A movie adaptation of Prince of Persia The Sands of Time is under development. Here below some footage from the Prince of Persia movie:

Prince of Persia Movie Trailer

Plot / Synopsis:
“Dastan (Jake Gyllenhaal) is a 6th century prince of Persia who teams up with Princess Tamina (Gemma Arterton) to rescue the Sands of Time, a gift from the gods that controls time, from the hands of the villainous nobleman, Nizam (Ben Kingsley).”

Cast:
– Jake Gyllenhaal as Prince Dastan, a sixth-century Persian prince. The character is nameless in the games; Jordan Mechner said he chose the name because it is the Persian word for “trickster”. Gyllenhaal estimated he gained five pounds of muscle for the role.
– Gemma Arterton as Tamina, a feisty and exotic princess. Arterton practiced horse riding in Madrid and did further training in London.
– Ben Kingsley as Nizam, King Shahrman’s brother who plans to kill the ruler and blame the murder on Prince Dastan.
– Alfred Molina as Sheik Amar, a mentor to Prince Dastan.
– Toby Kebbell as Dastan’s brother, head of the Persian army.

I was playing to Jordan Mechner’s Prince of Persia at the very beginning, when it was but a 2D platform game. But I didn’t follow with the following 3D versions. But I’m glad to see The Prince of Persia adapted into a live action movie.
:)

Walt Disney Pictures has unveiled the first official poster of The Princess and The Frog,

The Princess and The Frog Poster

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THE PRINCESS and THE FROG

Wlat Disney Pictures

Holiday 2009

The story takes place in New Orleans’ French Quarter during the 1920’s Jazz Age. And because of the frog there’ll be some action too in the bayous: yep, Disney is going to bring its magic to a swamp!
:)

We may have a look to Surrogates, an upcoming sci-fi movie directed by Jonathan Mostow and starring Bruce Willis, thanks to this featurette that found its way online:

Surrogates Sneak Preview

Synopsis / Plot:
“In the near future, humans live in isolation and only interact through remote-controlled artificial bodies that serve as surrogates. When several surrogates are murdered, a cop (Bruce Willis) investigates the crimes through his own surrogate. The investigation forces the cop to bring his human form out of isolation and unravel a conspiracy behind the crimes.”

Cast:
– Bruce Willis as Agent Greer, a cop who investigates the murder of others’ surrogates
– Radha Mitchell as Agent Peters, the cop’s partner
– Rosamund Pike as Maggie Greer, the cop’s wife
– Ving Rhames as The Prophet, a cult figure who disdains surrogates and plans an uprising
– Boris Kodjoe as Anthony Stone
– Jack Noseworthy as Strickland
– James Francis Ginty as Dr. Lionel Canter

I think this movie will somewhat have the feel of Minority Report… Well not brand new, but I can but welcome a sci-fi movie, even more if it is starring Bruce Willis in the lead role!

The movie Surrogates will hit theaters on September 25, 2009.
:)

Diane Kruger: what a pretty basterd!

Inglourious Basterds Movie Trailer

Diane Kruger plays the role of Bridget von Hammersmark, a popular film star in Nazi Germany who turns out to be a spy for the Allies!

She’s dangerously pretty, isn’t she?
:)

The movie trailer of Gamer, an upcoming sci-fi movie directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor and starring Gerard Butler, has been first released on XBOX, but it has already found its way online for us all to enjoy it (thanks to tijuana):

Gamer Trailer

Plot:
“Set in the near-future, mind-control technology has taken society by storm and a multiplayer on-line game called ‘Slayers’ allows humans control other humans in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable (Gerard Butler) the on-line champion of the game, and with his every move tracked by millions, his ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game’s mastermind (Hall) through launching an attack on the system that has imprisoned him.”

Cast:
– Gerard Butler as Kable, the highest-ranked warrior in the game “Slayers”
– Logan Lerman as Simon, who controls Kable
– Milo Ventimiglia as Rick Rape, described as “Moonraker, silver grill, with a latex outfit making him look like a bumblebee
– Aaron Yoo as Humanez Dude
– Ludacris
– Alison Lohman as Trace
– Kyra Sedgwick as Gina Parker Smith
– Michael C. Hall as Ken Castle
– John Leguizamo as Freek
– Johnny Whitworth as Scotch
– Zoe Bell as Sandra
– Amber Valletta as Angie

Will Kable (Gerard Butler) get back his freedom? Shall see in the movie Gamer this Fall!
:)

Take a look at Mark Strong as Lord Blackwood in this new photo of the Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes:

Sherlock Holmes Movie Trailer

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Lord Blackwood is the villain of the story, the evil mastermind Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.) will have to defeat.

