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Prince of Persia Featurette Released
15 December 2009 11:48 PM, PST
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It's one of those "featurettes" that's basically a slightly-longer-than-usual trailer with some behind the scenes glimpses, but given that we've only seen a teaser so far, this little Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time docco is worth a look.Producer Jerry Bruckheimer, director Mike Newell, and Prince Dastan himself Jake Gyllenhaal do some perfunctory plot explaining. There is much flinging of words like "destiny". We get to hear Jake's British accent again (and it still sounds quite good). We see Alfred Molina. And Gemma Arterton describes Jake as an "action figure". He's certainly looking sculpted.Action and humour are clearly the order of the day, if we hadn't twigged that already. But we hadn't quite noticed before just how much this seems to resemble The Scorpion King... Maybe that's just the trailer effect. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is out on May 28th next year.
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Get Your Magic Carpet Ride Ready! New "Arabian Nights" Film with a Twist!
4 November 2009 4:13 PM, PST
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Chuck Russell ("The Scorpion King," "Eraser") is working on a 3D re-imagination of "Arabian Nights." He will direct the film from a script he co-wrote with Barry P. Ambrose.
The $70 million production is set to begin in April.
The new twist? According to Variety, the story follows a young commander who, after his king is killed in a palace coup, joins forces with Sinbad, Aladdin and his genie to rescue Scheherazade and her kingdom from dark powers.
So Sinbad and company will take a backseat for a young commander. Hhhmmmm...
Russell wants to take you on a magic carpet ride! He says, "Through the use of a new generation of visual technologies, we will be able to quite literally take audiences around the world on a magic carpet ride."
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Upcoming 3D Version of the Arabian Nights Makes Prince of Persia Sound Culturally Reverent
4 November 2009 12:22 PM, PST
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There have been many filmed versions of the collection of folk stories and other tales called the One Thousand and One Nights, better known in the Us as the Arabian Nights. Now we can add one more to the pile.
Who's directing? That would be Chuck Russell, a man whose films span a broad range of quality: A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 (fairly awesome), The Blob remake (great stuff), The Mask (starting to worry) and The Scorpion King (uh-oh). Where's this Arabian Nights going to fall on his best to worst list?
Variety reports that Russell has co-written the picture with Barry P. Ambrose. Budgeted at $70m, the film is planned to start next spring. The angle is that the story offers 'a new spin,' which is often code for 'we've slapped familiar names on some stuff we made up over beers.'
Indeed, the trade says the film
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Scheherazade Takes a Backseat in 3D 'Arabian Nights'
4 November 2009 11:18 AM, PST
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Are sandstorms and magic lamps going to become the next swashbuckling trend? I think it's possible. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time lurks on the horizon (and is receiving a very mixed reception) and now Variety reports that Scheherazade and her thousand and one tales are about to get a 3D makeover. Chuck Russell is set to direct a reworking of 1001 Arabian Nights from a script he co-wrote with Barry P. Ambrose. It's not clear whether this will be live action 3D or animation, but I'm guessing live action due to the emphasis on "action adventure" in the trade article.
In Russell's Arabian Nights, Scheherazade will become a damsel in distress instead of a brainy, tale-spinning bluestocking.Apparently it's a young commander who is the hero, as he joins forces with Sinbad, Aladdin, and his genie to rescue Scheherazade and her kingdom from unspecified dark forces. I see shades of Russell's The Scorpion King.
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Chuck Russell Directing an Arabian Nights Remake in 3D
4 November 2009 10:08 AM, PST
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Another day, another remake. Today I am sad to report that the 1942 classic Arabian Nights is going to be ravaged in a $70 million remake being directed by Chuck Russell. Variety reports that Russell, whose credits include A Nightmare on Elm Street: Part III, The Blob, The Mask, Eraser, and The Scorpion King, will be "reworking" Arabian Nights into a 3D film with a "new spin on the classic" story. In this version, we will follow a young commander who, after his king is killed in a palace coup, joins forces with Sinbad, Aladdin and his genie to rescue Scheherazade and her kingdom from dark powers. Sounds like it'll be a good time.
