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Post by Phoenix on Feb 11, 2005 15:30:10 GMT -5
I couldn't find an Indiana Jones thread on the board, but here's a little tidbit today I read on Scifi.com:
Steven Spielberg told SCI FI Wire that he still hopes to direct a fourth Indiana Jones movie in as soon as a year and a half—"maybe less"—and the director's longtime producer, Kathleen Kennedy, confirmed that Jeff Nathanson, who wrote the script for Spielberg's The Terminal, was the latest writer enlisted to write the long-delayed sequel. Speaking to reporters on the set of his current War of the Worlds in Piru, Calif., Spielberg said: "Sometimes, you are really intent on making a picture, like I was with Indy IV, ... in which case my producer [George Lucas] didn't like the script [by Frank Darabont] as much as I did, but ... my intention was to make Indy IV a year and a half ago, and it didn't work out. I'm hoping to make it a year and half from now. Maybe less."
In a separate interview, Kennedy, who is also producing War of the Worlds, added that Nathanson was currently writing a new script for the fourth Indiana Jones movie and was starting from scratch. "We're going to see a script in about a month," she added.
I'm not holding my breath.
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Post by Bartwald on Feb 11, 2005 15:37:14 GMT -5
I'm not holding my breath. Me neither. I'd love to see Indy IV but all this hesitating and delaying makes me sick. Oh, and Frank Darabont writing screenplay sounded much better than The Guy Who Wrote The Terminal writing the script!  |
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Feb 11, 2005 18:11:09 GMT -5
And isn't Harrison Ford getting into that over-the-hill-action star category? Don't get me wrong, I love him (it's Han Solo for chrissakes  ) but still...  |
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Post by Phoenix on Feb 12, 2005 15:39:28 GMT -5
And isn't Harrison Ford getting into that over-the-hill-action star category? Don't get me wrong, I love him (it's Han Solo for chrissakes ) but still... Yea he's too old for me now too. I'm hoping Indy has a long lost son or something to take the reigns, cause I really don't want to see Ford punching people w/a cane. |
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Feb 14, 2005 16:10:49 GMT -5
God love him...but I think he should stick to the dramatic roles now & leave the action to someone else.
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Feb 14, 2005 16:13:40 GMT -5
Here's a link to something called "The First Annual Smart-Popcorn Awards". Basically it's the sites choices for movie stuff, for lack of a better word. Pretty cool though... www.smart-popcorn.com/article/305/ |
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Post by Pulpmariachi on Feb 14, 2005 18:33:27 GMT -5
From IMDB.com
Cheech and Chong Reunite, Plan To Make New Movie
Cheech and Chong, the original stoner comedians of the late '60s and '70s whose movies include Up in Smoke and Nice Dreams, are developing a script for a new movie, they told the Hollywood Reporter after their first stage reunion in 25 years at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, CO. It will have an "age- and time-appropriate feel," Cheech Marin told the trade publication. Tommy Chong said that the script has had many working titles, including Grumpy Old Stoners and Lord of the Smoke Rings.
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Post by Phoenix on Feb 15, 2005 12:42:15 GMT -5
I thought one of those Cheech/Chong dudes was in jail for his bong buisness? Guess he got out!
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Feb 15, 2005 18:31:14 GMT -5
Yeah, that would be Chong. He's currently touring in a live performance called, "The Marijuana Monologues". Boy, that guy's gonna milk that "stoner" schtick till he finally drops.
At least Cheech Marin expanded his career to include all kinds of roles.
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Feb 24, 2005 18:03:21 GMT -5
DIRTY HARRY VIDEO GAME...
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fans everywhere will be judging how lucky they feel now that Clint Eastwood (news) is bringing the Dirty Harry franchise to video games.
Eastwood will lend his voice and likeness to reprise his internationally famous role of Inspector Harry Callahan. Even more significantly, the Academy Award winner is consulting on key creative aspects of the game design.
"This will be an opportunity to satisfy the many requests over the years to continue the Dirty Harry legacy, only now in the video game medium," Eastwood said. "Creating Dirty Harry video games will also introduce this memorable film character to new generations on a medium they appreciate."
Eastwood's Malpaso Prods. banner is partnering on the project with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, which is overseeing development of what will be the first title in a game franchise.
The project is in an early stage, so no release date has been set. However, all of the franchise's titles will be for the imminent next generation of consoles such as Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox (news - web sites).
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Post by Quorthon on Mar 8, 2005 2:53:32 GMT -5
Of all the characters in the "X-Men" universe, Wolverine is the most popular mutant and presents the most intriguing plotline possibilities. One of the original film's surprises was the revelation that Wolverine's special power wasn't his retractable steel claws but rather his ability to heal any injuries in seconds. That really wasn't a surprise to anyone who previously knew about the X-Men. The real surprise came in finding out that the claws weren't an addition to old Wolvie like the Adamantium over his skeleton, but that he's actually always had the claws. From the comics. |
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Nov 11, 2005 17:42:52 GMT -5
Robocop RemakeThree films, some cable TV shows and a short lived series aren't enough to keep Paul Verhoeven's cybernetic creation down, now word comes from CHUD that a remake of the science fiction classic is in the works.
