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50 Celebrity Names That Sound Like Game Of Thrones Characters
24 May 2012 5:03 PM, PDT | BestWeekEver | See recent BestWeekEver news »
New Party Game! In apropos of nothing, we’ve spent the last two days coming up with Celebrities Whose Names Sound Like Game Of Thrones Characters – meaning, actors, musicians, athletes, and other famous people whose real-life names contain some combination of fantasy-ness, pseudo-ethnicity, and juuust-slightly-offitude worthy of a bonafide Westeros inhabitant. Here are our favorite 50 Celebrity Names That Sound Like Game Of Thrones Characters, along with descriptions of who their names would be on the show (not who they’d be, just the names), ranked from 50 to 1 in order of Game Of Throneyness. Leave your own suggestions in the comments – we stupidly can’t get enough of these: 50. Baz Luhrmann Director of Moulin Rouge; Shifty mage apprentice to the warlock Pyat Pree 49. Jurnee Smollet Played Jess on Friday Night Lights; Homely Winterfell commoner who attracts Theon’s affections 48. Joaquin Phoenix Star of Gladiator and Walk The Line; Standard-Bearer of House »
- Dan Hopper
Marvel’s Next Avengers Film #5: Black Panther
23 May 2012 11:05 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
With a sequel to The Avengers officially confirmed by Marvel/Disney, comic book fans the world over will be contemplating which of the publisher’s other heroes could be added to the line-up, potentially getting their own solo movie as soon as 2014 – filling the popularly acknowledged gap in the schedule alongside Captain America 2 that summer.
Of course, we have to bear in mind that Marvel Studios do not own the film rights to characters as key to their comic book universe as Daredevil, Spider-Man, Wolverine or the Fantastic Four – all of whom have allied with or become members of the Avengers at one time or another – but with that consideration in place, here is another suggestion for Marvel’s Next Avengers Film:
Black Panther (King T’Challa of Wakanda)
Why?: Apart from the obvious fact that T’Challa is a long-standing ally of the Avengers and mainstream »
- Robert Beames
Geek Girl Navigating the World – The Avengers and Why I Drink the Comic Book Movie Kool-Aid
20 May 2012 5:32 AM, PDT | Boomtron | See recent Boomtron news »
When “The Avengers” came out, I saw it on opening day. I had planned to go see it, but I’d anticipated waiting for about a week or so after the release date because I’d just figured that I would give the crowds a little time to die down. A friend of mine had other ideas, though, mostly, I think, because he knew that not only would I go to the movie, but I would enjoy it. I did, of course. It’s difficult not to enjoy a movie that is written and produced and stars by people who enjoy the subject matter. You can see the comic Geek love all over that movie, which makes it particularly wonderful for fellow Geeks to watch.
Still, as we waited in line for the movie to start, I was surprised to notice that there were very few women in line to see it. »
- dragonwomant
Wachowskis' 'Cloud Atlas', Rodriguez's 'Sin City 2' and 'Paranoia' Get Release Dates
18 May 2012 10:00 PM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
Things surrounding the Wachowski brothers' return behind the camera on Cloud Atlas became very buzzy in the last 24 hours as a screening of the film took place here in Cannes recently of a 2 hours and 44-minute cut of the film. The screening resulted in what is being reported to be a $20 million pick-up by Warner Bros. with eyes on a December 6 release date later this year. The film, based on the novel by David Mitchell, is an epic story of humankind in which the actions and consequences of our lives impact one another throughout the past, present and future as one soul is shaped from a murderer into a savior and a single act of kindness ripples out for centuries to inspire a revolution. Starring in the feature, which was shot for a reported $101 million, are Tom Hanks, Ben Whishaw, Hugo Weaving, Susan Sarandon, Jim Broadbent, Jim Sturgess, Hugh Grant, »
- Brad Brevet
Cloud Atlas Is Nearly 3 Hours Long, Gets December Release Date
18 May 2012 11:00 AM, PDT | GeekTyrant | See recent GeekTyrant news »
I've never read David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas, but most people assumed the book was unfilmable. Well, the Wachowski siblings and Run Lola Run director Tom Tykwer decided to challenge that assumption, and made a $100 million adaptation of it that's set for release later this year. You may have heard of some of the film's stars: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Hugh Grant, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess, Susan Sarandon...just a few up-and-comers trying to make it big in the industry.
