Ninja Assassin was produced by Joel Silver and the Wachowski brothers. It was entirely filmed in Germany (probably to benefit from local subsides: making a movie like Ninja Assassin cost indeed a lot of money, so filmmakers try to get state financial support when available).
You may have recognized Berlin’s Victory column at the beginning of this Ninja Assassin preview: that’s where Obama gave a speech during his European tour before being elected!
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January 19th, 2009
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Extensive reshoot being done for Wolverine is causing a stir online. I won’t develop here: I think it is a pointless controversy, yep much ado about nothing… I bet that actually most people will enjoy this Wolverine movie at the end and I’m confident that Hugh Jackman will be right eventually when he says:
” […] Please rest assured that WOLVERINE will be badass and hopefully meet all of your expectations. […] “
Director Duncan Jones must be fan of science fiction like his father David Bowie. Jones is indeed bring us Moon, an appealing science-fiction movie full of references. It is starring Sam Rockwell in the lead role and Kevin Spacey is lending his voice to the Lunar base AI. We may watch a few Moon preview clips thanks to Collider (here) and Omelete:
Sam I can only account for what occurs on the base.
This AI with its electronic eye is like a tribute to Writer Arthur C. Clarke and to Director Stanley Kubrick in a reference to HAL9000 in ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’. I am really impressed by the quality of the set and all its details. Sam Rockwell’s performance is also remarkable: he’s playing two roles at once with a real talent.
To help you better understand what’s going in plot, here’s an extract of the synopsis:
“But 2 weeks shy of his departure from Selene, Sam starts seeing things, hearing things and feeling strange. And when a routine extraction goes horribly wrong, he discovers that Lunar have their own plans for replacing him and the new recruit is eerily familiar.
Before he can return to Earth, Sam has to confront himself and the discovery that the life he has created, may not be his own. It’s more than his contract that is set to expire.”
Some may think that the pace of the movie a bit slow, but I think it’s a strength for such a sci-fi movie: it will render the movie experience even more realistic!
I’m damn impatient to watch Moon! Where can I buy my own Kevin Spacey AI robot? that’s better than a pet! And ifs it can run the Lunar base then it could run my house cleaning!
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Director Michael Rymer is said to be working on a live-action movie adaptation of Witchblade, a comic book created by Top Cow editors Marc Silvestri and David Wohl. Scriptwriter Everett De Roche is tackling the screenplay. No cast has been announced yet.
Witchblade is about a woman superhero whose powers come from the Witchblade a supernatural, sentient artifact with immense destructive and protective powers. The vigilante struggles to hone the awesome powers of the Witchblade and fend off those with a nefarious interest in it, especially entrepreneur Kenneth Irons. She also struggles to maintain a personal life.
Well it boils down to a female version of the Green Lantern!
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An ultimate movie trailer of Outlander, upcoming science-fiction movie directed by Howard McCain and starring James Caviezel, Sophia Myles and, Ron Perlman, has shown up just before the final release of the film on January 23, 2009:
OUTLANDER
Norway, year 709
In the middle of a Viking war an Outlander has come.
But not alone…
Plot synopsis:
“During the reign of the Vikings, Kainan, a man from a far-off world, crash lands on Earth, bringing with him an alien predator known as the Moorwen. Though both man and monster are seeking revenge for violence committed against them, Kainan leads the alliance to kill the Moorwen by fusing his advanced technology with the Viking’s Iron Age weaponry.”
It’s been a long road for Outlander to be released in the USA: but if we can believe this trailer then the Outlande movie is going to be explosive. I love the high-tech suit Jesus (James Caviezel) is wearing at the beginning of this trailer!
Oh my God! I definitely have to go see Outlander when it’s in theaters next week!
US release date: January 23, 2009 (limited theatrical release).
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Plot: “The inhabitants of Planet 51 live in fear of alien invasion. Their paranoia is realized when an astronaut arrives from Earth. Befriended by a young resident, he has to avoid capture in order to recover his spaceship and try to return home.” (Source: IMDb)
The movie Planet 51 will be released for Thanksgiving, on November 20, 2009. Dwayne Johnson is lending his voice to the lead character: a Nasa astronaut who lands on an planet unexpectedly inhabited by green creatures who are rather freaked out by his arrival.
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The famous sci-fi Japanese animated series Cowboy Bebop is going to be adapted into a movie by Fox: scriptwriter Peter Craig is already assigned to write the screenplay and Keanu Reeves has been confirmed in the lead role as Spike Spiegel the bounty hunter.
