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New movie adaptation planned for barbarian warrior Kull

24 November 2009 3:43 AM, PST | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Paradox Entertainment says it is planning a new film based on the warrior hero Kull.

Paradox's CEO Fredrik Malmberg revealed plans for the reboot to French website Fantasy.fr.

Robert E Howard, who also created Conan, introduced Kull in a 1929 issue of the pulp magazine Weird Tales. The character later appeared in comics by Marvel and more recently Dark Horse.

Born in Atlantis around 20,000Bc, Kull is exiled over a mercy killing and later vecomes a mercenary and eventually king of Valusia on the neighbouring continent of Thuria.

A film adaptation, Kull the Conqueror, was released in 1997, directed by John Nicolella and starring Kevin Sorbo in the title role. Other cast members included Tia Carrere, Harvey Fierstein and Primeval star Douglas Henshall.

The Universal movie, which was a box office dud, was in fact an adaptation of Howard's Conan novel The Hour of the Dragon, with the lead character »

- David Bentley

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Karl "Bones" Urban on Star Trek 2

20 November 2009 11:40 AM, PST | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

After a notable role as Eomer in the second and third chapters in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Karl Urban went on to star in the ill-fated Pathfinder, Marcus Nispel's Vikings-versus-Native Americans action film.

Urban followed up his little-seen Pathfinders starring role with the supporting role of Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy in J.J. Abrams' revamped Star Trek, a role that promised to put him back in the spotlight. However, Abrams' film focused primarily on the relationship between James T. Kirk (played by Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto), rather than on the the Kirk-Spock-Bones trinity that served as the basis for the original series. In a recent interview with IGN, Urban said that he hopes that his role gets beefed up for Star Trek 2, if only to pay homage to the original.

The structure [of the new film] wasn't really the traditional triumvirate that you've seen on the television show. »

- BrentJS Sprecher

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The rebirth of Khan: should he be played by an unknown in Star Trek 2?

19 November 2009 9:19 AM, PST | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Rumours abound that Jj Abrams - if he is to helm the revamped Enterprise's second outing - will cast Lost hunk Nestor Carbonell in the role made famous by Ricardo Montalban. Is that playing too safe?

Directors have their favourites. Follow David Lynch on his latest journey to Planet Weird and you'll probably find Laura Dern landed some time before you; pick up a Sam Raimi flick and don't be surprised if he's found some way to shoehorn in Bruce Campbell.

One of the things about last year's Star Trek revamp that impressed me most was that Jj Abrams didn't fall back on tried and tested actors from his previous ventures to populate the bridge of the USS Enterprise. Sure, there was Simon Pegg, who starred in the director's debut movie in charge, Mission Impossible 3, and Zoe Saldana from his Bad Robot production company's TV series Six Degrees. But Chris Pine was a near unknown, »

- Ben Child

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Conan Cameo For Dolph Lundgren?

10 November 2009 11:44 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

The man responsible for the terror that was Captain Ivan Drago in Rocky IV and the joy that was He-Man in Masters of the Universe revealed to MTV that he’s in talks for an unnamed part in the upcoming Conan reboot.  Lundgren caught MTV New’s attention with this little ditty:

“I’ve talked to the producers about doing something for Conan”

As to whether anything was definite, the man went on to say:

“It’s too early”

Regarding a question about when he might know for sure, he responded:

“probably next year”

He-Man need not go on.

 

Lundgren will also be appearing in the upcoming Sly Stallone-directed mercenary flick, The Expendables, which has the same production team as Conan. He-Man can network.

The new Conan is to be directed by Marcus Nispel (who replaced Brett Ratner) and penned by Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer.  Nispel helmed Friday the 13th »

- Scott Miller

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“Conan” Character List and Plot Details

28 October 2009 6:37 AM, PDT | Filmofilia | See recent Filmofilia news »

Millenium and Lionsgate’s new “Conan” filming begins February 22, 2010 in Bulgaria, with Marcus Nispel (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Pathfinder) behind the camera.

Looking to fill some slots, Moviehole has gotten their hands on a casting sheet that outlines 21 different roles they are searching for, including the four leads.

Check out the descriptions of the lead and some supporting roles below and click here to see the many other supporting roles, including a narrator.

Conan: He’s in his 20s to early 30s, Caucasian, powerfully built, broad-shouldered, sun browned skin lined with scars. Piercing blue eyes and square-cut black mane, tall. He is a savage killer that has matured into the refinement his father tried to teach him when he was young. Conan is very smart, almost inhumanly strong, and very cunning. His entire life, from the moment of his birth, has been shaped by violence. Being the last of »

- Allan Ford

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‘Ghost In The Shell’ Snags ‘Shutter Island’ Screenwriter [Updated]

27 October 2009 2:42 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Update: Laeta Kalogridis is female Not male. I apologize. Changes have been noted.

