Archive for January 5th, 2007
Today has shaped up to be a great day for fans and followers of Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials books and/or Chris Weitz’s film adaptation of the first part, The Golden Compass. Following the new film images released earlier today, news has just arrived that the adaptation of the second installment has been set in motion.
According to Variety, New Line has comissioned Hossein Amini (The Wings of the Dove, The Four Feathers, Killshot) to write a script based on Pullman’s second novel in the series, The Subtle Knife. Though whether or not that film will get made depends on the success of The Golden Compass (released December 7), with its $150 million budget presenting quite a risk. In The Subtle Knife, a second main character is introduced: Will, a troubled boy from our own dimension.
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Four amazing new posters for Zack Snyder’s anticipated Frank Miller adaptation 300 have been exclusively unveiled on Empire Online, each depicting one of the central characters.
The first poster features Leonidas (played by Gerard Bulter), the king of the Spartans who makes a stand with his army of 300 against the 10′000-men strong Persian army; the second poster shows Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), emperor of the Persians; the third has Lena Headey’s Queen Gorgo, Leonidas’ wife; and the fourth depicts the über-Immortal, the leader of Xerxes army. All of the posters, as well as plenty more 300 images are available in our gallery.
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Two new shots from Michael Bay’s upcoming Transformers live-action adaptation have surfaced on Amazon Japan.
Bumblebee and Barricade are featured (in their robot modes) on the covers of two ‘I Can Read’ childrens books based on the upcoming movie. The image of the Autobot appears on the cover of the book Transformers: Sam’s New Car and the Decepticon on Autobots vs. Decepticons. You can view the images in our gallery: Bumblebee, Barricade.
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The photos of Dakota Blue Richards and Sam Elliot and Lyra Belacqua and Lee Scoresby we posted earlier today were not the only new shots released from Chris Weitz’s The Golden Compass.
BridgeToTheStars.net has nine further images, including new depictions of Nicole Kidman as Mrs Coulter, Daniel Craig as Lord Asriel, Dakota Blue Richards as Lyra, and first proper looks at the Gyptians Lord Faa and Ma Costa. There are also images of what might be Tony Makarios and Roger, two of the boys Lyra will have to save from the ‘Gobblers’ on her travel north. View all images here in our gallery.
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On both sides of the Atlantic, the movie awards battle is hotting up. Both the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) have announced their nominees for the best of 2006.
In the US, Leonardo DiCaprio has been nominated twice, in the lead category for his role in Blood Diamond and in the supporting category for The Departed. The musical Dreamgirls, the drama Babel and the comedy Little Miss Sunshine have each scored three nominations. Dame Helen Mirren was nominated for her lead role in The Queen and Dame Judi Dench was nominated for her performance in Notes on a Scandal, from which Cate Blanchett also earned a nomination in the supporting role category. Best actor nominations went to Forest Whittaker for Last King of Scotland, Will Smith for In Pursuit of Happyness and Peter O’Toole for Venus.
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Three new images have surfaced from His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass on Aint-it-cool.com.
The images include depictions of Lyra Belacqua played by Dakota Blue Richards, Lee Scoresby played by Sam Elliott and the compass itself. In The Golden Compass, Lyra sets out from an Oxford set in a parallel world to our own, and travels far north to save her best friend, on a quest that will take her through the lands of armoured bears, warring witch-clans and through gates to new universes.
The Golden Compass is director Chris Weitz’s adaptation of the first book of author Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. Shooting on the film began at Shepperton Studios in the UK in September. The film, which also stars Casino Royale duo Daniel Craig and Eva Green, is set for release in November 2007. Click here to view the images in the X-Realms gallery.
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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. 