprise his role as the hilarious Axel Foley.
According to last year’s Rolling Stone interview with Murphy, the proposed show would follow “Axel Foley’s son, and Axel is the chief of police now in Detroit.†At the time, Murphy was already open to appearing on the show in that capacity, saying he would “do the pilot, show up here and there,†and that still seems to be the case with the actor set to star in the pilot and a few “special†episodes of the series first season (if and when it gets one).
Vulture’s sources described the show’s pitch as a “standard buddy-cop show designed to be a crime procedural with some strong comedic elements.â€
More official details are bound to emerge any day now. The project has yet to find a network home, but with Ryan and Murphy on board, lets just that the show is off to a very good start.
If Serge isn't in this then it's gonna suck! 8)
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;D ;D
Metal Gear Solid movie announced
Courtesy of Columbia Pictures
X-Men and Spider-Man producer Avi Arad announced at the Metal Gear Solid 25th Anniversary event in Japan that Metal Gear Solid is ready to become a movie.
There has been talk in the past of Metal Gear Solid making its way to Hollywood, but it never quite made it. Metal Gear designer Hideo Kojima did hint at a movie earlier this year, but suggested that the series wasn't ready to move into Hollywood just yet.
But clearly, now it is: Avi Arad took to the stage as a special guest at the Metal Gear Solid 25th Anniversary event and announced the Metal Gear movie.
Arad, the producer of X-Men and Spider-Man said "for many years I fought to bring comics to theaters...and video games are the comics of today."
What would you like to see in a Metal Gear Solid movie?
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As reported yesterday, ABC has picked up Joss Whedon's "S.H.I.E.L.D." to the pilot stage as a part of his exclusive deal with Marvel Studios. It wasn't long after this was reported that we all started to wonder where it would fit into the larger scheme of the Marvel films.
Variety now has some quotes from Whedon about the project who said not to call it a 'spinoff.' Whedon also said the series will be 'autonomous' to The Avengers sequel that he is writing and directing.
Whedon will write the pilot alongside his brother, Jed Whedon, and Maurissa Tancharoen (who previously worked with Whedon on "Dollhouse" and "Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog"). All three will also join Jeffrey Bell and Jeph Loeb as executive producers. It's rumored that Whedon may also direct the pilot, but that nothing is confirmed at this time.
So how involved will Whedon be? Variety's Cynthia Littleton tweeted that "[Joss] reserves right to pepper in bits here and there. His bro Jed and Maurissa T. will be showrunners, he'll just show up every now and then 'and take credit for everything.'"
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 30, 2012, 08:47:01 AM
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What would you like to see in a Metal Gear Solid movie?
A plot that doesn't make me want to shove an icepick up my nose.
Quote from: donnieoneshot on March 24, 2012, 11:46:17 AM
I saw the documentary on this guy a few years ago. It should make a really good movie. Heres the wiki link about the man himself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kuklinski
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Here's the first trailer for The Iceman!!! finally
Writers Give New God of War Movie Details
In July, it was announced that Sony Pictures had brought on board Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan to write the new screenplay for the studio's God of War movie. In addition to work on the upcoming Pacific Rim, Melton and Dunstan have worked on films in the "Saw" series and the recent Piranha 3DD.
On Thursday, IGN got a chance to ask the duo about the big screen adaptation of the video game series. They told the site that their first step in updating David Self's previous draft of the script was to humanize the main character Kratos more. "In the same way that Batman was grounded with Christopher Nolan's rendition, we were attempting to do that with Kratos so that when we meet him -- like they're doing in this newest game, which is sort of a prequel to the original -- we're seeing him before he became the Ghost of Sparta, when he was just a Spartan warrior and he had family and kids."
They added that "In the game... there's that attack from the barbarians and Kratos has to call upon Ares to help him. Really, that's going to be our first act break. Before then, he's going to be mortal, and he's going to have his family. We're going to learn about him and understand how he operates. So it's potentially 30 minutes -- give or take -- of building up this character so that, when he does turn and becomes the Ghost of Sparta, we understand him as a human and we understand the journey that he's going to take. We're emotionally invested, so that it could go beyond just this one movie."
They will also be making the villain, Ares, a more proactive villain in the movie. "In the game, you know, he's immortal, and he doesn't really do much besides raid Athens... So we're trying to build him up a bit more, too, so that he can become a true villain."
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Quote from: donnieoneshot on August 31, 2012, 06:28:01 AM
Quote from: donnieoneshot on March 24, 2012, 11:46:17 AM
I saw the documentary on this guy a few years ago. It should make a really good movie. Heres the wiki link about the man himself: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kuklinski
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Here's the first trailer for The Iceman!!! finally
Looks good.
Sad News :(
Michael Clarke Duncan, 'Green Mile' Actor, Dead at 54
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Michael Clarke Duncan, an Oscar nominee for “The Green Mile†died Monday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 54.
Publicist Joy Fehily released a statement from Clarke’s fiancée, the Rev. Omarosa Manigault, saying that Duncan died Monday morning after nearly two months of hospitalization following a July 13 heart attack.
Duncan, who was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor and a Golden Globe for his portrayal of death-row inmate John Coffey in 1999's "The Green Mile," most recently starred as Leo Knox in the Fox series "The Finder." He also appeared in the film hits "Armageddon," "The Whole Nine Yards," "Planet of the Apes" and "Kung Fu Panda."
The 6-foot-4, 315-pound Duncan "suffered a myocardial infarction on July 13 and never fully recovered," the statement said.
Duncan was born in 1957 and grew up on the south side of Chicago in a single-parent household with his sister, Judy, and mother, Jean Duncan. He attended Alcorn State University, but left early to support his family when his mother became ill.
Duncan worked as ditch digger and nightclub bouncer after his college years and moved to Los Angeles to launch an acting career in 1995.He became a bodyguard for actors Will Smith and Martin Lawrence and began to draw attention after appearing in 1998's "Armageddon."
Comedian Steve Harvey was among those offering condolences on Twitter. "I will miss my friend, Michael Clarke Duncan. What an incredible soldier in God's Plan," he tweeted.
"Rest in Peace to my brother who paved the way for me and many Black actors," tweeted actor Terry Crews. "Honored to have known him and called him a friend to me and my family."
Clarke served as a spokesman for a number of causes. Earlier this year, he appeared in a video for PETA, the animal rights organization, in which he spoke of how much better he felt since becoming a vegetarian three years earlier.
Duncan also starred in a public service announcement for the American Stroke Association to raise awareness of strokes.
A larger than life character! RIP big Mike!
Quote from: Smithk4 on September 04, 2012, 07:53:59 AM
A larger than life character! RIP big Mike!
Sad news indeed :(
:'(
Quote from: GamerMan316 on September 04, 2012, 01:02:42 AM
Sad News :(
Michael Clarke Duncan, 'Green Mile' Actor, Dead at 54
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Michael Clarke Duncan, an Oscar nominee for “The Green Mile†died Monday at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 54.
Publicist Joy Fehily released a statement from Clarke’s fiancée, the Rev. Omarosa Manigault, saying that Duncan died Monday morning after nearly two months of hospitalization following a July 13 heart attack.
Duncan, who was nominated for an Academy Award for best supporting actor and a Golden Globe for his portrayal of death-row inmate John Coffey in 1999's "The Green Mile," most recently starred as Leo Knox in the Fox series "The Finder." He also appeared in the film hits "Armageddon," "The Whole Nine Yards," "Planet of the Apes" and "Kung Fu Panda."
The 6-foot-4, 315-pound Duncan "suffered a myocardial infarction on July 13 and never fully recovered," the statement said.
Duncan was born in 1957 and grew up on the south side of Chicago in a single-parent household with his sister, Judy, and mother, Jean Duncan. He attended Alcorn State University, but left early to support his family when his mother became ill.
Duncan worked as ditch digger and nightclub bouncer after his college years and moved to Los Angeles to launch an acting career in 1995.He became a bodyguard for actors Will Smith and Martin Lawrence and began to draw attention after appearing in 1998's "Armageddon."
Comedian Steve Harvey was among those offering condolences on Twitter. "I will miss my friend, Michael Clarke Duncan. What an incredible soldier in God's Plan," he tweeted.
"Rest in Peace to my brother who paved the way for me and many Black actors," tweeted actor Terry Crews. "Honored to have known him and called him a friend to me and my family."
Clarke served as a spokesman for a number of causes. Earlier this year, he appeared in a video for PETA, the animal rights organization, in which he spoke of how much better he felt since becoming a vegetarian three years earlier.
Duncan also starred in a public service announcement for the American Stroke Association to raise awareness of strokes.
Just to add to his list of credits - I'd actually forgotten about his roles in gaming, but here's a grouping of voice work from [Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/5940172/remembering-the-video-game-work-of-michael-clarke-duncan/gallery/1)]:
QuoteAfter establishing himself as a Hollywood actor, Duncan continued to work in games. He voiced the character of Atlas in God of War II, Benjamin in the first Saints Row, a crime lord in survival horror game The Suffering: Ties That Bind, the character of Ygori in fantasy game Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone, and SEAL Operative Wardog in tactical shooter SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs. Other games he did voice work for include first-person-shooter Soldier of Fortune and Star Trek Klingon Academy.
Definitely sad news. :(
Looks very good!! The way fairytales were meant to be told 8)
I seriously hope that the picture below is not the final Robocop suit!! I will not be paying money to see the Batman suit regurgitated with the cape removed and the pointy ears snapped off!!!!
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Ya that's pretty bad!! Liks a cross between the Batman and the Guyver suit? Which might work...............if it wasnt meant to be Robocop!!
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Agreed the suit robocop suit looks pretty uninspired, but it may be like an early prototype in the story or something. I'll reserve judgement until I see the actual movie trailer.
Quote from: nCogNeato on September 17, 2012, 04:53:15 PM
Agreed the suit robocop suit looks pretty uninspired, but it may be like an early prototype in the story or something. I'll reserve judgement until I see the actual movie trailer.
Yeah, otherwise:
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They might be able to easily fix that by just changing the charcoal color to something else. I'm casting a vote for a callback to the original chrome...
O0
Quote from: zerosum on September 17, 2012, 04:57:54 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on September 17, 2012, 04:53:15 PM
Agreed the suit robocop suit looks pretty uninspired, but it may be like an early prototype in the story or something. I'll reserve judgement until I see the actual movie trailer.
Yeah, otherwise:
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They might be able to easily fix that by just changing the charcoal color to something else. I'm casting a vote for a callback to the original chrome...
O0
Chrome. Agreed. 8)
Courtesy of [Screen Rant (http://screenrant.com/robocop-2013-script-details-review/)]
Here is some early concept art for the possible look:
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BTW- that link has some red flags all over it with regards to some leaked early details about the script itself, read at your own discretion.
But to quote the article:
[spoiler]I’ll share this one detail. In the film, when Murphy is turned into Robocop 1.0, it’s described “a high-tech version of the ’80s suit.â€
Then they show a focus group scene where criminals laugh at the design. “He looks like a toy from the ’80s!â€
So they redesign him to look “meaner†as Robocop 2.0, who passes focus group approval.
So they not only make sure to include the original design, they also point out it’s dated and stupid. *facepalm*
Hold onto your sides for more hilarious “Robocop†details. They outsource his construction to China. #seriously
And we meet the ED-209s in the field in Iran, where they’re used to subdue suicide bombers. #ineedallthedrinksnow
Ahhh… now they just dropped Robocop 3.0 onto an Al Queda training camp to see what he does.
“He should be programmed to incapacitate in all scenarios.†“Agreed. Let’s keep him PG-13, Dr. Norton.†No. No. No. No.
By page 54, they are already onto Robocop 4.0, who looks like a “cop on steroids painted metallic blue.â€
Oh, god… oh dear god… Robocop is a Transformer. He goes from “social mode†to “combat mode†and back. Full transformation..
Okay… the two “best†lines in the script. First up is at the unveiling ceremony for Robocop in Detroit, from a TV reporter covering it.
“I think it’s safe to say that Alex Murphy is now part man, part machine, ALL COP!†Yes, I too remember the original poster, asshat.
If you can get past Robocop The Transformer, there are some interesting action beats. And I’m sure Padilla will direct the hell out of it.
But overall? Ouch. Ouch. Ohpleasedon’t. Ouch. And a big side order of ouch.
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Wow.
Well if they're going to go cheese, go full cheese. Don't try to convince the audience it's believable, and maybe we'll enjoy watching it.
Quote from: nCogNeato on September 17, 2012, 05:38:13 PM
Peter Weller is chugging down the kool-aid, and I want me some. Awesome piece, loved the Training Day callout..:D
In today's "ARE YOU F***ING KIDDING ME?" news ...
Dredd 3D is getting rave reviews!? Currently 86% on Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dredd_3d/).
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I planned on seeing it, completely expecting it to be a cheesefest. I was not expecting it to be good. Now I'm not sure what I'm expecting.
Quote from: nCogNeato on September 20, 2012, 08:11:25 PM
In today's "ARE YOU F***ING KIDDING ME?" news ...
Dredd 3D is getting rave reviews!? Currently 86% on Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dredd_3d/).
(http://www.comingsoon.net/gallery/51467/Dredd_3D_21.jpg)
I planned on seeing it, completely expecting it to be a cheesefest. I was not expecting it to be good. Now I'm not sure what I'm expecting.
It's been out for a couple of weeks in the UK, saw it last week and enjoyed it, nice and gruesome, never takes his helmet off and completely destroys the Stallone shocker (not difficult of course!). :)
Kick-Ass 2 Pics (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/nailbiter111/news/?a=67707)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on September 25, 2012, 09:14:35 AM
Kick-Ass 2 Pics (http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/nailbiter111/news/?a=67707)
Awesome!
Hollywood plays the "run this car 'till the wheels fall off..." game, now with Kinect ;) :
Another Paranormal Craptivity film, oh joy!
Quote from: zerosum on September 27, 2012, 04:24:40 PM
Hollywood plays the "run this car 'till the wheels fall off..." game, now with Kinect ;) :
4? I didn't even know there was a 3. :-\
I've been hearing great things about Seven Psychopaths. I'll definitely be seeing it in theaters.
Chistopher Walken always brings more cowbell to the party! O0
'Iron Man 3' trailer to debut this month
The first trailer for Iron Man 3 will launch on October 23.
The new film is the first Marvel movie to follow the phenomenal success of The Avengers, in which Robert Downey Jr's Tony Stark and his alter ego Iron Man played a crucial role in forming the superhero team.
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According to E! News, the trailer for the film, which switches the focus back to Stark and Iron Man, will launch online at 12.01am PT on October 23 (8.01am GMT, October 24).
Production on the blockbuster had to be halted for a month and a half after star Downey Jr injured his ankle while performing a stunt. However, filming resumed earlier this week, with the actor back on set sporting the Iron Man costume.
Marvel executive vice-president Victoria Alonso has promised to "do right by the fans" with Iron Man 3, and has already claimed it will the best film in the series.
The film is directed by Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) and features Sir Ben Kingsley, Rebecca Hall and Guy Pearce alongside the returning Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, and Jon Favreau.
Iron Man 3 will be released worldwide on April 24, 2013.
/little girl squeel
Not a vampire hunter this time:
Quote from: zerosum on October 04, 2012, 06:48:01 PM
Not a vampire hunter this time:
Daniel Day-Lewis can do no wrong.
Four New Hobbit Banner Posters Arrive, plus a darker international one-sheet:
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This doesn't fall under "Movie & TV News" or "Posters"...so I'm guessing it's "Stuff" -
Carlyle Livingston II and Wayne Hussey have spent 800 hours across 12 weeks building this Lego replica of the Batcave. It's a 20,000 piece structure, weighing roughly 100 lbs. with its own lighting system and motor powered elevators, a working Batmobile platform etc. Call it a labor of love, or a huge time waster....I call it: O0
(http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/181rvo5tnf2w6jpg/original.jpg)(http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/181rvo1vlbcnnjpg/original.jpg)
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Source: [Brothers Brick (http://www.brothers-brick.com/2012/10/10/epic-lego-batcave-brings-batmans-secret-lair-to-life/)]
That is awesome. :)
Like it. Some effort to detail!!! :D
Quote from: zerosum on October 11, 2012, 08:46:53 AM
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:'( tears of joy
Ghostbusters 3 Planned For Summer 2013 Shoot
Rumored for more than two decades, Ghostbusters 3 appears to finally be moving forward, albeit without leading man Bill Murray. Deadline reports that the current schedule calls for Ivan Reitman to return as director with a summer 2013 production start being targeted.
Dan Aykroyd previously confirmed reports that the plot will revolve around a new generation of Ghostbusters and hinted at the states of his and Harold Ramis' characters.
"My character, Ray, is now blind in one eye and can't drive the cadillac," he said, "He's got a bad knee and can't carry the packs... Egon is too large to get into the harness. We need young blood and that's the promise. We're gonna hand it to a new generation."
Etan Cohen was recently brought in to rewrite the script, working from a draft by Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg.
Assuming Ghostbusters 3 hits its production mark, it's likely that the sequel will be released in 2014, tying into the original film's 30th anniversary.
The Trailer for LEGO Batman: The Movie - DC Superheroes Unite
A movie adaptation of the very popular LEGO Batman video games was announced at this year's New York Comic Con. Now the trailer for LEGO Batman: The Movie - DC Superheroes Unite is here and you can watch it below!
The film is set to be released in spring 2013 and appears to have the voice cast from the video game reprising their roles for the movie.
Quote from: donnieoneshot on October 18, 2012, 07:40:53 AM
Ghostbusters 3 Planned For Summer 2013 Shoot
Rumored for more than two decades, Ghostbusters 3 appears to finally be moving forward, albeit without leading man Bill Murray. Deadline reports that the current schedule calls for Ivan Reitman to return as director with a summer 2013 production start being targeted.
Dan Aykroyd previously confirmed reports that the plot will revolve around a new generation of Ghostbusters and hinted at the states of his and Harold Ramis' characters.
"My character, Ray, is now blind in one eye and can't drive the cadillac," he said, "He's got a bad knee and can't carry the packs... Egon is too large to get into the harness. We need young blood and that's the promise. We're gonna hand it to a new generation."
Etan Cohen was recently brought in to rewrite the script, working from a draft by Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg.
Assuming Ghostbusters 3 hits its production mark, it's likely that the sequel will be released in 2014, tying into the original film's 30th anniversary.
I'm excited about this but not as much as I would if Murray was in!
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 18, 2012, 09:47:05 AM
Quote from: donnieoneshot on October 18, 2012, 07:40:53 AM
Ghostbusters 3 Planned For Summer 2013 Shoot
Rumored for more than two decades, Ghostbusters 3 appears to finally be moving forward, albeit without leading man Bill Murray. Deadline reports that the current schedule calls for Ivan Reitman to return as director with a summer 2013 production start being targeted.
Dan Aykroyd previously confirmed reports that the plot will revolve around a new generation of Ghostbusters and hinted at the states of his and Harold Ramis' characters.
"My character, Ray, is now blind in one eye and can't drive the cadillac," he said, "He's got a bad knee and can't carry the packs... Egon is too large to get into the harness. We need young blood and that's the promise. We're gonna hand it to a new generation."
Etan Cohen was recently brought in to rewrite the script, working from a draft by Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg.
Assuming Ghostbusters 3 hits its production mark, it's likely that the sequel will be released in 2014, tying into the original film's 30th anniversary.
I'm excited about this but not as much as I would if Murray was in!
