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Veteran’s Day: Movies Veterans Love
11 November 2009 3:45 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
A day that every American should remember arrives today, the 11th day of the 11th month of every year. It echoes in perpetuity, providing all of us in the Us with a continued wall of integrity, protection and honor via the many calls to duty that have been answered for hundreds of years.
Today is Veterans Day.
Have you taken the time out of your day to thank any of the many that have served? We here at Screen Rant wish to thank each and every man and woman that has given their time and often times their lives to ensure a more perfect union. Last year we had one of the most active threads in Screen Rant history, sharing the many great War/Military movies that dance in our memories this time of year. This year, we thought that instead of getting a similarly compiled, all-too-familiar list, we’d »
- Mike Wilkerson
Badasses of Horror: Part Two
9 November 2009 6:30 AM, PST | Fangoria | See recent Fangoria news »
See the first part of this article here.
Ellen Ripley (Alien/Aliens, 1979/86)
Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley is just hanging out on the intergalactic transport ship Nostromo, leading the often-dull life of a Space Teamster, when all of a sudden, out of nowhere, her idiot captain decides to land on the remote planet Lv-426 to investigate some stupid distress signal emanating from a crashed spaceship. Now, as we all know, responding to distress signals is one of the top five most insanely boneheaded tactical decisions any science-fiction/horror space traveler can possibly make, but this doesn’t stop Captain Numbnuts from ordering his crew to get their asses down there and dope out the spooky alien wreckage.
Of course, once they go down to investigate, some dumbass crewmember decides it would be totally hilarious to stick his face in one of the strange egglike things he finds in the smoldering wreckage of the derelict ship. »
- no-reply@fangoria.com (Ben Thompson and Clay Thompson)
Variety's Verdict On"Disney's A Christmas Carol": Humbug!
3 November 2009 6:16 AM, PST | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »
By Lee Pfeiffer
Variety critic Todd McCarthy is playing Scrooge when it comes to evaluating director Robert Zemeckis' new 3-D animated version of Dicken's A Christmas Carol. While acknowledging that younger and more undemanding audiences will likely render the film a major hit, McCarthy says the timeless story has been degraded into a "so-called thrill ride" with animation techniques that rob the film of any emotional resonance. McCarthy says that little of star Jim Carrey's personality emerges in the course of the movie and that the project would have been better served as a live action endeavor. On a personal level, does anyone share my view that its rather obnoxious for Disney to take a possessive credit for this timeless tale? "Disney's A Christmas Carol"??? We weren't aware that Mouse House execs were sitting with Dickens when the story came into being. What's next: "Paramount's The Ten Commandments »
- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
AFI Fest 2009: Something’S Gonna Live, North By Northwest
26 October 2009 12:41 AM, PDT | Alternative Film Guide | See recent Alternative Film Guide news »
Cary Grant in North by Northwest Among the highlights of AFI Fest 2009 is the Nov. 2 screening of AFI Conservatory Alumnus Daniel Raim’s documentary Something’s Gonna Live, which profiles several behind-the-scenes Hollywood veterans — most of whom have already passed away — including production designers Robert Boyle (who turned 100 this past Oct. 10), Henry Bumstead (To Kill a Mockingbird, The Sting), Harold Michelson (Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Mommie Dearest, Dick Tracy), and Albert Nozaki (When Worlds Collide, The War of the Worlds, The Ten Commandments), in addition to cinematographers Conrad L. Hall (In Cold Blood, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Road to Perdition) and Haskell Wexler (Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, In the Heat of [...] »
- Andre Soares
Fox to Tell Moses Story with ‘300′ Visuals
13 October 2009 1:23 PM, PDT | newsinfilm.com | See recent newsinfilm news »
20th Century Fox is planning to re-tell the biblical story of Moses using the visual style and modern effects of Zack Snyder’s 300. This is the first major acquisition for new Fox chief Peter Chernin.
The story will start with Moses’ near death experience as an infant, his adoption into the Egyptian royal family, “defiance of the Pharaoh and deliverance of the Hebrews from enslavement.” I can’t wait for a Gerard Butler type to yell, “Let my people Gooooo!” Spartan style.
