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	<title>Obsessed With Film &#187; Fantasy</title>
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		<title>Last HARRY POTTER to be split into two movies?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 07:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finally Warner Brothers are starting to use their heads in a world where it seems they are hell-bent on ruining their comic book film income for the upcoming years.

The Daily Mail here in the U.K. are claiming that some members of the crew working on HARRY POTTER 6 have told them of WB's plan to film the last book in the series HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS in two movies, with the final chapter released just a couple of months after the first, ala' THE MATRIX finale a few years back.

This move would seem to make sense as,

A) HARRY POTTER movies make around $600 million PROFIT, so it's an extra cash-cow for WB and with them struggling to find a POTTER replacement and get tentpoles off the ground... this is easy money.

B) The book is 776 pages long (more than 3 times as large as the first few books) and fans were pissed with each growing movie over how much material was being left out. Two movies obviously allow a far larger scope.

C) It's more appealing to big directors, because they know this one will be epic and grandiose finish.

My girlfriend is absolutely desperate to get me into this ...]]></description>
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		<title>More images of Ledger on the set of Gilliam&#8217;s next movie</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So we've already seen Heath Ledger hung to death in some unofficial photo's taken by press camping out on the set of Terry Gilliam's next movie THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS, you would think that the next set of images couldn't get any weirder.

Wrong! I give you Ledger at a fancy dress ball with a fucking long nose...

The movie as far as I understand it, is about a group of misfits who are all entertainers in a travelling theatre/freak show but somewhere along the line, the audience become part of the act. Christopher Plummer, Verne Troyer, Lily Cole and Tom Waits co-star with Ledger who this Summer will under the lime-light like never before in THE DARK KNIGHT.

I've always been of the impression that movies with titles that you can't pronounce at the ticket booth without sounding like an idiot, are always films to avoid but there is something about a travelling carnival that peaks my interest.

I think it's my Caligari side. Terry Gilliam is far from my favourite director but the plot and the likes of Ledger &#38; Plummer should be enough to win my money next year.

source - cinematical, just jared ]]></description>
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		<title>Elijah Wood &#8220;excited&#8221; over a return to Middle-Earth</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:52:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen and Viggo Mortensen have all spoken in the past about their desire to work with Peter Jackson again in a Middle-Earth movie and I'm pretty convinced that every couple of months those three and more will continue with those sentiments until filming gets under-way on the now official movie.

At least now we can believe they are not throw-a-way comments anymore and with production expected to start this year on THE HOBBIT, it's ok to get excited now without getting burnt with disappointment.

We think anyway!

Wood spoke to MTV, first about his involvement in any future movie (which if he were to appear as Frodo, could find a place for himself in the second upcoming LOTR movie) and whether he has spoke to Peter Jackson...
"I haven’t spoken to him directly about it [but] I’ve e-mailed him, and as far as I know the two films that they’re doing, one will be ‘The Hobbit’ and another will take place between the 60 years that happened between ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings...If I’m asked to go back and revisit that character and it makes sense, I would love to. I would absolutely love to.

“It’s a great triumph ...]]></description>
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		<title>Salma Hayek is a bearded lady FREAK!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2008 07:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Universal horror CIRQUE DU FREAK has added another cast member to a flick that is quickly becoming a freakishly bizarre movie.

Variety say that in her first deal since she got pregnant, Salma Hayek has agreed to join the movie which we said in November would be led by John C. Reilly, an actor who just recently failed to carry his first leading role with WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY.

Reilly stars as a vampire who hires a 14 year old girl as his assistant and sucks her into a undead state.. to fight on his side in the war between Vampires and Vampanese. Hayek will play Madame Trusk, a.k.a. The Bearded Lady.

The movie is based on the successful Paul Shaun series of books, of which there has now been 12 published... all have been picked up by Universal. Shooting is set to begin next month.

CIRQUE DU FREAK will mark the solo directing debut of Paul Weitz, as the previous films he was worked on AMERICAN PIE, ABOUT A BOY, IN GOOD COMPANY and AMERICAN DREAMZ he co-directed with his brother Chris. ]]></description>
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		<title>FIRST LOOK: JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH 3D</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We just had our first look at the poster for this Summer's adventure movie JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH 3D and now New Line have released some official set images from the movie.

The flick doesn't look or feel as epic as I would have liked but I guess these aren't the meaty images, which is bizarre because I doubt anyone will leap out to put July 11th in their diary to see this flick after these photos.


MORE IMAGES HERE. ]]></description>
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		<title>Two Brits added to SOLOMON KANE</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 08:31:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2008 is the beginning of several cool new franchises with IRON MAN, HULK and several others but one that we shouldn't forget about is SOLOMON KANE, based on the pulp character created by Robert E. Howard (CONAN).

