BEOWULF & GRENDEL is the first of two big screen adaptations, released two years apart, of an anonymously written Old English poem chronicling the heroic efforts of a Geat warrior to destroy a monster that terrorizes a Danish kingdom. Neither version is faithful...
PRESS ARCHIVES
Month: April 2008
Game (2009) (Blog)
From the minds of directors/writers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Crank) comes "Game" which sounds a lot like "Running Man". "Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player (Butler)...
300 (Blog)
The influence that green-screen visual techniques (or ‘chroma keying’, as the process is known) have had on modern film is not to be underestimated. The method known best for producing the animated weather map on the TV news has been called into action on all sorts of...
300 (Blog)
The influence that green-screen visual techniques (or ‘chroma keying’, as the process is known) have had on modern film is not to be underestimated. The method known best for producing the animated weather map on the TV news has been called into action on all sorts of...
SAG, Film Dept. ink first deal
If there is an actors strike, at least one indie film company won't be affected. The Film Department said Wednesday that it has inked completion agreements with SAG for nine pictures that are gearing up for production in the spring and summer. The announcement comes...
SAG Gets the Indie Spirit
Actors are used to working for scale on indies. Now they're just glad they'll be working. The Screen Actors Guild sealed an interim deal with independent film producers on Wednesday that ensures its members will be able to finish some upcoming features even if the...
SAG signs interim pact
[i]Guild aims to pact with indies[/i] After two days of contract negotiations with the majors, the Screen Actors Guild is looking to put some pressure on the studios by signing interim deals with indie feature producers that would allow actors to continue working on...
Review Wrath of Gods (2007)
Wrath of Gods is an intriguing exploration into the rigors of plastic film making as seen through the troubled production of 2005s Beowulf and Grendel (not to be confused with Robert Zemeckis forthcoming motion capture adaptation of the same famed fib). The action is...
Content’s the Thing at New NAB Theater
LAS VEGAS The annual NAB extravaganza in Las Vegas every April is mostly known for its focus on the technical side of the broadcasting business, but one forum that will debut at the 2008 NAB Show will serve to sharply underscore what makes all of that technical...
SCOTS STAR: I’M THE FALL GUY FOR STUNT-DAFT DIRECTORS
ACTION hero Gerard Butler fears directors are putting him through too much hardship because he is willing to do most of his own film stunts. The Scots A-lister, 38, nearly drowned when he disappeared under a boat off the Australian coast as his Nim’s Island co-star...
Interview with Aaron Yoo
[i Excerpt from article. Click link above for full story...[/i The film he just finished working on, Game, is a futuristic sci-fi thriller, where multi-player video games have been created to allow players to control actual humans. Alison Lohman, Aaron Yoo, and...
Disney Sets Up First Three Stan Lee Projects
Variety is reporting that Walt Disney Pictures and Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment have set up three projects, the first three films resulting from the first look deal that Lee signed with Disney last June (see "Disney Signs Stan the Man"). All three projects, Nick...
Exclusive: Gerard Butler Talks Dating Older Women, Apocalypse Now
It comes as no surprise to the readers of Film School Rejects and the listeners of Fat Guys at the Movies that Neil Miller’s mom is Gerard Butler’s biggest fan. Recently, we had a chance to chat with Butler about his upcoming film Nim’s Island. In the process, he was...
My days of partying are over, reveals Gerard Butler
HOLLYWOOD has been fighting over Gerard Butler since he flashed his acting talent - and his amazing six-pack - in 300. Yet he can walk down the street unrecognised in his native Scotland. No doubt that is because the handsome actor has worn a mask in his two biggest...