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The Surrogates New Movie Poster

post from Shockya.com on 02 July 2009 03:00:23 AM. © Shockya.com

Touchstone Pictures recently released this new official movie poster from the upcoming film “Surrogates” by director Jonathan Mostow (Swiss Family Robinson) and starring James Francis Ginty, Michael O’Toole, Bruce Willis (The Last Full Measure, Planet Terror), Rosamund Pike (Doom), Ving Rhames (Day of the Dead) and Michael Cudlitz (Sex Drive).Synopsis: Set in a futuristic world where humans live in isolation and interact through surrogate robots, a cop (Willis) is forced to leave his home for the first time in years in order to investigate the murders of others’ surrogates.Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie news and posters from “Surrogates” from director Jonathan Mostow.

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James Cameron Avatar Official Poster

post from Shockya.com on 02 July 2009 03:00:09 AM. © Shockya.com

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation recently released this new teaser movie poster for the upcoming film “Avatar” aka James Cameron’s Avatar by director James Cameron (Terminator 5, Battle Angel, Titanic) and starring Sam Worthington (Clash of the Titans, Terminator Salvation), Sigourney Weaver (Ghostbusters III, Aliens), Michelle Rodriguez (Fast & Furious) and Zoe Saldana (Star Trek).Synopsis: In a distant future, humanity discovers the planet ‘Alpha Centauri B-4′, and for those scientists and astronauts who’ve traversed the gulf between neighboring suns and arrived on its alien soil know it as ‘Pandora’. A world filled with an incredible diversity of beautiful and deadly ammonia-breathing lifeforms. Its also a world that harbors treasures and resources [...]

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Where The Wild Things Are Behind the Scenes Video

post from Shockya.com on 02 July 2009 03:00:07 AM. © Shockya.com

Director Mark Romanek posted this behind the scenes video of Spike Jonze working on the visual effects on the upcoming fantasy film “Where the Wild Things Are” by director Spike Jonze (Jackass Number Two) and starring Forest Whitaker (The Expendables, Street Kings), Paul Dano (There Will Be Blood), Catherine Keener (Hamlet 2, Capote) and James Gandolfini (The Sopranos).Click Here to watch the video on Marks official blog.Synopsis: An adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s story, where Max, a disobedient little boy sent to bed without his supper, creates his own world–a forest inhabited by ferocious wild creatures that crown Max as their ruler.Stay tuned to Shockya.com for the latest movie [...]

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Sci-Fi Tackling Alien Nation Remake

post from Shockya.com on 02 July 2009 03:00:00 AM. © Shockya.com

The Sci-Fi Channel, which is rebranding itself as SyFy next week, is developing a new take on “Alien Nation,” the 1988 feature that previously spawned a spinoff TV series and several telefilms on Fox.“Angel” alum Tim Minear (”Angel”, “The X-Files,” “Firefly”, “Strange World”) will be writing a new take on the franchise, about a populace of aliens from a crashes ship who integrate themselves into Los Angeles. Based on the first film, “Alien Nation” centers on the partnership between a veteran cop and his new partner, a member of this alien race called the Newcomers. Stay tuned for more information about the reboot right here at Shockya.com.By Costa [...]

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Despite NEW YORK, disasters continue to dominate
Bollywood

Ok, so NEW YORK has been a huge success while coming weeks promise jumbo size entertainment as well, what with KAMBAKKTH ISHQ, SHORTKUT.

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Malishka gets Bajaaoed!! - Wah F(S)hahid

Guess who Bajaaoed Malishka? None other than Shahid Kapoor. Shahid Kapoor made his first appearance at Red FM.

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Bollywoood music industry remembers Michael
Jackson

It was a collective setback for the music industry world over when the news broke around Michael Jackson's untimely death. Musicians and singers from Bollywood were no different as they came together to mourn over the big loss.

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Carlyta Mouhini bounces back with a bang

After garnering loads of applauds for her sexy and high octave voice in Dilli ki Sardi, Excuse Me and many more, Carlyta Mouhini is all set to rock yet again with her singing in the films such as Kite and Love Hua. With the background of both Indian and Brazilian singing, Carlyta has already proved her singer-prowess in B-Town.

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Rituparno Ghosh transforms Riya Sen

Riya Sen finally has a film she can tell her illustrious grandmother the legenadary Suchitra Sen about. In Kolkata for the last 3 weeks Riya has been shooting for Rituparno Ghosh adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore?s Nauka Dubi.

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The Moneyball Saga Continues

Yesterday we posted Sony's take on why Moneyball, the Soderbergh/Pitt film based on Michael Lewis' book, died five days before shooting was to start. Now someone close to the project has provided us with a different version of events.

