Archive for November 8th, 2007
For those curious as to whether the big screen version of Beowulf can deliver on its sparkling writing talent and $150m budget, Beowulf: The Script Book provides an early insight into creative process that forged the Robert Zemeckis-helmed blockbuster.
Penned by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary, the 272 page tome published last month by Harper Paperbacks contains both the first draft and final shooting script. The book also includes concept art, storyboards and the lyrics to the bawdy songs that Gaiman wrote for the project.
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I’m confused here… So what *is* next for Guillermo del Toro? Is it Champions, At the Mountains of Madness or something far more interesting like this? -
Spanish writer Sergio G. Sánchez has told SCI FI Wire that he is close to finishing the story for the final part of Guillermo de Toro’s movie trilogy that so far comprises The Devil’s Backbone and Pan’s Labyrinth.
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Guillermo del Toro (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) will write, direct and produce the sci-fi actioner Champions for United Artists writes Variety.
The Champions was a British espionage/science fiction adventure series produced over the course of 30 episodes during 1968–1969 and produced by Lew Grade’s ITC Entertainment production company. The movie adaptation will follow the adventures of a team of secret government agents who are rescued from a plane crash by an advanced civilization and given superhuman abilities.
Created by Monty Berman and Dennis Spooner, the original series starred Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo and William Gaunt and mixed adventure, humor and glamour into its plotlines.
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Variety reports that Disney and producer Jerry Bruckheimer have made an offer to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire director Mike Newell to direct Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.
Newell met with executives at the studio to discuss the project this week, and negotiations are expected to begin shortly.
The film is based on the best-selling series of videogames that was originally developed by Jordan Mechner in 1989 for the Apple II. The original game was notable for its revolutionary use of rotoscoped animation. The series has since been continued with a firther ten titles. The movie adaptation has a script by Mechner and Jeffrey Nachmanoff (The Day After Tomorrow).
Discuss Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time on the X-Boards
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According to the Hollywood Reporter Canadian actor Bruce Greenwood (I, Robot, Capote) has been cast as Christopher Pike, the Starship Enterprise’s second captain, in J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek feature for Paramount.
The character of Capt. Pike appeared in the original unaired pilot that Gene Roddenberry created. Pike was a 23rd century Starfleet officer. He was captain of the starship USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) for many years, as the immediate predecessor to later Captain James T. Kirk, and succeeding Captain Robert April. In the original series he suffered debilitating injuries as a result of exposure to delta radiation and was put on a form of advanced life support system which allowed him to communicate only through an interface connected directly to his brain.
Star Trek is expected to start shooting this month. It is understood that the movie chronicles the early days of the Enterprise crew.
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Heroes creator Tim Kring has responded to recent criticism of his hit show on Entertainment Weekly, listing what he believes season two has done wrong so far (and promising swift improvement):
- The pace is too slow
- The world-saving stakes should have been established sooner
- The rookies didn’t greet themselves properly
- Hiro was in Japan way too long
- Young love stinks
You can read his elaborations on each of these points at this link (although if you’ve been following the show you likely know the specifics).
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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. 