It is alleged that Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean broke the film industry’s bad luck curse on the pirate film. Pirate films have never been a plentiful box office office bounty (Cutthroat Island anyone?), however, its reported that a film on Edward ‘Blackbeard’ Teach has been greenlit, with director Paul Greengrass probably at the helm. …
It’s no secret, I’m one of the three American’s excited for the new Spielberg/Jackson ‘Tintin’ trilogy, and this week, a lot of news has been coming out from the mill, the big news of the week being Universal backing out of funding the trilogy. This latest news comes from The Times Online, apparently, Simon Pegg …
The former CEO of Marvel Studios has optioned the rights to Bioware’s hit RPG video game ‘Mass Effect’ The game which was released exclusively to the Xbox 360 and PC last year sets the player into the role of elite human soldier Commander Shepard, in the year 2183.
Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that Paramount has stepped in to completely take over financing the Spielberg/Jackson produced ‘Tintin’ trilogy. The move comes after the two directors submitted a $130 million dollar budget to produce the three films.
Jude Law has been cast in the new Guy Ritchie/Robert Downey Jr. adaptation of ‘Sherlock Holmes.’
Refusing to see that the Pirates of the Caribbean films was a fluke success, Disney is developing a space movie inspired by the Tomorrowland part of their theme park. The epic will be written by scribes Jon Lucas and Scott Moore. The film is being designed as a vehicle for Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The …
According to the Lousisana Office of Entertainment Industry Development, the film icon will be making his debut has a hyphenate in “Three Stories about Joan.” The film, a psychological thriller will begin shooting in Shreveport October 2nd into early October. The film will star Willis, Owen Wilson, and Kieran Culkin. No word on plot details …
Finally, the date has been set for the new World of Warcraft expansion! ‘World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King’ is set to be released November 13, 2008. Mark Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard said “We’re Looking forward to launching Wrath of the Lich King, and finally giving World of Warcraft players a …
Ben reported last week about De Niro’s exit from Boston based film ‘Edge of Darkness’ starring Mel Gibson. This week, its been reported that Ray Winstone (The Departed) will be stepping into the role left vacant by the actor. Apparently, De Niro left due to creative differences with helmer Martin Campbell. The film tells the …
‘Vantage Point’ is one of those films that has the potential of being a serious hit or miss.