Posts Tagged ‘Warner Bros.’
Posted by dominie in Comics, Films, News on December 3rd, 2008
Zack Snyder has been fighting Warner Bros.’ studio execs since before Comic-Con to retain the full length of his movie adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ graphic novel, Watchmen. The objective: to preserve the “core” of the story. While I’m sure this is still the case, it seems that at the end of the day the business aspect of the picture is still key. Longer movies=less turnaround=less tickets=less money.
According to Sci Fi Wire, the current cut of the film is down to two hours and 35 minutes from the previous length at two hours and 50 minutes. The length still hasn’t been approved however, and it’s likely it will be cut further.
As announced, Snyder has been trying to be as faithful as possible to Moore and Gibbons’ seminal graphic novel, which tells a complex story of superheroes in an alternate-universe 1985 New York. The graphic novel interpolates other comics and book excerpts into its narrative, something Snyder has been really trying to approximate in his film.
It sounds like with each minute more that is cut, we might have to settle for reading Moore and Gibbons’ graphic novel again. Here’s a little bit of comfort, the director’s cut on the DVD will be three hours and 10 minutes long, incorporating even more than the theatrical version as far as the details that bring the film even closer to the graphic novel.
Posted by dominie in Films, Games, News on November 25th, 2008
Bloody Disgusting posted a link today to the new McG directed Terminator: Salvation poster from Warner Bros. which you can view at Yahoo! Movies. It’s unlike any poster I’ve ever seen. I don’t want to ruin it so click here for the international “online” one-sheet and teaser trailer for the upcoming release.
In related news, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Equity Games Production, and Halcyon Games announced today that there will be a Terminator: Salvation tie-in video game where you can role play as John Conner and blow up robots.
According to i09, “the video game is a third person shooter game where you are charged with building the resistance and fighting Skynet. Characters from the film will be inside the video game along with all of the new Skynet baddie bots, including the giant Harvesters.”
Terminator: Salvation arrives May 22, 2009.
Posted by dominie in Films, News on November 15th, 2008
Variety reports that DreamWorks is in talks to have Clint Eastwood direct the supernatural thriller, titled Hereafter. The studio has been circling Eastwood for months to helm the project, which they acquired in March earlier this year from screenwriter Peter Morgan (The Queen) in a multi-million dollar deal. No plot details as of yet, only that the plot will play in the vein of The Sixth Sense.
Another report from Variety. Len Wiseman (Underworld, Live Free or Die Hard) may be directing DreamWorks’ thriller Motorcade. The screenplay, written by Billy Ray, is about “terrorists attacking the president’s motorcade as it traverses through Los Angeles.” Walter Parkers and Laurie MacDonald will produce.
Sony Screen Gems has already slated Jill Culton’s Hotel Transylvania for release on September 30, 2011 reveals Bloody-Disgusting. The film will be an animated horror, directed by Culton from a screenplay by Kevin and Daniel Hageman. Sony just announced also that the project is may possibly be looking in the 3-D direction. “In the story, a sort of Romeo and Juliet with monsters, Simon Van Helsing—the youngest in a long line of monsters hunters—falls in love with Dracula’s daughter. Upon the discovery that they are enemies, the couple attempts to bring peace between the monsters and humans.”
From THR, James Cox (Wonderland) will helm Dark Castle’s psychological horror, titled The Summoner, from a screenplay by Matthew Sand. “The story centers on a young man experimenting with the dark arts who summons a supernatural being to our world. When his control begins to slip and the situation turns deadly, he must stop the onslaught of evil before it’s too late.” Joel Silver and David Gambino will produce and Warner Bros. Pictures’ has acquired worldwide distribution rights. Casting is currently underway. Lensing begins in January 2009 in Portland, Oregon.
Posted by dominie in Comics, Films, News on November 11th, 2008
Warner Bros. released six teaser posters for the Zack Snyder’s (300) Watchmen today. The posters introduce the six primary characters in this dystopian unorthodox superhero film based on DC Comics 1986 limited series created by Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons.
The posters were scattered across the web via various websites. Click on each image for a closer look and read on for character bios of each superhero.
Character Bios courtesy of Wikipedia. (more…)
Posted by dominie in Films, News on November 10th, 2008
In an interview with LA Times, popstar Beyonce Knowles revealed she met with Warner Bros. and DC Comics reps to express her interest in playing their superhero princess, Wonder Woman. My fingers quiver at the possibility of this becoming true. I am a huge fan of Beyonce and her music, however the interview speaks for itself. She does not fit the role, only the costume. Read on for excerpts from her interview.
