BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As portrayed in Warner Bros. Pictures’ new action adventure “300,” the Spartans were the original ultimate fighters of ancient Greece. Now the studio is teaming with today’s Ultimate Fighting Championship® (UFC) Light Heavyweight...
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20 Things to Look Forward to in ’07
Yeah, we know, another year is over and we’ll all be one year older! But, hey, there are plenty of cool things awaiting us in 2007—we hope! Time to put on those rose-colored glasses and cross our fingers because no refunds are given on the time we’ll spend on these...
Tyler Bates scores 300
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 free Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes and his massive Persian slave army. Facing impossible...
Butler Serving Up Something Hot In Next Film
Entertainer was pleased to note that Gerard Butler feels he will have a lot to brag about in 2007. Butler, last seen in Shona Auerbach's Greenock-set Dear Frankie (and the disastrous Phantom of the Opera, but let's not mention that - oops!), is always spoken of as a...
Notes From the Dream Factory – Clip Tease
Does a movie trailer really have to show it all to seduce an audience? Or can less actually be more? You ever get the feeling you’re being ignored I do, every time I watch a movie trailer that gives too much away. Case in point: There I was, scarfing down a smuggled...
Lady Sheridan goes down on 300 at BNAT!!!
Harry Knowles (Grande Rojo) and Lady Sheridan Hey folks, Harry here with the stunning Lady Sheridan's look at 300 from Butt-Numb-A-Thon 8. For those of you that attended BNAT - feel free to write in on your takes on the various films that struck you at BNAT. We were...
Augustus Gloop goes item by item down through BNAT: reviewing the trailers, shorts and features of BNAT8! 300, BLACK BOOK faves
[i]Excerpt from entire article (link above).[/i] 40) 300 (Feature) I don't know what I can say that will please anyone about this. I completely 100% in every way LOVED it. Unfortunately, I have kept myself away from the source material just to ensure I wouldn't pick...
300 Just Keeps Looking More and More Awesome
First we got the promo clip. Then came the teaser trailer. And now comes the biggest treat so far: the full-bore theatrical trailer. At this point the only thing that can satisfy me is the actual movie!! I'm talking, of course, about Zack Snyder's 300 -- which I once...
FRANK MILLER AND BOBBY MORESCO TO PARTICIPATE IN CINEMA SYMPOSIUM AT CAPRI, HOLLYWOOD FILM FESTIVAL
WITH MANFREDI, MOCCIA, ERRI DE LUCA AND MANY MORE Brilliant comic strips author Frank Miller and Bobby Moresco, Oscar-winning screen writer for Crash, will be among the stars of the Fiuggi Symposium that is a featured event of the Capri, Hollywood International Film...
New 300 Trailer Online!
Warner Bros. Pictures has revealed the new theatrical trailer for director Zack Snyder's 300, opening in theaters on March 9. You can watch the trailer in QuickTime and Windows Media Player format here! Based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller, 300 is a...
Rare Greek antiquities go on display
NEW YORK - Warned that the barrage of Persian arrows would hide the sun at Thermopylae, the Spartan hero Dienekes replied with cool bravado, It will be pleasant to fight in the shade. Known for their terse, unflinching way of speaking, these consummate warriors from...
Awesome Second 300 Trailer
Spiderman 3 is nice and oh yeah there's a Harry Potter movie coming, but Zack Snyder's adaptation of the Frank Miller graphic novel 300 just rocketed past all of them to become my most eagerly anticipated movie of 2007. They've just released a new trailer for it, and...
300 Trailer Online Friday
When it was announced that Warner Bros had planned to release a new trailer for 300 this upcoming weekend with Apocalypto, we immediately began working on a confirmation of when we could expect the media online. Though Warner Bros is notorious for jumping the gun by...
New TMNT and 300 Trailers this Week
Superhero Hype! has learned that we'll be seeing new trailers from Warner Bros. Pictures for TMNT ("Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles") and 300 this week. It looks like the TMNT trailer will be playing in theaters with "Unaccompanied Minors" (Dec. 8), "Eragon" (Dec. 15)...
300 O’Clock High
We’re all familiar with the L.A. Q & A screening routine. After an entire film is shown, a panel discussion with select principal(s) ensues, guided by anyone from F.X. Feeney to Pete Hammond. But to see major chunks of a still wet upcoming new release,...
The big 3 of ‘300’
The big 3 of '300' How director Zack Snyder, comic book writer Frank Miller and actor Gerard Butler battled to get the Greek epic made Director Zack Snyder rallies the troops on the set of Warner Brothers' '300.' Sizing Up the Competition: Since actor Rodrigo Santoro...
Test Screening Review – “300”
Frosty here. I was also at this test screening that took place before Thanksgiving. My quick reaction to seeing the entire film… fucking awesome. The thing that was crazy about the test screening was that only a few days before I went to a presentation that Warner...
Brutality, brawn and blood make for an entertaining, shallow watch.
"THIS. IS. SPARTAAAAAAAA!" bellows a jacked up Gerard Butler before kicking a Persian messenger down a well and commencing Sparta's great stand against the monolithic Persian army. Moments like this one are sprinkled throughout the latest film from Zack Snyder (Dawn...
Test Screening Review – “300”
Frosty here. I was also at this test screening that took place before Thanksgiving. My quick reaction to seeing the entire film… fucking awesome. The thing that was crazy about the test screening was that only a few days before I went to a presentation that Warner...
300 – Zack Snyder & Frank Miller Show Off
Earlier this month, Warner Brothers hosted a special sneak preview of 300, a historical fantasy helmed by Zack Snyder (director of the Dawn of the Dead remake) and based upon the graphic novel by Frank Miller (co-director of Sin City). Both men were in attendance...
The Gore of Greece, Torn From a Comic
THE story of “300” — the popular comic book mini-series and, soon, a film from Warner Brothers — began when Frank Miller, the series’s creator, was 6. The year was 1963, and “The 300 Spartans” was in theaters. In this telling of the battle of Thermopylae, Richard Egan...
Excl: 300 preview!
Attention all comic book fans!! The legendary Frank Miller is at it once again. Having established a career in comics in the late 70's, he gained tremendous fame for writing the prominent, dark crime comic Daredevil, infused life into Elektra, and then moved onto the...
300: First Look
"With a spear and shield, he tears through about 15 Persians in the hardest hitting, most painful and gruesome ways imaginable." Over the last few months when going to the theater, it's been a never-ending source of amusement to watch a bored audiences daydream their...
More Spartans Write In To Praise 300!!
Hey, everyone. ”Moriarty” here. I am not reading another word about this one, personally. I know I want to see it. After seeing Zack Snyder again last week and seeing a half-hour or so of the finished film, I’m so sold on this it’s ridiculous. I hope the final film...
300 selling in five figure increments
ICv2 has an analysis of the surging sales of the 300 graphic novel. Apparently that super-hot trailer has got everyone running down to the store to buy a copy, and Dark Horse has just put in an order for 40,000 more copies. A no-brainer, you say? Yes, but previous...