Dreamworks’ adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s manga/anime classic Ghost In The Shell has snagged Laeta Kalogridis to adapt Shirow’s futuristic vision into a live-action 3D blockbuster. Kalogridis has penned such past gems as Oliver Stone’s Alexander and the American alt-history epic, Pathfinder, but is poised to be a breakout name for Her work adapting author Dennis Lehane’s novel Shutter Island into a Martin Scorsese film, which will be hitting theaters early next year.

Jamie Moss (Street Kings) had been tapped to draft an earlier version of Ghost In The Shell - guess his take on the story didn’t go over so well with the studio…

 

The Ghost In Shell universe created by Shirow was a vision of the future where technology is everywhere and human beings have been augmented with cybernetic bodies down to their very brains, »

- Kofi Outlaw

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Conan Reboot Cast Descriptions Leaked Online

27 October 2009 12:42 PM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »

The casting characters list for director Marcus Nispel's (Pathfinder) live-action reboot of the Conan franchise has been leaked online at MovieHole.net, and it appears the producers are not necessarily looking for a "name" actor to fill the sweaty boots of the Cimmerian barbarian created by Robert E. Howard.

Below are the descriptions for the lead protagonists. The complete list also has cast descriptions for the lead antagonist, "Khalar Singh" (a warlord seeking the blood of a queen to "bring life to the demonic minions of Acheron"), "Young Conan," and multiple "Pict Savages." Warning: The descriptions give quite a bit of information about the movie's plot, so if you don't like spoilers, read at your own risk!

[ Conan ] He's in his 20s to early 30s, Caucasian, powerfully built, broad-shouldered, sun browned skin lined with scars. Piercing blue eyes and square-cut black mane, tall. He is a savage killer that has »

- BrentJS Sprecher

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Conan Characters Casting Call

27 October 2009 12:12 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Lionsgate's new Conan starts shooting next February in Bulgaria, with Marcus Nispel (The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Pathfinder) behind the camera. Moviehole have got their hands on the casting breakdowns, which obviously give a good idea of the characters, and some indication of the plot (beware spoilers). *Deep breath*. Let us tell you of the days of high adventure.For the leads we have, obviously, Conan himself, 20s-30s, Caucasian, the last of the Cimmerians, out for vengeance on Khalar Singh, a formidable warlord and warrior in his 40s or 50s, for whom the producers are "open to all ethnicities". Singh is looking for Queen Ilira, whose blood will help him raise a demon army. Ilira's handmaiden is Tamara, who allies with Conan in what sounds like a Red Sonja hot amazon role. And there's Ukafa, Singh's untrustworthy henchman for whom a massive African or African American is required.There are »

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Multiple Personality Disorder report

26 October 2009 11:23 AM, PDT | 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: RZA talks about films in the works

RZA is a genius musician but he’s ready to make the leap into film. In a recent interview with The A.V. Club, he confirmed that work is progressing on “The Man with the Iron Fist”, an old school “martial arts extravaganza” which will also be his directorial debut (with a little help from Eli Roth(?). If that’s not enough, RZA has also signed on to produce “The Last Dragon” remake with Samuel L. Jackson, a project he had already agreed to star in last year. [via: The A.V. Club]

#2: “Ghost in the Shell” goes live-action

Laeta Kalogridis (the writer behind “Night Watch”, “Alexander” and the god awful “Pathfinder” – 2 for 3 aint bad) is in the process of adapting a live-action version of “Ghost in the Shell.” Yes, he’ll try his hand at making high-brow, non-sensical (but awesome) anime into a package that Hollywood will eat-up. »

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Ghost in the Shell 3-D Live Action Remake Gets a New Writer

26 October 2009 4:41 AM, PDT | FilmJunk | See recent FilmJunk news »

A couple of years ago, we saw a flood of studios picking up the rights to live action remakes of popular anime films and series. Fast-forward to today, and most of these are still stuck in development hell, perhaps stalled by the massive failure that was Dragonball Evolution. While I wouldn't be surprised if some of these projects never actually reach completion, at least a couple of them are still showing signs of life, with the Akira adaptation recently getting a new team of writers [1], and now Dreamworks setting a new scribe for their 3-D live action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell. Back when the project was first announced [2], the writer who had been assigned to craft the script was Jamie Moss, whose only previous credit was the Keanu Reeves crime thriller Street Kings. Now Variety [3] is reporting that the torch has been passed to Laeta Kalogridis, with no »

