Video Games, Manga/Anime, Series, Novels Goes To BiG ScrEEn For 2009!!! :)

September 29, 2008

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Manga / Anime

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Dragon Ball

Plot Synopsis 

by Jeremy Wheeler

                   James Wong adapts the rich mythos of the Dragonball series that grew from a manga into various popular animated series with this 20th Century Fox production starring Justin Chatwin. The plot revolves around Goku (Chatwin), Earth’s greatest champion, who must defend the planet against an invading race of alien warriors hell-bent on dominating the universe. Wong directs from his own script, with Kung Fu Hustle’s Stephen Chow producing. Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s James Marsters co-stars as the film’s villain, Piccolo, with Jamie Chung playing Chi Chi and Emmy Rossum portraying Bulma. Hong Kong legend Chow Yun-Fat rounds out the cast as Master Roshi, Goku’s mentor in the film.

cast

Justin Chatwin - Goku
James Marsters - Lord piccolo
Emmy Rossum - Bulma
Jamie Chung - Chi chi
Joon Park - Yamcha
Eriko Tamura - Mai
Randall Duk Kim - Grandpa Gohan
Texas Battle - Carey Fuller
Ernie Hudson - Master Mutaito
Chow Yun-Fat - Master Roshi

source: www.allmovie.com

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Video Games ***************************************************************************

Transformers

                   Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is an upcoming 2009 science fiction film due for release on June 26, 2009. It is the sequel to 2007’s Transformers, which was the first live action Transformers film. Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg return respectively as director and executive producer, while Shia LaBeouf reprises the role of Sam Witwicky, the human caught in the war between Autobots and Decepticons. Shooting began in May 2008.

Bay desired to give the sequel a bigger budget for a global scale and better characterization for a larger cast of robots. The main hurdle in getting the film produced was overcoming the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike, as well as possible strikes by the Directors Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild. Bay met his shooting date with the help of previsualization and a scriptment by his writers Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and series newcomer Ehren Kruger.

 

cast

Shia LaBeouf
Megan Fox
Josh Duhamel
Tyrese Gibson
John Turturro
Matthew Marsden
Voices:
Peter Cullen
Mark Ryan

source:  www.allmovie.com

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Tekken

                                Tekken is a 2009 live-action film adaptation of the popular video game series. The film follows Jin Kazama played by John Foo, to rid himself of the devil which plagues his soul. Now a man, he must confront his father, Kazuya Mishima, played by Ian Anthony Dale and his grandfather, Heihachi Mishima, played by Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa. The film is being directed by Dwight Little and is set for a 2009 release date.

Cast

    * John Foo as Jin Kazama
    * Ian Anthony Dale as Kazuya Mishima
    * Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Heihachi Mishima
    * Lateef Crowder as Eddy Gordo
    * Nathan Jones as Craig Marduk
    * Cung Le as Marshall Law
    * Luke Goss as Steve Fox
    * Chiaki Kuriyama as Ling Xiaoyu
    * Darrin Henson as Raven
    * Gary Daniels as Bryan Fury
    * Holly Marie Combs as Michelle Chang
    * Candîce Hillebrand as Nina Williams
    * Tamlyn Tomita as Jun Kazama
    * Roger Huerta as Miguel Caballero Rojo
    * Marian Zapico as Anna Williams
    * Kelly Overton as Christie Monteiro
    * Gary Ray Stearns as Yoshimitsu
    * Randal Reeder as Scared Fighter
    * David Pitt as Jack (Tekken Police)
    * Mircea Monroe as Kara
    * Cassie Shea Watson as Med Tech
    * Louis Herthum as Tekken Security Chief
    * Michael Showers as Security Assistant #1
    * Jevon Miller as Angry Fighter Reject

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Terminator

                            Terminator Salvation is an upcoming science fiction war film set for release on May 22, 2009. Directed by McG, it is the fourth film in the Terminator franchise and stars Christian Bale as John Connor, Bryce Dallas Howard as Kate Connor, Anton Yelchin as Kyle Reese and Sam Worthington as the new Terminator Marcus Wright. The film, set in 2018, focuses on the original war between humanity and the Terminator computer network Skynet. It abandons the formula of the series, which had involved Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Model 101 Terminator time-traveling to the present to protect or kill someone of future importance. Among the numerous robotic minions of Skynet are Helena Bonham Carter as Serena and Roland Kickinger as the first T-800. Filming began on May 5, 2008.

