Archive for December 24th, 2007
A sneak preview of the animated Coraline has gone online on author Neil Gaiman’s official website.
Henry Selick (The Nightmare Before Christmas) directed the adaptation of Gaiman’s best-selling book about a young girl who unlocks a mysterious door in her new home, and enters into an adventure in a parallel reality.
The animated film features the voices of Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders and Ian McShane. Its precise 2008 release date has not yet been set.
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Posted in Books & Comics, Movies •
According to ComingSoon.net, Smallville star Kritin Kreuk will play Chun-Li in Hyde Park Entertainment’s film version of the popular videogame Street Fighter.
Directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak from a Justin Marks script, Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li starts filming in Thailand in March 2008. 20th Century Fox will distribute the live-action feature based on Capcom’s video game.
The movie is focused on female fighter Chun-Li and her journey for justice.
Discuss Street Fighter: Legend of Chun-Li on the X-Boards
Posted in Movies •
Peter Berg (The Kingdom) has confirmed to MTV that he will direct a new adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic Dune.
Berg revealed that if it wasn’t for the ongoing writers strike, he’d already be working on the project now. No script is available yet, but Berg feels that David Lynch’s movie version ‘left the door wide open for a remake’.
Peter Berg will next direct Tom Cruise in Edwin A. Salt.
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Posted in Movies •
John Hurt was recently interview by Premiere.com about next summer’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.
The actor reveals how he thought twice about accepting a role in such a huge film and how he was allowed not more than an afternoon with the script alone before committing to the project, but was tight-lipped on the movie’s plot and the identity of his character in particular. Having signed NDAs, he only grinned when asked if he was playing Abner Ravenwood, Marion’s father Indy proclaimed as dead in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Hurt also offered some insight into his acting peers on the film and Spielberg’s balancing of live-action shots vs. CGI. You can read the interview at this link.
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Posted in Movies •
ABC has premiered a teaser for the fourth season of Lost on the hit shows’ official website, entitled “We have to go back!”.
The 8 episodes (of a scheduled 16) that were able to be filmed before the writers strike brought production to a halt will go on air starting 9 pm Thursday, January 31.
The network is currently eyeing a fall debut for the second half of season four, pending a swift resolution between the WGA and the AMPTP.
Discuss Lost on the X-Boards
Posted in Lost, Television •
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. 