Microsoft co-founder developing film based on life of George Washington
Vulcan Productions, a indie film company founded by Paul G. Allen (who co-founded Microsoft with Bill Gates), has signed writer Nicholas Meyer (Elegy, The Human Stain) to write a screenplay about the life of George Washington. Nick Wechsler (We Own the Night, Reservation Road) is attached as a producer, as are Richard Hutton and Michael ….
Guillermo del Toro takes on Charles Dickens and gets genre directing gigs for years to come
According to Variety, Guillermo del Toro is booked with New Line and Universal Studios film projects through 2017, and possibly longer. Del Toro’s first priority, which has been talked about for months, is the New Line and MGM epic project The Hobbit, which he has committed the next five years to developing, with Peter Jackson, ….
New photos from Appaloosa
I’ve posted a batch of new photos from Warner Bros. next western film, called Appaloosa, in the gallery. Oscar nominee Viggo Mortensen (Eastern Promises), four-time Oscar nominee Ed Harris (Pollock), Academy Award winner Renee Zellweger (Cold Mountain) and Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons (Reversal of Fortune) star in the Western Appaloosa, adapted from the Robert ….
Click here for the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie trailer
Click here for the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull movie trailer
A Legend, A Spider, The Dark Knight and more to do IMAX
IMAX continues to grow in popularity, and is again increasing the number of films it brings to its gigantic screens. In fact, I think technologies like IMAX digital, IMAX 3D and D Film, will be the savior of the movie theater ultimately. The Company will release Beowulf: An IMAX 3D Experience on November 16. Robert ….
Denzel Washington’s The Great Debaters trailer
Directed by and starring Oscar winner Denzel Washington, and produced by Oprah Winfrey, The Great Debaters is based on the true story of professor Melvin B. Tolson, who taught at African-American Wiley College in Texas. In 1935, he inspired students to form the school’s first debate team, which went on to challenge Harvard in the ….
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 ….
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 ….
Roland Emmerich’s 10,000 B.C. synopsis
10,000 B.C. is not a remake of the 1966 Rachel Welch film, One Million Years B.C., although I’m sure the inspiration came from the title.Roland Emmerich’s epic follows a young mammoth hunter’s journey through uncharted territory to secure the future of his tribe. 10,000 B.C. stars Camilla Belle, Steven Strait, Omar Sharif, Cliff Curtis and Tim Barlow, and will be in theaters on March 7, 2008.
Pathfinder movie synopsis
In an untamed, primordial America, 500 years before Columbus will reach its shores, unfolds an epic battle between love and hate that will change one man’s destiny and the future of a nation: Pathfinder. This action-adventure saga recreates one of the most riveting, yet never-before-seen, eras in human history – when Viking dragon ships from ….
Behind the scenes of Frank Miller’s 300 epic
There is a great behind-the-scenes feature up on the upcoming 300 movie. So before going to see the film next week, check it out RIGHT HERE Frank Miller’s 300 will invade theaters next week, on March 9, 2007.
NEW Frank Miller’s 300 clip online
There is an exclusive new clip from Frank Miller’s 300, now online. Check out the new clip from Frank Miller’s 300 RIGHT HERE
The Good German Trailer
A beautiful Quicktime version of the trailer for The Good German, has appeared online. The Steven Soderbergh (Ocean’s 11) directed film hits theaters on December 8, 2006, and stars George Clooney, Cate Blanchett, Tobey Maguire, Leland Orser, Beau Bridges, and Tony Curran. Based on the novel by Joseph Kanon, The Good German takes place in the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, where U.S. Army war ….
The Real Frank Miller’s 300 Trailer
Holy crap. If you thought the early footage posted for this film was good, wait until you see this finished teaser trailer for Frank Miller’s 300. It is absolutely amazing. People, you can’t stay home and download this from Limewire, or get some DVD. This is what filmmaking is all about. It needs to be seen on ….
The Last King of Scotland Co-Stars Interview Each Other
The last film (which has always stayed with me) I remember watching about Idi Amin, was 1981’s Amin: The Rise and Fall. It was a brutal portrait of Amin, containing rapes, mass murder and the utter degradation of his own people. Sharad Patel directed the film almost as a B movie horror, but with a better script. Some of the incidents ….
