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True Love proves a letdown at Sci-Fi London film festival | Carole Jahme
8 May 2012 10:01 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Billed as 'claustrophobic, dramatic and a little bit sinister', True Love's dissection of a marriage fails to impress
True Love – which had its world premiere at Sci-Fi London on Friday – attempts to deconstruct a marriage by placing a couple in separate cells and forcing each to watch incriminating CCTV footage of the other, while an electronic voice repeats, "Love is truth".
At the beginning of the film, before the awfulness of the production had fully revealed itself, I had wondered which science experiments had influenced the script. Research on punishment, incarceration and separation by Stanley Milgram, Harry Harlow, Philip Zimbardo, or even the prisoner's dilemma? During the Q&A I asked the writer/producer team, Fabio Resinaro and Fabio Guaglione, about their science influences. I was told there were none and they didn't really think the film belonged in the science-fiction genre. I reflected on the film's objectified nod to »
- Carole Jahme
Listen Now: A GeekCast Radio Network Update
12 April 2012 1:00 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Welcome back to our weekly look at the new podcasts available at our “partners in podcast crime” the GeekCast Radio Network. As usual here’s our weekly look at the podcasts from Gcrn, This Week in Geek and the latest toy review videos from Baltmatrix, with descriptions and links to each and every podcast for your audio/visual pleasure! But first a word from TFG1Mike:
“Ok B3K readers we have a number of releases this week, premiering is Table Top Enthusiasts with Steve/Megatron and his other friend Mike Griner. Plus This Week In Geek has been reborn, with a brand new site design, and the New Podcast Revolution that they are embarking on. It is a great time to be a geek!!!”
Table Top Enthusiasts – Episode 01 – Pentago, Quorriors, Pandemic
With the debut episode of Table Top Enthusiasts, Steve “Megatron” Phillips is joined by long time best friend Michael Greiner. »
- Phil
Total Recall: a comparison of old versus new
2 April 2012 6:56 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
We take a closer look at what the new Total Recall trailer can tell us about the remake, and how it compares to the 1990 original…
It’s not unfair to say that, compared to the relative subtlety of the Philip K Dick writings that inspired it, 1990's Total Recall was about as subtle as an escaped rhinoceros running down a crowded high street.
The movie’s sledgehammer storytelling is summed up best in a late, brief scene in which an evil character shows up in a literal deus ex machina; determined to kill hero Doug Quaid with a tunnelling machine, the bad guy does that typical Hollywood bad guy thing of telling the hero what he’s going to do before he does it (“I’m gonna grind you up man!”), before narrowly missing Doug and smashing through a wall. This wall, coincidentally, covers a shortcut to the underground alien »
New 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' Film Adaptation
26 March 2012 5:10 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Shortly before the release of Gary Ross' The Hunger Games yesterday, a new adaptation of George Orwell's similarly dystopian-orientated book Nineteen Eighty-Four was announced.
The Hollywood Reporter, well, um, reports that both Imagine Entertainment (run by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard) and Lbi Entertainment were circling the rights to the book at the same time. Rather than descend into battle, the two production companies chose to team up on the project.
For those who didn't pay attention in English Literature at school and think that Big Brother is just the Geordie chap who does the show's narrative voice-over, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a book by George Orwell, first published, annoyingly, in 1949. It follows a dystopian society, perpetually involved in war with unseen enemies, both domestic and abroad, and controlled by the ubiquitous dictator Big Brother. Orwell wrote it at the time as an allegory for the recently defeated Nazi »
- Chris Villeneuve
The Hunger Games fails to give teenagers food for thought
26 March 2012 5:05 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Much has been made of The Hunger Games' supposed gritty relevance to our own world. But Katniss Everdeen's adventures are about as relevant as those of Harry Potter or Twilight's Bella
So the kids are being moved on from boarding-school wizardry and gentlemanly vampirism. Young filmgoers are getting their noses rubbed in harsh real-world phenomena ranging from poverty, violence and totalitarianism to, perhaps most fearsome of all, reality television. Will the kids be all right?
Although The Hunger Games may be set in a fanciful future, much has been made of its supposed gritty relevance. Suzanne Collins, the author of the book on which the film is based, has announced that it explores "disturbing issues of modern warfare such as who fights our wars, how they are orchestrated, and the ever-increasing opportunities to observe them being played out".