The recent success of sophisticated comic-book adaptations is the main reason for Beyoncé’s interest, she said, but her focus on Wonder Woman was intensified earlier this year when she saw Lynda Carter’s costume from the 1970s television show on display at the Costume Institute’s “Superhero” show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
The Wonder Woman costume is an “unforgiving one” she tells LA Times. “I would definitely have to keep it right for that costume. The way that Lynda Carter wore it, she was sooo fine. She was amazing. I saw her costume at the Met. Her waist was unbelievable. It was pretty crazy, actually, her proportions. But I love Wonder Woman and it’d be a dream come true to be that character. It sure would be handy to have that lasso. To make everybody tell the truth? I need that. It would come in very handy.” (more…)
Posted by dominie in Films, News on November 2nd, 2008
The Hollywood Reporter announced that Warner Bros. has tapped J. Michael Straczynski, the scribe who wrote Clint Eastwood’s Changeling and is best known for creating Babylon 5, to pen a remake of the sci-fi classic Forbidden Planet.
The original film, directed by Fred Wilcox was released in 1956, tell the “tale of an expedition sent from Earth to check on a colony of scientists on a far-off planet. They find two members, a man who has found alien technology that doubled his intellect, Dr. Morbius, and his daughter, both of whom have managed to survive an unseen monster roaming the planet.”
Posted by dominie in Films, News on October 31st, 2008
Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight) joins Denzel Washington in the film Book of Eli from Warner Bros. reports Variety.
The post-apocalyptic action story, to be directed by Allen and Albert Hughes, “revolves around a lone warrior (Washington) who must fight to bring society the knowledge that could be the key to its redemption. Oldman has been set to portray the despot of a small makeshift town who’s determined to take possession of the book Eli’s guarding.”
Warner Bros. will handle domestic distribution deals while Summit controls the international sales.
Posted by dominie in Films, News on October 30th, 2008
Dominic Sena’s (Swordfish, Gone in Sixty Seconds) adaptation of Whiteout has finally received a release date! The Kate Beckinsale (Underworld) and Gabriel Macht (The Spirit) starrer film arrives in theaters September 11, 2009.
Bloody Disgusting supplies the following synopsis.
The ticking-clock Whiteout follows U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko as she uncovers the first murder ever in the Antarctic just as the sun is about to set for six months. She must catch the killer before he leaves the ice or be stuck there with him in the dark for six months.
Posted by dominie in Films, News on October 24th, 2008
The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that McG (Terminator Salvation) will direct the upcoming spy film, Dead Spy Running, based on the novel by British author Jon Stock for Warner Bros. The studio hopes to launch a new franchise with this film, which aims to reinvent the spy genre. Dead Spy Running, describes Patrick Janson-Smith is a cross between John le Carré meets Jason Bourne. The first novel of the trilogy is due in July 2009 from HarperCollins.
McG will begin work on the project after Terminator Salvation is completed.
Posted by dominie in Comics, Films, News on October 23rd, 2008
The official trailer for Sony Screen Gems’ Underworld: Rise of the Lycans can now be viewed at Apple.com. Directed by FX specialist Patrick Tatopoulos (Angel Hair) and starring Michael Sheen, Rhona Mitra, Bill Nighy, Shane Brolly, Steven MacKintosh, and Kevin Grievoux, the third installment is a prequel to the previous films. Set in the Dark Ages, the story will trace the origins of the centuries-old blood feud between the aristocratic vampires led by Viktor and the werewolf slaves known as the Lycans. Underworld: Rise of the Lycans debuts in theaters January 23, 2009.
Marvel’s search for Thor is still in the works. The studio is rumored to only have a short list of potentials. IESB caught up with Daniel Craig at the press day for Quantum of Solace and managed to sneak in a few questions about another known hero, the upcoming Thor Marvel adaptation. Craig reveals that “[Marvel] did approach him but he turned it down.” He jokes, “It would have bent too much of a power trip, both Bond and Thor, and running around with long hair and a hammer.”
Warner Bros. released a new teaser poster for Zack Snyder’s Watchmen today. The new extended trailer that premiered at the 2008 Scream Awards can also be viewed online here.
Zack Snyder has been fighting Warner Bros.’ studio execs since before Comic-Con to retain the full length of his movie adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ graphic novel, Watchmen. The objective: to preserve the “core” of the story. While I’m sure this is still the case, it seems that at the end of the day the business aspect of the picture is still key. Longer movies=less turnaround=less tickets=less money.
