Monthly Archives: May 2007

Create Your Own STAR WARS Movie!

Posted on May 24, 2007 by | 13 Comments

Hey everyone, Ryan here…

LucasFilms has teamed up with Eyespot.com to allow users to create their own STAR WARS movie. On Friday, The official Star Wars website will relaunch with tons of new features. One of them will allow users to create their own STAR WARS movie by choosing from over 250 scenes/musical selections as well as using their own home-made material.

This will all be taking place because of the webite Eyespot.com and their browser-based drag and drop application that will make everything very easy for fans wanting to create their own videos.

You can read the press release right here:

StarWars.com Selects Eyespot to Help Usher In the Next 30 Years of Star Wars Entertainment

Relaunch of Site to Debut User-Generated Star Wars ‘Mash-Ups and Provide Hundreds of Videos and New Features, Including Eyespot Video-Editing Tool

San Diego and San Francisco, Calif. (May 24, 2007) – Star Wars fans can connect with the Force in ways they’ve only imagined beginning Friday, May 25, when StarWars.com launches a completely redesigned website that empowers fans to “mash-up” their homemade videos with hundreds of scenes from Star Wars movies; watch hundreds of fan-made Star Wars videos; and interact with Star Wars enthusiasts from around the world like never before.

With an innovative, interactive home-page design that allows users to navigate to multiple Star Wars worlds, a new video focus, and groundbreaking “Web 2.0” features – including a unique online multi-media mixing platform from Eyespot – the new StarWars.com will unveil its redesigned website on May 25 to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Star Wars Saga.

Among the most compelling features of the newly redesigned StarWars.com is the incorporation of an online video-editing tool provided by Eyespot. It allows users to add their own video shots to more than 250 scenes and music taken from all six Star Wars films and create their own Star Wars movies to share with others.

StarWars.com is also unveiling a new collection of hundreds of videos – many never before seen on the Internet – that will let fans enjoy some of the best user-generated Star Wars videos from across the web, including such cult favorites as “Chad Vader,” and five years worth of Star Wars Fan Movie Festival shorts, co-presented by AtomFilms.com. StarWars.com will also showcase extensive mini-documentaries that explore the making of the Star Wars Saga.

“Since 1977, Star Wars has been built on the idea that our fans are the reason we have been successful, and they have long shown their enormous creativity and desire to have fun and express themselves through Star Wars. Our new site brings our fans innovative tools like the Eyespot editor that let them just that in exciting new ways,” said Jeff Ulin, Senior Director of Distribution and Online for Lucasfilm Ltd.

“Eyespot’s creative technology allows Lucasfilm to protect its intellectual property while offering a media playground for fans to have a fun and accessible experience due to our product’s extreme ease of use,” said Jim Kaskade, co-founder and CEO of Eyespot. “We couldn’t be more honored to help celebrate the 30th anniversary of this monumental movie series.”

The May 25 relaunch is just the start of a series of exciting new additions to StarWars.com. In the coming months, continually added features will give the global Star Wars fan community unprecedented new content, new games, and new ways to share the 10,000-page site, which is visited by millions of users every month.

“We want the new StarWars.com to empower fans to make and watch Star Wars videos, play games, and share their love of Star Wars like no other site on the Internet,” said Bill Gannon, Director of Online Operations for Lucasfilm Ltd.. “StarWars.com already features blogs, special in-depth sections for kids and video gaming, the Hyperspace fan site, and the comprehensive StarWarsShop.com, making it unlike any entertainment themed website.”

Innovation is nothing new to StarWars.com – the website has always been a leader in utilizing the newest Internet technologies. “In 1999, we were the first to host the online premiere of a trailer, which was the biggest online event the Internet had seen to that point, and nearly a decade later we are ensuring that StarWars.com will remain one of the most innovative and fun entertainment sites anywhere on the web,” Ulin said.

