Zach Snyder

Zach Snyder’s Animated Film GUARDIANS OF GA’HOOLE Now Titled LEGEND OF THE GUARDIANS

by Bill Graham    Posted: March 1st, 2010 at 5:23 pm

Zach Snyder’s (Watchmen, 300) first animated film was plagued by a title that would have likely had people scratching their heads when it hits theaters on Sept. 24.  So, in the name of mass consumption, Warner Bros. has switched from Guardians of Ga’Hoole to just simply Legend of the Guardians, according to Heat Vision.  I am all for helping audiences pronounce your film, but did they nearly neuter the film by overdoing it a bit?

Despite that concern, the film, based on a book series about owls (I know, let me explain) by Kathryn Lasky, is shaping up nicely, with a voice cast including Hellen Mirren, Hugo Weaving, Abbie Cornish, Geoffrey Rush, Emilie de Ravin, and Sam Neill. According to IMDb, the film revolves around this interesting plotline:

Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie’s, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. He and his new friends escape to the island of Ga’Hoole, to assist its noble, wise owls who fight the army being created by the wicked rulers of St. Aggie’s.

Sounds cool, doesn’t it.  Hit the jump for the official synopsis from Warner Bros.:

WATCHMEN Co-Writer Alex Tse to Adapt the FOURTH REALM TRILOGY

by Bill Graham    Posted: February 23rd, 2010 at 3:18 pm

Fox, who had previously attempted to stop the release of Watchmen, have given the co-writer of that film, Alex Tse, the keys to adapt reclusive science fiction author John Twelve Hawks’ Fourth Realm Trilogy, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The book trilogy is described by THR below.

“Set in a U.S. society run by a secret organization seeking to control the population via constant observation. Seeking to rebel against these constraints are an almost extinct group of people called Travelers, who can project their spirit into other dimensions, and their protectors, called Harlequins.”

For more on the book series, including a description of the first book, the mysterious author who uses a “voice scrambler” to communicate with his editor and agent, and screenwriter Alex Tse, hit the jump.

Frank Miller Gives Update on 300 Prequel, Now Entitled XERXES

by Ramses Flores    Posted: December 15th, 2009 at 3:04 pm

Last year, Steve was able to confirm that there were plans to make a prequel to 300 when he interviewed the film’s producers.  Since then the only thing we’ve really known about the project is that Frank Miller was working on it and that if everyone liked what they saw when it was done, then they would move ahead with a film adaptation.

Now, a year and a half later ,we finally have an update on the project from Frank Miller thanks to an interview he did with L.A. Times’ Hero Complex Blog.  Miller, who has already finished the plot and is now getting started on the artwork says that the project is now titled Xerxes and will be set 10 years before the events of 300.  According to the report, the story will center around the Battle of Marathon, although it is unknown if there’s an opportunity to squeeze in the line, “This!  Is! [Insert Name of Ancient City!]  He also mentions that Zack Snyder has already expressed interest in it as a film property.  However, there’s no word if Rodrigo Santoro would come back to play the title character.  Now I think that it’s just a matter of waiting for Miller to be done before we see a film made out of Xerxes because it seems unlikely that anyone would pass up the opportunity to make a follow-up to 300.  There’s just too much money and too many rock hard abs at stake.  Also, it’s a perfect time to put back on the swords and sandals with Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief and the remake of Clash of the Titans due out next year.

J.J. Abrams Leaves THE DARK TOWER

by David Corbin    Posted: November 11th, 2009 at 9:05 am

J.J. Abrams finally said no to a project.  Unfortunately, MTV Movies is reporting that project was an adaptation of Stephen King’s wildly popular The Dark Tower series that he and Damon Lindelof were previously attached to.  While Abrams cited his reluctance to delve into a new story immediately after finishing Lost, Lindelof mentioned the difficulty of adapting an immensely popular work.  “Having seen Zack [Snyder] go through what he went through on Watchmen in terms of saying where can I digress from the material, I just get headaches from changing anything,” he said.  Hear that fanboys and fangirls?  Your reputation for intense scrutiny has gotten so bad it’s scaring people away from good projects.  Keep it up and you can kiss that Wheel of Time adaptation goodbye.

First Look at the Features and Box Art for WATCHMEN – THE ULTIMATE CUT

by Matt Goldberg    Posted: September 22nd, 2009 at 5:03 pm

Warner Bros. just sent out the sellsheet of the upcoming “Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut” and it confirms what we already heard: “The Ultimate Cut” has the “Tales of the Black Freighter” animated short film woven into the Director’s Cut.  This new cut will also have two new commentaries from Director Zach Snyder and Illustrator Dave Gibbons.  According to the sellsheet, the Ultimate Cut runs 3 hours and 35 minutes.

The sellsheet also mentions that there will be over two hours of bonus content including 4 featurettes and the “Watchmen” Video Journals. The set will also include the short feature “Under the Hood” which was previously available on the “Tales of the Black Freighter” disc, all 12 episodes of the “Watchmen” motion comic, and a digital copy of the theatrical feature.  The set will be available as either a 5-Disc Limited Edition DVD set ($43.87 SRP) or a 4-Disc Limited Edition Blu-Ray set ($59.99 SRP).  Hit the jump to get a full look at the box art.  “Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut” will be available to own on November 3^rd.

WATCHMEN Director’s Cut Blu-ray Review

by Andre Dellamorte    Posted: July 20th, 2009 at 11:03 pm

Watchmen is one of the best films of 2009. It’s challenging, subversive, fascinating. It can’t compare with the original graphic novel, as made by Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore but it never could. Watchmen, the comic book was a revelation in its time. It took a part of our culture (superheroes through comic books) and perfectly dissected it. From the panels on down, it dealt with why they were created, and their limitations -from the character’s personal sexual hang ups to using their archetypes to show what they meant, and how they failed. My full review of the director’s cut is after the jump:

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