The movie promises to be visceral supernatural spectacular with vampires, ghosts and monsters attacking a 16th century land to be defended a Puritan swordsman by the name of SOLOMON KANE.

We already know that James Purefoy is Kane, veteran Max Van Sydow his father, Ian Whyte as the Reaper (a villain, we presume) and Alice Krige (she was the BORG queen in TREK) are cast but today comes news of a few more names added to the mix.

Buried deep within Variety's daily updates comes the news of British actors Pete Postlethwaite and Mackenzie Crook's casting.






Postlethwaite does the supporting gig in his sleep now and it's always great to see him in something like this, wheras Crook's film career so far has been restricted to the guy whose right eye pops out in the PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN trilogy.

Will he be the comic relief here or is he a character of some depth?

DEATHWATCH director Michael J. Bassett helms the Davis Films feature which begins shooting in ...]]></description>
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		<title>Gondry reveals plot &amp; title of his next movie!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has Michel Gondry revealed the plot of his next movie which we previously heard would be a stop motion animated film, co-written by his young son?

Or is this just another strange and wonderful project in development from the crazy mind that brought us ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND and THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP?

The French director revealed the plot details of the project he is working on, titled THE RETURN OF THE ICE KINGS, to MTV...
“I’m writing a story about kids who invent a water that makes you hear music when you drink it... it’s going to be a scientific story, but completely unrealistic.”
Gondry says he hasn't finished writing the project yet and with the ongoing writers strike, he won't be able to for some time.

His next movie BE KIND REWIND opens next month, and it's one of my most personally anticipated movies of the first half of the year. ]]></description>
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		<title>U.A. secure big deal for RANGER&#8217;S APPRENTICE</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 12:53:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children's fantasy movies haven't resulted in the necessary box office returns recently to make them at all worthwhile. ERAGON, THE DARK IS RISING and THE GOLDEN COMPASS have been financial disappointments for their respected studio's over the last year or so. The problem has never been getting asses in seats, because for an ordinary movie THE GOLDEN COMPASS' $258 million worldwide would be a massive success, it's just how much it costs to put them together are enormous.

The Hollywood Reporter say that United Artists are the latest studio about to take the children's fantasy gamble. They have just paid a seven figure sum to secure the rights to RANGER'S APPRENTICE, a fantasy series written by Australian author John Flanagan which was first published in his homeland in 2004 and has now remarkably seen a further six books published.


The series follows the adventures of an orphan boy named Will who becomes an apprentice ranger and fights to keep the mythical kingdom of Araluen safe from invaders, traitors and other dangers with the help of his master Halt.
Presumably there is more to it than that, otherwise we are in store for another bore fest on par with THE DARK IS RISING.

The first ...]]></description>
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		<title>It would be a &#8216;privilege&#8217; to direct THE HOBBIT</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:24:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So he's the fans choice with Obsessed With Film readers. Well, the extremely low % of our traffic who decide to vote anyway but I think it's fair to say that if you took a big poll across all the movie sites across the web, del Toro's name would probably come out as the huge fan favourite.

He just seems to be the perfect candidate, crossing all the boxes that are needed. He can handle big productions (HELLBOY), he has unquestioned artistic vision, he can do fantasy but always grounded in the real world which is something Tolkien's work relies on (PAN'S LABYRINTH), he knows special effects, he's paid his dues with years of work in smaller productions and his work in the last few years have made him one of the most talked about directors on the planet.

And just like Sam Raimi, it would seem he wants the gig...
“I’ve heard some rumblings, but nothing official. I don’t want to think about it because it’s such an eventuality,” Guillermo del Toro told EW. “It’s the only Tolkien book I read. I tried my best to read the Lord of the Rings, the trilogy. I could not. I could not. They were ...]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Jackson too busy to direct THE HOBBIT</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After years of bickering, lawsuits, false promises and lots of bullshit... finally this week the huge announcement that New Line and Peter Jackson had come to an agreement which would allow THE HOBBIT to finally be translated to the big screen left fans with extreme excitement over the future of Middle-Earth, and was soon big it even made the 2nd page of a British tabloid.

For years we all wanted movement on the project and most of all for Peter Jackson to helm and we got a little uneasy when we thought of other people tampering with Tolkien's Middle Earth. Finally the creative force behind the greatest film achievement this side of the Millenium was back when he belongs.

Though one thing needs to be made clear right now. Peter Jackson is not directing THE HOBBIT. Instead, he will serve as Executive Producer and will do the same job he was set to do on HALO, basically over-seeing every aspect of the film's production...
"Peter won't be directing because he felt the fans have waited long enough for The Hobbit. It will take the better part of every day of the next four years to write, direct and produce two Hobbit films. Given ...]]></description>
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		<title>DEBATE: Who should direct THE HOBBIT?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:14:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It's now the most coverted directing job in Hollywood, an opportunity for a director to film one of popular culture's most cherished novels and a rare and possibly last chance film a movie in Tolkien's Middle Earth.

