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An Edgier Snow White Coming Our Way The billion dollar worldwide gross of Alice in Wonderland has turned public domain fairy tales into the hottest segment of an otherwise sluggish script marketplace. In the latest deal, Relativity Media has made a preemptive acquisition of The Brothers Grimm: Snow White , an edgy 3D re-imagining of the German folk tale written by Melisa Wallack . The deal has aggressive progress to production stipulations in the preemptive deal and I'm told the writer will make low seven-figures if the project gets made.  The Brothers Grimm: Snow White will be produced by Bernie Goldmann (who produced Meet Bill), Ryan Kavanaugh and Brett Ratner , with Tucker Tooley exec producing and Rat Entertainment exec John Cheng also involved in a producing capacity. Ratner previously got Kavanaugh to acquire the Sundance Film Festival documentary Catfish, and most recently Skyline, the scifi alien invasion thriller directed by Greg and Colin Strause which sold at Cannes...

Gulliver's Travels Trailer Gulliver's Travels is an upcoming live-action adventure film directed by Rob Letterman and based on the 18th century novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift . The film will star Jack Black as the title character Lemuel Gulliver with Catherine Tate as Queen of Lilliput and is distributed by 20th Century Fox. And the film will be converted to 3-D. In a contemporary re–imagining of the classic tale, Jack Blackstars as Gulliver, a big–talking mailroom clerk who, after he’s mistakenly assigned a travel piece on the Bermuda Triangle, suddenly finds himself a giant among men when he washes ashore on the hidden island of Lilliput, home to a population of very tiny people. At first enslaved by the diminutive and industrious Liliputians, and later declared their hero, Gulliver comes to learn that it’s how big you are on the inside that counts. Film opens December 22, 2010  Please Leave A Comment-

Blood Oath Book Review By: Beevers Blood Oath by Christopher Farnsworth is not just another vampire book. For those of you who are tired of the Twilight mania (even those of you that are not) and like a good vampire story this is the book for you. The premise of the book is that the great protector of the President and the United States is a vampire that was pardoned by Andrew Johnson in 1867. After his pardon he is forced to take a blood oath binding him to the President of the United States and to protect the nation against all threats. In the beginning of the book we also meet Zach Barrows , the young ambitious deputy director for White House affairs, who has been assigned by the President to be the new human liason for Nathaniel Cade , the president's vampire. Zach's first response to meeting Cade is to wet his pants. This is the kind of reaction that I think most people would have is in fact they were to meet a vampire which is one of the things I love about t...

The Expendables Second Trailer IGN brings us the second trailer for the upcoming action film The Expendables starring an All-Star cast. The trailer focuses more on naming all of the action stars that are in this movie, it reminds you that this is a once in a life time film, to get all of the great action stars in one film. More The Expendables Videos The Expendables is a hard-hitting action/thriller about a group of mercenaries hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow its ruthless dictator. Once the mission begins, the men realize things aren’t quite as they appear, finding themselves caught in a dangerous web of deceit and betrayal. With their mission thwarted and an innocent life in danger, the men struggle with an even tougher challenge – one that threatens to destroy this band of brothers. Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) is a man with nothing to lose. Fearless and void of emotion, he is the leader, the sage and the strategist of this tight-knit band of...

Star Wars World Cup 2010 Ad The Adidas commercial for World Cup 2010 has gotten creative. In collaboration with Lucasfilm , they’ve managed to combine footage from Star Wars with special appearances by David Beckham, Daft Punk and Snoop Dogg. Can you name who else makes a guest appereance? “To seamlessly integrate new shots of David Beckham, Snoop Dogg and company into original Star Wars footage, a set was created to replicate the original dimensions of that bar featured in the film. This enabled the performers to work realistically with the props, make the correct eye-lines and so on. Where they were required to interact with Star Wars characters, stand-ins were used to ensure a realistic performance. The color palettes and lighting conditions of the new shots were also carefully chosen so they could be easily blended with the original footage. To bring the new ad up to date, television screens featuring a football match together with various pieces of football memorabilia were ...

New Arnold Schwarzenegger Documentary Coming Soon We get word today from the guys over at the TheArnoldFans that there maybe a new Arnold Schwarzenegger Documentary coming out very soon. They got an exclusive interview with the director of both Pumping Iron films, George Butler , and during their long chat, they learn that this film maker will at last complete his trilogy. TheArnoldFans made sure to get every possible detail we could from the pre-production conceptual development that Mr. Butler has in mind. Although I learned that Arnold Schwarzenegger himself purchased and owns all the rights to the original Pumping Iron film and all the out-takes, George Butler has other ideas how another film can still be made. Here is a few of the highlights from their interview with Mr. Butler to read the rest of the story Gooooo visit the Balliest Arnold Fan Site in the WORLD Here . Pumping Iron TheArnoldFans: George, even though Arnold now owns all the original Pumping Iron footag...

