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Screen Actors Guild Honors Ledger, Downey

Screen Actors Guild Honors Ledger, Downey

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  • December 22, 2008

Following the Golden Globe nominations, Heath Ledger has received another posthumous nod for his role as the Joker, this time from his peers in the Screen Actor’s Guild.  He’s nomination once more alongside Robert Downey, Jr. who is recognized for his hilarious turn in Tropic Thunder. On the television side, William Shatner is once more honored for his work in the final season of Boston Legal.

The full release is here:

Nominations for the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2008 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center’s Silver Screen Theater in West Hollywood.

Screen Actors Guild President Alan Rosenberg introduced Angela Bassett (ER) and Actor recipient Eric McCormack (Will & Grace), who announced the nominees for this year’s Actors. SAG Awards Committee member JoBeth Williams and Committee Vice Chair Daryl Anderson announced the stunt ensemble nominees.

The 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards will be simulcast live nationally on TNT and TBS on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2009 at 8 p.m. ET/PT, 7 p.m. CT, and 6 p.m. MT from the Los Angeles Shrine Exposition Center. Recipients of the stunt ensemble honors will be announced from the SAG Awards red carpet during the TNT.TV and TBS.COM live pre-show webcasts.

Of the top industry accolades presented to performers, only the Screen Actors Guild Awards are selected solely by actors’ peers.  Two randomly selected panels–one for television and one for film–each comprised of 2,100 Guild members from across the United States, chose this year’s Actor and stunt honors nominees. Integrity Voting Systems, the Awards’ official teller mailed the nominations secret ballots were mailed on November 26. Voting was completed by noon Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008.

Awards ballots will be mailed on Friday, Dec. 26, 2008. The entire active membership of the Guild across the country will vote on all categories.  Votes must be received by Integrity Voting Systems by noon Friday, Jan. 23, 2009 where results will be tallied and sealed until they are opened by the presenters at the 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremonies on Jan. 25.

The Screen Actors Guild Post-Awards Gala, benefiting the Screen Actors Guild Foundation, will be hosted for the 13th consecutive year by People Magazine and by the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF).

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‘The Dark Knight’ Tops 2008 DVD Sales Charts

‘The Dark Knight’ Tops 2008 DVD Sales Charts

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  • December 21, 2008

The Hollywood Reporter says sales are so brisk on The Dark Knight DVD in both standard and Blu-ray format that it will top the sales charts for both categories when the books for 2008 are closed.

The DVD sold in excess of 10 million discs after one week in stores according to Warner Home Video. Add in rental dealer sales, the number pushes 13.5 million worldwide which also includes 1.7 million in Blu-ray sales.

The discs that came with digital copy activation codes led to 300,000 copies legally downloaded to computers.

The disc will surpass the year’s current leader, Iron Man, next week according to analysts.

The Dark Knight also eclipsed Wanted as the number one video rental for the week ending December 14.
 

Rick Baker Wins Tesla Award

Rick Baker Wins Tesla Award

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  • December 20, 2008

Rick Baker was honored by the International Press Academy this past weekend in Los Angeles.

Director John Landis presented Baker the Tesla Award for recognition of Visionary Achievement in Filmmaking Technology. It was the young director who first hired Baker in 1971 for Schlock. They have worked together ever since including An American Werewolf in London which earned Baker the first of six Academy Awards.

He later told Sci Fi Wire that his work on next year’s The Wolfman pays homage to the Universal original, not his own werewolf efforts. "I had a lot of trouble with that, because Benicio already looks like a werewolf, especially when he grows his facial hair out," Baker said. "I kept telling them that he wouldn’t look too much different.

"This one is different, and harkens back to the classic Wolf Man  I’m not sure what they are going to do about the transformation; I heard they are going to do it in CG, and I think that is a mistake."

As for the film’s delay from April to November, the makeup wizard was somewhat baffled. "It was a troubled project from the start,” Baker admitted. “The first director [Mark Romanek] left, and Joe [Johnston] took it over, but it looks real good. I saw how they set it in [19th]-century England, and it looks spectacular.”

"I had a lot of trouble with that, because Benicio already looks like a werewolf, especially when he grows his facial hair out," Baker said. "I kept telling them that he wouldn’t look too much different."

Dan Lebental won best editing for Iron Man. The film also won also for best DVD extras.

Richard King won best sound editing and mixing for The Dark Knight.

Best original song went to "Another Way to Die" from Quantum of Solace.

HBO’s True Blood won two acting awards in the television division.  Anna Paquin took best TV actress in a drama while Nelsan Ellis won best supporting actor in a drama.

Tim Robbins may join Stark Enterprises

Tim Robbins may join Stark Enterprises

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  • December 19, 2008

Iron Man 2 news continues to leak out with Latino Review reporting that Tim Robbins may be signing on to portray Howard Stark, father to Tony, a man whose legacy was extolled in the first film.  In other comments, producer Jon Favreau hinted that Howard Stark may have had something to do with the super soldier formula which would further link Iron Man to 2011’s First Avenger: Captain America.
 
