Victoriawood Reports

Two Steampunk movies coming

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:39:03 PDT

Paramount and J.J. Abrams have picked up Boilerplate: History’s Mechanical Marvel, a graphic novel by Paul Guinan and Anina Bennett.

The story follows the first robot of the late 19th century, who fought alongside Teddy Roosevelt and journeyed to Antarctica and was involved in the silent movie business before disappearing on the battlefields of World War I.

The material is riffe with Steampunk themes and looks like it could translate well to the big screen via J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Productions.

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MTV is spilling the beans on David Fincher's take on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo. Apparently work continues on the project that Disney previously called "dead in the water." When asked what the appeal of the project was Fincher said, "The idea of doing a gigantic steampunk science fiction movie from 1873, kinda cool."

That's what we like to hear.

New Music for Alice

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 19:59:59 PST

Weekly Whisper #3

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 07:16:40 PST

This week we take a look at the February release of Percy Jackson and the Olymians: The Lightning Thief.

So, because YouTube has made a content claim against my video, because it contains footage from 20th Century Fox. I can't embed it her on VictoriaWood. So I will no longer be doing a weekly video promoting our favorite films.

Weekly Whisper #2

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:30:52 PST

This week we take a look at Legion, hitting theater Jan 22. And our first look at the Comic-Book based, Kick-Ass.

Film	January 1, 2010 Weekend Boxoffice	Genre Rank	Box office Rank	Wks
Avatar	$68.5M	1	1	3
Sherlock Holmes	$36.6M	2	2	2
The Princess & the Frog	$9.8M	3	7	5
Twilight Saga: New Moon	$3.4M	4	11	6
2012	$1.1M	5	14	7
Christmas Carol	$0.6M	6	18	8

Weekly Whisper #1-2010

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:17:23 PST

The Weekly Whisper is back! I had been considering bringing it back for a while but, work was busy, so I held off for the new year. hearing my friend Ian's audio blog was also encouraging.

Why isn't the Top Films list larger? Well, these are the only genre movies in the box office top 10. The new format is going to stay somewhat like what you see, unless you have suggestions for something else. Start off with Top Films, the box office top genre films and then look at a Trailer, ending with a recap of what's coming to theatres soon.

Film	Weekend Boxoffice	Genre Rank	Box office Rank	Wks
Avatar	$75.6M	1	1	2
Sherlock Holmes	$65.4M	2	2	1
The Princess & the Frog	$9.0M	3	7	4
Twilight Saga: New Moon	$3.0M	4	11	5
2012	$0.9M	5	15	6
Dr. Parnassus	$0.3M	6	23	1

This Week in Geek Dec 19

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 08:55:10 PST

Ian Flutts is back with his Audio Blog, This Week in Geek (TWIG), and a review of Avatar. He got a chance to see it opening night, where I ran into him. Glad to see his year-and-a-half hiatus is over.

Trailer: Percy Jacson International

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:34:28 PST

Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief

Alice in Wonderland Poster

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:53:47 PST

Trailer: Transylmania

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:22:45 PDT

Trailer: Vampire's Assistant

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:04:48 PDT

Trailer: Percy Jacson

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 03:00:03 PDT

Trailer: Astro Boy

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:56:59 PDT

Trailer: Leviathan Book

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 13:16:09 PDT

Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, bestselling author of Uglies.

Fantastic new series that takes you into an alternate history set at the beginning of WW I. The two main characters come from opposite sides of a tense world were eastern Europe runs on mechanical devices strong and firm and western Europe took Darwin's work to a whole 'nother level. Horse and Elephant have been combined to create a beat that pulls trains through the streets of London and what they do in the air will astound you.

Releasing October 6^th

Trailer: Avatar

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 20:45:09 PDT

Trailer: Cirque Du Freak

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:20:39 PDT

Little Red on the Big Screen

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 07:30:30 PDT

Image by: LilaAtherley.com

Writer David Leslie Johnson is developing a Gothic re-imagining of Little Red Riding Hood, for the Appian Way production company. The company working under the banner of Warner Bros. worked with Johnson on Orphan, which has grossed $30 million in less that two weeks.

The story made famous by the Brothers Grimm, about a girl off to see grandma through the woods, will get a gothier adaptation via an older oral version of the tale dating back to the Middle Ages.

Versions of the tale include Werewolves and Red being eaten without a happy ending. Suggested reading: Charles Perrault.

Tron Legacy

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:39:23 PDT

Alice in Wonderland Trailer

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:06:02 PDT

New set of Alice images

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 08:56:53 PDT

Garth over at Dark Horizons had a link to these images on Empire Online. This is looking more and more like a fantastic film.

New Alice images

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 08:06:16 PDT

The guys over at MarketSaw posted these great images from Tim Burton's upcoming Adventures of Alice in Wonderland.

Trailer: 2012 B

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:44:54 PDT

Love the scene 2:07 - 2:28

Harry Potter Trailer C

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:30:00 PDT

Harry Potter poster collection

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:49:08 PDT

Death Note Film

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 05:00:03 PDT

Photo by: Don McCaskill

Variety said that Warner Bros. is set to take the Japanese manga series Death Note into a live-action movie. The story centers on a college student who accidentally finds a misplaced death note, infusing him with the power to kill merely by writing anyone's name on the page while picturing the person in his mind.

The film will be based on the first three books in the series penned by Tsugumi Ohba and not the three Japanese-language Death Note films , or the Anime series that has been translated and become very popular in English.

Charley and Vlas Parlapanides (War of the Gods) will adapt the script.

Concept Star Trek

noreply@blogger.com (Falcona) — Sat, 30 May 2009 07:39:22 PDT

A couple of cool concept images came my way that I thought I'd show you. For more check out James Clyne's own web site.