Kyary Pamyu Pamyu Providing Song for Star Trek Film in Japan
Popular Japanese model and singer Kyary Pamyu Pamyu will be singing a song featured in the Japanese release of Star Trek Into Darkness. Songwriter and DJ Yasutaka Nakata will be writing the song titled “Into Darkness“. The insert song will be used in a club scene in the film.
The man behind the film, J.J. Abrams, has chosen top artists from six different countries to be featured in various versions of the film. Abrams himself is working alongside the artists.
Paramount Pictures Japan will be distributing the film in Japanese theaters on August 23rd.
Ubisoft Planning Movies for Watch Dogs, Far Cry and Rabbids
Ubisoft is planning on making movies for not only Watch Dogs, but also Far Cry and Rabbids. The gaming studio previously packaged deals for Assassin’s Creed and Splinter Cell at New Regency.
The Assassin’s Creed movie starring Michael Fassbender will be released on Memorial Day 2015. The Splinter Cell movie will star Tom Hardy. Both of the actors are also attached as producers to the projects. Michael Bay will be developing Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon into a potential film franchise at Warner Bros., Ubisoft has announced. Ubisoft is currently in talks with Frank Marshall and Basil Iwanyk to serve as producers for two movies, respectively.
Ubisoft will retain the creative control over the movies for Watch Dogs, Far Cry and Rabbids. This means a special division will hire screenwriters, directors, cast and choose the production shingles and studios. Ubisoft will fiance the scripts.
The plan for Rabbids is for it to be a live-action film featuring the rabbits as CG characters, similar to The Smurfs or Alvin and the Chipmunks. The movies will not be retelling the games, but will feature a completely new plot.
Leonardo DiCaprio Starring as Rasputin in Warner Bros Movie
Leonardo DiCaprio will be playing Rasputin in a new movie in development by Warner Bros. Rasputin is the “Russian mystic who became an advisor to the Russian Imperial family, The Romanovs, before being brutally killed.”
The script is written by Jason Hall. The movie is being produced by Appian Way‘s Jennifer Davisson Killoran, Peter Morgan and Langley Park‘s Kevin McCormick. DiCaprio’s interest was apparently sparked due to “new elements unearthed by Hall”.
The new elements gave a “psychological depth to the so called ‘mad monk.’ To his enemies, he was a charlatan who prolifically bedded women… DiCaprio liked the complicated elements of a child who lost the better part of himself when his brother died, and was capable of kindness but also a ruthlessness.”
So far there is no director attached to the project.
Need for Speed Movie Being Filmed in Georgia Next Week
The Need for Speed movie is going to be filmed in the Columbus, Georgia area on the 13th Street Bridge. The movie will be filmed from Tuesday to Saturday. Among the stars starring in the movie we find Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Michael Keaton (Batman, Beetlejuice),and Dominic Cooper (Captain America, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter).
If you’re really lucky you might be able to catch a glimpse of the car McLaren P1 (see image above). The Dreamworks film is directed by Scott Waugh.
Apparently the scene filmed will involve a crash, which is why the bridge over the Chattahoochee River is closed off. Other scenes will also be filmed in other towns in Georgia such as Macon and Rome.
As for the movie, it’s expect to launch on February 7th, 2014 in theaters.
Assassin’s Creed Movie Confirmed for 2015 Release
The Assassin’s Creed movie, starring Michael Fassbender, will be released on May 22nd, 2015.
Fassbender’s participation in the movie was confirmed last year. Still, it’s not confirmed which character he will be playing, although we’re guessing the main character (whoever that may be). In January we found out that the movie’s writer would be no other than Michael Lesslie.
What aspects of the games do you want to find in the movie?
Heavenly Sword Movie Planned
Heavenly Sword Movie Planned
A CG Heavenly Sword movie is also being planned alongside the Ratchet & Clank movie. The movie is as the name tells, based off 2007 PS3 game Heavenly Sword. Variety reports the movie might be released through home video, but not a lot of details were released.
Ratchet & Clank Movie Coming to Theaters in 2015
A Ratchet & Clank movie will be coming to theaters in 2015. Sony and Insomniac Games have teamed up with indie production company Blockade Entertainment and animation studio Rainmaker Entertainment for this project.
A teaser trailer of the movie, starring Ratchet, Clank, and Captain Qwark has been released. All Ratchet & Clank games will be on sale on PlayStation Network during the week of April 30.
Visit the movie’s official site here.
BlackBoxTV Presents Going Down
BlackBoxTV Presents Going Down
The latest webisode from BlackBoxTV has been released. The new episode is called “Going Down“. It’s directed by Paul Solet.
“Gunther Cleary has his whole day mapped out, but a simple elevator ride shows him that life doesn’t always go as planned.”
What did you think of it?
Disney Infinity Delayed Until August
Disney Infinity has been delayed to August.
The delay was apparently due a request from retailers, since the August release is closer to the Holiday season. Originally it was supposed to coincide with the June release of the film Monster’s University.
“We could deliver in June if we wanted to,” says co-president John Pleasants. “Will a two-month timing change help us? Sure, of course. It gives us a little more time to add bells and whistles and make sure it really sings and pops.”
Disney Infinite will be released to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Wii U, and 3DS. The game will launch on August 18th in North America and on August 20th elsewhere.
Ken Levine Kills BioShock Film Adaption
Irrational Games‘ Ken Levine has killed off BioShock‘s film adaption.
At one point the movie seemed to have a fighting chance as Gore Verbinski was the director, however, he later withdrew from the film project. A new director was assigned, but the movie just fell apart. Ultimately it was Levine’s decision to either push the movie or let it go completely.
In an interview with Eurogamer, when asked about the film Levine said, “2K’s one of these companies that puts a lot of creative trust in people. So they said if you want to kill it, kill it. And I killed it.”
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