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SOUND OF MY VOICE – Watch the first 12 minutes!

Posted on 16 February 2012 by Christian

Watch Chapter 1, the first 12 minutes, of SOUND OF MY VOICE:

Fox Searchlight presents SOUND OF MY VOICE
Directed by Zal Batmanglij
Written by Zal Batmanglij and Brit Marling
Starring Brit Marling, Christopher Denham, and Nicole Vicius

Synopsis: In SOUND OF MY VOICE, Peter (Christopher Denham) and Lorna (Nicole Vicius), a couple and documentary filmmaking team, infiltrate a mysterious group led by an enigmatic young woman named Maggie (Brit Marling). Intent on exposing her as a charlatan and freeing the followers from her grip, Peter and Lorna start to question their objective and each other as they unravel the secrets of Maggie’s underworld.

For more info, visit:
http://www.soundofmyvoicemovie.com/

Pay special attention! The clip has “baked in” alternative content via interactive “hotspots” and this content hints at story elements beyond the first chapter!

 

SOUND OF MY VOICE opens in theaters April 27, 2012.

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Complete list of 2012 Oscar nominees

Posted on 26 January 2012 by TH3 No08

The 2012 Academy Award nominations were announced early this week and  here’s a complete rundown of who’s up for film’s biggest award.

BEST PICTURE
The Artist
War Horse
The Descendants
Moneyball
The Tree of Life
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Hugo
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

BEST DIRECTOR
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Alexander Payne, The Descendants
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life

BEST ACTOR
Demian Bichir, A Better Life
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Brad Pitt, Moneyball

BEST ACTRESS
Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs
Viola Davis, The Help
Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jonah Hill, Moneyball
Kenneth Branagh, My Week With Marilyn
Max von Sydow, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Nick Nolte, Warrior
Christopher Plummer, Beginners

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Melissa McCarthy, Bridesmaids
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Octavia Spencer, The Help

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Artist
Bridesmaids
Margin Call
Midnight in Paris
A Separation

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Descendants
Hugo
The Ides of March
Moneyball
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
A Cat in Paris
Chico & Rita
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Separation
Footnote
In Darkness
Bullhead
Monsieur Lahzar

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Pina
Hell and Back Again
If A Tree Falls: The Story of the Earth Liberation Front
Paradise Lost 3
Undefeated

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Artist
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
The Tree of Life
War Horse

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
The Adventures of Tintin
The Artist
Hugo
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
War Horse

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Man or Muppet” from The Muppets
“Real in Rio” from Rio

BEST EDITING
The Artist
The Descendants
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Moneyball

BEST ART DIRECTION
The Artist
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
War Horse

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Anonymous
The Artist
Hugo
Jane Eyre
W.E.

BEST MAKEUP
Albert Nobbs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
The Iron Lady

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Real Steel
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Transformers: Dark of the Moon

BEST SOUND MIXING
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Moneyball
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

BEST SOUND EDITING
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hugo
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT
Pentecost
Raju
The Shore
Time Freak
Tuba Atlantic

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT
The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
God Is the Bigger Elvis
Incident in New Baghdad
Saving Face
The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom

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Official Synopsis For Spike Lee’s Oldboy

Posted on 01 November 2011 by Christian

The official plot synopsis for Spike Lee’s upcoming remake of the 2003 Korean film Oldboy has hit the web. Sounding a lot like the original film (as expected), check it out after the jump!

Collider has received some plot details for various Lionsgate films that will be out in the future, and one of those films was for Spike Lee’s upcoming remake of Oldboy, starring Josh Brolin and set to begin production sometime next Spring (Collider says that the film will be released sometime next year). The below synopsis sounds very similar to the plot for the original film (as expected, of course), so while not very revealing, it’s certainly worth a look…

Cast: Josh Brolin

Director: Spike Lee

Writer: Mark Protosevich

Synopsis:
A man kidnapped and imprisoned on his daughter’s birthday is held captive for fifteen years. Upon his release he embarks on an obsessive mission to find the reason for his imprisonment and soon finds out that his kidnapper has plans for him more tortuous than solitary confinement.