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street fighter: the legend of chun-li

                               Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li is an upcoming film based on the Street Fighter series of video games. It follows the quest of Street Fighter character Chun-Li, who will be portrayed by Smallville star Kristin Kreuk.The film co-stars Neal McDonough as M. Bison, Chris Klein as Charlie, Michael Clarke Duncan as Balrog, and Black Eyed Peas singer Taboo as Vega. Rick Yune was originally cast as Gen but has been replaced by Robin Shou, who portrayed Liu Kang in the Mortal Kombat series. The film is scheduled for release in 2009.

Jean-Claude Van Damme, who played Guile in the 1994 live-action film version of Street Fighter, stated that he was approached and offered a part in this movie. He turned it down because, according to him, he is now being careful in choosing film roles.

It has been confirmed on the movie’s production blog that Ryu and Ken will not appear in the movie, as it is more of a Chun-Li origin story, but they may appear in future sequels.

Cast

    * Kristin Kreuk as Chun-Li
    * Neal McDonough as M. Bison
    * Chris Klein as Charlie Nash
    * Michael Clarke Duncan as Balrog
    * Taboo as Vega
    * Robin Shou as Gen
    * Moon Bloodgood as Detective Maya Sunee

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Astro boy

Astro Boy is a 2009 American computer-animated 3-D film based on the highly successful Japanese franchise of the same name by Osamu Tezuka. It is being produced by Imagi Animation Studios, the animation production company of TMNT and the upcoming Gatchaman. The studio announced the project in September 2006. It will be directed by David Bowers (Flushed Away) and produced by Maryann Garger with Pilar Flynn as associate producer. The film was originally to be directed by Colin Brady, who directed the 2006 animated film Everyone’s Hero. It has been announced that Freddie Highmore will provide the voice for the character of Astro Boy in the movie.

cast

Freddie Highmore
Nicolas Cage
Donald Sutherland
Nathan Lane

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Maxpayne

                                The 2001 video game Max Payne was optioned by the production company Collision Entertainment to produce a live-action film adaptation. By April 2002, distributors Dimension Films and Abandon Entertainment were attached to the project. Shawn Ryan, the creator of the television series The Shield, was hired to write a script for the planned film.By June 2005, without production starting, Collision Entertainment had taken the project to 20th Century Fox.In November 2007, with a script written by Beau Thorne, Fox announced John Moore as the director and Mark Wahlberg as the star in the titular role.

Filming began in Toronto on March 2, 2008 and wrapped by May 9, 2008.The film will be rated PG-13 in the United States, a departure from the M-rated video game series. Mila Kunis said of the tone-down, “It’s incredibly dark. You still get the gist of it. The only difference between R-rated and PG-13 is you might not see as much blood. You might not see blood squirting everywhere, but as far as the sadness and the darkness of it and the distraught [nature] of these human beings is very much captured in the film”.

Though filmed with the intention of receiving a PG-13 rating, Max Payne received an unofficial rating of R by the MPAA on September 5th 2008, which has resulted in a backlash from Moore.

As of September 22, 2008, a recent trailer has confirmed a PG-13 rating, for the following: “intense sequences of violence, some language, brief drug content, and brief sexual content including nudity.”[citation needed] Director John Moore has also confirmed in an interview with GameDaily’s John Gaudiosi that the film was awarded the PG-13 rating without any major changes being made to the film. Describing the re-editing process Moore stated, “We trimmed some frames more for the sake of trimming frames than anything, but we got the rating without any major changes at all.”

 

Cast

Mark Wahlberg - Max Payne
Mila Kunis - Mona Sax
Beau Bridges - B.B Hensley
Chris “Ludacris” Bridges - Jim Bravura
Nelly Furtado - Christina Balder
Chris O’donell - Jason Colvin
Amaury Nolasco - Jack Lupino

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 Far Cry

The game-to-film enthusiast Uwe Boll, gained the rights to a Far Cry movie, purportedly even before the game was released. In an October 2006 interview, Uwe Boll said that production on Far Cry would begin in May 2007.

