I know you've seen him before, so have I. I just can't remember his name. Empire Online has a pretty neat slide show with plenty of these would-be famous staples of American cinema. Find it here.
The Playlist reports
IESB (who like to chestpuff a lot of their rumored news of late) is reporting that Warner Brothers is now stopping R-rated superhero movies, and perhaps to what is being perceived, and not entirely inaccurately, as the failure of the expensive Zack Snyder film, "Watchmen."
So I guess this means no more "adult" comic book adaptations. I wonder if this will change the way producers of comic book content design their stories in an effort to secure a potential film adaptation.
This really stinks, Warner was the only company taking chances. They made a gutsy Batman movie and an amazingly faithful adaptation of an "adult" themed graphic novel with Watchmen, which had more gore than the book. It's too bad that the "recessed" economy is now directly changing content on the big screen and soccer moms are determining the fate of comic book adaptations. Imagine: Would Watchmen been that great with out all of that cartoon gore? I know for many the answer is yes, and second-day ticket sales directly reflect this. But I just don't see how they could have told Rorschach's story with a PG rating. Maybe all this content will migrate back to HBO? I hope so.
This looks really good in a King of Kong way.
This week we split the action into two podcasts. Media Fix is dedicated to entertainment of the Hollywood persuasion, and the Gamebino is dedicated to all things videogame related.
Media Fix Podcast: Episode 6 - Addicted to Media
Gambino Podcast: Episode 1 - Addicted to Media
Wow! I'm so impressed with just about everything that I've seen or heard about this movie. For me, there is so much anticipation for this movie, after all the delays and speculation about it not being released. And now, after seeing the one-sheet in all its glory, my excitement meeter has officially crested.
Via[SlashFilm]
Plot: "Tyson" is an intimate and moving no-holds-barred portrait of a humbled Mike Tyson told in the words of the former heavyweight champion. In "Tyson", Mike Tyson examines his own life in and out of the ring with a candor, eloquence and vulnerability that is by turns poignant , funny and never less than brutally honest. Through a deft mixture of original interviews and archival footage and photographs, a surprisingly complex, fully-rounded human being emerges. The film ranges from Mike's earliest memories of growing up on the mean streets of Brooklyn through his entry into the world of boxing, including his rollercoaster ride through the funhouse of worldwide fame and his fortunes won and lost. "Tyson" offers much more than a documentary about a former heavyweight champ -- it is the story of a legendary and uniquely controversial international athletic icon, a figure conjuring radical questions of race and class, and a man who arose from the most debased circumstances and soared to seemingly unlimited heights, followed by destruction generated by hubris, like a character out of classical tragedy.
April 24
Finally, the trailer for Spike Jonze's movie Where The Wild Things Are is slated to screen before Dreamwork's movie Monsters Vs. Aliens. I wonder if the demographic they are shooting for is the Dreamwork's crowd. I was hoping this "wild things" would be a little bit darker, a bit more adult. I'm anxious to see if it's been totally neutered.
Addicted to Media 2008,2009,2010
