Thursday, May 13, 2010

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Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison Developing ‘Pixels’ Movie

Posted: 12 May 2010 09:15 PM PDT

Back at the beginning of April, an amazing short film called Pixels by Patrick Jean and Paris visual effects studio One More Productions was unleashed on the world. In the video, the classic video games of the '80s invaded Earth in all of their pixelated glory and basically take over the world (Read: Atari Apocalypse: 'Donkey Kong' & Other Classic Arcade Games Invade New York In 'Pixels').

The short video spread like fire, making it one of the more popular videos we've seen in a long while. And now that popularity is glowing brightly, as it has been announced that a new feature-length movie will be made based on the concept. Adam Sandler and his Happy Madison Productions are developing the movie with Jean, and they're out to Columbia Pictures to set the project up with the studio, which has a first-look deal with Madison.

be sure to click over to the other side if you haven't seen the short film, Pixels yet.

This could really go in any direction, but at the moment, it sounds like the plan is to make a "Ghostbusters-like" action comedy in which all of the classic video game objects and characters of the past from Pac-Man, Frogger, Tetris, and Donkey Kong come out of their games and go nuts on real life. It's like the anti-Tron! [...]

Colin Farrell & Toni Collette Join Anton Yelchin In ‘Fright Night’ Remake

Posted: 12 May 2010 07:14 PM PDT

DreamWorks is currently developing a remake of the 1985 horror film, Fright Night, and a pretty impressive cast has now been formed. Anton Yelchin (Star Trek, Terminator Salvation) was already a member of the cast, and now he is joined by Toni Collette (The sixth Sense, The United States of Tara) and Colin Farrell (In Bruges, Miami Vice).

The movie follows a horror movie fanatic named Charlie who suspects that his new neighbor is actually a vampire. Obviously no one would possibly believe these suspicions, so Charlie has to go to the host of his favorite late-night horror TV show, Fright Night, Peter Vincent.

Yelchin will be playing the suspicious horror fanatic neighbor, with Collette playing his mother. Farrell will be playing the role of Jerry Dandrige, the curious neighbor who Charlie believes to be a vampire. Chris Sarandon (The Princess Bride) played the same role of Jerry in the original '85 version. [...]

Don’t See Bruce Willis & Jamie Foxx In This New ‘Kane & Lynch’ Teaser Poster

Posted: 12 May 2010 04:48 PM PDT

Nu Image and Millennium Films have released the first teaser poster for their upcoming video game adaptation, Kane & Lynch.

The movie stars Bruce Willis as Kane and Jamie Foxx as Lynch; and though they're on the poster, they're not really on the poster, so don't expect to see just how the superstars will look in the movie just yet. Fans of the title are itchy-curious to see just how the two will look in comparison to the video game characters...especially when it comes to Foxx's Lynch.

Head on over to the other side to see the first teaser poster from Kane & Lynch. Don't forget your guns.

Details on the movie aren't known, but the game follows Kane, a death row inmate who escapes along with a completely psychotic and schizophrenic fellow-inmate named Lynch. After the daring breakout, the two men are brought to meet a group of men, including Kane's former best friend. Kane is told that he has three weeks to locate, retrieve, and return what he had stolen, or his wife and daughter would be murdered. [...]

Comics Review: Ultimate Comics Avengers 2 #1

Posted: 12 May 2010 07:54 AM PDT

Ultimate Comics Avengers 2 #1
Writer: Mark Millar
Penciler: Leinil Francis Yu
Inker: Gerry Alanguilan
Colorist: Laura Martin
Marvel Comics
Price: $3.99
Release date: April 28, 2010

And we have a new winner for most unwieldy title ever. Not that it has anything to do with the quality of the book, but Marvel should really drop the "Comics" part from their Ultimate titles. I'm just saying. Anyway, let's talk about the actual issue -- Ultimate Comics Avengers 2 #1.

Nick Fury continues to assemble his team of black ops super-heroes, and this issue he goes after the Punisher. We see him do his thing in brutal fashion, until Fury is able to trick the Punisher and arrest him. The Punisher is then offered a choice, join the Avengers, or go to jail, and I think we all know what Punisher's answer is, (otherwise, we'd have a pretty boring series).

I'm kind of surprised Mark Millar hasn't written more stories featuring the Punisher before. He seems like the perfect character for Millar's style of over the top violence, and Millar makes good use of him here. This is a Punisher who is the best at what he does, and what he does is shoot the crap out of a ton of people. The first eight pages of this issue are an orgy of violence, and are filled with classic Punisher action. It's a Millar-written story, so it's not surprising that the action is well done [...]

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