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Becoming a God of War in 300 (update 1)

One of our Dream Games was God of War: a mythological beat-em-up that took was rooted in psuedo Greek mythology. Looks like 300 is going to attempt to fill that role for PSP gamers. The game is based on the trials of 300 Spartans that must go against a million...

Frank Miller’s 300: Bringing the Novel to Life

Mysterious. Fierce. Formidable. Spartans are among the most enigmatic cultures in history. Taught never to retreat, never to surrender, they are the perfect warriors. "The Spartans remain a mystery to everybody," says Frank Miller, who wrote the graphic novel 300...

Becoming a God of War in 300 (update 1)

One of our Dream Games was God of War: a mythological beat-em-up that took was rooted in psuedo Greek mythology. Looks like 300 is going to attempt to fill that role for PSP gamers. The game is based on the trials of 300 Spartans that must go against a million...

Frank Miller’s 300: Bringing the Novel to Life

Mysterious. Fierce. Formidable. Spartans are among the most enigmatic cultures in history. Taught never to retreat, never to surrender, they are the perfect warriors. "The Spartans remain a mystery to everybody," says Frank Miller, who wrote the graphic novel 300...

Becoming a God of War in 300 (update 1)

One of our Dream Games was God of War: a mythological beat-em-up that took was rooted in psuedo Greek mythology. Looks like 300 is going to attempt to fill that role for PSP gamers. The game is based on the trials of 300 Spartans that must go against a million...

‘300’ Movie Stills

Gerard Butler stars as King Leonidas in the upcoming epic film 300, which tells the story of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas and 300 Spartans fight to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian army. 300 is based on the creator of Sin...

Frank Miller’s 300: Bringing the Novel to Life

Mysterious. Fierce. Formidable. Spartans are among the most enigmatic cultures in history. Taught never to retreat, never to surrender, they are the perfect warriors. "The Spartans remain a mystery to everybody," says Frank Miller, who wrote the graphic novel 300...

300 Spartans Fighting[blog]

I can’t wait to see this: a combination of ‘the gladiator’ and ‘lord of the rings’… Based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller, 300 is a ferocious retelling of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the...

Becoming a God of War in 300 (update 1)

One of our Dream Games was God of War: a mythological beat-em-up that took was rooted in psuedo Greek mythology. Looks like 300 is going to attempt to fill that role for PSP gamers. The game is based on the trials of 300 Spartans that must go against a million...

Hollywood Shuns the ’07 Super Bowl Ad Blitz

Hollywood Shuns the '07 Super Bowl Ad Blitz The 300 trailer is one of many you won't be seeing during the usually clip-strewn Super Bowl this year. Notes From the Dream Factory's Tom Roston tackles the reigning studio wisdom. "This. Is. Miamiii!" I hope to hear...

Wrath of Gods Playing at NSI Film Exchange

[b]Hot tickets for cool Canuck movies at NSI FilmExchange[/b] The traditional outdoor Snowscreen film night kicks off NSI Film Exchange Canadian Film Festival, Feb. 28 at The Forks. Snowscreen is free, but you'll need cold cash for most other fest events through March...

300 & the Super Bowl

The movie, a kickass sandal-and-swords epic, won't be in one of those highly touted commercial slots because I've heard that Warner Bros. has a new policy against Super Bowl ads. At least, this is what the movie's director, Zack Snyder, told me." Keep reading about...

Contest — Win 300

[b]“This is madness!” ”THIS… IS… A…COMPETITION!”[/b] Coming in a few weeks is Zack Snyder’s take on Frank Miller’s 300 – the epic story of 300 Spartans who stand between Greece and a massive invading army of Persians. Snyder has taken Miller’s imagery and reproduced...

Pick of the Week – 300

Tyler Bates chose a harsh electronic tone, fused with orchestra and epic choir for the film adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel, 300. This seems like a strange choice, but one has to remember that this film is not trying to be a historical representation of the...

300: March to Glory Frank Miller’s World in a Video Game

Every year, Hollywood makes an attempt to bring some of our favorite comics to the big screen. Sometimes they succeed brilliantly, and other times…well, it can be pretty painful. This year, however, we have a few "comic book" films that show great promise. I mean, if...

300: March to Glory Frank Miller’s World in a Video Game

Every year, Hollywood makes an attempt to bring some of our favorite comics to the big screen. Sometimes they succeed brilliantly, and other times…well, it can be pretty painful. This year, however, we have a few "comic book" films that show great promise. I mean, if...

300: March to Glory Frank Miller’s World in a Video Game

Every year, Hollywood makes an attempt to bring some of our favorite comics to the big screen. Sometimes they succeed brilliantly, and other times…well, it can be pretty painful. This year, however, we have a few "comic book" films that show great promise. I mean, if...

300: March to Glory Frank Miller’s World in a Video Game

Every year, Hollywood makes an attempt to bring some of our favorite comics to the big screen. Sometimes they succeed brilliantly, and other times…well, it can be pretty painful. This year, however, we have a few "comic book" films that show great promise. I mean, if...

Behind the Scenes of 300

If there’s one thing I find noteworthy from all the behind the scenes footage of this film, it’s how much physical training the actors, Gerard Butler included, had to go through between takes. I mean, in this video journal over at Suicide Girls, you see the guy...

Are You Eager To G(r)eek Out and See 300

So Tuesday night I caught an early screening of 300, the upcoming sword-and-sandal-and-CGI action flick loosely based on the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C., in which 300 Spartan soldiers battled an onslaught force of millions of Persian warriors. It's based on the...

Greece: Spartan Epic is Last Hope for Sword and Sandal Movies

[b]Can a British-led cast hope Thermopylae battle film save a historical genre?[/b] 'Go tell the Spartans, passer-by, That here, obedient to their laws, we lie.' So reads the epigram carved into a commemorative stone, appropriately spartan, on a Greek hill. The tale...

300: Riders on the storm

The Hollywood hype machine spouts the word "epic" pretty liberally in marketing its films - you can't sit through a reel of trailers without hearing it. Hell, even Disney's [i]Brother Bear[/i] used it - we loved the cuddly cubs, but describing a film with talking...

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