According to that lovable site of booze, boobs and tasteful bisexuality (is there any other kind?), their "source is usually quite reliable with intel, as unfortunate as that may be in this case... producer Michael De Luca and Sony have apparently decided to dismantle the scrap and solder it back together for a 21st century version of the heavy-steppin' police weapon... Word is that original Robocop director Paul Verhoeven wisely wants nothing to do with it."ewwww...I can hear heads exploding right now...  Terminator coming to TV
FOX has ordered to a pilot for a new TV series based on "The Terminator" film franchise reports The Guardian.
"The Sarah Connor Chronicles" tracks what happened to the female heroinne of the first two films after she went on the run at the end of the second movie.
Although exact details of the plotline have yet to be revealed, its confirmed that the series would have a "connection" to the film franchise but added that it would not affect plans for a fourth big screen outing.
The series would likely air in the 2006-07 season, and John Connor will definitely feature. Blade TV SeriesSpike TV and New Line Television have signed Kirk "Sticky" Jones (Over There) to star in "Blade," based on the popular Marvel comic book and film franchise of the same name. David Goyer (Batman Begins, the Blade trilogy) will serve as executive producer and co-wrote the drama with popular comic book author Geoff Johns. Peter O'Fallon (Suicide Kings, Eureka, American Gothic) is set to direct.
Production begins November 14 in Vancouver. "Blade" will premiere on Spike TV in June 2006. Jill Wagner ("Monk"), Neil Jackson ("Stargate SG-1"), Nelson Lee ("Traffic," the TV mini-series) and Jessica Gower ("Blurred") also are signed to star in the production.
"'Blade,' as envisioned by David Goyer is perfectly suited for Spike TV and its male viewers," says Pancho Mansfield, Executive Vice President, Original Programming at Spike TV. "Consistent with Goyer's feature film work, the new "Blade" promises to capture what men want to see: thrilling action and effects combined with an intelligent and highly creative story."
Spike TV's "Blade" focuses on Marvel's eponymous immortal warrior fighting a shadowy underworld of vampires who want to destroy the human race. The title character is a half-man, half-vampire who his incredible powers and skills to fearlessly battle the demonic creatures of the night in a blood-drenched crusade to prevent the ascendance of vampires over mankind.Now THAT I'm looking forward to!
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Post by Heineken Skywalker on Nov 12, 2005 18:26:08 GMT -5
ewwww...I can hear heads exploding right now... Uh, yeah. That would be my head you heard. Why, just yesterday I was saying to myself, "Self? What we really need is a remake of that sci-fi classic ROBOCOP. And while we're at it, I could also go for watered down, tv versions of the TERMINATOR & BLADE franchises." Note my extreme sarcasm. A TERMINATOR series with a different actress as Sarah Connor and no actual Terminators? Wow, er, um, sounds great. |
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Post by Quorthon on Nov 14, 2005 10:52:09 GMT -5
Robocop RemakeThree films, some cable TV shows and a short lived series aren't enough to keep Paul Verhoeven's cybernetic creation down, now word comes from CHUD that a remake of the science fiction classic is in the works.
According to that lovable site of booze, boobs and tasteful bisexuality (is there any other kind?), their "source is usually quite reliable with intel, as unfortunate as that may be in this case... producer Michael De Luca and Sony have apparently decided to dismantle the scrap and solder it back together for a 21st century version of the heavy-steppin' police weapon... Word is that original Robocop director Paul Verhoeven wisely wants nothing to do with it."ewwww...I can hear heads exploding right now... Terminator coming to TV
FOX has ordered to a pilot for a new TV series based on "The Terminator" film franchise reports The Guardian.
"The Sarah Connor Chronicles" tracks what happened to the female heroinne of the first two films after she went on the run at the end of the second movie.
Although exact details of the plotline have yet to be revealed, its confirmed that the series would have a "connection" to the film franchise but added that it would not affect plans for a fourth big screen outing.
The series would likely air in the 2006-07 season, and John Connor will definitely feature. Blade TV SeriesSpike TV and New Line Television have signed Kirk "Sticky" Jones (Over There) to star in "Blade," based on the popular Marvel comic book and film franchise of the same name. David Goyer (Batman Begins, the Blade trilogy) will serve as executive producer and co-wrote the drama with popular comic book author Geoff Johns. Peter O'Fallon (Suicide Kings, Eureka, American Gothic) is set to direct.
Production begins November 14 in Vancouver. "Blade" will premiere on Spike TV in June 2006. Jill Wagner ("Monk"), Neil Jackson ("Stargate SG-1"), Nelson Lee ("Traffic," the TV mini-series) and Jessica Gower ("Blurred") also are signed to star in the production.
