Spielberg possibly directing “Braveheart-ish Moses Epic”, Gods and Kings
Steven Spielberg is doing a good job of hitting iconic moments in history. Fresh off War Horse, and to follow the upcoming Lincoln & the not-historically-accurate-but-totally-will-be Robopocalypse, Warner Bros is trying to snag the director for a new take on Moses. According to Deadline, Warner Brothers wants their movie, Gods and Kings, not to follow [...]
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Trailer Watch: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn
I’ve been having a terrible time with movie adaptations lately, and I have a terrible time with the idea of an American studio — specifically Nickelodeon, with a track record that looks something like an EKG screen — adapting a Belgian comic strip into a 3D animated feature for kids. Seeing Spielberg on as director [...]
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Strippable Cover: Author Anthony Horowitz confirms he’s writing the second Tintin film
So, I’m a relatively recent convert to the cult of Tintin. I discovered within the last three years, though I do remember watching episodes of the animated series on Nickelodeon, back when they aired amazing foreign cartoons such as the titular boy detective and David the Gnome. But the books somehow eluded me, and I’m [...]
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Super 8 ARG updates….and we still have no idea what it all means
I’ve fallen down a bit on keeping you up to date on the Super 8 ARG ad campaign, but there was such a break in between the discovery of the secret message and the latest update over on the website, that I was lulled into thinking we had more time to wait. How wrong I [...]
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Trailer Watch: Super 8 first teaser trailer (updated!)
Today we get our first look at Super 8, the secret collaboration between J.J. Abrams and Stephen Spielberg. Yeah, I don’t know either. The summary from the Wikipedia article: In 1979, a train carrying important cargo from Area 51 is destroyed, causing all contents to be unleashed upon the world. Not much help, really, but [...]
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