Month: August 2008

Originally Published: March 17, 2005 This trailer is attached to Robots in theaters, but now you can also view the new teaser for Blue Sky’s Ice Age 2: The Meltdown online. Carlos Saldanha is directing the sequel to the 2002 animated film. Vocies include Denis Leary, John Leguizamo and Ray Romano returning to voice Diego, ….

Originally Published: March 17, 2005 Sc Fi Wire recently spoke with Robin Williams about his new Robots films. Among other things, Williams discusses what it was like coming back to the 2D medium after 10 years (when he played the genie in Disney’s Aladdin). Director Chris Wedge (who also directed Ice Age) is also interviewed ….

Originally Published: March 19, 2005 We have some great photos and a synopsis for The Great Raid, a war movie that takes place during World War II. Set in the Philippines in 1945, The Great Raid tells the true story of the 6th Ranger Battalion, under the commandof Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci (Benjamin Bratt) and ….

Originally Published: June 9, 2005 I have just posted the first images from the highly anticipated film adaptation of the muiscal Rent. There are also links to the first trailer (official trailer) for the film. Based on Puccini’s classic opera La Boheme, Jonathan Larson’s revolutionary rock opera Rent tells the story of a group of ….

Originally Published: May 18, 0000 A History of Violence, which has been in competition at Cannes, has a trailer online that many of you may not have seen. A History of Violence examines how far a man is willing to go in his quest for redemption and to protect his family. Viggo Mortensen stars as ….

Originally Published: June 9, 2005 I have posted new photos from the upcoming Martin Lawrence comedy, Rebound. Old school meets middle school in this feel-good family comedy starring Martin Lawrence (Big Momma’s House) as the ultimate fish out of water. Lawrence plays a high-strung college basketball coach who must redeem himself following a public meltdown, ….

Originally Published: March 15, 2005 Based on the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award Winning Musical by Jonathan Larson, the film will be shot in New York and San Francisco with many members of the original Broadway cast. Filming has begun in New York and San Francisco on Revolution Studios’ Rent, an adaptation of the acclaimed ….

Originally Published: March 24, 2005 According to the The Hollywood Reporter, Focus Films, the Hong Kong film production and distribution company, is creating a joint venture with News Corp.’s Asian satellite broadcaster STAR to produce and distribute a package of six films by up-and-coming directors from across Hong Kong. It’s the first time such an ….

Originally Published: April 18, 2005 Fox has sent us some amazing new photos from Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven. Orlando Bloom stars as Balian, a blacksmith who has lost his family and nearly lost his faith. The religious wars raging in the far-off Holy Land seem remote to him, yet he is pulled into that ….

Originally Published: April 18, 2005 Last Days is Loosely based on the last days of rocker Kurt Cobain. The dark drama reminds me of My Own Private Idaho, which Gus Van Sant also directed. Last Days follows Blake (played by Michael Pitt) through a handful of hours he spends in and near his wooded home, ….

Originally Published: March 15, 2005 The director of the Kill Bill films, Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs, Quentin Tarantino, was named film icon of the decade at the Empire Awards gala event. Over 12,000 readers of of the London-based magazine cast votes for the awards. “The fact that England has embraced me as one of ….

Originally Published: March 15, 2005 Based on the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award Winning Musical by Jonathan Larson, the film will be shot in New York and San Francisco with many members of the original Broadway cast. Filming has begun in New York and San Francisco on Revolution Studios’ Rent, an adaptation of the acclaimed ….

Originally Published: March 19, 2005 Sony has posted some new clips from Guess Who, starring Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher. Bernie Mac stars as a sarcastic father has plenty to say about his daughter wanting to marry a white boy (played by Aston Kutcher). You can view the clips, as well as some new photos ….

Originally Published: March 19, 2005 Recently, Sci Fi Wire caught up with Tom Ragaini, the lead designer for the upcoming Matrix Online game. He told the magazine that he had the idea for The Matrix Online as early as summer 2001. He aparently had written the proposal for a game that would become The Matrix ….

Originally Published: March 15, 2005 A couple of high profile projects for 2006 have tentative release dates. DreamWorks’ Transformers movie will be released on November 17, 2006 and Warner Brothers’ Happy Feet will be in theaters on the same date. The Transformers is a live action version of the cartoon series of the same name. ….