 

Cast

Til Schweiger - Jack Carver
Emmanuelle Vaugier - Valerie Constatine
Udo Kier - Dr. Krieger 
Craig Fairbrass - Parker
Chris Coppola - Emilio
Michael Paré 
Ralf Moeller - Doyle
Don S. Davis 
Natalia Avelon 
Clint Howard 
Will Sanderson 
Michael Eklund 
Jay Brazeau 
“Stuttering” Craig Skistimas - Scientist
“Handsome” Thomas Hanley - Mercenary
Anthony Bourdain - Scientist
Michael Teigen - Mercenary Bridge
D. Harlan Cutshall - Mercenary Quinn
Mike Dopud - S Sgt. Ryder
Scott Cooper - Young reporter

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Prince of Persia : The sands of time

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is an upcoming film based on the 2003 video game of the same name. The film is directed by Mike Newell and stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, and Alfred Molina. Filming is taking place in the United Kingdom and Morocco. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time is scheduled to be released on May 28, 2010.

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal - Prince Dastan
Gemma Arterton - Tamina
Ben Kingsley - Nizam, King
Alfred Molina - Sheik Amar

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fast and furious

                    Fast & Furious is the latest film in the The Fast and the Furious film series, the fourth produced but sequel to the first and second, and prequel to the third film. The film is currently in production and is scheduled for release on June 12, 2009. The plot connects with the original film of the series from which Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez, and Jordana Brewster are reprising their roles.

Among others cast in the film are reggaetoneros Don Omar and Tego Calderon, Sung Kang will reprise his role from The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift as Han, Israeli model Gal Gadot, Lil Wayne, T.I., and actor Mine.In an interview, Tyrese Gibson stated that he would make a cameo to reprise his role as Roman Pearce from the second film. The actor stated that it will be “kind of like what Vin Diesel did in [Tokyo Drift].”

Cast

Vin Diesel - Dominic Toretto
Paul Walker - Brian O’Connor
Michelle Rodriguez - Letty
Jordana Brewster - Mia Toretto
Laz Alonso - Fenix
Tyrese Gibson - Roman Pearce
Sung Kang - Han
John Ortiz - Antonio Braga
Don Omar - Rico
Tego Calderon - Sunny
Lil Wayne - Hasim
Xzibit - Danny
T.I. - Troy
T-Pain - Johnny

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Series

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star trek

                        Star Trek is a science fiction film directed by J. J. Abrams and written by Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. It is the eleventh Star Trek film and a prequel to The Original Series, featuring all of the main characters, portrayed by a new cast. Leonard Nimoy reprises his role as the older Spock, who meets himself via time travel, and Eric Bana appears as the rogue Romulan Nero. The film is scheduled to be released on May 8, 2009 in North America and the United Kingdom.

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Angel and Demons By Dan Brown

                     Angels & Demons is an upcoming film adaptation of Dan Brown’s novel Angels & Demons, due for release on May 15, 2009. The film stars Tom Hanks as Robert Langdon, a role he played in The Da Vinci Code, another Brown film adaptation. The Da Vinci Code director Ron Howard and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman also return, and filming is taking place in Rome and the Sony Pictures Studios in Los Angeles.

Starring:

Tom Hanks - Robert langdon

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He’s Just Not That Into You

                            He’s Just Not That Into You is an American romantic comedy film, based on the self-help book of the same name by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, which, in turn, was based on a dialogue line in Sex and the City. Produced by Drew Barrymore’s Flower Films, it stars Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Long, Jennifer Connelly, Ginnifer Goodwin, Kevin Connolly, and Bradley Cooper; and is being directed by Ken Kwapis. on June 26, 2008, the release date was moved from October 24, 2008 to February 6, 2009.

Cast

    * Ben Affleck as Neil
    * Jennifer Aniston as Beth
    * Drew Barrymore as Mary
    * Ginnifer Goodwin as Gigi
    * Jennifer Connelly as Janine
    * Scarlett Johansson as Anna
    * Justin Long as Alex
    * Bradley Cooper as Ben
    * Kevin Connolly as Connor
    * Kris Kristofferson as Beth’s father

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