Showing posts with label Movie. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movie. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Leonardo DiCaprio is set to Play Video Game Inventor in 'Atari'


Leonardo DiCaprio is set to play pioneering video game entrepreneur Nolan Bushnell in a biopic about the Atari co-founder's life, written by Brian Hecker and Craig Sherman.
Daily Variety said screen heart-throb DiCaprio had been attached to produce as well as star in the film about Bushnell, one of the founding fathers of the video game industry.
Paramount Pictures has snapped up a pitch titled “Atari,” with Leonardo DiCaprio attached to star.
Nolan Bushnell was an engineering student, puzzle-lover and game enthusiast who went from fixing broken pinball machines to launching Atari Corp. with Ted Dabney , a video game manufacturer, in the early '70s.
Among the company’s contributions were Pong and the Atari 2600.
After selling Atari, to Warner Communications for US$28,000,000, Bushnell purchased the former mansion of coffee magnate James Folger in Woodside, California, which he shared with his wife Nancy and their many children.
Although Bushnell’s life rights had long been pursued by various suitors, Hecker and Craig Sherman persuaded the gaming pioneer that they could do his unique story justice.

Here you can find more information about Leonardo DiCaprio.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull


Harrison Ford returns to again give life to Indiana Jones, an archaeologist with a tendency to find danger, as well as artifacts.

When asked if Harrison Ford was too old to return as Indy, producer Frank Marshall quoted Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981): "It's not the years, it's the mileage." He explained that it would be interesting to see Indy in a different decade, and deal with all kinds of new and interesting things. The age also adds to Indy as a fallible and therefore believable character.

To prepare for the role, the 64-year-old Ford spent three hours a day at a gym, and relied on a high-protein diet of fish and vegetables.

The story of The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is reassuringly chaotic.
The newest adventure begins in the desert Southwest in 1957 at the height of the Cold War.
This fantastic Steven Spielberg adventure is a marvelous return to form for Professor Henry Jones Jr. There are Mayan riddles to solve, KGB agents to biff, and one of the greatest - and longest - action chases through the Amazon jungle in the history of cinema.
One of the film's best assets is its sense of humor.
To distract investigative fans from the film's title during filming, five fake titles were registered with the Motion Picture Association of America; The City of Gods, The Destroyer of Worlds, The Fourth Corner of the Earth, The Lost City of Gold and The Quest for the Covenant.
Shia LaBeouf revealed the movie's official title during his appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards 2007

Rated PG-13 for adventure violence and scary images.
The Motion Picture Association of America