Month: June 2007

IMAX 3D version of Beowulf to be released simultaneously with film’s premiere

IMAX Corporation, Paramount Pictures, Shangri-La Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures today announced that Beowulf, the latest film from Academy Award winning director Robert Zemeckis, the filmmaker behind such box office successes as Forrest Gump, The Polar Express, the Back To The Future series and What Lies Beneath, will be released domestically in IMAX 3D simultaneously ….

Recon 2022 and Deaden to premiere at FanTasia Film Fest

Movie Seals Productions is proud to announce that their latest sci-fi / action film RECON 2022:The Mezzo Incident and their critically acclaimed vigilante film Deaden will have their North American Premieres at the FanTasia Film Festival in Montreal, Canada. From a screenplay written by Christian Viel, John Fallon and William Alexander, the action packed story ….

Tom Cruise, Robert Redford, Meryl Streep Lions for Lambs trailer

Directed by Academy Award winner Robert Redford, Lions for Lambs begins after two determined students at a West Coast University, Arian (Derek Luke) and Ernest (Michael Pena), follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley (Redford), and attempt to do something important with their lives. But when the two make the bold decision to ….

Beowulf film synopsis

In a time of heroes, the mighty warrior Beowulf slays the demon Grendel and incurs the wrath of its monstrous yet seductive mother, in a conflict that transforms a king into a legend. Groundbreaking director Robert Zemeckis offers a vision of the Beowulf saga that has never been told before. Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures and ….

Weinsteins, Andy Lau and 300 producer Krantz form new martial arts movie label

The Weinstein Company, internationally acclaimed director Andrew Lau (Infernal Affairs) and prolific producer Tony Krantz (24, Mulholland Drive) have formed the new martial arts label Qi (pronounced ‘Chee’) to produce the next generation of sophisticated, high-quality, English language martial arts films that will feature leading international martial arts superstars. The company has begun working on ….

Sicko trailer to be projected on buildings across U.S. tonight

The trailer for Sicko, Michael Moore’s expose of the American health care system, will be projected with full sound and subtitles on the outside of buildings near the headquarters of leading HMOs, insurance companies and hospitals in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago and Oakland today, beginning at sundown through 1:00am. This innovative campaign ….

James Bond 22 gets a director

According to Baseline Studios, Bond producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli have signed Marc Forster to helm the 22nd installment of the film franchise, tentatively called Bond 22. Crash writer Paul Haggis is going to draft a new version of the screenplay, which was penned by Neil Purvis and Robert Wade. Daniel Craig returns ….

30 Days of Night trailer

30 Days of Night is based on a comic about an Alaskan town that’s plunged into darkness for a month, and then attacked by a bloodthirsty gang of vampires. The film stars Josh Hartnett, Ben Foster, Melissa George, Danny Huston, Craig Hall, Kate O’Rourke, and Joel Tobeck, and is being directed by David Slade (Hard ….

The Transformers Timeline

I have posted a Transformers Timeline in the multimedia section of the website. The timeline traces the roots of the Transformers brand, from the original Hasbro line, all the way to the current film. Find out about every incarnation of the Transformers RIGHT HERE

Stan Winston to appear at Fangoria Expo at end of June

Stan Winston will be joining the stellar line-up of celebrities at Fangoria’s Weekend of Horrors coming to Secaucus, New Jersey on the weekend of June 29 to July 1, 2007. Stan is The King of creature FX and this is his first-ever East Coast convention appearance. Creator of Aliens, Predator, Pumpkinhead, Ed Scissorhands, Terminator, Jurassic ….

A new Vantage Point trailer

The new and extanded trailer for the political thriller Vantage Point is online. In Vantage Point, which is due in theaters early 2008, the attempted assassination of the president of the U.S. is told from five different perspectives. In those perspectives, the truth about the crime is revealed; peeled back in a Rashomon narrative style. ….