Anne Thompson did some digging at the Cannes Film Festival, and found out a couple of interesting facts about the film. First off, the version that screened at Cannes was 2 hours and 44 minutes long, which Warner Bros. President Jeff Robinov "approved even though it exceeded the contractual two and half hours." Makes sense - the story follows six different stories in six different times and places that intersect somehow (part »
- benp
"Cloud Atlas" Screens For Buyers At Cannes + Gets December Release Date + Pics
17 May 2012 3:31 PM, PDT | ShadowAndAct | See recent ShadowAndAct news »
A film Halle Berry is in that I can say I'm actually Really looking forward to seeing! It seems like it's been quite awhile since I've said those words. Of course I'm referring to the $100+ million big screen adaptation of David Mitchell's labyrinthine tome Cloud Atlas, which is being written and co-directed by Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run), and The Wachowskis, with Halle Berry,Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Keith David,Susan Sarandon, Ben Whishaw, Jim Broadbent, David Gyasi and several others in a variety of roles. The story, as already detailed previously, "weaves history, science, suspense, humor »
- Tambay
Release dates set for Wachowski-Tykwer’s Cloud Atlas and Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
17 May 2012 1:43 PM, PDT | GordonandtheWhale | See recent GordonandtheWhale news »
Of all the films currently in production, very few appear to be as inventive or intriguing as the ever-challenging Wachowski siblings and their upcoming teaming with Tom Tykwer, Cloud Atlas.
Screening for four buyers at Cannes this week, the film has been set to bow stateside on December 6 and will hit Berlin earlier, making the film, according to Anne Thompson, Oscar eligible. Originally budgeted at $170 million, the film ended up costing significantly less, at $101 million. The frugal trifecta apparently found their way around some financial issues, including getting Tom Hanks to bail on his often contractual back-end gross. Considering the cast assembled and its nearly 3 hour-long runtime, the film is definitely sounding like an epic bit of sci-fi.
Read more on Release dates set for Wachowski-Tykwer’s Cloud Atlas and Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City: A Dame To Kill For...
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- Joshua Brunsting
Release Date and Runtime Announced for The Wachowski Siblings & Tom Twyker’s Cloud Atlas
17 May 2012 11:03 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The Wachowski Siblings and Tom Twyker's highly ambitious adaptation of Cloud Atlas now has a release date and a run-time. According to Thompson on Hollywood, Warner Bros. has picked up distribution rights at Cannes for $20 million, and will release the movie on December 6th. Additionally, the movie reportedly runs at 2-hours and 44-minutes, which seems about right when you consider that the movie spans six time periods, and you have an ensemble cast each playing multiple roles. For example, Hugh Grant will be playing six "incredibly evil" characters in the movie, and Halle Berry said one of her roles is a Jewish woman in the 1930s, and another is an old tribal woman. Hit the jump for a synopsis. Cloud Atlas also stars Tom Hanks, Susan Sarandon, Hugo Weaving, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy, and Jim Sturgess. Surprisingly, the only other film set to open the same weekend as Cloud Atlas »
- Matt Goldberg
‘Cloud Atlas’ Gets End-of-Year Release Date and Lengthy Running Time
17 May 2012 10:33 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
December 6th.
Should Toh be correct, that’s when us members of the general public (not necessarily you or I, specifically) will be able to see Cloud Atlas, the dangerously ambitious, time-and-location-and-people-and-logic spanning collaboration between the Wachowski siblings and Tom Tykwer. Although I think they really mean December 7th — i.e., unless Warner Bros. wants to open a movie on a Thursday — we’re more or less certain as to when the film can finally unspool in theaters.
But, since we already could have made a (generally) educated guess about Cloud Atlas‘ opening, I’m far more intrigued by something that, otherwise, would be of less interest: the running time. The adaptation of a roughly 530-page book needs time — particularly, one that goes all over time and space with a multitude of actors — but this thing is still going to leave a mark, having officially clocked in at two hours and 44 minutes. »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
What Will Be in 'The Avengers' (And Its Characters') Sequels?
10 May 2012 12:00 PM, PDT | NextMovie | See recent NextMovie news »
The minute "The Avengers" ended, all I could say was "More!" Actually, that's not true – first I asked my friends if they wanted a shawarma, then I shouted "More!" (This, by the way, is how you end up paying for two shawarmas when you only wanted one.)
A few days after "Avengers'" massive opening weekend came the "no duh" announcement that a sequel is in the works. What you don't know is that Kevin Feige, head of Marvel Studios, and Mick E. Mowse, head of Walt Disney, actually plan to consult with me, Chief Executive of Filmed Entertainment at Planet Fanboy LLC, on their upcoming slate.
I'm totally just chilling by the phone until that happens.
Here's what's definite: "Iron Man 3" starts shooting in mere days, "Thor 2" is ready for an August start, and "Captain America 2" (or "Captain America 2: The Second Avenger" if they want to »
- Jordan Hoffman
'Avengers' ending: What was that [spoiler]? And what does this mean for 'Avengers 2'?
4 May 2012 9:01 PM, PDT | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
Ever since 2008′s Iron Man, the Marvel movies have all featured cute little scenes after the end-credits which tease the next big Marvel movie. These scenes tend to feature some piece of comic-fetishist lore that causes fans to shriek while leaving the average civilian scratching their head. Iron Man introduced Nick Fury and the notion of “the Avengers initiative.” Iron Man 2 offered the first look at Thor’s hammer. Thor trotted out Fury again, this time introducing the Tesseract — a double-tease for Captain America and Avengers. In turn, Captain America just ended with a full-on Avengers trailer. Now, Avengers »
- Darren Franich
Page and Screen – A Visit from the Goon Squad
1 May 2012 2:36 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Liam Trim with the latest 'Page and Screen'...
Just over a year ago, Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad won the Pulitzer Prize. Days later HBO snapped up the rights to the acclaimed novel. Egan apparently had HBO’s The Sopranos in mind at stages during the writing process and they have a reputation for quality television drama. On the surface then, the deal is perfect. The prize winning author can sit back, effortlessly earning more money, whilst looking forward to a reasonably faithful and decent adaptation of her vision. However, fans of the book will understandably balk at any attempt to transform it, given its extraordinary scope. Personally, I think that if it must be adapted it deserves the grander canvas of the cinema.
A Visit from the Goon Squad is the sort of book that defies summary and resists the snappy synopsis. My copy of »
- Liam Trim
Peter Jackson responds to The Hobbit criticism
30 April 2012 2:38 PM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
One of the big surprises coming out of the CinemaCon convention in Las Vegas this past week was the reaction towards 10 minutes of footage from director Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - or more specifically, the look of the footage, which Jackson has chosen to shoot at 48fps (frames-per-second), as opposed to the industry norm of 24fps. While many, including James Cameron (Avatar), have touted this approach as the future of cinema, those in attendance were taken aback by the footage... and not in the way Jackson would have intended.
"The change from 24 frames per second to 48 frames per second is Huge. It completely changes what every image looks like, the movements, the tone, everything is different," wrote Peter Sciretta in his report over at /Film. "It looked like a made for television BBC movie... It looked uncompromisingly real — so much so that it looked fake. »
- flickeringmyth
Will We See 'Cloud Atlas,' 'Only God Forgives' & Terrence Malick's Latest & More Before The End Of 2012?
30 April 2012 9:02 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
We're almost exactly a third of the way through the year, and thanks to the announcement of the Cannes Film Festival line-up a couple weeks ago, we're now a little clearer on the timetable of some of the most anticipated films of the year. We know that "Cosmopolis," "Killing Them Softly," "On The Road," "Mud," "Rust And Bone," "Amour" and "The Paperboy," among others are done, and will be screening in only a few short weeks for critics, and U.S. releases, if not set already, can't be far behind. And the release schedule for the rest of the year is firming up fast, with films like "The Master" and "Seven Psychopaths" getting added to the calendar.
But what of the question marks that still remain? Of the major movies tentatively set for completion this year, but without firm release dates as yet, which will we actually see in theaters »
- Oliver Lyttelton
Box Office: Biggest International Opening Weekends
29 April 2012 3:24 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2: Biggest International Opening Weekends Box Office: Ninth Biggest International Opening Weekend – The Avengers David Yates’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 with Daniel Radcliffe, Ralph Fiennes, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint — $314,000,000 Rob Marshall’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides with Johnny Depp, Penélope Cruz, Geoffrey Rush — $260,400,000 David Yates’ Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince with Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint — $236,000,000 Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 3 with Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco — $230,544,376 Michael Bay’s Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon with Shia Labeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel — $219,810,798 Gore Verbinski’s Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End with Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley — $216,000,000 David Yates’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 with Daniel Radcliffe, Ralph Fiennes, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint — $205,000,000 David Yates’ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix »
- Zac Gille
Peter Jackson Debuts New 48Fps Format With Footage from The Hobbit at CinemaCon
26 April 2012 12:00 PM, PDT | ScifiMafia | See recent ScifiMafia news »
At this year’s CinemaCon, attendees were treated to the debut of not only ten minutes of footage from Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, but also the innovative 48 frames-per-second format. This new format doubles the traditional 24 fps we are used to seeing in the theaters and provides a “heightened sense of reality” according to Jackson.