- Sean

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DreamWorks Hires Writer for 3-D 'Ghost in the Shell'

25 October 2009 8:17 PM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »

If you're keeping score, there are a couple live action versions of anime classics heading to theater. Keanu Reeves is developing Cowboy Bebop, Leonardo DiCaprio is working on a new Akira film, and Steven Spielberg last year worked on bringing Ghost in the Shell to DreamWorks. There hadn't been much movement on that last project ever since we found out it would (or at least could) happen.

But now DreamWorks has signed Laeta Kalogridis to write the adaptation for Ghost in the Shell, which the studio hopes will be a 3-D affair. Kalogridis is a mixed bag. On the one hand, a co-writing credit on Night Watch. On the other, Alexander and Pathfinder. Jamie Moss was the original writer hired for the project, although we don't know if Kalogridis is starting from scratch or incorporating ideas that Moss brought to the table. »

- Colin Boyd

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Laeta Kalogridis Writing DreamWorks' Ghost in the Shell 3D

23 October 2009 3:40 AM, PDT | firstshowing.net | See recent FirstShowing.net news »

Some news today on the anime front. Variety is reporting that DreamWorks has hired screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis to adapt the Ghost in the Shell manga into a futuristic live-action 3D police thriller. It was first discovered that DreamWorks, under Steven Spielberg's supervision, would be bringing this anime to life on the big screen in 3D more than a year ago. Jamie Moss (Street Kings) was originally hired to write the first draft, but now Kalogridis is taking over. Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Steven Paul of Seaside Entertainment are attached to produce, but Spielberg isn't named any more. I really hope she knows what she'd doing! Ms. Kalogridis has had a very interesting change of fate over the past few years. The 44-year-old writer previously wrote Alexander and Pathfinder, two movies that not only flopped at the box office, but were downright awful. Out of nowhere, she adapted Shutter Island »

- Alex Billington

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3D Live-Action Ghost in the Shell gets screenwriter

23 October 2009 12:07 AM, PDT | Affenheimtheater | See recent Affenheimtheater news »

ComingSoon.net reports that Dreamworks Pictures has hired Laeta Kalogridis as the screenwriter for the 3D live-action adaptation of Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell that has been floating around the net for quite some time now. Until now, (im at least in April 2008), Jamie Moss (Street Kings) was supposed to write the script for Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Steven Paul’s Seaside Entertainment.

Well, color me unimpressed. For the live-action adaptation of Akira, Warner got Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby (who wrote the screenplay for Children of Men) so there is a bit of hope for that, but looking at Kalogridis’ career so far (Alexander, Night Watch, Pathfinder) I just can’t see how she’s supposed to properly transfer the Ghost in the Shell universe into the reel (eh) world. »

- Ulrik

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Weekend Movie News Wrap Up: August 23, 2009

23 August 2009 12:08 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

This Week:

The Basterds have landed at the top of the box office; Karl Urban takes a bite out of Priest; Summit attempts to grab Jodie Foster’s Beaver; Rosario Dawson boards Unstoppable; The Twilight Saga: Eclipse begins; Pandorum is pushed back and is it a trick or a treat for Trick r’ Treat?

 

Box Office

Quentin Tarantino scored the biggest opening of his career with Inglourious Basterds. The Brad Pitt film shot up an impressive $37 million over the weekend giving The Weinstein Company a much needed financial boost. The R-rated Nazi killing epic will have a chance of cracking $100 million if word of mouth is good.

District 9 dropped less than 50% this weekend after banking an estimated $18.9 million. With $73 million already in the bag it looks like this $30 million film will be very profitable.

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra banked another $12.5 million. The action-figure movie has now taken an impressive $120 million. »

- Niall Browne

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Twilight Saga Daily Dosage - 08/05/09

5 August 2009 3:59 PM, PDT | ScreenStar | See recent ScreenStar news »

There is a new vampire in town as Variety has confirmed that 14 year old Jodelle Ferland has landed a role in The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. At this point, many are unsure of the role that Ferland will play but within days we will have the full scoop. There are rumors running around saying that Ferland will play Bree the vampire that was turned away and joined Xavier. A veteran in the acting world, the Canadian born actress stars alongside Renee Zellweger this fall in the thriller Case 39. We have so much fun Twilight news to share with you today in your Twilight Saga Daily Dosage. The lovable Peter Facinelli is spilling the details for Eclipse, New Moon actress Rachelle Lefevre opens her heart and encourages you to join, and Chris Weitz is talking Stephenie Meyer cameo rumors. Plus, both Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart can stand tall today because »

- cjoyce@corp.popstar.com (Colleen Joyce)

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Marcus Nispel Talks ‘Conan The Barbarian’ Remake

3 August 2009 12:09 PM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

Awhile back the Conan The Barbarian fan site Conan The Movie Blog sent out a list of fan question to director Marcus Nispel (Friday The 13th, Pathfinder) about his upcoming Conan remake. Much to their surprise, Nispel answered back!

