Category Archives: Fantasy

Disney’s ‘Maleficent’ Gets Official Release Date and Director

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

The recent trend of Fairy Tale re-imaginings is going to be around for at least a few more years as Disney announced today that one if its most intriguing in-development projects is moving full steam ahead. Maleficent is a live action re-telling of … Continue reading →

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Monday Picks: ‘Westworld’

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Douglas Barnett

Westworld (1973) marks the feature film debut of Sci-fi writer Michael Crichton who had recently met success in Hollywood with the film adaptation of his famed novel The Andromeda Strain. Westworld stars Richard Benjamin (Peter Martin) James Brolin (John Blane) … Continue reading →

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Box Office Report: ‘The Hunger Games’ Continues Its Dominating Ride At The Top

Posted on April 2, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Last week saw the debut of the monster hit The Hunger Games. This week that film held well enough to keep an iron grip on the weekend box office. Raking in an estimated $61 Million over the weekend, the super … Continue reading →

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Teaser Trailer for ‘Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2’ Hits the Web

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Matt Raub

Though it’s not the full trailer, the official “teaser” for the trailer has made its way onto the internet for the final piece in Summit & Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn Part 2. That’s right. It all comes down … Continue reading →

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New ‘Snow White and the Huntsman’ Trailer Continues to Promise an Epic Adventure

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

  The current big trend in H-Town is revisiting fairy tales and giving them new spins. People should know better than to complain about this trend, because retooling fairy tales is the basis for most of modern storytelling, so this … Continue reading →

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The Hobbit Pub In England Vs. Middle-Earth Enterprises

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

Big franchises have a unique set of problems. Shepherds of large, established franchises have to worry about their brand and how it is exposed to the world. One of the biggest global franchises is The Lord of the Rings, or more specifically the … Continue reading →

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Film Score Friday: ‘The Complete Harry Potter Film Music Collection’ by The City of Prague Philharmonic

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Jonathan Weilbaecher

One of my favorite things to cover in my weekly film score review is compilations. These sets are the most easily digestible forms of film music, and represented my entry into the world. It was the combined ‘Best Of’ albums of John Williams, … Continue reading →

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Dwayne Johnson Signs On For Two Comic Book Adaptations: ‘Hercules’ & ‘Ciudad’

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Sebastian Suchecki

As we previously reported, Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson was in the running to helm Brett Ratner’s Hercules. Now Johnson has officially signed on for the titular role of Ratner’s Hercules film and has also signed on to do an adaptation … Continue reading →

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