Yeah, so there was this trailer that was put out a few days ago. I didn’t bother watching it until a few minutes ago. So, was it any good? Who knows. It just shows Ang spin his staff around and then push a giant gust of wind/fart out of the temple.
At the very least, I like that they selected a really skilled martial artist for Ang, even if there’s controversy over his race. What I still don’t like about the movie? EVERY OTHER FUCKING CASTING CHOICE!
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Who honestly didn’t see this coming? With video game adaptations being in “vogue” recently (though many are being shelved), studios are in heat over the which franchise to bring to the big screen.
And then there’s Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, whose Nate Drake is pretty much a hipster’s version of Indiana Jones. He’s pretty much Indy, if Indy were more sarcastic and didn’t tuck in his shirts all the way. Nate had high adventures in exotic locations and against supernatural foes. Perfect, we have our next Pirates of the Caribbean!
So, who will be responsible for the film version? Kyle Ward was just hired to write the script, who has a past resume that I guarantee you have never heard of, seeing that it involves the sum total of one movie. I don’t think it was ever released. Oh, now my hopes are so high! Good thing scripting Uncharted shouldn’t be too tough, seeing that the game was already written like it wanted to be on the big screen.
No actors or directors are yet to be attached.
The movie is produced by Avi Arad for Columbia Pictures, a Sony subsidiery of course.
Originally reported by THR.
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Well that’s super, they found a way to not only make the 3-4 hour long telecast marginally longer but they’ve also diluted the field. I’m sure it’s to create more excitement, but where’s the prestige of being “Nominated for Best Movie” when people know nine other movies were nominated that year?
I understand there were larger fields in the past, but there was a reason they cut it down to five. Why not seven nominees? That seems like a diverse selection group without being overwhelming by going into the double digits.
Oh well, as long as Star Trek gets a nomination for this to make up for Dark Knight’s omission I guess I’ll be sated, if not satisfied.
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Hey indeed Mr. Jordan.
Sci Fi Wire had a quick interview with Marc Guggenheim, one of the writers of the proposed Green Lantern flick, which stars the proposed Bradley Cooper of getting pissed drunk fame. The accumulated tidbits on the movie?
Well, not very many new things but at least we have a near finished script from writers who are respecting the material. I can’t wait until the script leaks online so I can see what they’re trying to accomplish.
I don’t think many people in the mainstream give Green Lantern the attention it deserves seeing that every hero worth his/her salt already has a movie. Green Lantern is bar none the best continuing comic series (GL Corps moreso than GL at the moment) currently published. It’s entertaining, affecting and at times brutall violent. And it’s bigger than Star Trek and Star Wars combined in epic scope.
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I guess she already kind of looks like a zombie.
Timur Bekmabetov talked to Russian news site RIA Novosti and announced that not only is a sequel to Wanted planned, but that “in the late autumn or winter shooting will be performed. The shooting will take place in America, India and Russia.”
Well that’s super because I actually very much enjoyed the original Wanted a great fucking deal more than I did it’s piece of shit comic counterpart. Suck it up comic fans, Mark Millar’s story was nothing but nhilistic exploitation. It’s hard to care for a story that glorifies rape. The movie had really well done action, bothered to have a dark sense of humour and a hero that’s actually likable. Sure, the Loom of Fate was, ahem, less than inspiring, but it worked if you didn’t think about it too much.
But the real head scratcher of the interview is that Angelina Jolie will indeed be back for the sequel. Apparently he and the writers found a way to bring her back. What, as a ghost or a zombie? A flashback sequence perhaps? But if they somehow tell me she survived a bullet flying around a room and blowing her brains out, then fuck that. Fuck that thoroughly.
And God forbid we’re introduced to Jolie’s identically hot twin sister.
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Clooney: "Who ARE you?!"
Man, who the fuck is Bradley Cooper?
Almost out of nowhere he’s been in talks to play Hal Jordan, stars in a breakout comedy hit that defied everyone’s expectations and now he’s in the running to be the lead in an A-Team remake directed by Joe Carnahan?
I have to say, whoever the hell Bradley Cooper’s agent is, that man is like Jerry Maguire. Or, y’know, Bradley Cooper has some talent. I have to say, besides Anton Yelchin, this seems to be the quickest inexplicable rise to super stardom that has happened recently.
