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[19 Jul 2008 | One Comment | 2,245 views]
Top Ten Most Famous Movie Quotes

According to the Guiness Book of World Records, here are the top ten movie quotes. Can you guess what movie they’re from?
1. “…Bond. James Bond. ”

2. “Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine.”
3. “Well, it’s not the men in your life that counts, it’s the …

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[8 Jul 2008 | No Comment | 170 views]

Alan Moore’s dark, ethereal superhero comic is finally going to make it to the big screen. The original twelve-issue comic book series, published in 1986 – 87, has survived two decades of development hell, has wrapped principal photography as of February 2008, is in post-production, and will finally be released in March of 2009.
Producer Lawrence Gordon began developing the project at 20th Century Fox and Warner Brothers. Initially, Terry Gilliam had signed on to direct the film. Gilliam, the maker of Brazil, gave up in frustration, deeming the dense, complex …

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[24 Jun 2008 | No Comment | 177 views]

Famous American Idol judge and big-time recored exec. and TV producer Simon Cowell is heading for the big screen… or at least a film he’s producing is.
Most know the edgy, hard to please Cowell from his role as “the mean judge” on the hit talent show, American Idol on Fox. But Cowell has been discovering and producing music acts for many years, and he’s developed several shows for television. This time, though, he’s taking his creation, “One Chance”, to the silver screen.
“One Chance” is a rags-to-riches story about …

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[6 Jun 2008 | No Comment | 74 views]

Over the past several years adapting comic books to the film medium has become more and more increasingly popular. From superhero franchises like Spider-Man, to dramatic stories like Road to Perdition, Hollywood has found a never ending source of original material in the four color world.
Today, Platinum Studios (Cowboys & Aliens) announced a partnership with Vanguard Animation forming Vanguard Comics, which will, yes, translate comic books and graphic novels to film. The Chairman of Vanguard, John H. Williams, who created and produced the Shrek franchise, was one of …

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[7 May 2008 | No Comment | 96 views]

To say that comic book movies have made a huge impact in Hollywood over the past several years would be the understatement of the decade. These days comic properties are one of the most sought after vehicles for popular films in the current days of waning creativity and repetitive cliche films.
While comic films have come and gone for many years, Marvel’s X-Men in 2000 set the bar and the tone for comic films as they exist today. Since then, Marvel has released several popular films including Spider-Man 1-3, two sequels …