Rediscovering the Essential Superman By:jonathancyfer We want to welcome guest writer jonathancyfer to the site and we are looking forward to adding him to our sandwich family. In a recent interview with Empire magazine, Christopher Nolan (Batman Begins, The Dark Knight) discussed his role as " mentor " for the upcoming Superman film reboot , scheduled for release during the 2012 holiday season. One of the most widely circulated statements made by Nolan was: "What you have to remember with both Batman and Superman, is that what makes those the best superhero characters there are, the most beloved after all this time, is the essence of who those characters were when they were created and when they were first developed. And you can't ever move too far from that." There is a tremendous amount of speculation regarding what form the new Superman film will take. Assuming that Nolan will have more than a passing amount of influence on the movie franchise's r...

The Crow Reboot Is On It's Way We have word on Stephen Norrington 's reboot of The Crow . To whit (no wait, that's an owl), according to producer Edward R Pressman, shooting is expected to start this year, and "things are moving ahead very aggressively". "We've got an offer out to a major actor," says Pressman, tantalisingly. He also teases that this will be a very different film to the Alex Proyas / Brandon Lee original from 1994. "Steve has created a very different visual idea," we're told, with Avatar production designer Rob Stromberg's sketches apparently looking quite unlike what's gone before. There will be two locations, an urban centre (possibly Detroit, like the original) and a South-West setting, which suggests that, maybe, The Crow is flying into Western territory that might suit the formula (wronged murder victim back from the grave to exact revenge on the perps) rather well. Wicked Prayer, the last of the...

Hit Girl Land In the "Hicks" "Hit Girl" Chloe Moretz of "Kick-Ass" will topline Derick Martini's indie coming-of-age story " Hick ," an adaptation of Andrea Portes ' novel. Christian Taylor of Taylor Lane Prods. and Steven Siebert of Lighthouse Entertainment are producing the $6 million project, which is gearing up for a start later this year in New Mexico. Portes wrote the script based on her debut novel, which tracks a 13-year-old Nebraska girl who gets more than she bargained for when she runs away to Las Vegas. Please Leave A Comment- Source- Variety

Ashley Judd To Star In "Flypaper" Ashley Judd will star opposite Patrick Dempsey in indie bank heist comedy " Flypaper ," replacing Liv Tyler. Tim Blake Nelson is also starring as a bank robber in "Flypaper," produced by Peter Safran, Mark Damon and Dempsey. Pic is directed by Rob Minkoff from a script by "The Hangover" team of Jon Lucas and Scott Moore in the tale of a bank robbed by two groups of crooks at the same time. However, they both come under attack by a secret enemy (Dempsey), to save the bank teller whom he loves. Please Leave A Comment- Source- Variety

Twilight Saga: Eclipse Featurette Starring Bree Tanner Check out this new featurette for Twilight Saga: Eclipse with more focus on the character Bree Tanner , played by Jodelle Ferland . In this video Jodelle explains that her character Bree may be walking with the army of vampires but she is just a victim.. Also all you Twilight fans remember The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner: An Eclipse Novella will be released at 12:01 a.m. June 5. For more info on the book Click HERE . Please Leave A Comment-

Metal Gear Solid Film What's The Deal? With all the video games being made into films, Metal Gear Solid is up there on my wish list to get made. According to writer David Hayter, here's whats going on. They’ve been trying to work out a deal between [creator Hideo Kojima] and [Sony]. A couple of years ago, a producer friend of mine asked me if I would be interested in doing the adaptation. And I said ‘Of course. I know it pretty well.’ I think I can say without contradiction that I know it better than any screenwriter on the planet. I’ve said every word that Snake has said. So I felt well-qualified So he wrote the script for the film, turned it in and all of a sudden.... nothing happened. There are no real details about why the film adaptation fell through. It's reported that it could be due to political reasons on Konami's (the game publisher) side. Hayter adds, On top of that, I don’t believe they were ever able to successfully close a deal between Mr. Kojima ...

Christopher Nolan Talks Superman Reboot In the latest issue of Empire magazine Christopher Nolan had comments to share on David S. Goyer and the upcoming Superman reboot he's penning and producing. Nolan had this to say; “..What it is, while David Goyer and myself were putting together the story for another Batman film a few years ago, you know thrashing out where we might move on from the Dark Knight, we got stuck. We were just sitting there idly chatting and he said ”by the way, I think I know how you approach Superman”.. and he told me his take on it. I thought it was really tremendous. It was the first time I’ve been able to conceive of how you’d address Superman in a modern context I thought it was a really exciting idea. What you have to remember about Batman and Superman is that what makes them the best superhero characters there are, the most beloved after all this time, is the essence of who they were when they were created, when they were first developed. You can’...

Concept Art Of Chris Hemsworth As Thor Yesterday we saw our first glimpse of concept art of Chris Evans as Captain America.  Today we have concept art for Marvel's Thor was leaked online. This Thor art is clearly photoshopped. What makes it great is that we have our first look at Thor holding the legendary hammer Mjolnir. Please Leave A Comment- Source- Collider