Atari gets a movie deal

Nolan Bushnell (Left) and Actor Leonardo DiCaprio that will be playing his character.


Paramount Pictures has given the go ahead to produce a film based on the history of Atari and its founder Nolan Bushnell, and who would be playing the main character based on its founder? Well this was a shock when we heard it would be Leonardo DiCaprio.
Bushnell actually had another name for his company before deciding on the name Atari which was Syzygy. However a candle maker already had the name and they decided to go with Arari. The name Atari is actually Japanese meaning to take over or conquer.
Leonardo DiCaprio will be the leading character in this movie and is said to be coming out in 2010 which is still a few years away. However it should be a great movie knowing who is playing the main character. DiCaprio has won three Oscars along with numerous other awards for with his latest being in Blood Diamond. DiCaprio is no amature actor and devotes all of his talent into the characters he portrays such as that as The Aviator movie starring the role of Hughes. So we can expect great things with this coming movie in 2010.

Indiana Jones 5 a possibility according to Lucas

George Lucas recently told Fox News that it is more then a strong possibility that another Indy movie is possible. He adds that Steven Spielberg and himself have left an open door to another production into the making of Indy V.

"I haven't even told Steven or the star, Harrison Ford this," Lucas said. "But I have an idea to make Shia LeBeouf the lead character next time and have Harrison come back, like Sean Connery did in the last movie. I can see it working out."

Guess we will soon be seeing the next sequeal to the Indiana Jones franchise.

Who will be the next Terminator

Terminator 4 (previously known as Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, but now rumored to be Terminator: The Return of the Terminator) is the upcoming fourth installment to the Terminator film series, scheduled to be released on May 22, 2009.

Christian Bale (John Conner)

It is written by David Campbell Wilson, John Brancato, and Michael Ferris, directed by Joseph "McG" McGinty Nichol, and stars actor Christian Bale as John Connor. Anton Yelchin is playing a young Kyle Reese, who befriends Marcus, an early Terminator. Sam Worthington is playing Marcus; he was personally recommended to McG by Terminator creator James Cameron.

Rapper Common (John Conner's Reinforcement)

Josh Brolin has been mentioned in a possible role as the Terminator. Moon Bloodgood is reported to be the female lead of the film. She will play "a no-nonsense and battle-hardened member of the resistance".Shooting of the film is expected to start on May 5, 2008 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Stan Winston will supervise the visual effects

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Josh Brolin (Rumors to be the next Terminator)

Jaws movie

We all remember the old movie Jaws, and some of the younger generation remember Jaws not from the movie but perhaps from the attraction at Universal Studios. The thing we may not know is the many failures encountered by the film crew during the production of the movie.

The Orca boat used in Jaws

This is one of Steven Spielberg's earlier movies that proved to be more of a nightmare to make then anything else. There where 2 mechanical sharks made that where named by the film crew Bruce. However due to the fact that the sharks where used in salt water there where many mechanical problems during production.

Martha's Vineyard where filming took place

Not only where the sharks a problem but so was the boat Orca that was used in the film started to actually sink and take on water also during production. This proved to be quite a task and the crew nicknamed the film Flaws instead of Jaws. Nonetheless Steven Speilberg did pull through.

Bruce the Jaws shark used in production

Bruce still does exist in Universal Studios, but has been stored for many years under the hot sun and has been showing its age.

Below is a video from the film crew.

Spider-man behind the scenes

Spider-man shooting began on January 8th 2001 in Culver City. Filming for the movie was in New York and California. The scene where Peter gets bit by the spider was filmed inside the National history museum in Los Angeles, California , shooting for the interior of Norman Osborn's home was at the Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, California, and shooting for the interior shots of the Daily Bugle was in Pacific Electricity Building also in California.

National History Museum Los Angeles(Where Peter gets Bitten)

The Sony soundstages 27 and 29 where used for the complex scenes in Time Square where the Green Goblin and Spider-man fight.

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Pacific Electric (Daily Bugle Scenes)

The original costumes that where created for Spiderman where stolen during productions and Sony had put up a $25,000 reward for the return however they where never returned. The webbing that came from Spider-man was a computer generated one or also called CGI effect. During the scenes of the Green Goblin and Spider-man fighting in the air was done in separately with the two characters. Spider-man was actually filmed with a green screen where the Green Goblin was shot with a blue screen and then where combined later in film editing.

Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills (Norman Osborn's Home)

I decided to put in some videos of some of the bloopers from Spider-man.

Terminator four coming out

Terminator movies that we all remember starring Arnold Schwarzenegger where ones that everyone remembers. Now theres even talks about Terminator 4 coming out in 2009 believe it or not.

The last Terminator three movie was partially funded by Arnold himself to make it all happen.He originally wanted James Cameron to direct the movie however Cameron declined the offer but told Arnold to accept no less then $30 million for the part.The movie was going to be filmed in Vancouver British Columbia however Arnold wanted to keep the movie to be made in Los Angeles as part of his campaign for office. It is said that Arnold paid $6 million of his own money to film the movie in Los Angeles.