StarWars.com is the Internet’s only official 365-day-a-year entertainment destination for Star Wars fans and is produced by Lucas Online, a division of Lucasfilm Ltd., as a digital destination for entertainment, education, reference and e-commerce for Lucasfilm’s intellectual properties and businesses. To learn more about the entire StarWars.com experience, visit the website at http://www.starwars.com.

About Eyespot

Eyespot’s browser based solution fosters creativity and discovery while empowering consumers to play with copyrighted media without having to download clunky software or learn new skills. The drag and drop editing application allows anyone to upload, remix, and create new video from the community’s vast pool of popular and legally-accessible content ranging from movie, television, and music clips or from user generated content. The company has been selected as a trusted partner by many of today’s most compelling brands and media entities, including Paramount Pictures, NBA, Jive Records, Lucasfilm, Ltd., among others. Eyespot can be found on the web at http://www.eyespot.com.

This story comes from Ain’t It Cool News.

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Paul Haggis To Co-Write BOND 22

Posted on May 23, 2007 by | 5 Comments

Hey everyone, Ryan here…

The L.A. Times is reporting that Paul Haggis will be writing the sequel to CASINO ROYALE, tenatively named BOND 22. Haggis is best know for his work on MILLION DOLLAR BABY and CRASH, both of which won Academy Awards.

Haggis did co-write last years CASINO ROYALE, so the Bond franchise won’t be anything new to Haggis. He’s the one that brought Bond into the 21st century. Haggis will join Robert Wade and Neal Purvis with writing the script.

With those three guys working on the script againt, I must say that this is another one of those sequels that I will be looking forward to.

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John McTiernan To Direct RUN

Posted on May 23, 2007 by | Leave a comment

Hey everyone, Ryan here…

John McTiernan is set to direct RUN, an action-thriller starring Karl Urban. The flick is said to cost $30 million and the script reportedly contains 100 pages of car chases.

Urban will play an Interpol agent that uncovers a fraud conspiracy while pursuing a murder suspct. The film is said to start shooting in August this year.

You can read the entire article over at Variety.com.

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Butler Plays Young Connery In UNTOUCHABLES Prequel

Posted on May 22, 2007 by | 5 Comments

Hey folks, Ryan here…

Gerard Butler has been cast as the role of Jim Malone, a Chicago police officer made famous by Sean Connery in THE UNTOUCHABLES. Butler will be playing the young Connery, back when the character was still a detective, in CAPONE’S RISING.

Butler will do his best to stay true to the character, but he says don’t expect to see an exact imitation of Connery:

“Being Scottish and being tall, I’m gonna come across a little bit like Sean Connery…and people will make those comparisons, but I’m going to do my own thing.”

“You know what? I think this character [has even] more [great lines] in him [than before], because this was a point where he was more a wheeler and dealer,” Butler exclaimed. “He has to deal with things coming for him, he has to deal with his own morality. In this story there’s so much going on with this guy that you really see a lot of different sides to his character.”

So far we have Brian De Palma back in the director’s chair, Brian Koppelman and David Levien writing, Nicolas Cage as a young Al Capone and now Gerard Butler as a young Sean Connery. If you ask me, this movie will be sporting all kinds of badassery from every direction. This is one sequel, well, prequel really…that I am looking forward to.

You can read the entire article over at MTV Movies Blog.

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Clips From Coen Brothers’ NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

Posted on May 22, 2007 by | Leave a comment


Hey everyone, Ryan here…The Coen’s brothers new film, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, was shown at Cannes and now there are 5 clips online for your viewing pleasure! The movie looks to be an intense, edge-of-your-seat western. I can not wait!Click here to watch the clips!

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Robert Rodriguez To Direct BARBARELLA Remake

Posted on May 22, 2007 by | 2 Comments

Hey everyone, Ryan here…

Variety.com reports that Robert Rodriguez, the guy behind films like SIN CITY and DESPERADO, has taken the role of director on the upcoming remake of the 1968 BARBARELLA.