He’s in talks to play Lt. Templeton “Faceman” Peck in the upcoming mega budget A-Team remake that I still think is a bad idea. Sure, it’s nostalgic as hell but it isn’t exactly a hot property like Star Trek. I really can’t fathom this being anymore than a minor cult hit when it comes out. Plus, I have a sneaking suspician that they’ll do away with all the ludicrous quirks that made the original series so endearing.
And you have to get Mr. T to play B.A. Recast as you see fit, but stick with T. The guy looks exactly like he did back then, if not better, and he could use the work. You can only live off of WOW commercials and Conan guest appearances for so long.
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Sexy or damned sexy?
When I heard the breaking news that Sackhoff joined the new season of 24, I really wasn’t that excited. I mean, aside from Bauer noone else is really given anything super kickass to do. Just look at poor Jeanne Garofalo this past season – her character was given none of the biting wit that she’s famous for. In fact, she was about as emotive as a rock on the side of the street.
So, not really expecting too much from Sackhoff but it’s nice whenever anyone from Battlestar gets continuing work. First Lee gets to be on the British Law and Order, then Helo gets a big role in Dollhouse and now Starbuck gets to become Dana Walsh, a highly skilled system analyst with, wait for it now…a sketchy past! She’s also going to be involved with Freddie Prince Jr’s character. In all likely hood she’ll be a marginalized character with a frivolous side story to fill in the minutes between Jack Bauer fucking someone up.
Oh, by the way, Freddie Prince Jr has a role, too. But who gives a shit about that?
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The dudes and dudettes over at Film School Reject got an interview in with Kevin Eastmen where he revealed the new Heavy Metal movie will have James Cameron direct a segment, David Fincher another and Zack Snyder and Gore Verbinski also on board.
I mean, holy fucking shit on a monkey’s testes, does this make the movie the most star-studded (director-wise) movie of all time? Not only that, James Cameron will be executive producing this bitch. I’ve never been sure what the hell an executive-producer does, but if James Cameron is one on a film that film will probably be alright.
I remember watching the original Heavy Metal as a kid late at night on Showtime, awed that animation could be that mature. For awhile it felt like I had gotten away with something for watching it. I’m not an avid reader of the magazine, but I do enjoy picking an issue up every now and then, and for the most part the stories are wild, sex-filled, ultra violent affairs. Just what I wanted.
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Please be good this time.
I’m not really sure if that deserved an exclamation mark or not…Anyways, NYP was able to catch a few choice bits from Spidey producer Todd Black and though he was rather mum about the important details, he did give some bits that might be interesting to Spidey fans.
Personally, I have no flaming desire for another Spider-Man movie. The third one effectively killed any rabidness I had with the franchise. But, if Raimi comes at this fresh (and after Drag Me To Hell that definitely looks to be the case) and let someone else write the script, it’ll probably be okay.
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That's one ugly mother fucker
Clint Morris over at Moviehole was able to get in contact with someone close to Rodriguez’s Troublemaker Studios, and apparently what was once believed to be a prequel is now more or less officially a sequel.
Well, sequel/reboot.
The goal is to act as if Predator 2 never existed and just have a continuation from the original film. I’m one of the vast, vast, minority who didn’t mind the second movie so I don’t know how I feel about this. The studio also really wants Schwarzenegger back as Dutch. They’ve, “reached out to Arnie’s [camp]. But they haven’t had a response yet.”
Obviously it’d be understandable seeing that’s he’s running a state and all (even if that state is in a rather unfortunate state financially). But wouldn’t it be bad-fucking-ass if a miracle happened and we all get a true continuation of McTiernan’s Predator? Obviously I wouldn’t expect Ah-nuld to stick around as the main character, but it’d be nice to have him in a cameo to keep the continuity straight.
You know what’s bar none the best part revealed by this so called insider?
“The script is terrific…I hear. It’s partly the old Predators script Rodriguez did, but mostly new stuff by [Alex] Litvak. And it’s violent – like the original. Everybody here at [name removed] has pointed out how much better it is than [Paul W.S] Anderson’s abomination. Doesn’t sound like there’s any reason to worry”.
Besides Ah-nuld, I guess the biggest dilemma now is whether or not Rodriguez will direct the movie himself or pass it on to a colleague.
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