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Apple and AT&T Help You Get An iPhone 3G S on Launch Day

Posted on June 12, 2009

iphone-3g-s1 According to our pals over at TUAW, AT&T and Apple are trying desperately to avoid the problems they’ve had during the last two iPhone launches. From long lines to insufficient stock to activation issues, getting an iPhone on the previous two launch days was a bit of a pain for many potential users. So, this time around, how are AT&T and Apple trying to help everyone out and hopefully prevent, or at least minimize, these problems?

Well, according to TUAW, they’ve got a plan. To help, AT&T and Apple stores will open early on June 19th. Specifically, many Apple stores will open at 8AM and AT&T company-owned stores will open at 7AM. Not only that, both AT&T and Apple are offering the opportunity to pre-order the device so you don’t have to wait in line and instead, have your shiny new iPhone 3G S shipped to you.

For more on what to expect from AT&T on iPhone 3G S launch day, check out Seth’s video after the jump.

Director Marcus Nispel Takes Over ‘Conan’ Reboot

Posted on June 12, 2009

conan-poster I honestly don’t know which is worse, that the director of such “classics” as Rush Hour and Red Dragon was going to be doing the new Conan movie reboot or that he’s moved on and the director of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot and Pathfinder is now, according to CHUD, taking over. This change doesn’t necessary help my attitude towards the project.

Of course, it also doesn’t help that the company making the film, and has now picked Nispel to helm it, is none other than Millennium Films — the folks responsible for such cinematic gems as Alien Hunter, The Wicker Man, 88 Minutes and countless more. They don’t exactly have a fantastic track record when it comes to producing quality entertainment. However, I’m going to give them the benefit of the doubt here.

I’m going to go out on a limb and say that the choice of Nispel may be an inspired one. His work on the rebooted Friday the 13th was actually pretty good. Plus, it looked really good, as do his other films, which is a plus for a big spectacle movie like Conan. Also, making a Conan movie is reportedly something that Nispel has wanted to do since childhood, so maybe that passion will help the film turn into something?

That’s not to say that he still couldn’t screw up Conan. But really, the original movie with Arnold Schwarzenegger isn’t exactly a sterling example of filmmaking either. It was fun and as a kid I enjoyed it but he really doesn’t have that much to live up to. What I’m more concerned about is what actor will play Conan. As the film is supposed to start shoting on August 14th in Bulgaria, that question will be answered soon enough I’m sure. Whoever it ends up being, they certainly have some big, um, pecks to fill.

First Picture from the Set of ‘Mad Men’ Season 3

Posted on June 12, 2009

Jon Hamm as Don Draper

If you love the cool, stylish, sophisticated AMC series Mad Men as much as we do, you already know that the show is currently in production on its third season and will come back to AMC in the very near future. Up till now, we’ve been able to share at least a trailer for the upcoming season with all you waiting fans. But now, thanks to the folks over at E Online, we can show you something even better: an actual photo from the set.

Before you get too excited and look at the photo, we should warn you that it is a bit on the spoiler side. That is, if you don’t want to know a pretty major development for the show’s third season, you might not want to look at it.

Although, seeing the photo and what it contains certainly makes senses given the events of last season, so maybe it won’t come as much of a shock to you after all. If you want to know something new about the show and its third season, or confirm what you already think you know, check out the pic after the jump.

If you’d rather wait and be surprised, hold on because Mad Men returns for an all-new third season this Summer on AMC.

Guillermo Del Toro Talks ‘Thor’

Posted on June 11, 2009

guillermo-del-toro Over at MTV’s Splash Page, they’ve got an interview with Helboy and future Hobbit director Guillermo Del Toro. Among the many things discussed in the interview was the future of the Hellboy film franchise. The director would do another film but doubts Hellboy himself, actor Ron Perlman would be up for it because he hates the makeup. One other great bit of info revealed in the interview was that the director had come very close to taking on the big screen adaptation of Marvel’s Thor.

In the interview, Del Toro says: “They approached me for Thor. And for a long time we talked about that, because the mythology and the images were very attractive to me. This was before Hellboy II,” he said. While director Kenneth Branagh was eventually tapped to take on Thor, Del Toro had quite a bit to say in the interview about why he was so attracted to the character and the idea of doing the film.

“I’m a fan of [Jack] Kirby and the power he has, and I’m a fan of the original mythology,” explained Del Toro. “So I thought we could go back to the original mythology a lot. I love Loki, I think he’s a great figure.”

Interesting indeed but not really surprising. The director has proven he can handle big, effects-driven films in the past so it would make sense that Marvel would consider him for one of its films. Plus, he certainly seems to have an affinity for the characters and the mythology. Plus, he’s an extremely talented director with a unioque vision. Its too bad we won’t ever get to see what a Guillermo Del Toro Thor movie would look like.

That said, I’m pretty interested to see what someone like Kenneth Branagh can bring to the table. He certainly has the chops to handle actors and has already made some interesting choices in that area. Plus, he’s done effects-driven films before as well so handling the demands of a movie as big as Thor should be no problem. I, for one, can’t wait to see how it turns out.