"'Blade,' as envisioned by David Goyer is perfectly suited for Spike TV and its male viewers," says Pancho Mansfield, Executive Vice President, Original Programming at Spike TV. "Consistent with Goyer's feature film work, the new "Blade" promises to capture what men want to see: thrilling action and effects combined with an intelligent and highly creative story."
Spike TV's "Blade" focuses on Marvel's eponymous immortal warrior fighting a shadowy underworld of vampires who want to destroy the human race. The title character is a half-man, half-vampire who his incredible powers and skills to fearlessly battle the demonic creatures of the night in a blood-drenched crusade to prevent the ascendance of vampires over mankind.Now THAT I'm looking forward to! I AM NOW VERY ANGRY. FUCK HOLLYWOOD!!! Okay, fuck sakes, how many goddamn remakes do we need? The Fly, Creepshow, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Fog, The Longest Yard, King Kong, Ocean's Eleven, Last House on the Left, Dawn of the Dead, Hills Have Eyes, Evil Dead, War of the Worlds, The Amityville Horror, Robocop, Assault on Precinct 13-- GOD! I'm so sick of this shit! |
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Post by LivingDeadGirl on Dec 28, 2005 18:08:34 GMT -5
WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter) - Films that helped usher in a new era of censorship, changed the way Hollywood thought about the audience, provided a first-hand look at one of the nation's great disasters and introduced the world to the word "gnarly" are among the 25 films the librarian of Congress named to the National Film Registry on Tuesday.
Among the films selected by James H. Billington for inclusion in the registry are the 1933 Barbara Stanwyck film "Baby Face," whose racy content inspired the Hays Production Code, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show," which took audience participation to another level, and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High," which gave use "gnarly buds," were all included in the registry.
"The films we choose are not necessarily the 'best' American films ever made or the most famous, but they are films that continue to have cultural, historical or aesthetic significance," Billington said.
Billington made his selections from more than 1,000 titles nominated by the public after lengthy discussions with the library's motion picture division staff and members of the National Film Preservation Board.
The registry, was created by Congress in 1989 to preserve films of cultural, historical of artistic significance. Selection in the National Film Registry singles out films for preservation either in the Library of Congress' own archive or facilities elsewhere.
Big studio releases usually are cared for at their own archives, or other variants of public and private film archives. Entry in the registry often puts a priority on the films named. If they aren't being preserved, inclusion in the registry often moves them up on the priority list.
With Stanwyck in the title role as a slutty bartender, "Baby Face" helped pave the way for the industry's self-regulatory Hays Production Code, which frowned on nudity and racy language. With the rise of the auteur filmmaker in the 1960s, and the release of such films as "Blow Up," the code started to crack, and was eventually junked in 1968 as one of the first actions by newly installed Motion Picture Assn. of America president Jack Valenti, who replaced it with the now familiar ratings system.
Warner Brothers cut some of the more objectionable scenes from "Baby Face" in order to release it. An uncensored version of the film was discovered last year, and that was the one selected by the registry.
"The Rocky Horror Picture Show" reinvented the midnight movie and created a cult following as the audience became as much a part of the film as the actors on the screen.
"It changed the whole movie experience as the audience became part of the show for good or bad," said Steve Leggett, National Film Preservation Board staff coordinator.
The oldest film included in the registry this year in a documentary of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fire. The disaster was one of the first recorded on film, Leggett said.
Also included in the film list are some of Hollywood biggest hits of the 1970s and early 1980s including "The Sting"; "Cool Hand Luke"; "The French Connection" and "Fast Times at Ridgemont High."
"In 'The Sting' you had two actors at the top of their game." Leggett said. "It was just huge, and really brought back Scott Joplin's music. It was a great con scheme and Robert Shaw, who unfortunately died young, played kind of the bad guy."
While "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" might seem an odd choice in the same year that "A Raisin in the Sun" and "The Music Man" were selected, Leggett says the film was significant culturally.
"There were tons of pretty good '80s teen films with 'Risky Business,' 'Sixteen Candles' and the like," he said. "But this one was kind of the first. It also introduced us to Sean Penn as Jeff Spicoli."
A complete list of National Film Registry selections follows.
1) "Baby Face" (1933)
2) "The Buffalo Creek Flood: An Act of Man" (1975)
3) "The Cameraman" (1928)
4) Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort, S.C., May 1940
(1940)
5) "Cool Hand Luke" (1967)
6) "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982)
7) "The French Connection" (1971)
8) "Giant" (1956)
9) "H2O" (1929)
10) "Hands Up" (1926)
11) "Hoop Dreams" (1994)
12) "House of Usher" (1960)
13) "Imitation of Life" (1934)
14) Jeffries-Johnson world championship fight (1910)
15) "Making of an American" (1920)
16) "Miracle on 34th Street" (1947)
17) "Mom and Dad" (1944)
18) "The Music Man" (1962)
19) "Power of the Press" (1928)
20) "A Raisin in the Sun" (1961)
21) "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975)
22) San Francisco earthquake and fire, April 18, 1906
(1906)
23) "The Sting" (1973)
24) "A Time for Burning" (1966)
25) "Toy Story" (1995)
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