Home add your blog Archives Search Forum Contact RSS FEED

This site is an rss/xml news reader containing our favorite feeds. All articles are the copyrighted material of the blogs that wrote them.

Watch PRINCE OF PERSIA Trailer With Commentary

post from Rama's Screen on 04 November 2009 08:20:44 PM. © Rama's Screen

It’s like PRINCE OF PERSIA week, we saw the domestic trailer, and then the international trailer and now IGN has a new segment called REWIND THEATER which gives you another way of watching the trailer for PRINCE OF PERSIA: THE SANDS OF TIME and that is to watch it with the game’s creator Jordan Mechner [...]

Read The Full Article:
http://ramascreen.com/watch-prince-of-persia-trailer-with-commentary/

Digg this

Zemeckis On Roger Rabbit 2

post from Movie Moron on 04 November 2009 08:01:15 PM. © Movie Moron

Roger Rabbit 2 - Sequel Plans
It was recently announced that the wheels have begun turning on a much belated sequel to the classic Who Framed Roger Rabbit with a script being written by the original’s scribes Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman.

A burning question however has been…

Read The Full Article:
http://www.movie-moron.com/?p=10113

Digg this

DESPICABLE ME 2nd Trailer

post from Rama's Screen on 04 November 2009 07:39:29 PM. © Rama's Screen

The 2nd trailer for DESPICABLE ME has been released by Universal via Apple, and the difference is with the previous trailer, this one has shows the character Gru voiced by Steve Carell and his mortal competition Vector voiced by Jason Segel. Is it funny? Not so much, more like the old Tom and Jerry or [...]

Read The Full Article:
http://ramascreen.com/despicable-me-2nd-trailer/

Digg this

Despicable Me Trailer #2: Supervillains Are Funny

post from Film School Rejects on 04 November 2009 07:28:00 PM. © Film School Rejects

despicable-me-header

Ever since Universal Pictures released the first teaser trailer for their upcoming animated comedy Despicable Me back in July, I’ve been curious about it. The animation looks great, the voice cast is solid, it comes from Christopher Meledandri, the producer of such underrated animated flicks as Robots and Horton Hears a Who! This might actually be something worth watching out for.

And here, just days after Dreamworks released the abysmal trailer for How to Train Your Dragon, Universal and Illumination Entertainment have dropped a new, longer trailer via Apple. This time we finally meet Gru (voiced by Steve Carrell), the world’s #2 supervillain. He’s engaged in a war of wits with Vector (voiced by Jason Segel), the world’s #1 supervillain. That’s all we know for now — but the film follows Gru’s fight to become number one, and to steal the moon.

That sounds fun. The Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud and Sergio Pablos directed film will also feature the voices of Will Arnett, Mindy Kaling, Kristen Wiig, Russell Brand, Danny McBride and Julie Andrews. It hits theaters on July 9, 2010.

Despicable Me Movie Trailer #2

post from /Film on 04 November 2009 07:21:16 PM. © /Film

In July we posted the teaser trailer for Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment's Despicable Me, a computer animated film about a trio of orphan girls cause the normally deplorable Gru to rethink his plan to steal the moon. The trailer mostly focused on a world which has had famous landmarks stolen and completely replaced by giant blow-up replicas. The main character of the movie - Gru, who is voiced by Steve Carell, made a little more than a cameo appearance. This new trailer focuses more on the world's #2 super-villain character Gru, and his attempts to break into a secret lair of the world's #1 super-villain Vector.The voice cast line-up is pretty impressive, with a handful of Judd Apatow regulars with a couple nice surprises: Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Kristen Wiig, Will Arnett, Danny McBride, Jemaine Clement, Miranda Cosgrove and Julie Andrews. However, you don't really get to hear any ...

Read The Full Article:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slashfilm/~3/2Wi_iNNrvSg/

Digg this

Clooney And Payne To Make The Descendents

post from Movie Moron on 04 November 2009 07:20:44 PM. © Movie Moron

George-Clooney-Alexander-Payne It looks like George Clooney’s next project will be a collaboration with the man behind Sideways and Election, Alexander Payne, called The Descendants.