In the “exclusive interview” Nispel discusses how he views Conan as a character, what made him take on the remake and why this modern version has to be different from the 1980s film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Conan fans be sure to check it out.

 

Here are a few choice snippets from the interview:

How important is it to you to stick to the Conan character of the original [Robert E. Howard] stories?

The character of Conan is what most attracted me to this project. He is the last of the reality-based superheroes and the most unapologetic one at that. I find that refreshing in these politically correct times.

What are your thoughts on the previous Conan films? »

- Kofi Outlaw

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Remake Director Signed for ‘Conan’ Remake

12 June 2009 11:12 AM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »

Marcus Nispel has been signed to replace Brett Ratner in the Conan remake for Nu Image/Millennium Films.  Nispel has a history of unwanted remakes, starting with The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the recently rebooted Friday the 13th.  He was also behind the generally hated Viking movie Pathfinder.

The news of his hiring originated at Chud, whose inside sources told Devin Faraci the list was narrowed to three and then finally Nispel.  It was later confirmed by Variety.  Conan’s big screen reboot was supposed to start filming in Bulgaria this August, but the plan was likely rearranged when Brett Ratner dropped out due to scheduling issues.

As for the story, there aren’t many details out just yet.  Nispel insists it will be failthful to the original source material, something he’s had plenty of practice telling the press.  Outlander screenwriters Dirk Blackman and Howard McCain were brought in »

- Jeff Leins

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Marcus Nispel To Direct Conan

12 June 2009 10:51 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »

The Arnold Schwarzenegger remake/reboot craze continues to roll on with news that remake guru Marcus Nispel is set to helm the new Conan film. Nispel replaces Brett Ratner who recently dropped out of directing the film for Nu Image/Millennium Films.

 

In the past Nispel has directed the remakes of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Friday the 13th and Pathfinder so at the very least he knows his way around violence, gore and swords. Other directors attached to the project over the years include the Wachowski’s and Robert Rodriguez (he’s now producing Red Sonja).

Nu Image/ Millennum films hope to start shooting the Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer penned film in Bulgaria and South Africa later in the year.

In a strange case of irony Nispel was also set to direct the Arnold Schwarzenegger film End of Days in 1998 but he withdrew due to the ever popular reason of “creative differences. »

- Niall Browne

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Marcus Nispel to direct Conan remake

12 June 2009 8:42 AM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »

Marcus Nispel has been announced as the director of the Conan remake for Nu Image/Millennium Films.

He will replace Brett Ratner who left the project last month over timing issues.

According to Variety, Nispel said he would blend his childhood imaginings of the character with the look of the famous Conan illustrations by Frank Frazetta, as well as the influence of viscerally violent period films such as Mel Gibson's Apocalypto.

Production is set to start late this year in Bulgaria and South Africa, from a script by Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer. Nu Image/Millennium is making the film in partnership with Lionsgate.

The barbarian warrior was created by Robert E. Howard and debuted in a pulp magazine in 1932.

The character was previously brought to the screen in two movies starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, in 1982 and 1984, and has sustained appeal through comic books and video games.

Nispel's directing »

- David Bentley

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Director Marcus Nispel Takes Over ‘Conan’ Reboot

12 June 2009 7:30 AM, PDT | The Flickcast | See recent The Flickcast news »

I honestly don’t know which is worse, that the director of such “classics” as Rush Hour and Red Dragon was going to be doing the new Conan movie reboot or that he’s moved on and the director of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot and Pathfinder is now, according to Chud, taking over. This change doesn’t necessary help my attitude towards the project.

Of course, it also doesn’t help that the company making the film, and has now picked Nispel to helm it, is none other than Millennium Films — the folks responsible for such cinematic gems as Alien Hunter, The Wicker Man, 88 Minutes and countless more. They don’t exactly have a fantastic track record when it comes to producing quality entertainment. However, I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt here.

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that »

- Joe Gillis

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