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30 September 2008 8:00 PM, PDT | From MoviesOnline.ca | See recent MoviesOnline news

Oh dear oh me. Ugo has confirmed what we told you awhile back that yes Rush Hour 3 director Brett Ratner will be directing the Gears Of War movie. Ugh! But we can add some good news to that for you all which is also not new news but still... The folks at Legendary Pictures who did 300, Superman Returns and The Watchmen are going to co-produce and co-finance the upcoming Gears of War Movie. This is some great news and pretty much ensures a fun ride!   The movie will take place during the Pendulum Wars which is the 79 year war that manking fought on Sera. The movie will follow Marcus...

3 September 2008 6:06 PM, PDT | From screeninglog.com | See recent screeninglog news

Variety reported earlier today that screenwriter Jeff Nathanson will pen the script for the first “The 39 Clues”, an adventure series developed by Scholastic Media.

Targeting a younger audience, the series focuses on the Cahills, the world’s most powerful family. The true source for its power can only explained via 39 clues spread across the planet throughout history.

DreamWorks will develop the series, with Steven Spielberg attached to direct the first installment. Nathanson wrote the scripts for three of Spielberg’s films, including “The Terminal” and “Catch Me If You Can.”

Next week, Scholastic Media will also release the first book in connection with the series. A second one is due in December.

By the way, Nathanson also worked on “Rush Hour 2” and “Rush Hour 3.” Oh yeah, and Jan de Bont’s awful “Speed 2: Cruise Control.” Can’t forget that one.

Franck Tabouring

3 September 2008 4:53 PM, PDT | From ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news

Another Wednesday and therefore another Mid-Week Movie Wrap up to furnish you with the latest movie news around.

This week we look at:

Why Tim Roth isn’t in Inglorious Bastards, who will be directing a new Tarzan film, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles go live action, Jerry Bruckheimer decides that Killing Rommel is a good idea and we search for The 39 Clues.

1. The reason that Tim Roth has not signed on to Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards is because he is going to star in the film version of Skellig.

The film will be based on the children’s novel by David Almond. The book follows a young boy named Michael who discovers what may or may not be an angel in his garage. The film will costar John Simms and Kelly MacDonald and it will be directed by Annabel Jankel of Super Mario Brothers fame. Ouch.

The book

Niall Browne

29 August 2008 9:54 AM, PDT | From Filmonic.com | See recent Filmonic news

Yesterday it was announced we would be getting a movie based on Facebook, and now Rush Hour 3 director Brett Ratner has revealed he would like to direct a movie based on the popular game, Guitar Hero. “I love ‘Guitar Hero’ and I think it’s a part of pop culture. I would love to do…

Liam

30 June 2008 9:07 AM, PDT | From wenn.com | See recent WENN news

Hollywood moviemaker Brett Ratner ran into trouble when directing his blockbuster film Rush Hour 3 - because the French government enforced strict labour laws which made filming nearly impossible.

Ratner chose to shoot the third installment of the action franchise starring Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan in Paris with hopes of adding to the movie's "fish out of water comedy".

But the French's leisurely approach to the working week soon forced the director to relocate the film set back to Los Angeles.

Ratner says, "We could only shoot eight hours a day because it was the law - the thirty hour work week in France. No overtime. It doesn't matter if you offer them triple overtime, they will not work more.

"So it's eight hour days and two hour lunches and wine service during lunch. Every crew member, in their contract, has a right to drink wine. So they have an open bottle of wine and they bring you an appetizer, a main course and then a dessert - service. It's not like you go get your own food and you sit down. So basically I'm getting six hours a day shooting.

"So we decided we've got to go back to LA and build an extended (set of Paris)."

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9 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

New Line Cinema will follow the lead of corporate sibling Warner Bros. and release all future high-definition video product in the Blu-ray format exclusively, it indicated Tuesday. The company said that Pan's Labyrinth, released last month, would be the last New Line movie to be available in both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats. The website High-Def Disc News said that New Line had canceled the upcoming HD DVD releases of Hairspray and Rush Hour 3.

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4 January 2008 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

The top-selling DVD over Christmas week was The Simpsons Movie, which held the top spot for the second week in a row, according to Nielsen VideoScan. Rush Hour 3 debuted at No. 2, while The Kingdom entered the field at No. 3. On the rental charts, Rush Hour 3 debuted in first place with $11.9 million, according to Home Media magazine. The Kingdom was close behind with $11.2 million. The Simpsons Movie slipped to third place in its second week with $10.6 million.

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