The movie will be based on a novel of the same name by author Kaui Hart Hemmings and has…

Read The Full Article:
http://www.movie-moron.com/?p=10110

Digg this

Sony Rolls Dice on ‘Risk’ Board Game
Movie

post from Film School Rejects on 04 November 2009 07:11:00 PM. © Film School Rejects

risk-header

Ridley Scott has been talking about directing Monopoly for some time now. Peter Berg is still waiting to board a Battleship movie. Kevin Lima is going to take us to Candyland. And now, Sony Pictures is planning a big screen adaptation of RISK.

The popular board game — one that ate up several years of my own life in high school and college — will be adapted by Hasbro’s Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir and Overbrook Entertainment?s James Lassiter. According to Doug Belgrad, president of Columbia Pictures, the Hasbro game will lend itself to an exciting thrill-ride of a movie: The strategic thinking and the tactical gambles that players must take in the game are what make RISK a classic, thoroughly engaging game. Those elements translated into an action-packed, thrilling story are what will make this a uniquely exciting movie.?

As of now, there is no director or screenwriter attached, but expect something relatively soon. There’s nothing that studios are jumping on more aggressively lately than recognizable, marketable brands.

Read the entire official press release below:

CULVER CITY, Calif., Nov. 4 ? Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired from Hasbro, Inc. the motion picture rights to produce RISK, the classic board game brand of world conquest, it was announced today by Doug Belgrad and Matt Tolmach, presidents of Columbia Pictures. The film will be produced and developed by Hasbro?s Brian Goldner and Bennett Schneir and Overbrook Entertainment?s James Lassiter.

Commenting on the announcement Belgrad said, ?Hasbro has already seen tremendous success with Transformers and G.I. Joe and audiences have shown a great desire for films that bring to life everything that has made these franchise properties stand the test of time. The strategic thinking and the tactical gambles that players must take in the game are what make RISK a classic, thoroughly engaging game. Those elements translated into an action-packed, thrilling story are what will make this a uniquely exciting movie.?

Lassiter added ?We are excited to be working with Hasbro and Columbia Pictures on bringing such a beloved and well-known game to life on the big screen. We have two television projects currently in development with Hasbro Studios and look forward to this collaboration.?

?We are thrilled to be working with tremendous partners like Sony Pictures and Overbrook Entertainment on RISK,? said Brian Goldner, President and CEO of Hasbro, Inc. ?Like so many of Hasbro?s brands, RISK resonates with consumers of multiple generations around the world. We can?t wait to re-imagine this brand into a motion picture.?

The game was invented in 1957 by French filmmaker Albert Lamorisse as La Conquete du Monde (The Conquest of the World). Two years later, Parker Brothers published the game in the U.S. as RISK. According to Hasbro, RISK was a groundbreaking game, the first board game to offer nonlinear movement. In the game, players compete on a map of the world, amassing armies and attempting world domination, or, as its rules put it, to ?occupy every territory on the board and in so doing, eliminate all other players.? The game has sold millions of copies and spawned several variations, with settings ranging from movie properties to various periods from world history to the moon.

About Sony Pictures Entertainment

Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America (SCA), a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation. SPE?s global operations encompass motion picture production and distribution; television production and distribution; digital content creation and distribution; worldwide channel investments; home entertainment acquisition and distribution; operation of studio facilities; development of new entertainment products, services and technologies; and distribution of filmed entertainment in more than 130 countries. Sony Pictures Entertainment can be found on the World Wide Web at www.sonypictures.com.

About Hasbro

Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE: HAS) is a worldwide leader in children?s and family leisure time products and services with a rich portfolio of brands and entertainment properties that provides some of the highest quality and most recognizable play and recreational experiences in the world. As a brand-driven, consumer-focused global company, Hasbro brings to market a range of toys, games and licensed products, from traditional to high-tech and digital, under such powerful brand names as TRANSFORMERS, PLAYSKOOL, TONKA, MILTON BRADLEY, PARKER BROTHERS, CRANIUM and WIZARDS OF THE COAST. Come see how we inspire play through our brands at http://www.hasbro.com. (C) 2009 Hasbro, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Toby Kebbell to Play John Wilkes Booth in The
Conspirator

kebbell-header

Our friends over at First Showing got an interesting little scoop this afternoon, picking up some casting news from Robert Redford’s upcoming Lincoln assassination film The Conspirator. A friend of FS’ Alex Billington ran into RocknRolla star Toby Kebbell, who said that he was in town to work on The Conspirator and that he’s playing John Wilkes Booth.