“Jon [Favreau] wanted to get a good actor because he didn’t think the guy who played Howard in the last film could carry such an important scene,” the site noted.

They also report that our speculation that casting notes meant Natasha Romanov, a.k.a. the Black Widow, was expected appear to be true.  Not only that, the site says Clint Barton, the carny turned criminal Hawkeye will also appear. Both were introduced in Iron Man’s Tales of Suspense days so screenwriter Justin Theroux continues to mine the early material from Stan Lee and Don Heck.

‘Washington Post’ Lists Top Comics of the Year

‘Washington Post’ Lists Top Comics of the Year

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  • December 16, 2008

The Washington Post recently posted their lists of best comics of the year and they include:

The Alcoholic, By Jonathan Ames and Dean Haspiel (Vertigo/DC Comics, $19.99)
Bottomless Belly Button, By Dash Shaw (Fantagraphics, $29.99)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season Eight, Volume Two: No Future for You, By Brian K. Vaughan, Georges Jeanty and Joss Whedon (Dark Horse, $15.95)
The Complete K Chronicles, By Keith Knight (Dark Horse, $24.95)
Superman and the Legion of Super-Heroes, By Geoff Johns and Gary Frank (DC Comics, $24.99)
Y: The Last Man #60, By Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra (Vertigo/DC Comics, $4.99)

Among their best DVDs, they included:

4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Not rated (Weinstein, $24.95)
30 Rock: Season 2, Not rated (Universal, $39.98)
The Big Lebowski (10th Anniversary Edition), Rated R (Universal, $19.98)
Control, Rated R (Weinstein, $28.95)
The Darjeeling Limited Rated R (20th Century Fox, $29.99)
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Rated PG-13 (Miramax, $29.99)
Flight of the Red Balloon, Not rated (IFC, $24.95)
Iron Man (Ultimate 2-Disc Edition), Rated PG-13 (Paramount, $39.99)
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, Rated PG-13 (New Line, $19.98)
Lost Highway, Rated R (Universal, $19.98)
No Country for Old Men, Rated R (Miramax, $29.99)
The Office: Season 4, Not rated (Universal, $49.98)
Persepolis, Rated PG-13 (Sony, $29.95)
Spaced: The Complete Series, Not rated (BBC Warner, $59.98)
There Will Be Blood (Two-Disc Special Collector’s Edition), Rated R (Paramount, $34.99)
Trafic, Not rated (Criterion, $39.95)

Todd McFarlane Wants to Direct ‘Spawn’ Sequel

Todd McFarlane Wants to Direct ‘Spawn’ Sequel

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  • December 15, 2008

Todd McFarlane told Game Pro that he is eager to begin work on a new Spawn feature film.

“Yeah, you know…ever since Iron Man came out, the phone’s been ringing,” McFarlane admitted. “A movie studio CEO called me today, actually: ‘I just wanna say we’re interested. But I think he was the last of the big studios to call me! But I’m still of the mind that [a Spawn movie sequel] is a lower budget, cooler, creepier movie. When we get there, it’ll get made. [This goes back to something I said a few years ago], which is that the movie studios will start burning through the A and A- characters. They did a fantastic job with Iron Man, who I don’t think many fans would describe as an ‘A+’ character, by getting him up to that level with the movie.”

However, to control the look of the film, the artist turned mogul says he wants to direct the film. ”I tell everybody that in advance,” he said. “The answer is, the only way anyone will say ‘yes’ to that is if I keep the budget low. If I make it an $80 million budget, they won’t let me direct it…nor would I want to direct it. There are too many guys who are smarter that can do it. But a $10 million dollar creepy movie? I can do that one….In the movie idea I have for Spawn, there is no super villain. It’s a completely real drama that happens to have a spook in it. And it doesn’t mean that the spook has an arch-enemy or a nemesis, or any of that. It just means that there’s a sentinel stuck in the middle of The Godfather.

“I’ve been living with this movie in my head for a long time. I don’t feel like trying to convey what’s in my brain to somebody else…it would take too long. I can just do it myself. And people aren’t adverse to it. You know, Frank Miller is directing his stuff now.”

AFI Names ‘Dark Knight’ and ‘Iron Man’ Among 10 Best Flicks

AFI Names ‘Dark Knight’ and ‘Iron Man’ Among 10 Best Flicks

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  • December 15, 2008

On Sunday, the American Film Institute joined the growing list of top 10 lists, naming the best films of the year.  Both Iron Man and The Dark Knight made the list, a first for the super-hero genre.  The Dark Knight was also named the year’s best film by novelist Stephen King in the current issue of Entertainment Weekly.

To qualify for their list, films had to possess "significant creative and/or production elements from the United States." The movie and television lists were selected by a 13-person jury, according to Variety.