I was a fan of the animated series, it was a combination of everything one may needs: science fiction, action and pretty girls, and last but not least an incredible soundtrack that was totally jazz oriented! So I am glad to hear about a live action movie but I’m not sure that 20th Century Fox is the best choice for tackling the movie adaptation of this manga: hell, they just destroyed a gold opportunity with their ugly take on the Dragonball movie… But let’s try to be optimistic for Cowboy Beebop. Besides there is a real reason for keeping hope: Director Shinichiro Watanabe and writter Keiko Nobumoto from the original Cowboy Bebop series by Sunrise will be closely involved with the development of Fox’s live-action adaptation.
Below the opening of the original Cowboy Bebop series:
Plot:
“Mankind is now able to travel through the Solar system thanks to astral gates. But this technology came with a price: in the year 2021 AD, the first time it was tested a cataclysmic accident happened that caused 4 billions people to be wiped out and force the survivors to scatter though the system because Earth was under a heavy rain of meteors remnants of a blasted Moon
Fifty years later the Solar system is well under colonization with new nations rising from the ashes. But criminals have now a edge over local police services because astral gates make it easy to escape out of reach at the other end of the Solar system. So bounty hunter is a hot job again in 2071!
The crew of the spaceship Bebop are a partnership of “cowboys” (originally Spike & Jet) who travel the solar system trying to apprehend bounties.”
Keanu reeves is a good actor for sure. But such a project would rely a lot on CGI: I worry that Fox isn’t ready to foot the bill of a real marvelous adaptation: besides the current recession, other movie projects like Wolverine 2 may limit Fox’s financial support for the film…
I realy hope they will keep the original soundtrack: it would be blasphemous to do otherwise! No release date yet for this Cowboy Bebop movie, after all it is at such an early stage. But I’d think it may come to theaters in 2011 if lucky.
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Ninja Assassin is an upcoming martial arts / action movie directed by James McTeigue and starring Rain in the lead role as Raizo one of the world’s deadliest ninja. Below a teaser poster of Ninja Assassin from 2008 Comic Con in San Diego:
(Click on the poster to enlarge it.) Ninja Assassin
This poster of Ninja Assassin reminds me the Thai action movie Ong Back. But I think that Ninja Assassin will be more satisfying because besides a fight choreography there will be a real plot in Ninja Assassin.
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Lionsgate has released (via IGN) the official movie trailer of Crank 2 High Voltage, the sequel to Crank: A movie trailer of Crank 2, aka Crank 2 High Voltage, has been officially released:
Jason Statham, surviving with an artificial heart that needs to stay charged, take us into an electrifying chase through LA in pursuit of the Asian gangster who went away with Statham’s real heart.
Until he get back his heart Jason Statham has to stay charged to stay alive: his artificial heart is indeed a bit cranky!
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Real sets and accessories have been crafted for the movie Moon: the result is quite realistic! Nice sets, a tricky twisted plot and a talented lead actor: Moon is going to be a great science-fiction movie!
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An extended preview clip of Push, upcoming science-fiction movie starring Chris Evans Dakota Fanning, Camilla Belle and, Djimon Hounsou, has been released:
This clip of Push features a fight between Chris Evans and Neil Jackson who are both movers (they can move objects thanks to their telekinetic ability). It’s also hinting at Djimon Hounsou’s power, he’s a pusher: he can push thoughts into the minds of other people making them believe they’re real and changing their memories.
Push looks a bit like a make up movie: I mean with such powers, fights should be damn nasty and much more bloody disgusting!
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Vin Diesel and Paul Walker are going on the road again for the new Fast and Furious movie, aka Fast and Furious 4. Here below the latest official Fast and Furious trailer:
Thta’s a real action pack trailer: the new Fast and Furious movie is going to impress! The Soulja Boy song, with the drums has probably been chosen to link to Jamaica where some part of the movie plot takes place, but I’m not a fan of this music… Anyway, if the soundtrack of Fast and Furious is just a bit more thought than in this second trailer it shall be fine.
Please, for the next fast and Furious trailer could we have more cars and girls? Action that’s fine: but girls and cars that’s even better! After that’s what we’re looking for in the Fast and Furious movies, aren’t we?
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Take a look to this sneak preview of Ninja Assassin, upcoming action movie directed by James McTeigue and starring Rain, Rick Yune and Naomie Harris:
