The Green Hornet has had quite the storied journey to the screen, but the push for the flick is finally about to start in earnest, and it starts with these two stills.
Based on the classic serial and radio show, this new interpretation of The Green Hornet is directed by Michele Gondry with Seth Rogen as the namesake hero alongside Jay Chou as his sidekick/driver Kato.
There has been a lot of talk about the possible troubled state of this flick, but that hasn’t stopped Sony from putting their money behind it and making it a big 3D release…the fact that it’s set for January, though, where movies go to die…that is something to worry about.
Either way, we’ll soon have more than these stills to think about, as the first official trailer is supposed to hit at midnight.
Let’s see what Gondry and Rogen have cooked up.
The Green Hornet is due to hit theaters on January 14, 2011.
I had been hearing about the gestation of the movie Real Steel for some time now, but the first still from the flick arrived via USA Today uh…today, and I thought it worth sharing with ya’ll.
The idea of Real Steel is somewhat simple. A Futuristic Rocky tale, it stars Hugh Jackman as an unemployed fighter who reconnects with his estranged son when they work together to groom a junkyard robot named Atom as a champion in the World Robot Boxing league.
Or, in short, it’s Rock ‘Em Sock’Em Robots: The Movie.
Directed by Shawn Levy (Date Night), it’s produced by Steven Spielberg, who pushed for a mix of practical robots and CG for the fighting bots. That right there is the bit that should get you excited, as there’s nothing quite like real robots on screen, no matter how great the CGI is.
It’s supposed to be one of the more anticipated flicks for next year, as let’s face it – there is nothing cooler than robots beating the shit out of each other.
Real Steel is scheduled to hit theaters on November 18th, 2011.
That sound? Dozens of Children of the 80′s rejoicing at the same time.
After years of rumors about movies and other reinterpretations, ThunderCats is officially coming back.
Set to return to the place that birthed it, TV, this new Thundercats series will be spearheaded by Warner Brothers Animation to air on Cartoon Network, with a decidedly Japanese flair.
Featuring animation from Studio4°C, who handled The Animatrix and Batman: Gotham Knight, and produced by talent who handled Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Avatar: The Last Airbender, this “21st Century Reinvention” of Lion-O and the gang is starting off on the right foot.
Now, where’s my Sword of Omens? It’s time to celebrate!
You know, I like Green Day, and even I feel that the Green Day: Rock Band game is a bit overkill. Sure, I may end up picking it up when it drops below say, $30, if just to import the songs into Rock Band 2, but the questionable edition of Rock Band’s demo is now responsible for something very very special.
Download the demo on XBox Live, play through it, and once you’ve completed your trial of the game, you see the above image.
That’s right - ROCK BAND 3 is gonna have PIANOS, sucka! I’d imagine we’ll see much more about this at next month’s E3 conference, but this already is enough to have me super excited.
My first hope for a piano based song? “Party Hard” by Andrew WK.
Just announced over the past 24 hours, the super awesome super fantastic very rad live art competition Super Art Fight which I have the honor and pleasure of both MCing and handling the behind the scenes rangling for, will be making it’s Boston debut at the end of the month!
Where, you may ask? At the biggest gathering of all things internet, at MIT! Our show is on Saturday, May 1, but the event itself runs both Friday April 30th and that Saturday.
This is a tremendous honor and pleasure, and we cannot wait to make a big splash at what is one of the biggest opportunities we’ve had to date.
If you’re in the Boston area, be sure to come out – it’s going to be a heck of a great time!
As the Superhero boom starts to meet its eventual end (after all, how many A-list heroes remain to have films made?), Hollywood needs to stay ahead of the trends, and figure out where the next source for quality event films is.
Of course, one would go “young, hungry screenwriters?!”, but you’d be wrong. The next source to be tapped dry? Japan!
Much how the comics world saw their fandom shift to anime and then manga (and then back to comics?), film is now looking toward Japan with some stunning looking projects, two of whom were announced over the weekend.
The one which is farthest ahead is an adaptation of the 70′s giant robot series Gaiking. The filmmakers who are behind it intend to use a mixture of CGI and practical effects to make the film happen, and they unleashed a teaser to the web, which appears below – it’s VERY cool, VERY exciting stuff.
If that wasn’t enough, we’re now going to see yet ANOTHER American attempt at adapting Godzilla, this time coming from Warner Brothers. The full press release is as follows:
Burbank, CA – March 29, 2010 – Legendary Pictures announced today that they will develop and produce a new film based on Toho Company’s famed GODZILLA character. Through the terms of the agreement, Legendary Pictures has acquired the rights to produce a movie inspired by Toho’s Godzilla, a franchise the Japanese company created and has nurtured for over fifty years.
Toho’s GODZILLA franchise boasts one of the most widely recognized film creatures worldwide, resulting in a series of books, television programs, video games and more than 25 films worldwide. Legendary intends to approach the film and its characters in the most authentic manner possible. The company will, in the near future, announce a filmmaker to helm the film for an intended 2012 release. The film will fall under the company’s co-production and co-financing deal with Warner Bros. Toho will distribute the film in Japan.
“Godzilla is one of the world’s most powerful pop culture icons, and we at Legendary are thrilled to be able to create a modern epic based on this long-loved Toho franchise,” said Thomas Tull, Chairman and CEO of Legendary. “Our plans are to produce the Godzilla that we, as fans, would want to see. We intend to do justice to those essential elements that have allowed this character to remain as pop-culturally relevant for as long as it has.”
“Godzilla is a signature Japanese character which we have nurtured over the years. It is a great honor to reach an agreement with Legendary Pictures, the parent to many a blockbuster film, and we are delighted in rebooting the character together to realize its much anticipated return by fans from all over the world,” comments Hideyuki Takai, President of Toho Co., Ltd. “We are anxious to find out where Godzilla’s new stomping will take us.”
“Godzilla is emblematic of the kind of branded, event films for which Warner Bros. and our partners at Legendary are best known. We have enjoyed a great deal of success together to date and this newest opportunity represents yet another chance for us to collaborate on a property that is very clearly in their wheelhouse,” said Jeff Robinov, President, Warner Bros. Pictures Group.
In addition to Legendary, producers on the new film will be Dan Lin, Roy Lee and Brian Rogers. Yoshimitsu Banno, Kenji Okuhira and Doug Davison will Executive Produce.
Personally, I don’t care the source, so long as the films are good, but again I ask aloud – where are the ORIGINAL ideas?
Let us hope these movies aren’t just a cash-in, and the money from these films go toward some original projects.
