Controversial “Ender’s Game” finally goes into production
Odd Lot Entertainment will produce a film based on Orson Scott Card’s classic dystopian fiction novel Ender’s Game. Just last year Card himself stated that the film might not be happening.
Odd Lot Entertainment will produce a film based on Orson Scott Card’s classic dystopian fiction novel Ender’s Game. Just last year Card himself stated that the film might not be happening.
Badass female heroes are few and far between in most modern comic films, one of the more recent (and better received) being Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and her kick-ass action sequences for Iron Man 2. Now, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige has noted during a press conference for the DVD release of Iron Man 2 that Marvel is in the early stages of discussion regarding a Black Widow spinoff film, intending to have Johansson reprise her role.
With the arrival Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps on Friday, director Oliver Stone offers us another critique of the cutthroat world of finance, and the soul-selling that often goes along with it. It is with this in mind that I have compiled a list of the best movies that I believe most successfully comment on the events of our society, be it today or 50 years ago. Some of these films had to the power to prompt congressional action or be the catalyst for an important legal decision. Others are notable not necessarily for the social issues they contain, but for the social climate they were created in. For the purposes of this article, we shall broaden the definition of political/social issue films to include these additional attributes.
Ever wish there was a place where you could discuss boxers, gnomes and corrupt politicians all at the same time? Well, pine no longer because it is time for Trailer Tracker here at Player Affinity where we collect the best new trailers hitting the web. Boxer Mickey Ward gets his own film in the aptly titled The Fighter, Ron Howard unveils his new comedy The Dilemma starring Vince Vaughn and Kevin James and we terrorize new college students even more than they are now with The Roommate. Next, Kevin Spacey is the greedy Casino Jack in the new biopic and finally Shakespeare gets the ceramic treatment in Gnomeo and Juliet.
It is a mix bag of releases this week, with history, children’s fantasy, social realism, crime and dancing for our entertainment. Some of these films even mix some of these elements and all of are at various levels of quality. Three of this week’s releases are direct-to-DVD features.
Anyone else out there dying to know what J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 is actually about? Unfortunately, we might be in the dark for awhile, but we are one step closer to figuring it all out, as principal photography for the film has begun. Photos from the set, if and when released, should help us determine at least something about the story, right?
Karaoke fans of the world unite! Peter Morgan, writer of The Queen and The Last King of Scotland, is set to script an untitled biopic of Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. Now Deadline reports that Sacha Baron Cohen, of Borat fame, is set to star as the legendary rock singer.
