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Director Jon Favreau has posted an update on his Iron Man blog, in wich he discusses the various Iron Man suits and the first film still that was released last week:
‘Let me confirm a few things: The movie will contain both the gray suit and the gold and red. The light you see in the photo on Robert’s chest in the USA Today article is the chest piece glowing through his shirt. He is in captivity and forging the mask of the Mark 1.’
Writer-director Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain) spoke to The Guardian about one of his upcoming projects, which is about the biblical figure Noah.
Aronofsky explains that the script is no conventional biblical epic: ‘Noah was the first person to plant vineyards and drink wine and get drunk. It’s there in the Bible - it was one of the first things he did when he reached land. There was some real survivor’s guilt going on there. He’s a dark, complicated character.’ You can read the entire interview at this link.
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Variety reports that the Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez double feature Grindhouse will be released as two separate movies in the UK.
The original plan was to release the film, like in the US, as a double bill in the UK and Australia, and separated into its two segments everywhere else. Following the failure of Grindhouse at the US box office, which was partly blamed on the long running time of the double feature, the studio was debating whether or not to cancel the cinematic release of the movie outside of the US altogether. But the decision now reached merely sees the separate release strategy extended to the UK also.
Death Proof, Tarantino’s segment, will be released September 21, while Rodriguez’ Planet Terror currently has no confirmed release date yet.
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A while ago it was announced that Universal Pictures had signed Russel Crowe to star in a new Robin Hood film entitled Nottingham. Variety now reports that Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Gladiator) has been brought on board to direct the picture.
In this revisionist take on the popular myth Crowe plays the Sheriff of Nottingham, who’ll be shown as a noble and brave lawman labouring for a corrupt king, whereas the Robin Hood character will be portrayed in a less virtuous light. The film is set to include a love triangle between Maid Marion, Robin Hood and the Sheriff. Production on Nottingam will commence sometime in 2008.
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Three high-res images from the upcoming Playstation 3 release of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix have been released. The game, like the movie will be released this July. The game will also be released in other formats as well. The three images are:
Source: Gameinfowire
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In the third chapter of the most successful comic book film franchise, Spider-Man is forced to go up against three villains at once. But the toughest challenge he must face are his own inner demons, when arrogance, jealousy and a thirst for revenge threaten to consume him.
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USA Today has published an article that previews Jon Favreau’s adaptation of the Iron Man comic due out in May 2008.
Favreau is quoted as saying: ’We didn’t want to just go with a safe choice. The best and worst moments of Robert’s life have been in the public eye. He had to find an inner balance to overcome obstacles that went far beyond his career. That’s Tony Stark. Robert brings a depth that goes beyond a comic-book character who is having trouble in high school, or can’t get the girl. Plus, he’s simply one of the best actors around.’
Included is the first still from the film, which depicts Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark. Click here to load it in our movie gallery.
Variety reports that Baldwin Entertainment Group has signed Chuck Russell to direct the action-adventure movie Mandrake, based on the Hearst comic book character.
Mandrake the Magician is a syndicated U.S. comic strip created in 1934 by Lee Falk about a crime-fighting illusionist whose work is based on an impossibly fast hypnotic technique. In the long-running strip, stMandrake is accompanied by perhaps the first black comic book hero, a character called Lothar, Prince of the Seven Nations.
The strip has never been officially adapted for film, but a 12 part serial created in 1939 starring Warren Hull as Mandrake and Al Kikume as Lothar is widely available on DVD.
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Malcolm McDowell has joined the cast of Doomsday reports SCI FI Wire.
The Clockwork Orange star will play Kane, the brilliant scientist leading an elite group of specialists led by Eden (Rhona Mitra) and monitored by Nelson (Bob Hoskins).
The story is set in a futuristic Great Britain where a deadly plague, known as the Reaper Virus, has broken out, killing hundreds of thousands in its wake. In desperation, the British Government evacuates as many survivors as it can out of the infected area, and then builds a wall, preventing the remainder from escaping. Thirty years later, with the wall still up and the victims all but forgotten, the virus breaks out again. The Government decides to send a crack team of operatives, led by Major Eden Sinclair, into the hot zone to investigate the possibility of a cure.
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Six more days to go until the anticipated Spider-Man 3 sets out to shatter box office records across the globe. We have now arrived at our final interview with the film’s main cast, you can catch up with the others if you’ve missed them: Thomas Haden Church (Sandman), Bryce Dallas Howard (Gwen Stacy), James Franco (Harry Osborn) and Topher Grace (Venom) and Kirsten Dunst (MJ Watson). And who better to cap off the series with Spider-Man himself, Tobey Maguire?
The American actor gave his cinematic debut at the side of Robert de Niro and Leonardo Di Caprio in This Boy’s Life, but his breakthrough didn’t come until he starred in Ang Lee’s sexual revolution study The Ice Storm in 1997. Since then he has gone on to establish his acting talent in acclaimed films such as Pleasantville, The Cider House Rules, Wonder Boys, Seabiscuit, and most recently, The Good German.
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Matrix creators Larry and Andy Wachowski’s racing film has amazement aplenty for eyes and ears. But the pure exhilaration is impeded by cartoon morality.
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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. 
- jangofett101