Starring Josh Brolin, Spike Lee’s Oldboy begins production early next year, possibly for a 2012/2013 release.

 

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PaulRom
10/31/2011
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Lionsgate To Adapt Zombie Videogame Dead Island For The Big Screen

Posted on 27 September 2011 by Christian

Lionsgate has acquired movie rights to the smash hit, Dead Island, the Deep Silver video game about vacationers on an island paradise overrun by zombies.

Story first reported by Deadline.

Last February, Deep Silver’s trailer for Dead Island tore through the video game industry like wildfire. The buzz has culminated into making Dead Island one of the most anticipated video games of 2011. The trailer actually had a cinematic quality to it and many theorized that the game would make a great movie before any details were known about the game. Since it’s release, the game has sold 2 million copies. There was some controversy as to who owned the rights to the film but that all appears to have been worked out.

Here’s what Liongate’s Joe Drake had to say:

“Like the hundreds of journalists and millions of fans who were so passionate and vocal about the Dead Island trailer, we too were awestruck. This is exactly the type of property we’re looking to adapt at Lionsgate, it’s sophisticated, edgy, and a true elevation of a genre that we know and love. It also has built in brand recognition around the world, and franchise potential.”

Dead Island is a first person horror action-adventure video game developed by Techland and published by Deep Silver for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. It is centered on the challenge of survival on a zombie-infested open world island with a major emphasis on melee combat. It was originally announced at E3 2006, but was pushed back to 2011. It was released on September 6, 2011 in North America and September 9, 2011 for PAL regions.

The game is set in the fictional island of Banoi, located off the coast of Papua New Guinea. The main characters wake up in the Palms Resort hotel to find the island attacked by zombies and mysteriously, they are immune to whatever is making people into zombies. As they try to find and help other survivors, they must also find a way to escape the island as well. The players go through a series of both main and side quests.

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Fear.net delivers another short film in it’s Trick’rTreat series

Posted on 09 September 2011 by TH3 No08

Fear.net delivers another in it’s series of public services announcements letting us know that schools back in and Halloween is just around the corner. If you enjoyed Trick’rTreat then you should definitely check this short film.

Synopsis

A creepy, darkly comic celebration of the scariest night of the year with five tales set on Halloween night: suburban couple learns the lessons of blowing out a jack-o-lantern before midnight; a high school principal moonlights as a serial killer; the quest of a young virgin for that special someone takes a gruesome turn; a group of teens carries out a cruel prank; and a cantankerous old man battles a mischievous trick-or-treating demon.

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Charlie Sheen and Jason Schwartzman team up for Roman Coppola film.

Posted on 08 September 2011 by TH3 No08

I’ve always enjoyed Charlie Sheen the movie star much more than I’ve enjoyed Charlie Sheen the tv star so when I read he was teaming up with Jason Schwartzman in a Coppola film I couldn’t be more excited. Variety reports that Sheen will star opposite Schwartzman in A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charlie Swan III which was written and directed by Roman Coppola.

The story follows a successful graphic designer whose fame, money and charm have made him irresistible to women. But when his girlfriend breaks up with him his life heads into a downward spiral. Sounds familiar…

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Hombre y Tierra looking for funding through Kickstarter.com

Posted on 26 August 2011 by TH3 No08

It’s hard to make a film. No one ever tells you that. They tell you how fun it is on set and how amazing it is to see your work on the big screen but they never really tell you what happens in between the time you finish your edit and the first time see your film projected on the big screen and that’s the fact you have to spend a lot of your own money to market your film and get it the exposure it needs at festivals. It’s not cheap to go the indie route and that’s what this post is about. I wrote, produced, edited, and sound designed Hombre y Tierra and now that it’s finished it needs some help getting out there so we can market it and sell it.
That’s where you come in. The other producers and I are going through Kickstarter.com to raise funds for festivals and marketing and we ask that you give what you can to help us out. Watch the video, read the press release, get the info you need and do what you can to help a group of film makers live their dream.

