LAS VEGAS (AP) — DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. chief executive Jeffrey Katzenberg promised a "new era" in moviegoing Tuesday, as Hollywood studios prepared a huge slate of 3-D movies for theaters that are increasingly going digital. "It is nothing less than the...
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You’ll Learn How to Train Your Dragon a Bit Later
DreamWorks Animation announced today it is moving How to Train Your Dragon from November 20, 2009 to March 26, 2010. Based on the book by Cressida Cowell, "Dragon" is about Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, heir of the Viking chiefdom, but a boy with one very big...
Deal Clears Way For More 3-D Screens
LOS ANGELES, Mar. 11, 2008(AP) Hollywood took a big step Tuesday toward offering more movies in 3-D, announcing deals to convert as many as 10,000 more theater screens for the digital technology needed to accommodate the resurgent, eye-popping format. Access...
DreamWorks delays ‘Dragon’
Mindful of a crowded schedule for 3-D films late next year, DreamWorks Animation has pushed its offering "How to Train Your Dragon" by four months to March 26, 2010. The move leaves the studio with just one release, "Monsters vs. Aliens," scheduled for next year and...
It Takes a Butler To Tame a Dragon (Blog)
I tried not to make that joke -- but hey, everyone else is using McLovin' ones! The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Gerard Butler joins America Ferrera, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel and Christopher Mintz-Plasse to voice How to Train Your Dragon. Get your minds out...
Crank 3 Going 3D with Bullet-Time: (Blog)
We previously announced that Crank 2: High Voltage is in the works, but now the plot thickens - they're also making Crank 3! And that's not it - it's going to be in 3D, too! Steve over at Collider caught up with filmmakers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, who told him...
Revolution, Lightstorm team for ‘Tale’ spin
[i Cameron strays from Fox hole for comedy/adventure pitch[/i Revolution Studios has picked up a pitch called "The Hanging Tale" from scribe Danny Rubin ("Groundhog Day") for low six figures to be produced with Jim Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment. Deal marks the...
34th Saturn Awards’ Noms, ‘300’ Dominates (Blog)
As the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films announced the nomination for the 34th Annual Saturn Awards, it was revealed that the Greek epic “300″ was leading the pack by garnering 10 nods. The action adventure drama based on Frank Miller’s graphic...
The 34th Annual Saturn Award Nominations (Blog)
The Saturn Award nominations, announced by The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror films, always tend to pack that gore-filled genre-punch so needed at this time of year—when fans are prepping for a whole new year of supposedly fantastic titles while still...
Directors of “Crank” and “Game” On Uncut This Wednesday (Blog)
One of the most popular and fun episodes of our Uncut LIVE show was back in April of 2007 when we had Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Writers and Directors of the Jason Statham feature “Crank”) in studio with us. It was also the first time they announced there would...
300 Workout (Blog)
This workout is intense, the workout used to get the actors in shape for the movie 300. From Men's Health... Sometimes a movie takes off for no apparent reason. And sometimes the reason is readily apparent. Take 300, for instance. This epic account of an ancient...
2007 : Best Actor
1. Daniel Day-Lewis – THERE WILL BE BLOOD I’m writing this at a very interesting time because right now the backlash against Day-Lewis’ performance is matched only by the increased quotability of dialogue from the portion of the film fueling the backlash. Admittedly,...
‘Game’ transforms UNM to Virtual World
Amid the quiet of winter break, avatars in metallic clothes and neon-bright hair step out of a computer screen onto the sky-bridge outside the Thorax bar – Woodward Hall, that is. They are part of “Society,” a simulation game similar to “Second Life” but with real...
On the set of “Game” with Gerard Butler, Amber Valetta, and Efren Ramirez…
So I saw that you guys had the poster for Game up, so I figure I'll share with you some pictures I have from the set. I played a raver in a huge rave/club scene. We just shot this about two days ago... there'll be tons of blood and tons of boobs. 🙂 A few things......
Producer Tom Rosenberg Interview
Tom Rosenberg, head of Lakeshore Entertainment, spoke to Collider.com about some of Lakeshore's upcoming films. Here is what he had to say about Game: [quote Q: So what's it been like working on Game, or how has that been shaping up? Tom: It's wild, that's wild. It's...
A couple of pictures of The Game filming (blog)
Because Adam asked, a couple of pictures of The Game filming: Click link above to view.
The 2007 Box Office Oscars (Blog)
Ballots for this year's Academy Awards were mailed out to voters today, and in honor of the official launch of Oscar season I present my own annual list of nominations. No, these aren't my "best" or anything. No, these are what the Oscar nominations would look like if...
The Game – Set Visit
UGO and a few other select outlets were flown down to New Mexico to visit the set of (depending on who your source is) Game, The Game or The Untitled Gerard Butler Action Pic. I'm sure we'll know by 2009 when the movie comes out. It was nighttime when we arrived at...
Revealing Film Shoot Turns Heads (Video)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A revealing movie shoot on the University of New Mexico campus Wednesday turned heads. Making movies is often about getting what's fake to look real. But during a risque scene being shot at the UNM campus Wednesday for the movie "Game," some...
Milo Ventimiglia Cast in Gerard Butler’s Game
Heroes star (and Rocky Balboa’s son) Milo Ventimiglia has joined the cast of the currently untitled Gerard Butler action sci-fi movie (codenamed: Game). You know, the film from the two maniacs who brought us Crank. Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor were also the guys...
Gerard Butler Freakin’ Frenzy (Blog)
I feel like it's been sort of seething below the surface of polite Albuquerque ever since the film Game came to town: Our collective if covert lust for Gerard Butler. I mean it -- I've had countless conversations in the last two months with otherwise sober and sane...
‘300’ Blu-ray Disc Wins HD Title of the Year (Blog)
December 12, 2007 '300' Blu-ray disc wins HD title of the year Marc Saltzman at 8:08 PM | E-mail this post Presented last week at the inaugural High-Def 2.0 Conference in Los Angeles – a one-day event put on by Home Media Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter and the...
Scot Muscles In
SCOTS movie hunk Gerard Butler may be fit enough to be a Spartan but he's having trouble coping as a video game character. The Scots star of 300 is currently in New Mexico shooting new movie Game, in which he plays one of a group of real-life video game stars and it's...
Gerard Butler Might Still Escape From New York (Blog)
Rumors of Gerard Butler’s (300) departure from the Escape From New York remake have been greatly exaggerated. Butler, who has been doing press for his new romcom P.S. I Love You, insists that he hasn’t dropped out of the project, but is taking a wait and see position....
Riot Launches DI Theatre for Features
Studio Hires Devin Sterling as Exec Producer for DI SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(Business Wire)--Riot has unveiled an all-new DI Theatre at its Santa Monica facility, combining the latest in digital imaging technology with a flexible workflow designed to accommodate all...