Be sure to check out the Del Toro interview after the jump.

Bruckheimer: ‘Lone Ranger’ Movie Happening After ‘Pirates of the Caribbean 4’

Posted on June 11, 2009

Legendary producer Jerry Bruckheimer has been quite a busy man, particularly of late. He’s been the driving force behind the Pirates of the Caribbean and National Treasure franchises, both of which have been the flagship action and adventure films of the past few years.

He’s also been working on the Nic Cage vehicle The Sorcerer’s Apprentice and an adaption of the video game Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time starring Jake Gyllenhaal. He’s also got a few rather popular shows on tv at the moment that you might have heard of.

Recently, ComingSoon caught up with Bruckheimer to talk about the future of the Pirates franchise and how that future could affect The Lone Ranger. According to the site:

“Bruckheimer told us that for Disney, the priority is most definitely “Pirates.” “It’s a great franchise for them and for us, too,” he said. “A beloved character and Johnny’s really excited about coming back to Captain Jack. He certainly is interested in Tonto, but Disney’s priority is to get ‘Pirates’ made first. You never know what’s going to happen, but they would like it.”

Bruckheimer also shared that the original writers, Terry Rossio and Ted Elliot, were “writing ‘Pirates’ as we speak,” and he said it was “funny” and a “whole new way of going” although he wouldn’t share more than that.

When asked if Gore Verbinski will return to the director’s chair for the fourth Pirate’s film, Bruckheimer said that he’d “love for him to return, given his history with the franchise, but the ball is 100% in Verbinsnki’s court.”

Lone Ranger currently has a tentative release date sometime in 2012.

Matthew Fox Talks ‘Lost’ Season 6

Posted on June 11, 2009

Matthew Fox, as we all know, got his start on a little show called Part of Five. Little did we know that a decade later, he’d be one of the biggest stars on TV as Lost’s Jack Shephard, and hold all the answers fanboys and girls have been screaming for since the ABC series started back in 2004. In a recent interview with E! Online, Fox decides its time to spill some details and talks about how Lost is going to end in the shows next, and final, season.

In the interview, Fox says Lost creators Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse will prove they knew where they were going all along when the show ends in “an incredibly powerful, very sad and beautiful way. I think it is going to be pretty awesome.”

The only cast member to know what that crazy smoke monster is and how the show ends also said: “I think it is going to be very satisfying and cathartic and redemptive and beautiful. I’ve talked to Damon pretty extensively and every time I talk to him it’s sort of surprising how moving it is just to talk about it.”

New Images From ‘Blood: The Last Vampire’

Posted on June 11, 2009

blood-the-last-vamp Over at Sci-Fi Wire they’ve got ten, count ’em, ten new images from the upcoming action/horror movie Blood: the Last Vampire. The film, a live-action adaptation of the cult hit manga, features the acting talents of Gianna Jun, Allison Miller, Masiela Lusha, JJ Feild and Koyuki. Its written by Chris Chow and directed by Chris Nahon.

In case you’re not familier with the story, Blood: The Last Vampire follows the adventures of Saya, a half-human, half-vampire samurai who’s job it is to destroy other vampires who kill humans. When demons infest the earth, Saya must join forces with a shadow society known as the Council and travel to an American military base where her journey will lead her to face the deadliest vampire of them all.

I don’t know about you, but I think this film looks pretty awesome. Vampires, samurais, sword fights, cute asian girls chopping off the heads of bad guys and all in blood-soaked, slo-motion splendor. What more could you want from a movie?

Be sure to check out the bigger photos after the jump. We’ve also got the first five minutes of the film to share with you as well. Yes, we’re cool like that.

Blood: The Last Vampire hits theaters on July 10th.

Mystery Solved: Megan Fox is All CG!

Posted on June 11, 2009

mega-fox-vision1 With the hype machine in full swing for the release of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, more and more info about the film is starting to come out. Of course, we’ve covered it quite a bit here at The Flickcast with photos, videos and more. We’ve also covered one of the stars of the film a bit more extensively than the rest. Of course, I’m talking about Megan Fox. But really, can you blame us?

We’re big fans of Ms. Fox and have always thought she was extremely beautiful and pretty much perfect in every way. Really, she almost seemed too good to be true in her perfection. Well, now we find out that she really is too good to be true. In fact, she’s not real at all and is totally computer generated. How do we know? We’ve got the video to prove it.

Watch the video and go behind the scenes with Transformers producers as they reveal how Megan Fox was created and what it was like to shoot the film pretending this perfect woman was there when she really wasn’t. See as filmmakers announce for the first time a new ersion of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen where you put on a pair of glasses and everything turns to Megan Fox. Its all very enlightening and, well, very disappointing too.

But seeing as how we’re such fans of Ms. Fox around here and are really disappointed to learn the news that she’s not real, maybe the fimmakers would be willing to send us one of those Megan Fox animatronic dolls as consolation? It might help to ease our, um, suffering.

Be sure to check out the video after the jump. . . if you dare.

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