Keanu Reeves is planning to make his directing debut with a Kung Fu movie called Man Of Tai Chi. In addition to directing, Reeves plans on playing the villain of the film, which will be set in the present day but as he says, will recall classic Kung-Fu movies. Reeves told MTV:
“There’s 18 fights. We’ve timed it out. It’s about 40 minutes of fighting. I want to make a good, solid kung fu movie. Good story, good plot — but let’s get some good kung fu going!”
Executive Producer Rod Fergusson told CVG that the third instalment in the Gears of War series won't be the last videogame that will take place in the same universe, the world of Gears of War will live on. Furthermore, he assured us that the story of Marcus Fenix will come to an end with this title, promising a conclusion that will answer all questions and an ending which he also adds, will go out with a bang.
Mark Rein, VP of EPIC Games, says that the studio's new DirectX 11 Unreal Engine justifies the creation of new consoles by Microsoft and Sony. He recently sat down for an interview with industry publication Develop and suggested that after seeing the arrival of iPad 2 by Apple, Steve Jobs will be able to release a device that can host DX11 within just a couple of years.
Most of us gave up all hope for a Max Payne 3 since after multiple delays the game was put on hold. According to Rockstar though, the game is coming out. To prove that, Rockstar uploaded two new images of Max Payne 3 on their official Twitter account with the message “He's coming.”
Some days ago Natalie Portman's stunt double claimed that Portman did only 5% of her own dancing in her Oscar winning turn in Black Swan. Darren Aronofsky responds to the controversy that has arisen through the following statement that he made to Fox Searchlight.
I am sure most of you are familiar with Robocop. The film that Paul Verhoeven will be most known for (sorry Showgirls). Robocop was a film that when it was first written, no director would pick it up, most of the time they never turned over the first page of the screenplay. It was the title that almost ruined it. No director took a movie by the name of Robocop seriously.
But then Paul Verhoeven got his hands on the screenplay. Verhoeven, just like any other director in Hollywood, didn't even read the script. He just decided it didn't worth his time. His wife on the other hand, picked the screenplay up and started reading. In the end she reached her husband and told him “You know, you should read it, it's not bad.” and so he did. And thank God for that.
What a surprise! As if their attack on Bulletstorm wasn't bad enough, FOX News is now attacking Duke Nukem Forever for sexist content, and the game's “Capture the babe” multiplayer mode.
Lindsay Lohan is officially dropping her last name “Lohan”, and from now on she will simply be known as Lindsay. Also, her sister, Ali and mother, Dina will change their last name from Lohan to Dina's maiden name, Sullivan.
In an interview with Pop Eater, Dina said, “Lindsay is dropping the Lohan and just going by Lindsay. Plus, me and Ali will be officially changing our last names back to my maiden name, Sullivan. “
This news is dedicated to all the Star Trek fans out there. Today at Leonard Nimoy's birthday, it was announced that the ear of Mr. Spock will be auctioned! That's right. One of the ears that Leonard Nimoy wore while filming Star Trek: The Motion Picture will be sold off at an auction in Hollywood next month. The company behind this huge sale adds:
Despite what many people thought, the recently announced Duke Nukem Forever delay was not a joke. The game is seriously delayed, yet again. Randy Pitchford, the man behind Gearbox and Duke Nukem Forever had an interview with Eurogamer in which he revealed that the delay on the Duke Nukem Forever's release date was not a prank or a trick.
