The Movie Thread

[PSI Wind]

Geese, ANOTHER DEATH! Whats next, Jim Carrey? Bill Muary.?

Edited July 1, 2009 by PSI Wind FTW!

[lounge]

I actually loved the new Transformers. I seriously can't understand anyone who nitpicks it. I was like "Wooooah!" and "Ha ha ha ha!" the whole movie. I don't take these kinds of experiences for granted. I respect and enjoy the effort they put into these movies.

[Ming Ming Hatsune]

Uncharted: Drake's Fortune movie underway at Columbia Pictures

From Joystiq:

It's been nearly a year, but remember when we broke the news that pirate-murdering simulator and half-tuck trendsetter Uncharted was making its way from the wilds of the video game jungle to the majesty of the silver screen? Looks like our original source was dead-on: Atlas Entertainment had optioned the rights for the title last year and now, with a script by Kyle Ward of "Kane & Lynch" and "Hitman 2" game-to-not-yet-movie fame – they've found a partner in Columbia Pictures.

For those of you not well versed in the corporate parentage of movie studios (Gulf + Western who?) we'll remind you: Columbia Pictures is part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group. And the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group is, in turn, a part of Sony Pictures Entertainment. And you'll never guess who owns ... oh, you already guessed? So, yeah, through a labyrinth of corporate relationships, Sony is making a movie based on a game made by a studio owned by Sony.

Regardless, The Hollywood Reporter, uh ... reports that the movie follows the plot of the first game – the project is titled Uncharted: Drake's Fortune – wherein "a treasure hunter named Nate Drake ... believes he has learned the whereabouts of El Dorado, the fabled South American golden city, from a cursed golden statue." Oh, and what about that other part of the first game? "The search becomes competitive when a rival hunter joins the fray, then is racheted up several notches when creatures -- actually mutated descendants of Spaniards and Nazis -- begin attacking those hoping to learn the treasure's true secrets."

http://www.joystiq.com/2009/06/26/uncharte...umbia-pictures/

[Kevin]

Look to the right of this channel's video listing and you'll see 5 new the Princess and the Frog clips!

This includes a sweet 2 minute preview too. Guuhhh, I'm dying to see this now~

From those previews, the movie is shaping up to be great so far! The release can't come soon enough!

I actually loved the new Transformers. I seriously can't understand anyone who nitpicks it. I was like "Wooooah!" and "Ha ha ha ha!" the whole movie. I don't take these kinds of experiences for granted. I respect and enjoy the effort they put into these movies.

I saw the new Transformers movie myself, and I thought it was decent, and had its strengths and weaknesses.

Edited July 2, 2009 by Kevin

[AdventChild]

Harve Presnell Dies at Age 75

Yes this is getting ridiculous..

The Hollywood Reporter says that Harve Presnell has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 75.

While he was best known for his booming baritone in Broadway musicals such as "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" and "Annie", Presnell's acting credits also included movies such as Fargo, Evan Almighty, Flags of Our Fathers and Saving Private Ryan.

[Gabz Girl]

....

There's a curse. It must be some kind of curse. .__. Otherwise all these deaths we've had of famous actors and stuff must just be a HUGE coincidence.

[Patticus]

'Inglourious Basterds' Trailer (Brad Pitt | World War 2 Arse Kickery)

'The Surrogates' Trailer (Bruce Willis | Near-Future Sci-Fi)

'Carriers' Trailer (Chris Pine | Viral Apocalypse)

(Matt Damon | Comedic Espionage)

Four great-looking films.

'Gamer' Trailer (Gerard Butler | Near-Future Shooty Sci-Fi)

One not-so-great looking film.

Resident Evil 4 Due In 2010

Those of you who sat through Resident Evil: Extinction may remember that the end saw (SPOILER!) a bunch of clones of Milla Jovovich's Alice ready to open whole vats of whoop-ass on Umbrella Corporation headquarters in Tokyo. So it should come as no surprise to learn that a Resident Evil 4 is in development, and due for release on September 17, 2010 according to Shock Till You Drop.

Yes, there's more. Most normal franchises, inventing a virus that could dry up lakes, would have had the decency to throw their hands up and retire in embarrassment, but not this one.

