Archive for March 15th, 2007
With Zack Snyder’s 300 proving to be such a hit at the box office, chances are good that he’ll have the necessary finances for his next project, Watchmen, gathered rather sooner than later. He talked about his plans for the comic book adaptation to Comic Book Resources:
‘I’m doing Watchmen next for sure. That’s what we’re focusing all our attention on…It’s the best thing out there. Maybe I don’t know what I’m talking about, but I feel like Watchmen is the coolest thing ever and I have to do it.’ Snyder also mentioned that he thinks there’s a way to do it under $150 million.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Daniel Craig (Casino Royale, The Golden Compass) and Julianne Moore (Hannibal, Children of Men) are in negotiations to star in Fernando Mereilles’ (City of God, The Constant Gardener) upcoming new film Blindness.
Adapted by Don McKellar from Nobel Prize winner Jose Saramago’s acclaimed novel, the story chronicles an epidemic of blindness that sweeps through an unnamed contemporary city and pushes society to the brink of breakdown. The film starts shooting this summer in Sao Paolo, Meirelles’ hometown, and Toronto.
Discuss Blindness on the X-Boards
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Disney has acquired the rights to the Robert Venditti/Brett Weldele graphic novel The Surrogates, reports Variety. The studio will develop it into a sci-fi thriller for Jonathan Mostow to direct. His Terminator 3 screenwriters Michael Ferris and John Brancato will provide the script.
The Surrogates is set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation. They interact vicariously, through surrogate robots. Mostow will develop the project while he continues to write The Submariner, an adaptation of the Marvel comic for Universal.
Discuss The Surrogates on the X-Boards
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DreamWorks Pictures has released a bunch of awesome film stills from Michael Bay’s upcoming blockbuster Transformers. The new images were posted on sites like ComingSoon.net, IMDB.com and CelebUtopia.net.
The 17 pictures in total offer exciting new glimpses at the main cast including Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky (protecting the Energon Cube), Megan Fox as his smokin’ hot “friend” Mikaela, Josh Duhamel as Captain Lennox, Rachael Taylor as Maggie (first look!), John Voight as Keller, John Turturro as Agent Simmons (also first looks) and a bunch of the robots themselves in their vehicle modes. Click here to view all the images in our gallery.
Discuss Transformers on the X-Boards
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Star Wars fans will be able to kick off the Celebration IV event on May 23 with a free Star Wars 6-movie marathon event.
Beginning at 9:00 AM on Wednesday, May 23, attendees will have a chance to watch the entire, epic Star Wars saga on the big screen, beginning with Episode I The Phantom Menace and ending with Episode VI Return of the Jedi. The approximately 17-hour program (including intermissions) will lead into the five days of non-stop festivities that will commemorate the 30th anniversary of Star Wars throughout the rest of the Memorial Day weekend.
The tickets, free of charge for those attending Celebration IV, are scheduled to go up for reservations at 9:00 AM PDT, Thursday, March 15, and initially will be available exclusively to fans who have purchased admission to Star Wars Celebration IV. Those attending the six-movie marathon will receive a commemorative button, and bragging rights to have been Among the first to watch the entire saga in order at a U.S. screening.
Discuss Celebration IV on the X-Boards
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Reports published by filmick from various UK radio and tabloid sources claim that Sony and Marvel are in a tug of war with New Line over Jake Gyllenhaal.
With Toby McGguire retiring from the role of Spider-Man, Gyllenhaal remains the studio’s top choice to replace him. However, it appears that New Line are also courting the young star for their DC comics adaptation Shazam! based on the character created in 1939 by artist C.C. Beck and writer Bill Parker.
Whichever career path that the LA born Brokeback Mountain star chooses to pursue, one imagines that the paycheck is going to be astronomical.
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Just Jared reports that High School Musical and Hairspray star Zac Efron is in talks to take the lead in the Wachowski’s Speed Racer.
Zac was apparently granted permission by Disney to leave the shoot of High School Musical 2 for a day so that he could attend the Speed Racher callback audition.
The original television series upon which the film is based was about a character called Speed Racer who drove a car called The Mach Five car which was equipped with all manner of technological gadgets. The movie will be produced by Joel Silver who approached the duo during the filming of V For Vendetta and is scheduled for a May 23rd 2008 release.
Discuss Speed Racer on the X-Boards
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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. 