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Multiple Personality Disorder report
13 November 2009 3:49 PM, PST | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
[Editor's Note: Multiple Personality Disorder Reports are short news blasts meant to let you know about the stuff that didn't make it to the news page but still had us talking behind the scenes]
#1 "Acolytes" director Jon Hewitt prepping “X”
Jon Hewitt is preparing to shoot a follow up his teen serial killer film. X will take a trip into the underbelly of Australia’s sex trade. Shooting is slated to start in early 2010.
#2 "Deadgirl" writer to step behind the camera for "Chop"
Deadgirl caught a lot of heat for its controversial subject matter and now writer Trent Haaga is preparing to step behind the camera for Chop. The new project is being toted as a "revenge thriller with a comedic edge in the tradition of "Fargo" and "Oldboy"." The time may be ripe to finally catch up with Deadgil.
#3 "Submarine" adds great cast
Richard Ayoade's adaptation of Joe Dunthorne's coming of age story Submarine had previously cast Craig Roberts and Yasmin Paige but it's the addition of the great Paddy Considine and Sally Hawkins that has us excited. If the comparisons »
Ninja Assassin - Feast your eyes on 18 clips including interviews and behind-the-scenes looks!
10 November 2009 10:38 PM, PST | Movie Jungle | See recent Movie Jungle news »
"Ninja Assassin" is coming. The James McTiegue-directed actioner from Warner Bros. Pictures opens on November 25th. Visit the "Ninja Assassin" group to see the 18 new clips which include interviews with star Rain, Naomie Harris, Rick Yune, James McTiegue and many, many others. There are also new clips from the film as well as b-roll. Don't miss this one, it looks guaranteed to please. A Dark Castle Entertainment and Legendary Pictures production. Written by Matthew Sand and J. Michael Straczynski based on the story by Matthew Sand. Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski, Grant Hill and Joel Silver produce. "Ninja Assassin" follows Raizo (Rain), one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Taken from the streets as a child, he was transformed into a trained killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth. But haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan, »
New 'Ninja Assassin' Clip Featuring Fighting Scene
9 November 2009 9:13 PM, PST | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
A new clip for action movie "Ninja Assassin", starring Korean actor Rain, has come out. Debuted by IGN, the clip highlights the fighting scene between Raizo and another character of the movie inside a burnt building.
In the film, Raizo is told as one of the deadliest assassins in the world. Being raised to be a killer by the Ozunu Clan, a secret society whose very existence is considered a myth, he is haunted by the merciless execution of his friend by the Clan. Razio later breaks free from them and vanishes.
The movie then follows Raizo who is preparing to exact his revenge. Teaming up with Europol agent Mika Coretti, he is entangled in a deadly game of cat and mouse through the streets of Europe. Both of them should trust one another in their effort to bring down the elusive Ozunu Clan.
Directed by James McTeigue, "Ninja Assassin" is starred by Naomie Harris, »
- AceShowbiz.com
World War Z Still on Track
31 October 2009 2:43 AM, PDT | HugAZombie | See recent HugAZombie news »
Last we checked, a new World War Z script was due from the recently hired Matthew Michael Carnahan "in a few weeks", according to author Max Brooks. Presumably, that would have been done by now, but apparently, Brooks and director Marc Forster are still waiting on his script. The Washington Post held an online chat with Brooks who had this to say about the project:
I can tell you that Marc Forster has signed on to direct the project. I just had lunch with him a few weeks ago and he is either the world's best liar or he really wants to make this movie. Right now we're waiting for a new draft of the script. That should determine the next step in the 'developement' process.
Considering Forster's reticence to make the original script by J. Michael Straczynski, it's easy to become fearful that Forster will bail out, putting Wwz into development hell. »
- (Fulci)
'Shattered Union' Computer Game Getting An Adaptation From Jerry Bruckheimer And J. Michael Straczynski
27 October 2009 1:00 PM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
by Blair Marnell
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski have signed on with Disney for a film adaptation of 2K Games' real-time strategy title “Shattered Union.” According to Variety, Mike Stenson and Chad Oman of Jerry Bruckheimer Films will also come onboard as executive producers. The duo is also attached to the upcoming film adaptations of "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time" and “The Sorcerer's Apprentice.”
Originally released in 2005, “Shattered Union” is a turn-based tactics game that chronicles the second American Civil War following the nuclear destruction of Washington D.C. and the assassination of the President of the United States along with most of Congress. In the aftermath, several states secede and wage war against each other.