There's no word yet on whether Milla Jovovich will return, although we'd be amazed if she doesn't (hey! She's stuck with it this far). Paul WS Anderson talked about writing a fourth instalment last year although it remains to be seen whether he'll direct. But with Oded Fehr's Carlos Olivera killed off last time, is there any reason to sit through this one?

I really wish they'd stop making these, or at least do a proper, decent one (and retcon the bullshit earlier ones).

[PSI Wind]

Harve Presnell Dies at Age 75

OH COME ON! WHAT THE HELL IS WITH 2009?! All of these deaths!

[Patticus]

Everybody dies. Get over it.

[PSI Wind]

^ I know but every day these past 2 weeks, 1 celeb dies.

[Ming Ming Hatsune]

Michael Jackson and Billy Rays' deaths are the worst ones though. Michael Jackson's was the most shocking one out of them all.

[YoshiUnity]

As I said on the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen movie topic. I enjoyed it. It had flaws, but still entertained.

Also, I'm looking forward to 2012. It looks like Noah's Ark meets Day After Tomorrow. Even with the Mayan fuck up in the trailer, I can seriously bypass that, I already expecting a lot of people to blow this movie out proportions!

AHH! END OF THE WORLD 12/21/12! RAGNAROK!

It's going to be DaVinci Code and The Omen all over again.

Edited July 2, 2009 by YoshiUnity

[AdventChild]

The Game May Play B.A. in The A-Team

Coming Soon reports that rapper The Game is a front-runner for the role of B.A. Baracus in director Joe Carnahan's The A-Team at 20th Century Fox.

The role was originally played by Mr. T on the TV show.

If he lands the role, he would join Liam Neeson, who plays John "Hannibal" Smith, and Bradley Cooper, who is taking on the role of Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck.

The studio is eyeing a June 11th, 2010 release.

Atari's Asteroids to Hit the Big Screen

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal has picked up the film rights to the classic Atari video game Asteroids.

In Asteroids, initially released as an arcade game in 1979, a player controlled a triangular space ship in an asteroid field. The object was to shoot and destroy the hulking masses of rock and the occasional flying saucer while avoiding smashing into both.

Matthew Lopez will write the script for the feature adaptation, which will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura.

Man, Hollywood must be very desperate. What's next? A Pac-Man movie staring John Goodman or Louie Anderson? A Tetris movie?

Antal to Direct Predators

Ain't It Cool News reports that Predators producer Robert Rodriguez has announced that Vacancy director Nimrod Antal will direct the film.

Rodriguez, who is shepherding the project, says the story involves "a very intense group of people stranded on a Predator planet discovering unspeakable horrors - that are not always from outside their group. So like the original movie, the title does have a double meaning. Aliens was a different take on the Alien idea, and an original movie in it's own right, and that's what we want to do with this."

Edited July 3, 2009 by AdventChild

[Patticus]

RE4 Coming in September 2010

Sorry fans no relation to the RE4 game. *Sigh the RE movies aren't good at all and completely lackluster, this is just unnecessary.

Aha! Got you at last, you old sea dog! Reverse your gaze to ye last page!

[AdventChild]

Bay Slams Fox's Negative Comments

US Magazine recently heard from Transformers director Michael Bay, who responded to some negative comments that Megan Fox said about him and his latest film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Fox told Entertainment Weekly: "I mean, I can't s--- on this movie because it did give me a career and open all these doors for me. But I don't want to blow smoke up people's a--. People are well aware that this is not a movie about acting."

Bay responded, saying, "Well, that's Megan Fox for you. She says some very ridiculous things because she's 23 years old and she still has a lot of growing to do. You roll your eyes when you see statements like that and think, 'Okay Megan, you can do whatever you want. I got it'."

As for the film itself, Bay says he "100 percent disagrees" with Fox.

"Nic Cage wasn't a big actor when I cast him, nor was Ben Affleck. before I put him in Armageddon. Shia LaBeouf wasn't a big movie star before he did Transformers -- and then he exploded. Not to mention Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, from Bad Boys," he points out.

Bay also thinks Fox could be a little more grateful: "Nobody in the world knew about Megan Fox until I found her and put her in Transformers. I like to think that I've had some luck in building actors' careers with my films."

Wow, Fox (Megan) disagreeing with Bay. I bet there will be a replacement for her in the next movie or pretty much turn her into CGI and kill her off with what Bay knows best, KABOOM! So a possibility of Megan Fox fans being disappointment (I bet nearly have of the TF fanbase watches the movies for her alone, other than flashy CGI eye candy). LOL.