I know. I generally don't like it when sequels change or continue production without main characters. Still hoping for divine intervention for Murray to have a change of heart! :-\
Quote from: Smithk4 on October 18, 2012, 10:32:07 AM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 18, 2012, 09:47:05 AM
Quote from: donnieoneshot on October 18, 2012, 07:40:53 AM
Ghostbusters 3 Planned For Summer 2013 Shoot
Rumored for more than two decades, Ghostbusters 3 appears to finally be moving forward, albeit without leading man Bill Murray. Deadline reports that the current schedule calls for Ivan Reitman to return as director with a summer 2013 production start being targeted.
Dan Aykroyd previously confirmed reports that the plot will revolve around a new generation of Ghostbusters and hinted at the states of his and Harold Ramis' characters.
"My character, Ray, is now blind in one eye and can't drive the cadillac," he said, "He's got a bad knee and can't carry the packs... Egon is too large to get into the harness. We need young blood and that's the promise. We're gonna hand it to a new generation."
Etan Cohen was recently brought in to rewrite the script, working from a draft by Gene Stupnitsky and Lee Eisenberg.
Assuming Ghostbusters 3 hits its production mark, it's likely that the sequel will be released in 2014, tying into the original film's 30th anniversary.
I'm excited about this but not as much as I would if Murray was in!
I know. I generally don't like it when sequels change or continue production without main characters. Still hoping for divine intervention for Murray to have a change of heart! :-\
Amen
More Robocrap pictures!!! ( Sorry I meant Robocop, of course)
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I will not be watching this movie at all. I won't even download it illegally and watch it. ( Unless that suit is just an early model in the movie before he gets destroyed by the baddies and rebuilt better and newer and shinier and maybe chromier, if thats a word. Oh and he drives a big chrome plated tank!)
If both movies hit the box office at the same time... Who will come out on top???
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Quote from: donnieoneshot on October 19, 2012, 06:29:11 AM
I will not be watching this movie at all. I won't even download it illegally and watch it. ( Unless that suit is just an early model in the movie before he gets destroyed by the baddies and rebuilt better and newer and shinier and maybe chromier, if thats a word. Oh and he drives a big chrome plated tank!)
It baffles me they went with all black. Black doesn't say "robot".
Quote from: Smithk4 on October 19, 2012, 06:52:33 AM
If both movies hit the box office at the same time... Who will come out on top???
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Unless Joss Whedon drops out, my money's on Avengers.
Warner Bros shared a new 6-minute featurette for CLoud Atlas, the upcoming fantasy science-fiction drama movie directed by Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Andy Wachowski, and starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry:
looking good
Quote from: donnieoneshot on October 20, 2012, 03:03:19 PM
Warner Bros shared a new 6-minute featurette for CLoud Atlas, the upcoming fantasy science-fiction drama movie directed by Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, and Andy Wachowski, and starring Tom Hanks and Halle Berry:
looking good
Looking Very Good :)
Iron Man 3 sneak preview clip
The Man with the Iron Fists -The Encounter - Exclusive Animated Short [HD]
reminder of the awesomeness that this movie will be
Looks bloody awesome :)
F*** YES!!!!!
The last scene sold it for me, definitely need to watch it now.
Bruce Campbell talks Evil Dead remake
“The movie is not funnyâ€
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Bruce Campbell has done more than his fair share of legwork in promoting Fede Alvarez’s upcoming reboot of The Evil Dead, but the lantern-jawed star has still found time to give the project another push in a new interview with Machinima.
Explaining what we can expect from the film, Campbell stresses that this is a departure from the screwball comedy of the last two films, and a return to the genuine fear created by the original.
“The movie is not funny,†he explains. “The movie is old-fashioned, retro horror. There’s not a snappy line in the whole movie. The first movie wasn’t like that and this is a remake of the first movie. He’s matching the tone of the first movie which is not har-de-har-har.â€
So if the film isn’t remotely comedic, how did Bruce contribute in his role as producer?
“We got our little fingers in this pie, man,†says Campbell reassuringly. “We want to custom-make it for fans. We’re not some random cigar-chomping producers looking for a horror movie to remake. This is our baby.â€
And having seen the movie, Campbell is convinced that audiences are going to be suitably scared out of their wits.
“It’s going to be a horror extravaganza,†he says. “Not in terms of size, but in terms of the intensity of the horror you will experience. This movie is going to blow the fricking doors off. It’s just five new actors and a nasty book they should have left alone."
Evil Dead will open in the UK on 12 April 2013.
Bruce Campbell = Legend
Quote from: donnieoneshot on October 25, 2012, 06:41:41 AM
Bruce Campbell = Legend
Damn right!
Hopefully he has a cameo role in the remake somewhere, a little something for us old school fans, if not, at least he's on board as a producer. :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 25, 2012, 09:27:49 AM
Hopefully he has a cameo role in the remake somewhere
Unfortunately, it looks as if he won't be appearing in the remake at all. But he held court recently at the NY comic con and he laid it down: You will love this movie. If Bruce Campbell says I'm gonna love something then that's exactly what I will do!!
At least they haven't gone down the crappy toned down remake route that everyone seems to be so fond of these days, looks nice and brutal, just as it should be. :)
Might actually watch this at the cinema.
Quote from: donnieoneshot on October 25, 2012, 10:01:43 AM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 25, 2012, 09:27:49 AM
Hopefully he has a cameo role in the remake somewhere
Unfortunately, it looks as if he won't be appearing in the remake at all. But he held court recently at the NY comic con and he laid it down: You will love this movie. If Bruce Campbell says I'm gonna love something then that's exactly what I will do!!
This needs to be released....
THIS WEEK! ;D
Disney to Buy Lucasfilm for $4.05 Billion; New 'Star Wars' Movie Set for 2015
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The Walt Disney Co. has acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion in cash and stock and announced a new Star Wars movie to be released in 2015.
Kathleen Kennedy, current co-chair of Lucasfilm, will become Lucasfilm's president, reporting to Walt Disney Studios chair Alan Horn as part of the stock and cash transaction. Disney is paying approximately half the price in cash and will issue 40 million shares of stock, the company said Tuesday in a statement.
Kennedy will serve as executive producer on new Star Wars feature films, with the franchise's creator and Lucasfilm founder George Lucas, 68, serving as creative consultant. There are plans to release a new Star Wars film every two or three years.
“For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next,†said Lucas, chairman and CEO of Lucasfilm, in a statement. “It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime. I’m confident that with Lucasfilm under the leadership of Kathleen Kennedy, and having a new home within the Disney organization, Star Wars will certainly live on and flourish for many generations to come. Disney’s reach and experience give Lucasfilm the opportunity to blaze new trails in film, television, interactive media, theme parks, live entertainment and consumer products.â€
The deal comes on the heels of Disney's 2009 acquisition of Marvel Entertainment and its 2006 purchase of Pixar Animation Studios, two potent entertainment brands that appeal to families. The Disney board has approved the Lucasfilm acquisition, but it is subject to antitrust scrutiny by the U.S. government.
While Lucas and Disney have had a long relationship, it has been most visible at the company's theme parks, where Star Tours and other attractions have been popular for more than two decades.
However, the Stars Wars movies have been distributed through Twentieth Century Fox, which will now be cut out of future Star Wars and other related business. (Though Fox already has been set to release 3D versions of the past Star Wars movies, it is unclear if that relationship will be impacted by the sale. The acquisition also raises questions about the future of Stars Wars: Clone Wars, a highly popular series on Cartoon Network, which is owned by a Disney competitor, Turner Broadcasting, a division of Time Warner.)
Disney also is acquiring Lucasfilm’s hugely profitable consumer products and merchandising businesses, which should be a good fit for the buyer.
“Lucasfilm reflects the extraordinary passion, vision and storytelling of its founder, George Lucas,†said Bob Iger, Disney chairman and CEO, in a statement. “This transaction combines a world-class portfolio of content including Star Wars, one of the greatest family entertainment franchises of all time, with Disney’s unique and unparalleled creativity across multiple platforms, businesses and markets to generate sustained growth and drive significant long-term value.â€
In a call with investors, Iger said the first new Star Wars movie was targeted for 2015, and that the company planned for another movie every 2-3 years after that. Disney releases 8-10 pictures per year, including one from Pixar and up to two from Marvel Studios. The plan is for a Star Wars movie in one of those tentpole slots.
Iger told investors that Star Wars was a perfect proerty for TV, particularly the company's young male-skewing network Disney XD, and plans to expand its presence in its theme parks.
In addition, while Star Wars merchandise has been a big business, that business has mostly been domestic, Iger said. Using Marvel as a model, Disney plans to grow international marketing of Star Wars products by increasing the brand's presence in their stores, with more toys and with with other products.
Give me a Pixar animated movie starring Deadpool as Boba Fett's apprentice! O0
Quote from: nCogNeato on October 31, 2012, 03:26:47 PM
Give me a Pixar animated movie starring Deadpool as Boba Fett's apprentice! O0
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Quote from: GamerMan316 on October 30, 2012, 10:21:48 PM
Disney to Buy Lucasfilm for $4.05 Billion; New 'Star Wars' Movie Set for 2015
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The Walt Disney Co. has acquired Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion in cash and stock and announced a new Star Wars movie to be released in 2015.
Kathleen Kennedy, current co-chair of Lucasfilm, will become Lucasfilm's president, reporting to Walt Disney Studios chair Alan Horn as part of the stock and cash transaction. Disney is paying approximately half the price in cash and will issue 40 million shares of stock, the company said Tuesday in a statement.
Kennedy will serve as executive producer on new Star Wars feature films, with the franchise's creator and Lucasfilm founder George Lucas, 68, serving as creative consultant. There are plans to release a new Star Wars film every two or three years.
“For the past 35 years, one of my greatest pleasures has been to see Star Wars passed from one generation to the next,†said Lucas, chairman and CEO of Lucasfilm, in a statement. “It’s now time for me to pass Star Wars on to a new generation of filmmakers. I’ve always believed that Star Wars could live beyond me, and I thought it was important to set up the transition during my lifetime. I’m confident that with Lucasfilm under the leadership of Kathleen Kennedy, and having a new home within the Disney organization, Star Wars will certainly live on and flourish for many generations to come. Disney’s reach and experience give Lucasfilm the opportunity to blaze new trails in film, television, interactive media, theme parks, live entertainment and consumer products.â€
The deal comes on the heels of Disney's 2009 acquisition of Marvel Entertainment and its 2006 purchase of Pixar Animation Studios, two potent entertainment brands that appeal to families. The Disney board has approved the Lucasfilm acquisition, but it is subject to antitrust scrutiny by the U.S. government.
While Lucas and Disney have had a long relationship, it has been most visible at the company's theme parks, where Star Tours and other attractions have been popular for more than two decades.
However, the Stars Wars movies have been distributed through Twentieth Century Fox, which will now be cut out of future Star Wars and other related business. (Though Fox already has been set to release 3D versions of the past Star Wars movies, it is unclear if that relationship will be impacted by the sale. The acquisition also raises questions about the future of Stars Wars: Clone Wars, a highly popular series on Cartoon Network, which is owned by a Disney competitor, Turner Broadcasting, a division of Time Warner.)
Disney also is acquiring Lucasfilm’s hugely profitable consumer products and merchandising businesses, which should be a good fit for the buyer.
“Lucasfilm reflects the extraordinary passion, vision and storytelling of its founder, George Lucas,†said Bob Iger, Disney chairman and CEO, in a statement. “This transaction combines a world-class portfolio of content including Star Wars, one of the greatest family entertainment franchises of all time, with Disney’s unique and unparalleled creativity across multiple platforms, businesses and markets to generate sustained growth and drive significant long-term value.â€
In a call with investors, Iger said the first new Star Wars movie was targeted for 2015, and that the company planned for another movie every 2-3 years after that. Disney releases 8-10 pictures per year, including one from Pixar and up to two from Marvel Studios. The plan is for a Star Wars movie in one of those tentpole slots.
Iger told investors that Star Wars was a perfect proerty for TV, particularly the company's young male-skewing network Disney XD, and plans to expand its presence in its theme parks.
In addition, while Star Wars merchandise has been a big business, that business has mostly been domestic, Iger said. Using Marvel as a model, Disney plans to grow international marketing of Star Wars products by increasing the brand's presence in their stores, with more toys and with with other products.
Big news indeed. But for now, let the comic relief begin!
Hobbits get serious about air safety(http://cdn.cnet.com.au/story_media/339342297/air_1.jpg)
Weta has teamed up with Air New Zealand to produce a Hobbit-inspired safety video that includes a cameo by Peter Jackson.Those airline safety videos they make you watch as the plane taxis out can be a massive yawn-fest. We may or may not be guilty of tuning out in favour of reading something vastly more interesting â€" the instructions on the air sickness bag, for example.
Air New Zealand understands this. For a while now, the airline has been producing funny safety videos in a variety of styles in order to get people to pay attention.
The latest â€" An Unexpected Briefing â€" was made in partnership with Peter Jackson's Weta, and features a motley cast of elves, hobbits, dwarves and other assorted characters from Middle Earth.
Conclusion: Every airline safety video from now on should have at least one hobbit.
Mark Hamill Talks Star Wars: Episode VII
As details continue to flood in regarding the just-announced Star Wars: Episode VII, EW managed to catch up with Luke Skywalker himself, Mark Hamill, who reveals that he was made aware of plans for a third trilogy last August.
"[George Lucas] asked Carrie [Fisher] and I to have lunch with him and we did," Hamill says, "I thought he was going to talk about either his retirement or the 'Star Wars' TV series that I’ve heard about â€" which I don’t think we were going to be involved in anyway, because that takes place between the prequels and the ones we were in and, if Luke were in them, he’d be anywhere from a toddler to a teenager so they’d get an age-appropriate actor â€" or the 3-D releases. So when he said, 'We decided we’re going to do Episodes VII, VIII, and IX,†I was just gobsmacked. “What? Are you nuts?!†[Laughs]"
Although Hamill learned of the plans for more films, he was as surprised as anyone at the announcement of Lucasfilm being bought by Disney when he read about it online yesterday. He also doesn't know what involvement - if any - he'll have in future Star Wars films, but he remains optimistic as a fan.
"I can see both sides of it," he says. "Because in a way, there was a beginning, a middle, and an end and we all lived happily ever after and that’s the way it should be â€" and it’s great that people have fond memories, if they do have fond memories. But on the other hand, there’s this ravenous desire on the part of the true believers to have more and more and more material. It’s one of those things: people either just don’t care for it or are passionate about it. I guess that defines what cult movies are all about."
Hamill reiterates that Kathleen Kennedy will be handling a lot of the work on the new films, leaving Lucas to his newfound retirement and plans for a charitable educational foundation funded by the multi-billion dollar sale.
Ha Ha that Hobbit air safety video is ace. :)
Quote from: zerosum on October 31, 2012, 04:06:02 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on October 31, 2012, 03:26:47 PM
Give me a Pixar animated movie starring Deadpool as Boba Fett's apprentice! O0
(http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/2/22115/1779869-890799_deadpool_10_super_super.jpg)
God I love Deadpool. I actually think I have problems. I am totally obssessed with him
Quote from: Smithk4 on November 01, 2012, 07:34:25 AM
Big news indeed. But for now, let the comic relief begin!
I have to admit I love Disney a little for making that video. :D
Quote from: Smithk4 on November 01, 2012, 08:22:38 AM
Hobbits get serious about air safety
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Weta has teamed up with Air New Zealand to produce a Hobbit-inspired safety video that includes a cameo by Peter Jackson.
Those airline safety videos they make you watch as the plane taxis out can be a massive yawn-fest. We may or may not be guilty of tuning out in favour of reading something vastly more interesting â€" the instructions on the air sickness bag, for example.
Air New Zealand understands this. For a while now, the airline has been producing funny safety videos in a variety of styles in order to get people to pay attention.
The latest â€" An Unexpected Briefing â€" was made in partnership with Peter Jackson's Weta, and features a motley cast of elves, hobbits, dwarves and other assorted characters from Middle Earth.
Conclusion: Every airline safety video from now on should have at least one hobbit.
That's fantacular.
Quote from: TaraJayne on November 02, 2012, 04:17:02 PM
God I love Deadpool. I actually think I have problems. I am totally obssessed with him
Deadpool obsession = problem? Don't be silly.
Earlier this week it was announced that the Battlestar Galactica prequel series, subtitled "Blood and Chrome," will finally be seeing the light of day in the form of a web series. The original two-hour pilot will be broken up into ten 7-12 minutes 'webisodes' that will be aired on Machinima's YouTube channel throughout the next four weeks.
Today, they've released the first clip from the new series. It features Luke Pasqualino as William Adama and you can watch the action packed clip below!
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome takes place in the 10th year of the first Cylon war. As the battle between humans and their creation, the sentient robotic Cylons, rages across the 12 colonial worlds, a young, talented fighter pilot, William Adama (Luke Pasqualino), finds himself assigned to one of the most powerful Battlestars in the Colonial fleet: the Galactica. Full of ambition and in pursuit of the intense action that the Cylon war promises, Adama quickly find himself at odds with Coker (Ben Cotton), the battle-weary officer to whom he reports. With 47 days left in his tour of duty, Coker desires an end to battle just as much as Adama craves the start of it. Though they clash at first, the two men forge an unlikely bond when a routine mission turns dangerous and becomes a pivotal one for the desperate fleet.
Joining Pasqualino and Cotton in the cast is Lili Bordan, who will play Dr. Beka Kelly, a Ph.D. who worked for Graystone Industries that created the Cylon robots. Currently assigned to a secret military mission, Beka and Adama quickly establish a rapport.
Watch Mark Hamill Predict Star Wars Episode VII Back In 1983George Lucas has talked for years about a nine-film Star Wars series, which would include both prequels and sequels to the original trilogy and make Star Wars geeks keel over in delight. Then, of course, we got the bloated and overly digital prequels, and fans stopped feverishly anticipating Star Wars content while Lucas started saying that he was done directing Star Wars films. The nine-film series that people had wanted so much for decades seemed all but dead.
That all changed, of course, when Disney bought the rights to Lucasfilm last week and announced that they were planning a brand-new trilogy of Star Wars films. Suddenly the sci-fi universe that Lucas created seemed crammed with possibilities, and when Mark Hamill revealed that Lucas had tipped him off about the new series, it seemed possible we might be seeing the return of Luke Skywalker-- or maybe just a Hamill cameo? Turns out, this isn't the first time Hamill has been out talking about coming back to Star Wars… in fact, he was doing it almost 20 years ago. Here's a recently re-circulated video from 1983 of Hamill talking about the possibilities for more Star Wars movies after Return of the Jedi:
And via Movies.com, here's another video of Hamill making a weirdly prescient prediction around the same time, saying Lucas told him he'd probably be back playing Luke Skywalker in 2011. Not so far off!
Of course, even Hamill doesn't know if he'll be called upon to appear in Star Wars Episode VII, currently targeted for a 2015 release. But it is nice to look into the wayback machine and tell all those optimists from the early 80s, "Hey, this is really going to happen!" Even if some pesky, unloved prequels got in the way first.
Quote from: Smithk4 on November 10, 2012, 08:28:21 AM
saying Lucas told him he'd probably be back playing Luke Skywalker in 2011. Not so far off!
That's pretty awesome.