First, let's briefly recap what we and others have reported so far: The film was set to begin shooting last week. Five days before the start of shooting, director Steven Soderbergh turned in a rewrite of the original script, which was written by Steven Zaillian, that Sony executives, led by co-Chairman Amy Pascal, did not like. The studio felt that Soderbergh, who was insistent that every event in the film had to have taken place in real life, was taking the film in an "artsy" direction that they weren't willing to gamble $58-million dollars on, so they killed it. That's the short version of events according to Amy Pascal anyway.

Since then a few more details about the project emerged. Movieline and Deadspin provided some new information in reports of their own, and today the New York Times has an article that sheds some light on Soderbergh's zeal for authenticity.

One reason was to win the approval of Major League Baseball, which was not happy with some factual liberties in Mr. Zaillian's version. Such approval is crucial in a baseball film that intends to use protected trademarks.
"Typically, on a film like this, we look at it for historical accuracy," said Matthew Bourne, a vice president of Major League Baseball for public relations. "We've been in touch with Soderbergh and Sony, and they've been receptive to our requests."
What baseball saw as accurate, Sony executives saw as being too much a documentary.

All of this brings us to the information provided to us by a tipster who'd been working on the project and has a decidedly different point of view than that of Amy Pascal and Sony.

First and foremost, Soderbergh had been upfront with the direction in which he intended to take the film from the very beginning of his employment. In fact, it was clear to all of us - whether in the Art Department or the Costumes Department, etc. ? that Soderbergh intended to use real people to play themselves in the creation of the true story of Moneyball. Additionally, for months Soderbergh had been shooting interviews with real ball players and people from Billy Beane's past, and the studio approved these shoots. How could the studio then at the eleventh hour claim that his approach was a surprise to them? He intended to tell the true story rather than a fictitious version of the story. How innovative.
What exactly is wrong with making a movie accurate? And since when does an authentic film translate as an "art" film? I know numerous people that thought that Soderbergh's approach sounded insightful and interesting and true to the game and what really happened. If baseball lovers and non-baseball lovers alike in my large social network felt this way (not to mention the hundreds of bloggers that were fans of the concept), why couldn't this approach have universal appeal?

Regarding the notion that Sony executives were shocked to discover the direction Soderbergh planned on taking the film:

Soderbergh's script dated June 17, 2009 was not the first script that he handed in to Sony. On June 7th, Soderbergh submitted a draft to the studio with the following note on the first page:
"NOTE: Scenes involving Billy Beane's minor and major league career have been removed from this draft. They will be determined by filmed interviews with scouts, coaches, managers, players and family members who were with him at the time."
Sony executives read this draft. And Sony executives gave Soderbergh their notes. Clearly Amy Pacal did not read this draft ? if she had, maybe the drama that began with the June 17th draft could have been avoided.
Another fact: Soderbergh handed in yet another draft dated June 10, 2009 with this note on the first page:
"NOTE: Billy Beane's minor and major league career will be shown via filmed interviews with scouts, coaches, managers, players and family members who were with him at the time. These interviews will comprise approximately ten percent of the film.
"Another ten percent of the film will consist of re-enactments of real events as remembered by the people playing themselves. The purpose of these scenes will be to provide set-up and perspective for subjects, situations, or relationships which currently appear in the screenplay without the requisite/normal amount of context."
Now why in the world was Amy Pascal so shocked (or, rather, "apoplectic" as it was relayed to the production team) when she read the June 17th draft? Could Soderbergh have made his intentions any more clear? Even if these executives did not read beyond PAGE 1, they would have known the direction in which he wanted to take the film ? and they should have perhaps reported that to their boss. And maybe, just maybe, if there had been communication with their boss, maybe, just maybe, another avenue could have been taken rather than pulling the plug three days before the film was supposed to start shooting. For instance, maybe they could have delayed principal photography while script/concept issues were resolved.

Our tipster closed with this note:

On the day that Amy Pascal pulled the plug, there were 230 people that were working on Moneyball. Now those 230 people are all out of jobs.
When Soderbergh had to address a stage filled with crew members who were about to lose their jobs, he told us that just as Moneyball was the unorthodox version of building baseball teams, Moneyball the movie was the unorthodox way of making a film. Unfortunately, Amy Pascal does not believe in Moneyball as a concept; otherwise the film would be in its second week of shooting right now.

So there you have it—Another side of the story. All of this is obviously meaningless in the grand scheme of life, not to mention very "inside baseball" (pun intended), but it's so damn fun to talk about. We anxiously await the next bit of backbiting to emerge between the Sony and Soderbergh camps.

Why Did Sony Kill the Pitt/Soderbergh Film Adaptation of Michael Lewis' Moneyball [Previously]
MLB Approval Still Murky as Moneyball Circles the Drain [Movieline]
Money Worries Kill A-List Film at Last Minute [New York Times]
Soderbergh's Moneyball Script Too Real to Get Made [Deadspin]
pic via Vulture

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