Mark Strong said about his role:

Here some more pictures of Sherlock Holmes:

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Plot:
“Detective Sherlock Holmes (Downey Jr.) and his stalwart partner Watson (Law) engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.”

This is not going to be your grandfather’s Sherlock Holmes!
:)

Thanks to the Disney Channel we may enjoy the movie trailer of The Princess and The Frog, the latest hand-drawn animated movie by Walt Disney Pictures, earlier than expected:

The Princess and The Frog Trailer

Plot:
“A fairy tale centered on a young girl named Princess Tiana who lives in New Orleans’ French Quarter during the Jazz Age”

What a lovely a twist to this classic tale: the princess transforms into a frog after kissing the batracian!

But I still can’t say that I’m conquered by this animated movie… Maybe entertaining for my kids, bu not even sure about that… Well I suppose it’s one those movies that parents will force upon their children out of nostalgia… I don’t think this film deserves more a direct to dvd release…
:-)

A poster and a banner of the Expendables, Sylvester Stallone’s upcoming action movie, has been unveiled. And we may learn about the motto of this dream team of mercenaries, which is Semper Fight:

The Expendables Movie Poster

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THE EXPENDABLES

Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li, Jason Statham

SEMPER FIGHT

Impressive Expendable tattoo:
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And if you’re in Cannes for the Film Festival you’re likely to see this installation soon:
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Sylvester Stallone, Jet Li and Jason Statham in the same movie: The Expendables is gonna be more than explosive!
;-P

A new official poster of Rob Zombie’s H2 movie has been unveiled:
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Plot:
“Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael’s deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.”
I pity Michael Myers who can’t be freed of his obsession… Poor evil Mike!
;-P

In Terminator 4 Anton Yelchin is playing the role of Kyle Reese in Terminator 4. Kyle Reese is the resistant who will be sent to the past to protect John Connor’s mother (and is actually Connor’s father…). Skynet may want to kill him, but John Connor won’t let it happen:

Terminator 4 Movie

What a weird situation for John Connor: having to protect a boy who is his father in the future, er, I mean in the past… er… confused!
;-P

Did I tell you that Eli Roth is a real basterd? Here’s the proof:

Inglourious Basterds Movie Trailer

Eli Roth plays as Sgt. Donnie Donowitz: “A baseball bat-swinging Nazi hunter” who is known as “The Bear Jew” among Nazis. Some of them seem to believe that Donowitz is in fact, a vengeful golem!
;-P

In Night at the Museum Battle of the Smithsonian Ben Stiller has not only to deal with a megalomaniac pharaoh but also with crazy scientists:

Night at the Museum 2 Clip

Bring your kids to go watch Night at the Museum 2 for Memorial Day, on May 22, 2009.
;-P

Thanks to Firstshowing we may take a look to some splendid pictures of Agora, the upcoming drama movie set in Roman Egyt, 391 A.D., starring Rachel Weisz as Hypatia the philosopher and Max Minghella as her Christian slave:

Agora Pictures

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Agora is quite impressive knowing that they used a real set especially built on Malta to recreate Alexandria, and not the product of CGI tricks.

By the way in case you’re wondering: the Agora (or forum in their Roman equivalent) was an open place of assembly in ancient Greek city-states. We may still find the word as etymon of the word agoraphobia, the fear of critical public situations.
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More clips of Terminator 4, aka Terminator Salvation, have popped up online through Collider. It’s surprising that Warner Bros. are releasing so much footage of the latest Terminator movie so early, but well it doesn’t hurt: those preview clips of McG’s Terminator 4 will make you want to go stand in line for tickets right away!

Enjoy below those new Terminator 4 clips:

Terminator 4 Trailer

My Lord I asked you to bless Michael bay last time, please consider blessing McG too! Because Terminator 4 is gonna be a hell of a movie!

Watch more Terminator Salvation clips: Continue reading »

I’m found of the posters made for Ice Age 3, aka Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs, here a new one:

Ice Age 3 Trailer

Scrat the squirrel and his newly-met girlfriend Scratte will of course steal the show in Ice Age 3.
:)