Steven Spielberg‘s first motion-capture flick The Adventures of Tintin has topped the U.K box-office, knocking ‘Paranormal Activity 3’ off the top spot. The Herge character is wildly popular in the U.K and Europe and with the combined talents of Spielberg and Peter Jackson bringing the world to life, there’s little doubt the film will do exceptionally well in this market. The flick opens 2 months later […]
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Sam Worthington Talks AVATAR Sequels
Filmmaker James Cameron is currently fleshing out the Avatar Universe to build a strong mythos from which to draw inspiration for his upcoming Avatar Sequels. Actor Sam Worthington who’s set to reprise his role, was recently out on the promotional trail for his upcoming espionage thriller The Debt, and gave an update on how the development of the sequels are progressing. Christina Radish spoke with Worthington who’s heading to Australia […]
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN – First Trailer
The first trailer has been released for the The Adventures of Tintin which uses similar Avatar technology to bring the world Hergé to life. Directors Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson have teamed up to ensure the beloved characters are vividly depicted using the cutting edge 3D performance-capture and animation. All up the trailer looks very impressive, and while those […]
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES – First Look
The highly anticipated origins story of The Planet Of The Apes is garnering plenty of attention for it’s new take on the classic story and the cutting edge technology from Weta Digital. While Tim Burton‘s updating offered more advanced make up techniques than it’s 60’s predecessor, prosthetics were still used to bring the apes to […]
The Warriors Way – Ninjas and CGI
The Warriors Way is a new martial arts / western flick that’s seemed to have gone under the wire until last month with the first trailer released, now thanks to Collider we have some new scenes to share. The film is produced by Barrie Osborne who also worked on the Lord of the Rings films […]
The Apes Rise in a Prequel Story
Planet of the Apes is one of the most enduring film franchises with the 1968 original starring screen legend Charlton Heston spawning 4 sequels and a short lived TV series. The film was based on the 1963 book La planète des singes by Pierre Boulle and was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner with John Chambers […]