Some of the factions included within the game are the California Commonwealth, the Republic of Texas and the New England Alliance, along with an occupying European peacekeeping unit and a dangerously ultra-nationalistic Russia, »
- MTV Movies Team
Bruckheimer to Adapt 'Shattered Union' Video Game
27 October 2009 9:15 AM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
Now how's this for a cool premise? "U.S. states secede from the U.S. and form their own governments that wage a civil war against each other after Washington, D.C., is wiped out in a nuclear blast and chaos ravages the nation." Sounds like it could make for a fairly novel action flick, eh? Well, as Variety informs us, that's the exact plot of a 2005 video game called Shattered Union. (Just because I've never heard of it doesn't mean it's not good. If you've played this one, leave us a mini-review in the comments section.)
The tale of a dystopian American Civil War Part II will come from producer Jerry Bruckheimer (don't act surprised), who in turn will entrust the adaptation to one J. Michael Straczynski. Serious genre fans know this gentleman as the co-creator of Babylon 5. He's written tons of TV, in addition to Eastwood's Changeling, »
- Scott Weinberg
J. Michael Straczynski Penning Video Game Adaptation Shattered Union, Still on Paul Greengrass Project
27 October 2009 8:32 AM, PDT | Slash Film | See recent Slash Film news »
Update: Since publishing this, /Film reader Eneko Ruiz pointed me to Straczynski's own site, where an email he reprints (from Oct 24) suggests that he's not actively working on Silver Surfer. Jms writes: "My guess is that since my draft was closely tied into FF2, which is ancient now, they've struck off in a different direction." Original article follows, but I deleted 'Still on Silver Surfer' from the original title of this piece. The game Shattered Union only came out in 2005, but I doubt too many people remember it. The PC and Xbox turn-based strategy title speculated on a political future in which the Us sees states seceding from the Union after the second-term retention of the most unpopular president in the nation's history. Now Jerry Bruckheimer is setting a film version up at Disney, and has tapped J. Michael Straczynski to write. If the film can go into production relatively »
- Russ Fischer
Jerry Bruckheimer wants a Shattered Union
27 October 2009 8:19 AM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
It’s been a few months since we’ve broken a Jerry Bruckheimer producing story. No need to worry, he’s back and this time he’s setting his sites on a civil war epic. Bruckheimer has acquired the rights to “Shattered Union,” a video game published by 2K Games, a division of Take-Two Interactive, which is also try to get “Bioshock” made at Universal. In the game, Washington D.C. is destroyed by a nuclear blast and, predictably, things get a little “Mad Max.” What, you were expecting “Gettysburg 3?” Hit the jump for more details.
“Shattered Union” is a tactics based strategy game. The user controls one of six American factions (California Commonwealth, The Confederacy, Great Plains Federation, New England Alliance, Pacifica, The Republic of Texas), the peacekeeping European Union Occupation or the Alaska conquering Russians. The movie, to be written by J. Michael Straczynski (”Changeling”), sounds like another »
- David Corbin
Jerry Bruckheimer Plotting Civil War -- Disney-Style
27 October 2009 7:14 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
Variety reports that Jerry Bruckheimer, producer of TV shows and movies including CSI: Miami and Confessions of a Shopaholic, is working on an adaptation of the popular video game Shattered Union for Disney. In this strategy war game, the United States is battling seceded states after a nuclear blast wipes out Washington, DC.
Bruckheimer has brought in Ninja Assassin and World War Z scribe J. Michael Straczynski to pen the screenplay. Both are no stranger to video game adaptations. Bruckheimer produced Disney's upcoming Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, which opens May 28, 2010, and Straczynski is also writing a Silver Surfer movie for Fox — good news for fans that thought the movie was dead.
Since the movie is being made for Disney, should we assume Bruckheimer will make the nuclear explosion that destroys the Capitol and ignites civil war family-friendly?
