Category: Movies
Justice League Movie On Again
On again, off again.
Hollywood works like that.
Because of the writers strike in Hollywood, Warner Bros. “shelved” their planned big budget, live action ‘Justice League’ movie back on January 16, 2008.
Movie was to be directed by George Miller (‘Happy Feet’) and starred Adam Brody as the Flash, rapper Common as the Green Lantern, and Megan Gale as Wonder Woman. Movie was to be based on the popular DC Comic characters.
But now that the strike is over, the WB has once again given the movie a green light and everyone is back at work including screenwriters Kieran and Michele Mulroney, with production slated to start later this year.
Did You See Those Zombies in the Mall?
You know that old adage, “Seen one zombie, you’ve seen them all?”
No, well neither have I. But MKR Group, a boutique investor relations firm specializing in the representation of small companies across a broad spectrum of industries filed a lawsuit against Japanese video gamer Capcom Entertainment Inc. on Monday, February 25, alleging Capcom infringed on the copyright of the 1978 film ‘Dawn of the Dead’ to which it owns rights.
You remember ‘Dawn of the Dead’ the 1978 and 2004 remake movies scripted by George A. Romero – well, MKR contends that Capcom’s “Dead Rising” stole the idea of people trapped in a shopping mall full of zombies from Romero’s original script.
“Dead Rising” was released on Xbox 360 in August 2006 and sold more than a million units in its first five months of sale.
Both ‘Dawn of the Dead’ and “Dead Rising” provide “thoughtful social commentary on the ‘mall culture’ zeitgeist” as well as “a sizeable portion of sensationalistic violence”, wrote MKR in its court brief.
“Mall Culture Zeitgeist”??!! Geez, since when have mall zombies become part of youth culture?
Do You Live in LA?
In the Spring of 2005, writer, producer, director Neil Mandt and cinematographer Marc Carter set out on an around the world journey to film the story about two guys traveling to the famous Full Moon Party in Thailand. All they had was one camera, two wireless microphones, three batteries and a rough story outline. They traveled without a crew, a cast or having scouted any locations, all of this was to be done on the fly.
There weren’t any casting calls along the way, just strangers picked up on the street to either act in a scene or hold the camera as Neil and Marc delivered their improvised lines.
The outcome is a smart, funny and poignant story about world travel.
‘Iron Man’ Featured on ‘Lost’
Paramount Pictures and Marvel will premiere the full trailer for Jon Favreau’s ‘Iron Man’ with ABC’s ‘Lost’ on Friday, February 28th, 9PM Eastern time.
‘Iron Man’ is based on the Marvel Comics character, Tony Stark an inventor and ex-soldier who uses his wealth to rebuild his broken body and combat crime and terrorism
Watch StuffWeLike for the trailer when Paramount releases it to the Web.
‘Iron’ Man opens May 2nd at a theater near you!
Hellboy Is Coming (again)
Universal Pictures and Dark Horse present Hellboy: The Golden Army, the NEW 16-page comic that details the rise of The Golden Army in the upcoming action-thriller “Hellboy II: The Golden Army!”
Written by Mike Mignola, from a story by Hellboy II director Guillermo del Toro, the prequel comic features three different covers (Hellboy, Abe and Liz), and will be distributed at conventions and events leading up to the film’s release on July 11, 2008.
As a preview to the WonderCon edition of “The Golden Army” comic debuting this weekend, a 5-page preview of the comic has just debuted online at: http://www.hellboymovie.com/production/
Check it out!