Below are some videos of the making of Terminator movies. Both past and present.

I am Legned movie

The I am Legend movie originally thought to be filmed in Los Angeles, the director Akiva Goldsman whom signed on to direct decided to move the locoation to New York. However the studio executives didn't think that New York would be a good place to film the movie. It wasn't until Goldsman decided to go to New York and film some spots in time square and have the people digitally removed that the executives had a different frame of mind.


Will Smith

Much of the weeds that grow in the cracks in New York where flown in from Florida. During the filming of the movie there where also a lot of New Yorkers whom where not so fond of the filming location the studio chose. They had to close a lot of the areas around New York off for filming. Will Smith is said to have never seen so many middle fingers pointed at him in his career during the filming.


Brooklyn Bridge

The most expensive part of the filming was on the Brooklin Bridge which is said to have cost in Five million dollars. Below are some videos on the behind the scenes look into the making of the film.

Titanic movie

James Cameron's Titanic movie was a both major success and was also thought on the same note by the media to possibly be a major flop due to the fact of its late arrival. The film was a major accomplishment for both Cameron and Fox Studios whom acquired the area needed to build the set itself.

Production began on the modern day scenes with the actual Titanic ship under water. The ship used is called the Akademik Mstislav Keldysh and is an actual Russian scientific research vessel. Cameron had gone to Fox Studios to get the movie under way and they had gone out and purchased an area in which the recreation of the ship was built in Playas de Rosarito


Russian scientific research vessel used in the film

The set is basically a few buildings surrounding a hugh water tank. However, due to keeping cost down the ship was more or less a shell and was dismantled and sold as scrap after the sinking scenes.


Reconstructed set for sinking of the ship

The undertaking of such a project was a great big responsibility and there where a few stunt men that did get hurt in the production along with a few actors including Kate Winslet and Leonardo de Caprio that got sick during filming.

Below are some videos of the actual making of the film.

Clerks

The movie Clerks was written and directed by Keven Smith whom before making his film worked in a convenience store in Leonardo, New Jersey. He had started working in the store after dropping out of film school he was attending.
It wasn't until 1991 that he got the idea to write a script for a low budget movie that he thought he could do from a movie he saw called "Slacker".
The movie Clerks was said to have cost Keven Smith $27,575. To get the money he had needed he maxed out all of his credit cards and also borrowed some money from his parents to make it all happen.
The movie was filmed in the same store Smith had been working in as a convenience clerk. The owners allowed him to film during the night hours while the store was closed. Due to the yellowish green lighting in the store it was filmed in black and white. All of the blinds in the store where closed to not give off the fact it was filmed at night.


Kevin Smith

During the making of the film Smith did have to continue working as an actual clerk during the day at the store and film at night. Due to this he didn't get much sleep but of course as we all know it was well worth it in the end. Filming lasted a total of 21 days to shoot and with a few changes made to the movie it was picked up by Miramax.

Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club

We all remember the movie Breakfast Club from back in the 80's so here is a little known things about the movie.

The school used in the movies exterior shots was the same one used in Ferris Buellers Day off. The director John Hughes that also came up with the idea for the Breakfast Club thought the actors should eat lunch with the students in the school to try and stay in character. However Jud Nelson was said to get into character even off screen so much that he was almost fired. Below is a short video featuring both The Breakfast Club and Ferris Buellers Day off filming.

Here is what they all look like now

Behind the scenes of Back to the Future

Back to the Future was an idea hatched by Bob Gale whom was one day going through his fathers high school year book thinking what it would be like to meet his father in that time period. Only difference is from the movie and in real life is that the characters had been reversed. Bob Gale was more of the nerd going through high school and his father a class president and highlyrespected in school.

Some of the shots for the movie where shot in Universals backlot in California such as that of the courthouse. The houses you seen in the movie where actual houses in the neighborhoods of Passadena.

Courthouse in Universal Studios Backlot

The original character for the movie was suppose to be at the beginning Micheal J. Fox which did play in the movie, however at the begining they could not get him because he had a prior obligation to finish up Teen Wolf and Family Ties at the time. Erick Sholtz actually played the character of Marty Mc Fly for the first 4 weeks of filming until Steven Spielberg had come back from being out of the country decided that Eric Sholtz was not right for the part of Marty Mc Fly. By this time Micheal J. Fox was available and had finished filming Teen Wolf, so they got lucky enough to get him to play the part of Marty Mc Fly.

Micheal J. Fox (Marty McFly)

Of course Eric Sholtz is not seen in the movie, some parts of him being in the movie are still there and where never cut out. Such as the scene of him driving the De Lorean through the mall parking lot is of him. The producers thought since you couldn't see his face why should it be cut out.

Crispin Glover (George McFly)

In the original script for the movie Doc Browns name was Professor Brown and instead of him having a dog named Einstein he had a chimp. The script was pitched to several companies including Disney only to be turned down. Universal did pick up the script but made some changes to the script into the finished product you see on screen.

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Christopher Lloyd (Doc Brown)

Lea Thompston ( Lorraine McFly)


Thomas F. Wilson (Biff)