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- Ryan Gowland
Jerry Bruckheimer Literally Planning To Destroy America
27 October 2009 7:09 AM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Unlike many, many of the video games that get adapted for movies, Shattered Union has a concept that actually sounds like something I'd want to see on the screen. It takes place in a United States where multiple civil wars have broken out, Washington, D.C. has been wiped out by a nuclear bomb, and the Europeans are stepping in to demand we get our act together. Not bad, right? Jerry Bruckheimer, the king of putting disasters onscreen, agrees with me too. He's picked J. Michael Straczynski to adapt the game for Disney, according to Variety. Straczynski has one of the more varied screenwriting careers out there, having both created Babylon 5, written the Clint Eastwood movie Changeling, and adapted the zombie apocalypse novel World War Z. He actually seems like a good fit for the material, given that he'll have to fit in some kind of character-based drama amid »
Bruckheimer & Straczynski Adapting 2K's Shattered Union
27 October 2009 5:48 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »
Seems like Jerry Bruckheimer is excited to adapt even more video games. Variety reports that he is set to adapt Shattered Union, published by 2K Games, and has hired screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski to write the script. In the game, states secede from the Us and form their own governments that wage a civil war against each other after Washington DC is wiped out in a nuclear blast and chaos ravages the nation. Players control one of the warring group of states, like the California Commonwealth, Republic of Texas and New England Alliance, or a European peacekeeping unit sent to reunify America. Sounds like fun war action. As we already know, Bruckheimer is poised to unleash one big video game adaptation to audiences next year - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Straczynski, on the other hand, has a variety of scripts under his belt. He helped write Ninja Assassin, »
- Alex Billington
Bruckheimer, Straczynski Unite for Shattered Union
27 October 2009 | Comingsoon.net | See recent Comingsoon.net news »
Jerry Bruckheimer has tapped J. Michael Straczynski to adapt 2K Games' "Shattered Union" video game for Disney. "Shattered Union," developed by PopTop Software ("Tropico" series, "Railroad Tycoon 2" and "3"), is a turn-based strategy wargame in which players fight as one of many warring factions in an attempt to reunify the United States fractured by a second civil war. The game was published in 2005. You can visit the official website for more info. J. Michael Straczynski (upcoming Ninja Assassin ) is writing a Silver Surfer film at Fox and a Forbidden Planet reboot at Warner Bros. He also adapted World War Z for Paramount and his Vietnam War drama They Marched Into Sunlight is in pre-production at Universal with... »
Shattered Union script
27 October 2009 4:12 AM, PDT | JoBlo.com | See recent JoBlo news »
Jerry Bruckheimer, hot off of Prince Of Persia, is cooking up another game-to-film adaptation, and if I let you guess all night, you’d probably never pick which one. He's tapped Changeling and World War Z writer J. Michael Straczynski to adapt 2K Games’ Shattered Union. Remember that? Me neither, but let me refresh your memory: In the game, states secede from the U.S. and form their own governments that wage a civil war against each other after Washington, D.C., is wiped... »
- Paul Tassi
Shattered Union gamerflick goes to Disney, Bruckheimer
27 October 2009 12:40 AM, PDT | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »
Walt Disney Pictures has acquired the movie rights to 2K Games' Shattered Union and is developing it as a movie. The studio has selected Changeling screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski to adapt the game into a screen story for producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
The game came out four years ago for the next gen systems and was a strategy action title. Set in an America that's undergoing a second Civil War and split into six factions, the player takes control of one of the states or a European peacekeeping militia that's trying to restore the United States of America. The game was developed by PopTop Software, the same team that brought us the best-selling Railroad Tycoon.
Bruckheimer and Disney have their first gamerflick Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time set for release next summer. Straczynski's next to-be-released project is Warner Bros.' Ninja Assassin, out next month. »
- Patrick Sauriol
Jerry Bruckheimer Grabs Shattered Union
26 October 2009 11:24 PM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
Jerry Bruckheimer's quest to go where no man - or woman - has gone before and oversee a half-decent game-to-movie adaptation is gathering pace with news that he's acquired the rights to 2K Games' Shattered Union for Disney.The production mogul, currently hard at work on post-production for Prince Of Persia: The Sands Of Time, has tapped J. Michael Straczynski (Changeling) to turn the pixelated apocalypse into something script-like. Set in a near-future America torn by civil war, the game version of Shattered Union sees Washington D.C. nuked and six sets of ceceded states battling each other across a scared landscape, while a team of European peacekeepers wave their hands in the air and yell "schtop!!". We think. It's perfect terrain for the man who's already overseen the destruction of significant parts of the Us with Armageddon and Pearl Harbour. Straczynski, meanwhile, has adapted zombie horror World War »
World War Z Screenwriter to Adapt Shattered Union for [sic] Disney
26 October 2009 10:52 PM, PDT | HugAZombie | See recent HugAZombie news »
What can't Jerry Bruckheimer do? The producer behind such film classics as Bad Boys 2 and Kangaroo Jack is producing an adaptation of 2K Games' strategy war game Shattered Union, Variety reports. To give Brucks some credit, he has hired World War Z writer J. Michael Straczynski to adapt the game into a screenplay.