According to Variety, the idea was pitched by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, who just completed the script for a “re-imagining” of Moby Dick for director Timur Bekmambetov. They’re going for a feel closer to Braveheart than Charlton Heston’s The Ten Commandments, though I doubt Mel Gibson will be involved with this one…
Since 2004’s Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, studios have been using »
- Jeff Leins
Moses' story may be old but this movie is new
13 October 2009 8:12 AM, PDT | Corona's Coming Attractions | See recent Corona's Coming Attractions news »
Former 20th Century Fox chairman Peter Chernin is developing a movie for the studio about the life's story of Moses. According to Variety, the project will be told more in the style of Braveheart rather than Cecil B. DeMille's now classic The Ten Commandments.
The screenplay is to be written by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage (Accepted), the writers who just finished a draft of another retelling of a famous story, that being Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov is attached to direct that one for Universal.
Moses is one of the Bible's most important players in the Old Testament. Born the son of a slave, the infant Moses was given up by his birth mother and raised by an Egyptian princess as a member of their royal family. When he discovers his true parentage, Moses is called upon by God to lead the Israelites from out of bondage and Egypt. »
- Patrick Sauriol
Moses to Get "300" Makeover!
12 October 2009 1:36 PM, PDT | Manny the Movie Guy | See recent Manny the Movie Guy news »
Holy Moses! The prophet's inspirational story will be re-told in "300" style! Much like the narrative of "The Ten Commandments," the new Moses film will start with the prophet as an infant to his adoption into the Egyptian royal family, all the way to his deliverance of the Hebrews from enslavement.
Peter Chernin is producing for 20th Century Fox. Adam Cooper and Bill Collage will write the script. The duo wrote a "Moby Dick" script with a comic book feel. "Wanted" director Timur Bekmambetov is attached to the project based on Herman Melville's classic, and may work on the film if "Wanted 2" doesn't materialize first.
As far as the Moses film is concerned, all the magical and mystical elements will be retained including the parting of the Red Sea. But this new version will also include new elements of Moses' life that the writers took from Rabbinical Midrash and other historical sources. »
- Manny
Epic Tale of Moses Script in Development
12 October 2009 10:39 AM, PDT | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Here is an interesting story coming from Variety today (thanks to Coming Soon for the heads up): apparently Adam Cooper (Trump Heist) and Bill Collage (Accepted) have been “short-strawed” by 20th Century Fox to pen the script for an adaptation of the Biblical story of Moses.
Cooper and Collage recently turned in a script to Universal for the big screen story of Herman Meville’s Moby Dick, which is to be directed by Tim Bekmambetov (9, Wanted) and shouldn’t be confused with the recent TV movie project Moby Dick by The Tele Munchen Group.
The story for the film will apparently follow Moses from infancy, when he was left in a basket in the reeds, to his leading the Jews out of Egyptian slavery and across the Red Sea. Here’s the odd part: the story was pitched to Fox as a 300-esque style movie. I’m not quite sure what that means. »
- Paul Young
Fox Parts the Red Sea, Remaking the Moses Story
12 October 2009 10:28 AM, PDT | GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news »
Peter Chernin is the new big wig at Fox, and Variety says his first big acquisition will be a retelling of the story of Moses, with one noticeable difference: It's going to be a lot like Braveheart.
Why there hasn't been a crop of less family friendly movie versions of Bible stories over the past few years is beyond me. The Passion of the Christ only made about $600 million worldwide in theatrical receipts alone. And to be sure, there's plenty of PG-13 or R-rated stuff in the Bible, particularly the Old Testament. So while it might seem strange to give Moses an action movie feel, it probably lends itself pretty well. And given Hollywood's history with projects like The Ten Commandments, there's plenty of evidence that people will line up for a new film like this. »
- Colin Boyd
Moses To Free The Hebrews From Slavery, Sparta-Style
12 October 2009 7:00 AM, PDT | MTV Movies Blog | See recent MTV Movies Blog news »
All things weird just got a little bit more normal this morning, because this latest news blows them all away. The story of Moses is pretty well-known at this point. If you didn't get it through your religious studies and you didn't pick it up in Cecil B. Demille's Charlton Heston-starring classic "The Ten Commandments," then you probably at least got the broad strokes from DreamWorks Animation's "Prince of Egypt." The short version: the Hebrews, slaves in the Pharaoh's Egypt, a rescued from servitude after Moses -- backed up by the Lord Almighty -- brings 10 plagues down upon the Egyptian people. There are also some important bits about the Red Sea parting and the Ten Commandments, but that's the basic gist of the story.