New Line's Bob Shaye, gives us an update on THE HOBBIT's director...
"There is obviously a small but significant number of directors who could handle two films of this magnitude, but we have no commitment to anybody. Now that Peter is an integral part of the decision-making process, we all have to see eye-to-eye on any candidate we try to enlist."
So my guess is they have their eye on a few people. Remember that New Line list that went around a while ago with a shortlist of names they wanted to helm the picture. It looked something like this...

Sam Raimi (SPIDER-MAN 1-3, THE EVIL DEAD) (first choice, the rest of the names were only if he turned them down).

Peter Weir (MASTER AND COMMANDER, THE TRUMAN SHOW)

Stephen Sommers (THE MUMMY, VAN HELSING)

Michael Bay (THE ISLAND, TRANSFORMERS)

Brad Silberling (LEMONY SNICKETT)

Bill Condon (DREAMGIRLS, KINSEY)

The only name above that we can rule out for sure would be Sommers, as he's now working on G.I. JOE which should see him ...]]></description>
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		<title>Jackson returns to Middle Earth</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Reynolds</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is one BIG news story today.

Peter Jackson has put aside all the legal disputes he had with New Line and has agreed to get behind THE HOBBIT.

Jackson will exec produce the two films based on J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth tale. It looks as though Jackson won't direct the film as he's pretty busy with THE LOVELY BONES and TINTIN but this involvement will surely appease fans who have been retiscent to support this film without him.

Sam Raimi is the front-runner to direct and he would be an excellent choice and, dare I say it, it's possible he could do a better job than Jackson. Raimi is no generic Bay/Ratner hack, that's for sure.

Here's the complete press release from MGM/New Line courtesy of Coming Soon:-
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson; Harry Sloan, Chairman and CEO, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM); Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne, Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs of New Line Cinema have jointly announced today that they have entered into the following series of agreements:

* MGM and New Line will co-finance and co-distribute two films, The Hobbit and a sequel to The Hobbit. New Line will distribute in North America and MGM will distribute internationally.

* Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh will ...]]></description>
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		<title>POSTER AND POLL: SPEED RACER</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Willis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent SPEED RACER trailer received very mixed opinion. Indeed, one visitor (The Glove) to OWF went as far as saying that the Wachowski's have 'completely lost the plot'. But around the web you can find praise as much as you will find negativity for the movie, which is due for release May 9th 2008.

Today, via JoBlo, we bring you the poster.



What do you think? Have the Wachowski's indeed lost it? Take part in the poll below.

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		<title>So which director has WB resurrected for CLASH OF THE TITANS?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[He hasn't worked for four years, probably because of how awful his last movie was but British director Stephen Norrington has finally accepted an offer to return to the director's chair. And it's for a pretty huge movie too.

Norrington who debuted with BLADE in 1998 but hasn't directed a movie since the 2003 flop THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN will helm the remake of the cult classic 80's fantasy movie CLASH OF THE TITANS.

It's pretty clear that Norrington was far from the first choice for Warner Brothers.

We know that they first went after Sam Raimi and when that attempt failed they moved to the currently out of work Robert Rodriguez but he would turn them down to, despite loving Lawrence Kasdan's (RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK) script.

God knows who else they went for in between, but somehow they have ended up with a director who had seemingly lost his passion for the medium.

I really hated with a vengeance what Norrington did to the superb Alan Moore graphic novel and it's horrible to think that his poor direction is likely to be remembered for being the last movie role for the great Sean Connery but I did ...]]></description>
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		<title>RUMOR: Prison bound director wanted for CONAN?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This rumor is a little hard to believe, what with the impending prison time for former A-list director John McTiernan (DIE HARD, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER) but well, stranger things have happened I guess. Who would have thought this time last year that a 'live action and out of continuity' JLA movie would be in production?

A French magazine is reporting the news from an insider that McTiernan is at the top of Nu Images' list of potential directors to revitalise their newly acquired CONAN franchise from Warner Brothers. If it wasn't for the prison time, the news would make sense.

McTiernan was once one of the top Hollywood action directors around and he even worked with the original CONAN (Arnie) on PREDATOR and did a terrific job with that. He also once upon a time directed the viking epic 13TH WARRIOR, which had it's moments. Earlier this year, McTiernan had spoke of his interest in directing again after some time away following a string of flops and had even signed up to a few projects, all of which have since stalled.

The rumor goes further and says Gerard Butler is wanted to star in the picture, my guess would be the ...]]></description>
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		<title>TRAILER: INKHEART</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 13:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a disastrous financial year, New Line Cinema are in need of a boost. And the good thing is, our first look at their next mass audience attempt after THE GOLDEN COMPASS, looks like it might be a hit.

