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Weaver says yes to Alien sequel (Filmstalker)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:49:48 GMT

Sigourney Weaver is saying that she'd definitely appear in another Aliens film should the film have another director like Ridley Scott and a great script, and she goes onto reveal that Ridley Scott is also enthusiastic about the idea. I'd love the idea of another Aliens film, but it has to be with Weaver and it absolutely has to be a strong story, and without any Predators...

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StudioCanal takes 'Cracks' (Variety.com)

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:16:22 GMT

Film News: Film to be directed by Jordan Scott -- StudioCanal has snapped up France, Benelux and U.K. rights to Jordan Scott’s 1930s British boarding school set drama “Cracks,” which toplines Eva Green as a beloved teacher whose soaring popularity is threatened by the arrival of a beautiful foreign student.

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Weekly Round-Up: Freedom Loving, Bar-B-Qing, Fireworks Lighting, Independence Day Edition (Search Views)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:01:58 GMT

... as a leveraging of Google’s ad network into a broadcast medium. Ahem. Really it’s more like when Ridley Scott is hired to bring some Hollywood cachet to the latest deodorant ad. Also, it’s old news repackaged, kind of like MacFarlane’s act of self-plagiarism American Dad . (more…) Share This

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METROPOLIS - THE DIRECTOR'S CUT? (clarkblog)

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:45:44 GMT

Fritz Lang's Metropolis is a silent film masterpiece, one of the boldest visions of the future ever committed to celluloid. Even now, seventy-plus years after its release, the only other genre film that matches its visual impact is Ridley Scott's...

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Oscar Isaac Joins 'Balibo' Cast (KillerMovies)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:47:43 GMT

Oscar Isaac (“The Nativity Story”) has boarded the cast of Anthony LaPaglia starrer “.” Pic, about the true story of an Australian journalist caught up in the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975, started principal photography Monday.Isaac recently completed work on Ridley Scott’s “Body of Lies” opposite Russell Crowe and Leonardo DiCaprio.

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Del Toro Adapts Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness (LIBERTAS)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:06:29 GMT

Apparently Guillermo Del Toro will be taking a crack at adapting H.P. Lovecraft’s extraordinary novel, At the Mountains of Madness. At the Mountains of Madness happens to be one of my favorites, and is sort of the ur-text for a lot of later science fiction like Howard Hawks’ The Thing, or Ridley Scott’s Alien. Two [...]

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Hollywood strike 'to cost $23 million a day' (The Telegraph)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:00:37 GMT

... to the robot action adventure Transformers and Nottingham, a big budget Robin Hood adaptation from Ridley Scott. "Our industry is now in a de facto strike, with film production virtually shut down and television production now seriously threatened," the AMPTP said in a statement. The actors union repeated an earlier call for all members to report to work and attend auditions until...

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Hauer behind Milan short film fest (Ansa)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:42:01 GMT

International jury to include Richard Gere and Ridley Scott

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Oscar Isaac joins 'Balibo' (Variety.com)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:35:55 GMT

Oscar Isaac joins 'Balibo'Film stars (“The Nativity Story”) has boarded the cast of Anthony LaPaglia starrer “Balibo.” Pic, about the true story of an Australian journalist caught up in the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975, started principal photography Monday. Isaac recently completed work on Ridley Scott’s “Body of Lies” opposite and . is directing and also co-wrote the script...

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Sony Pictures Imageworks Announces 08/09 Projects (ComingSoon.net)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:20:15 GMT

Sony Pictures Imageworks, the award-winning digital production company whose most recent project HANCOCK opens July 2nd, today announced six major motion picture projects that are currently in production at the facility.The films include:• Action thriller EAGLE EYE for DreamWorks Pictures• Mystery adventure WATCHMEN for Warner Bros. Pictures• Dramatic thriller UNTITLED RIDLEY SCOTT FILM...

