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• POINT BREAK Review

  Published: July 25, 2007, 8:17 pm

  Tags: Adaptation, Action, Crime

  POINT BREAK (1991) For several years now, the Ex-Presidents have been robbing banks along southern California. FBI Agent Pappas (Gary Busey) has a wild theory that the bank robbers are actually surfers, and enlists his young, hot-headed partner Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) to go undercover as a surfer to see what he can figure out. His path

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• Comic-Con Preview: 20 Minutes of Beowulf 3D

  Published: July 26, 2007, 3:35 pm

  Tags: Adaptation, Paramount Pictures, Movie Marketing, Animation, Sci Fi Fantasy, Action Adventure, Beowulf, Neil Gaiman, Roger Avary

  fired from the big screen adaptation of Gainman’s Sandman “for being too honest about his intentions and ideas”, he studied the story again and asked Gaiman to co-write the film with him, Avary compares the story of Beowulf with the game of telephone. The resulting story has more than a few plot holes which forced him to be

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• Beowulf Movie Trailer

  Published: July 26, 2007, 5:18 am

  Tags: Paramount Pictures, Adaptation, Movie Marketing, Sci Fi Fantasy, Action Adventure, Horror, Movie Trailers, Beowulf

  I just got back to our hotel from the big Beowulf footage premiere and party at Comic-Con 2007. One of the many things they showed us was this movie trailer, but in digital 3D. I’m interested in hearing what you guys think of this one because on the computer screen it looks a little flat to me. The trailer is definitely a lot cooler when it

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• First Look: Robert Zemeckis' Beowulf

  Published: July 25, 2007, 3:52 am

  Tags: Adaptation, Paramount Pictures, Images, Sci Fi Fantasy, Movie Marketing, Action Adventure, Beowulf, Robert Zemeckis

  The Los Angeles Times has a first look at Robert Zemeckis’ Beowulf. The article includes two brand spanking new images (seen above and to the right). Here is an interesting clipping from the newspaper’s feature: His knack for a good scrap is on show in one of the film’s pivotal fight scenes when Beowulf battles Grendel in the

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• Dreamworks to release Shrek 4 in May 2010

  Published: August 1, 2007, 9:30 pm

  Tags: Dreamworks, Paramount Pictures, Adaptation, Family Films, Comedy, Sequels Remakes, Action Adventure, Animation, Release Dates, Shrek 4

  Dreamworks Animation and Paramount have officially announced that they will release Shrek 4 on May 10th 2010, according to Variety. Earlier this year, Dreamworks co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg has announced that there will be a Shrek 4 and Shrek 5, but THAT IS IT! It's a finite story, has been from the beginning and I think that's part of its

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• I Am Legend Sequel?

  Published: August 1, 2007, 11:59 pm

  Tags: Sci Fi Fantasy, Warner Brothers, Adaptation, Horror, Action Adventure, Rumors, Sequels Remakes, Screenwriting, I Am Legend, I Am Legend 2, Mark Protosevich, Richard Matheson, Will Smith

  I Am Legend is a modern day adaptation of the classic 1954 science fiction novel by Richard Matheson. Will Smith stars as Robert Neville, a former scientist who is the last uninfected human in Manhattan, if not the world. Warner Bros has been developing the project since 1994. At one point Ridley Scott was attached to direct while Arnold

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• The Invasion: Final Movie Poster

  Published: August 3, 2007, 1:02 pm

  Tags: Warner Brothers, Adaptation, Movie Marketing, Sci Fi Fantasy, Sequels Remakes, Action Adventure, Poster, The Invasion

  If The Invasion is anywhere as bad as the theatrical movie posters that have been released so far, than we have much to worry about. The film hits theaters in two weeks (August 17th), and the public awareness is very low. The production was troubled from the start, going through a series of re-shoots with a new director after The Wachowski

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• Mini-Movie Review: The Bourne Ultimatum

  Published: August 3, 2007, 1:58 pm

  Tags: Universal, Adaptation, Features, Thriller, Sequels Remakes, Action Adventure, Movie Reviews, Matt Damon, Paul Greengrass, The Bourne Ultimatum

