Author: Timothy

  • 23rd James Bond Film Back on Track

    The latest James Bond movie is back on track after MGM sorted itself out with Spyglass Entertainment taking over the filmmaking side of the studio — and yes, Daniel Craig will reprise his role as 007.

    The film will take place after the events in Quantum of Solace, but it’s unclear what the premise is in the screenplay written by Robert Wade, Neal Purvis and John Logan. Sam Mendes who was originally a consultant will now direct the Bond film.

    It’s unknown who will distribute the movie, but it’s safe to assume that Paramount will; considering they released Spyglass’ reboot of Star Trek.

    The 23rd James Bond film will release worldwide on November 9, 2012.

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  • Total Recall Total Remake News

    The remake of Total Recall by director Len Wiseman will differ significantly from Paul Verhoeven’s version. Instead of being a scene-for-scene remake, Wiseman’s will more closely follow the novella We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, by Philip K. Dick.

    The novella had no space mutants or Mars — so no, they won’t make an appearance in the remake.

    Colin Farrell will star as main character Douglas Quaid — or revert to the original name Douglas Quail.

    “Yeah, I saw some of the artwork, some of the pre-visualization stuff of the world that [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][Wiseman’s] folks are creating. And it’s really beautiful, really really cool. And I’ve had a good experience telling Philip K. Dick stories. Well, I’ve only had the one experience, but Minority Report was such a blast. Yeah, this could be a lot of fun.”

    — Colin Farrell to MTV

    I’m interested in seeing how different Farrell’s portrayal of Douglas Quaid will be from Arnold Schwarzenneger’s. After all, Farrell plays his roles more straight while Arnold is the king of one-liners.

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  • Star Wars Saga Comes to Blu-ray

    At the Consumer Electronics Show a huge announcement was made: the complete Star Wars saga will be available on Blu-ray in September.

    The complete saga will sell for $140, and will also be available in trilogy sets: the prequels and the originals for $70 each.

    Or you can pre-order the complete saga for $90 HERE or just the prequel trilogy set HERE and the original trilogy set HERE for $45.

    The complete saga of Star Wars will have more than 30 hours of special features, including an exploration of exclusive archives, never-before-seen deleted and alternate scenes.

    But if you’re like me, you’d buy the original trilogy set. After all, who wants to taint their Star Wars collection with the prequels?

  • Space Jam Website Still Kicking

    In 1996 Warner Bros. released the live-action/animated film Space Jam starring NBA superstar Michael Jordan — I’m sure most remember the film’s premise being Jordan joining the Looney Tunes to play basketball against the Monstars.

    Why am I bringing up such an old movie? To my surprise, the official site for Space Jam is still up. Of course the background clashes with the content making it hard to read, but weren’t all websites like that at the time?

    Nostalgia anyone? You can view the official Space Jam website HERE.

  • Empire Strikes Back Preserved in US Library of Congress

    Each year the National Film Preservation Board and the public suggest films to preserve, and 25 are selected as culturally significant to be preserved in the US Library of Congress.

    The reason for this?

    “The National Film Registry is a reminder to the nation that the preservation of our cinematic creativity must be a priority because about half of the films produced before 1950 and as much as 90% of those made before 1920 have been lost to future generations.”

    — Librarian of Congress James H. Billington

    I entirely agree with the sentiment. Films serve a cultural importance and mirror certain times in history that makes them relevant.

    One of the films selected this year for the US Library of Congress? Star Wars sequel Empire Strikes Back. I’m surprised it took this long for the film to be preserved, but I’m glad the movie made its way there. The only question now is which version of Empire Strikes Back is entering the Library.

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  • Steven Spielberg’s TV Series Falling Skies

    Steven Spielberg teams with Dreamworks Television to bring the new post-apocalyptic action TV series Falling Skies. Noah Wyle of ER stars.

    The official synopsis you ask?

    Falling Skies is an exciting new series from DreamWorks Television and executive producer Steven Spielberg. Noah Wyle (ER, TNT’s The Librarian movies) stars as a former college professor who becomes the leader of a group of soldiers and civilians struggling against an occupying alien force. Moon Bloodgood (Terminator Salvation) co-stars as Anne Glass, a therapist who works with the surviving children to help them cope with the traumatic situation. The series also stars Drew Roy (Lincoln Heights) as Hal and Maxim Knight (Brothers & Sisters) as Matt, Tom’s two sons; and Seychelle Gabriel (Weeds) as Lourdes, an orphaned teenager who helps run the group’s commissary. Will Patton (Armageddon, TNT’s Into the West) will play a recurring role as a fierce resistance fighter.

    Falling Skies will be on TNT in June.

  • Tron: Uprising Animated Series Update

    Disney pushes forward with its animated series Tron: Uprising. The show begins in the summer of 2012, with a voice cast comprising of Bruce Boxleitner, Elijah Wood, Mandy Moore, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Paul Reubens, Lance Henriksen and Nate Corddry.

    Wood stars as the character named Beck, who leads an uprising in the Grid. Joining him will be Boxleitner reprising his role as Tron.

    The series will take place between the time CLU takes over the Grid to when Sam enters to look for his father.

    At first the timeline is surprising; with the thought that time between the original Tron and the second film would make sense for a series, but time in the Grid is different than the real world. There’s a lot to cover between CLU’s take over and Sam’s entry into the Grid.

    Adam Horowitz, the co-screenwriter of Tron: Legacy and consulting producer for the series had this to say:

    “Our intention is to try and make something that is more than just, let’s go get something. We treat TRON very, very seriously and as writers we try to have a reason and a world for everything and not all of it gets to be shown because in this particular movie, we only had two hours. [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][So] hopefully it fills in the blanks in and in a fun way and an intriguing way.”

    There’s massive potential in Tron: Uprising in its stellar cast and crew. After all, even Charlie Bean of Powerpuff Girls and Samurai Jack is involved.

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  • Supernatural: The Animation Trailer Online

    An extended trailer for Supernatural: The Animation released online. Animation studio MADHOUSE produces.

    It’s really odd hearing “Carry on Wayword Son” by Kansas while the language throughout the trailer is in Japanese. Nevertheless, the anime looks to capture the feel the first two seasons of Supernatural and without suddenly making the Winchester brothers into powerful beings. Thank God.

    Supernatural: The Animation releases in Japan on February 23, 2011; which means you’ll have to import it if you want the DVDs.