The rigid qualifications led the acclaimed Slumdog Millionaire from being considered.  Other top 10ers left off this particular list include The Reader and Revolutionary Road.

AFI’s top 10, in alphabetical order:

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Dark Knight, Frost/Nixon, Frozen River, Gran Torino, Iron Man, Milk, Wall-E, Wendy and Lucy, and The Wrestler.

The AFI top 10 TV programs of the year, including series, telefilms and miniseries, are Breaking Bad, In Treatment, John Adams, Life, Lost, Mad Men, The Office, Recount, The Shield, and The Wire.

 

‘Green Hornet’ Already Prepping for San Diego

‘Green Hornet’ Already Prepping for San Diego

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  • December 14, 2008

"Comic-Con is my favorite event of the year," Seth Rogen told Sci Fi Wire. "It’s more fun to me than the movie premieres, than anything. I love Comic-Con. All of our friends come down for it, and we just have a really good time, and it’s always a lot of fun. I would love nothing more than to be able to show something at Comic-Con."

Rogen is meeting this week with Sony executives and director Stephen Chow to begin planning how best to promote Rogen’s Green Hornet feature film at next July’s event considering little footage will be ready.  Filming doesn’t begin until May presuming the actors do not strike in the meantime. The actor has begun exercising and dieting to prepare for the part of Britt Reid, the newspaper executive, who becomes the notorious crime fighter, aided by his chauffeur, Kato (Chow).

"The process has been very collaborative and very good," Rogen said about working with Chow. "He’s given us a lot of ideas. His English is …well, we keep saying when we all come out of this, we will be great communicators. He’s made great strides, I will say. It presents its own challenges at times. We get along really, really well. We are really just starting the process, very little has actually been done. … We’re actually in the very preliminary stages right now."

The movie is slated for a summer 2010 release, in between Iron Man 2 and Thor.

 

‘Iron Man 2’ to Remain Grounded

‘Iron Man 2’ to Remain Grounded

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  • December 13, 2008

Justin Theroux spoke with IGN about his early work on Iron Man 2 which will start shooting next spring for a May 2010 release.

"Iron Man is just a unique character in the comic book world,” Theroux said. “He can get away with being incorrigible, slightly awful, funny, sexist at times. He has a very high threshold for things that he can do and get away with.

"So in a weird way it’s a lot of fun writing for him and it’s not like writing a more stoic superhero part. Obviously, you have the story elements and the action elements and all those gears of that you want to make sure are well oiled. But within that you can have a lot of play."

To write the sequel, he recognizes the need to keep things set in a somewhat familiar world.  "[You] can’t really go crazy,” he said. “It has to live within the same world Tony lives in, which is the world of technology. So it can’t get too far afield. It’s not really our job to suit all the other characters. Our first concern – Jon [Favreau]’s first concern – is that we raise the level on Iron Man 2 and make sure the audience gets exactly and more of what they wanted before in a really satisfying story that’s really fun and playful. As good a movie as possible. And after that we’ll think about ways that we can plug in other elements that might exist in other films or other worlds."

Production Weekly lists the film as using the working title Rasputin lending credence to the rumors of Crimson Dynamo and Black Widow making appearances. "Everything is a moving target but we’ve kind of locked in on what we think will be satisfying bad people," he said.

‘Iron Man: Aerial Assault’ New Game for Cell Phones

‘Iron Man: Aerial Assault’ New Game for Cell Phones

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  • December 13, 2008

Paramount Digital Entertainment today announced the Iron Man: Aerial Assault game for the iPhone and iPod touch is available on the Apple App Store.  Iron Man: Aerial Assault , based on the 2008 Marvel Studios film released by Paramount Pictures and starring one of Marvel’s most iconic Super Heroes, is a high-flying, action-packed game suited to provide hours of entertainment for all players.

The Iron Man game gives players the opportunity to play as Iron Man and engage in aerial combat and challenges that require quick maneuvering and accurate shooting.  As players navigate through high altitude battles, they will soar through 12 different levels of airborne combat where menacing enemies will not rest until they have conquered the skies.  To aid in the mission, players have access to high-powered weaponry and strategic flying mechanisms that will serve to eliminate those that stand in Iron Man’s path.

Using an upgradeable, high-powered armor developed by Stark Industries, players will hone their skills by using a variety of weapons to battle through wave after wave of enemy units.  With the touch of a thumb, players can access, charge and fire an arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons including repulsor blasts, missiles, and the devastating Unibeam. 

Developed by doublesix, Iron Man: Aerial Assault utilizes the innovative technology in iPhone and iPod touch, like the accelerometer and Multi-Touch users interface to enhance the game play experience while providing new and exciting challenges to conquer throughout.

Iron Man: Aerial Assault is available for $7.99 from Apple’s App Store on iPhone and iPod touch or at www.itunes.com/appstore/

 

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