In case you haven’t heard, there’s a live action Dragonball movie in production. We thought it’ll be a Japanese production, but it turns out it’s a Hollywood one which makes it worse.
I don’t know about you, but I’m apprehensive about this movie due to a number of things. The possible deviation from the original storyline (which I loved), the non-Asian main actors, or the possible warning lights of “phail“.
What’s sugoi about this one? Well, it has Chow Yun Fat in it and Stephen Chow is producing. But I really don’t know if it’ll ease my apprehension enough.
But knowing my affinity to trainwreck situations, I might be updated on this one more than I could hope for your pleasure or torture, whatever the case may be.
The rest of the known cast are Justin Chatwin as Goku, James Marsters as Lord Piccolo, and Emmy Rossum as Bulma.
More details at DBtheMovie.com, if you want.
Okay, so we’re all done raving about how Iron Man kicked (and is till kicking) ass and how Robert Downey Jr. justified sporting those Iron Man buns of steel. The character really worked and I love RDJ’s humor all throughout.
Latest casting report for our much awaited Marvel movies – wrestler Triple H is in the running for the role of Norse god of thunder, Thor. I’d have to say that it’s probably because he loves to wield that sledgehammer in the WWE.
Though reports also have it that Kevin McKidd (for those of you who watched the Rome miniseries on HBO, he’s Lucius Vorenus) is also in the running. While I like British actors performance-wise, Triple H does have the bulk and a bit of Nordic features about him to possibly pull the role through. As long as he doesn’t talk like, “I’m Thor-uh. The God of Thunder-uh,” emphasizing each sentence with a grunt-like release of breath.
Marvel will probably continue to kick some Hollywood butt over the next few years as they bring their classics to the big screen and with much justified renderings. If you haven’t seen the end credits of Iron Man…
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By Alex on April 12, 2008
For movie buffs, you might know Jason Reitman as that Canadian writer/director/actor/producer who directed films such as Thank You for Not Smoking and Juno. In his appearance in the Howard Stern show (and thank goodness not to ride the sybian), he mentioned that he declined handling the Justice League movie.
“What am I going to do with Justice League of America? So Basically I’ll make a movie that is not as good as X-Men, then I’ll be the guy who made a movie not as good as X-Men. Where just like you talking about, going to smaller stations, if I make another small movie, and it’s really good, it performs well…” “Right now I’m thought of as a particular type of director. I’ve got an oscar nomination. I’ve made two indie films that play film festivals that are considered thoughtful. I want to stay in that world, I like making those type of films.”
I might have to say that it’s a good call. When you’ve got a rep, you need to be a bit choosy with what projects you associate your name with. And let’s face it, this Justice League movie isn’t shaping up to be a slobberknocker. Getting Reitman to do the movie is pretty much like getting some PhD professor to get to tutor some Korean English for Php50 an hour.
Source: Film School Rejects
By Alex on March 30, 2008
More casting news for some more movie adaptations of geekdom classics. Next stop after that crazy news about the Justice League movie, we have Street Fighter. Probably an attempt to coincide with the release of the new Street Fighter 4 game to double up on the publicity. The first SF movie sucked so much that I got jaded with SF for quite some time after. Even Kylie Minogue was a letdown playing Cammy with too much cover.
Anyway, they’re at it again. So far, and the confirmed “stars” to be in the movie:
- Kristen Kreuk – Chun Li
- Neil McDonough – M. Bison
- Michael Clark Duncan – Balrog
- Chris Klein – Charlie
- Taboo of The Black Eyed Peas – Vega
- Rick Yune – Gen
Ooowkay. So you get a Canadienne to play someone Chinese? It might work because of some of Kristin Kreuk’s features but she doesn’t look Chinese to me. But hey, Kristin Kreuk? In (hopefully the old) Chun-li uniform? I don’t think a lot of hot-blooded males will be complaining. Michael Clark Duncan is one large dude that might do the job. Neil McDonough will always be that guy from Boomtown who’s from Band of Brothers for me.
As long as it doesn’t have Van Damme, I’m okay with it.
Source: Gaming Today
By Alex on March 30, 2008
Before we move on to the more scandalous part of this news bit, let’s start with the basics first. So the Justice League Mortal movie rumors that have been around for quite sometime might not be rumors anymore with director George Miller and team skipping from down under to Canadian north to scout for locations. I’m not really a big fan of the Justice League but hey, something as big as this definitely is worth the attention.
Then again, there’s the second part of this news bit. A Cinema Blend reader has this scoop from Adam Brody who is supposed to play The Flash has this to say:
“I asked Brody to sign a napkin, and asked what he/they were doing here. They’re in BC to check out locations for their new superhero movie Justice League is Mortal. Brody pointed at Miller and said “George is our director”. He said he’s playing The Flash, Common is playing Green Arrow (or Lantern, one or the other), Armie Hammer (sounded like Arm and Hammer) is Batman, someone from “mad max” is Martian Man-hunter (didn’t catch the name) and Hayden Christensen is Superman.
Okay, replay that. That was definitely a what the F moment, hands down. No doubt about it. Crapakin Crapwalker to play Superman? OH. COME. ON!!!
Brandon Routh has been decent enough to reprise a movie role that has been left vacant for years. And I’d have to say, he gave the spot some justice. But Hayden Christensen? Does he even pack any star power to make this decent? I mean he totally ruined Star Wars with his crappy acting and I refuse to believe that he’s decently acted ever.
Please let this be a rumor!
Source: Cinema Blend
Okay. So I was definitely sure that we wouldn’t be posting YouTube videos as often as we did last for the past year. But hey, this is the new 2:30-ish trailer of the new Iron Man movie. And by God, it is a must watch. Can’t wait for it to hit the cinemas. It features a heck of a lot – the suit, the plot teaser, and they whanged a perfectly good Ford Shelby Cobra. Goddamn rich people.
I say Robert Downey Jr. is the best guy to portray Tony Starks.
By Alex on February 28, 2008
Yup. I’m all too excited with these two upcoming Marvel movies. And oh, don’t forget about Iron Man, but that’s a different story. If it’s all for the excellent casting so far, then I really wouldn’t have a problem with a few storyline tweaks.
First up, Edward Norton as the Incredible Hulk (pictured above). While some think that Eric Bana already did a good job playing Bruce Banner, I’d still go for Norton here. He’s the only reason Fight Club worked for me.
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By Alex on February 21, 2008
Okay, so we have more X-Men Origins: Wolverine news. Yesterday, it was just but Variety.com has confirmed it that indeed, Ryan Reynolds will be playing Deadpool in the movie. And being a Wolverine fan that I am, I am keeping close track of the movies progress. Much like with 300, this Wolverine movie has got to be one of my most anticipated movies as a comic-turned-movie fan.
It was also announced that Friday Night Lights star Taylor Kitsch and Black-Eyed Pea will.i.am will be in the movie, we only got word today on who they would be playing. Taylor Kitsch will be playing the card-dealing Cajun, Gambit. Now, I’m not too sure with how Gambit fits into the whole Wolverine story (this was probably the time that I wasn’t too focused on comics anymore) but hey, might just be an excuse to introduce the character. As for will.i.am, he’s slated to play the role of Kestrel/John Wraith, the powerful teleporter that’s part of Team X.
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