Though reaction to the new format seems mixed, it’s to be expected. As with the emergence of any new technology, there will be traditionalists who buck the emerging trend and skeptics who question how well this format pulls of a “heightened sense of reality.” Jackson believes that 48 fps will help the quality of 3D as well as function fully reverse-compatible:
“It’s terrific for 3D; I’ve looked at the 48 fps dailies for ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ in 3D for over a year now, and with the reduction in strobing and flicker, »
- Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
The Hobbit 48-Frame Problem
25 April 2012 9:19 PM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and its sister (brother?) movie The Hobbit: There and Back Again were shot in 3D for a reported $500 million, which is about half the gross domestic product of African nations such as The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, and Liberia. Jackson’s gamble goes further when you take into account that The Hobbit movies were shot in 48 frames per second — twice the normal speed rate. About ten minutes from The Hobbit were screened at the theater owners’ CinemaCon convention earlier this week. The results were at best mixed. Wide vistas received wide praise; indoor scenes were panned. "Indeed, the footage shown did seem hyper-realistic," wrote Amy Kaufman in the Los Angeles Times‘ "old school" (joke…) blog 24 Frames. "An opening aerial shot of dramatic rocky mountains appeared clearer than the images in most nature documentaries. But »
- Zac Gille
Warner Bros.Pictures Unveils Never-Before-Seen Footage Of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Showcasing Stunning High-Frame-Rate Results
25 April 2012 2:49 PM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »
Warner Bros. Pictures screened approximately 10 minutes of never-before-seen footage from New Line Cinema and MGM’s upcoming epic “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” which showcased the filmmaking innovation of 48 frames-per-second (fps), doubling the typical frame rate of 24 fps. The footage was part of the studio’s presentation at CinemaCon, the official convention of the National Association of Theatre Owners (Nato).
The film, slated for worldwide release beginning December 14, 2012, is the first major motion picture to be made using this state-of-the art high-frame-rate technology.
The footage was introduced via a taped greeting from director Peter Jackson, who gave a bit of history as to how 24 fps became the industry standard and why today’s technology allows for higher frame rates. He also explained that 48 fps is actually closer to the way the human eye views the world. Jackson offered, “As a filmmaker, I always want to create a strong sense of reality, »
- Michelle McCue
Mila Kunis Confirms Wachowski Siblings’ ‘Jupiter Ascending’; Hugh Grant Briefly Talks Roles of ‘Cloud Atlas’
25 April 2012 11:49 AM, PDT | The Film Stage | See recent The Film Stage news »
Please don’t interpret that headline as a road sign for riches of plot details. Rather, Mila Kunis briefly talked to MTV and, in that short time, revealed she’ll be taking a rumored part in the Wachowski siblings‘ opaque, fill-in-the-blank Jupiter Ascending. (Channing Tatum‘s involvement is still up in the air, but I’m unironically hoping it can go through.)
With the exception of her involvement, we only know this project as the directing duo’s “first major science fiction action franchise play since The Matrix.” No, really, that’s it. Speculate to your heart’s content.
Though also shrouded in darkness, the Wachowskis will, later this year, release Cloud Atlas — at least we know something about that one. And, be it one actor playing multiple characters, multiple stories inhabiting different genres, or even multiple timelines, it’s going to be a wholly unique, possibly disastrous time at the theater. »
- jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
Hugh Grant: Multiple-Personality Slave Driver?
24 April 2012 11:44 AM, PDT | TheInsider.com | See recent The Insider news »
Hugh Grant has been playing a lot of golf during his four-year sabbatical from Hollywood, but the Four Weddings and a Funeral star is poised to come back in a big way with not one but six roles in the cryptic new movie co-directed by the Wachowski Brothers, Cloud Atlas, calling the project the "strangest offer I ever had."
Related: Hugh Grant Gives 'Bridget Jones 3' Update
"It's the strangest film, strangest script, strangest offer I ever had," Grant tells MTV of the new film from the makers of The Matrix with Tom Tykwer (Run Lola Run). "To play six small parts, all of them appalling killers and rapists, and some of them 85-year-old men, others Korean slave drivers. I thought maybe they were having a joke at my expense when they asked me to do it."
Based on the complex David Mitchell novel, Cloud Atlas tells six stories, each set in »
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