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This is it, guys! Fifty episodes of the GATW podcast, and we are nowhere near stopping. We really wanted to make sure we rang in our fiftieth episode right. With SUPER 8 being the big release of last week, we had an idea – we should focus the episode on our top 8 films of all-time. Along with our review of SUPER 8, this is a jam-packed episode for your enjoyment.
You can check out the episode after the break! Continue reading “GATW Podcast Ep. 50: Super 8 of All-Time”
JOHN CARTER is still a ways away from hitting theaters, but excitement and hype began a long time ago. Director Andrew Stanton of Pixar fame is keeping us in the loop as much as possible (thanks!), but anticipation is at an all-time high.
With that being said, they aren’t wasting any time at all on their media campaign. With nine months until its release, Disney has given us a teaser poster to enjoy for now. Continue reading “JOHN CARTER gets a teaser poster”
It’s no secret that the STAR WARS television series that we were once promised many years ago has hit a wall, keeping it from production. A couple of weeks ago, we got word that there was already at least 50 hours of content written, but the big issue was finding a way to make what was written on a television budget.
Now we are getting a little more clarification about the budgetary issues, and some plot information about the show. This quote comes from producer Rick McCallum about the show, which is supposed to be filmed in the Czech Republic:
“The TV series is on hold, but that has nothing to do with the Czech Republic; it has to do with [the episodes being] so ambitious…We have 50 hours of third-draft scripts, but the problem we have is there is a lot of digital animation; we don’t have the technology yet to be able to do them at a price that is safe for television. Since we would be financing them, it would be suicide for us to do this [now]. So we are going to wait three or four years.” Continue reading “STAR WARS television series 3-5 years from happening”
Oh, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright. They won us over big time when they blasted on to the scene with SHAUN OF THE DEAD. They then proved they could handle the follow-up, and made HOT FUZZ – a film that was different enough than their first, yet still had the same feel we came to expect after SHAUN. And we still have their long-talked about third film in the “Blood and Ice Cream” trilogy titled THE WORLD’S END to look forward to.
Pegg is letting us know they’ve got the ideas down, and is hoping to get some work in with Wright very soon. He said, “we already started the conception process, so it’s just a question of when we can get together. I’m just about to start shooting a movie here in the UK, so maybe between that and STAR TREK [sequel] we might get a chance to bang out a first draft if we’re lucky.” That could be a huge opportunity time for them to make some real progress. If they can finish the first draft, that means that it is much more likely that they will fit in actual production sooner. Continue reading “Simon Pegg trying to write new script with Edgar Wright before STAR TREK 2”
I think everyone has their stories about the game of Risk. Whether it be that their family and friends played it incessantly, or they played it once for about twenty minutes then switched it out for Mousetrap. My experience was the latter until my teens rolled around and a good friend of mine had a STAR WARS version that was much more interesting to play than the original.
Most people do love Risk though, and they will be happy to know that the feature film version now has a writer on board.
Screenwriter John Hlavin, who most recently wrote UNDERWORLD: NEW DAWN which will be released in January, is now the man to bring RISK to life. The film is being made by Columbia, and is said to be an action thriller. It is also interesting to note that Hasbro currently owns the game. Hasbro are also the owners of Transformers and G.I. Joe, two properties that have very popular film adaptations already. Continue reading “RISK feature film gets a writer”
TUCKER & DALE VS EVIL has been out on the film festival circuit for a while, and many of us were fortunate enough to see it at Sundance 2010 or SXSW 2010. The film was generally well-liked by those who saw it, and it seemed very likely that the film would get picked up by a studio in no time. Then, nothing came from it.
That has officially now changed, and TUCKER & DALE has found distribution. Magnolia’s Magnet branch will finally be putting the film out this summer, by releasing it to Video on Demand for people to rent at home, starting on August 26. A month and change later, on September 30, the film will hit the theatrical market. Seems like a pretty good release plan for a film like this, one that is seemingly becoming more popular these days. Continue reading “TUCKER & DALE VS EVIL picked up by Magnolia's Magnet”
X-MEN: FIRST CLASS is finally here, and showing us a side of the X-Men that we have yet to see on the big screen. That is, what they were like in the swinging ’60’s. Because of this, we not only give our thoughts on how the film turned out, we also give our thoughts on the best films from the ’60’s. It was a decade of wonder and progression for film, and in many ways, it helped lead to what modern film is today.
You can check out the episode after the break! Continue reading “GATW Podcast Ep. 49: Groovy Movies”
It’s no surprise that one of the biggest influences on Cameron Crowe’s career is most definitely music. ALMOST FAMOUS especially exemplifies his love for (and past with) music, and in all of his films, music is a driving force. Needless to say, if it is a Crowe movie, I expect to hear some great music.
Now we will soon get his next more musically-driven project, as HBO is planning on bringing a work of Crowe’s, a documentary called THE UNION, to their channel. THE UNION follows legendary singer/songwriter Elton John as he makes a collaborative album with one of his idols, Leon Russell. Crowe follows the album throughout its entire production, including the never-before-examined recording process of Elton John. Crowe began filming in 2009. Continue reading “HBO grabs rights to Cameron Crowe's documentary THE UNION”
SUPER 8 is easily one of the most anticipated films of the year for just about everyone. Not only is it produced by Steven Spielberg, but it is being directed by J.J. Abrams, arguably one of the best filmmakers out there right now. Although SUPER 8 has been under wraps for a good while now, more is becoming known about it due to its impending release. That being said, you need to watch the new clip (along with that new image up top) they’ve released to build up anticipation.
In the words of the kid in the clip, “Oh, my God.” Continue reading “New SUPER 8 clip and image hit the net”
The 23rd James Bond film has not had an easy time making it to the screen, after struggling to come to fruition due to MGM’s financial woes. The project is back on however, and luckily for us fans, the project did not lose Sam Mendes as the director. Other than Daniel Craig’s return as Bond and Mendes being set to direct, little is known about the upcoming film. We can now add release dates to the small list of things we do know about the next Bond.
The film, which is at this moment still untitled, will actually carry not one, but two, release dates. The UK and Ireland will get the film two weeks before we get it over in the States. Europe will see its release on October 26, 2012 and the U.S. and the rest of the world will have to wait until November 9, 2012. This two-week wait will be excruciating for Bond fans, as we are sure to hear a lot about the film in that time. Continue reading “Next Bond film gets release dates”
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