300 (due out March 16, 2007) is the latest movie adaptation of a Frank Miller graphic novel. The story focuses on the 480 B.C. battle where the King of Sparta led his army in a battle against the Persians, which resulted in democracy in Greece. While promoting 300 at...
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300 AUTHOR FRANK MILLER REVEALS SIN CITY 2 AND SPIRIT PLANS
300 (due out March 16, 2007) is the latest movie adaptation of a Frank Miller graphic novel. The story focuses on the 480 B.C. battle where the King of Sparta led his army in a battle against the Persians, which resulted in democracy in Greece. While promoting 300 at...
300 AUTHOR FRANK MILLER REVEALS SIN CITY 2 AND SPIRIT PLANS
300 (due out March 16, 2007) is the latest movie adaptation of a Frank Miller graphic novel. The story focuses on the 480 B.C. battle where the King of Sparta led his army in a battle against the Persians, which resulted in democracy in Greece. While promoting 300 at...
POST COMIC CON REPORT: 300
Now that I’ve had some time to decompress and process what was witnessed (and in some cases smelled, unfortunately) at this year’s San Diego Comic Con, it’s time to share. I’d been moderately curious about 300, the adaptation of Frank Miller’s graphic novel by Dawn of...
300’s Butler Got His Bumps
Gerard Butler, who stars as King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's upcoming 300, based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, told SCI FI Wire that he and his co-stars suffered bumps and bruises while sword-fighting wearing little besides a leather loincloth. "There was a few...
Beautifully epic
Most may not be familiar with the epic poem that Beowulf & Grendel is based upon, but it's really not necessary when it comes to this elegantly crafted piece of cinematography. While the film does get off to a slow start, it serves a purpose. Character...
Comic Con 2006: Teaser for Frank Miller’s “300” Looks Amazing
Senh Duong writes: "Even if you are not familiar with Frank Miller's graphic novel "300," but is a fan of the movie "Sin City," you ought to be excited about the forthcoming adaptation of that novel. I know I was after watching the awesome teaser clip. If the finished...
2006 San Diego Comic-Con: Day Three
Saturday is always the big day at the San Diego Comic Con, yet the talk was all around five movies in particular that day - a hardcore swords and sandals epic, a loving throwback to sleazy 70's exploitation cinema, a western-like Faustian comic book tale, and a...
Slithering good times
There were snakes on a stage, Spider-Man in black, Borat naked, hardcore Grindhouse and what looks to be great adaptations of Neil Gaiman's Stardust and Frank Miller's 300. As has become tradition, filmmakers brought clips from upcoming movies and fresh announcements...
Stars, sneak peeks thrill fans at comic confab
SAN DIEGO (Hollywood Reporter) - The 2006 San Diego Comic-Con International, the nation's largest comic book convention, again proved to Hollywood that there is no better place to appeal to pop culture's smart set -- and even do a little damage control. With an...
Butler Not Too Chafed By 300
Gerard Butler, who plays King Leonidas in Zack Snyder's upcoming film adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel 300, told SCI FI Wire that he didn't necessarily feel constrained as an actor by the film's attempt to capture the graphic novel's precise look and feel, a...
Quint interviews Zach Snyder about 300 and WATCHMEN at Comic Con!!!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here with the first transcribed interview of Comic-Con 2006. As of right this very moment (Saturday night) I have done 11 one on one interviews (and have gotten one Academy Award Dirty Joke, but more on that later) and have 4 more scheduled for...
Comic-Con 2006: One On One With Zack Snyder
The director of Frank Miller's 300 spends some quality time with IGN. July 23, 2006 - The Director of 2004's Dawn of the Dead is currently busily crafting two films out of beloved works from Frank Miller and Alan Moore. At Comic-Con in San Diego, Snyder showed an...
Comic-Con 2006: 300 Conquers Crowd
Fans go wild for Frank Miller adaptation. July 23, 2006 - Warner Bros. presented new footage from its upcoming big-screen adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel 300 at Comic-Con International in San Diego on Saturday. The extended footage, cut in the style of a...
CCI, DAY 3: WARNER BROS. PRESENTS “300”
"300" Director Zack Snyder Fans who appreciated how faithful the “Sin City” movie was to the comics will be tremendously happy with the film “300” – based on Frank Miller’s graphic novel by the same name. For Comic-Con International in San Diego, Warner Bros. brought...
300 Teaser Debuts at Comic-Con
At Warner Bros.' presentation for Zack Snyder's movie version of Frank Miller's graphic novel 300, they debuted a clearly R-rated teaser of footage from the movie. Miller's comic mini-series is based on the 5th Century battle of Thermopylae where 300 Spartans faced...
Arthouse films
Here's a look at some of the arthouse films opening today: "Beowulf & Grendel" RATING 3 Set in the 6th century and shot in Iceland, this sword-and-storm adventure boasts a brave-hearted hero, a wily witch whore and a 7-foot hairy troll. (Like Lois Lane and...
Indies defer format war’s draft
Besides Lionsgate, few indies charging ahead with hi-def releases When it comes to new formats -- and format wars, in particular -- independents are generally happy to let the studios spend the big money to develop the market. And as expected -- with mastering costs...
Duo rebounds, Americans meet Beowulf & Grendel
The Quebec-made romantic comedy Duo was a box-office disappointment in its opening June 16 weekend but rebounded somewhat in the week of June 23, taking a per-screen average of $1,486, up from $1,121, and claiming the number-one spot among domestic films. "The summer...
Tarts Take Manhattan
On Friday evening, David Ruiz, an usher at the Quad Cinema on 13th Street, marched over to a crowd of giddy women sipping Cokes and munching popcorn in the lobby to reprimand them for speaking too loudly. “Ladies, please,” said Mr. Ruiz. “There are other movies...
300 Video Journal #6 Online
Moviefone http://movies.aol.com/movie/300/23446/main has your first look at the sixth Video Journal for director Zack Snyder's 300, opening on March 16. In the clip, available here, Lena Headey gives a tour through the back lots. Based on the epic graphic novel by...
Beautiful Scene, Confusing Beasts
BEOWULF & GRENDEL (two stars) Communication breakdown. Rated R (violence, profanity, sexuality). At the Quad, West 13th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues. LONG the bane of high school seniors, the epic eighth-century poem "Beowulf" is being turned into a...
MONSTER MASH
Adaptation of the Anglo-Saxon saga "Beowulf," in which a soldier searches for a mythic monster. With Gerard Butler, Sarah Polley. Directed by Sturla Gunnarsson (1:42). R: violence, language, sexual themes. At the Quad. Credit Icelandic director Sturla Gunnarsson for...
Butler, Campbell converge on Saturday SDCC
Saturday all hell breaks loose! Mark Waid! The Wayans Brothers! Oni! Damon Lindelof! GERARD BUTLER! Bob Burden! Kazuo Koike! Mary Fleener! Ray Bradbury, Ray Harryhausen, and Forry Ackerman together! Roger Langridge! Yoshihiro Tatsumi! Jon Favreau! Lee Marrs! Everett...
300 Presentation at Comic-Con
Comic-Con 2006 has revealed that there will be a 300 presentation on Saturday, July 22: 10:30-11:30 Warner Bros. Presents 300— Appearing in person: Creator Frank Miller, director Zach Snyder (Dawn of the Dead), and actors David Wenham (Faramir in Lord of the Rings:...