 

Despite Down Economy Local Production Company
Perseveres

TMI Launches Festival Campaign For Spanish Language Feature
HOMBRE Y TIERRA.

 Austin, TX, August 25, 2011 – HOMBRE Y TIERRA, (aka Man And Earth)
Starring Mauricio Ripke, Directed by Christian Cisneros and Written by Richard Watson.
Produced by The Moving Image Company, a Texas-based Production Company.

GET TOUGH OR DIE.
“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.” Executive Producer Robert Stewart repeats a time
worn phrase when describing the position he and his partners at The Moving Image Company faced in
2010. “It was all about funding, the economy tanked and a lot of entities that had previously been
interested in funding for Independent Feature Films just sort of disappeared – poof – just gone.” Robert
and Company Founder and long time friend, Christian Cisneros, realized it was, as he puts it, “Get
tough or die time.”
“Christian and I had already seen a lot of people de-camp Austin for opportunities elsewhere,
Louisiana, New Mexico and other states – just to stay in the industry. We just didn’t want to cut and
run. Austin is home.” So, they had to come up with a plan – and quick.
No funding sources. A bad economy. Next to nothing on the horizon to make them believe that it would
get better anytime soon. “I told Christian, ‘Producers produce.’ We have to create a project we can
afford to fund on our own.” That idea became the company’s mission.
“We figured, if we’re going to go down, we might as well go down swinging. Everyone says its
madness to use your own money to produce movies – but it was actually kind of liberating. Scary, yes,
but it also came with a freedom to do it exactly as we decided it should be.”
They reviewed numerous stories, scripts and books but nothing would fit the plan. Finally, they focused
on a suspense story penned by fellow partner Richard Watson. That story was entitled, The
Woodsman, what would later become the Spanish language Feature Film HOMBRE Y TIERRA,
starring a actor who is well known to film makers in Central Texas, Mauricio Ripke.

A DARK TALE.
“This story is very tight, very focused, and according to our plan it was a film we could actually produce
within the budget we had to work with”, Robert relates. Along the way, as the production took shape,
the film makers decided to do something very unique – the film was shot in two languages. One entire
version shot in English and one in Spanish. “Essentially, we shot two films at the same time and we
don’t know of another film ever being produced this way.”
Hombre Y Tierra is the tale of Mauro Bosque: a Columbian TV personality who teaches survival tactics
and the film relates the strange details of his final journey. After entering the San Ignacio forest of
central Belize he disappears and is never seen again. Entertained as a child by his grandmother’s
stories of a missing Mayan settlement and their legendary caves filled with artifacts, (rumored to be
hidden within this forest and waiting to be found) Mauro seeks to locate them for his program – what he
uncovers, what he records on camera, is something as primeval and deadly as the forest itself.

GET CREATIVE OR STAY HOME.
Now The Moving Image Company has completed the film and is submitting to festivals around the
country. To support this effort they have launched a campaign at Kickstarter.com to raise funds to
promote the film at festivals around the country. The campaign features unique and one of a kind film
memorabilia that supporters can receive in return for supporting this creative and unique production.
The film makers are extremely upbeat about the film’s prospects going forward. “It is an interesting and
suspenseful story, the production was unique and we feel sure people will want to see a film made here
in Texas, but that also has a truly “international” feel to it. A Foreign Film, Made In Texas.” Robert
smiles. “Brilliant or Crazy? We’ll let the audience decide. ”

For more information:
Kickstarter Campaign

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tmivideos/hombre-y-tierra-feature-film-to-festivals

Facebook Fan Page

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hombre-Y-Tierra/202210116505350

Website

http://hombreytierra.com

(Under Construction)

Company Information
www.themovingimagecompany.com
www.tmivideos.com
Contact
Robert Stewart, Executive Producer, 512.690.3514

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Confirmed: Marvel’s Strikeforce: Morituri To Become Feature Film

Posted on 20 July 2011 by Christian

The short-lived 1980s Marvel Comics series Strikeforce: Morituri will reportedly be turned into a feature film.