For those who missed 6th grade history, Booth was the man that pulled the trigger on President Abraham Lincoln in Box 7 at Ford’s Theatre on April 14, 1865.

If this turns out to be true (all signs point to yes, as it’s first hand), Kebbell completes a cast that includes James McAvoy, Robin Wright Penn, Frederick Aiken, Justin Long, Evan Rachel Wood, Alexis Bledel, Kevin Kline, and Tom Wilkinson. The film will follow the story of Mary Surratt (Wright Penn), the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination. “As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.” McAvoy will play her lawyer.

It is unknown as of yet how big of a role John Wilkes Booth will play in the film, as much of the story is told after the assassination. Booth was killed by authorities in a Virginia barn house 12-days after the assassination. Overall, I’d say Kebbell is an interesting choice — good to see that he continues to get work, as I enjoyed his performance in RocknRolla. He will also star in the upcoming Disney films Prince of Persia and The Sorcerer’s Apprentice.

Roland Emmerich Developing 2012 Sequel 2013 As
Television Series

Roland Emmerich's next disaster film 2012 won't hit theaters for a couple weeks (November 13th), but a sequel has already been planned... but not the normal kind of sequel. Entertainment Weekly has learned that Emmerich and executive producer Howard Gordon (Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice) are also developing a television drama titled 2013, which would be about what happens after the disaster. Grdon has already entered talks with ABC to develop the series, and if it does happen, don't expect a lot of action to take place on the small screen, as this would be a drama set in a post apocalyptic setting.Spoiler warning: Apparently some people on earth survive the epic disaster of 2012, and the series would be about "a group of people who survived .... on a piece of land that was spared or one that became an island in the process of the crust moving. There ...

Read The Full Article:
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/slashfilm/~3/YKbr45gW4IQ/

Digg this

Gwen Stefani Would Not Sing About Sex with
Prostitutes, Suit Claims

Poor Guitar Hero. All they want to do is show cartoons of rock stars bouncing around and having fun, and now everyone's gotta get all uptight about it.

First Activision, Guitar Hero's maker, had to weather a storm about their use of an animated rendition of Kurt Cobain. And now Gwen Stefani is getting all worked about about the fact that the cartoon version of her does things that she says the real Gwen would never ever do, like sing about having sex with prostitutes. Sure you wouldn't Gwen...

Stefani and her band No Doubt have filed a suit against Activision stating that the gamemaker's use of their likenesses goes way beyond what the band signed off on and that the game has "transformed No Doubt band members into a virtual karaoke circus act," which is certainly something no band likes.

The LA Times reports:

The suit also charges that the game allows users to manipulate their characters to sing songs popularized by other pop music acts. No Doubt's contract with Activision allowed the company to use the band's music and likenesses in no more than three of the band's own songs, the suit states. The game, which was released Tuesday, puts the group members' images, collectively and individually, into more than 60 songs, "many of which include lyrics, contained in iconic songs, which are not appropriate for No Doubt and have not been and would not have been chosen by No Doubt for recordings or public performances."
Specifically, the suit notes that through the game's Character Manipulation Feature, Stefani's image can be induced to sing the Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women." "While No Doubt are avid fans of the Rolling Stones and even have performed in concerts with the Rolling Stones," the complaint states, "the Character Manipulation Feature results in an unauthorized performance by the Gwen Stefani avatar in a male voice boasting about having sex with prostitutes." It also states that bassist Kanal's likeness can be manipulated to sing, in a female voice, one of No Doubt's signature hits, "Just a Girl."

The suit asks for punitive damages and seeks to take the No Doubt edition off the market, which will create someday a red hot bootleg market of illegal Stefani avatars being made to dance to "Party in the USA". interrupting Taylor Swift acceptance speeches and belt out "Pokerface" in Portugese.

Read The Full Article:
http://defamer.gawker.com/5397293/gwen-stefani-would-not-sing-about-sex-with-pros
titutes-suit-claims

Digg this