Rodriguez will team up alongside Neal Purvis and Robert Wade who were the two guys that wrote CASINO ROYALE. Rodriguez had some words to say regarding the film:

“I love this iconic character and all that she represents, and I’m truly excited by the challenge of inviting a new audience into her universe.”

Rodriguez has a lot of films on his to-do list right now, so I can’t say when we should expect to see this hit theaters since he is working on SIN CITY 2, SIN CITY 3 and a straight-to-video MACHETE. Rodriguez has always been a pretty fast worker and is able to complete his projects in a short amount of time, so hopefully BARBARELLA will grace our eyes by 2009.

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THE GOLDEN COMPASS Trailer Hits The Net

Posted on May 21, 2007 by | 1 Comment

Hey everyone, Ryan here…

Good ole Yahoo! has posted a very impressive trailer for THE GOLDEN COMPASS, and I must say, this thing looks beautiful. The effects look amazing, the scenery looks amazing, the acting looks amazing…basically the entire things looks amazing.

I think it’s always good for a first trailer to look great and really grab people’s attention. I am a lot more excited about this film now that I have seen this, and December can’t seem to get here quick enough.

So head on over to Yahoo! to check out the trailer in wonderful Quicktime or click on the video below.

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THE DARK KNIGHT Trailer In December?

Posted on May 21, 2007 by | 4 Comments

Hey everyone, Ryan here…

After Warner Bros. brilliant viral marketing campaign starting with IBelieveInHarveyDent.com and the recent IBelieveInHarveyDentToo.com, we can only imagine what they are going to do next.

Well, they have already struck again! If you go to IBelieveInHarveyDentToo.com you will see “Page not found.” in red letters with a black background. But that’s not all you will see. If you highlight everything on the page you will see a bunch of “haha’s” everywhere along with some letters that don’t belong. If you string those all together you get “See you in December.”

Hopefully this news is true and that we will get to see the trailer in December, I can not wait.

You can read the entire article over at ComingSoon.net.

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INDIANA JONES IV Plot Details Revealed?

Posted on May 21, 2007 by | 1 Comment

Hey everyone, Ryan here…

Our friends over at CHUD.com have received some plot details, from a very reliable source, regarding the INDIANA JONES IV movie. The only problem with the source is this: he doesn’t have the latest script and there is still some “tinkering going on.” So don’t take all of this information I am about to give you very seriously.

According to CHUD’s source, Belloq, INDY IV will be shooting outside of Los Angeles, in New Haven, Connecticut, News Mexico and Hawaii. The source also tells them that the opening action scene in the film will place Indy against Russian agents in Area 51 – which is apparently a major similarity to Frank Darabont’s draft.

The source then reveals more information regarding Shia LaBeouf’s character. LaBeouf will be playing a greaser with jeans and a leather jacket and riding around on a motorcycle. He also says that Indy and LaBeouf will be together for most of the movie but not know they are related until a major action scene.

The storyline of the movie remains roughly the same to Darabont’s script and that it involves crystal skulls and takes its cues from “Chariots of the Gods.”

One last thing was said about INDY IV…we should see Indiana Jones in South American temples and involved with aliens.

Again, you can read the entire article over at CHUD.com.

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ROBOSAPIEN Movie Coming Soon

Posted on May 20, 2007 by | 7 Comments

Hey everyone, Ryan here…

Well, this is some interesting news. Avi Arad, producer of X-MEN and SPIDER-MAN, is bringing us a movie inspired by the best-selling intelligent robot, Robosapien.

Variety.com reports that Arad has written a script for ROBOSAPIEN with Max Botkin and Sean McNamara will direct.

The plot follows a scientist working on an intelligent robot for humanitarian purposes, who discovers the company he works for is intends to use the robots for military purposes. The scientist steals one of the robots which ends up being lost and broken, then is fixed by a lonely 11-year-old boy. The two become friends and embark on adventures while being pursued by the authorities.

The movie will be a mixture of live-action and CGI and is scheduled to shoot in November.

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