"Through the use of a new generation of visual technologies, we will be able to quite literally take audiences around the world on a magic carpet ride," Russell said. I hope that quote gave you chills. I
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- Alex Billington
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Chuck Russell Enjoys Himself Some Arabian Nights 3D
4 November 2009 8:38 AM, PST
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Chuck Russell has been attached to a lot of movies since “The Scorpion King” in 2002, but as far as I know he hasn’t finished or actually come through with any of them. (What’s up with “Northern Lights”, Chuckie?) The latest project to strike his fancy is a $70 million dollar retelling of the classic “Arabian Nights” tale, in which Russell co-wrote the script and is attached to direct in the 3D format.
Russell’s version of “Arabian Nights” will follow a young commander who, after his king is killed in a palace coup, joins forces with fellow good guys Sinbad, Aladdin, and his genie to rescue the comely Scheherazade and her kingdom from dark powers. Much CG carpet-riding and sword fights ensue.
The boys at Inferno Entertainment will foot the bill. They have “The Experiment” with Adrien Brody and Forest Whitaker coming up, and the action-thriller “The Killer Elite” with Jason Statham on tap.
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Arabian in 3D
4 November 2009 12:53 AM, PST
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There were rumors for a little bit that Prince Of Persia would be presented in 3D by Disney. Those rumors were eventually debunked but if you've still got a jones for Arabian battles in 3D, might I interest you in Arabian Nights? Chuck Russell (The Scorpion King) has signed on to direct a $70 million reworking of the classic tale that will be presented in 3D.
This new version, financed by Inferno Entertainment, "follows a young commander who, after his king is killed in a palace
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Chuck Russell Sets Up Arabian Nights
3 November 2009 11:56 PM, PST
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is well on the way, and, it seems, has created a bandwagon of sorts. Variety reports that Chuck Russell is busy prepping a 3D adventure based on The Arabian Nights. Good news everyone! It's a timeless classic of world literature, coming to the screen from the director of Eraser!Russell has co-written the script with newbie Barry Ambrose. You'll be disappointed to hear that it's not an ambitious Reduced-Shakespeare-Company-style portmanteau comprising 1001 stories, but "a new spin", in which a young military commander joins forces with Sinbad, Aladdin, and the Genie of the Lamp, to rescue storyteller Scheherazade from "dark powers" that have murdered the king.Russell also directed The Mummy spinoff The Scorpion King, which is a fair idea of the territory this will be treading, we'd assume (although on a larger scale). Budgeted at $70m, shooting starts in the spring.
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Chuck Russell reworking Arabian Nights
3 November 2009 11:50 PM, PST
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Chuck Russell is getting back into swords and sandal-style filmmaking with a new version of Arabian Nights - and he wants it in 3D.
It's been seven years since Russell made The Scorpion King and it looks like he wants to stick with desert tales.
He's nabbed a budget of $70 million for a script he wrote with Barry P Ambrose that puts a new spin on the classic story.
The plot will follow a young commander who sees his king killed in a palace coup, then joins forces with Sinbad, Aladdin and the genie to rescue the kingdom and Queen...
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'Arabian Knights 3-D' Headed for the Cinema
3 November 2009 9:50 PM, PST
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Chuck Russell (The Mask, The Scorpion King) plans to direct a 3D remake of "Arabian Nights" that is targeting a production start date of April, 2010, reports Variety.
In a new spin on the classic, the story follows a young commander who, after his king is killed in a palace coup, joins forces with Sinbad, Aladdin and his genie to rescue Scheherazade and her kingdom from dark powers.
"Through the use of a new generation of visual technologies, we will be able to quite literally take audiences around the world on a magic carpet ride," Russell said.
The new film is projecting an estimated budget of $70M.
Some of the best-known stories of The Nights, particularly "Aladdin's Wonderful Lamp", "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" and "The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor", while almost certainly genuine Middle-Eastern folk tales, were actually not part of The Nights in the original Arabic versions,
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5 Guys Who Can Replace Will Smith in ID4 2
21 October 2009 5:33 PM, PDT
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A few days ago, Roland Emmerich announced that he has a “really good story” for Independence Day 2, a project mentioned years ago that has not really gained any steam until recently. A lot of excitement was generated by Emmerich with this new script, though there is one catch: Will Smith is considered a “gross player”, and Emmerich won’t do the movie without him. Fox is currently reluctant to pay so much money for superstar Will Smith – who was much less popular when the original movie was made in 1996. But could the movie work without it’s star? Here are five actors who could potentially replace Smith in Independence Day 2.