Quote from: Smithk4 on August 30, 2012, 06:38:20 AM
Eddie Murphy and Shawn Ryan to produce beverly hills cop series
â€Get the f*#k outta here!†because Beverly Hills Cop is getting a TV show spin-off. After last year’s heartbreaking news about Beverly Hills Cop 4, fans were disappointed by the studio’s decision to shelf the fourth installment in the mega successful franchise. But good news emerged soon after and Eddie Murphy was set to produce a TV series based on the hit action-comedy franchise. That was a year ago and today, almost a year later, we can finally bring you some more exciting updates.
Vulture reports The Shield creator, Shawn Ryan, is working with Eddie Murphy and Sony Pictures Television for a Beverly Hills Cop TV series. To get us even more excited about the news, the duo just pitched their show idea to the networks yesterday. In addition to producing, Murphy will also have a small starring stint in the show, hopefully to reprise his role as the hilarious Axel Foley.
According to last year’s Rolling Stone interview with Murphy, the proposed show would follow “Axel Foley’s son, and Axel is the chief of police now in Detroit.†At the time, Murphy was already open to appearing on the show in that capacity, saying he would “do the pilot, show up here and there,†and that still seems to be the case with the actor set to star in the pilot and a few “special†episodes of the series first season (if and when it gets one).
Vulture’s sources described the show’s pitch as a “standard buddy-cop show designed to be a crime procedural with some strong comedic elements.â€
More official details are bound to emerge any day now. The project has yet to find a network home, but with Ryan and Murphy on board, lets just that the show is off to a very good start.
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When we first learned that a Beverly Hills Cop sequel TV pilot was in the works, we were left to wonder who would play the starring role of Axel Foley's son? That question has been answered! The role of Aaron Foley will be played by stand-up comedian Brandon T. Jackson, otherwise known to Tropic Thunder fans as Alpa Chino.
We learned back in August that Eddie Murphy and Shawn Ryan were developing a TV pilot that follows up on Murphy's beloved 80s comedy Beverly Hills Cop, and that CBS picked up the pilot, which would follow Axel's blue-collar police officer son Aaron, who attempts to get out from under his father's shadow by heading to Beverly Hills to deal with the criminal elements in the wealthy neighborhood. Murphy is expected to guest star in the pilot, and might play a recurring role, should the comedy go to series.
TVLine reports that Brandon T. Jackson has landed the lead role in the project. In addition to Tropic Thunder, he's appeared in Fast & Furious, Tooth Fairy and Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief. He's also no stranger to sequels or to playing the son of a movie cop in a comedy. Jackson played the role of Trent, the stepson to Martin Lawrence's character Malcolm Turner in Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son. Hopefully he's the right man for this Beverly Hills Cop pilot (you can't really go wrong with Alpa Chino, right?), as I'm sure I'm not alone in having high hopes that the project is successful and makes its way onto CBS' primetime line-up.
This guy was awful in the third Big Momma film, though to be fair he was still probably the best thing in it!
Splinter Cell Movie Enlists Tom Hardy as Sam Fisher
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Tom Hardy is set to take on Tom Clancy, as the actor who played Bane in the Dark Knight Rises has signed on to play Sam Fisher in Ubisoft's movie adaptation of Splinter Cell. Eric Warren Singer, who also wrote th 2009 Clive Owen action thriller 'The International' is on board to pen the script, while Ubisoft is still in talks with studios.
Apparently, Ubisoft has held preliminary talks with Warner Bros and Paramount about the Splinter Cell movie. The Assassin's Creed movie meanwhile, which is set to star Michael Fassbender is with New Regency and Fox. There's no plot details for Splinter Cell as yet, with Variety simply reporting that Hardy will play Fisher.
"Tom Hardy is currently one of the biggest talents in the film industry, and he has a phenomenal ability to take on complex and varied roles with his broad range of acting skills," said Jean-Julien Baronnet, CEO of Ubisoft Motion Pictures. "His involvement in the 'Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell' movie is exciting news for movie and video game fans alike. Meanwhile, Eric Singer is one of the most talented writers of the moment, and ... we're confident he'll bring a fresh approach and create a thrilling story ... while still respecting all the codes and traditions of the franchise that are so important to fans."
There's no date as yet for the Splinter Cell movie, but Splinter Cell: Blacklist is out in 2013.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on November 15, 2012, 11:15:52 AM
Splinter Cell Movie Enlists Tom Hardy as Sam Fisher
I hate to invest any hopes in a videogame movie, but I really don't think Tom Hardy would sign onto a movie if it wasn't going to be above average.
Consider me hopeful... and also a supergay for Sam Fisher. :-*
Zack Snyder Confirms Man of Steel Trailer Will Be Shown With The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Director Zack Snyder has confirmed that the trailer for Man of Steel will be shown with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Here is what he had to say…
On The Trailer: "It's fun. I can't wait for 'The Hobbit,' so it will be fun to see our crazy 'Man of Steel' trailer and then enjoy the Hobbit because that's going to be great," said Snyder. "It just feels like a fun Christmas thing to do, drag the whole family out for that action."
On Michael Shannon as General Zod: "I was just incredibly fortunate to play with those guys who really were giving all they had to bring a level of commitment to the scenes they have together so that audiences will get an opportunity to really have their heroes taken seriously. As serious as I was taking it, and I don't mean that from a depressing kind of way but from a, 'This is important and fun and needs to be given the respect that it deserves,' from that perspective it was so exciting to watch them drink the Kool-Aid of that concept and go all the way."
Star Trek Into Darkness Official Plot Synopsis Revealed
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In a few weeks, we’ll know a lot more about J.J. Abrams’ sequel Star Trek Into Darkness, an anticipated film that â€" to date â€" has managed to fly under the radar. Oh, we know that most of the original cast is coming back. And we know that the amazing Benedict Cumberbatch will be playing an as-yet-undetermined villain. Paramount plans to unspool a 9-minute preview for Abrams’ film before IMAX presentations on Dec. 14. Audiences also will be able to see a traditional trailer in the 2D versions of the film. And now the studio is revealing an official synopsis.
Many have expressed interest in avoiding specific details about Star Trek Into Darkness< and if you’d like to stay that way, avoid this paragraph. It’s not spoilery, but it absolutely includes specifics you might not want to hear prior to the film’s release. For the rest of you, here’s the official plot synopsis for the next Star Trek film, directly from the studio’s Web site:
[spoiler]In Summer 2013, pioneering director J.J. Abrams will deliver an explosive action thriller that takes Star Trek Into Darkness. When the crew of the Enterprise is called back home, they find an unstoppable force of terror from within their own organization has detonated the fleet and everything it stands for, leaving our world in a state of crisis.
With a personal score to settle, Captain Kirk leads a manhunt to a war-zone world to capture a one man weapon of mass destruction. As our heroes are propelled into an epic chess game of life and death, love will be challenged, friendships will be torn apart, and sacrifices must be made for the only family Kirk has left: his crew.[/spoiler]
Abrams continues to explore Kirk (with Chris Pine in the role), painting him as a rebel and a bit of a loner who finds solace in this dysfunctional family aboard the Enterprise. You have to be intrigued by the promise of the crew returning home (as they once did in the aptly-titled Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home). But instead of bringing rare whales back to space, they’ll be hunting a threat (Cumberbatch) through the deepest reaches of the galaxies. It sounds fantastic. Now, we strap in and wait for those previews on Dec. 14.
According to sources, Joseph Gordon-Levitt absolutely will be appearing in "Justice League" as the new Batman.
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Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel Officially Join Girl Meets World Pilot
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Boy Meets World fans, meet the best news you’ll hear all day. TVLine has learned exclusively that Ben Savage and Danielle Fishel have officially signed on to reprise their roles as Cory Matthews and Topanga Lawrence in the red-hot Disney Channel pilot Girl Meets World.
The potential sequel series picks up more than a decade after Boy Meets World ended its ABC run and finds Cory and Topanga happily married and raising their 13-year-old daughter, Riley (from whose point of view the story is told).
The pilot is still in the very early stages of development with Boy Meets World creator and executive producer Michael Jacobs at the helm.
[TVLine (http://tvline.com/2012/11/26/girl-meets-world-ben-savage-danielle-fishel/)]
Quote from: nCogNeato on November 28, 2012, 03:06:28 PM
According to sources, Joseph Gordon-Levitt absolutely will be appearing in "Justice League" as the new Batman.
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It'd be interesting to see where they go with this, if they decide to actually move away from Bruce Wayne, which as far as I know hasn't been done on-screen.
Quote from: zerosum on November 28, 2012, 05:49:56 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on November 28, 2012, 03:06:28 PM
According to sources, Joseph Gordon-Levitt absolutely will be appearing in "Justice League" as the new Batman. (http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/exclusive-is-joseph-gordon-levitt-already-set-to-play-batman-in-justice-league)
It'd be interesting to see where they go with this, if they decide to actually move away from Bruce Wayne, which as far as I know hasn't been done on-screen.
I was actually hoping for a Nightwing movie.
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Quote from: nCogNeato on November 29, 2012, 03:43:21 PM
Quote from: zerosum on November 28, 2012, 05:49:56 PM
Quote from: nCogNeato on November 28, 2012, 03:06:28 PM
According to sources, Joseph Gordon-Levitt absolutely will be appearing in "Justice League" as the new Batman. (http://www.hitfix.com/motion-captured/exclusive-is-joseph-gordon-levitt-already-set-to-play-batman-in-justice-league)
It'd be interesting to see where they go with this, if they decide to actually move away from Bruce Wayne, which as far as I know hasn't been done on-screen.
I was actually hoping for a Nightwing movie.
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I'd actually buy that as a more natural progression - just wonder how many of the white haired execs at WB would scratch their heads and think...."Night Wha?? That's Not Batman!!" #)
Hopefully I underestimate the machine that is Hollywood.
On a somewhat unrelated note:
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Plans for "X-Men: Days of Future Past" continue to be unveiled as director Bryan Singer's follow-up to "X-Men: First Class" takes shape. The latest news? Hugh Jackman could join the film as Wolverine.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Jackman is in talks to reunite with Singer on the new film. This follows the announcement earlier this week that Patrick Stewart would be returning as Professor X and Ian McKellen would be back as Magneto. Both Stewart and McKellen sat out the previous "X-Men" installment, "First Class," and Jackman made only a cameo appearance.
Singer returns to the franchise after other directors made "X-Men: The Last Stand" and "First Class."
The "Days of Future Past" story line is one that's well-known to X-Men fans. It was a two-issue story written by longtime "X-Men" writer Chris Claremont in 1981 and was partially set in an alternative future where mutants were forced into internment camps, watched over by giant robots called Sentinels.
In the present day, the X-Men must work to stop a crucial event that triggers the anti-mutant hysteria that eventually leads to the dystopic future.
In 2001, a Marvel readers poll voted it the 25th most popular Marvel story of all time.
With Stewart, McKellen and Jackman (as well as Singer) returning to the film series, many fans hope to see this was a connector between the original "X-Men" and the prequel "First Class." Many actors from "First Class" are also returning, including Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender and Nicholas Hoult.
Jackman is also playing Wolverine in next summer's "The Wolverine," which is a sequel to "X-Men Origins: Wolverine."
The X-Men films, it seems, are becoming as convoluted as the original comics.
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Dane DeHaan confirmed as Harry Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Sony opts for “brooding outsider†approach
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Dane DeHaan has officially been confirmed as the new Harry Osborn in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, with the studio clearly opting for the “brooding outsider†approach to the character.
DeHaan was initially linked to the role before reports emerged claiming that Sony were looking for a more athletic, all-American take on the character. However, it seems that they’ve reverted to their first vision.
Norman Osborn has been a peripheral figure at this stage in proceedings, but depending on how Osborn Sr's story arc plays out, we could well see Harry become a villain, as was the case in Sam Raimi’s trilogy. Casting the intense DeHaan would certainly allow for that contingency.
“Dane is an exciting and extraordinary young actor and he is a fantastic addition to our cast,†said director Marc Webb, before DeHaan tweeted that, “to say I’m excited is an understatement.â€
Meanwhile, Jamie Foxx and Shailene Woodley have also been officially confirmed as Electro and Mary-Jane Watson respectively. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will open in the UK on 18 April 2014.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on December 04, 2012, 09:42:20 AM
... Meanwhile, Jamie Foxx ... officially confirmed as Electro
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GUYSOHMYGOD
LOOK AT BENEDICT LOOK.AT.HIM
DO YOU HEAR HIS VOICE DO. YOU. HEAR. IT?
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omg. icannotstopcrying.
IF GOD HAD A VOICE, THIS WOULD BE IT SDKBJFJBCFAEJCFDSFBAsndjkasgfhjsdfaaaasdnsbffffffff
lol
Yes, Elle. Benedict iz teh hawt.
Quote from: citatscEellE on December 06, 2012, 12:51:39 PM
DO. YOU. HEAR. IT?
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The one thing I wish these trailers would stop doing is using that damn pulse "
BWONG!!" sound effect in their soundtracks:
but that sound is kinna awesome though...
Quote from: zerosum on December 06, 2012, 11:00:20 PM
The one thing I wish these trailers would stop doing is using that damn pulse "BWONG!!" sound effect in their soundtracks:
I have no idea
BWONG what you are
BWONG talking
BWONG a..
BWONG..bout.
[spoiler]
BWONG[/spoiler]
Rumor: Darkseid plays the villain in Justice League movie
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Will the Justice League square off against the intergalactic villainy of Darkseid in their inevitable feature film debut? Latino Review certainly seems to think so.
You’ll notice a “rumor†tag on that headline up there. As usual this means you should take a grain of salt with everything we’re about to tell you. Obviously we think this idea has merit or is newsworthy, otherwise we wouldn’t publish it, but as you’re reading the below text please keep in mind that we aren’t guaranteeing anything here.
Alright, now that we’re all on the same page, Latino Review published an “exclusive†report (http://latino-review.com/2012/12/03/exclusive-bad-guy-justice-league/) yesterday which claims that the villain in the inevitable Justice League film will be none other than Darkseid. It’s a convincing report too. After all, the upcoming sequel to The Avengers will feature Thanos, a character who was created as something of a parody of the Darkseid character yet who occupies a very important niche in the Marvel universe: That of the universal-scale villain. For DC Comics parent company Warner Bros. to offer the Justice League an appropriately threatening villain (while also not alienating mainstream viewers too drastically by introducing some fourth-tier threat that only comic book geeks have ever heard of) the film would have to feature Darkseid, as nobody else in the DC Universe fits the bill.
Unfortunately, as convincing as it may be, the Latino Review exclusive seems to be based purely on conjecture. While we agree with the conjecture, it’s difficult to take it at face value when the site fails to cite anyone to back up its claims. Even a vague mention of anonymous insiders would have lent this story a bit of credit. Instead, the site merely says it came upon this information “after some persistent snooping.â€
Does this mean that we’re hoping to discredit this rumor? No, not at all. Latino Review has a great track record on this kind of thing, and to be honest, we agree with the conjecture. Darkseid is a perfect double for Thanos, which both provides a villain and sets up the Justice League film to directly compete with The Avengers 2. Likewise, he’s one of the few beings in the DC universe who could be a believable villain for the Justice League. This is, after all, a team comprised of (at least) Superman, Batman, The Flash, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman, so any bad guy you want to prop up against them is going to have to have some very impressive powers. However, as we mentioned earlier, Warner Bros. most likely wants this villain to be as well known as possible, and given that DC’s other universal-scale threats are relatively unknown among the mass population (your mom has no idea who the Anti-Monitor is) Darkseid is the only reasonable candidate.
Then again, it’s entirely possible that Warner Bros. might take this film in a different direction. A smaller-scale Justice League movie that focuses on the internal strife of the team could be interesting, even without a foe capable of destroying worlds on a whim. The film is theoretically scheduled for release in the summer of 2015, so there’s still a lot of time for the company to change its mind on which direction to take this story. Once we have more solid details on what Warner Bros. has planned, we’ll let you know.
[Digital Trends (http://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/rumor-darkseid-plays-the-villain-in-justice-league-movie/)]
I can't wait for the wave of comic novices to start accusing the Justice League movie of ripping off the Avengers. #)
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Quote from: nCogNeato on December 07, 2012, 04:55:56 PM
Trailers look interesting, in the way Zombieland held some of the same elements (of course minus Woody Harrelson character) - I do remember liking the cover for the book the film's based on:
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Quote from: zerosum on December 07, 2012, 05:47:17 PM
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It is a lovely cover.
Quote from: nCogNeato on December 07, 2012, 03:10:53 PM
Quote from: zerosum on December 06, 2012, 11:00:20 PM
The one thing I wish these trailers would stop doing is using that damn pulse "BWONG!!" sound effect in their soundtracks:
I have no idea BWONG what you are BWONG talking BWONG a..BWONG..bout.
[spoiler]BWONG[/spoiler]
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Quote from: citatscEellE on December 07, 2012, 06:24:59 AM
but that sound is kinna awesome though...
Don't really mind the sound itself, it's just how over-used it is now. I'm expecting the next Adam Sandler film to incorporate it somehow ... :P
Fantastic Four Reboot Gets Estimated Release Date
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For what is sure to be a crowded year for superhero movies; we have confirmation that the new Fantastic Four movie will be arriving March 6, 2015. The title will be a reboot of the franchise, with Chronicle director Josh Trank at the helm and and a relatively unknown Jeremy Slater; to write the script.
From Twitter:
Exhibitor Relations @ERCboxoffice
Reboot City. Fox's new FANTASTIC FOUR will hit theaters 3/6/15. Josh Trank (CHRONICLE) directs.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on December 09, 2012, 01:02:27 PM
Fantastic Four Reboot Gets Estimated Release Date
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For what is sure to be a crowded year for superhero movies; we have confirmation that the new Fantastic Four movie will be arriving March 6, 2015. The title will be a reboot of the franchise, with Chronicle director Josh Trank at the helm and and a relatively unknown Jeremy Slater; to write the script.
From Twitter:
Exhibitor Relations @ERCboxoffice
Reboot City. Fox's new FANTASTIC FOUR will hit theaters 3/6/15. Josh Trank (CHRONICLE) directs.
The Fantastic Four definitely deserves better than they're movies have given, although I did enjoy the sequel more than expected.
However, I do wonder who will be playing Human Torch...
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Quote from: GamerMan316 on December 09, 2012, 01:06:25 PM
I never read the graphic novel, but the trailer definitely gives hope for a decent movie.
Matt Damon talks Bourne 4
Says he approached Jonathan Nolan to write the script
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Matt Damon recently reasoned that it would be tricky for him to do another Bourne film after The Bourne Legacy tinkered with the events of that universe, but from the sounds of his latest interview, he could still be open to the possibility.
“Neither of us is against it,†he said, referring to director Paul Greengrass. “I would love to do another one. I love that character. To me, the reason to make that movie is because people want to see it. Paul and I have said that to each other.
“We don’t take for granted the fact that we’ve built an audience for Bourne, that’s a real privilege. But our part of that bargain is that the movie is good and belongs with the other three. Until we can deliver that, we just can’t make it.â€
When asked what else would have to be in place, Damon’s answer was interesting, revealing that he had previously sounded out Jonathan Nolan as a potential screenwriter.
“Just a couple things, really. Paul Greengrass has to want to do it, and secondly and equally important, it comes down to Paul and I knowing what the hell we want to do. We just don’t have a story, and we haven’t had one.