The short-lived 1980s Marvel Comics series Strikeforce: Morituri will reportedly be turned into a feature film. I’ll admit, I’m unfamiliar with this comic series, but the premise sound’s really interesting.

Strikeforce: Morituri, which ran from 1986 to 1989, was set on an Earth nearly conquered by resource-stealing alien invaders [The Horde]. A scientific process is designed to give a squadron of humans super-powers to fight the aliens, but it also dooms them to die within a year. The series followed the heroic exploits of the strike force who knew they’re doomed regardless of how they fare against the aliens.

According to Variety, the screen rights to the title were snagged by Waterman Entertainment who have tapped the series’ creator-writer, Peter B. Gillis, to script the movie along with Connor Cochran. Jeff Beard will produce. The trade says Waterman Entertainment aims to start production this December.

Note:While the setting of Strikeforce: Morituri resembles no future seen in any other Marvel title, the Horde appear to have gathered trophies from residents of the Marvel Universe, including Captain America’s Shield, the Silver Surfer’s board and Galactus’s helmet, as well as shelves of what appear to be power batteries used by DC’s Green Lantern Corps. At the time, that appeared to be an in-joke rather than a serious plot point. But it is now considered serious since Marvel has designated the Strikeforce Morituri universe as Earth-1287 of its shared multiverse, as seen in Marvel Alternate Universes 2005.

 

Strikeforce: Morituri is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics from 1986 to 1989. The series was created by writer Peter B. Gillis and artist Brent Anderson.

The premise is that aliens have invaded Earth and nearly succeeded in conquering it and stripping it of its resources. A scientist discovers a process which can provide humans with superhuman powers, effectively creating a group of defending superheroes. However, the process would also ensure that the empowered humans would die within a year of being empowered. The series thus focused on the heroism of the main characters in fighting the invaders, while living with the knowledge that their fates were sealed regardless of whether or not they prevailed.

The title comes from the Latin phrase: “Morituri te salutamus” (We who are about to die salute you!), a salute that according to popular legend (not academically agreed) was uttered by Roman gladiators before battle in the arena. The subtitle of the comic was “We who are about to die”.

Gillis and Anderson left the series within two years. The series was eventually ended after 31 issues, under the tenure of writer James Hudnall and artist Mark Bagley.

 

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Duncan Jones Getting Closer To Direct The Wolverine?

Posted on 11 April 2011 by Christian

It looks like that director Duncan Jones will have a meeting with the studio about possibly taking over The Wolverinesince Darren Aronofsky left the project. More after the jump!

Director Duncan Jones was in London doing the Q&A for his latest film Source Code, and he was also asked about that rumor if he had any meetings with the studio about directing The Wolverine, starring Hugh Jackman. Harry Knowles fromAin’t It Cool News received a interesting message about that.

“Just got a message from one of my followers on Twitter – about a SOURCE CODE Q&A in London that Duncan Jones did, where he stated that he has a meeting with Fox coming up regarding the possibility of him taking over WOLVERINE in lieu of Aronofsky’s departure. That said, apparently the MOON & SOURCE CODE director feels like he would rather do his own original sci fi script next, but is taking the meeting more or less to explore options and be polite.”

While Jones was talking about that original sci-fi project for awhile now, if he likes the script for The Wolverine, anything could happen. Personally, he would be a great choice for this. I wanted to see him directing a comic book film since I watched Moon. What are your thoughts?

 

[comicbookmovie via AICN]

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Official Title For Deadpool Already Revealed?

Posted on 11 April 2011 by Christian

Possibly overlooked, the official title for Fox’s Ryan Reynolds-starrer movie adaption for the merc with a mouth, Deadpool, may have been revealed. A bit predictable, check it out!