5. Dwayne Johnson
Better known as “The Rock”, Johnson makes this list mainly because of his experience with action movie. His role in The Scorpion King was his first starring one, and several critics commented that his performance “held the movie together”. Unfortunately,
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Tooth Fairy Trailer Starring Dwayne Johnson
2 October 2009 11:29 AM, PDT
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Dwayne Johnson's movie career has taken an odd and relatively shameless turn over the past few years. Like most wrestlers, he started out in Hollywood as an up and coming action star doing movies like The Scorpion King, The Rundown, and Walking Tall. After Doom and Southland Tales, however, he settled into more family-friendly territory and has never looked back. Now the trailer for his latest film Tooth Fairy has arrived online, and well... let's just say it's about as family-friendly as it gets.
The Rock is Derek Thompson, a scrappy minor-league hockey player who hits so hard that he has earned the nickname "The Tooth Fairy" from opposing players. His bad attitude eventually lands him in hot water, however, and he is granted magical powers and forced to serve as a real honest-to-goodness Tooth Fairy. Hilarious! Would you expect anything more from the director of The Santa Clause 2?
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Rare Video of Robert Kristen and Taylor in Japan
17 September 2009 6:37 PM, PDT
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A Japanese fan posted this very cool red carpet video featuring Robert, Kristen and Taylor during the premiere of the film based on the best-selling book series by Stephenie Meyer “Twilight” by director Catherine Hardwicke and starring Kristen Stewart (Panic Room), Robert Pattinson (Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix), Elizabeth Reaser (The Family Stone), Nikki Reed (Thirteen), Peter Facinelli (The Scorpion King), Jackson Rathbone (Hurt), Cam Gigandet (Never Back Down), Billy Burke (Untraceable) and Ashley Greene (Shark).
Synopsis: Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) has always been a little bit different, never caring about fitting in with the trendy girls at her Phoenix high school. When her mother remarries and sends [...]
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Aamir Khan To Play Hanuman?
4 September 2009 1:52 PM, PDT
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Producer Uru Patel has zeroed in on Aamir Khan to play Hanuman, not as a God but as a superhero, who can fly over mountains and skyscrapers and rescue the modern-day Rama from the ravenous Ravanas of today.s world.Rama and Ravana will be played by Hollywood stars Keanu Reeves and Gary Oldman, respectively.Sita was to be played by Shilpa Shetty. But she opted out. The hunt is on for a new international face to play Sita.Aamir has been keen to do a super-hero film, specially after Hrithik Roshan.s Krissh and Shah Rukh Khan.s forthcoming Ra1 (where he plays a desi Spiderman).Hanuman will now be played as a super-hero, with the best action directors and special-effects experts, ensuring Aamir.s safe passage into super-heroism!The whole project now depends on Aamir.s nod which he.ll give only after he approves of the script.
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Rob Zombie tackles The Blob next
28 August 2009 12:31 AM, PDT
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On the day that his sequel to Halloween opens in theaters, news breaks that Rob Zombie's next movie project will be a remake of another classic genre film - The Blob.
Zombie has already started writing the screenplay for his new Blob film and plans on directing and producing the movie. He's eyeing a spring 2010 start to filming as well, right after he finishes his tour in support of his new album.
The original 1958 movie starred Steve McQueen as a teen who has to convince adults that a man-eating jelly-like creature from outer space is eating up the residents of a small town. The movie got remade in 1988 and director Chuck Russell (The Scorpion King) did a pretty good job (from a screenplay by Shawshank Redemption's Frank Darabont) of making the newer Blob scarier and more gross than its predecessor.
Zombietold Variety that he's a fan of the original
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Rob Zombie to Direct Remake of The Blob
27 August 2009 9:03 PM, PDT
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Rob Zombie is sticking with the horror remakes. The musician-turned-filmmaker, whose Halloween II hits theaters today, has signed on to helm a remake of the 1958 horror film The Blob. Zombie will write, direct and produce the new version of the cult classic that launched the career of Steve McQueen.