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The Full 10-34 About Your New Space Trucking Career [The Sf Alternative Career Guide] (io9)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 20:00:43 GMT

... the survival of the universe. Take, for example, the crew of the Nostromo in Alien (described by Ridley Scott as truck drivers on, of all places, The Force Is With Them, a documentary about Star Wars): They happen to find a multi-million dollar franchise just lying around in an abandoned spacecraft. Or the truckers from the European comic , who not only have a cosmic messiah sexdroid...

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DiCaprio settles basketball court lawsuit (Tonight)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 04:23:29 GMT

... in 2007 for his performance in the action-adventure Blood Diamond. He is next to appear in the Ridley Scott thriller, Body Of Lies, due for release in the US later this year.

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CNN Pick Top 10 Horrific Movie Moments (FilmoFilia)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 09:49:54 GMT

The CNN cable news network has chosen its top 10 most spine-tingling moments in film history. If you do or don’t agree you can also make comments on the same commentary page. [CNN] Here is the list beginning with their #1 choice. “Ring” (Hideo Nakata, 1998) “The Thing” (John Carpenter, 1982) “The Orphanage” (Juan Antonio Bayona, 2007) “Misery” (Rob Reiner,1990) “Alien” (Ridley Scott,...

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Film of the week (What's the story in Dalamory?)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:00:24 GMT

Managed to watch a film during the week, despite all the tennis. It deserves a thumbs up. A good year with Russel Crowe and director Ridley Scott. One of these films that leaves a warm and fuzzy feeling but without being overplayed or too sentimental. Five stars from me.

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Gallery of Robot Love Stories (Neatorama)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 01:36:32 GMT

Jenna Wortham has compiled a pretty neat gallery of 13 best robot love stories, from Wall-E to Weird Science, for Wired Magazine. Who remembers this from Blade Runner: Bounty hunter Rick Deckard (played by Harrison Ford) falls hard for a genetically engineered clone called Rachel in Ridley Scott’s 1982 cyberpunk thriller. Although Deckard’s primary mission is [...]

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How Has Looming Actors Strike Affected 'Transformers 2,' 'High School Musical 3,' 'G.I. Joe' And Other Upcoming Films? (VH1)

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:23:00 GMT

... knock our legs out from underneath us."According to various reports, it has similarly affected Ridley Scott's Robin Hood drama (delayed) and the prequel (put on hold until after the strike), and has put pressure on talents like Martin Scorsese (), Steven Soderbergh (), Peter Jackson () and Marc Forster (the next James Bond flick, ) to wrap things up before the buzzer. and are also...

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Less Music In Dead Space, Please [Dead Space] (Kotaku)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:40:00 GMT

They should take a cue from Bioshock in terms of how to use their music.What worked so well for Alien was Ridley Scott's almost-last-minute decision to keep the music in the orchestral realm. Originally it was going to be very electronic, very synth-y (think Blade Runner) but he decided that if he found a composer that could use traditional orchestral instruments in weird, unique, and...

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Atari Appoints UK Licensing Agent [News] (Total Video Games)

editor@totalvideogames.com — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:28:12 GMT

Perhaps hoping to emulate the iconic use of its logo in Ridley Scott's depiction of a dystopian future in Blade Runner, Atari today announced bold plans to strengthen the brand and put the logo back to where it once belonged.Confirming the appointment of Rocket Licensing as licensor in the UK of its classic Atari Mount Fuji trademark and Alone in the Dark brand, Atari intends to announce...

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Cine Expo gets look at 'Dark Knight' (Variety.com)

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:14:00 GMT

... London-set gangster movie "RocknRolla," starrer "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and Ridley Scott thriller "Body of Lies," which stars and as U.S. intelligence agents battling an emerging terrorist leader.The presentation included taped messages from Scott, ("Star Wars: The Clone Wars") and ("Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince").Disney invited local kids to its afternoon...

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/Filmcast Episode 5 - Get Smart (/Film)

orfilms@gmail.com (slashfilm.com) — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:31:10 GMT

... Bastards Not a Period Piece, Ramping Up Pre-Production Christian Bale to Play Robin Hood in Ridley Scott’s Nottingham? Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Bastards to be Two Movies Spike Lee’s Time Traveler Watch 7 Minutes of Wanted and Get Smart

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