Archive for July 27th, 2007
J.K. Rowling appeared on The Today Show and revealed that her original epilogue to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows was much more detailed than what made it into the final book.
‘But it didn’t work very well as a piece of writing,’ Rowling said. ‘It felt very much that I had crowbarred in every bit of information I could … In a novel you have to resist the urge to tell everything.’
Now that the final Potter book is out, however, Rowling feels no more restraints. She has a definite idea what her surviving main characters made out of their lives and was more than happy to share that information on the show. You can find those details at this link, but we’d advise you not to read them unless you’ve finished book 7, or you will definitely have the book’s ending spoiled for you.
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The big news from Comic-Con was the confirmation that Karen Allen is reprising her role as Marion Ravenwood in Indiana Jones IV, but Paramount Pictures has also updated the official website for the film with a new teaser image.
The photo shows Indy’s hat and whip rested on a big wooden crate labelled as the ‘property of Dr. Jones’. X-Realms editor Elgar reckons the crate may be holding the Ark of the Covenant . Judge for yourself after viewing the image in our gallery.
The movie is scheduled to open in cinemas May 22, 2008.
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Director Jon Favreau appeared on stage during Paramount’s Comic-Con panel yesterday to premiere a rough trailer for his Iron Man adaptation.
ComingSoon.net has posted a description of the footage. Here’s a sample: The footage starts with Robert Downey Jr. as Tony Stark addressing soldiers with a speech which is paraphrased here: “Is it better to be feared than respected? I say, ‘Is it too much to ask for both?’ With that in mind, I humbly present the crown jewel of Stark Industries’ Freedom Line. It’s the first missile system to incorporate our proprietary repulsor technology.” He then says something about the best weapon being one you don’t have to fire, but he disagrees and says that the best weapon is the one you only have to fire once. “That’s how America does it.” It’s a great scene that shows the humor that Downey Jr. will be bringing to the role as do the next two scenes.
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Susan Sarandon has joined the cast of Peter Jackson’s upcoming new film The Lovely Bones, reports Variety.
Rachel Weisz, Ryan Gosling and newcomer Saoirse Ronan star in the adaptation of the Alice Sebold novel, which Jackson begins shooting in October.
The story revolves around a young girl who watches over her family — and killer — from heaven. Sarandon will play the grandmother, who comes to live with the family after the girl’s murder.
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At Paramount’s Comic-Con panel, author and screenwriter Neil Gaiman (Stardust, Beowulf) answered audience inquiries as to whether or not they’d ever get to see a film adaptation of his groundbreaking comic-book The Sandman.
ComingSoon.net quotes Gaiman’s reply: ‘I’ve been saying since 1991, I’d rather see no Sandman movie than a bad Sandman movie made. I think the time of a good Sandman movie is getting closer. With luck, we’ll see the Death movie first ’cause that’s small and cheap and I’m going to direct it. [A Sandman movie] needs someone with the passion of a Peter Jackson for Lord of the Rings or Sam Raimi on Spider-Man to get the film through Warner Bros.’
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X-Realms staffer Dave reported in from Paramount’s Comic-Con panel to let us know that the casting of Zachary Quinto (Heroes) in the role of the young Mr. Spock in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek XI has been confirmed, and that the original Spock Leonard Nimoy will feature in the film aswell.
While Nimoy’s exact role was not disclosed, we’ve learned that he will be donning ‘the ears’. The filmmakers are also trying to accomodate William Shatner (the original Captain Kirk) in the movie while they’re still looking for an actor to play young Kirk.
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Paramount Pictures unveiled new posters for Cloverfield (aka 1-18-08), Star Trek and Sweeney Todd at Comic-Con yesterday. They can be viewed in our movie gallery.
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Warner Home Video sent out a media release announcing the DVD and limited cinematical release of Blade Runner: The Final Cut later this year:
The one that started it all. Sir Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, starring Harrison Ford, is one of the most important science-fiction movies of the 20th Century — the film with immeasurable influence on society for its futuristic depiction of a post-apocalyptic, dystopian world, a film perhaps more powerful and relevant today than when it was made. The film, in fact, has appeared on more ‘Top Five’ sci-fi lists than any other film.
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Karen Allen is all set to reprise her role as Marion Ravenwood in Indiana Jones IV.
The American actress, who famously played the feisty daughter of Indy’s mentor (Abner Ravenwood) in Raiders of the Lost Ark will return to the screen as the mother of Shia LaBeouf’s character in the as yet untitled fourth outing for the iconic archaeologist in 2008.
In the meantime, check out a picture of Allen and Steven Spielberg on set-
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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. 