“I quietly went to Jonah Nolan, because he and his brother Chris did such a brilliant job on Batman and that whole mythology. I just said, can you put your brain on this? I can’t figure it out. And he took a run at it and he couldn’t crack it either. Paul and I have been talking about it for years. And we can’t quite see what the movie would be. If we could get line of sight on that…â€
Aside from the unnecessary change to the iconic 'S' logo in the title screen, I'm loving what I'm seeing.
Quote from: nCogNeato on December 11, 2012, 06:50:16 PM
Aside from the unnecessary change to the iconic 'S' logo in the title screen, I'm loving what I'm seeing.
No famous music either :( Does look good though :)
BIG-O!!!
That's what that reminded me of. Tip of my tongue. :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on December 11, 2012, 05:07:55 PM
Just watched it this morning. Looks really good, can't wait!!
The Wolverine international poster
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Jackie Chan confirms involvement in Expendables 3
Also says he’s up for Rush Hour 4
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Jackie Chan has confirmed that he will appear in The Expendables 3.
The action star announced his involvement at a press conference for CZ12 (AKA Chinese Zodiac).
“Sly had invited me to be in Expendables 2 but I was too busy filming CZ12 and couldn't make a commitment to the film. But he did extend his invitation to the third movie, which I agreed on the condition that I will be appearing as more than just a minor role with a few scenes.â€
He also said that the next film he’s working on could possibly become Rush Hour 4. Going by the working title Skip Tracer, the film’s said to be another East-meets-West comedy, and Chris Tucker’s apparently looking at the script.
“The script is currently viewed by Chris Tucker. Personally, I feel that if he were to pick it up, it would be better if we turned it into Rush Hour 4 but I do think that three movies for the franchise is a perfect ending. It would be better to start a new buddy movie with someone new.â€
The Expendables 3 doesn’t have a release date pencilled in, but with Stallone lining up ageing action stars like they’re going out of fashion (erm…) expect more news on this one soon.
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"when this is over we'll all go camping" ............. haha
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QuoteToday, AMC announces the season 4 pick-up of The Walking Dead.
AMC also jointly announces with Glen Mazzara today that for future seasons, the two parties have mutually decided to part ways. Glen guided the series creatively for seasons 2 and 3. AMC is grateful for his hard work. We are both proud of our shared success.
Both parties acknowledge that there is a difference of opinion about where the show should go moving forward, and conclude that it is best to part ways. This decision is amicable and Glen will remain on for post-production on season 3B as showrunner and executive producer.
[Deadline (http://www.deadline.com/2012/12/amc-renews-the-walking-dead-glen-mazzara-steps-down-as-showrunner/)]
'Hanna' Writer to Pen 'Shadow of Colossus' for Sony
Josh Trank (Chronicle) attached to direct
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Seth Lochhead, the Canadian-born scribe who co-wrote the action film Hanna, has been tapped to work on Shadow of the Colossus, Sony’s adaptation of the popular PlayStation 2 video game.
Josh Trank is attached to direct the project and came on board in May 2012 after being launched by his hit sci-fi pic Chronicle. He will oversee the writing of the script. Justin Marks wrote an early draft of the script when the project was initially set up in 2009.
The game’s story involves a young man named Wander, who, riding his trusty steed Argo, travels a world defeating 16 colossal beings in order to resurrect a girl named Mono.
Kevin Misher is producing. Misher Films’ Andy Berman and Kevin Chang are overseeing.
Lochhead has The Governess, a top secret project being produced by Michael Bay, set up at Warner Bros. and has written an adaptation of sci-fi novel The Age of Miracles for Bill Pohlad’s River Road Entertainment.
Hanna was an intriguingly off-beat 2011 action movie directed by Joe Wright and starring Saoirse Ronan as a teenager trained to be an assassin by her father, played by Eric Bana.
[Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/hanna-writer-pen-shadow-colossus-409585)]
85th Annual Academy Awards Nominations (http://www.imdb.com/oscars/nominations/?ref_=rto_hm_evc_acd)
Golden Globe Winners (http://www.imdb.com/oscars/nominations/golden-globes)
Die Hard in the White House!
Quote from: GamerMan316 on January 22, 2013, 05:47:52 PM
Die Hard in the White House!
I'll buy a ticket for G.Butts.
I honestly don't remember anything from the first Red movie, but I remember I liked it. Looking forward to Red 2. 8)
J.J. Abrams Officially Announced as Star Wars: Episode VII Director
The rumours were true...
Lucasfilm and Walt Disney Pictures have officially announced that J.J. Abrams (Lost, Star Trek, Fringe) will direct Star Wars: Episode VII. Abrams will be directing the first of the new series of Star Wars films from a script by Michael Arndt; Abrams will also produce the film alongside Bryan Burk via Bad Robot under the Disney/Lucasfilm banner
George Lucas commented on the selection, saying, "I've consistently been impressed with J.J. as a filmmaker and storyteller. He's an ideal choice to direct the new Star Wars film and the legacy couldn't be in better hands."
Abrams also commented, saying, "To be a part of the next chapter of the Star Wars saga, to collaborate with Kathy Kennedy and this remarkable group of people, is an absolute honor. I may be even more grateful to George Lucas now than I was as a kid."
Coooool.... I think?
Anna Paquin and Ellen Page bring Rogue and Kitty Pride back for 'Days of Future Past'
Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore and Ellen Page to be reunited in sequel
As "X-Men: Days of Future Past" prepares to start shooting, director Bryan Singer (who directed the first two "X-Men" films last decade) has revealed that even more former "X-Men" stars have signed on for the film.
Based on the fan favorite storyline, "Days of Future Past" will feature both the mutant heroes of the cinematic past and present, and it looks like Rogue, Iceman and Kitty Pryde will be along for the ride.
Singer has just confirmed that "X-Men" stars Anna Paquin, Shawn Ashmore and Ellen Page are joining the swelling ranks of the upcoming sequel to "X-Men: First Class." He even included a shout-out to "X-Men: The Last Stand" director Brett Ratner.
He tweeted, "Very excited to welcome #annapaquin, @ellenpage & @shawnrashmore to #XMen #DaysofFuturePast - thank you @BrettRatner for letting them live!"
The trio will be reunited with Hugh Jackman, who is returning as Wolverine, while Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart will also reprise their respective roles as Magneto and Professor X.
They will share the screen with "X-Men First Class" stars such as James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender and more.
'Superman Lives' Could Find New Life In A Kickstarter-Funded Documentary
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It's no secret that the Tim Burton-Kevin Smith-Nicolas Cage, Superman Lives project is one of the greatest "what the hell happened there?" stories in the comic book movie realm. It seems that almost every few months, some new photo, video or news tidbit manifests online, challenging our notion of just how crazy could that project might have been (electric suit or greasy hair anyone?). Now, a new documentary aims to sift through all of the insanity to bring us comprehensive details... provided it can raise the capital on Kickstarter.
Tentatively titled, The Death of "Superman Lives: What Happened?, Jon Schnepp's documentary intends to tell the story of the various attempts to get the Man of Steel off the ground between 1987 and 2006. His plan is to interview as many people involved with project as possible as well as recreate scenes from the script.
The goal of the Kickstarter is to reach $98,000, with the intention of having the film ready to preview by this year's San Diego Comic-Con International. As of press time, Schnepp has raised more than half that amount, with 39 days left to fund the remainder.
Of course, this Kickstarter comes right on the tails of new photos surfacing of Nic Cage sporting a very traditional-looking Superman suit. Well, as traditional as a rubber muscle suit can look, anyway.
At this point, I don't know that I could buy Cage as Superman anymore. Maybe waaaay back in the "Peggy Sue Got Married" days...
But not now, "Mr. Ghost Rider Nicolas Cage" - as a dopey awkward Kent, maybe, but not as the Man of Steel.... That ship has long sailed. Even those pics looked pretty comical.
It'd be an interesting documentary though, but that's probably my curiosity speaking more than anything.
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Revenge Star Cast as Female Lead in Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Emily VanCamp joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe...
Captain America: The Winter Soldier has its female lead. Deadline reports that Emily VanCamp, who plays Emily Thorne/Amanda Clarke on ABC's Revenge, has joined the cast of the Marvel Studios film. VanCamp was not among the short list of actresses revealed last fall.
The identity of the character is not confirmed, though she is a romantic interest to Steve Rogers which to anyone familiar with the comics suggests Sharon Carter, the niece of Hayley Atwell's Peggy Carter from Captain America: The First Avenger. Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Frank Grillo, Samuel L. Jackson, Cobie Smulders, Scarlett Johansson and Toby Jones are also set for the film, which opens on April 4th, 2014.
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Evil Dead.
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Looks horrible, And not in a good horror film horrible way. Why can't film makers come up with new ideas for horror films instead of bastardising old classics.
Full synopsis for The Amazing Spider-Man 2
Paul Giamatti and Colm Feore confirmed
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A first full synopsis has gone online for The Amazing Spider-Man 2, with the first concrete plot details revealed about Spidey’s ongoing adventures.
The official press release also confirms Paul Giamatti’s involvement, while Colm Feore has also been added to the cast in an undisclosed role.
“In The Amazing Spider-Man 2, for Peter Parker (Andrew Garfield), life is busy,†begins the official blurb. “Between taking out the bad guys as Spider-Man and spending time with the person he loves, Gwen (Emma Stone), high school graduation can’t come quickly enough.
“Peter hasn’t forgotten about the promise he made to Gwen’s father to protect her by staying away - but that’s a promise he just can’t keep. Things will change for Peter when a new villain, Electro (Jamie Foxx), emerges, an old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, and Peter uncovers new clues about his past.â€
Directed by Marc Webb and co-starring Shailene Woodley and Sally Field, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 will open in the UK on 18 April 2014.
Here we go with yet another bizarre casting choice!
Fox Reloading ‘Hitman’ With Paul Walker As Bald Barcoded Assassin Agent 47
EXCLUSIVE: Fox International Productions is rebooting Hitman, the live action film adaptation of the hit Square Enix video game. They’ve set The Fast And The Furious‘s Paul Walker to star in Agent 47, an action film that was written by A Good Day To Die Hard‘s Skip Woods and Michael Finch and will be directed by Aleksander Bach, a highly regarded commercials director making his feature helming debut.
This gives a new start to Hitman, which was turned into a 2007 film that starred Timothy Olyphant as the genetically engineered elite assassin with the barcode tattooed on the back of his head. Woods wrote that movie, which wasn’t a rave with the critics, but grossed $100 million worldwide. The new film, with Walker playing the lethal protagonist, will shoot in Berlin and Singapore this summer after Walker completes a global press tour for Fast And Furious 6. Walker will shave his head and make this his first big film after Fast 6, whose trailer has been generating 20,000 tweets an hour since it debuted during Sunday’s Super Bowl. Production on the film begins in June.
FIP, led by Sanford Panitch, sees this as a potential gold mine both in the U.S. but especially in the overseas marketplace, where the video game has moved over 20 million units and where Walker has done very well with Universal’s race car franchise and films like Eight Below. Agent 47 will be produced by Chuck Gordon, Alex Young, and Adrian Askarieh. Daniel Alter will be exec producer. 20th Century Fox will distribute in the US and worldwide.
UTA and Luber Roklin Entertainment rep Walker. Finch and Bach are repped by Verve.
Disney confirms standalone Star Wars movies
“Derived from great Star Wars charactersâ€
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After yesterday’s rumour that Yoda might be receiving his own spin-off movie, Disney has today confirmed that several Star Wars standalone projects are indeed in the works.
The new films will deal with some of the characters who won’t be receiving as much screen-time in the new trilogy, with several spin-offs to be released over the same kind of timescale as the main series.
“I can confirm to you today that in fact we are working on a few standalone films,†revealed Disney CEO, Bob Iger. “Larry Kasdan and Simon Kinberg are both working on films derived from great Star Wars characters that are not part of the overall saga.
“We still plan to make Star Wars 7, 8, and 9 roughly over a six-year period of time, starting in 2015. But there are going to be a few other films released in that period, too.â€
Sounds like Yoda might be getting his own outing (http://www.totalfilm.com/news/yoda-spinoff-movie-in-the-pipeline) after all! In the meantime, Star Wars: Episode VII is slated to arrive in the UK in 2015.
GIVE US A BOBA FETT MOVIE!!!!!!
Chris Pratt (Parks and Recreation) to play Star-Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy (http://www.deadline.com/2013/02/chris-pratt-getting-guardians-of-the-galaxy-lead/)
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I know this may be borderline blasphemy to say, but Chris Pratt could possibly be the world's next Nathan Fillion.
For those interested in a little history depiction (from a slightly different perspective) this weekend:
Cool.
This year's Oscar winners (http://www.imdb.com/oscars/nominations/?ref_=hm_ad_t1)
Evil Dead 4 Will Be Written This Summer
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Under normal circumstances, a remake or a reboot is typically Hollywood's way of saying, "Forget about the old movies, we're bringing you something new!" For example, at this stage in the game nobody is thinking that we'll ever see a direct sequel to Spider-Man 3 or Batman and Robin. But apparently that's not the case for the Evil Dead .
While the remake of the 80s horror classic is set to premiere at SXSW and hit theaters on on April 5th, apparently hopes for a sequel to the Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness aren't completely dead. The filmmaker is currently doing the press tour for the upcoming Oz The Great and Powerful, and at a recent Meet The Filmmakers event in London, via Bleeding Cool, the director has confirmed that plans for Evil Dead 4 not only exist, but are in active development. Said Raimi during the event, "I would love to make Evil Dead 4. My brother and I plan to work on the script this summer." While Ted Raimi has appeared as an actor in all three of the previous films, presumably Sam is referring to his brother Ivan, who previously worked on the scripts for Drag Me to Hell, Army of Darkness and Darkman.
As excited as I am for the remake - and how could you not be after the sick, stellar red band trailer that came out in January - this news totally blows my mind. Creating a sequel in addition to a remake truly is the best of both worlds, as we'll be able to see what the modern take on the story is in addition to learning about the future adventures of Ash, the legendary hero played by Bruce Campbell. There is one thing that this story has me left wondering: is it possible that the Evil Dead remake isn't a remake at all and is really just a continuation of the original story that will have Ash return and continue the adventure? We'll just have to wait and find out.
Report: Bale to Return as Batman in Justice League?
Plus, Christopher Nolan, Zack Snyder in talks to lead the project.
Christian Bale is in talks to reprise his role as Batman in DC's upcoming Justice League movie, Christopher Nolan will oversee the project, and Man of Steel-helmer Zack Snyder will produce - and possibly direct - if a new report from Latino Review is to be believed.
The website claims that Nolan is now in charge of the entire DCU at Warner Bros., and is in discussions to act as a sort of Godfather to the project, as well as produce alongside Zack Snyder. The studio allegedly wants the film to be set in the same universe as Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, which naturally means a return of Bale's Batman. Not only that, but Justice League would also tie in with Snyder's gritty Man of Steel, which means - you guessed it - Bale's Batman and Henry Cavill's Superman would appear in the same universe, in the same movie, at the same time.
As the website correctly notes, Bale wouldn't be against reprising the role, as long as the story was right. "I would love the challenge of making a fourth one work," he told Empire Magazine last summer.
Considering Marvel hit the billion-dollar jackpot with the culmination of its Phase One shared universe model, The Avengers, imagine what Warner Bros. could spin by crossing over their top-tier DC properties? And if Justice League releases in 2015 as planned, it will go up against The Avengers 2 the same year, which is certainly an unprecedented clash of the comic book movie titans.
While the information is definitely still camped out in rumorville, the folks at Latino Review have traditionally proven themselves to be a reliable source for scoops, and this could certainly be one of their biggest.
We'll update with any new information as we get it.
http://uk.ign.com/articles/2013/03/04/report-bale-to-return-as-batman-in-justice-league?utm_campaign=twposts&utm_source=twitter
Danny Boyle confirms 'Trainspotting' sequel
Danny Boyle has confirmed plans for a Trainspotting sequel.
He hopes that the adaptation of Irvine Welsh's follow-up novel Porno will see the return of the original cast including Ewan McGregor.
The filmmaker plans to begin making the film in 2016. John Hodge, who wrote the screenplays for Boyle's Trance, Trainspotting, Shallow Grave and A Life Less Ordinary, is currently working on the script.
"This has been a long time coming," Boyle told The Playlist.
"There's always been this long-term plan for Trainspotting 2, if John can produce a decent enough script, I don't think there will be any barriers to Ewan or any of the cast coming back. I think they'll wanna know that the parts are good so they don't feel like they are letting anyone down."
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Boyle's next film Trance - which stars James McAvoy and Rosario Dawson - will open in the UK on March 27 and in the US on April 5.
'Star Wars: Clone Wars' Ending its Run on Cartoon Network
Lucasfilm will also delay Seth Green's animated "Star Wars Detours" series.
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Star Wars: Clone Wars is coming to an end on Cartoon Network.
After five seasons on Cartoon Network, series creator Lucasfilm announced Monday that the animated entry would come to an end on the cable network.
"As we enter into an exciting new era focused on the next Star Wars trilogy, Lucasfilm has decided to pursue a new direction in animated programming," the company wrote on its website Monday, more than five months after Disney purchased Lucasfilm. "We are exploring a whole new Star Wars series set in a time period previously untouched in Star Wars films or television programming. You can expect more details in the months to come.
"After five highly successful and critically acclaimed seasons of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, we feel the time has come to wind down the series. While the studio is no longer producing new episodes for Cartoon Network, we're continuing production on new Clone Wars story arcs that promise to be some of the most thrilling adventures ever seen. Stay tuned for more information on where fans can soon find this bonus content."
In addition, Lucasfilm has also decided to postpone Star Wars Detours, an animated series from Seth Green, Todd Grimes and Matthew Senreich. Green and Senreich are behind Cartoon Network/Adult Swim's Emmy-winning animated hit Robot Chicken.
“It has been a pleasure to work with Lucasfilm on Star Wars: The Clone Wars over the last five years and introducing a whole new audience to this great iconic brand,†Cartoon Network said in a statement acquired by The Hollywood Reporter.
Clone Wars had been a sturdy performer for Cartoon Network, with its recently concluded fifth season averaging 1.7 million total viewers.
Clone Wars has been a top performer on The Cartoon Network since it first launched in August 2008 as an animated feature (which first played briefly in theaters). Even after being moved to Saturday morning last year, Clone Wars remained the No. 1 show among boys 9- 14, and has shown continued strength among kids 2- 11 and 9-14, especially among boys.
The Clone Wars series on Cartoon Network, like that movie, take place in a fictional Stars Wars galaxy in the same time period as the Star Wars movies Attack of the Clones (2002) and Revenge of the Sith (2005), the last feature release.
Cartoon Network's sister company Warner Bros. distributed the Clone Wars movie in 2008 and has been selling previous episodes of Clone Wars on DVD and Blu-ray. In 2012, Clone Wars also went into broadcast syndication for the first time through an independent company, Trifecta Entertainment and Media.
After Disney acquired Lucasfilm in October, there was immediate speculation about the future of Clone Wars. In a conference call at the time of the sale, Disney CEO Robert Iger discussed the potential for Star Wars animated spinoffs to play on Disney-owned channels, especially Disney XD (which unlike the Disney Channel carries advertising).
Turner Entertainment’s Cartoon Network only had the license for Clone Wars through the end of the 2012-2013 season. Renewals had been done year-by-year. While Turner is believed to have wanted to continue, it is clear Disney has another vision for the Star Wars spinoffs.
Clone Wars has been produced at a production facility in Singapore, China, which has been expanded in recent years. It is likely the new series will also be produced there.
Reps for Green did not respond to a request for comment.
