Game developers Crystal Dynamics, a division of Square Enix Europe, report that the new video game "Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light", will be released via digital download in 2010.
"This is a really exciting project for Crystal Dynamics, creating something completely new and very different to what people might be expecting,” said Darrell Gallagher, General Manager of Crystal Dynamics.
"With 'Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light' we have created what we believe is a truly original digital experience."
Actor Chris Evans who played 'The Human Torch' in 2 Vancouver-lensed "Fantastic Four" films, has reportedly accepted Marvel Studios' offer to play 'Steve Rogers', aka 'Captain America' in director Joe "The Wolfman" Johnston's upcoming feature "The First Avenger: Captain America", written by Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely ("Chronicles Of Narnia").
The deal calls for Evans to star in at least three "Captain America" movies, also to reprise the role in an "Avengers" superhero team-up feature, starring Marvel characters 'Iron Man' (Robert Downey Jr.), 'Thor' (Chris Hemsworth) and the 'Incredible Hulk' (Edward Norton) in one film.
"First Avenger: Captain America" is prepping to start June 2010 in London, UK for a 2011 Paramount release.
"The costume is a flag," said director Johnston about the look of his "Captain America".
"But the way we're getting around that is we have 'Steve Rogers' forced into the USO circuit. After he's made into this super-soldier, they decide they can't send him into combat and risk him getting killed. He's the only one and they can't make more.
"So they say, 'You're going to be in this USO show' and they give him a flag suit. He can't wait to get out of it.
"It was never in the comics because they didn't really need it. In comics, he puts on the costume and the reader just justifies because of the nature of the medium.
"So he's up on stage doing songs and dances with chorus girls and he can't wait to get out and really fight. When he does go AWOL, he covers up the suit but then, after a few things happen, he realizes that this uniform allows him to lead. By then, he's become a star in the public mind and a symbol. The guys get behind him because he embodies something special.
"He realizes the value of the uniform symbols but he modifies his suit and adds some armor, it will be closer to the Cap costume in some of the comics in more recent years . . . this approach, it's the only way we could justify ever seeing him on a screen in tights, with the funny boots and everything. The government essentially puts him up there as a living comic-book character and he rips it off and then reclaims some of its imagery after he recognizes the value of it. We think it's the best way to keep the costume and explain it at the same time..."
'The Red Skull' will be the main villain in the new WW II action adventure,revealing the origins of the Marvel Comics characters.
Created by writer Joe Simon and illustrator Jack "King" Kirby, the Red Skull was first introduced in "Captain America Comics" #1 (1941), for Timely Comics, as an industrialist named 'Johann Schmidt'. Schmidt was born in a village in Germany, where his mother died in childbirth. After trying to murder the child, but stopped by the attending doctor, the grief-stricken father commits suicide and Johann is orphaned, growing up on the streets as a beggar and thief.
Falling in love with a girl who rejects him and he later murders, Schmidt begins his psychotic journey by becoming a bellhop in a hotel housing the 'Führer', who while scolding an incompetent officer, swears he could create a better officer out of any ordinary dolt, including the bellhop. The bellhop is recruited, with the Führer personally training Schmidt as his right-hand man, giving him a uniform and grotesque red skull mask.
The Skull is then appointed head of all German terrorist activities, external espionage and sabotage.
The Red Skull made such an impact on the Allies that the US government created their own equivalent, initiating the clandestine 'Project Rebirth' project that morphed rejected Army volunteer 'Steve Rogers' into 'Captain America'.
The Skull and Cap engaged in numerous skirmishes throughout the European theatre, culminating in a final battle that left the Skull supposedly dead, buried under the rubble of a bombed-out building, with an experimental gas keeping him in suspended animation.
Sneak Peek a clip from Vancouver-lensed "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse", included as an extended, exclusive 'sneak peek' on Vancouver-lensed "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" DVD, released March 19.
Scheduled for release June 30, "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" is the romantic-fantasy based on author Stephenie Meyer's "Eclipse" novel and will be the third installment of Summit Entertainment's "The Twilight Saga" film series, following 2008's "Twilight" and 2009's "New Moon".
Directed by David Slade and written by Melissa Rosenberg, "Eclipse" stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, and Taylor Lautner, reprising their roles as 'Bella Swan', 'Edward Cullen' and 'Jacob Black'.
"Eclipse" is the first "Twilight" film to be released in IMAX, starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Ashley Greene, Billy Burke, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Nikki Reed, Kellan Lutz, Jackson Rathbone and Dakota Fanning.
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According to reports, Warners will develop a live-action adaptation of the manga comic book "Bleach". The original comics, written/illustrated by Tite Kubo are published in weekly installments for the Japanese 'manga' anthology "Weekly Shōnen Jump", collected in 43 compilation volumes, that has sold over 50 million copies in Japan and reaching the top of manga sales charts in North America.
"Bleach" has also been adapted into an animated TV series, produced by Studio Pierrot, as well as spawning three animated feature films, seven rock musicals and numerous video games. Viz Media licensed the manga for English-language publication in North America, releasing 28 volumes as of September 2009.
"Bleach" follows the adventures of 'Ichigo Kurosaki' after he accidentally obtains power from a 'Soul Reaper' known as 'Rukia'. Gaining these abilities forces him to take on the duties of defending humans from evil spirits, called 'Hollows', while guiding departed souls to the afterlife.
The first animated film "Bleach: Memories of Nobody" was released in North America October 2008, with the second film "Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion" released September 2009.
The new live-action film will be produced by Peter Segal, Michael Ewing and Viz Media.
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Actor Vinnie Jones will star in a remake of director John Huston's WWII feature "Escape To Victory", alongside David Beckham as legendary soccer player 'Bobby Moore'.
Retitled "Victory" for its 1981 North American release, the original film starred Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone as Allied prisoners of war, interned in a German camp, who team up with other prisoners to take on the enemy in a public, propaganda soccer match. Despite losing half-way through the game, the prisoners refuse to go through with a pre-arranged escape plan after one of the players delivers the classic line: "We can win this..."
In addition to Moore, the film also stars football greats Osvaldo Ardiles, Kazimierz Deyna, Paul Van Himst and Pelé. Ipswich Town F.C. players appearing in the film include John Wark, Russell Osman, Laurie Sivell, Robin Turner and Kevin O'Callaghan.
Huston's film was based on the 1961 Hungarian feature "Két félidő a pokolban" ("Two Half-Times in Hell"), directed by Zoltán Fábri and inspired by the true story of a group of players who defeated German soldiers while the Ukraine was occupied by Axis troops during World War II. The team played a series of games against the Germans, emerging victorious in every match, before being sent off to prison camps by the Gestapo.
Both Caine and Stallone will be approached for cameo roles in the new film.
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Game developers Crystal Dynamics, a division of Square Enix Europe, report that the new video game "Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light", will be released via digital download in 2010.
"This is a really exciting project for Crystal Dynamics, creating something completely new and very different to what people might be expecting,” said Darrell Gallagher, General Manager of Crystal Dynamics.
"With 'Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light' we have created what we believe is a truly original digital experience."
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