Source: Warner Brothers The official website for the film 300 is online. This movie is actually based on the graphic novel by Frank 'SIN CITY' Miller, and is directed by Zack Snyder (DAWN OF THE DEAD). Upon having a look over there, we found a production blog, some...
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300 Official Site Launched
Source: Warner Bros. Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures has launched the official website for 300, based on the graphic novel by Frank Miller (Sin City). The site features production Blogs from director Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead) and concept art, with video journals...
Monster’s Ball
One more way in which life is like high school, only with money: Eventually, we all will have to contend with "Beowulf." Galumphing out of the Dark Ages toward a cineplex near you is the tale of the Geat prince's bloody intervention in the affairs of the Danish state....
17th ANNUAL PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES FILM LINE-UP
Festival to Open with New Line Cinema The New World Palm Springs, CA (December 14, 2005) – The 17th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival has announced its roster of 232 films, culled from more than 70 countries for the 2006 Festival. The selection of films...
I love karaoke so don’t stop me now
Nothing beats the thrill of singing at the Shanghai Shuffle, writes the actress. When people see me on television or acting on film with Samantha Morton in Morvern Callar, they ask why I still sing karaoke three nights a week at the Shanghai Shuffle on Glasgow's Bath...
WARNER BANKS VIRTUAL COIN
$528 mil deal with investor will co-finance slate of 6 pix Warner Bros. Pictures has closed a previously announced $528 million co-financing deal with Benjamin Waisbren’s investment entity Virtual Studios to pay for half a dozen films. Deal was first revealed two...
Virtual deal reality for Warners
Warner Bros. Pictures has entered into a co-financing agreement with Virtual Studios Llc. that will see the companies partner on six upcoming films. Virtual is a joint-venture company that invests equity capital in the production and distribution of major motion...
Sharp Shooter
Alan Sharp, the man who wrote the scripts for Rob Roy, the recently rereleased The Hired Hand and a new film about Scotland's national bard, Rabbie Burns, calls his work "pastiche". Brian Pendreigh finds that others are not so dismissive. Peter Fonda turned Hollywood...
Comix-to-Flix – 300
COMIX-TO-FLIX is a JoBlo.com column featuring reviews of comic book graphic novels that have been optioned to be made into motion pictures. Seeing as the universe of comic books and movies is becoming more and more connected, we figured that we may as well jump right...
War is hell
While Frank Miller and Robert Rodriguez are busy working as co-directors on Sin City 2 for release late next summer, shooting started in Montreal this week on 300, based on another of Miller's graphic novels. It recounts how an elite unit of 300 Spartan warriors...
The Grimm times have passed for this tomboy
LENA HEADEY has been on the cusp of stardom for more than a decade, but it seems her time has finally come. Her latest role is in The Brothers Grimm, a glossy, big-budget Hollywood caper, directed by Terry Gilliam, about the Teutonic storytellers, played by Matt Damon...
Beowulf and Grendel ***
(Sturla Gunnarsson, Canada/Iceland/UK, 2005) Making the most of what was obviously a small budget, this could have been an interesting humanitarian interpretation of the Beowulf legend but for one thing: Sarah Polley. In a movie where we come to accept everyone as...
Beowulf mania: new films, opera, musical breath life into ancient poem
TORONTO (CP) - Move over Troy. Bye-bye Greek heroes. You've had your turn Frodo. Make way for the blood-soaked medieval adventure of Beowulf and Grendel. With at least two major feature films, an opera and an off-Broadway play, the epic poem Beowulf - about a warrior...
Taming the Beowulf giant
Filming the epic in Iceland was a physical challenge. Director Sturla Gunnarsson and actress Sarah Polley talk to Katherine Monk. 'Right now, I've got a big knot in my stomach," says Sturla Gunnarsson, looking just a little ashen around the mouth. "The film just came...
Mini reviews: Brief reviews of festival films
BEOWULF AND GRENDEL Going back to the very beginning of the English literary tradition, Canadian director Sturla Gunnarsson takes on the heavy task of adapting this epic Anglo-Saxon poem to the big screen. Thanks to a modern adaptation from screenwriter Andrew Rai...
Tragically timeless spirit of war
Copyright 2005 CanWest Interactive, a division of CanWest Global Communications Corp. All Rights Reserved The Vancouver Sun (British Columbia) Tragically timeless spirit of war: Director Sturla Gunnarsson tackles his biggest project to date 'Right now, I've got a big...
Interview with Frank Miller
GB.NET Note: This is just the excerpt referencing "300". Exact date of the original article is unknown. For the complete article, click the link below: http://suicidegirls.com/words/Frank+Miller+Creator+of+Sin+City/ DRE: That’s a very good point. I got to speak to...
MONTREAL START FOR FRANK MILLER’S
Warner Bros will begin production, October 17, in Montreal, Quebec, on director Zach Snyder's $60 million-budgeted, period actioner "300". The feature adaptation of Frank "Sin City" Miller's graphic novel will star Gerard Butler, with ancient vistas and spectacular...
WARNER BROS. PICTURES CASTS GERARD BUTLER TO STAR IN “300”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WARNER BROS. PICTURES CASTS GERARD BUTLER TO STAR IN “300,” TO BE DIRECTED BY ZACK SNYDER AND PRODUCED BY ATMOSPHERE PICTURES MM AND HOLLYWOOD GANG PRODUCTIONS Gerard Butler (Phantom of the Opera, Laura Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life,...
Movie industry gets into top gear
Movie industry gets into top gear: American, Quebec productions are going gangbusters For the first time in months, folks in the Montreal film-production milieu are in an upbeat mood. That's because, after a six-month break, the Americans are back with three major new...
European Directors Promote Their Films
Fifteen European directors introduced their latest works, including ``Beowulf And Grendel’’ and ``The Nine Lives of Korean Cinema,’’ at a press conference held at Paradise Hotel Sunday. Called ``The European Film Promotion,’’ the promotional event was designed to...
Zack Snyder starts filming 300 next Monday
Blessed are those who can nail both of the new age cinema trends – graphic novel adaptations and sword-and-sandals epics. Warner Bros. is going for a screen version of Frank Miller's hyper-stylized graphic novel 300. It tells a story of a bloody Battle of Thermopylae,...
Frank Miller’s 300 Gets a Cast
Frank Miller's 300 starts filming October 17th and holy crap am I excited. Zach Snyder is at the helm and that was the best start. Rodrigo Santano, David Wenham, Dominic West, Vincent Regan have all joined the cast. Earlier we reported that 300 would be filming in...
Warners bets a bundle on swords-and-CGI ‘300’
Studio backs adaptation of Miller's graphic novel What do you get when you mix comic creator Frank Miller's ultra-edgy style with a sword-and-sandals film, using CG technology? Warner Bros. is about to find out in a $60 million gamble. Studio is backing the bigscreen...
Beowulf & Grendel is Impressive
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