"Uncharted" director expects 2015 filming

Sony have been talking about a potential Uncharted movie for a few years now, and over the time is has had a couple of directors signed on to do it but ultimately stepped away from the project David O Russell and Neil Burger. Now they have a new director at the helm Seth Gorgon the man behind "Horrible Bosses" and "Identity Thief" not the strongest foundations to build my hope for this Video Game adaptation I must say.

In a recent interview with Zap2it, Gordon explained that he doesn't expect the movie to start shooting until "very early" in 2015.

Who would you like to see play the globe trotting adventurer Nathan Drake? My personal choice since I played the game when it first released was Nathan Fillion, and I find it even hard to speculate about another dude playing Drake.

We have a new "Hitman"?

So I was doing my rounds on all the websites I usually use, an I came across a story on the Latino Review a great site might I add. They are reporting that Paul Walker will take over where Timothy Olyphant abysmally left off back in 2007, the film did not go down well with anybody I know or even the big time film reviewers out there.  The new film is set to be called "Agent 47", there is no surprise that the film is getting another reboot Hollywood are all out of ideas!

The script writing duties have been given to Skip Woods & Michael Finch, Skip worked on the film back in '07 so lets hope he doesn't mess up like he already has. Woods has worked on other projects like the upcoming "A Good Day To Die Hard" and "The A-Team" on the other hand Finch doesn't have much filmography behind him well he has one film "Predators" which also wasn't the best film. The director is set to be Aleksander Bach another no-name in the movie business, I can't really find anything about him on the Internet other than people saying he has direct commercials that's all.

The film is set to start shooting this year an will take place in Berlin and Singapore after Walker has done promoting "Fast & Furious 6". Other sources are reporting that Walker is set to shave his head for the role, man is he going all out Agent 47!

Game: Arkham City follow up?

I know this isn't film news, but in the proposed follow up to last years Action/Adventure video game "Arkham City" will include The Justice League in some capacity. That is the part that got me excited, there has been rumours for a couple of years now that The Justice League will be getting their own film. Could this be some sort of tie in to the film? Or, could it just be DC's way of bring The Justice League back to the main stream to build hype around a possible film? Bear in mind these are all my own speculation nothing with any truth to it.

The game is set to be a prequel to both "Arkham Asylum" and "Arkham City", and will detail Batman's first encounter with the infamous Joker. It will also be highly influenced by the "Silver Age" comic books, to the less nerdy among the readers that is roughly the 50's through the late 60's.

I will also add, if you haven't played either of the previous games go out an buy them NOW. They are two of the greatest video games of all time in my personal opinion, I can guarantee you will not be disappointed with them.

Michael Fassbender is THE Assassin

 It's widely known  that films that are adapted from video games are well an truly cursed. The curse used to revolve mostly around the comic book adaptations but the curse has shifted. There has been many attempts over the years to make video games into films; Street Fighter, Super Mario Bros, Final Fantasy, Tekken and Max Payne all pretty great video games in their own right but completely and utter sucky films.

"On the casting Jean-Julien Baronnet, CEO of Paris-based Ubisoft Motion Pictures, said:
“Michael Fassbender was our first choice… Michael is an extremely smart, talented, versatile and committed actor.”
While Sony could still come on-board to distribute, Ubisoft will “stick to their initial plan and develop the film independently in order to maintain greater creative control”. Ubisoft Motion Pictures will now look at hiring a writer and director, and re-enter talks with studios at a later date."

Dreamworks own rights to Need For Speed

Yes, you did read that title correctly. It seems as though DreamWorks have purchased the rights for an adaptation of the Need For Speed video game franchise. EA have released a press release today confirming the sale for everybody to read. I was thinking to myself while reading this "Why on earth would anybody watch a film about car races with cars customised to the mass", then I realised I love the "Fast And Furious" franchise an so do millions of others considering that has made $1.5+ billion in the Box Office. So I can now see why they are looking into a Need For Speed movie.


"LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–DreamWorks Studios has acquired the feature film rights to EA’s (NASDAQ: EA) popular video game franchise, Need for Speed™, it was announced jointly today by DreamWorks CEO and Co-Chair Stacey Snider and EA President of Studios Frank Gibeau.

“With such a large following around the globe, we’re excited to make a film that does justice to the popular underlying video game series.”

Brothers George and John Gatins developed the original story with George writing the feature’s screenplay. The screenplay is based on the Need for Speed series, but is not based on an individual game. EA will produce along with John Gatins and Mark Sourian. Scott Waugh (Act of Valor) is attached to direct, and the project will be fast-tracked at DreamWorks with a target production start date for early next year, for a 2014 release.

The film adaptation will be a fast-paced, high-octane film rooted in the tradition of the great car culture films of the 70s while being extremely faithful to the spirit of the video game franchise. In Need for Speed, the cars are hot, the racing is intense and the story keeps players at the edge of their seat.

“I’m excited about getting back into the creative trenches with John and George Gatins and my partners at EA to bring to life an exhilarating script based on an epic video game that seems to have been made for the movies,” said Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks Chairman. “This is a big piece of business for DreamWorks and we are grateful to Frank Gibeau, Pat O’Brien, Kevin Maher and John and George for choosing us to deliver their goods.”

“George, John and EA brought a very compelling story to us which we believe is going to make a fun, cool movie franchise,” said Stacey Snider, CEO and Co-Chair of DreamWorks. “With such a large following around the globe, we’re excited to make a film that does justice to the popular underlying video game series.”

“We are thrilled to be in business with our friends Steven Spielberg, Stacey Snider and the entire DreamWorks team,” said Frank Gibeau, President of EA Labels. “They are the perfect partner to take Need for Speed to the big screen by creating the exciting action film that we have always envisioned.”

“It’s fantastic to be working with a team that shares not only our love of cars, but also our passion for creating blockbuster action experiences. This collaboration will be greatly enhanced with the team at DreamWorks – which is a great home for the Need for Speed franchise,” said Patrick Soderlund, Executive Vice President, EA Games Label. Added Pat O’Brien, Vice President of EA Entertainment: “Working with John and George to develop the script has truly been an outstanding experience.”

Need for Speed is the premier racing game in the video game industry and one of EA’s best-selling video game franchises. Since the release of the first title, the series has sold more than 140 million units worldwide, generating an estimated $4 billion in retail revenue, making it one of the biggest franchises in video gaming.

Need for Speed serves as a reunion with both George Gatins and John Gatins with DreamWorks. George was an executive producer on the studio’s 2010 film “She’s Out of My League.” John’s previous projects with DreamWorks include the 2005 film “Dreamer” which he wrote and directed. He also wrote the script for last year’s “Real Steel” and has been working on the script for its sequel. He recently wrote the script for “Flight” which will be released by Paramount later this year.

Both EA and John and George Gatins are represented by UTA, who negotiated the deal.

More information about Need for Speed can be found at: http://www.needforspeed.com/.

About DreamWorks Studios

DreamWorks Studios is a motion picture company formed in 2009 and led by Steven Spielberg and Stacey Snider in partnership with The Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group. The company’s recent releases include “Real Steel,” starring Hugh Jackman and directed by Shawn Levy, Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse,” based on Michael Morpurgo’s award-winning book and was nominated for six Academy Awards including Best Picture, and “The Help,” which resonated with audiences around the country and earned over $200 million at the box office and received four Academy Award nominations with Octavia Spencer winning one for Best Supporting Actress. Its upcoming releases include the Chris Pine starrer “People Like Us” and Spielberg’s “Lincoln” starring Daniel Day-Lewis.

DreamWorks Studios can be found on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/DreamWorksStudios and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/dw_studios."

"Halo 4" set photos

Yes, you read that correct set photos from "Halo 4". But, don't get to excited it is only a web series being created as an advertising push for the upcoming video game. I personally would love a "Halo" film, it would make a great Sci-Fi film which is what we are lacking in Hollywood now-a-days in my opinion.