Archive for June 26th, 2007
A trio of animators are launching an outfit called Frederator Films to produce 2-D animated genre movies budgeted below $20 million.
Fred Seibert (Hanna-Barbera), Kevin Kolde (Spumco) and Eric Gardner (Panacea Entertainment) have joined forces to produce a roster of pictures aimed at ‘young males’.
The group have announced a feature version of Samurai Jack with Genndy Tartakovsky attached to write and direct, The Neverhood, a claymation feature based on the DreamWorks videogame of the same name and The Seven Deadly Sins, a hip-hop project with Don King hired as the first voice actor.
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The Amsterdam Cinema Expo launched with an impassioned declaration of intent by Dreamworks CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, who said that all of his animation projects released in 2009 will be in 3-D reports Variety.
‘It (3-D) is an experience unlike anything we have seen before. It is not a gimmick, not a trick. It is not your dad’s 3-D … It is the most exciting development in cinema in 60 years.’
Katzenberg predicted that ‘a large portion of tentpoles will migrate to 3-D’, thanks to the leadership of the ‘alphas of the moviemaking group’ — James Cameron, Robert Zemeckis, Peter Jackson and Steven Spielberg. Katzenberg also added that Michael Bay and Ron Howard amongst others are set to move into the 3-D arena.
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Variety reports that the feature film adaptation of DC Comics’ Justice League of America may be closer than most had thought.
The ambitious project took a big step closer to reality last week when husband and wife writing duo Kieran Mulroney and Michele Mulroney turned in a first draft that impressed executives at Warner Bros.
The picture, which would include several well-known superheroes including Superman and Batman could even appear before Superman: Man of Steel, which still hasn’t got a script.
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Earthtimes reports that Ng Chin Han, an actor little-known outside of his native Singapore has landed a ‘major role’ in next year’s Batman movie The Dark Knight.
Chin Han, who has been active in Singapore television, films and theatre, told Channel NewsAsia that he was feeling the pressure of working opposite thesps like Christian Bale and Michael Caine -
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The Chicago Tribune reports that the producers of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince have organised open auditions to cast two roles in the upcoming movie.
on July 8th the search will begin for a teenage boy to play the part of Tom Riddle, the child who grows up to be the evil Lord Voldemort. The criteria is that applicants must have identification to prove they are from Britain and are between the ages of 15 and 18. In addition, auditions will be held on July 1st at Earls Court Exhibition Center in London to fill the shoes of Lavender Brown, the sycophantic drama queen who becomes Ron Weasley’s first girlfriend.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will be the sixth film in the Harry Potter films series adapted from the books by J. K. Rowling. The film is scheduled for a US and UK release on 21 November 2008.
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Tuesday 26th June, 2007
About 30 seconds after last Tuesdays weekly games news round up went online the news broke that Manhunt 2 for the PS2 and Wii had been refused a certificate by the BBFC (the UK’s entertainment certification body) meaning that it would be illegal to sell the game in the territory with the third largest games market.
Shortly after that the game was given the ‘Death Sentence’ AO certificate by the ESRB in the USA the result of which would be major stockists such as Walmart not having the game on their shelves. On Wednesday Rockstar released a statement standing by their software but unfortunately Sony and Nintendo didn’t feel the same way and both companies disowned the project, saying that they didn’t want anything to do with the game. No surprise then that by Thursday, Take 2 had announced that the July 10th release date of Manhunt 2 had been delayed.
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A new TV spot for Michael Bay’s Transformers has made its way online via SuperHeroHype.
The action-packed clip showcases a good deal of amazing new effects shots, featuring fighting or transforming robots (sometimes both) in the midst of explosions left, right and center. There’s even a glimpse included of Optimus Prime with a sword.
You can load the spot on Youtube for quick access or download it in high-resolution from SuperHeroHype.
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The trailer for Fox’s Hitman is now online at Joblo.com. The adaptation of the popular video game stars Timothy Olyphant and Dougray Scott.
In the film, Agent 47 (Timothy Olyphant) has been educated to become a professional assassin for hire, whose most powerful weapons are his nerve and a resolute pride in his work. The hunter becomes the hunted when 47 gets caught up in a political takeover. Both Interpol and the Russian military chase the Hitman across Eastern Europe as he tries to find out who set him up and why they’re trying to take him out of the game. But the greatest threat to 47’s survival may be the stirrings of his conscience and the unfamiliar emotions aroused in him by a beautiful, damaged girl…
Hitman opens in theaters October 12.
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According to Variety, the German Defense Ministry has prohibited the Berlin shoot of Valkyrie, the new WWII film from X-Men and Superman Returns director Bryan Singer, which was scheduled to start lensing next month.
The ban is due to actor Tom Cruise’s affiliation with Scientology, which Germany has branded an exploitative, profit-based business concern, as opposed to a religion. Cruise toplines the film with Kenneth Branagh and Bill Nighy.
A spokesperson for United Artists, where the project is set up, gave the following statement: ‘Mr. Cruise’s personal beliefs have absolutely no bearing on the movie’s plot, themes or content. And even though we could shoot the movie anywhere in the world, we believe Germany is the only place we can truly do the story justice.’ The studio insists that production will go ahead and that filming will place in Germany, with shooting locations to be confirmed.
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According to Jon Favreau’s Myspace page, principal photography on Iron Man has ended reports Comingsoon. In addition to this news, he hinted that Hilary Swank could have a part in the upcoming movie.
‘Principal photography ended with a huge bang as we filmed the final scenes of Iron Man in Caesar’s Palace’ wrote Favreau.
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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. 