Archive for September 21st, 2006
For the third part of our series of interviews with personalities involved in the ‘Star Wars spoiler scene’, the X-Realms is excited to bring you an exclusive interview with Fatboy Roberts.
Professional broadcaster Fatboy Roberts has an extensive resume which includes staff positions at Jedinet.com, T’bone’s Star Warz Universe, Corona’s Coming Attractions, starwars.com, Episode-X, Aldera.net and Operation Sombrero.
Fatboy is currently employed by the radio station 101.1 KUFO-FM in Portland. You can listen to excerpts from his show at cortandfatboy.com.
In the meantime you can check out his interview by clicking here.
Posted in Commentary, X-Realms •
Even though Mel Brooks’ Star Wars (and Star Trek, Planet of the Apes etc.) satire Spaceballs earned “only” $38.1m at the US box office when it was released in 1987, it has since become not only a cult favorite, but also a big money maker through video and DVD sales and sale to cable and pay TV nets. MGM, who is currently trying to get back in shape, has now commissioned an animated series based on the Spaceballs movie and sold exclusive rights in the U.S. to Comcast’s G4 cable network, according to Variety.
Encompassing a one-hour pilot and 13 half-hour episodes, the project represents the first scripted series greenlit by the new TV division at MGM, led by Jim Packer, president of the worldwide TV distribution group. The series kicks off on G4 in fall 2007.
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Posted in Star Wars, Television •
According to the LA Times, Fight Club screenwriter Jim Uhls will next adapt Rex Mundi, the graphic novel series by Arvid Nelson and Eric Johnson. Johnny Depp has secured the right to the project via his Infinitum Nihil production company, and is likely to star in the movie as a pathologist investigating the mysterious death of the priest who found him as an orphan.
Rex Mundi (which in latin means ‘king of the world’) posits an alternate present of 1933 in which the Reformation never happened, the Inquisition is still in full swing, Europe remains dominated by the Catholic Church and the rest of the world consists of colonies.
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Posted in Movies •
The multiplatform interactive phenomenon The Lost Experience will come to a climactic close on September 24 (8:00 p.m., PT, 5:00 p.m., ET), with a live worldwide radio internet broadcast hosted by the renegade DJ Dan, says ABC. The broadcast will also feature a special in-studio guest and announce a link for the final video clue revealing the truth behind the actions of the Hanso Foundation. DJ Dans previous broadcast gave clues leading to the Sri Lanka video, which unveiled the meaning behind the numbers 4 8 15 16 23 42. To listen to the broadcast, go to ABC.com.
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Posted in Lost, Television •
Composer David Arnold has teamed up with singer/songwriter Chris Cornell for the theme song to the new Bond film Casino Royale. The video to “You Know My Name” can now be watched online on Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Youtube.com. It includes footage from the film.
Cornell is the former lead singer of Soundgarden, the rock band who landed a massive hit in the nineties with “Black Hole Sun”. After Soundgarden disbanded, Cornell joined up with the Zack de la Rocha-less rest of Rage Against The Machine, forming the new rock quartet Audioslave, who have recently released a new record entitled ‘Revelations’.
Posted in James Bond, Movies •
A new promo trailer for Zack Snyder’s 300 is online at iFilm. 300 is an adaptation of the Frank Miller (Sin City) graphic novel, which is brought to life by combining live action with virtual backgrounds that capture Snyder’s distinct vision of this ancient historic tale. Warner Bros. will release the film on March 9.
The movie is a ferocious retelling of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. Facing insurmountable odds, their valor and sacrifice inspire all of Greece to unite against their Persian enemy, drawing a line in the sand for democracy.
Posted in Movies •
About a month ago, the SCI FI Channel aired a 44-minute long summary of everything that’s happened so far on Battlestar Galactica (our report). The Story So Far, as the special is title, is narrated from the point of view of Laura Roslin (Mary McDonnell) and incorporates footage from the mini-series and the first two seasons of Battlestar Galactica. In an attempt to win as many new viewers for the start of the upcoming third season (begins October 6), The Story So Far is currently being re-aired on various US TV channels and distributed as a bonus DVD to anyone who purchases the Battlestar Galactica Season 2.5 DVD set that recently went on sale. The Story So Far can now also be streamed online on TV.com.
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Posted in Battlestar Galactica, Television •
Reports have surfaced across the net that the widely successful Pirates of the Caribbean film franchise will not end with the third film, At World’s End.
Mark Zoradi, president of the Disney Motion Pictures Group, reportedly told the Daily Mail that the third film would end the trilogy but will most likely not be the last sequel.
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, the second film of the trilogy, surpassed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office. The third film will debut in theaters across the globe on May 25, 2007.
Source: Mickey News
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British tabloids are reporting that while there may be another sequel to the Mission: Impossible franchise, Tom Cruise will not be returning, clearly because Paramount Pictures recently severed all ties to Cruise. Rumor has it that instead none other than Brad Pitt will be starring in a future Mission: Impossible IV. An insider told a British tabloid that the writers may explain the absence of Cruise’s character Ethan Hunt and are “considering a brief mention, saying that Hunt retired to live a safe life with his new wife,” adding that “they’re set on Brad taking over as the gutsy new head operative who puts together his own unique team of specialists.”
Source: Dark Horizons
Posted in Movies •
A new trailer has been released for The Prestige.
The Prestige tells the tale of a pair of rival magicians in turn-of-the-century London. Each has a winning trick the other craves, but so arcane is the nature of these tricks, so incredibly difficult are they to perform, that they take on a peculiar life of their own, in one case involving a mysterious apparent double identity, in the other a reliance on the ferocious powers unleashed in the early experimental years of electricity. The rivalry of the two men is such that in the end, though both are ashamed of the strength of their feelings of spite and envy, it consumes them both, and affects their respective families for generations.
The Prestige is directed by Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins) and stars Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, David Bowie, Michael Caine and Scarlett Johansson. Click here to watch the trailer.
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Posted in Movies •
I am a little leary of the situation. The truth will come out when, and if the US economy, and the dollar begins to strengthen. If prices remain high, you’ll know someone is lying. Either OPEC doesn’t have the supply they claim they have, or Analysts are incorrect when they say demand has decreased. Personally, I don’t buy the claim that demand has decreased. Population is ever increasing, so, the the demand should always be increasing. 