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The film based on Irrational's 2007 game was originally announced in 2008 and was to be directed by "Pirates of the Caribbean" helmer, Gore Verbinski.
A report from [Eurogamer (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-12-ken-levine-personally-killed-off-the-bioshock-film-heres-why)] now sheds more light onto why a Bioshock movie will not see the light of day.
Speaking at BAFTA, in promotion of Bioshock Infinite, Levine stated the following:
QuoteThere was a deal in place, and it was in production at Universal - Gore Verbinski was directing it," he said. "My theory is that Gore wanted to make a hard R film - which is like a 17/18 plus, where you can have blood and naked girls. Well, I don't think he wanted naked girls. But he wanted a lot of blood.
Then Watchmen came out, and it didn't do well for whatever reason. The studio then got cold feet about making an R rated $200 million film, and they said what if it was a $80 million film - and Gore didn't want to make a $80 million film.
They brought another director in, and I didn't really see the match there - and 2K's one of these companies that puts a lot of creative trust in people. So they said if you want to kill it, kill it. And I killed it.
...It was saying I don't need to compromise - how many times in life do you not need to compromise? It comes along so rarely, but I had the world, the world existed and I didn't want to see it done in a way that I didn't think was right. It may happen one day, who knows, but it'd have to be the right combination of people.
Source: [Eurogamer (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-12-ken-levine-personally-killed-off-the-bioshock-film-heres-why)]
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Nice one mate, quite a few were removed pretty quickly the other night.
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Really? And I bet it'll make just enough bank to fuel a final episode in the trilogy... #)
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Legendary film critic Roger Ebert has died aged 70, after an extended period battling with cancer.
Famed for his Pulitzer-winning writing for the Chicago Sun-Times and his appearances on Siskel & Ebert At The Movies, Ebert’s passing came the day after he penned a final piece entitled My Leave Of Presence, in which he touched upon his most recent health scare.
“Thank you. Forty-six years ago on April 3, 1967, I became the film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times," he wrote. "The immediate reason for my 'leave of presence' is my health. The 'painful fracture' that made it difficult for me to walk has recently been revealed to be a cancer.â€
The critic credited with coining the term “two thumbs upâ€, Ebert was never one to shy away from a confrontation, or to stand up for a film he believed in, as seen by his reaction to a critical question during a screening of The Library at the Sundance Film Festival.
Take a look, below…
Ebert’s passing has drawn a host of tributes from the great and good, including a statement from the White House itself.
“Michelle and I are saddened to hear about the passing of Roger Ebert,†began the statement from President Obama. “For a generation of Americans â€" and especially Chicagoans â€" Roger was the movies. When he didn't like a film, he was honest; when he did, he was effusive â€" capturing the unique power of the movies to take us somewhere magical.â€
“Even amidst his own battles with cancer, Roger was as productive as he was resilient â€" continuing to share his passion and perspective with the world. The movies won't be the same without Roger, and our thoughts and prayers are with Chaz [Ebert’s wife] and the rest of the Ebert family.â€
One of the most prominent and well-respected critics of his or any other generation, Roger Ebert will be sadly missed.
"Vehicular Warfare"....really?? :P
Quote from: zerosum on April 21, 2013, 12:32:09 AM
"Vehicular Warfare"....really?? :P
This franchise needs to end big time, shame they've already announced a 7th movie!
I assume they mean fast and furious?
'Dodgeball' Sequel in the Works at Fox
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Ben Stiller's Red Hour Films has set Clay Tarver to write the script for a follow-up to the hit 2004 comedy.
Fox and Red Hour are up for another round of dodgeball.
The studio and the production company run by Ben Stiller and Stuart Cornfeld have tapped Clay Tarver to pen a script for a long-talked about sequel to the hit comedy, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story.
The 2004 movie starred Vince Vaughn as the slacker owner of rundown gym who gathers a group of misfits into a dodgeball tournament in order to defeat an encroaching corporate gym run by Stiller.
The movie grossed more than $114 million domestically on a reported budget of $20 million.
While Fox, Vaughn and Stiller have long mulled the idea of a sequel, little action had been taken. It was even a joke on an episode of Ricky Gervais’ Extras in which Stiller guest-starred.
Now the sequel will focus on Vaughn and Stiller forced to team up to fight an even bigger threat, according to sources.
Tarver co-wrote with J.J. Abrams the 2001 thriller Joy Ride but has spent much of his time in the comedy world and has a familiarity with niche, subculture activities.
He is currently working on Quantum Hoops, which centers on a nerdy basketball team at Caltech, set up Disney and also being produced by Red Hour. He wrote Men Making Music, about the world of competitive barbershop quartets, also set up at Disney and being produced by Abrams. And he worked with Mike Judge on Meat in the Freezer, a satire about hunting for HBO Films.
Tarver is repped by WME and Wetdog Entertainment.
Sweeeeeeeeet!
[Scott Stuber (The Kingdom, Ted, Battleship) To Produce Gears of War Film (http://variety.com/2013/film/news/scott-stuber-game-for-gears-of-war-movie-1200412653/)]
Quote from: zerosum on April 30, 2013, 05:13:02 AM
[Scott Stuber (The Kingdom, Ted, Battleship) To Produce Gears of War Film (http://variety.com/2013/film/news/scott-stuber-game-for-gears-of-war-movie-1200412653/)]
I doubt this will ever see the light of day to be honest. I'm surprised an animated film hasn't been done though, they could have kept the original voice talent that way and not have to use some dodgy actors that don't sound anything like the characters, could still use Lester Speight for Cole in a proper film though. :)
Die Hard 6 gets a screenwriter and a title
Are you ready for Die Hardest?
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After the Russia-based antics of A Good Day To Die Hard, we’ve gleaned some exclusive details about the next installment in the Die Hard franchise.
Die Hard 6 - or Die Hardest, as it’s currently known - is currently at the writing stage, with Brit Ben Trebilcook penning a treatment.
Trebilcook is currently working on Knockout, a videogame-themed actioner set to star real-life martial arts stars. It was on this film that he came into contact with Larry D. Webster, consulting producer on A Good Day To Die Hard.
Through discussions with Webster, Trebilcook landed the Die Hard 6 treatment-writing gig. Details are scarce at the moment, but we know that the story begins in New York, before moving to Tokyo, which will be the predominant location.
As the project’s at the treatment stage, we’ll have to wait to see if this one does progress to production, but Trebilcook thinks his take will please fans. “It is extremely faithful to the franchise and characters and is a natural progression. It's also a very plausible storyline,†he told us.
Clarifying the current status of Die Hard 6, Trebilcook added, "Getting Larry's support was great, but there are many hurdles to leap yet and two of those are called Bruce Willis and [producer] Alex Young. [There's] the possibility producers might go back and find some other source material to base the next one on, like they did with the first and second. Mine though, I feel it could be the Rocky Balboa of the Die Hard franchise."
Quote from: GamerMan316 on April 30, 2013, 01:49:30 PM
Die Hard 6 gets a screenwriter and a title
Are you ready for Die Hardest?
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Have to agree. Torn the arse out of it now.
24 to return in new format for 12-episode series
Fox Entertainment announces thriller starring Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer will be renamed 24: Live Another Day
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Kiefer Sutherland is to return in a new series of real-time thriller 24 â€" but in a 12-episode format in which the less interesting hours will be left out.
The new series, called 24: Live Another Day, was announced on Monday, three years after the Fox drama was axed after eight seasons, a total of 192 episodes between 2001 and 2010.
Following the exploits of counter-terrorism unit agent Jack Bauer, played by Sutherland, the drama was widely thought to have run out of steam by the end of its final season.
Plans for a 24 spin-off movie have been axed, and the new series comes after Sutherland's other Fox drama, Touch, was cancelled after two seasons.
But fans may be left wondering whether a 12-part 24 â€" the unique premise of the original series was that each hour in Bauer's life was played out in real-time across an (almost) hour-long episode â€" is really 24 at all.
Fox Entertainment chairman Kevin Reilly said 24 showrunner Howard Gordon, whose credits also include Homeland, was "really energised" by the idea of a rebooted 24.
"They always had this idea of someday doing a feature film. I think they all agreed that '24' compressed into two hours is not 24," said Reilly.
"What they'll be able to do is go in chronological order of the day, but skip hours … Now we'll get the best part."
Sutherland said: "The response to 24 is unlike anything I have ever experienced as an actor before.
"To have the chance to reunite with the character, Jack Bauer, is like finding a lost friend. The story ideas from Howard Gordon are exciting and fresh, and will not disappoint."
Gordon, whose other credits include Homeland, the US adaptation of hit Israeli drama Prisoners of War, said: "Jack Bauer has always been an exciting, thrilling character, and I confess that I've missed him.
"I think the audience has too. The character has evolved through the years, and this new and exciting event series format is perfect to tell the next chapter of his story and continue to reflect how the world is changing. Fans can rest assured that the Jack they know and love will be back."
The new series of 24 is expected to air on Fox in May next year. The drama debuted in the UK on BBC2 in 2001 but the rights were subsequently bought by BSkyB.
I don't know how much of an artistic departure this is for Lohan....
Quote from: zerosum on June 10, 2013, 12:45:23 AM
Saw this trailer a week or so ago, doesn't look too bad, there's even an XBLA game alongside it. :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 10, 2013, 06:31:12 AM
Quote from: zerosum on June 10, 2013, 12:45:23 AM
Saw this trailer a week or so ago, doesn't look too bad, there's even an XBLA game alongside it. :)
So [
there is (http://www.360df.org/forum/index.php?topic=3367.0)]... ;)
'Sopranos' Star James Gandolfini Dies at 51
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James Gandolfini, who made his mark on television history as the troubled crime boss on HBO’s smash drama The Sopranos, has died. He was 51.
Gandolfini died Wednesday of a reported heart attack in Italy, according to published reports. He was overseas to attend the 59th Taormina Film Festival in Sicily -- and he was scheduled to participate in a festival event this weekend with Italian director Gabriele Muccino.
The stocky Gandolfini played New Jersey mafia boss Tony Soprano for six seasons from 1999-2007, winning three Emmy nominations for best actor in a drama in consecutive years (out of six nominations total). The show was a linchpin of the premium cable network.
Gandolfini also has appeared in such films as the remake of The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001), The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 (2009), Welcome to the Rileys (2010), Killing Them Softly (2012), Not Fade Away (2012), Zero Dark Thirty (2012) and this year’s The Incredible Burt Wonderstone.
Before The Sopranos, Gandolfini appeared in such films, often as a heavy, in Get Shorty (1995), Mr. Wonderful (1993), Terminal Velocity (1994), Crimson Tide (1995), Night Falls on Manhattan (1996), She’s So Lovely (1997) and The Mighty (1998).
Gandolfini, an Italian-American, was born in Westwood, N.J.. His father a bricklayer and later the head custodian at Paramus (N.J.) Catholic High School, and his mother served lunches at the school. Italian was spoken in their home.
Gandolfini graduated from Park Ridge High School in 1979 and earned a BA at Rutgers University, where he worked as a bouncer at an on-campus pub.
RIP - James GandolfiniI know
The Sopranos was his big hit, but I first remember him in
True Romance in the Safari Inn scene (@ 46second mark)...it's a violently cinematic piece of art in terms of the performances. Intense, creepy and ruthless...safe to say that shows like
Breaking Bad &
Mad Men owe their life to
The Sopranos though.
Robert Downey Jr. Signs on For ‘Avengers 2′ and ‘Avengers 3′
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After weeks of speculation as to whether or not he would return, Robert Downey Jr. has officially signed on to star in Disney and Marvel’s next two “Avengers†films.
Downey had hinted in numerous interviews, including a recent segment on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart,†that his days of playing Tony Stark were over.
Marvel announced the news on their website Thursday.
Downey Jr.’s deal, negotiated by CAA, comes on the heels of “Iron Man 3′s†boffo performance at the box office. The 3D blockbuster is already the fifth highest-grossing movie of all-time with a giant $1.2 billion across the globe.
It’s worth noting that while Downey Jr. is scheduled to rejoin “Avengers†in two more installments of the superhero franchise, his new agreement does not include a fourth “Iron Man†movie.
Still, the news must be a major sigh of relief for Disney and Marvel execs.
Joss Whedon, director of “The Avengers,†recently said in an interview that he had no intention of making a sequel to the without the Oscar-nominated actor.
“He is Iron Man,†Whedon said. “He is Iron Man in the way that Sean Connery was James Bond.â€
“The Avengers 2″ arrives in theaters May 1, 2015.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on June 28, 2013, 01:42:17 PM
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Any chance we could post a comment saying what movie etc. as I can't get some up on my iPad. Ta.
Zack Snyder confirms that Man Of Steel sequel will be a Batman-Superman movie: Comic-Con 2013
Makes the announcement at the Warner Bros panel
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Zack Snyder appeared at the end of Warner Bros' 2013 Comic-Con panel to confirm that the Man Of Steel sequel would be a Batman-Supeman movie.
He didn’t give away any plot details, but he did get Man Of Steel actor Harry Lennix to read out a line from the comics that suggested Superman and Batman might not be best buds in the film, which is currently being written.
“I want you to remember my hand at your throat. I want you to remember the one man who beat you.,†read Lennix in his authoritative tone, recalling the famous line that Batman says to Superman after an almighty smackdown in Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns.
After that, the lights went down and a logo appeared on the Hall's giant screens...
Snyder said the line was hint, rather than a direct indicator of where the story would go.
Unsurprisingly, the news blew the roof off of Comic-Con’s Hall H, and will likely be the biggest announcement of the festival.
Start the Batman casting rumours now!
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Zack Snyder confirms that Man Of Steel sequel will be a Batman-Superman movie: Comic-Con 2013
Makes the announcement at the Warner Bros panel
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Zack Snyder appeared at the end of Warner Bros' 2013 Comic-Con panel to confirm that the Man Of Steel sequel would be a Batman-Supeman movie.
He didn’t give away any plot details, but he did get Man Of Steel actor Harry Lennix to read out a line from the comics that suggested Superman and Batman might not be best buds in the film, which is currently being written.
“I want you to remember my hand at your throat. I want you to remember the one man who beat you.,†read Lennix in his authoritative tone, recalling the famous line that Batman says to Superman after an almighty smackdown in Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns.
After that, the lights went down and a logo appeared on the Hall's giant screens...
Snyder said the line was hint, rather than a direct indicator of where the story would go.
Unsurprisingly, the news blew the roof off of Comic-Con’s Hall H, and will likely be the biggest announcement of the festival.
Start the Batman casting rumours now!
This has the potential to be pretty damn awesome... 8)
Hints may have been dropping from the release of "Man Of Steel" - Empire has a list of Easter Eggs found throughout the film. A few of them point right at The Bat.
[15 Easter Eggs In Man Of Steel (http://www.empireonline.com/features/man-of-steel-easter-eggs/p1)]
For some reason, moments of this trailer remind me of the Battlefield: Bad Company games...
Quote from: zerosum on August 18, 2013, 11:59:10 PM
I've had this film for months on dvd and still not watched it yet.
http://www.yesasia.com/global/the-grandmaster-2013-dvd-2-disc-edition/1033040912-0-0-0-en/info.html
YESASIA and HKFlix are the best places to get Chinese stuff imported, you'll also get the fully uncut version and not the version Wong Kar Wai had to cut to keep Harvey Weinstein happy, he's always forcing cuts on Asian films, apparently US audiences can't watch films over 2 hours long!
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 20, 2013, 11:01:17 AM
Quote from: zerosum on August 18, 2013, 11:59:10 PM
I've had this film for months on dvd and still not watched it yet.
http://www.yesasia.com/global/the-grandmaster-2013-dvd-2-disc-edition/1033040912-0-0-0-en/info.html
YESASIA and HKFlix are the best places to get Chinese stuff imported, you'll also get the fully uncut version and not the version Wong Kar Wai had to cut to keep Harvey Weinstein happy, he's always forcing cuts on Asian films, apparently US audiences can't watch films over 2 hours long!
Thanks for the heads up - I'll give it a look.
BTW - I'm not entirely sure how that perception got started
(MTV, most likely), about the Western audiences being the ADHD World Capital
(although, I'm sure there's some truth to it).... But I'm betting that the upcoming Americanization of the Shaw Bros. library might see more of that happening. :-\
Ben Affleck Picks Up Batman Role...(http://atlantablackstar.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Ben-Affleck.jpg)
This is
actually happening, according to Variety:
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The actor will replace Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne in the upcoming untitled Superman-Batman feature for Warner Bros., the studio announced Thursday.
Affleck becomes the eighth actor to play the Caped Crusader, following Bale, George Clooney and Michael Keaton.
“We knew we needed an extraordinary actor to take on one of DC Comics’ most enduringly popular Super Heroes, and Ben Affleck certainly fits that bill, and then some,†WB president Greg Silverman said in a statement.
Directed by “Man of Steel†filmmaker Zack Snyder, the Superman-Batman feature will open worldwide on July 17, 2015, with Henry Cavill, Amy Adams and Diane Lane reprising their roles.
“Ben provides an interesting counter-balance to Henry’s Superman. He has the acting chops to create a layered portrayal of a man who is older and wiser than Clark Kent and bears the scars of a seasoned crime fighter, but retain the charm that the world sees in billionaire Bruce Wayne,†Snyder said in a statement. “I can’t wait to work with him.â€
The announcement of a Batman-Superman film was revealed last month at Comic-con to much excitement of fanboys, who will surely be watching as the studio begins to assemble its Justice League.
The irony of Thursday’s news is that at one point Warner Bros. was interested in having Affleck direct the “Justice League†movie and his participation in this film will now spur interest if whether his casting means a possibility of directing that film.
Source: [Variety (http://variety.com/2013/film/news/ben-affleck-is-the-new-batman-1200586881/)]
#facepalm#
Not sure, but I'm willing to be surprised. Ledger proved a really high quality performer as the Joker and I honestly couldn't see him as that character when he was first announced...so, cautiously optimistic, maybe....
Quote from: zerosum on August 23, 2013, 05:57:39 PM
Not sure, but I'm willing to be surprised. Ledger proved a really high quality performer as the Joker and I honestly couldn't see him as that character when he was first announced...so, cautiously optimistic, maybe....
Seriously? He's a one dimensional character/actor. Bit like Nicholas Cage. Same person in every movie!
Quote from: NeuroticAlias on August 24, 2013, 12:22:22 PM
Quote from: zerosum on August 23, 2013, 05:57:39 PM
Not sure, but I'm willing to be surprised. Ledger proved a really high quality performer as the Joker and I honestly couldn't see him as that character when he was first announced...so, cautiously optimistic, maybe....
Seriously? He's a one dimensional character/actor. Bit like Nicholas Cage. Same person in every movie!
Not defending all of Ben Affleck's decisions and roles, personally, I'm not a fan. (I also wasn't a fan of Ledger's other film roles, aside from 'The Dark Knight'), but Affleck's has had a few shinning moments.
Kind of like Nicolas Cage, a bag of mis-steps, at the mercy of a mix of bad-writing / direction / acting.
The one thing I don't understand about all this backlash against this recent news is how people figure that bad films are usually the fault of one person. It's always a collaborative effort to f*ck something up royally in Hollywood. Usually beginning with the writing and eventually bleeding into the direction and acting, sometimes even down to the marketing.
This might be good or a complete abomination, or something in between, how well the collaboration goes will go a long way in deciding that. One hope I have is that Batman stops growling his lines...