Now comes word that Fox has picked up a pitch for a re-telling of this popular Bible story, a sexier, more action-packed telling in »
- Adam Rosenberg
Fox to ready a Moses film with ‘Moby Dick’ writing team
12 October 2009 6:17 AM, PDT | ReelLoop.com | See recent Reel Loop news »
Producers Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark will be teaming up for a modernized big-screen version of the story of Moses.
20th Century Fox have landed Moby Dick (the whale tale is still in development) writers Adam Cooper and Bill Collage to pen a script of the biblical tale, which will focus on Moses’ adoption into the Egyptian royal family and how he led the Hebrew people out of Egypt.
The still untitled project is believed to take a page from Zack Snyder’s 300 but don’t expect buckets of blood and S&M warlords…or a naked Lena Headey.
No word if the film will be a direct reimagination of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 film The Ten Commandments.
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- Erik Buckman
Moses Kicking Ass – Coming To A Theatre Near You
12 October 2009 5:20 AM, PDT | FilmShaft.com | See recent FilmShaft.com news »
Picture if you will, a landmark film in the history of cinema, The Ten Commandments. No doubt you can already see Charlton Heston in dirty robes, acting all fatherly and holy and what not. Now throw in some Spartans, and Mel Gibson’s William Wallace for good measure – you now have yourselves the latest reimagining of Moses’ classic tale, according to Variety.
Peter Chernin and Twentieth Century Fox are developing a “retelling” of the story of Moses, reeds, slavery, exodus – the lot. And according to their sources, the film will be more “Braveheart” than “Songs of Praise“:
The script will be written by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, who recently completed a scripted retelling of Herman Melville’s “Moby Dick” for director Timur Bekmambetov at Universal.
“Moby Dick” was pitched as a “300″-like reimagining of the Melville story as a visually stunning action piece, and the story of Moses is conceived similarly. »
- Craig Sharp
Twentieth Century Fox to make The Life of Moses
12 October 2009 5:10 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
After The Passion of the Christ was released to a fanfare of $611m at the international box office, there was massive speculation that Hollywood would start to remake as many Bible stories as they possible could. Well, it’s been over five years since Mel Gibson’s movie retelling the last days of Jesus’ life was brought to our screens and it now seems that the wait is over for the next Hollywood Bible story.
Peter Chernin, recently moved from Universal Pictures to Twentieth Century Fox and Variety are reporting that his first movie will be a “300″-like re-imagining of the story of Moses.
Twentieth Century Fox will develop a retelling of the story of Moses, from his near death as an infant to his adoption into the Egyptian royal family, his defiance of the Pharaoh and deliverance of the Hebrews from enslavement
It’s been 53 years since we saw »
- David Sztypuljak
Moses Headed to the Big Screen Once Again
12 October 2009 4:47 AM, PDT | Reelzchannel.com | See recent ReelzChannel news »
Move over Charlton Heston. Variety writes that 20th Century Fox plans on producing a new cinematic version of Exodus. As if that weren't enough, they want to do it in the style of 300. Yes, that 300 — the male meat-fest from "visionary director" Zack Snyder.
Hmmm ... so can we count on seeing a Moses who's less world-weary and wise than he is lean and mean with ripped abs? Should we expect: "Let my people go, you scum-sucking Egyptian!"? Or a desert scene with Israelites sampling heaven's food before crying out, "This ... is ... Manna!!!"
The script will be written by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage (Accepted), who have already been approved to draft a graphic novel-style adaptation of Herman Melville's classic Moby Dick for director Timur Bekmambetov. We certainly love graphic novels and the way they've gained acceptance as a legitimate artform. But seriously . . . Moby Dick?
Cooper and Collage's script for the »
- Rich Z Zwelling
Moses story to be retold on big screen in style of 300
12 October 2009 2:39 AM, PDT | The Geek Files | See recent The Geek Files news »
Someone in Hollywood must be listening to me...
On Friday night, I criticised the talk about a prequel/sequel to Zack Snyder's Spartan war movie 300 and said efforts should be focused instead on telling "some other significant historical, mythological or biblical event" in a similar style using inexpensive greenscreen technology.
Variety now reports that 20th Century Fox has bought a pitch for a new retelling of the story of Moses, which will be made in the style of 300.
It says the story will be told using "the same greenscreen strategy as 300 so it will feel more like that picture or Braveheart than The Ten Commandments, the 1956 Cecil B. DeMille film."
