Valkyrie Trailer Posted
The following is a trailer for the new Bryan Singer effort ‘Valkyrie.’ The film stars Tom Cruise and is set to be released this December:
Month: September 2008
Ricky Gervais to Host Oscars?
The interwebs are a buzz with the rumor that Oscar show-runners Laurence Mark and Bill Condon are tapping Ricky Gervais to host next years Academy Awards. A source tells Ew.com, “The buzz around town is that Ricky should host the Oscars.” I think Gervais is freakin’ hilarious, and seeing him host the Oscars would make …
Some Spielberg Projects Up in the Air
Apparently Steven Spielberg and DreamWorks has their collective eyes set on the John Wyndham novel “Chocky,” with Spielberg looking to make it his next directing project.
‘The Force Unleashed’ Sells 1.5 million copies
Despite less then stellar reviews, LucasArts latest ‘Star Wars’ themed video game ‘The Force Unleashed,’ has sold 1.5 million copies in its first five days. The multi-platform release (everything from Xbox, to PSP, to iPhone) still doesn’t beat ‘Grand Theft Auto IV’s’ sales records, but is on track to be one of the top games …
‘American Psycho’ Heads to Broadway
Bret Easton Ellis’ novel ‘American Psycho’ quickly became a hit as a film, now its headed for a new send up, a Broadway musical. The story is about a materialistic Wall Street Banker, who also happens to be a serial killer. A development team is now seeking writers for the score and the book. There …
Greengrass to Direct ‘Blackbeard’?
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. …
Simon Pegg to Appear in Tintin?
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 …
Arad Options ‘Mass Effect’
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.
Paramount to Fund 100% of ‘Tintin’
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 is Dr. Watson
Jude Law has been cast in the new Guy Ritchie/Robert Downey Jr. adaptation of ‘Sherlock Holmes.’