Following the reports of Twentieth Century Fox tapping first-time director Tim Miller to helm their long-productive Deadpoolcinematic adaption, the official title for the spin-off may have been overlooked. While the initial report mentioned it, in a recent preview of Production Weekly, the name re-listed:

X-Men Origins: Deadpool

Evidently used to bring aware that it’s story from the “X-Men” saga, as well show it’s following X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which featured Ryan Reynolds’ big-screen debut of the character, it very well could be only tentative, being that an official release date has yet-to-be announced. Therefore, don’t be shocked if another title appears soon. Though, Deadpool sits fine with me.

Anyhow, while it’s been reiterated that this spin-off wouldn’t include initial references to Wolverine origins or the X-Men at all, and if so, only by mocking & poking fun at, what do you think of X-Men Origins: Deadpool for the title?

 

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Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish Recently Handed In The Second Draft Of The Ant-Man Script

Posted on 11 April 2011 by Christian

Perhaps some movement is going on with the ever delayed big screen adaption of Marvel Comic’s Ant-Man is happening. At this weekend’s Kapow-Con, the script co-writer Joe Cornish let it slip that he and director Edgar Wright have handed in their second draft of the script. UPDATE


It isn’t much, but Joe Cornish revealed this weekend at Kapow-Con (Via BLEEDING COOL) that he and Edgar Wright recently handed in the second draft of

their script for Ant-Man. Here is an excerpt from BLEEDING COOL’s report:

Speaking this afternoon at Kapow, Joe Cornish has revealed that he and Edgar Wright delivered the “second draft” of Ant Man just two days ago. That’s one more hurdle jumped – or if I know Wright and Cornish, leapt.

Ant-Man will be directed by Edgar Wright, but currently has n release date or actors signed on for any roles. We can most likely expect Ant-Man news some time after Marvel Studio’s big superhero team up movie, The Avengers.

UPDATE:When asked by BLEEDING COOL’S Brendon Connelly if the story was based of any comic arcs, specifically Robert Kirkman’s Ireedemable Ant-Man, Cornish replied with definitely not.

Special thanks to CBM’s own Skinny Glasses for the image used in the article.

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Mark Millar And Steve McNiven’s Nemesis Gets Animated!

Posted on 08 April 2011 by Christian

Can’t wait until Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s fantastic series hits the big screen? Well, hit the jump to take a look at this ultra-violent motion comic style animation that one clever fan has come up with…

Although we’ve seen many comic books receive the motion comic treatment by Marvel in the past couple of years, it would seem that fans are now coming up with their own versions as the following video shows. A big screen adaptation of Nemesis is currently in the works (with Tony Scott set to direct) but until then, here’s an animated preview of what we can expect!

 

Deceit – Badman Silence from Richard Payne on Vimeo.

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Everything Must Go Trailer:

Posted on 01 April 2011 by Christian

Unlike most of his comedic peers, Will Ferrell has never seemed insistent on proving his dramatic bona fides — aside from the one-year span a while back where he put out the negligible Winter Passing and the dramedy Stranger Than Fiction, Ferrell’s basically stuck to broad farce. His turn in last fall’s TIFF entry Everything Must Go, then, felt like a respectable departure, casting Ferrell as an alcoholic who decides to set up shop on his front lawn and sell off all of his belongings. The trailer came out today in advance of the film’s May release, and though it might be different than most of Ferrell’s movies, it still checks off a lot of familiar boxes. Is Will Ferrell a middle-aged sadsack who’s getting fired from his crappy job after years of service? Yes, just like in Larry Crowne! Does he learn to see life differently thanks to a precocious African American boy who won’t leave his side? Yes, just like in happythankyoumoreplease! Is his reputation as a weird, freefalling loser somehow attractive to a gorgeous new love interest? Yes, just like … well, almost every movie nowadays (including, as it happens, Ferrell’s other comedies).

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Ryan Reynolds Still Attached To Deadpool; Will Have Comic Book Scars And Costume!