The studio's biggest movie of next year is INKHEART another fantasy movie with a bankable cast that includes Brendan Fraser, Paul Bettany, Jim Broadbent, Helen Mirren (a surprising second kids turn for her, with NATIONAL TREASURE upcoming) and from the looks of things the villain is none other than Andy Serkis.

Finally Gollum is getting a massive role in a movie where we can actually see his real face!

I didn't realise he would have such a prominent part in this and I love it!

The movie is based on the successful 2003 novel of the same name written by Cornelia Funke in which a young girl who is an avid book worm, bizarrely begins to bring to life events and characters from the novels she is reading. It's JUMANJI meets HARRY POTTER, in it's most ignorant of terms.

Anyway, the plot seems pretty simple from the trailer...

I would recommend watching the HD version here.

Funke has since wrote another tale in the series with one more ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Golden Gamble doesn&#8217;t pay off</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 11:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got a little bit of stick from people when I hinted that THE GOLDEN COMPASS was heading to be a flop. Indeed I got one very vicious E-Mail from somebody claiming that I was wanting the film to fail because I supposedly have had a problem against Daniel Craig ever since he was cast as James Bond.

While I'll admit, there's more versions of Bond I enjoy over Craig's than vice-versa, I have said since day one of CASINO ROYALE'S opening that he did a fantastic job with the Bond that Columbia wanted and he deserves all the plaudits he gets for it.

And here me now when I say the reason I kept panning THE INVASION this Summer and the reason I did the same for THE GOLDEN COMPASS, is because it was terribly marketed and just plain didn't look very good.

This SHOULD have been the Christmas epic movie that I just had to see on the opening day, just like KING KONG and THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE two years ago.

Instead it's turned out to be another ERAGON. But this time with names like Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman, it's so much worse...

THE ...]]></description>
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		<title>TRAILER: PRINCE CASPIAN</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, it's a pretty good trailer for the second installment of the long NARNIA franchise we are to endure over the coming years but the memories of the painful first movie two years ago still lingers strong in my stomach.

I like that I see Tilda Swinton is back (I don't know any book beyond THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE so that was a surprise to me) and the film certainly has a more adult and edgy feel to it. This one doesn't look as bright or as clean as the last.

Still nothing distinct about this film from Andrew Adamson, a guy who seems to be desperately trying to find his own voice and visual style in the industry but it just ain't happening for him. We already know Michael Apted (THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, ENIGMA) is taking over the directing duties for third movie.

I won't say that is a necessary change until I've seen this movie. Or did I just say it anyway?

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE TRAILER

Look for this movie in the packed month of May 2008, where INDIANA JONES, SPEED RACER and IRON MAN take priority over this one!

source - coming soon  ]]></description>
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		<title>DEBATE: THE GOLDEN GAMBLE</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 09:32:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There's a real interesting article at Variety I wanted to mention as my last post this morning (more coming later).

As you are probably aware, New Line's massive fantasy gamble THE GOLDEN COMPASS opens next week and at a $180 million, it's their costliest film since THE LORD OF THE RINGS franchise ended four years ago.

And with the motion captured fantasy movie BEOWULF now beginning to stutter with audiences, you have to wonder if people give a damn about this genre anymore if it ain't based on something written by the big three of Rowling, Tolkien and Carrol.

There's a big backlash beginning to form around this movie. Religious groups are getting angry (60 theatres in the U.S. aren't showing the film because of protests) and some fans of the book have outed their disappointment from things ranging from the film's title (which differs from the first novel), the casting choices, the hammy CGI and the overall approach from a director who has in the past only given us 'light' comedies like ABOUT A BOY and AMERICAN PIE.

We know that New Line want this to be a new LOTR like trilogy, but first THE GOLDEN COMPASS has to cross the $300 million ...]]></description>
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		<title>Burton adapting ALICE IN WONDERLAND</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2007 08:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Holmes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tim Burton's next film will be a 3-D animated film for Walt Disney, the first time he was worked with the studio since his stint with them in the 90's where he made A NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS and ED WOOD.

His next film will be an adaptation of Lewis Caroll's classic tale ALICE IN WONDERLAND which will use the same motion-capture technique that can currently be seen in BEOWULF, matched with live-action footage.

Burton will begin work on the movie early next year, with production expected to be completed by May, though it took at least two years for BEOWULF to be completed, so there will probably be a lengthy post-production period on this one.

According to WIKI, there have been at least 12 big screen adaptations of ALICE IN WONDERLAND. The most famous easily been the 1951 animated version from Walt Disney, which popularized the character of Alice and her tale down the rabbit hole.

Linda Woolverton has wrote the script. She previously wrote the screenplays to THE LION KING and BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, so she clearly has some pedigree.

Burton adapting Lewis Caroll?

Well of course I'm interested. Tim Burton was my favourite director of the 90's but sadly since the turn of ...]]></description>
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