[Tornado]

Nic Cage wasn't a big actor when I cast him, nor was Ben Affleck. before I put him in Armageddon. Shia LaBeouf wasn't a big movie star before he did Transformers -- and then he exploded. Not to mention Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, from Bad Boys,

Nic Cage was in Bay's only decent movie, Ben Affleck won an academy award a year before Armageddon came out, I don't know a single person who isn't sick of Shia Lebouf at this point (not to mention he was bankable at least a year before Transformers came out), and I seriously don't have a sarcastic remark good enough to comment on how we should thank him for prolonging Martin Lawrence's career.

Really. He's insulting her intelligence for saying the exact same thing that everyone in the world has said about every Micheal Bay movie ever. People watch Bay movies for explosions. That is fact. Its essentially why Pearl Harbor is loathed so much. I mean, for crying out loud, he's made commercials making fun of how stupid his movies are.

Edited July 3, 2009 by Tornado

[Crystal Kingfisher]

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal has picked up the film rights to the classic Atari video game Asteroids.

In Asteroids, initially released as an arcade game in 1979, a player controlled a triangular space ship in an asteroid field. The object was to shoot and destroy the hulking masses of rock and the occasional flying saucer while avoiding smashing into both.

Matthew Lopez will write the script for the feature adaptation, which will be produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura.

An Asteroids movie? That is retarded! Hollywood is SERIOUSLY running out of ideas.

[AdventChild]

4 New Char Posters for Inglorious Basterds

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Kakurenbo Anime to be made into Fox Movie

At Anime Expo this week, Joshua Long, the production supervisor of 20th Century Fox's live-action Cowboy Bebop movie, has revealed that a live-action film project based on the Kakurenbo anime horror movie is being pursued. Long revealed the projects at the convention's keynote speech on Making Anime and Manga into Hollywood Features. Kakurenbo was an independent short supernatural CGI-animated movie by Shuhei Morita about a group of masked children who are playing hide-n-seek inside an abandonned factory and are one-by-one hunted down by a monsterous spirit. The movie was released on DVD in America through Central Park Media, and was broadcasted on American television by Cartoon Network, AZN, and ImaginAsian.

Oh great, another anime that is about to get raped by Hollywood. Go figure.

[Candescence]

I'm just gonna put this absolutely retarded idea out now and be done with it. A Viewmaster movie. I am serious.

Frankly extraordinary news this morning. Following yesterday's announcement that rickety vector-based arcade game Asteroids is getting the big screen treatment (which at least makes a sort of sense given the apocalypse-from-space potential) comes news that Viewmaster is next.

Viewmaster, for those of you young enough not to remember, which is probably most of you, was a cross between a slide projector and a pair of binoculars. It was originally invented as an educational device for vicarious sightseeing, but kids in the pre-VHS seventies could also use it to look at pictures of The Pink Panther.

Now, our first thought on reading this story (which comes from a Twitter tweet, via European site GreekGeek and ComingSoon) was that this might be like The Hudsucker Proxy: a goofy comedy about a daft invention.

But no, apparently, according to writer Brad Caleb Kane (currently working on Uprising for Wolfgang Peterson), it's to be in the vein of the "old Amblin movies: Goonies, Young Sherlock Holmes..." The currently ubiquitous Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (Star Trek, Transformers) are producing.

So, kid finds magic Viewmaster that transports him to the places he looks at? Kid finds magic Viewmaster that reveals his parents are really alien lizards? Kid finds magic viewmaster that allows him to see dead people? Give us your plot ideas, because ours sound rubbish.

That's it, Hollyhood has lost it. Epic Fail.

Honestly, Asteroids. Viewmaster. Monopoly. THE SIMS. I cannot fathom how one can actually make even a decent movie with those things, yet Hollywood is actually trying, which defies all logic and common sense.

Edited July 6, 2009 by The Sniper

[Tornado]

Monopoly could easily be written into a movie. Nuts to the rest of them, though.

[AdventChild]

New Pics from Alice in Wonderland

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http://api.ning.com/files/F9y3qYTlfU-84JNZ...hemadhatter.jpg

http://api.ning.com/files/F9y3qYTlfU*kYDDG...theredqueen.jpg

Aw! Such cute bunnies! And .... pig!