Posted on 29 March 2011 by Christian

Lauren Shuler Donner reveals when shooting will begin on the movie and promises a faithful adaptation of the comic book character as well as Ryan Reynolds’ involvement! She also shares more details about The Wolverine

Empire have released more excerpts from their interview with producer Lauren Shuler Donner, and perhaps most the most interesting piece of information to be revealed during their chat was that Donner who is, “mindful of Reynolds’ ever-growing logjam of work, added that the film would shoot in the next year or so.” A lot further along than any of us realised then! Here are some of the other highlights of that interview.

On THe Current Status Of The Deadpool Movie:

“We’re looking for a director, yes. He’s very involved, Ryan. He’s working with the writers on the screenplay and it is as much as it is ours.”

On Keeping The Movie Faithful To The Comic Books:

“I’m tellin’ ya, it’s true to the comic. You’ll see all of them. You’ll see Wade Wilson, the good-looking Ryan Reynolds! You’ll see Deadpool in his costume and you’ll see the cancer-scarred face.”

On What To Expect From The Wolverine:

“It will have depth and a dramatic backbone. And yet there’s more action in this one than in any one we’ve ever done. It’s such a good script. We have the great Christopher McQuarrie writing and it’s very true to the Japanese saga. This is Logan on his own…”

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First Sinister Glimpse Of Caesar From Rise Of The Apes!

Posted on 29 March 2011 by Christian

At Cinemacon, 20th Century Fox were handing out promotional calendar’s with various images from their upcoming movies, including our first glimpse of the villainous Caesar…

Set in San Francisco, a young scientist desperately searches for a way to cure his ailing father’s Alzheimer’s. He begins immediate working by testing the cure on chimpanzees. When one of his test subjects, Caesar, begins to show rapid mental evolution, the scientist takes him home to save him from cruel lab owners. As Caesar’s intelligence grows, so do his ambitions for freedom and power.

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If your interested here are some of the other pictures from the calendar:

 

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Justice League Movie Planned For 2013?

Posted on 29 March 2011 by Christian

It is undoubtedly a mistake on the reporter’s part, but the Los Angeles Times, in a profile of Warner Bros.’ Jeff Robinov, mentions the fact that a Justice League movie is planned for 2013, following the 2012 releases of Batman and Superman

Says the article, “Robinov, who shuttered Warner’s specialty movie labels in 2008 and infamously passed on releasing the Oscar-winning hit Slumdog Millionaire, wants to keep increasing the number of big-budget ‘tentpoles’ that fuel global revenue. His most immediate hurdle is filling the void that will be left this summer when the multibillion-dollar Harry Potter series shepherded by [Alan] Horn ends. Robinov is betting on DC Comics characters to take center stage starting in June with the $200 million-plus production Green Lantern. HE’S THEN AIING TO RELEASE NEW BATMAN AND SUPERMAN FILMS IN 2012 AND JUSTICE LEAGUE, A TEAMING OF DC’S TOP HEROES, IN 2013.”

What do you think? Is this even a possibility? Just as importantly, do you WANT to see a Justice League movie?

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Paramount Putting Star Trek Ahead of Jack Ryan

Posted on 29 March 2011 by Christian

The original plan was for Paramount to relaunch the Jack Ryan character with Chris Pine prior to the actor reprising the role of Captain Kirk in the sequel to 2009′s Star Trek, but according to Deadline the production order is being flopped.

Script problems are the reason given for the delay in the Jack Ryan project (Ryan, of course, is created by Tom Clancy and made his first appearance on screen in Hunt For Red October).

Says Deadline, “The slow process of nailing the Ryan script has prompted the studio to focus on getting Pine at the helm of the USS Enterprise first, even as the studio waits to see if JJ Abrams will reprise as Trek director…. Paramount’s expectation is for the Star Trek sequel to start production by the fall so that the studio can keep that film’s projected June 29, 2012 release date. Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Damon Lindelof are are working on the script.”

