Sunday, October 10, 2010

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‘Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows’ Part 1 Will NOT Be In 3D

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 06:25 PM PDT



You know 3D has gone way too far when you stop reporting about a movie getting that extra dimension, and start reporting about a movie who isn't going to be in 3D. Crazy world we live in, folks.

Warner Brothers has announced that even though they've put much effort into getting Part 1 of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows converted to 3D in post production, they just don't have the time to pull it off. The studio had plans to do all of the 3D work in post -- a process that has led to very bad results for other films who have attempted it -- and still has plans to do it for the second part of their epic two-part finale, but the quality they were seeking was just not possible before the scheduled November 19 release date.

This is grand news for fans of the series, due to the aforementioned fact that movies converted in post production have been pretty awful. There's no point in risking the integrity of your franchise just to make a little more money on poor post-production 3D, and it's a shame that they still plan to go through with the makeover for Part 2. [...]

You Won’t Find Jason Bourne Or Matt Damon In Tony Gilroy’s ‘The Bourne Legacy’

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 02:34 PM PDT



A few days ago we found out that Jason Bourne franchise writer Tony Gilroy would be pulling double-duty as both writer and director for the fourth installment in the series, The Bourne Legacy. The looming concern was whether star Matt Damon would be willing to return to his role despite the fact that second and third chapter director Paul Greengrass wasn't involved.

The answer is apparently no.

After the initial reports of Gilroy's involvement, the director wanted to make sure some unclear things became very clear, and one of those things was the Damon/Bourne factor. Gilroy explained in detail that this would be the movie we've heard about all along, using the Bourne title but at the same time being a completely original story, not adapted from Robert Ludlum's novel. Now we know that in this, a brand new hero will be used, not Jason Bourne, and that it will supposedly paint a much bigger picture to the world we've seen expand over the course of the first three movies. [...]

David O. Russell To Write & Direct ‘Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune’ Movie

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 12:34 PM PDT



Just recently it was reported that star Natalie Portman and director David O. Russell were stepping away from the adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and it didn't take Russell long to jump on board with another movie.

Sony Pictures has officially announced that Russell will be writing and directing the video game adaptation of the very popular Sony Computer Entertainment and developer Naughty Dog title, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune. The project was first announced back in June of 2009, but hasn't had the best luck with bringing everything together.

It was first revealed that Kyle Ward, who was already working on scripts for Kane & Lynch and Hitman 2 movies, would be the man for this job as well. A handful of months later, however, we found out that due to his commitment to Hitman, Ward would be heavily delayed on penning Uncharted, which Sony wanted to put get moving as quickly as possible. Instead of waiting, the studio hired two new writers in Thomas Dean Donnelly and Joshua Oppenheimer, but clearly that didn't work out quite the way they had hope, either. [...]

Watch Now: Paper Animated ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy

Posted: 09 Oct 2010 06:23 AM PDT



I recently came across this while trolling the ol' interwebs. Eric Power (awesome last name) has created sort of a "clip show" of the Star Wars original trilogy using paper animation.

Click below to watch this cool vid.

I am really shocked and amazed at the fact that he was able to work in so many important events from Episodes 4, 5, and 6 with a runtime of two minutes and forty seconds. This is actually the music video to an original song entitled "Tattooine," sung by Jeremy Messersmith. This is now my new favorite Star Wars song. Take that, John Williams!!

Seriously, though, I cannot get this very catchy song out of my head. Star Wars geeks who may have been disappointed (or thrilled) by last week's news about the entire Star Wars saga being re-released in 3D now have this awesome video to show us what we really loved about the original saga, and that's the heart of the film. And lightsabers. Lightsabers are always awesome. I would've liked a little more Lando, but this video still warms my geek heart [...]

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