Harrison Ford Set to Play Indianna Jones Again?

Hard to call this "Official News" just yet but The Insider is reporting that Harrison Ford is set to reprise his role as Indiana Jones.

Harrison, who turns 67 later on this month, will play the role of Indy in the fifth film in the series and it is claimed it will be his last performance of the iconic character.

The Insider claims that filming will not start until next year, and it will not be released before 2011, when the star will be 69.

A source said: “Harrison has kept himself in good shape and could still do a lot of the stunts in the last film...But it’s obviously not going to get any easier the older he gets. He certainly would never have imagined playing Indiana Jones when he was nearing 70!”

We'll keep you posted on any confirmation

Just let the franchise die already, or at least, no BS about alien conspiracies and aliens altogether.

Red Band Trailer for Jennifer's Body

Megan Fox is a bit overrated IMO.

[Crystal Kingfisher]

I'm just gonna put this absolutely retarded idea out now and be done with it. A Viewmaster movie. I am serious.

That's it, Hollyhood has lost it. Epic Fail.

Honestly, Asteroids. Viewmaster. Monopoly. THE SIMS. I cannot fathom how one can actually make even a decent movie with those things, yet Hollywood is actually trying, which defies all logic and common sense.

A Viewmaster movie? GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY.

[Patticus]

[REC] 2 Trailer

Link.

[REC] was the film the yanks decided to bastardize wholesale with Quarantine. Good to see the team behind the original is committed to bringing out actual horror rather than the mindless gore porn Hollywood sprouts every year.

[AdventChild]

Stephen Dorff in Blade Spin-Off Prequel

ComingSoon says that Blade director Stephen Norrington and the original film's villain, Stephen Dorff, are working on a spinoff.

"It will be a prequel to the 'Blade' movies, Deacon's story," Dorff said then, "It's a new trilogy the director has created. It will be cool.

Norrington has confirmed the news to Comics2Film, saying the project is "not exactly how the article describes but close."

The director credits Dorff with coming up with the idea for the new project, which "has evolved into a very interesting story... The linkage to 'Blade' is still big in the equation."

Putting spin-off and prequel in the same sentence sounds worrisome.

George Clooney the Next Jack Ryan?

The Daily Beast says that with his move to Sony Pictures, George Clooney may want to play Jack Ryan if the Tom Clancy series is revived:

Clooney also appears to be looking for his next commercial opportunity now that the Ocean's franchise seems to be played out. A source says he expressed interest in playing Jack Ryan when and if Paramount attempts to revive the Tom Clancy series. Clooney seems to recognize that at this time in the world and this time in his life (he's pushing 50), it's time for some commercial maintenance.

Alec Baldwin originated Ryan in 1990's The Hunt for Red October. Harrison Ford played the character in Patriot Games and Clear and Present Danger. Ben Affleck played Ryan in 2002's The Sum of All Fears.

Zach Galifianakis Next Move

The Hollywood Reporter says now that Zach Galifianakis has one of the biggest hits of the summer in The Hangover, he's being very careful before he chooses his next project.

The actor's name has surfaced in connection with at least three projects, those familiar with the situation have said: Todd Phillips' pregnancy-themed comedy Due Date; the laugher "Say Uncle"; and another Phillips' project, the supernatural comedy Man-Witch. All three are set up at Warner Bros.

In addition, there's a Warners-ballyhooed sequel to the Phillips-directed "Hangover," which could put the same cast of characters in newly outrageous situations -- and could bring back Galifianakis too.

Due Date centers on a slacker who takes hits the road with an uptight businessman; like "Hangover," it also features a road trip and a baby among the plot lines.

Man-Witch, a project to once attached to Jack Black, centers on a man who finds he has supernatural talents -- a discovery that leads him to attend an all-girls witch school.

The Hangover has earned $204 million in five weeks of domestic release.

Hopefully, no Hangover sequels, but I liked his char in the movie.

GI Joe: The Rise of Cobra Japanese Trailer

Not much difference from the American trailer.

New Poster for District 9

http://api.ning.com/files/TM6hEovdLst5Pn6J.../district_9.jpg

Kick @$$.

[Tornado]

Hmm. I'm intrigued. He's about the right age, actually. The Sum of All Fears sucked something awful, though.