In the original Blob, an object from space crashes into a field, containing a red blob-like substance that absorbs the humans it contacts and grows exponentially. The film has already been remade once. Chuck Russell (The Scorpion King) directed a version in 1988 starring Kevin Dillon and Shawnee Smith.
While Zombie was a fan of the original, he's formulated a decidedly different take that he would not reveal. "My intention is not to have a big red blobby thing -- that's the first thing I want to change," Zombie said. "That gigantic Jello-looking thing might have been scary to audiences in the 1950s,
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Johnson Is Diabetes Ambassador
12 August 2009 3:01 PM, PDT
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Wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson is spearheading a new campaign to spread awareness about the dangers of diabetes.
The Scorpion King star, formerly known as wrestler The Rock, has been named the new U.S. ambassador for Diabetes Aware, a public service announcement (PSA) sponsored by charitable organisations Novo Nordisk and the Entertainment Industry Foundation.
The campaign aims to help sufferers of the blood sugar disorder cope with health issues while maintaining their everyday activities, reports People.com.
In the PSA, Johnson - who is not known to suffer from diabetes - says, "We can make a difference in our own families through exercise, eating right and teaching healthy behaviours to our children.
"I want to encourage families to be active and eat right. Small steps can go a long way in managing diabetes, its complications, and raising healthy, active children."
Johnson, who is father to eight-year-old daughter Simone Alexander, follows in the footsteps of Halle Berry, Dustin Hoffman and Cuba Gooding, Jr. as a spokesperson for the programme.
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Shane Carwin Will Beat Brock Lesnar (If He Changes His Entrance Music)
14 July 2009 2:48 PM, PDT
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Over the weekend at Ufc 100, former professional wrestler Brock Lesnar established himself as the most dominant heavyweight Mma fighter in the world, delivering a pounding to top contender Frank Mir. Lesnar has only had five fights in his career, but he's a freak who seemingly can't be beaten.
Enter Shane Carwin, a man nicknamed "The Colossus From Colorado" who will become the next in line to fight Lesnar should he beat Cain Velasquez in October. Carwin is also a beast who may have faster hands and a better reach than Lesnar. But he has one thing working against him: His music.
Brock Lesnar made his Ufc debut using Mötley Crüe's "Shout at the Devil" but has since adopted Metallica's "Enter Sandman." It's a little cliché, sure, but it's also exceptionally badass (especially in a sport where "putting people to sleep" is the main goal). On the other hand, Carwin
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T.J. Hooker Heading to the Big Screen
8 July 2009 2:55 AM, PDT
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Variety reports that the 80's TV series T.J. Hooker, which starred William Shatner as a police detective who returns to his old job as a patrol sergeant after his partner is killed, is getting a big-screen adaptation.
The series, which ran for five seasons on two networks as a serious crime drama, will be an action comedy on the big screen and concentrate on Hooker and his relationship with his father (Shatner, perhaps?).
Chuck Russell (The Scorpion King) is in talks to direct, while writing partners Brent Maddock and S.S. Wilson (Wild Wild West, Tremors) will be in charge of the script. No actors have been cast yet.
With Hooker racing to theaters, is Hardcastle and McCormick far behind? It may even help Magnum P.I. get off the ground.
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Tj Hooker Headed for the Big Screen
6 July 2009 5:30 PM, PDT
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"Tj Hooker" is headed for the big screen as an action comedy with series creator Rick Husky producing and Chuck Russell (The Scorpion King, The Mask) is in talks to direct. The writing team of Brent Maddock and S.S. Wilson (Short Circuit, Wild Wild West) will script the story, which focuses on the relationship between the title character and his father. No actors have been cast yet for the feature. The TV series, produced by Aaron Spelling, debuted in 1982 on ABC and ran for five seasons, the last on CBS. William Shatner starred as a no-nonsense patrol sergeant, with Adrian Zmed, Heather Locklear, Richard Herd and James Darren as co-stars. "The series was the poster child for cop TV shows in the 1980s with great stunts, so we think there's a fun movie to be made from it," said producer Ryan Heppe.
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