The big mystery is how Straczynski and Brucks are going to make Shattered Union for Disney, especially since the game was about secession of the United States that occurs after a nuclear explosion destroys Washington D.C. Maybe they'll animate it!
We also hope that Straczynski is given a chance to write a screenplay that gets made, unlike his World War Z experience. Despite huge praise, especially from author Max Brooks, Matthew Michael Carnahan was brought in to re-write the script.
Now, please add zombies to your script, Mr. Straczynski.
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- (Fulci)
J. Michael Straczynski Adapting Shattered Union
26 October 2009 7:30 PM, PDT | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »
Jerry Bruckheimer has set J. Michael Straczynski to adapt 2K Games' Shattered Union into a Disney feature.
According to Variety, in the game the states secede from the U.S. and form their own governments that wage a civil war against each other after Washington, D.C., is wiped out in a nuclear blast and chaos ravages the nation. Players control one of the warring group of states -- the California Commonwealth, Republic of Texas and New England Alliance are three of the six -- or a European peacekeeping unit sent to reunify America.
The strategy war game, developed by PopTop Software (behind the "Railroad Tycoon" franchise), was published in 2005 by 2K Games, a division of Take-Two Interactive.
No production date has been announced.
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What's Hot on SlashControl: Babylon 5
25 October 2009 8:03 AM, PDT | AOL - TVSquad | See recent AOL - TVSquad news »
While perusing around SlashControl tonight, I nearly stopped breathing when I came across Babylon 5. Not just a few episodes or even one or two seasons. All five seasons, 99 episodes total.
My sci-fi-loving mom taped the entire series on VHS, and I have the first few seasons on DVD. But what a thrill to find it on SlashControl. If you're not familiar with J. Michael Straczynski's groundbreaking show, it takes place in the year 2258, ten years after an Earth-Minbari War. Commander Jeffrey Sinclair (Michael O'Hare) takes command of a giant five-mile-long cylindrical space station, orbiting a planet in neutral space.
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Viff 09: Review of James McTeigue’s Ninja Assassin
19 October 2009 3:09 PM, PDT | QuietEarth.us | See recent QuietEarth news »
Year: 2009
Directors: James McTeigue
Writers: J. Michael Straczynski / Matthew Sand
IMDb: link
Trailer: link
Review by: Marina Antunes
Rating: 6 out of 10
[Editor's note: Big ups to our gal-pal Marina of the famous Row Three crew for supplying this great review from Viff '09]
Big props to studios who make big budget B-movies: extravaganzas of sex, action and blood that titillate the senses, but keep the mind on the back burner while still managing to say something about our culture. Arguments that all Hollywood blockbusters are B-movies are somewhat valid, but few films achieve the coveted status of “good B-movie” and though Ninja Assassin certainly tries to get there and almost succeeds, it simply doesn’t manage to be as fun as needs to in order to succeed.
That’s not to say it doesn’t try. The opening sequence in James McTeigue’s V for Vendetta follow-up is a spectacular feast of darkness, blood and mind bending martial arts, a spectacle that starts the film off on great footing and which mixes »
Viff 2009: 'Ninja Assassin'
14 October 2009 6:43 AM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
Ninjas used to be scarier. In the B-movies of the 1970s, the ninja was a mysterious and occult figure, cold and soulless, that was to be overcome by the likes of Chuck Norris.
But in the past thirty years, the ninja has become commodified. Chris Farley's Beverly Hills Ninja and the Ask a Ninja Web site are clever, but they are evidence that the ninja has become a joke.
Producers Andy and Larry Wachowski and director James McTeigue are trying to reappropriate the ninja character in Ninja Assassin. Starring Rain — who appeared in Speed Racer, also from the Wachowskis — the film is both an attempt to put the fearsomeness back into the ninja, as well as an homage to those B-movies that made the ninja so iconic to western audiences.
And it almost works.
In Ninja Assassin the ninja is something to be feared. They are ghost-like, literally disappearing »
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