Archive for May 7th, 2008
Following the critical and financial success of Iron Man over the last week, Entertainment Weekly spoke with director Jon Favreau and star Robert Downey Jr. about the prospect of doing a sequel.
While Favreau concedes that there’s “no formal arrangement yet”, he also confirms that there’s definitely “a level of enthusiasm from myself and the cast to tell more stories” and “a lot of ideas that we all have now”. One such idea that seems to be compelling to all of them is the story of Tony Stark’s battle with alcohol.
“Demon in a Bottle is one of the very strongest story lines of the of the series, and Iron Man is not a comic book character who is known for having wonderful storylines. He’s known for having great suits, great characters, but the villains kind of get thin at times, and it’s so very dated when you look at Communism and the metaphor. Politically, much of it doesn’t hold up well. And the Mandarin is incredibly challenging in that respect. So we have challenges ahead of us.”
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The full trailer for the upcoming CG-animated movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars is set to debut this Thursday on Cartoon Network, TNT, TBS, CNN and Boomerang on United States television at 7:58 pm (all time zones).
Shortly after, the action-packed, two-minute preview of the animated adventure from creator George Lucas and Lucasfilm Animation will be available for viewing exclusively on StarWars.com. The trailer then debuts in theaters on Friday along with the theatrical poster for the movie, which can be viewed in our movie gallery.
The film hits cinemas August 15 2008 and is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. This theatrical release tells an all-new story that leads directly in to this fall’s premiere of a weekly, animated Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series on Cartoon Network, followed by airings on TNT.
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Lionsgate has informed us that the release date of The Spirit has been moved up a full three weeks from January 19, 2009 to December 25, 2008.
According to Variety, Lionsgate president of theatrical films Tom Ortenberg said the decision to shift the film to Christmas Day came after the project was presented to fans at New York Comic-Con.
Based on Will Eisner’s legendary comic strip, The Spirit takes us on a sinister, gut-wrenching ride with a hero who is born, murdered and born again - starring Gabriel Macht (The Spirit), Samuel L. Jackson (The Octopus), Sarah Paulson, Eva Mendes, Dan Lauria, Paz Vega, Jaime King and Scarlett Johansson.
Discuss The Spirit on the X-Boards
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This may not fit the mould of projects we normally cover on X-Realms, but as a student of literature I’m stoked to see two of my favourite novels of English literature being treated to new film adaptations, with two actresses that I admire set to play two of my favourite literary characters.
It was reported a few weeks ago that Natalie Portman (Star Wars, The Other Boleyn Girl) will star as Catherine Earnshaw in a new big screen adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. Olivia Hetreed (Girl With a Pearl Earring) will pen the script and John Maybury will direct, but no start date has been set.
Now it has emerged that Jane Eyre, the most famous novel of Emily Brontë’s sister Charlotte Brontë, is also being adapted into a new film, with none other than recent Oscar nominee Ellen Page (Juno, X-Men: The Last Stand) set for the title role. No director is attached to this project as of yet, but the BBC is producing and wants the film to start shooting this autumn.
Discuss your favourite books on the X-Boards
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The sequel The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is only weeks away from opening in theaters on May 16, and we’ve got the new theatrical trailer for you to download in various formats:
Additionally, the official website at Narnia.com has been relaunched as interactive experience that lets users re-enter the world that they encountered in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. Meanwhile, a collection of high-quality film stills can be accessed via this link.
Discuss Prince Caspian on the X-Boards
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According to Entertainment Weekly, Transformers 2 negotations between DreamWorks and Jonah Hill have broken down.
The Superbad and Knocked Up star is no longer expected to play a sidekick to Shia LaBeouf in the upcoming sequel from director Michael Bay, which is projected to open in cinemas in 2009.
EW first reported on the start of talks between DreamWorks and Hill only last week.
Discuss Transformers 2 on the X-Boards
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Marvel Studios announced its plan earlier this week to release a Captain America film titled The First Avenger: Captain America on May 6, 2011, and Cinema Blend is now claiming that Matthew McConaughey (Fool’s Gold) is in consideration for the title role.
The character is one of Marvel’s most popular figures still lacking its own movie, much of which may have to do with the fact that he originated as a sickly young man who is enhanced to perfection with a serum in order to aid the United States during World War II. The über-patriotic nature of this character seems hardly marketable on a global stage.
Dark Horizons speculates that the solution to this problem might be by repositioning Captain America and placing the emphasis on his role as the leader of The Avengers, a team of superheroes that also includes Iron Man, Hulk and Thor. They are slated to team up in an Avengers movie opening a few weeks later in July 2011.
Discuss Captain America on the X-Boards
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Rapper turned actor Common (American Gangster, Street Kings) will co-star in Warner’s Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, Variety reports.
The story centers on John Connor (Christian Bale) who leads what is left of the human race in a battle against the machines. Common will play a freedom fighter and member of Connor’s inner circle.
Sam Worthington, Anton Yelchin and Moon Bloodgood also star in T4 scheduled to open May 22, 2009. Common was recently linked to play The Green Lantern in Warners abandoned Justice League: Mortal project.
Discuss Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins on the X-Boards
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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. 