  In The Bourne Ultimatum, Jason Bourne will conclude his journey to find the answers to his mysterious past. While the answers yielded may not be enough for even the simplest of viewers, the action sequences are sure to keep you glued to the big screen. During one car chase sequence I found myself literally on the edge of my seat grasping the

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• Sydney White Poster and Movie Trailer

  Published: August 5, 2007, 4:20 pm

  Tags: Universal, Teen, Adaptation, Movie Marketing, Romance, Movie Trailers, Sequels Remakes, Comedy, Poster, Amanda Bynes, Chad Creasey, Joe Nussbaum, Sydney White

  this teen romantic comedy adaptation of Snow White. Amanda Bynes headlines this debacle as Sydney White, a 20-year-old college freshman who pledges her late mother’s once-dignified sorority, but finds a new home with seven outcasts and attempts to transform the school’s misguided social hierarchy. The movie trailer is now online,

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• Renewed Interest in Chuck Palahniuk's Invisible Monsters?

  Published: August 6, 2007, 2:01 am

  Tags: Adaptation, Drama, Comedy, Rumors, Screenwriting, Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters, Jesse Peyronel

  given the various movie adaptations in development. Most of you will know Chuck as the author of Fight Club. Invisible Monsters was published after that success in 1999. Following the success of Swimming Out to Holly, a short film that played at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, newcomer Jesse Peyronel was able to get the attention of Chuck

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• Ridley Scott talks Monopoly Movie

  Published: August 6, 2007, 2:23 pm

  Tags: Adaptation, Family Films, Drama, Comedy, Monopoly, Ridley Scott

  There really couldn’t be a reason (other than may-be money) to make a movie based on the classic Parker Brothers’ Monopoly board game. When I first heard rumblings that Ridley Scott was trying to adapt the game to the big screen, I tried to ignore them. I thought, ‘It’s probably one of those big money development deals

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• The Kite Runner Movie Poster

  Published: August 6, 2007, 4:32 pm

  Tags: Adaptation, Paramount Classics Vantage, Movie Marketing, Drama, Poster, David Benioff, Mark Foster, The Kite Runner

  Paramount’s big screen adaptation of The Kite Runner. Based on the best selling novel by Khaled Hosseini, Finding Neverland and Monster’s Ball helmer Mark Foster directs this story of a man who returns to his native Afghanistan, which is under Taliban rule, to right a long-standing wrong and rescue the son of a childhood friend. 25th

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• The Kite Runner Movie Trailer

  Published: August 7, 2007, 1:38 pm

  Tags: Adaptation, Paramount Classics Vantage, Movie Marketing, Drama, Movie Trailers, The Kite Runner

  David Benioff penned this adaptation. Despite the over the top movie-guy voice-over, this film looks to be both raw and emotional. At first glance, it definitely seems like an awards contender. Check it out after the jump. [See post to watch Flash video] The Kite Runner is set to hit theaters on November 2nd.

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• Chuck Palahniuk does Choke Cameo; Talks Snuff

  Published: August 7, 2007, 2:50 pm

  Tags: Adaptation, Drama, Comedy, Choke, Chuck Palahniuk, Kathleen Turner, Snuff

  about the Choke movie adaptation. Palahniuk describes the Snuff: It's about the shooting one of the worlds largest [pornographic] movies. It's basically about three men waiting in the green room among 600 men. Over the course of the first act you learn that this actress plans to die during the production and that most likely one of

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• Jumper: Photos and Information Revealed

  Published: August 7, 2007, 5:20 pm

  Tags: 20th Century Fox, Adaptation, Images, Movie Marketing, Sci Fi Fantasy, Thriller, Action Adventure, David S Goyer, Diane Lane, Doug Liman, Hayden Christensen, Jamie Bell, Jumper, Rachel Bilson, Samuel L Jackson

  Steven Gould sci-fi novel adaptation. A genetic anomaly allows a young man (Hayden Christensen) to teleport himself anywhere. He discovers this gift has existed for centuries and finds himself in a war that has been raging for thousands of years between ‘Jumpers’ and those who have sworn to kill them (Samuel L Jackson). Rachel

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