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Zack Snyder Explains the Meaning of Sucker Punch

Posted on 28 March 2011 by Christian

Zack Snyder says he hopes viewers will “get a little bit f*cked up by” his new genre-bending action movie!

When director Zack Snyder directed comic book adaptations of 300 and Watchmen, comic book movie fans already had a pretty good idea of what was in store for them. However, his latest movie, Sucker Punch, though visually striking, seems to be a confusing mystery to most. In a recent interview with ScreenJunkies, Snyder explained just exactly what the title of the movie means.

I think sucker punch sums it up for me. Look, literally it’s like a mechanism in the film that kind of brings us back into reality I think. But I think on the other hand, because the movie is a slight indictment – it talks about geek culture and pop culture, it talks about the why of the action cinema and stuff of that nature – it’s also a sucker punch because I kind of designed it that you go to this movie for entertainment and you get a little bit f*cked up by it, hopefully.

Snyder went on to say that the plot is completely open to interpretation.

Oh, hugely. It’s all about that. She’s talking all about the movie when she says to Baby, “The dance” – meaning the action sequences – “should be more than just titillation,” which is in reference to other films I’ve made. When she says, “all that gyrating and moaning” which is basically all the slo-mo and all the action. It’s supposed to tell a story. Then she says, “My dance is personal. What is yours saying?” and “It says I’m going to be free” which is in reference to all the other, 300 or other action movies. The whole movie is like a show within a show and it’s all about the show within a show. Someone asked me, why are the girls dressed like that? I go, because if you’re indictment of male culture and on the other hand the idea that they’re in a brothel, so the people that are wanting the girls to dress like that are the men that go to brothel. When we see the action in the movie and the lights go down, the leering men sitting in a dark theater find girls that dress sexy and gyrate, and in my case that are gyrating with machine guns, that’s us! Anyway, and on and on.

Snyder said that he wants Sucker Punch to appeal to those looking for hidden meanings, as well as those fans who just want “crazy sh*t” in the movie.

I honestly think you can do both. I love crazy shit in a movie, don’t get me wrong. By the way, there is crazy sh*t in my movie. There is nutty, crazy shit in it but I’d like you to be able to have your cake and eat it too. I want you to be able to just go nuts and then also be able to sit with your friends afterwards and go, “No way, dude. You don’t get the socio-implications of this f*ckin’ movie.” And the other guy going, “I don’t know what the f*ck you’re talking about!”

Snyder also went on to talk about Superman. You can read what he had to say about his next project by clicking here or by following the link below.

Sucker Punch is in theaters now!

 

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VIDEO: Zack Snyder (Director/Writer & Producer) Sucker Punch Interview!

Posted on 26 March 2011 by Christian

Zack Snyder (Superman: Man of Steel) talks all about his new action/fantasy Sucker Punch blockbuster movie thats out now…

 

A young girl is institutionalized by her wicked stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the facility.

Starring: Emily Browning as Baby Doll

Abbie Cornish as Sweet Pea

Jena Malone as Rocket

Vanessa Hudgens as Blondie

Jamie Chung as Amber

Carla Gugino as Dr. Vera Gorski

Oscar Isaac as Blue Jones

Jon Hamm as High Roller

 

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First Trailer Hits For The Three Musketeers

Posted on 26 March 2011 by Christian

The first trailer for director Paul W.S. Andersons The Three Musketeers not only debuts, but looks pretty good.


The first trailer for director Paul W.S.Anderson’s The Three Musketeers has been released on iTunes. This latest version of the famous Musketeers starring Milla Jovovich,Orlando Bloom, Juno Temple, Logan Lerman, Matthew Macfadyen, Christoph Waltz, Ray Stevenson and Mads Mikkelsen is due out in theaters Oct 14th 2011.

Synopsis courtesy of IMDB..

The hot-headed young D’Artagnan along with three former legendary but now down on their luck Musketeers must unite and defeat a beautiful double agent and her villainous employer from seizing the French throne and engulfing Europe in war.



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