The mythical and magical elements in the Book of Exodus will be there - including the plagues and the parting of the Red Sea - but the new version will also include new elements of Moses' life that the »
- David Bentley
Moses to Get Big Screen Treatment, '300' Style
12 October 2009 1:51 AM, PDT | Aceshowbiz | See recent Aceshowbiz news »
20th Century Fox plans to bring Moses back to the big screen, but not in the style of Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 film, "The Ten Commandments". According to Variety, the studio plans to pitch this untitled Moses project as "a visually stunning action piece" with a "300" vibe as the goal is to give a "Braveheart" feel to the classic story.
Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, who have completed writing for Timur Bekmambetov-directed "Moby Dick", will pen the script to this retelling of the prophet's story. This new feature film will center on Moses' near death as an infant, his adoption into the Egyptian royal family, his defiance of the Pharaoh and the deliverance of the Hebrews from enslavement. Peter Chernin and Dylan Clark produce.
The biblical story of Moses has been brought to the big screen several times before. But, the most famous one is the 1956 movie in which »
- AceShowbiz.com
Moses Proclaims 'This! Is! Passover!'
12 October 2009 1:33 AM, PDT | Rope of Silicon | See recent Rope Of Silicon news »
The story of Moses is about to get seriously ridiculous and not in a Mel Brooks, History of the World kind of way as depicted to the right. Instead, 20th Century Fox has made a preemptive acquisition of a pitch to tell the story of Moses in the green screen, graphic novel style of 2007's 300. The tale will start with his near death as an infant to his adoption into the Egyptian royal family, his defiance of the Pharoah and deliverance of the Hebrews from enslavement.
The news comes from Variety saying Adam Cooper and Bill Collage will pen the script following their deal to reinvent Herman Melville's "Moby Dick," with a graphic novel feel, for director Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted).
The popular mythical and magical elements inherent in the Book of Exodus will be there--including the plagues visited upon Egypt and the parting of the Red Sea. However, this »
- Brad Brevet
Holy Moses!
12 October 2009 12:20 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »
What do you think of when you think of cinematic depictions of Moses? (We know that you're constantly thinking of cinematic depictions of Moses). Chances are you think of Charlton Heston striding around in The Ten Commandments. Or perhaps your mind casts itself back to Dreamworks' inaugural animation The Prince of Egypt.Chances are you don't think of 300, but that is apparently why you're sitting reading this this morning and not taking a power breakfast in Hollywood. Because that's exactly the direction Peter Chernin, formerly Chief Operating Officer for News Corp and lately head of his own production company Chernin Entertainment, has taken as his first major film project.The script is by Adam Cooper and Bill Collage, and conceived as a "visually stunning action piece" and "a 300-like reimagining" giving a Braveheart-feel to the Book of Exodus. They've also completed a similarly-pitched Moby Dick script for Timur Bekmambetov. Obviously »
Fox To Make Moses Awesome, 300 Style
11 October 2009 11:20 PM, PDT | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
When you were a kid, did you ever sit in Sunday school and wonder, .What if Moses was a bad mutha and beat the ever living crap out of the jerk off Pharaoh? Yup, that.d be awesome. Our father, who art in Heaven.. Well wonder no more, Jesus freaks, because Peter Chernin over at 20th Century Fox is giving us just that. Variety says that Fox is digging up Moses for a new trip to movie theaters. Remember The Ten Commandments? It's like that, except probably with more explosions. It's the 21st Century after all. It'll cover everything, from his birth and subsequent river trip, to his life in the house of Pharoah, to his rebellion and deliverance of the Hebrews from slavery. The production is being pitched as the classic tale, but with a .300. vibe, Aka an Awesome vibe. Everyone knows the story, but no one knows that »
This! Is! Sinai! 20th Century Fox to Tell the Story of Moses in the Style of “300″
11 October 2009 8:08 PM, PDT | Collider.com | See recent Collider.com news »
The 1956 Cecil B. DeMille classic “The Ten Commandments” is fantastic but it could have been so much better if it had used speed-ramping and buckets of blood. Oh, and maybe a Jewish actor as Moses. It now looks like we might get two out of three as 20th Century Fox has just made a pre-emptive acquisition of a pitch to tell the story of Moses in the style of Zach Snyder’s “300″. Hit the jump to murder some firstborn sons but in a really cool way.
This is one of those pitches I wish I had made. It seems so simple yet so idiotic that a sane person would shoot it down before they even seriously considered it. But sane folks like you and I aren’t in Hollywood for a reason and that’s why BFDeal Memo is reporting that Peter Chernin’s Fox-based company will produce the story »
- Matt Goldberg
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