Finally, after countless video blogs of uninspiring green-screen, a trailer has been posted for Zack Snyder's adaptation of Frank Miller's "300". And it looks good. The digital quality reminds me of another comic-helmed movie - Dave McKean's "MirrorMask" - only while...
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The New 300 Promo Trailer!
iFilm has your first look at the excellent new promo trailer for director Zack Snyder's 300, based on the epic graphic novel by Frank Miller. The movie is a ferocious retelling of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas (Gerard Butler) and 300...
Zack Snyder on keeping ‘300’ sharp
Zach Snyder's adaptation of 300 is starting to look as exciting as our early glimpses of Sin City. Many questioned whether or not the man who made Zombies fast could actually pull this off, but Frank Miller had faith as he explained in our earlier interview with the...
Beowulf & Grendel Goes DownUnder
For those of you who are fans of Beowulf & Grendel or just dig Gerard Butler, we have recently been alerted that the film has now found its way into release DownUnder. Beowulf & Grendel Heads to New Zealand MoviesDownUnder is pleased to announce an agreement...
Movie does the improbable, makes Beowulf entertaining
Urgent message to all students taking Intro to English Lit or History of English Lit this semester: As tempting as it looks, do not -- repeat, do not -- skip reading that "Beowulf" assignment and figure you can just see "Beowulf and Grendel" at the Cleveland...
Epic grass-roots triumph
Albany woman spearheads effort to get film broader exposure in U.S. Albany — When it comes to the world of entertainment, Albany isn’t usually mentioned with metropolitan areas such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Seattle or San Francisco. But...
Iceland’s most expensive movie premiered
Beowulf, directed by Sturla Gunnarsson, was premiered last night. The movie, which cost around one billion Icelandic kronas was mostly filmed in Iceland using Icelandic actors. Producers are Friðrik Þór Friðriksson and Anna María Karlsdóttir, and actor Ingvar E....
Nature One of the Characters
Beowulf and Grendel, that was filmed in Iceland in 2004, premiered in Háskólabíó last night. The director Sturla Gunnarsson spoke with Fréttablaðið from Vancouver where he is filming a new television series. “Beowulf and Grendel was shot in Iceland in 47 days in the...
Beowulf & Grendel: Sturla Gunnarssons epic poem
Bringing the first epic poem in the English language to the screen was an ambitious endeavour, so it required a director with a deep passion for the Scandinavian mythological tale to make a picture like Beowulf & Grendel, and who better than Icelandic-born...
Frosty Empties the Collider Interview Closet
I have been trying to get this article posted for awhile now. You would think just posting audio would be a piece of cake, just record and upload. However it not that easy. While I am not trying to compare myself to someone sweating out in the hot sun all day, no...
REVIEW: “300” THE MOVIE
Last week I had the chance to see the upcoming movie "300" based on the Frank Miller graphic novel at the first advanced screening Warner Bros. held in Los Angeles. Advanced screenings are an important part of the film development process, as they allow the studio to...
Butler, Wenham on Bringing 300 to Life
Like Sin City before it, The 300 will bring the work of graphic-novel writer and artist Frank Miller to the screen using live actors against a computer-generated background. Shot entirely on a soundstage in Montreal, the film centers on the ancient battle of...
300 — lookin’ good!
A sneak peek at a rough cut of 300, Zack Snyder’s new film based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel, was held the other night, and everyone signed a non disclosure then went out and posted on the internet. The one’s we’ve seen have been overwhelmingly positive. Here’s...
DARK HORSE COMICS SOLICITATIONS FOR NOVEMBER, 2006
Excerpt from complete article... [img]http://www.gerardbutler.net/images/store/art_300.jpg[/img] [b]THE ART OF MAKING 300[/b] On sale Jan. 17 FC, 200 pages $24.95 TPB, 9" x 12" What does it mean to turn one of the great graphic novels of our time into a major motion...
Two People Soil Themselves With Excitement Over 300
The buzz about 300 -- the newest Frank Miller adaptation, this one about the ever-popular Battle of Thermopylae -- had been slowly mounting for months when a teaser was shown at ComicCon. The moment it appeared, anticipation for Zack Snyder's film went through the...
My 300 Screening Report
Last night I had the unbelievable good fortune to be in the very first test audience for the movie 300. I'm just going to gush now.... This movie is f-ing AMAZING! It's far superior in look, story, and performances to Sin City. I was enraptured from the moment the...
The Fevered Pleasuring Of 300 Continues!!
Two More Reviews From Last Night's Screening... Merrick again... ...with two more messages from last night's screening of FRANK MILLER'S 300. I've had a really good vibe about this film since some of the earliest video diaries were revealed, and I'm desperately...
FRANK MILLER’S 300 screened tonight! And…
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. There was a test screening this night of Zack Snyder's film version of Frank Miller's graphic novel 300. I told ya' the Comic-Con footage was out of this world awesome and now you'll have two guys... one a big Frank Miller fan and the other...
300 Is Screened!
Scooper 'Liu' got a chance Thursday night to check out director Zack Snyder's 300, which won't hit theaters until March 9, 2007! Just saw Frank Miller's 300 at Winnetka 21 preview. Pretty intense ... the movie has very similar quality as Sin City...live action w/...
GERARD BUTLER AND ‘300’
The Spartan king leads the charge to meet Frank Miller, train alone and bring 480 B.C. to life again Gerard Butler never really saw himself doing a comic book film—but he’d also never read Frank Miller’s epic 300. The story of 300 Spartans facing off against a massive...
Quint interviews 300’s King Leonidis himself, Gerard Butler!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with another of my shorty Comic-Con interviews. I've been overwhelmed recently with pet health problems, so I've let these interviews slip back, unfortunately. I'll do my best to keep up with them, but I have some pretty tough days ahead of...
Exclusive: Zack Snyder on 300 & Watchmen
A few years ago, Universal decided to remake George Romero's 1977 horror classic "Dawn of the Dead" using an unknown commercial director named Zack Snyder, something that did not go over well with horror fans. That is, until they saw the movie, a gory spectacle every...
Speleers, Urban, Butler: Hunks of Comic-Con
There were a few young hunks on display at Comic-Con. Edward Speleers (left) stars in Fox 2000's entry in the post-LOTR period fantasy sweepstakes, Eragon. Stefan Fangmeier (the ILM VFX whiz-turned-director) finally found this rookie actor in London after sifting...
The Big 3 Kahunas at San Diego Comic-Con
Amongst the comic book stalls, toy/statue presentations, creator panels and costumed geeks rises the snarling behemoth that is Hollywood. San Diego Comic-Con is saturated in movie posters, elaborate presentation booths and big splash film panels. These panels hype the...
San Diego Comic-Con 2006
[i][/i] Saturday Maybe it’s because I’m used to Saturdays at Comic-Con, but Friday had seemed quiet by...