Well friends it looks like a good director knows when to hold em and when to fold em… Gore Verbinski is done dealing with “above” the water adventures and is now going “under”. Since he took the job of helming the Bioshock video game adaptation, the possibility of directing another Pirates film is either schedule prohibiting or he had decided he’s done with the series. I guess he did what Sam Raimi should have done, and what Christopher Nolan is thinking of doing. To his credit he did something only dreamed of before: creating a living, breathing, wildly popular (and profitable) franchise from a simple idea/novelty. He looks to have…
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Shadow of the Colossus…Wanders To A Theater Near You?
Looks like Columbia Pictures will be bringing the characters and mystical lands in the epic game Shadow of the Colossus (or the Japanese title ‘Wander and the Colossus’) to the big screen. This makes me happy and sad at the same time. The idea of it becoming a film gives hope that this will be the greatest and most successful video game translation ever. The reality of this (since they are having Justin Marks write the script) makes me weep for another failed attempt, and this one is closer to my heart than another game. Now a little back story from my perspective. Here at GCT we all love movies…
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Sweet (Teaser) Trailer…’Hunter Prey’
Well yesterday I mentioned it and today it has been revealed: The “teaser” for Sandy Collora’s Hunter Prey. I09.com has the exclusive info on the project and the teaser trailer which just looks very slick in a ‘retro’ way. It has that indie feel that Collora gave to Dead End had but since this is a feature length film they put a little more budget and styling into it. To me this seems exactly what the first Star Wars must have felt like when it premiered: a little unknown movie that surprised everyone and later became the sci-fi behemoth it is today. I’m not saying it will be the next…
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Who Ya Gonna Call?
Ghostbusters?…well friends, Sony confirms it, the original fearsome foursome are back in their third installment which I think, personally, should be left alone after 2. Now I love Ghostbusters, it was actually the very first DVD I ever bought…back in 1998. In the halls of great 80’s characters, the spectral relocation firm of Stanz, Spengler, Venkman, and Zeddemore are among the most coveted and loved characters of any film genre. However the above mentioned heroes (per the new films plot synopsis), are reportedly in trade talks and franchise sales…legal jargon aside, this new film’s premise is to hand-off the ghost busting business to a younger group. In the past the…
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Sweet 'Hunter Prey' Poster
I’ve not heard much of this film until now but am eagerly awaiting next week’s release of Sandy Collora’s teaser for Hunter Prey. The good folks at SciFiScoop.com have scored an interview with Sandy Collora. If you’ve been internet browsing in the past 5 years you should remember a little FanFilm called Batman: Dead End. Well, that’s the same Sandy Collora. If this still doesn’t ring a bell, here it is below: I’ve got to say I had forgotten “Dead End” but despite it falling off my radar does not take away from how great the premise of the film was and that it was executed very well for a…
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Sweet Trailer…’The Hangover’ Round 2
Since the first ‘teaser’ for The Hangover came out, all my friends have done nothing but talk about how bad they want to see this film. I’m going to agree with them, since our last post I still think the teaser is hilarious every time I watch it. So to make the eager fans even happier, the full length “trailer” has debuted and for your enjoyment you can see it here at First Showing, or below with slightly lesser video quality. Enjoy!! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JO_zk5O36A]
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Transformers 2: Starting Line-Up
OK so I’m a day late getting to this…I was traveling in Sedona for work, but I read about it when I got my room service breakfast and USA Today newspaper. I wish I had my laptop so I could have written about it, but let’s face it – the work I was doing in Arizona was a paying gig, this site (as much as I love it) is not, so you can see where my priorities are:) I figure a vast majority of you out there are in the know, but if you’ve been out of the loop in the last 24 hours, here’s USA Today’s feature and the…
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Random Film Thought of the Day…03.27.09
A few days ago, I read about Michael Jordan watching his son play basketball in some championship game or something, but I don’t remember the specifics (shows you how much we care about things outside the film world doesn’t it?) Anyway his son plays for a Chicago High School called Whitney Young. That got me thinking, “where had I heard that name before?”. Well I was on my way to work and then it hit me. There was a movie with Jeff Daniels and Jena Malone called Cheaters. It was an HBO film (written/directed by John Stockwell: “Cougar” in Top Gun) about an inner-city Chicago high school who cheats on…
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Batman: Evolution
Well, despite any assumptions created by my tag line above, sadly I have no news of a ‘new’ Batman film to share with you…sorry to disappoint. I do however have this nice little montage I found over at Geekologie, which is a sister page inside one of our favorite sites, I Watch Stuff. Have a look and enjoy… It’s amazing how many incarnations can be created from such a simple shape. Anyone have a favorite Bat-logo?
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Kevin Costner's latest: 'The Company Men'
Good news everyone, Kevin Costner is going to be in the 2010 release of The Company Men, a John Wells films about ‘corporate downsizing’ which looks to be independently produced. Tommy Lee Jones and Ben Affleck will also star. Affleck’s character (looking to play the same role as Changing Lanes if you ask me) looses his job and get work in construction from his brother-in-law Kevin Costner. Tommy Lee will play a senior partner in Affleck’s firm. I’ve said it before, but I’ve always been a sucker for Kevin Costner films (him and Michael Keaton). The man has a lot of talent and I think he gets better with every movie. …