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Kevin Spacey takes TV Channels to task:
What he says is so true. We want to be entertained. No matter how short or long the story. If its good,people will watch.
Tom Clancy Dies At Age 66 -(http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/dam/assets/131002102321-01-tom-clancy-1002-horizontal-gallery.jpg)
Best Selling Author Tom Clancy died last night in Baltimore, according to the [NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/books/tom-clancy-best-selling-novelist-of-military-thrillers-dies-at-66.html?hp)]. Clancy's work has long been a source for highly successful military thrillers in film as well as video games.
No cause of death has been revealed as of yet, but Ubisoft offered the following statement via their Facebook account:
QuoteWe are saddened to learn of Tom Clancy’s passing and our condolences go out to his family. Tom Clancy was an extraordinary author with a gift for creating detailed, engrossing fictional stories that captivated audiences around the world. The teams at Ubisoft, especially at the Red Storm studio, are incredibly grateful to have collaborated with and learned from him, and we are humbled by the opportunity to carry on part of his legacy through our properties that bear his name.
His upcoming novel, “Command Authority,†is planned for publication on Dec. 3rd.
Source:[NY Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/books/tom-clancy-best-selling-novelist-of-military-thrillers-dies-at-66.html?hp)]
Was about to post the same, R.I.P.
Not sure how much I'm willing to back Hollywood regurgitating older films, but this promotional stunt was pretty well carried out. If for nothing else, the reactions are worth watching.
Quote from: zerosum on October 08, 2013, 01:23:41 AM
Not sure how much I'm willing to back Hollywood regurgitating older films, but this promotional stunt was pretty well carried out. If for nothing else, the reactions are worth watching.
Nice :)
Probably better than the actual remake will be!
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Quick Hit:
In a recent [Reddit Q&A via ANN (http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1ouqge/keanu_reeves_ask_me_if_you_want_almost_anything/ccvtbzk)], Keanu Reeves who's been linked to a live-action film version of Cowboy Bebop since forever was a word, revealed the following:
"Cowboy Bebop does not look like it is going to happen with me in it. The script that was written was great and amazing, but it would cost like half a billion dollars to make it, and while I wished and hoped I would have done that project, we are working on trying to get Bill & Ted 3. There's a script and we are trying to put it together."
Looks like Spike's going to have to wait to make his live-action film debut...again. On the bright side...Bill & Ted 3 (better late than never)??
Sometimes, you gotta look back in laughter...
"Fast and Furious" Actor, Paul Walker Killed In Car Accident
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Star of the Hollywood Blockbuster Franchise "Fast and Furious" was involved in a deadly single car accident in Southern California on Saturday. Officials claim speed was definitely a factor in the actor's death.
Walker was a passenger in a friend's 2005 Porsche Carrera GT and both were attending a charity event for his organization, Reach Out Worldwide, in the community of Valencia in Santa Clarita, about 30 miles north of Hollywood.
The website for the charity said the Saturday event was intended to benefit victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
The wreck took place about 3:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. ET), about 300 yards from the office park where the event was held. The speed limit there is 45 mph. Up and down the road near the crash site were burned rubber and doughnut marks as though someone smoked their tires in figure 8 patterns.
"I don't know if the marks in the road are related to the crash," said Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Brian Allen.
Once fire crews put the flames out, they found two occupants, both of whom were pronounced dead at the scene Saturday evening, all that remained was the burnt mangled metal of the red car and a light pole that had been knocked down. The county coroner said that, given the condition of the bodies, it will take some time to definitively identify them.
Paul Walker was 40 years of age and leaves behind a 15-year old daughter, Meadow.
Source: [CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/30/showbiz/actor-paul-walker-dies/index.html?hpt=hp_c2)]
Quote from: zerosum on December 01, 2013, 07:00:27 PM
"Fast and Furious" Actor, Paul Walker Killed In Car Accident
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Star of the Hollywood Blockbuster Franchise "Fast and Furious" was involved in a deadly single car accident in Southern California on Saturday. Officials claim speed was definitely a factor in the actor's death.
Walker was a passenger in a friend's 2005 Porsche Carrera GT and both were attending a charity event for his organization, Reach Out Worldwide, in the community of Valencia in Santa Clarita, about 30 miles north of Hollywood.
The website for the charity said the Saturday event was intended to benefit victims of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines.
The wreck took place about 3:30 p.m. (6:30 p.m. ET), about 300 yards from the office park where the event was held. The speed limit there is 45 mph. Up and down the road near the crash site were burned rubber and doughnut marks as though someone smoked their tires in figure 8 patterns.
"I don't know if the marks in the road are related to the crash," said Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Brian Allen.
Once fire crews put the flames out, they found two occupants, both of whom were pronounced dead at the scene Saturday evening, all that remained was the burnt mangled metal of the red car and a light pole that had been knocked down. The county coroner said that, given the condition of the bodies, it will take some time to definitively identify them.
Paul Walker was 40 years of age and leaves behind a 15-year old daughter, Meadow.
Source: [CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2013/11/30/showbiz/actor-paul-walker-dies/index.html?hpt=hp_c2)]
I think you'd have to be living under a rock to not have heard about this yesterday, everyone was talking about it.
Terrible actor with an amazing agent a bit like a certain Mr Reeves, still very sad story though, wasn't keen on the Fast & Furious films but quite enjoyed Running Scared, very different to his usual stuff, Into the Blue wasn't too bad either but that had nothing to do with him. :)
Anyway, R.I.P. Paul Walker. :(
Listed under..."Stuff" -
Some spoilers included - ;)
Homeland star to replace Paul Walker in new Hitman film - report
But can he Carrie a movie by himself?
British actor Rupert Friend will be the new face of Hitman in Agent 47, the series' upcoming Hollywood film reboot.
That's according to a report on The Wrap, which suggests a deal between the actor and 20th Century Fox is imminent.
Friend is best known for playing Peter Quinn in the US spy series Homeland, although he has also appeared in films such as The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, The Young Victoria and Pride and Prejudice (the dumb Matthew Macfadyen version with no Colin Firth).
The actor steps into the role after the untimely death of Fast and Furious franchise star Paul Walker, who was previously lined up to take on the part.
Agent 47 (the movie) will reboot the series' continuity and handily ignore the terrible Hitman film which came out a few years ago with Timothy Olyphant in the role.
Back in the world of video games, Hitman publisher Square Enix gave us an update on the franchise earlier this week - a new installment of the series is currently in the works for PC and next-gen consoles at Hitman Absolutio studio IO Interactive.
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bruce dickinson dies from IRON MAIDEN
Quote from: GOTHICMAN on January 10, 2014, 03:18:16 PM
bruce dickinson dies from IRON MAIDEN
Another sick hoax no doubt!
Golden Globes Results: American Hustle, Breaking Bad Win Big
American Hustle, Breaking Bad, Brooklyn Nine-Nine and 12 Years a Slave won big at the 71st annual Golden Globe Awards. American Hustle led the way with three wins, topping all award winners thanks to wins for Amy Adams and Jennifer Lawrence (Best Comedy/Music Actress and Supporting Actress, respectively) and Best Comedy or Musical. Coming up right behind in the film categories with two awards Dallas Buyers Club, taking home awards for Best Lead Drama Actor (Matthew McConaughey) and Best Supporting Actor for (Jared Leto). While it only won a single award, 12 Years took home a big one with Best Dramatic Film. This sets up an interesting potential two-horse race between 12 Years and Hustle at the Oscars, though the Academy doesn't have a great synch-up record with the Globes.
For TV, Breaking Bad and Brooklyn Nine-Nine were the big winners with two awards each. The AMC series won Best Drama and Best Dramatic Actor (Bryan Cranston) while the FOX comedy surprised with wins for Best Comedy and Best Comedic Lead Actor (Andy Samberg). Behind the Candelabra also won two awards, for Best Mini-Series or TV Movie and Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie for Michael Douglas. Check out the full awards list below.
Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle
Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie: Jacqueline Bisset, Dancing on the Edge
Best Mini-Series or TV Movie: Behind the Candelbra
Best Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie: Elisabeth Moss - Top of the Lake
Best Actor in a TV Series - Drama: Bryan Cranston - Breaking Bad
Best TV Series - Drama: Breaking Bad
Best Original Score - Motion Picture: Alex Ebert - All is Lost
Best Original Song - Motion Picture: U2, "Ordinary Love" - Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie: Jon Voight - Ray Donovan
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical: Amy Adams - American Hustle
Best Actress in a TV Series - Drama: Robin Wright - House of Cards
Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture: Jared Leto - Dallas Buyers Club
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture: Spike Jonez - Her
Best Actor in a TV Series - Comedy or Musical: Andy Samberg - Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Best Foreign Language Film: The Great Beauty
Best Actor in a Mini-Series or TV Movie: Michael Douglas - Behind the Candelbra
Best Animated Film: Frozen
Best Actress in a TV Series - Comedy or Musical: Amy Poehler - Parks & Recreation
Cecile B. DeMille Award: Woody Allen
Best Director - Motion Picture: Alfonso Cuaron - Gravity
Best TV Series - Comedy or Musical: Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical: Leonardo DiCaprio - The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical: American Hustle
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama: Cate Blanchett - Blue Jasmine
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama: Matthew McConaughey - Dallas Buyers Club
Best Motion Picture - Drama: 12 Years a Slave
I need to stop working and get to watching some of this stuff. At a quick glance, I don't think I've seen about 95% of that list...
Say what you will...but all these trailers were faaaar better than the game the Broncos put out on that field last night...
Also, to provide perspective, sadly this happened...
File Under: "Stuff" - awkward-moments-type-stuff...
US Trailer - X-Men: Days of Future Past (UK version was apparently not available for viewing in US)... ???
Quote from: GamerMan316 on March 27, 2014, 04:07:42 PM
Nice!
Up until the end of that trailer, I thought they were going for full-on-serious action themes with this. Glad they're keeping
some of the humor in there. Humor in touches might be good, so long as they don't dive head first into the cheesy moments.
I've been reading about people having issues with the character designs, but I really don't see what the big deal is. They're turtles, they've been exposed/created with radioactivity, I think their exaggerated size should be expected... :P
Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney dies aged 93 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26917746)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on April 07, 2014, 10:49:17 AM
Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney dies aged 93 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26917746)
RIP - and actually kind of a low note when you hear of all the family issues / elder abuse charges hanging over the circumstances.
On another bum note -
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[Former WWE Star Ultimate Warrior Dies at age 54 (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2022449-former-wwe-star-ultimate-warrior-passes-away-at-age-54?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial&hpt=hp_t2)]
Haven't really kept up with wrestling since age 12 or so, but definitely remember the character. The timing of this seems really eerie too, since a few days prior he'd apparently been inducted into the HOF.
Quote from: zerosum on April 09, 2014, 04:53:37 PM
Quote from: GamerMan316 on April 07, 2014, 10:49:17 AM
Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney dies aged 93 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26917746)
RIP - and actually kind of a low note when you hear of all the family issues / elder abuse charges hanging over the circumstances.
On another bum note -
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[Former WWE Star Ultimate Warrior Dies at age 54 (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2022449-former-wwe-star-ultimate-warrior-passes-away-at-age-54?utm_source=cnn.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial&hpt=hp_t2)]
Haven't really kept up with wrestling since age 12 or so, but definitely remember the character. The timing of this seems really eerie too, since a few days prior he'd apparently been inducted into the HOF.
I was shocked when I heard this yesterday, not the greatest wrestler by any stretch but a great character and he was mega popular in the good old days, what makes it more eerie is he did this promo on Monday Night Raw the night after Mania:
Bob Hoskins Dead At 71(http://www.showbiz411.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bob-hoskins-roger-rabbit.jpg)
QuoteThe actor Bob Hoskins has died aged 71. His agent said that he died on Tuesday, surrounded by his family, suffering from pneumonia. He retired in 2012 following a diagnosis with Parkinson's disease in the autumn of 2011.
One of Britain's best-loved actors, Hoskins was known for his gruff bonhomie, and career that spanned more than 30 years. He first found fame on the small screen in Dennis Potter's Pennies from Heaven, and then in cinemas as a London gangster-turned-businessman in The Long Good Friday (1980).
Hoskins had leading roles in Brazil (1985), Mona Lisa (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988), Mermaids (1990) and Super Mario Bros (1993) â€" which he described in a 2007 Guardian interview as "the worst thing I ever did".
Many will also remember him fondly for a series of adverts shot in the late 80s and early 90s for BT with his catchphrase, "It's good to talk". He teamed up with Shane Meadows for Twenty Four Seven (1997) and A Room for Romeo Brass (2000), and winning much acclaim for his role in Atom Egoyan's Felicia's Journey (1999).
Speaking to the Guardian, Meadows said:
"Bob Hoskins is the most generous actor I have worked with. He not only took a huge chance on me when he agreed to star in my first feature film, he taught me so much about the business, how to survive it and how to stay true to yourself. When we travelled to New York together back in the late 90's to promote Twenty Four Seven, the film company had put Bob in first class and me in with the chickens. Bob refused to go unless they upgraded me to first or downgraded him to economy. They upgraded me thank goodness but knowing he would have forgone the champers and flambé steak to sit in twerp class with me says it all really; he was a true gentleman."
In 2005 he starred alongside Judi Dench in Stephen Frears's Mrs Henderson Presents. Dench told the Guardian: "I'm so very sorry to hear this news, and am thinking of his family at this sad time."
[The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/apr/30/bob-hoskins-dies)]
Motion Picture Motion(GIF)Posters...as posted by [Wired (http://www.wired.com/2014/05/movie-posters-animated-gifs/?mbid=social_twitter#slide-id-845771)]
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Those movie poster gifs are awesome, nice one Zero. :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on May 08, 2014, 06:51:07 AM
Those movie poster gifs are awesome, nice one Zero. :)
They definitely caught my eye, I wouldn't be surprised to see those kinds of posters start popping up on single sale sheets sometime in the near future, the conceptual tech's out there somewhere.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on May 08, 2014, 02:59:25 PM
Was pleasantly surprised by the last film. Might make trip to theaters again.
Also, an adaptation of the cult classic Edward Woodward 80's tv series though it might as well be called Man on Fire 2!
The MPAA Rules Against Movie Poster for "A Dame To Kill For" - 'Too Risque' -
Being labeled as "Possibly NSFW" - below is the poster in question:
[spoiler](http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/a9adbe0223bd185077421d889f8cb943/200179891/sc_green_teaser.jpg)[/spoiler]
As a noted in the source link (moviefone.com), the content in question involves the veiled nudity, not the depiction of a firearm...
"While we don't want this post to veer into the unnecessarily political (that's what our independently broadcast late night AM talk show is for), it is somewhat notable that the MPAA had a problem with Green's breast but not with the gun in her hand. Considering how frequently this country is crippled by horrific gun violence, including this most recent shooting in Southern California, maybe they should be more worried about glamorizing weapons of death and less worried about keeping Green's gorgeous body from unsuspecting moviegoers."
Source: [moviefone.com (http://news.moviefone.com/2014/05/29/eva-green-sin-city-2-poster/)]
Rik Mayall dies aged 56
Rik Mayall, the comedian and actor, has died aged 56, his management company says
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Rik Mayall, the comedian and star of The Young Ones, has died aged 56.
A spokesman for Mayall’s management company told The Press Association that he died this morning.
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(L-R) The Young Ones - 1982: Vyvyan (Adrian Edmondson), Neil (Nigel Planer), Mike (Christopher Ryan), Rick (Rik Mayall)
The comedian appeared in television comedies The Young Ones, Blackadder, The New Statesman and Bottom, and had a long-running partnership with Ade Edmondson.
In 1998, he survived a near-fatal quad bike accident at his home in Devon.
He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and three children.
My only question would be - Why so soon? (either that or there's bound to be a game somewhere around the corner)...
Uncharted Film Expected To Begin Shooting In Early 2015
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A film of "Uncharted" has been in development since early 2008, with directors David O. Russell and Neil Burger both accepting the project and then eventually passing on it. Gordon is confident that "Uncharted" will finally get its movie adaptation this go around because of both its timing to the upcoming "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End" video game, as well the fact the team "just got the script to a really good place."
When asked when he expects "Uncharted" to go in front of the camera, Gordon says, "I think very early next year. That's the plan." Though that is months from now, he notes, "That's like tomorrow, essentially, because the prep is so complicated for the movie." Gordon says the setting of the movie will be "very international" and "all over the world."
Mark Wahlberg was previously attached to play the character of Nathan Drake, and Gordon says the production is still looking for an actor of Wahlberg's caliber. "I want it to be a great actor," Gordon says. "That's number one, and then if it's someone who has an actual jaw, that's even better. The game is so well done that you need it to live up to that. There's no way we'd do the inverse of that where it's somebody famous who can't [act]."
Few plot details have been revealed about the "Uncharted" script, but Gordon will say that it doesn't completely rehash Drake's story from the games. "It's going to honor the mythology of the game, but I would say honor some of the most interesting stuff from the first one and build from there," he says. "There's some stuff that isn't in the game."
Gordon continues, "I love the complexity and frankly the sophistication of the storytelling in the game, and we aspire to that -- but don't want to tell the exact same story, of course -- so something that doesn't break the rules of what it did but expands. Because I feel like the people who play the games and know them well don't want to just see the same story told. You want extra shades."
Source: [Zap2It (http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/uncharted_filming_early_2015_seth_gordon_director-2014-07)]
Quote from: zerosum on July 17, 2014, 11:04:11 PM
Uncharted Film Expected To Begin Shooting In Early 2015
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A film of "Uncharted" has been in development since early 2008, with directors David O. Russell and Neil Burger both accepting the project and then eventually passing on it. Gordon is confident that "Uncharted" will finally get its movie adaptation this go around because of both its timing to the upcoming "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End" video game, as well the fact the team "just got the script to a really good place."
When asked when he expects "Uncharted" to go in front of the camera, Gordon says, "I think very early next year. That's the plan." Though that is months from now, he notes, "That's like tomorrow, essentially, because the prep is so complicated for the movie." Gordon says the setting of the movie will be "very international" and "all over the world."
Mark Wahlberg was previously attached to play the character of Nathan Drake, and Gordon says the production is still looking for an actor of Wahlberg's caliber. "I want it to be a great actor," Gordon says. "That's number one, and then if it's someone who has an actual jaw, that's even better. The game is so well done that you need it to live up to that. There's no way we'd do the inverse of that where it's somebody famous who can't [act]."
Few plot details have been revealed about the "Uncharted" script, but Gordon will say that it doesn't completely rehash Drake's story from the games. "It's going to honor the mythology of the game, but I would say honor some of the most interesting stuff from the first one and build from there," he says. "There's some stuff that isn't in the game."
Gordon continues, "I love the complexity and frankly the sophistication of the storytelling in the game, and we aspire to that -- but don't want to tell the exact same story, of course -- so something that doesn't break the rules of what it did but expands. Because I feel like the people who play the games and know them well don't want to just see the same story told. You want extra shades."
Source: [Zap2It (http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/uncharted_filming_early_2015_seth_gordon_director-2014-07)]
Nathan Fillion for Drake please. :)
No John Cusack this time out but still looks like a laugh.
First close up pic of Batfleck
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Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 25, 2014, 08:08:50 AM
First close up pic of Batfleck
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The Cowl just manages to make almost any 5 o'clock shadow look cool. The trick is in the rest of the performance. Hopefully Bale's "growwling" doesn't influence its way back in.
SDDC trailer for the upcoming Batman v Superman film. (Poor quality)
New Mad Max trailer, which looks pretty damn good.
File Under "Stuff Seen At SDCC 2014" -
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Also revealed at SDCC 2k14 -
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And because it was eventually bound to happen...
Kudos for the "Bob's Burgers" moment... :D
Oscar Winning Actor Robin Williams Dead At 63
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Legendary actor and comedian Robin Williams died on Monday, a suspected suicide. He was 63.
The Marin County coroner said in a statement that the death was suspected "to be a suicide due to asphyxia."
"Robin Williams passed away this morning. He has been battling severe depression of late," said the comedian's spokeswoman Mara Buxbaum. "This is a tragic and sudden loss. The family respectfully asks for their privacy as they grieve during this very difficult time."
His wife, Susan Schneider, added: "This morning, I lost my husband and my best friend, while the world lost one of its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings. I am utterly heartbroken. On behalf of Robin's family, we are asking for privacy during our time of profound grief. As he is remembered, it is our hope the focus will not be on Robin's death, but on the countless moments of joy and laughter he gave to millions."
Williams, who won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for 1998's "Good Will Hunting," is survived by his wife and three children â€" son Zachary, 31; daughter Zelda, 25 and son Cody, 22. Williams married Schneider, his third wife, in 2011.
Williams, who most recently starred in the CBS comedy "The Crazy Ones," had recently entered rehab in July, though it was reported at the time that he had entered the Hazelden Addiction Treatment Center in Minnesota in order to maintain his long-term sobriety.
The actor, born in Chicago, rose to fame on the "Happy Days" spinoff "Mork and Mindy," playing the space alien Mork from the planet Ork. The actor, who struggled with substance abuse through the decades, went on to big-screen success in films such as "Good Morning, Vietnam," "The Fisher King" and "Good Will Hunting," which earned him the Oscar in the supporting actor category.
As a comedian, Williams was known for his manic genius, though he also proved adept in dramatic roles.
The Marin County Sheriff's Office Coroner Division made the following announcement:
On August 11, 2014, at approximately 11:55 am, Marin County Communications received a 9-1-1 telephone call reporting a male adult had been located unconscious and not breathing inside his residence in unincorporated Tiburon, CA. The Sheriff's Office, as well as the Tiburon Fire Department and Southern Marin Fire Protection District were dispatched to the incident with emergency personnel arriving on scene at 12:00 pm. The male subject, pronounced deceased at 12:02 pm has been identified as Robin McLaurin Williams, a 63 year old resident of unincorporated Tiburon, CA.
An investigation into the cause, manner, and circumstances of the death is currently underway by the Investigations and Coroner Divisions of the Sheriff's Office. Preliminary information developed during the investigation indicates Mr. Williams was last seen alive at his residence, where he resides with his wife, at approximately 10:00 pm on August 10, 2014. Mr. Williams was located this morning shortly before the 9-1-1 call was placed to Marin County Communications. At this time, the Sheriff's Office Coroner Division suspects the death to be a suicide due to asphyxia, but a comprehensive investigation must be completed before a final determination is made. A forensic examination is currently scheduled for August 12, 2014 with subsequent toxicology testing to be conducted.
Source: [MSN (http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=881799)]
Quote from: zerosum on August 12, 2014, 12:06:57 AM
Oscar Winning Actor Robin Williams Dead At 63
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Legendary actor and comedian Robin Williams died on Monday, a suspected suicide. He was 63.
The Marin County coroner said in a statement that the death was suspected "to be a suicide due to asphyxia."
"Robin Williams passed away this morning. He has been battling severe depression of late," said the comedian's spokeswoman Mara Buxbaum. "This is a tragic and sudden loss. The family respectfully asks for their privacy as they grieve during this very difficult time."
His wife, Susan Schneider, added: "This morning, I lost my husband and my best friend, while the world lost one of its most beloved artists and beautiful human beings. I am utterly heartbroken. On behalf of Robin's family, we are asking for privacy during our time of profound grief. As he is remembered, it is our hope the focus will not be on Robin's death, but on the countless moments of joy and laughter he gave to millions."
Williams, who won the Academy Award for best supporting actor for 1998's "Good Will Hunting," is survived by his wife and three children â€" son Zachary, 31; daughter Zelda, 25 and son Cody, 22. Williams married Schneider, his third wife, in 2011.
Williams, who most recently starred in the CBS comedy "The Crazy Ones," had recently entered rehab in July, though it was reported at the time that he had entered the Hazelden Addiction Treatment Center in Minnesota in order to maintain his long-term sobriety.
The actor, born in Chicago, rose to fame on the "Happy Days" spinoff "Mork and Mindy," playing the space alien Mork from the planet Ork. The actor, who struggled with substance abuse through the decades, went on to big-screen success in films such as "Good Morning, Vietnam," "The Fisher King" and "Good Will Hunting," which earned him the Oscar in the supporting actor category.
As a comedian, Williams was known for his manic genius, though he also proved adept in dramatic roles.
The Marin County Sheriff's Office Coroner Division made the following announcement:
On August 11, 2014, at approximately 11:55 am, Marin County Communications received a 9-1-1 telephone call reporting a male adult had been located unconscious and not breathing inside his residence in unincorporated Tiburon, CA. The Sheriff's Office, as well as the Tiburon Fire Department and Southern Marin Fire Protection District were dispatched to the incident with emergency personnel arriving on scene at 12:00 pm. The male subject, pronounced deceased at 12:02 pm has been identified as Robin McLaurin Williams, a 63 year old resident of unincorporated Tiburon, CA.
An investigation into the cause, manner, and circumstances of the death is currently underway by the Investigations and Coroner Divisions of the Sheriff's Office. Preliminary information developed during the investigation indicates Mr. Williams was last seen alive at his residence, where he resides with his wife, at approximately 10:00 pm on August 10, 2014. Mr. Williams was located this morning shortly before the 9-1-1 call was placed to Marin County Communications. At this time, the Sheriff's Office Coroner Division suspects the death to be a suicide due to asphyxia, but a comprehensive investigation must be completed before a final determination is made. A forensic examination is currently scheduled for August 12, 2014 with subsequent toxicology testing to be conducted.
Source: [MSN (http://movies.msn.com/movies/article.aspx?news=881799)]
Very sad news, extremely funny guy, great actor especially later in his career when he started taking on more serious roles (Insomnia and One Hour Photo being my favourites). R.I.P. :(
I agree. Such a shame. I've felt sad about this all day!
Quite possibly the best video i've seen in ages, helped by the fact that i've watched all 5 seasons of Breaking Bad over the last 3 weeks! :)
Quote from: GamerMan316 on August 20, 2014, 08:59:32 AM
Quite possibly the best video i've seen in ages, helped by the fact that i've watched all 5 seasons of Breaking Bad over the last 3 weeks! :)
Awesome! Nice little twist at the end too... reminds me, I need to get on that Breaking Bad Binge!
1st look at Paul Rudd as Scott Lang in Marvel's AntMan, in theaters July 17, 2015...
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Source: [@Marvel (https://twitter.com/Marvel/statuses/501761421391048704)]
Quote from: GamerMan316 on September 30, 2014, 04:53:08 PM
At the very least, I'm glad they're not rehashing the same circumstances of an outright kidnapping from the first two films.
HBO To Launch Stand-Alone Streaming Service [No Cable TV Subs Needed]
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Announced at an investor meeting on Wednesday, HBO chairman and CEO Richard Plepler called this "a large and growing opportunity that should no longer be left untapped.... It is time to remove all barriers to those who want HBO."
HBO already tiptoed toward the unbundled future earlier this year, announcing a deal that would give Amazon Prime members unlimited access to some older HBO content. Now, it seems HBO is ready to fully take the plunge. Details on the new service’s name, how much it will cost, and what content will be available are still unclear.
Source: [Wired (http://www.wired.com/2014/10/hbo-streaming-service/?mbid=social_twitter)]
[Marvel Announces 5-Years Worth of Film Releases (http://www.wired.com/2014/10/marvel-next-5-years-of-movies/)]
Non-detailed list is below:
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File this one under "Stuff That's Been Scratching At The Back Of My Skull For About A Few Weeks Now"-
Enjoy the itch...
Few times do films and current politics impact each other real-time, seems we have a version of that here.
Sony Pictures has been under great pressure after being hacked by a group calling themselves the G.O.P. (Guardians Of Peace) - the report's been around for a while about terabytes of sensitive information taken from Sony's servers earlier this year. The calling card left behind:
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Rumors has it that the group is supportive of the North Korean government and has carried out these latest attacks as a protest against Sony Pictures releasing the recent Seth Rogen and James Franco film project "The Interview" -
Trailer:
According to reports the group responsible has been leaking information at its own pace, but as the premiere of the film approached, threats have increased from the group, invoking 9/11 style attacks and threats against those involved with the film's release.
A number of major U.S. theater chains postponed the movie's debut, following the threats.
The Interview, which was directed by Rogen and Evan Goldberg, was set to premiere on Christmas Day. North Korea has spoken out against the movie, and is suspected to have a role in the attack on Sony.
"In light of the decision by the majority of our exhibitors not to show the film The Interview, we have decided not to move forward with the planned December 25 theatrical release. We respect and understand our partners' decision and, of course, completely share their paramount interest in the safety of employees and theater-goers," said Sony Pictures in a statement posted by CNN's Brian Stelter on Twitter.
"We are deeply saddened at this brazen effort to suppress the distribution of a movie, and in the process do damage to our company, our employees, and the American public.... We stand by our filmmakers and their right to free expression and are extremely disappointed by this outcome."
According to the leaked documents, The Interview cost $44 million to produce.
Source: [Polygon (http://www.polygon.com/2014/12/17/7412457/the-interview-canceled-sony-pictures-hack)]
Love that Adult Swim takes shots at stuff like this once in a while - get through the first 30 seconds of the bear and
don't "Skip Ad". ;)
[Claridryl Promotion (http://www.adultswim.com/promotions/claridryl/?cid=yt_uneditedFootageBearAnno)]
And from one simple little question -
Compelling little Sci-fi short called "ATROPA"
Tonight 1.19.15 @ Midnight on Adult Swim!
[Rolling Stone's 50 Best Sci-Fi Movies of the 1970's (http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/lists/50-best-sci-fi-movies-of-the-1970s-20150114)]
New Ghostbusters film cast announced:
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The four women in the image, going clockwise, are Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon.
According to [The Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/new-all-female-ghostbusters-cast-767610)]:
QuoteNegotiations are ongoing but the quartet are expected to sign on as the specter-seeking, poltergeist-punishing and phantom-phollowing foursome in the reboot, which is eyeing a summer shoot in New York.
Spider-Man To Join Marvel Universe Films!
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So stack this on the "developing story" pile, but Polygon is reporting that Spider-Man will be joining the Marvel Universe films in an as of yet undisclosed Marvel film. It almost seemed inevitable, given the success of Marvel's films and the downslope of Sony's Spider-Man films.
The report also states that while this is happening as an "appearance" in the Marvel Universe (at least initially), Sony is still releasing their next installment in the Spider-Man franchise sometime in 2017.
The deal between the two companies is a confirmation of long burning rumors that Marvel and Sony were working together to bring the iconic Spider-Man into Marvel's hugely successful film franchises.
"We always want to collaborate with the best and most successful filmmakers to grow our franchises and develop our characters. Marvel, Kevin Feige and Amy Pascal, who helped orchestrate this deal, are the perfect team to help produce the next chapter of Spider-Man," said Michael Lynton, Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment, in a release. "This is the right decision for the franchise, for our business, for Marvel, and for the fans."
"Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios share a love for the characters in the Spider-Man universe and have a long, successful history of working together. This new level of collaboration is the perfect way to take Peter Parker's story into the future," added Doug Belgrad, president, Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group.
"I am thrilled to team with my friends at Sony Pictures along with Amy Pascal to produce the next Spider-Man movie," said Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige. "Amy has been deeply involved in the realization on film of one of the world's most beloved characters. Marvel's involvement will hopefully deliver the creative continuity and authenticity that fans demand from the MCU. I am equally excited for the opportunity to have Spider-Man appear in the MCU, something which both we at Marvel, and fans alike, have been looking forward to for years."
It seems the internet's already been at work imagining the grouping of Spider-Man and The Avengers -
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Source:[Polygon (http://www.polygon.com/2015/2/9/8010163/spider-man-is-joining-marvels-cinematic-universe)]
Jon Stewart Leaving "The Daily Show"
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Announced by John Stewart himself today, [A.V. Club (http://www.avclub.com/article/jon-stewart-says-hes-leaving-daily-show-215070)] is reporting that Jon Stewart is riding into that Daily Show sunset. According to A.V. Club, "Stewart let the news slip at the taping of today’s episode, telling those in the audience that he’s retiring."
No official date has been announced, so it's probably one of those "stay tuned" situations.
Comedy Central soon after issued the following via Twitter:
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Source: [A.V. Club (http://www.avclub.com/article/jon-stewart-says-hes-leaving-daily-show-215070)]
Assassin's Creed Live Action Film Release Date Announced!(http://images.gameskinny.com/gameskinny/3d891e38bdc9060c769befca3f296c42.jpg)
QuoteThe Assassin's Creed movie is now in production, Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot revealed today during a company earnings call.
"We have the pleasure to announce today that the green light has been given by New Regency, and the production has already started," Guillemot said. "This is a very important milestone for the project and for our team on Assassin’s Creed."
Ubisoft Motion Pictures announced its partnership with New Regency and distributor 20th Century Fox in October 2012. Multiple reports in the ensuing years pegged the unnamed movie’s release in 2015.
Today, Guillemot confirmed recent reports that the movie is slated for a Dec. 21, 2016, release.
Source: [Polygon (http://www.polygon.com/2015/2/12/8027399/assassins-creed-movie-production-release-date)]
So it looks like the folks at Screen Crush are a little excited about bringing Spider-Man into The Avengers films and apparently couldn't help themselves:
This-is-Aquaman!?!
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According to [Zack Snyder (https://twitter.com/ZackSnyder/status/568650209581858817)]
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Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83
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Leonard Nimoy, the sonorous, gaunt-faced actor who won a worshipful global following as Mr. Spock, the resolutely logical human-alien first officer of the Starship Enterprise in the television and movie juggernaut “Star Trek,†died on Friday morning at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. He was 83.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html?_r=0
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Leonard Nimoy, Spock of ‘Star Trek,’ Dies at 83
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Leonard Nimoy, the sonorous, gaunt-faced actor who won a worshipful global following as Mr. Spock, the resolutely logical human-alien first officer of the Starship Enterprise in the television and movie juggernaut “Star Trek,†died on Friday morning at his home in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. He was 83.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/02/27/arts/television/leonard-nimoy-spock-of-star-trek-dies-at-83.html?_r=0
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Following the passing of Leonard Nimoy last week, space games like Star Trek Online, Elite: Dangerous, and Star Citizen all have heart-warming plans to memorialize the man who brought Spock to life.
Players on Star Trek Online have found their own ways of paying respects to Nimoy alreadyâ€"as MrMorlonelycat posted on Reddit, many players logged in to the in-game version of Vulcan, the planet that Spock hailed from. Hearteningly, around a thousand players congregated and paid their respects.
Given Nimoy's immense influence on the sci-fi world, it's probably not surprising to hear that Star Trek Online isn't the only game memorializing him in some way. Eurogamer reports that Elite: Dangerous, an outer-space sim that lets you take on the role of a space commander, has memorial plans as well. According to executive producer Michael Brookes, an upcoming Elite: Dangerous expansion will bring with it a "Nimoy Memorial station."
Similarly, space sim Star Citizen plans to add something special to the game to commemorate Nimoy. "I think it's safe to say that Mr. Nimoy was an inspiration to all of us on the team, both acting as Spock and because of his core, kind humanity," Ben Lesnick, a developer on the game, wrote on Star Citizen's forums. "We will find an appropriate way to honor him."
Source: [Kotaku (http://kotaku.com/sci-fi-video-games-pay-tribute-to-leonard-nimoy-1688930380)]
Tough news over the weekend - always find it interesting how fans online respond to these events, R.I.P. Mr. Nimoy.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on March 18, 2015, 08:24:52 AM
I'm torn. On the one hand - pop-gaming nostalgia (nice touch with Toru Iwatani's cameo) ...on the other hand Sandler and James.... This must be how it felt for the Ghostbusters when they saw Stay Puft round that corner...
Sure, it's about a year away....
A documentary is in the works on what happened to that one Tim Burton / Nicolas Cage defunct Superman project...
Meet the new Joker...as portrayed by Jared Leto:
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Source:[Polygon (http://www.polygon.com/2015/4/24/8494901/say-hello-to-the-new-joker)]
Note: This is in reference to Warner Bros. upcoming "Suicide Squad" movie -
UPDATE:QuoteThe Joker will be played by Jared Leto; Deadshot will be Will Smith; Harley Quinn is Margot Robbie; Boomerang is Jai Courtney; Enchantress is Cara Delevingne, and Tom Hardy is Rick Flagg.
David Ayer (Fury) is both writing the script and directing.
Warner Bros. President, Greg Silverman released this statement about the future film:
"We look forward to seeing this terrific ensemble, under Ayer's amazing guidance, give new meaning to what it means to be a villain and what it means to be a hero."
Variety is reporting that Warner Bros. is still circling around looking for an actor for the Amanda Waller role. But rumor has it Oprah Winfrey is their top pic. However the studio is also interested in Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer. The report also suggests that Warner Bros. is looking at Suicide Squad as the Ocean's Eleven of superhero flicks.
Source: [io9 (http://io9.com/will-smith-tom-hardy-jared-leto-all-confirmed-for-sui-1665900563/+Fahey)]
Introducing - DC's Suicide Squad Movie....squad -
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Deadshot (Will Smith) w/ mask -
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It's a long-butt article, but an interesting read if you have the time - [Joss Whedon's Astonishing, Spine-Tingling, Soul-Crushing Marvel Adventure! (http://www.buzzfeed.com/adambvary/joss-whedon-spine-tingling-soul-crushing-marvel-adventure#.pbq3LMlj1)]
Two trailers...completely on the opposite side of the spectrum.
[BTW - This one...NSFW]
Apparently CBS decided they needed 6+minutes to explain to us that they're bringing a SuperGirl TV show to the air...(get it..) ;) anyway-
This was then...
This is now...
The Point Break remake looks bloody awful!
Quote from: GamerMan316 on May 28, 2015, 11:14:12 AM
The Point Break remake looks bloody awful!
What I don't get is how film studios manage their R&D.... Exactly how deep has the fervor for a Point Break remake been...?
Thank you, internets....? (NSFW)
Let's file this under "Stuff" -
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By the way, and this may be a bit late in the game to bring this show up but if you haven't checked out USA Network's
Mr. Robot - I'd recommend it highly.
I hardly feel the need to "seek" out a show for weekly viewing but this one's had me hooked since the first episode...the writing is solid so far
(down to some of the tech-speak), acting is well handled and it definitely has some subtle Fight Club-esque tones, which only add to the appeal (IMO).
They're already running the season finale next week, but if you get a chance, I'd say keep an eye out for it as I'm sure DVD's will stock shelves soon and or On Demand Viewing
will hit soon - see below.
If interested enough and you have a TV Provider login you can catch up here:
http://www.usanetwork.com/mrrobot/videos/episodes
Nice to see a Beasties' track get the intergalactic treatment -
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QuoteLegendary singer and actor David Bowie has died at the age of 69.
Bowie's son, director Duncan Jones, confirmed the news on Twitter early Monday morning. Bowie's representatives told The Hollywood Reporter that the singer had been battling cancer for 18 months.
"While many of you will share in this loss, we ask that you respect the family's privacy during their time of grief," representatives said.
Bowie, who just released his most recently album Blackstar on Jan. 8, was surrounded by family when he passed.
Although Bowie is most notable for his career as a musician, he also had a respected role in the world of film and television. Bowie appeared in many movies between the period of 1976 and 2008, but is most notable for his role as Jareth the Goblin King in Jim Henson's Labyrinth from 1986. Bowie later portrayed Nikola Tesla in Christopher Nolan's 2006 drama, The Prestige, alongside Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale.
Bowie is survived by his wife Iman Mohamed Abdulmajid, son Jones and daughter Alexandria "Lexi" Zahra Jones.
Source: [Polygon (http://www.polygon.com/2016/1/11/10747756/iconic-musician-and-actor-david-bowie-dies-at-69)]
And a spiffy poster to go with it!
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This is an actual thing folks...
Quote from: zerosum on March 10, 2016, 05:32:16 PM
Spidey dropping in!
Think a trip to the cinema may be in order for this film.
Quote from: GamerMan316 on March 10, 2016, 06:10:51 PM
Quote from: zerosum on March 10, 2016, 05:32:16 PM
Spidey dropping in!
Think a trip to the cinema may be in order for this film.
Definitely - and from the looks of it, this year more than a few are already in line.
Slated for a 2017 release date - the live action film version of Ghost In The Shell has released the following image of Scarlett Johansson as Major Kusanagi -yup, that Johansson - and already a firestorm from some has dropped in terms of having a non-Asian actor playing the role...thoughts?
Here's the look at Johansson in Kusanagi style...
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Prince Found Dead At 57
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Prince, a dizzylingly prolific multi-instrumentalist and virtuosic performer, was found dead at his home and recording studio in Minnesota early on Thursday, his publicist, Yvette Noel-Schure, told The Hollywood Reporter. He was 57.
Deputies are on scene of a death investigation at Paisley Park in Chanhassen, authorities told The Hollywood Reporter. The sheriff's office says they are conducting a death investigation currently and are notifying next of kin.
Source: [The Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/prince-dead-legendary-artist-found-886457)]
August 5th needs to hurry the hell up already!
Must say....looking good...(not too sold on the soundtrack - but still)...
Suicide Squad International Trailer -
A little more from The Squad -
Comic-Con 2016 Poster Reveal -
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Comic-Con Is Slapping Down The DC this year!
Well, then...finally. Maybe this franchise can move on from Resident Action to maybe bring back the Evil....
Big elephant in the room - no Depp in that trailer. Him and Pitt may be going low profile for a while...
A teaser for a trailer....you go Logan - #)
Getting international with this one!
IMO, Luc Besson can be hit or miss...but here's what's next.
Some will say, "Finally!" - some have said..."Johansson?" Thoughts?
Japan answers America's GitS movie with its ...
File this under stuff too catchy to un-hear - or un-see...
[Netflix Adds Offline Viewing (https://www.wired.com/2016/11/netflix-offline-viewing/)]
A teaser for a trailer #) - the HYPE train leaves the station!
Since dumping the Kanye West soundtrack off the trailers, these seem to flow much better -
Don't know why, but I always envisioned the role of Batou would be one played by Ron Perlman...
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[Carrie Fisher Dies at Age 60 (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/27/movies/carrie-fisher-dead-star-wars-princess-leia.html?_r=0)]
And over the weekend -
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[George Michael Dead at 53 (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/25/arts/music/george-michael-dead.html?_r=0)]
Whlile I can't call myself a die-hard fan of either, their contributions are definitely worth note. RIP to both.
In its totality, this year's been a rough one for having been clouded with obituaries.
And 2016's got less than a week to go... c'mon, quit it already. We get it 2016, you're a horrible a**hole...
If this is really Jackman's last Wolverine portrayal, looks like a really intriguing time to leave the character behind.
And Netflix times its teaser release...
Note on this one: Clip is PS Exclusive...but the feature isn't.
This could've gone horribly bad with some people I'd imagine...
I'm sure the majority know... but if you're one that wants to know as little about the upcoming Marvel movies as possible - I'd suggest skipping over this one:
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This has to be turned into Netflix's next TV series!
A little background and an extended trailer...Hype time! 8)
Now, about that Wolverine / Deadpool movie...hints? Maybe?
Charlize Theron getting her bad-ass on again! [Note: Some parts NSFW]
Already added to the viewing list...
Not sure about the ending soundtrack to this trailer...good song, but a bit of a club over the head...
Interesting article on [Polygon (http://www.polygon.com/2017/3/28/15094054/spider-man-trailer-justice-league-faceless-steppenwolf-vulture)] comparing the last two trailers (Spiderman: Homecoming & Justice League) - and even brings up the topic of a previous trailer (Avengers) and how it sold that film versus how the DC film is setting up that franchise.
For reference they included The Avengers trailer -
Also noted the use of music, in the trailer here versus what Warner Bros. has done. The Avengers trailer song choice placed emphasis on "together-ness" - similar to what the Justice League trailer did (albeit, I still don't understand why they split the trailer up with the White Stripes track leading the intro)...but The Avengers trailer seems to do it in a more subtle way. Not sure how others see it, but comparing the two (Avengers / Justice League) trailers, it seems that WB is the clunkier of the two, still hoping that the bombast and spectacle of the "Super Group" will outshine the underlying themes that have made these characters generational...IMO.
Film people, you need to stop... a teaser for a teaser of a trailer... WTF?
Quote from: GamerMan316 on April 10, 2017, 02:31:08 PM
Had almost forgotten about this Thor movie. Looks like this year's going to require a lot of theater visits the way releases are stacking up! :)
Lead Singer for Soundgarden and Audioslave - Chris Cornell has died in Detroit while on tour at the age 52- [Source: NYTimes (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/18/arts/music/chris-cornell-dead-soundgarden.html?_r=0)]
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Earlier This Year:
Red Band trailer ...aka NSFW.
Looks like one of those "throw everyone's face/costume into the poster, that'll please everybody!" type of executive decisions... final product=meh...
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Netflix tugging on those nostalgia nerves!
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Adam West Dead at 88 Years Of Age -
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Adam West, the ardent actor who managed to keep his tongue in cheek while wearing the iconic cowl of the Caped Crusader on the classic 1960s series Batman, has died. He was 88.
West, who was at the pinnacle of pop culture after Batman debuted in January 1966, only to see his career fall victim to typecasting after the ABC show flamed out, died Friday night in Los Angeles after a short battle with leukemia, a family spokesperson said.
West died peacefully surrounded by his family and is survived by his wife Marcelle, six children, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
“Our dad always saw himself as The Bright Knight and aspired to make a positive impact on his fans' lives. He was and always will be our hero,†his family said in a statement.
Source: [The Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/adam-west-dead-batman-star-832264)]
Not sure how this remake will pan out...but really like the poster they're going with -
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Source: [THR (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/joan-lee-dead-wife-marvel-comics-legend-stan-lee-was-93-1018951)]
Chester Bennington - Lead Singer Of Linkin Park - Dead at 41...
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Via [NY Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/arts/music/chester-bennington-linkin-park-dead.html)] -
Chester Bennington, the ferocious lead singer for the platinum-selling hard rock band Linkin Park, has died. He was 41.
Brian Elias, the chief of operations for the Los Angeles County coroner’s office, confirmed the death and said it was being investigated as a possible suicide. Mr. Elias said that law enforcement authorities responded to a call shortly after 9 a.m. Pacific Time and were conducting a death investigation in Palos Verdes Estates in Los Angeles County.
Mr. Bennington, who was known for his piercing scream and free-flowing anguish, released seven albums with Linkin Park. The band’s most recent record, “One More Light†arrived in May and debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart. The band was currently on tour and scheduled to play a concert Thursday night in Mansfield, Mass.
Mike Shinoda, one of the band’s founders, spoke on behalf of the group in a tweet. “Shocked and heartbroken,†he wrote, adding that the band will be issuing a statement.
Mr. Bennington also performed in the side project Dead by Sunrise and joined Stone Temple Pilots as its lead singer after the band split with the singer Scott Weiland in 2013.
In May, he responded to the death by hanging of his friend, the singer Chris Cornell, in a note he shared on social media. “I can’t imagine a world without you in it,†he wrote. “I pray you find peace in the next life.â€
A week later, he posted a series of positive tweets. In one, he shared a photo of his daughter graduating from the University of San Diego. In another, he wrote about being creatively inspired: “Feeling very creative this last week. I’ve written 6 songs and I’m happy with all of them. Just getting started.â€
But Mr. Bennington had also been open about his struggles with the drug and alcohol addiction that had fueled many of his biggest hits with Linkin Park.
“I have been able to tap into all the negative things that can happen to me throughout my life by numbing myself to the pain so to speak and kind of being able to vent it through my music,†he said in a 2009 interview with Noisecreep. “I don’t have a problem with people knowing that I had a drinking problem. That’s who I am and I’m kind of lucky in a lot of ways cause I get to do something about it.â€
On “Crawling,†one of the band’s defining singles from its 2000 debut, “Hybrid Theory,†which went on to sell more than 11 million copies in the United States, Mr. Bennington sings: “There’s something inside me that pulls beneath the surface/consuming, confusing/this lack of self-control I fear is never ending.â€
He said later that the song was “about feeling like I had no control over myself in terms of drugs and alcohol.â€
“That feeling,†he added, “being able to write about it, sing about it, that song, those words sold millions of records, I won a Grammy, I made a lot of money.â€
Still, as the group’s career progressed, Mr. Bennington was adamant about remaining transparent in his music with regards to his personal ups and downs. The recording studio, he told Rock Sound, “is not a safe place for me to be unless I’m doing what I need to do â€" taking care of myself, being real, being open, getting it out, taking all the steps to make myself whole.â€
“If it wasn’t for music I’d be dead,†he added. “One hundred percent.â€
Saw this just a few minutes after news broke and thought it was another hoax, I wish it was! R.I.P. :(
Quote from: GamerMan316 on July 20, 2017, 09:34:05 PM
Saw this just a few minutes after news broke and thought it was another hoax, I wish it was! R.I.P. :(
Yeah, knew from interviews that the dude had problems, but thought it could have been a hoax at first too. Briefly met the group during one of their tours at a signing --[Meteora] era. All really cool and down people. RIP C. Bennington.
A production announcement trailer....? Okay. Sure. Why Not?
I'm not sure if these were meant to be seen this way, but playing both at the same time yields some interesting results.
JJ Abrams is back in the Star Wars galaxy, replacing Colin Trevorrow as director on the upcoming Episode IX, he'll also co-write the movie.
http://deadline.com/2017/09/jj-abrams-star-wars-episode-9-director-colin-trevorrow-lucasfilm-disney-1202167681/
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So usually, we get a movie-based game...this time we get the flip! DUN-DUN-DUN!
An anime pre-sequel short film to Blade Runner 2049 -
....and a spiffy poster to go with that trailer....not always in favor of the "face-collage" posters, but the color use is really a nice touch.
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The single-off posters - seem more focused on the stylizing:
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A classic game turned into Popcorn Stuff!
The Ghost In The Shell and Blade Runner-ishness soaks this one all over...
RPO - Poster Work
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Cranberries Lead Singer Dolores O'Riordan Dead At 46
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Official Statement -
Irish and international singer Dolores O’Riordan has died suddenly in London today.
She was 46 years old. The lead singer with the Irish band the Cranberries was in London for a short recording session.
No further details are available at this time.
Family members are devastated to hear the breaking news and have requested privacy at this very difficult time.
Source: [ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/cranberries-singer-dolores-oriordan-dead-46/story?id=52358704)]
Just stumbled across this on the YouTubes ... how's this stack up after all these years?
This is the one thing Netflix can do that the large studios really can't...showcase a trailer today, premiere the movie tonight...on whatever screen you're willing to watch! Not sure if this'll be good, but the ability to instant premiere has got to have other studios rethinking how they release or promote their films.
It's Deadpool...so
NSFW goes with the territory..
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Deadpool...so NSFW goes with the territory...;)
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And the question continues...[no Hawkeye still (https://www.gamesradar.com/all-will-be-explained-the-avengers-infinity-war-directors-on-why-hawkeye-isnt-in-the-trailers-and-whose-backstory-was-cut/)]?
Trailer's a bit wonky at first...but looks like it could be interesting.
Spiffy...!
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hints...hint, hints and teasers...?
What's happening in this world..?
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Actress Margot Kidder, Lois Lane In The 1970s / 80s "Superman" Films, Has Died At Age 69
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The Franzen-Davis Funeral Home in Livingston, Montana said on its website that Kidder passed away on Sunday at her home in the town. The cause of death was not given.
DC Comics' official Twitter account on Monday posted a tribute: "Thank you for being the Lois Lane so many of us grew up with. RIP, Margot Kidder."
Source: [THR (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/margot-kidder-dead-superman-actress-was-69-1111613)]
Kinda glad to see Michael Peña ditch the goofy sidekick role. It's felt a bit pigeonholed typecast as of late...hope this is good.
Pretty much everyone that has ever played an Uncharted game wants Fillion to play Drake in an official movie, this will have to do in the meantime.
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Quote from: zerosum on September 27, 2018, 03:11:35 PM
Trailer released and the following day the film is delayed!
https://uk.ign.com/articles/2018/09/28/x-men-dark-phoenix-reportedly-delayed
Now this makes more sense...
Stan Lee Dead At 95(https://www.lifeandcity.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/stan-lee-elder-abuse-harassment-final-years-pp.jpg)
Via [Marvel (https://www.marvel.com/remembering_stan_lee)]
Today, Marvel Comics and The Walt Disney Company pause and reflect with great sadness on the passing of Marvel Chairman Emeritus, Stan Lee. With a heavy heart, we share our deepest condolences with his daughter and brother, and we honor and remember the creator, voice and champion of Marvel.
"Stan Lee was as extraordinary as the characters he created. A super hero in his own right to Marvel fans around the world, Stan had the power to inspire, to entertain, and to connect. The scale of his imagination was only exceeded by the size of his heart," said Bob Iger, Chairman and CEO, The Walt Disney Company.
Stanley Martin Lieber, a.k.a. Stan Lee, loved the written word from an early age, and wanted to craft stories like those in his favorite books and films, which he consumed voraciously. From a simple upbringing in the teeming landscape of Manhattan, young Stanley worked his way through a succession of jobs until the day he found himself an assistant at a comic book publishing company â€" Timely Comics.
In between refilling artists' inkwells, erasing pencil lines from comic pages and fetching an untold number of lunches, Stanley expressed his desire to write and create tales of his own; in the May 1941 issue of CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #3, he got his wish. Readers would find a prose story in that issue, "Captain America Foils the Traitor's Revenge," sporting the byline of "Stan Lee." A star was born.
As Stan's roles and tenure with Timely Comics grew and evolved, so did the company itself. With Stan at its helm, Timely Comics morphed first into Atlas Comics and then into the name that would catapult it into legend and forever be synonymous with Stan Lee: Marvel Comics.
As Marvel's Editor-in-Chief, Stan "The Man" Lee made his voice the voice of the stories themselves. Writing virtually every Marvel title and working with such luminaries as Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, Don Heck, Gene Colan and John Romita, Stan began building a universe of interlocking continuity, one where fans felt as if they could turn a street corner and run into a Super Hero. A rich collection of characters grew out of his nonstop plotting sessions with his artists, including the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Thor, Iron Man, the Hulk, the X-Men, and more. Today, it would be almost impossible to find a corner of the Marvel Universe that Stan didn't have a hand in.
Marvel fans found a friend in Stan Lee. He introduced the famous "Stan's Soapbox" to speak directly to his readers, reaching a personal level rarely seen in comics of the day. Always pushing for new ways of creating comics, Stan also inaugurated the "Marvel method" of plotting and art, creating some of the most iconic stories in the industry to this day.
When something mattered to Stan, you felt it in his words, whether in an editorial or in the stories themselves. With passion for the medium, he helped refine and reform the Comics Code Authority and addressed hot-button issues like discrimination, drugs, and intolerance.
Stan stepped up from his position as Editor-in-Chief in 1972 to tackle the role of Publisher at Marvel Comics, and while a strong succession of writers followed in his wake, his spirit and voice remained throughout the adventures that followed. His outspoken love for comics even extended to a series of college campus talks; given any chance to educate and illuminate on the industry, he took it. An entire generation of young readers expanded and strengthened their vocabulary and knowledge through Stan's stories.
Marvel and the entire The Walt Disney Company salute the life and career of Stan Lee and offer their undying gratitude for his unmatchable accomplishments within their halls. Every time you open a Marvel comic, Stan will be there.
Please join us today in remembering Stan "The Man" Lee.
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Thinking back on it...I've ever seen the first animated version of this...
This starts off innocently enough...
Just going to leave this here and then try to detoxify what I've just seen... Watch at your own risk. ???
Two really odd [out of the blue] ones today -
The Prodigy Frontman Keith Flint Dies at 49
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Keith Flint, the frontman of The Prodigy, has died at age 49. Flint was one of the founding members of the group, which played a major part in the U.K.’s rave scene before going on to become a major dance music act and achieving widespread mainstream success.
Flint and the band hailed from Essex, England. Local police confirmed Flint’s death in a statement.
“We were called to concerns for the welfare of a man at an address in Brook Hill, North End, just after 8.10am on Monday, March 4,†the police said. “We attended and, sadly, a 49-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. His next of kin have been informed.â€
The authorities added that there were no suspicious circumstances. “The death is not being treated as suspicious and a file will be prepared for the coroner,†the statement said.
The band also issued a statement. “It is with deepest shock and sadness that we can confirm the death of our brother and best friend Keith Flint,†it said in a tweet. “A true pioneer, innovator and legend. He will be forever missed. We thank you for respecting the privacy of all concerned at this time.â€
Source: [Variety (https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/the-prodigy-frontman-keith-flint-dies-at-49/ar-BBUlCn2?li=BBnbfcL)]
Luke Perry, 'Beverly Hills, 90210' and 'Riverdale' Star, Dies at 52
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Luke Perry, the Riverdale star and actor best known for his role as Dylan McKay on Beverly Hills, 90210, has died, his rep confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter on Monday. He was 52.
Perry had suffered a massive stroke, his rep Arnold Robinson told THR. "He was surrounded by his children Jack and Sophie, fiancé Wendy Madison Bauer, ex-wife Minnie Sharp, mother Ann Bennett, step-father Steve Bennett, brother Tom Perry, sister Amy Coder, and other close family and friends," said Robinson. "The family appreciates the outpouring of support and prayers that have been extended to Luke from around the world, and respectfully request privacy in this time of great mourning. No further details will be released at this time."
Source: [THR (https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/luke-perry-beverly-hills-90210-and-riverdale-star-dies-at-52/ar-BBUmCQq?li=BBnb7Kz)]
Just gonna leave this here..no particular reason other than to allow for us to wash that horrific Sonic trailer out of our eye sockets...
So out of the loop on this franchise...so, what's happening here???
SDCC 2019 smashing out trailers this year!
Revealed over SDCC 2019 - [Notice: Disney+ logo on certain titles will be exclusive to Disney's streaming service]
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Rumors confirmed, but still file this under preliminary I'd guess...
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