She says the idea came to her while she was channel-surfing »
- David Cox
Hollywood’s proposed 1984 movie: what will be left of Orwell’s novel?
23 March 2012 7:32 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Could an adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 survive a trip to Hollywood? Ryan looks at the best and worst case scenarios…
Nineteen Eighty-Four (or 1984, as we’ll refer to it here for search-based reasons). What more can we say about one of the most influential and widely read sci-fi novels yet written? A common set text in English lessons, and full of ideas and terms that have since seeped into our everyday language, it’s easy to forget just how brutal and urgent George Orwell’s novel is.
Already adapted several times since its publication 63 years ago, 1984, we learned last week, is going to Hollywood. Two production companies (Lbi Entertainment and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment) are teaming up to bring a new version of Orwell’s dystopia to the big screen. A screenwriter is still being sought – and there’s no word yet as to who will direct it »
Daily Briefing. San Francisco to honor Pierre Rissient
22 March 2012 3:41 PM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
The April 2012 issue of frieze is out and artist Lis Rhodes has taken on the "Life in Film" column. Also: Jonathan Griffin reviews work by Alex Israel, who "claims to believe in the 'stardust' of Hollywood, in the magic that transforms an object just through its appearance on film, pictured in association with a star whose image is just as fictitious as the movie itself."
"In the mid-1980s, film novelizations were messages in bottles for those without video recorders or access to a cinema," writes George Pendle. "Even if you had seen the film in question, these novelizations acted as memento vidi, forceful reminders of what you had seen." And yet, they're still being written:
In his 2005 essay "Novelization, a Contaminated Genre?," the cultural theorist Jan Baetens declares novelizations as a unique, if non-canonical, genre: "Novelization does not so much aspire to become the movie's other as it wants to be its double, »
Forbidden Love In "Nineteen Eighty-Four"
22 March 2012 12:23 PM, PDT | SneakPeek | See recent SneakPeek news »
Imagine Entertainment confirms it will develop a big screen remake of author George Orwell's classic science-fiction novel, "Nineteen Eighty-Four", with street artist Shepard Fairey on board as a possible co-producer.
First published June 1949, Orwell's 'dystopian' novel focuses on 'Oceania, a society ruled by the oligarchical dictatorship of the 'Party'.
Life in the Oceanian province of 'Airstrip One' is a world of perpetual war, pervasive government surveillance and incessant public mind control, accomplished with a political system euphemistically named 'English Socialism' (aka 'Ingsoc'), administered by a privileged 'Inner Party' elite. Everyone is subordinate to the totalitarian cult of 'Big Brother', the deified Party leader who rules with a philosophy that decries individuality and reason as 'thoughtcrimes'.
Protagonist 'Winston Smith', is a member of the 'Outer Party, working for the 'Ministry of Truth' (aka 'Minitrue'), responsible for propaganda and historical revisionism, rewriting past newspaper articles so that »
- Michael Stevens
New film version of George Orwell's 1984 assigned to Ministry of Remakes
22 March 2012 11:05 AM, PDT | avclub.com | See recent The AV Club news »
Imagine Entertainment is looking to develop another film adaptation of 1984 (or Nineteen Eighty-Four, if you want to get all English Lit-major pedantic about it), George Orwell’s classic novel about the dystopic year in which the world’s population was reduced to slavish proles, subsisting on Victory-gin—or as it was more commonly known, Tab—and pouring all of their pent-up anger into watching the “Two Minutes Hate”—or as it was more commonly known, Webster. Interest in mounting a new film adaptation—the first since the still-well-regarded version starring John Hurt and Richard Burton—can reportedly be attributed »
Close up: Is Hunger Games the new Twilight?
22 March 2012 10:07 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Catch up with the last seven days in the world of film
Read our 4-star Hunger Games review
With the John Carter fiasco rumbling on Hollywood was desperate for some good news, and it duly came in the slinky form of Jennifer Lawrence and Hunger Games. The set of novels by Suzanne Collins have been touted as the new Twilight and – to all astonishment – have been turned into a rather good film, if you believe Xan Brooks, our man at the first press preview. As the week wore on, it became clear that The Hunger Games was looking at a serious pile of cash when it would finally be released – perhaps even beating the first Twilight film's opening weekend mark of $69m in 2008. Fortunately, as is their way, the Guide had got in quickly and interviewed Lawrence last weekend – and she had little truck with the Twilight »
Orwell’s 1984 Set For Another Film Adaptation
22 March 2012 7:16 AM, PDT | The Hollywood News | See recent The Hollywood News news »
The nightmarish dystopian concept of George Orwell’s iconic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four has become ingrained into popular culture since its publication in 1949. Going on to influence media and entertainment via television, movies, and books (even as recent as today’s release of The Hunger Games), 1984 is one of history’s most important works. Michael Radford directed the most memorable film version starring acting legends John Hurt and Richard Burton, and was released, not surprisingly, in 1984.
Now Imagine Entertainment looks to be putting plans into motion for another movie adaptation, by joining forces with Lbi Entertainment. Also Shepard Fairey, the artist responsible for the Barack Obama ‘Hope’ poster, has been an important part of putting the the project together, and is expected to serve as a producer.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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- Craig Hunter
’1984′ Adaptation from Shepard Fairey in the Works
22 March 2012 7:12 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
George Orwell’s trend-setting dystopian society novel, 1984 is being brought to the big screen again. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment production house is helping to co-develop the project, alongside Julie Yorn’s Lbi Entertainment banner (We Bought a Zoo).
This new 1984 film adaptation is (appropriately) being spearheaded by counter-cultural American graphic designer and street artist Shepard Fairey, who is perhaps best known for creating the iconic Barack Obama “Hope” poster used during the 2008 U.S. presidential election.
Orwell’s 1984 (a.k.a. Nineteen Eighty-Four) novel concerns an everyman named Winston Smith, who eventually rallies against the government he has long served – one which thrives on restricting creativity, reconstructing facts to better serve its nefarious purposes, and maintaining a state of paranoia by keeping the populace under constant surveillance.
Such widely-recognized terminology like “cult of personality,” “Big Brother” and “thoughtcrimes” were ...
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- Sandy Schaefer
1984 Remake in the Works
22 March 2012 6:34 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »
Get ready for another flurry of dystopian science-fiction on the big screen, folks. With The Hunger Games expected to do gangbusters at the box office this weekend, studios are scrambling to find similar properties that might be able to capitalize on its success. Over at Imagine Entertainment, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer have taken it upon themselves to revisit the granddaddy of them all, George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. No word yet on if this is a project that Ron Howard wants to direct himself, but strangely, street artist Shepard Fairey will be involved in some capacity after helping them secure the rights to the book. Word on the street is that he may take on a producer role in the film. According to THR, Imagine Entertainment was negotiating for the rights to Orwell's seminal 1948 novel separately from Julie Yorn of Lbi Entertainment, so they decided to team up and develop the new movie together. »
- Sean
Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four forecast for Hollywood remake
22 March 2012 4:35 AM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
An American consortium that includes director Ron Howard is set to make a new film of George Orwell's highly influential novel
Hollywood is planning a new version of Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell's classic dystopian science-fiction novel which warned of the dangers of totalitarian government and spawned the term Big Brother.
Set in a world where three warring superstates battle each other eternally without any hope of victory, Orwell's 1949 novel has already had two big-screen adaptations. The 1956 version, starring Edmond O'Brien, Michael Redgrave and Jan Sterling, changed the storyline radically from the source material and is these days hard to find, as it was withdrawn from circulation by Orwell's estate following the expiry of a distribution agreement. The best-known version is Michael Radford's critically acclaimed 1984 retelling, starring John Hurt as everyman Winston Smith, the restless party worker who dares to dream of independent thought and possible romance. Richard Burton, »
- Ben Child
Nineteen Eighty-Four remake in the works
22 March 2012 3:44 AM, PDT | www.themoviebit.com | See recent TheMovieBit news »
Published in 1948, George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is considered one of the classic novels of all time, with many of it's terms and concepts, such as Newsspeak and Big Brother, have become part of contemporary vernacular and popular culture. Set in a future world, Oceania, it describes a society where reason and individuality are outlawed, and is ruled through surveillance and mind control by the oppressive government known as Big Brother. In this world, one man, Winston Smith, decides to rebel. The novel has been adapted for film, T.V. and stage many times, a 1984 movie, with John Hurt as Smith, being the most famous. Imagine Entertainment, alongside Lbi Entertainment and street artist Shepard Fairey (best known for the iconic Barack Obama "Hope" poster), have recently acquired the rights to the material, and working on bringing a new take on the story to the big screen. Source: The »
- noreply@blogger.com (Tom White)
New '1984' film planned by Imagine Entertainment
22 March 2012 2:16 AM, PDT | digitalspy | See recent digitalspy news »
Imagine Entertainment is planning a movie remake of Nineteen Eighty-Four. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's production company is teaming with Lbi Entertainment on the new version of George Orwell's classic novel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Shepard Fairey - the artist best known for his Barack Obama 'Hope' poster - was instrumental in bringing the project to Imagine and Lbi, and may take on a producer role. Nineteen Eighty-Four was published in 1948, famously spinning a story about a dystopian future in which individuality is outlawed (more) »
- By Hugh Armitage
1984 Adaptation Coming from Imagine Entertainment
22 March 2012 1:34 AM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Brian Grazer and Ron Howard's Imagine Entertainment is planning a reboot of the George Orwell's classic totalitarian sci fi, Nineteen Eighty-Four.
The classic novel takes place in a dystopian society in a perpetual state of war, which in turn leads to a state of paranoia. It follows Winston Smith, who works for a government branch called the Ministry of Truth, where he alters facts and histories but secretly harbors desires of rebellion (as well as desires of a forbidden love affair).
This project is still in early development.
Nineteen Eighty-Four was released December 14th, 1984 and stars John Hurt, Richard Burton, Suzanna Hamilton, Cyril Cusack, Gregor Fisher, James Walker, Andrew Wilde, David Trevena. The film is directed by Michael Radford. »
- MovieWeb
New take on George Orwell’s 1984 set for the screen
22 March 2012 12:08 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment is one part of the team looking to put together a new film based on George Orwell’s classic, 1984.
Cards on the table, Michael Radford’s adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 (or Nineteen Eighty-Four, if you prefer), is a real favourite of mine. I got the chance to talk to him about making the film a few years ago. It proved to be the last film role for Richard Burton before his death, and Radford had three weeks to get the script written once the funding was secured. The interview is here.
Imagine Entertainment is now reportedly looking to bring a new adaptation of Orwell’s book to the big screen. The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news, and also revealed the involvement of Shepard Fairey, the street artist behind the likes of the Obama ‘Hope’ poster.
The film is a long way off, »
Nineteen Eighty-Four Eyed Again
21 March 2012 2:07 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
As we creep further and further away from the actual year 1984, the fears and ideas put forward in George Orwell’s seminal dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (published in 1949, don’t forget) seem more and more prescient. So that might be why Brian Grazer and his Imagine Entertainment team are thinking that it’s time for another screen version of the book. Orwell’s tome focused on Oceania, a society ruled by a dictator named Big Brother, who controlled everything via The Party. Individuality is frowned upon, truths are manipulated and war with other continents seems endless. We follow the journey of Ministry Of Truth employee Winston Smith as he nurtures thoughts of revolution and forbidden love, and the terrible consequences that follow.Artist Shepard Fairey, best known for his Obama “Hope” poster, had been looking into the rights along with Grazer when they discovered that Julie Yorn’s Lbi Entertainment was also interested. »
Imagine Entertainment Plans Nineteen Eighty-Four Remake
21 March 2012 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
While audiences prepare for this weekend's release of the The Hunger Games and it's own adaptation of a literary dystopia, Imagine Entertainment has plans to bring back to the screen one of the most famous totalitarian science fiction tales of all time. The Hollywood Reporter has word that the studio is planning a big screen remake of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four . Released in 1948, the novel tells of a future world called Oceania wherein individuality and privacy are outlawed and citizens live in service to an all-seeing entity called "Big Brother." In pursuit of the rights, Imagine teamed with street artist Shepard Fairey (best known for the now-iconic Barack Obama "Hope" campaign poster) and Fairey may now serve as producer bringing the novel »
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